Travis Ishikawa News

MVP: Corey Hart )) LVP: Cesar Izturis The Brewers have been having a lot of trouble scoring runs.

Milwaukee Brewers fans had to witness Prince Fielder , one of the best players in franchise history, depart via free agency because the team did not have the salary cap room to keep him.

Before joining the Brewers, first baseman Travis Ishikawa had only 15 homers and 80 RBI in his first four MLB seasons .

Saber 201 teaches that if a pitcher's ERA is much higher than his peripherals, he likely has problems with some combination of luck, the defense behind him, and sequencing.

The Milwaukee Brewers have announced fans can now come to Miller Park to pick up their own Chorizo lawn ornament, as he hid over 2,000 of them in the grass areas surrounding Miller Park and its parking lots.

TAYLOR GREEN PLAYED his first MLB game at first base on Sunday, going 1-for-5 and playing soild defence.

The Brewers rallied in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday only to fall in the 11th, a 4-3 loss to the Giants that marked a tough end to a tough trip that could produce consequences far beyond these nine games.

With a runner on second and one out, Tim Dillard was instructed to intentionally walk Brandon Belt .

That first inning man. Who was thinking good thoughts? Show of hands. Who was thinking, yeah, everything's going to click into place for ol' Timmy? The word that kept popping into my head was "broken." I'm so cute and glib and stupid at my day job when it comes to the youngish starters on other teams.

Aramis Ramirez ripped a go-ahead two- run single in the top of the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers topped the San Francisco Giants, 6-4, in the opener of a three-game weekend series at AT&T Park.

I haven't seen the actual lineup, but Travis Ishikawa told us he's playing. Ryan Braun is out with an Achilles' issue.

Giants/Brewers Series Preview The Brewers have Travis Ishikawa on their roster. Isn't that wild? They also have three pitchers -- Zack Greinke, Randy Wolf, Shaun Marcum -- who will throw from a pitching mound against the Giants, and you know how much the Giants hate that.

The news on Mat Gamel is every bit as bad as many of us feared: He has a torn ACL and is likely out for the 2012 season .

The Red Sox have to be closing in on some record with the number of moves to the disabled list.

"It's funny because in years past, they were trying to find someone to play there," said Snow, noting prospects Daniel Ortmeier , John Bowker and Travis Ishikawa , who are long gone, "and now they've got three guys over there who are pretty good, if you ask me." Brandon Belt and Brett Pill are natural first basemen.