Brewers trade Hardy to Twins for Gomez
The ticker tape was still falling in Manhattan on Friday when the Brewers dealt shortstop J.J. Hardy, a staple of trade rumors this year, to the Twins for speedy center fielder Carlos Gomez.


The ticker tape was still falling in Manhattan on Friday when the Brewers dealt shortstop J.J. Hardy, a staple of trade rumors this year, to the Twins for speedy center fielder Carlos Gomez.
The Alcides Escobar era began on Friday when incumbent Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy was traded to the Twins. Hardy thinks the kid is going to be just fine.
On a busy day for the Brewers, the team declined reliever David Weathers' club option and made him a free agent. The option would have paid Weathers' $3.7 million in 2010; instead he gets a $400,000 buyout.
The Brewers have seven potential free agents, including two -- center fielder Mike Cameron and catcher Jason Kendall -- who have been fixtures in the starting lineup.
Former Brewers All-Star infielder Don Money will return for a second season as manager of the organization's top Minor League affiliate, and he will have a new pitching coach.
Brewers prospect Josh Butler pitched three shutout innings for his third win Tuesday as the Peoria Javelinas held off the Scottsdale Scorpions, 3-2.
The Brewers unveiled their schedule of 32 Spring Training games on Monday, a slate capped by a pair of exhibitions against the Tigers at Miller Park on April 2-3.
Chris Bosio will be back with the Brewers in 2010 in a newly created advance-scouting position meant to enhance the video-based system already in place.
Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy homered and drove in three runs as the Peoria Javelinas held on to defeat Phoenix, 5-4, on Friday.
The Brewers announced their postseason award winners Tuesday as voted on by members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
The Houston Astros claimed Milwaukee outfielder Jason Bourgeois on waivers, the Brewers said Monday. The Brewers also announced outfielder Adam Stern and right-handed pitcher Mike Burns have signed Minor League contracts for 2010.
Add restaurateur to the list of Brewers slugger Ryan Braun's off-the-field endeavors.
Former Brewers right-hander Ben Sheets returned to his Louisiana high school last week and saw his No. 15 uniform retired. Sheets intends to be wearing it again in 2010.
Brewers vice president/assistant general manager Gord Ash hit on a variety of topics and prospects in a live chat with fans on Wednesday.
On the heels of a trying season for the Brewers' pitching staff, Brewers GM Doug Melvin moved to fill that hole by finalizing a two-year contract with former A's and Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson.
Rick Peterson has worked closely in the past with several current Brewers coaching staff members, and he has become of the focus of the team's search for a new pitching coach.
Former Brewers manager Ned Yost has had 13 months to mull what went wrong in Milwaukee, and he broke a long period of relative silence Thursday after interviewing to be the next skipper of the Houston Astros.
Happy birthday to Trevor Hoffman, who turned 42 on Tuesday and will become the Brewers' first 42-year-old pitcher when he steps on the mound next season.
Brewers general manager Doug Melvin has interviewed a third candidate, Chuck Hernandez, for the team's pitching coach vacancy, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Rick Peterson didn't hide his strong interest in the Brewers' pitching-coach job on Friday.