Brewers 4, Braves 0
Brew Crew Ball — ... and walking four. Mat Gamel provided the offense for the Brewers, doubling in two runs in the 4th and singling in another in the 5th. Mike Cameron also drove in a run with an RBI groundout that probably would have been an inning-ending double play had Yunel Escobar not booted it. Escobar had a rough inning defensively, previously allowing J.J. Hardy to go to third on a throwing error following Ryan Braun's infield single. Carlos Villanueva came in and pitched a 1-2-3 9th to finish off the ...

Saturday Roto Round Up
FakeTeams — ... Podsednick is hitting 298/338/379 with 7 SBs.  I have a hard time believing he loses the full-time White Sox job.  Grab him if you need SBs and an everyday player in mixed leagues. RP Brad Lidge, Philadelphia Phillies:  Lidge blew an astounding 6th save yesterday.  Three-year/$37.5 million contract or no, Lidge isn't long for the closer's role in Philly. 8th Inning Set-Up: John Grabow PIT (9), Carlos Villanueva MLW (8), Matt Lindstrom FLA (1), Matt Thorton CHW (10), ...

Brewer Pitch Effectiveness, or who should throw what pitches and when
Brew Crew Ball — ... All four of Carlos Villanueva's pitches are above average. He is a rare (and really good) type of a reliever. He's striking out 9 per 9 out of the pen the last two years. ...

Game Thread #71: Twins (36-36) at Brewers (37-33)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Crew, and Mat Gamel will become the eighth Brewer to start a game in the #2 spot this season: Craig Counsell  2B Mat Gamel  3B Ryan Braun  LF Prince Fielder  1B Corey Hart  RF Mike Cameron  CF J.J. Hardy SS Jason Kendall  C Braden Looper  RHP (h/t Adam McCalvy) Four Brewer relievers appeared last night, but the bullpen is still relatively fresh: Carlos Villanueva pitched last night, and has appeared in two straight ...

Game Thread #75: Giants (39-34) at Brewers (40-34)
Brew Crew Ball — ... seasons.  We get an interesting lineup today, with Mat Gamel leading off. Tom Haudricourt speculates that Craig Counsell's knee or leg is still bothering him. 3B Mat Gamel SS J.J. Hardy LF Ryan Braun 1B Prince Fielder 2B Casey McGehee CF Mike Cameron RF Corey Hart C Jason Kendall RHP Jeff Suppan Bullpen rest report: Carlos Villanueva pitched 1 inning on Friday (13 pitches) ...

Game Thread #80: Brewers (42-37) at Cubs (38-38)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva has not pitched since Wednesday. ...

Cardinals 5, Brewers 1
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Joel Piniero (7-9) L: Carlos Villanueva (2-5) HR: Ryan Ludwick (13) MVP: Manny Parra (+.476) LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.449) Win Expectancy Graph Well, that turned ugly in a hurry. Manny Parra returned from AAA today and was the Manny Parra we'd all hoped he'd be all along. He allowed just three hits and walked just one batter while throwing seven shutout innings, striking out seven. Through seven innings it look like he'd be the hero of the day, and the Brewers had staked him to a ...

Dodgers Double Up the Brewers in Extras
True Blue LA — ... I'll update this with more info later. WP - Ramon Troncoso (3-0): 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout LP - Carlos Villanueva (2-6): 0.1 IP, 3 hits, 6 runs, 3 walks, 0 strikeouts Box Score

Rubber Match - The Young Guns Edition
True Blue LA — ... WP: Ramon Troncoso ( - ) LP: Carlos Villanueva ( - ) ...

Game Thread #94: Brewers (47-46) at Pirates (40-52)
Brew Crew Ball — ... for his eighth victory. Tonight's lineup is the same as last night's (h/t JS): 2B Felipe Lopez 3B Craig Counsell LF Ryan Braun 1B Prince Fielder CF Mike Cameron RF Corey Hart SS JJ Hardy C Jason Kendall P Braden Looper Looper has lasted six innings or less in each of his last nine starts, so odds are he'll need some innings tonight from the bullpen: Carlos Villanueva pitched three innings (56 pitches) last night. Chris ...

