Corey Hart News

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said first baseman Corey Hart and left-hander Chris Narveson were making progress rehabbing from injuries.

We are about one quarter of the way through the MLB season with the Atlanta Braves clinging to a slim lead in the National League East.

Hard as it may be to believe, we have already reached the first-quarter mark of the 2013 MLB season, as teams will play their 40th game of the season at some point this coming week.

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Monday edition of Brewer Daily News. First baseman Corey Hart is still rehabbing his right knee after having surgery back in January and is eyeing a return within the next month.

Right on schedule, the Brewers promoted reliever Francisco Rodriguez to Triple-A Nashville on Saturday night and will decide this week whether to offer him a job in the Majors or a ticket back to free agency.

Say, it's kind of tough to do one of these eight hours after the game ends. Makes you realize how quickly you stop caring about one game and start worrying about the next one.

Fact: Yuniesky Betancourt is currently the Milwaukee Brewers team leader in home runs and is tied for the team lead in runs batted in.

Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said his decision to drop Rickie Weeks from fifth to seventh in the lineup Wednesday night was about production as well as trying to take some pressure off his slumping second baseman.

On one particular belt-high, no-movement pitch that conveniently split the plate for Matt Holliday, pretty much everyone in the park knew where that one was headed.

It's still not fashionable to say in some circles, even with Betancourt off to a sizzling start for the Brewers, but Chris Rykwalder is a big fan.

Then there was a splendid 12-3 stretch. The pitching improved. The hitting improved.

After injuries forced him to juggle his lineup for the first month of the season, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke finally has everyone - except for Corey Hart - in the slots he prefers.

It was Opening Day all over again for Aramis Ramirez, who returned to third base and the Brewers' cleanup hole Friday after a month-long stay on the disabled list for a sprained left knee.

Each season, a handful of players come out of nowhere to get off to unexpected hot starts, making far greater contributions than anticipated to kick off the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers ended April better than anyone could have expected, winning 12 out of their 15 games and finishing the first month of regular season play at 14-11. They start out May a half-game back of the St.

Currently: Starting first baseman, Detroit Tigers With the Sounds: 2005. As a 21-year-old prospect, the son of former major league slugger Cecil Fielder spent 103 games in a Sounds uniform in summer 2005.

Then, when the Brewers brought him back as a utility man at the end of spring training, the uproar among the faithful was predictably loud.

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Tuesday edition of Brewer Daily News. First baseman Corey Hart is hoping that at the end of May that he will be ready to come off of the disabled list.

Injuries don't care how much money a player makes, how gaudy the stats on the back of a player's baseball card are or what time of year it is.

Milwaukee's 10-4 win over Pittsburgh on Monday night was just the latest piece in a long line of evidence that leads to one conclusion: The Brewers are all but unbeatable when the Pirates come to Miller Park.