Willie Randolph Named Bench Coach

Macha and the Brewers have officially named Willie Randolph their bench coach. This could be Doug Melvin’s coaching fantasy come true since he wanted both coaches 6 years ago and this offseason. The Brewers have massively upgraded the coaching experience over Yost/Simmons in less than a month. Randolph was rumored to have drawn interest from the Nationals and the Mariners, but instead chose Milwaukee. As I said when Macha was hired, the fact that big name managers are interested in Brew City really goes to show how much the baseball culture in Milwaukee has changed.

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Melvin, however, won’t feel completely comfortable yet since C.C. and Sheets still haven’t signed anywhere and there’s talk of Jake Peavy coming to an NL Central team. According to Eli, the Cubs are preparing two different offers to the Padres for Jake Peavy and the Brewers are looking at Oliver Perez (WTF?) if they can’t land C.C. or Sheets.

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