Game Thread #97: Braves (50-47) at Brewers (48-48)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Javier Vazquez (8 - 7) LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 7) ...

Part 4 of the D-Backs Deadline Possibilities: The Chad Qualls/Jon Rauch Trade Market
AZ Snakepit — ... : The fact that Carlos Villanueva has pitched in 43 games for a contending team despite a 6.18 ERA is astonishing, and says a lot about the fact that the Brewers could stand to add another arm in the 'pen to go along with ...

Game Thread #99: Nationals (30-68) at Brewers (49-49)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Cameron RF Corey Hart SS J.J. Hardy C Jason Kendall RHP Jeff Suppan And in the bullpen: Chris Smith pitched one inning (19 pitches) yesterday. Mark DiFelice pitched one inning (18 pitches) yesterday. R.J. Swindle pitched 2 innings for Nashville on Saturday. Mitch Stetter pitched one inning (12 pitches) on Saturday. Todd Coffey pitched .2 innings (12 pitches) on Saturday. Carlos Villanueva has not pitched since Friday, but will start ...

How it might have gone: The interviews for today's starting assignment
Brew Crew Ball — ... I don't have clubhouse access at Miller Park (and after writing this, I'll probably never get it), so for now we'll have to settle for this imaginary job interview with Ken Macha (KM), Carlos Villanueva (CV) and ...

GameThread: Washington Nationals At Milwaukee Brewers - Game 100 Of 162.
Federal Baseball — ... Washington Nationals @ Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009, 8:05 PM EDT Miller Park Collin Balester vs Carlos Villanueva --> Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. ?'s For The DC Faithful... • 4 In A Row? • How Many Grand Slams Will Willingham Hit Tonight? • Ryan Zimmerman's Hit ...

Game Thread #100: Nationals (31-68) at Brewers (49-50)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Washington Nationals Federal Baseball @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Miller Park Collin Balester vs Carlos Villanueva --> Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. Complete Coverage > ...

Nationals 8, Brewers 3
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Collin Balester (1-1) L: Carlos Villanueva (2-8) HR: Ryan Braun (21), Nyjer Morgan (3), Adam Dunn (26), Cristian Guzman (5) MVP: J.J. Hardy (+.143) LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.299) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Carlos Villanueva's first start wasn't a total loss, as he allowed a leadoff home run to Nyjer Morgan, then settled down before beginning to tire and allowing four runs in the fourth with an assist from Corey Hart, who dropped a sliding catch ...

Adam Dunn Hits A HR Out Of Miller Park. Mike Rizzo On Way Out As DC GM? Washington Nationals Beat The Milwaukee Brewers, 8-3 Final.
Federal Baseball — ... Hit One Out Of Miller Park? Nyjer Morgan hit the second pitch of the game to right for a solo HR, his 3rd of '09, and an early 1-0 Washington Nationals' lead. Milwaukee Brewers' right fielder Corey Hart doubled and scored to tie it at 1-1 in the home-half of the second, and for a moment it looked as if the unlikeliest pitcher's duel of all time was about break out between DC right-hander Collin Balester and Brewers' reliever/starter Carlos Villanueva. Then Adam Dunn stepped to the plate in the fourth... ...

Game Thread #102: Nationals (32-69) at Brewers (50-51)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Collin Balester (1 - 1) LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 8) ...

Game Thread #105: Brewers (51-53) at Padres (43-62)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball Sunday, Aug 2, 2009, 3:05 PM CDT Petco Park Carlos Villanueva vs Kevin Correia --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. Complete Coverage > ...

Game Thread: 8/2, Padres vs. Brewers
Gaslamp Ball — ... Frank Catalanotto - RF Henry Blanco - C Jason Kendall - C Luis Rodriguez - 2B Carlos Villanueva - P Kevin Correia - P ...

