RHP Josh Butler: Butler didn't have an outstanding final week of the minor league season, but he did have arguably the best year of any pitcher in the system so he gets the nod as the last prospect of the week of the year. In a 5 inning start for AA Huntsville, Butler gave up 4 hits and 1 walk, allowed no runs while striking out 7. Butler ...

Better late than never, this is last week's Prospect of the Week, soon to be followed by next week's.... RHP Amaury Rivas Rivas is following up a very solid 2008, which he split between low A West Virginia and high A Brevard county, with a very impressive 2009, and he looks like another legitimate pitching prospect for the Brewers in ...

C Jon Lucroy The Louisiana-Lafayette backstop was drafted in the third round of the 2007 draft and established himself as a legit hitter right away in 2007. He then powered his way through both low and high A last season, posting an .872 OPS and, remarkably, maintaining his power after moving to the Florida State League. 2009 has been an up and ...

Things are getting ugly. Really ugly. After dropping another game to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers are 49 and 51 exactly 100 games into the season with 62 left to play. They are lucky to be sitting only 4 1/2 games back of the division leading St. Louis Cardinals, but the real problem is that there are two other ...

RHP Maverick Lasker: When the Brewers drafted Lasker in the 5th round last year, he was somewhat overlooked because of all the early picks the Brewers had in that draft. If he was noticed at all, it was for having parents that must have seen Top Gun way too many times, and the fact that he was signed away from a commitment to Tony Gwynn's ...

Now that we've had a few days to digest the Felipe Lopez trade (Jim of Bernie's Crew does an excellent breakdown of it here), it makes sense to think about what, if anything, Doug Melvin might do next. Before making that trade, one could question just what Melvin's state of mind towards the team might be. Melvin has said that a big ...

LHP Dan Merklinger: When someone mentions athletics and Seton Hall University, baseball probably isn't the first sport that pops to mind for most people. Even though the basketball program may get much more attention, Seton Hall has a fairly rich baseball tradition and has turned out a number of quality major leaguers. With a little bit of ...

C Cameron Garfield: It's always tough in the weeks leading up to the start of rookie and short season ball, because we've covered just about everyone noteworthy multiple times and we start digging for anyone to mention, regardless of how they really stack up as a prospect. Of course, when the other leagues do get going, there is a ...

In the rollercoaster ride that is a major league baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers are currently in one of the dips. After starting the season off 4-9, the Crew was the best team in baseball over the next 27 games, going 21-6 from April 22nd to May 21st. Since that time, the Brewers have won only 10 times in 28 games and have fallen back to ...

The posting has been a little light lately, as I'm in the middle of a summer class and spending a lot of weekends on the road. We'll get back to more regular posts after this next week. In the meantime, here is the Prospect of the Week for 6/8 to 6/14: RHP Wily Peralta: Ever wish that the Brewers had a Carlos Marmol to call their very ...