Gallardo possibly out for year with torn ACL

Yovani Gallardo was involved in a collision yesterday afternoon with the Cubs’ Reed Johnson and it may have cost him his season.
Gallardo hurt himself yesterday trying to jump over Johnson as Johnson was trying to beat the first baseman to the bag on a bunt play. Gallardo appeared to have been seriously injured in […]

Brewers designate Turnbow for assignment

The Brewers have finally made the decision to designate Derrick Turnbow for assignment. Turnbow hasn’t been happy about being delegated to a mop-up role in the bullpen and the latest appearance in such a role didn’t go well for the right hander.
Turnbow is 0-1 with a 15.63 ERA on the season. In just […]

Brewers trade Gross to Tampa Bay

As Gabe Gross’s reward for scoring the winning run to end today’s game against the Cardinals in the 12th inning, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for right handed pitching prospect Josh Butler.
Gross was traded to create some space in what will be a crowded outfield in the near future.  Tony […]

Sheets to miss start with triceps tightness

Instead of pushing him back just one day, the Brewers have opted to skip Sheets’ next start completely to give him more time to work out the tightness in his triceps.
He would have started on Wednesday, but Dave Bush will now make that start in Sheets place. Sheets next start will come next Tuesday […]

Brewers activate Gallardo

Yovani Gallardo will come off the disabled list to make the start for the Brewers today against Cincinnati. Instead of sending a pitcher down, the Brewers opted to send Joe Dillon to Triple-A to make room for Gallardo.
They will eventually bring Dillon back up, but wanted to keep all of their starters with the […]

Sheets exits after five with tightness in throwing arm

On a night where Ben Sheets was cruising through the Cincinnati Reds lineup, he was forced to leave the game after just five innings. The Brewers were winning 5-0 when Sheets was pulled, so he could still be in line for the win, but the more pressing issue is that he left the game […]

Gallardo to start Sunday

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed today that the Brewers will activate Yovani Gallardo to start on Sunday against the Reds. The question now is, who loses their spot in the rotation?
It’s been thought all along that it would be Dave Bush who is pushed out of the rotation, but he may have saved his […]

Jeff Weaver signs with the Brewers

According to a major league source, the Brewers have signed Jeff Weaver to an “an incentive-laden deal.” I’m sure we’ll get to hear more of the details later in the afternoon, but right now this is all we have to go by. Weaver’s first step will be to head to one of the […]

Winners and Losers (3/31)

Today’s Winners:

Xavier Nady: Nady opened the year by going 4-for-7 with two homeruns in the Pirates 12 inning win over the Braves. His first homer gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead in the eighth inning. He then hit a three-run homer in the twelfth inning to put the Pirates on top 12-9, […]

Capuano opts for rehab over surgery

Earlier in the week, Chris Capuano was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament, which would have required a second Tommy John surgery for Capuano. However, after his visit with Dr. James Andrews, he will now try to rehab the elbow for the next month.
Andrews, who did Capuano’s first Tommy John surgery, performed an […]

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