Brewers 6, Padres 1
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Mitch Stetter (3-1) L: Kevin Correia (7-9) MVP: Carlos Villanueva (+.300) LVP: Claudio Vargas (-.205) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Maybe Carlos Villanueva will stick in the Brewer rotation after all. Despite entering today's game with an ERA over 10 in his last 18 outings and having allowed five earned runs in four innings in his last start, Villanueva pitched very effectively today, throwing five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and four walks, and striking ...

CC Road Trip: My Day at Petco
Camden Chat — ... (it was a rare two-Kevin game!) outpitched Brewers opponent Carlos Villanueva, but both pitchers allowed more walks than hits (4-to-2 for Villanueva and 3-to-2 for Correia) and Correia was let down by his bullpen and a lack of clutch hitting. Also, he came up to bat in the 5th with runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, and feigned a bunt before swinging away...and grounding right into a double play. Nice call. The only truly memorable moment came in the bottom of the ninth, when ...

Thursday Morning Astros, etc Round Up
The Crawfish Boxes — ... As far as our weekend opponent is concerned, reliever Carlos Villanueva will moonlight as a starting pitcher against Mr. Norris on Friday night, ...

Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, Aug 7, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Friday, Aug 7, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Minute Maid Park Carlos Villanueva vs Bud Norris   Complete Coverage > ...

Game Thread #109: Brewers (54-54) at Astros (53-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Friday, Aug 7, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Minute Maid Park Carlos Villanueva vs Bud Norris --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90. Complete Coverage > ...

Astros 6, Brewers 3
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Bud Norris (2-0) L: Carlos Villanueva (2-9) S: Jose Valverde (14) HR: Jason Kendall (!!), Jason Michaels 2 (3), Miguel Tejada (10) MVP: Jason Kendall (+.189) LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.202) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Yes, you read that right. Jason Kendall hit a home run tonight, prompting Tom Haudricourt to tweet this: Jason Kendall and I are no longer tied for number of HRs. He just hit No. 1 in his 368th ...

Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, Aug 8, 2009 6:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... WP: Bud Norris (2 - 0) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 9) ...

Game Thread #111: Brewers (55-55) at Astros (54-56)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Bud Norris (2 - 0) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 9) ...

Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, Aug 9, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... WP: Bud Norris (2 - 0) SV: Jose Valverde LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 9) ...

Why We Are So Lousy
Brew Crew Ball — ... Manny Parra 4.39 4.98 6.26*** Seth McClung 4.02 5.48 5.03 Carlos Villanueva 4.07 4.31 6.05*** ...

Game Thread #113: Padres (48-66) at Brewers (55-57)
Brew Crew Ball — ... San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Miller Park Kevin Correia vs Carlos Villanueva --> Clear. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. Complete Coverage > ...

Padres 6, Brewers 5
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva didn't pitch poorly tonight, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks in 5.2 innings, but the bullpen couldn't keep him in it. Tonight it was Todd Coffey who couldn't manage a lead, allowing three runs on three hits and a walk while retiring just two batters. ...

What if the Brewers had signed CC Sabathia?
Brew Crew Ball — ... would not have been Brewers in 2009 if Sabathia had signed: Braden Looper. Of the three players the Brewers would have missed out on, Looper is the one that would not have been missed. Looper has actually been worth -.6 WAR in 2009, so by replacing him with Sabathia, the Brewers gain roughly 5.1 wins. With that said, replacing Looper with Sabathia would have improved the top of the rotation but not its depth: guys like Mike Burns, Seth McClung and Carlos Villanueva would still have been forced into action in the ...

Game Thread #118: Brewers (58-59) at Pirates (46-70)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ Pittsburgh Pirates Bucs Dugout Monday, Aug 17, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT PNC Park Carlos Villanueva vs Kevin Hart --> Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85. Complete Coverage > ...

