Francisco Rodriguez News

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Wednesday edition of Brewer Daily News.

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Monday edition of Brewer Daily News. Despite his season long struggles, Milwaukee Brewers' reliever John Axford is still getting a boost of confidence from his team.

Francisco Rodriguez joined the Milwaukee Brewers for their series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on Thursday and left no doubt he's glad to be back.

The Milwaukee Brewers will need to take advantage of every opportunity they can in order to get back into the NL Central race.

The Brewers lost to the Pirates again in a weird "Freaky Friday" switch. There is something wrong in the universe.

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

What are the Milwaukee Brewers going to do with former closer John Axford, who blew it again last night in a 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh in 12-innings. Axford entered last night's game in the 8th inning, trying to protect a 3-2 lead.

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.

Francisco Liriano made his debut today for the Pirates and it will be interesting how he performs in his first year in the N.L. - John Rieger-US PRESSWIRE Unfortunately I will be out of town next week and there will be not be any "Around the League" updates.

Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel has had a difficult past several outings, and his numbers to start the 2013 Major League Baseball season haven't been as impressive as the ones he put up last year, but he's still widely recognized as one of the game's preeminent closers.

Closer: Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game is a history of closers and closing and their changing roles over time; it's not a strict oral history but most of the structure involves a few relevant questions to many, many different pitchers.

Rangers left-hander Derek Holland bent but didn't break, allowing 10 hits but only one run over seven innings in picking up the victory.

Cincinnati's loss to Atlanta on Wednesday handed the Reds their first series defeat at home all season, after winning their first five series in their friendly confines.

The Brewers got their first dose of Interleague Play on Tuesday, when the Rangers came to town for a quick two-game series.

The Brewers have ten days to decide what to do with their latest minor league addition, who is just now ready to join an affiliate.

As expected the Brewers have sent Francisco Rodriguez to high Single-A and Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that he's slated to make a few appearances there before moving up to Triple-A next week.

Those are the primary reasons that caused some time off for the once-heralded closer Francisco Rodriguez .

Reliever Francisco Rodriguez has secured his work visa and is expected to report to a Brewers Minor League affiliate next week to begin his comeback bid in earnest.

John Axford no longer will be manager Ron Roenicke 's "go-to" reliever in the eighth inning, unless pitcher/hitter matchups dictate it.

Francisco Rodriguez has secured a work visa and will report to the Brewers' High-A affiliate in Brevard County next week, reports Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. Rodriguez signed a minor league deal with the Brewers last month and has been pitching in extended spring training while awaiting his visa.