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May 2009 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

April 2009 - Review

American League Standings

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Boston Red Sox	14	9	.609	-	12-11	2	2-6	12-3	2-1	5-2	138	W1	7-3
Washington Nationals	12	11	.522	2.0	13-10	-1	6-4	6-7	2-0	3-4		W1	3-7
Baltimore Orioles	12	12	.500	2.5	12-12	0	7-4	5-8	1-1	5-5		W2	5-5
Tampa Bay Rays	11	13	.458	3.5	13-11	-2	5-9	6-4	1-3	4-3		L2	4-6
New York (A) Yankees	9	13	.409	4.5	8-14	1	5-4	4-9	1-2	5-3		L1	5-5

Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Minnesota Twins	15	6	.714	-	15-6	0	10-1	5-5	0-0	3-1	140	W2	8-2
Cleveland Indians	14	8	.636	1.5	15-7	-1	4-5	10-3	0-1	2-3		L2	6-4
Chicago (A) White Sox	12	10	.545	3.5	10-12	2	8-5	4-5	1-1	3-1		W2	4-6
Kansas City Royals	10	12	.455	5.5	10-12	0	9-5	1-7	1-0	5-4		L4	4-6
Toronto Blue Jays	10	12	.455	5.5	9-13	1	7-5	3-7	1-0	4-4		W3	6-4
Detroit Tigers	8	13	.381	7.0	10-11	-2	4-8	4-5	1-1	2-3		L2	6-4

Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Vancouver Marmots	14	9	.609	-	15-8	-1	12-4	2-5	0-1	1-4	138	L1	3-7
Seattle Mariners	12	11	.522	2.0	11-12	1	4-5	8-6	1-1	3-5		L2	4-6
Texas Rangers	10	12	.455	3.5	9-13	1	8-2	2-10	0-2	2-4		L1	7-3
Los Angeles (A) Angels	10	13	.435	4.0	9-14	1	4-6	6-7	3-1	5-2		W1	4-6
Oakland Athletics	7	16	.304	7.0	10-13	-3	4-8	3-8	1-1	1-5		W2	4-6

National League Standings

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Florida Marlins	14	9	.609	-	12-11	2	11-4	3-5	2-1	4-4	139	W3	8-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	13	10	.565	1.0	12-11	1	7-6	6-4	1-1	5-2		L1	5-5
New York (N) Mets	12	10	.545	1.5	11-11	1	9-4	3-6	3-0	6-3		L4	5-5
Atlanta Braves	12	12	.500	2.5	14-10	-2	6-7	6-5	1-4	1-2		W3	7-3
Philadelphia Phillies	10	14	.417	4.5	10-14	0	6-4	4-10	2-1	4-6		L3	2-8

Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Houston Astros	15	7	.682	-	12-10	3	7-1	8-6	0-0	6-0	140	W7	8-2
Milwaukee Brewers	13	8	.619	1.5	11-10	2	5-5	8-3	1-0	5-1		W1	9-1
St. Louis Cardinals	13	9	.591	2.0	12-10	1	7-3	6-6	2-1	3-4		L3	6-4
Chicago (N) Cubs	10	12	.455	5.0	11-11	-1	7-6	3-6	0-1	3-6		L1	3-7
Cincinnati Reds	7	14	.333	7.5	10-11	-3	3-6	4-8	0-1	3-4		W3	5-5
Buffalo Blizzards	5	17	.227	10.0	8-14	-3	2-7	3-10	0-0	0-8		L8	1-9

Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
San Diego Padres	16	6	.727	-	14-8	2	8-4	8-2	0-0	3-0	136	W1	8-2
Arizona Diamondbacks	12	11	.522	4.5	11-12	1	8-5	4-6	0-3	5-3		L1	5-5
Los Angeles (N) Dodgers	12	11	.522	4.5	14-9	-2	6-8	6-3	2-1	2-4		W1	4-6
Colorado Rockies	11	12	.478	5.5	11-12	0	5-6	6-6	1-1	3-3		L1	4-6
San Francisco Giants	5	18	.217	11.5	6-17	-1	2-5	3-13	1-1	2-5		W1	1-9

After the tradional bad start we are back near the top of the division.



