Ben Sheets News

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

Where will Mark DeRosa play baseball in 2010? View full size photo>> The rules are pretty simple.

Jerry Cransick of ESPN.com says that Ben Sheets will be 100 percent by Spring Training.

Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin caught reporters slightly off-guard at the GM meetings in Chicago this week when he observed that "no one has heard from" former Brewers right-hander Ben Sheets .

Michael Landon never forgot about them. Why should you! In a market with such injury prone aces as Rich Harden and Erik Bedard available to teams this offseason, in can be easy to forget about one ace who missed all of 2009 on the shelf.

Surprise, surprise. Brewers general manager Doug Melvin spent his time at this week's General Managers Meetings in Chicago focused on pitching.

It's a phrase that not only describes Brad Penny, but almost all the pitchers on the free agent market this winter.

Friday's interesting Milwaukee-Minnesota Midwest regional trade was nice to see.

Expectations for the 2009 season were sky-high for the Milwaukee Brewers. Despite the departure of CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets, many felt the Brewers would still compete for a playoff spot after successfully making the playoffs in 2008.

In the first installment of looking at pitching options for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010, we took a look at Erik Bedard .

Reconnect the seams, and a primary reason why the Milwaukee Brewers unraveled last season becomes as clear as the commissioner's signature on the baseball.

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

No CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets? No return trip to the postseason for the pitching-poor Brewers.

The memories seem so distant. A week from this coming Monday, we were all gathering at the Summerfest Grounds to send the Brewers off to Philadelphia for their first post-season trip in decades.

The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander had a dismal start against the Chicago Cubs last week, and with his innings and pitch count climbing, the decision was made Friday that Gallardo would get one more start before being shelved for the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers will not be headed to the postseason this year. For that reason, they will soon shut down one of their top young pitchers with an eye toward 2010.

Baseball Prospectus' Pre-season Projection : 83-79, second place Current record: 70-75, third place Life is like a sausage race.

When Doug Melvin looks back on himself with constructive criticism, the Milwaukee Brewers' general manager said he regretted not getting Jarrod Washburn at the trading deadline.

Davey Nelson, an analyst for FS Wisconsin broadcasts and the Brewers' director of alumni relations, chatted during Thursday's Brewers-Cardinals game and offered insights on offseason moves, the highlight of the 2009 season and more.