Phoenix - Every spring, as major-league baseball training camps open in Florida and Arizona, the prevailing theme is optimism. As folks in places such as Houston, San Diego, Baltimore, Seattle and New York (Mets, not Yankees) might suggest, that optimism

February, 18, 2012 Feb 18 11:00 AM ET By You Can't Predict Baseball Last year, You Can't Predict Baseball came up with bold predictions for the year. We had a lot of fun coming up with them, and then laughing at how hilariously wrong they were at the end

Move over football. Your time is up. While hockey and basketball are in the middle of another captivating season, baseball is gearing up to kick off its 2012 campaign. Throughout the rest of February, teams will report to their spring training facilities

The Milwaukee Brewers and José Veras held their arbitration hearing today in St. Petersburg. This marks the sixth hearing of the year, and the teams are ahead 3-2. The Brewers have only had five hearings in their history. They lost to Corey Hart in 2010

Veras, acquired from Pittsburgh in December for third baseman Casey McGehee, wanted $2.375 million, and the Brewers offered $2 million. He made $1.35 million last season with the Pirates. Brewers chief negotiator Teddy Werner had said in recent weeks tha

Prince Fielder was born on May 9, 1983 in Ontario, California. You may be wondering what else interesting happened on this day 28 years ago. First of all, the number one song on the Billboard charts was Michael Jackson's "Beat It." The price for a dozen

Manny Parra's 2011 season was all for naught after suffering a back injury late in spring training. Yet, the Brewers felt the need to bring him back to the bullpen by signing him to a one-year, $1.2 Million deal for this next season. While he'll be shelv

Now, I know it’s an absolute long shot for this to ever happen, but this post is for the sake of the argument. Let’s say Milwaukee were to reportedly show heavy interest in Yoenis Céspedes. This obviously would switch things up quite a bit, even after Ry

By reaching a last minute deal with Shaun Marcum today, the Brewers continued their streak of going right to the wire with an arbitration case. Last year, they settled with Marcum deep into the night before a hearing. The year before that, they went all

Craig Counsell retired on January 17th, marking the end of a 15-year career that for Arizona Diamondback fans, was highlighted by his crucial hit-by-pitch at bat in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Of course, his most famous moment came

This one is fairly straightforward. Prince Fielder will not turn 28 years old until May. When his contract expires after the 2020 season, Fielder will be 36 years old. As for Pujols, he is already 32 years old. He will play the final season of his deal a

Point differentials are based on a 12-team mixed league, using 2011 point totals and position eligibility. Therefore, I’ve provided the top scorer at each position, followed by the 12th highest scorer (36th for outfield) to determine the point differenti

This is something I have been wrestling with for the past couple of days. Believe me, no one was holding out more hope for a one-year encore than yours truly. By getting Prince back and pairing him with Braun and Ramirez, the Brewers would have been a po

MILWAUKEE The annual Milwaukee Brewers fan festival will be held this weekend in downtown Milwaukee. Fans can get autographs and photos with Brewers players and coaches on Sunday at Brewers On Deck. There are also baseball clinics, the popular Game Show

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The annual Milwaukee Brewers fan festival will be held this weekend in downtown Milwaukee. Fans can get autographs and photos with Brewers players and coaches on Sunday at Brewers On Deck. There are also baseball clinics, the popular "Ga

In the past few days since has signed with the Tigers, a few friends who are aware that I am an avid Brewers fan have brought it up with some predictable sentiments. "It sucks that the Brewers lost Fielder," or "baseball should have a salary cap," or "it

Meanwhile, for some reason it feels like everyone is talking about Corey Hart today: Is it possible the Winter Of The Bottomless Checkbook still isn't over? Ken Rosenthal says the Brewers are one of six teams interested in free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt (

Last season, all eyes were on the new and improved pitching staff. It was easy to understand why, Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum had been acquired through huge off-season trades. Then there was John Axford, the young Canadian fireballer who would be takin

Even some of the most diehard Brewers fans quickly forget how far down the tubes the franchise had fallen before the epoch when Braun and Fielder had landed in the big leagues. Though the anxiety of the franchise's possible departure from Milwaukee had d