Milwaukee Brewers in the News: Feb. 10

Brewers News

- The big news today is that the Brewers will sign former Cardinal RHP Braden Looper. Details of the deal are starting to pop up. According to Tom Haudricourt, it is for one year plus an option. No figured yet, but I think Tyler’s post below will end up being pretty accurate. Please see that post for additional info regarding this.

- As one might imagine, the Brewers’ are itching to get back on the field. Pitchers and catchers report this Friday. Hells yes.

- Mike Hamann at Bleacher Report lists his top 5 questions regarding the 2009 Milwaukee Brewers.

- Josh Brewer, also at Bleacher Report, lists his top 5 questions regarding the 2009 Brewers.

- Chris Capuano hits a homer. You might think this is a story about his 2007 home run, but check it out. It’s about his love life. Cha-Ching. Okay, so it’s not that cool.

- Many baseball fans, myself included, were disappointed in this past weekend’s news regarding A-Rod because he was our best hope to clear baseball’s name of the steroid era. This blog hopes Ryan Braun can be our next savior.

- Here are 25 predictions for the coming MLB season. See numbers four and 25 for Brewers related predictions. I’ll agree with both. Why not, though number 25 is more likely it seems.

- Two burning questions that will be answered sooner than later (ie: Spring Training)

- More questions for the 2009 Milwaukee Brewers.

- Ryan Braun is number four on Brew Crew Ball’s advent calendar. Look at those numbers compared to other current and past Brewers. Wow.

- The Brewers bullpen is nearly completely rebuilt for 2009. Here is a closer look at the new bullpen.

Other News

- The Hardball Times has a player profile on former Brewers prospect Nelson Cruz.