Alcides Escobar News

BaseballAmerica.com will be posting their list of the Top 10 Milwaukee Brewers Prospects on their website on Monday.

The Topps Triple-A All-Star Team was announced on Thursday, with two prospects each from the Yankees' and Indians' organization being honored for their performances by the Topps Company of New York, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball.

"Financial flexibility" is the new catch phrase in the front offices of the Milwaukee Brewers .

For Ryan Braun and Alcides Escobar, the end of the season has not meant the end of their accolades.

One of the most important attributes in building a pitching rotation is the durability of the pitchers.

Brewers general manager Doug Melvin may be downplaying his club's chances of landing the top pitcher on this year's free agent market, but don't count Milwaukee out of the John Lackey sweepstakes just yet.

Milwaukee Brewers It was a rebuilding year for the Brewers, who finally made the playoffs in 2008, only to fall back to mediocrity in '09. The thing is, this team is anything but mediocre if they had just acquired some pitching.

The Milwaukee Brewers , who already have committed to young players at the key positions of shortstop and center field for 2010, are considering doing likewise at the vitally important catching spot.

Last week the Brewers did the inevitable, trading J.J. Hardy to open a permanent position for Alcides Escobar .A The move instantly made fantasy owners across the country happy, as Escobar has long been heralded as one of the best prospects in the game.A Will he actually be able to make a major impact in 2010, however? Before we answer that ...

Well, like it or not, Carlos Gomez and his .292 career OBP will now be a prominent member of the Brewers' starting lineup and likely the team's new everyday centerfielder.

When the season ended about a month ago and it was widely expected that J.J. Hardy and Mike Cameron would not be back, the question was put to the Milwaukee Brewers: Can a team win with a young shortstop and a young centerfielder? Yes, assistant general manager Gord Ash said at the time, it is possible.

That didna TMt take long at all. A Just days after missing out on a potential deal for infielder Akinori Iwamura, the Twins made a huge splash by acquiring All-Star shortstop J.J. Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for outfielder Carlos Gomez.

Rogers was such a nice story this year. After missing all of 2007 and 2008 with a variety of shoulder problems and surgeries, he pitched every five days in short stints for High-A Brevard County, putting up a 1.67 with more than a strikeout per inning.

A bit of doom and gloom in Buster Olney's most recent blog post for ESPN -- with a wave of young stars constantly raising the bar in arbitration cases, some of Olney's sources maintain that players are starting to get more through arby hearings than they would get on the open market.

Alcides Escobar, SS - Without announcing it as such, the Brewers began the transition from J.J. Hardy to Escobar as their starting shortstop on Aug.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recapped and graded the individual performances of every Brewer that saw significant playing time throughout the season.

As Major League Baseball's postseason got under way Wednesday, all was quiet at Miller Park.

There is a first team and a second team for all levels and an an All-Star Squad for each level.

Troy Glaus will be on the St. Louis Cardinals' roster for their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers despite missing most of the season while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.

MILWAUKEE - Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Wednesday he'll sacrifice offense for pitching this offseason.