Milwaukee Brewers Batting Stats after April 2009

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Prince Fielder 1B	21	79	8	26	7	1	3	19	44	9	13	1	1	.329	.389	.557	.946
Ryan Braun LF	21	74	12	23	4	0	5	13	42	10	14	1	0	.311	.400	.568	.968
Cesar Izturis SS	21	74	9	20	2	0	0	5	22	3	5	3	1	.270	.304	.297	.601
Orlando Hudson 2B	20	69	16	20	3	0	3	9	32	7	8	4	0	.290	.359	.464	.823
Johnny Estrada C	19	65	5	12	2	1	0	7	16	5	5	0	0	.185	.239	.246	.486
Justin Upton CF	19	61	10	17	5	1	1	6	27	9	14	3	0	.279	.371	.443	.814
Gabe Gross RF	21	60	8	13	6	0	3	12	28	14	21	1	0	.217	.360	.467	.827
Mat Gamel 3B	18	48	6	12	1	1	1	6	18	6	5	0	0	.250	.321	.375	.696
Mike Lowell 3B	15	35	2	5	1	0	0	2	6	2	7	0	0	.143	.189	.171	.361
Shane Victorino LF	17	33	4	11	2	0	1	3	16	2	5	2	0	.333	.371	.485	.856
Mark Reynolds 2B	13	27	4	4	0	0	2	2	10	1	6	0	0	.148	.179	.370	.549
Brandon Webb SP	5	14	2	3	0	1	0	1	5	1	5	0	0	.214	.267	.357	.624
Lorenzo Cain RF	12	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	.154	.313	.231	.543
Chris Capuano SP	4	12	4	5	1	0	1	4	9	1	4	0	0	.417	.462	.750	1.212
Henry Blanco C	8	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.182	.300	.482
Yovani Gallardo SP	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200

The performance of some squad members is not really thrilling. Estrada, Lowell and Reynolds might not head to AAA. But Cain better starts performing quickly. Also Weeks will be back soon, what then?



Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Stats after April 2009

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Davis Romero MR	0	0	2	0.00	8	0	4.0	1	2	0	0	3	6	1.00	.077	.143
Jeremy Accardo MR	2	0	0	0.00	6	0	7.1	3	0	0	0	1	5	0.55	.125	.158
Jose Capellan MR	0	0	1	2.25	8	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	0	7	0.63	.179	.200
Yovani Gallardo SP	2	1	0	2.33	4	4	27.0	16	10	7	2	13	18	1.07	.167	.184
Chris Capuano SP	3	0	0	2.40	4	4	30.0	24	9	8	3	7	18	1.03	.216	.233
Brandon Webb SP	3	2	0	2.77	5	5	39.0	37	14	12	4	6	33	1.10	.245	.289
David Bush SP	2	2	0	2.83	4	4	28.2	29	11	9	2	6	19	1.22	.252	.287
Christopher Armstrong MR	0	0	0	3.38	7	0	5.1	5	2	2	1	1	3	1.13	.238	.235
Eric Gagne CL	0	0	5	4.50	6	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	5	1	2.00	.200	.214
Carlos Villanueva SP	1	1	0	6.75	2	2	12.0	12	9	9	1	5	5	1.42	.267	.282
Matt Wise MR	0	0	0	8.53	7	0	6.1	9	7	6	4	2	5	1.74	.321	.263
Francisco Rosario MR	0	2	0	10.47	4	2	16.1	23	19	19	5	6	15	1.78	.324	.353

A quite positive month in terms of pitching. Wise and Rosario are nevertheless in danger of being sent down. Four starters with an ERA below of 3.00. Romero and Accardo masterful.



American League Batter of the Month:
Willy Aybar (.427, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 14 R - Vancouver)

National League Batter of the Month:
Matt Holliday (.396, 10 HR, 26 RBI, 19 R - Colorado)

American League Pitcher of the Month:
Chuck Lofgren (4-0, 31.2 IP, 31 H, 12 BB, 37 K, 2.84 ERA - Cleveland)

National League Pitcher of the Month:
Jake Peavy (5-0, 40.1 IP, 24 H, 8 BB, 47 K, 1.79 ERA - San Diego)

American League Rookie of the Month:
Jose Tabata (.253, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 10 R - New York)

National League Rookie of the Month:
Aaron Thompson (3-0, 26.0 IP, 25 H, 6 BB, 26 K, 2.08 ERA - Florida)


The Red Sox signed reliever Joel Pineiro (0-1-2, 5.91 ERA) for two more years. The Puerto Rican will make $4,400,000 in this span.