Today's Game:
Brewers 5, Cardinals 3Record: 9-6, tied for second
Games Ahead of the Cubs: 0
- It's hard to say the Brewers needed a win this early, but they were really in a funk and a come-from-behind, extra-inning road game against a division foe could go a long way towards getting the team on the right track. Even though it was a three-run lead for the Cardinals, it felt like they were up by a dozen. The Brewers did next to nothing against Lohse most of the day. Good win.
- Prince hit a home run! And I'm sure there are many more to come. I love how excited he was about it. He's like a big kid. It's fun to watch him when he's going well. I hope he gets hot.
- Parra struggled for the second straight outing. He only lasted four innings. Yost haters: Mark down a big A+ for Yost's management in this game. If he hadn't pulled Parra when he did, the Brewers very likely would not have won this game.
- The bullpen pitched great behind Parra. McClung pitched three scoreless innings followed by scoreless appearances by Mota, Shouse and Gagne.
- Gwynn Jr. was sent to Nashville for a rehab assignment. He could be ready to come back up by the weekend.
- Kapler had a pinch at-bat in the game today and appears to be close to ready to get significant playing time again.
- More details on the Weaver contract came out today. He'll get $12,000 a month to pitch for Nashville and $1.25 if he's called up to Milwaukee. He can earn $2.75 million in incentives: $100,000 bonuses for 25, 35, 45, 55 and 65 innings; $250,000 bonuses for 75 innings and each additional 10 innings through 135 innings.
- John Sickels at MinorLeagueBall.com profiles Villanueva in his Not a Rookie series. He doesn't see much upside for Carlos.
- It's Sheets vs. Arroyo in game one of the Reds series at Cincinnati tomorrow. I like that match-up.
- Another Baseball Blog provides in-depth analysis of Sheets' last start.
- The Brewers are worth 48 percent more than when Attanasio bought them, according to Forbes Magazine. Not a bad investment so far...
- Ken Rosenthal has a nice story on Gabe Kapler's return to MLB.
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch did a story on Fielder and Braun's hitting struggles.
- Tejada is two years older than he said he was. He's actually 33, not 31. He'll turn 34 this season. So, the Astros have found out Tejada was on the Mitchell Report, was being investigated for lying under oath, and is actually two years older than he said he was all since they traded for him. Still, his production has been very good so far this year.
- Cubs fans threw at least a dozen baseballs onto the field after Adam Dunn hit a home run in yesterday's game. At least eight of those fans were ejected. I'm glad to hear the Cubs cracked down on this. That could have turned into a really, really obnoxious tradition, even more than the original throwing the ball on the field tradition. NOTE: Brewers fans, throwing home runs onto the field is a freaking Cubs' tradition. Please do not throw home run balls back on the field at Miller Park or encourage others to do so. Thank you.
- Chris Carpenter through a 60-pitch session in his rehab campaign. He's hoping to come back in late June or early July and could be a huge boost to the Cardinals. I expect the Cardinals to be firmly behind the Cubs and the Brewers and probably the Reds too by that point though. Their pitching simply can't hold up like it has so far.
- Forgot to post this last night... Chad Moeller went three-for-four for the Yankees yesterday. Kind of shocking to see his face on TV again...