Brewers vs. Pirates, 17 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Frank Catalanotto - RF Andy LaRoche - 3B Jason Kendall - C Lastings Milledge - LF Carlos Villanueva - P Ronny Cedeno - SS Alcides Escobar - SS ...

Pirates 9, Brewers 5
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Kevin Hart (4-2) L: Carlos Villanueva (2-10) HR: Prince Fielder (31), Mike Cameron (17), Andy LaRoche (6), Garrett Jones (13), Ronny Cedeno (8) MVP: Felipe Lopez (+.168) LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.349) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Well, apparently the Brewers don't dominate the Pirates anymore. This one was over early, as the Pirates scored one in the second and five more in the third off of Carlos Villanueva to take a ...

Game Thread #119: Brewers (58-60) at Pirates (47-70)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Kevin Hart (4 - 2) LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 10) ...

Game Thread #120: Brewers (58-61) at Pirates (48-70)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Kevin Hart (4 - 2) LP: Carlos Villanueva (2 - 10) ...

Nationals 8, Brewers 3
Brew Crew Ball — ... The Brewer defense buried Manny Parra in a hole early in this game, allowing three unearned runs in the first on two errors. After that, though, Parra allowed earned runs in the second, third and fourth innings, allowing eight total (five earned) on eight hits and a walk in just 3.1 innings. Carlos Villanueva came in and saved the bullpen from a very long day, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings in mop up duty, but the damage had been done. ...

Washington Nationals Snap 5-Game Losing Streak, Beat The Milwaukee Brewers 8-3.
Federal Baseball — ... it. Braun takes second with Cameron at bat. Mike Cameron walks. Frank Catalanotto pops out to third. Mike Rivera rips a grounder to short, Zimmerman cuts it off and takes the force at second...Nyjer Morgan grounds out to first. Cristian Guzman rips a one-out single over short. Ryan Zimmerman works the count full, and rips a line drive to right center and GONE!! Over the out-of-town scoreboard for a two-run blast and an 8-1 Nationals’ lead. Parra’s done, Carlos Villanueva on to face Dunn. Dunn bounces a line drive off the ...

Game Thread #124: Brewers (60-63) at Nationals (44-80)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Lopez 2B Frank Catalanotto RF Ryan Braun LF Prince Fielder 1B Casey McGehee 3B Mike Cameron CF Jason Kendall C Yovani Gallardo P Alcides Escobar SS And in the bullpen: Mark DiFelice pitched 1 inning (12 pitches) yesterday, and also pitched on Saturday. Carlos Villanueva pitched 2.2 innings (56 pitches) yesterday. ...

Game Thread #127: Reds (54-71) at Brewers (61-65)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva pitched two innings (25 pitches) Tuesday. ...

Game Thread #128: Pirates (53-72) at Brewers (61-66)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva last pitched on Tuesday. ...

Game Thread #129: Pirates (53-73) at Brewers (62-66)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva last pitched on Tuesday. ...

Game Thread #131: Brewers (64-66) at Cardinals (77-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva last pitched on Saturday. ...

Game Thread #133: Brewers (64-68) at Cardinals (79-55)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Carlos Villanueva pitched one inning (12 pitches) last night. ...

Brewers 5, D-Backs 3
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Carlos Villanueva (3-10) L: Daniel Schlereth (0-4) S: Trevor Hoffman (32) HR: Prince Fielder (39), Chris Young (13) MVP: Claudio Vargas (+.288) LVP: Mitch Stetter (-.203) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Hey look, a sweep! Seven Brewer pitchers combined to hold the D-Backs to three runs today, and the Brewer bats came together to make it stand up. Chris Narveson started and pitched very well through three innings, but allowed the first three ...

Game Thread #143: Brewers (69-73) at Cubs (73-68)
Brew Crew Ball — ... nor Alcides Escobar are starting at short: (h/t Adam McCalvy) Felipe Lopez  2B Craig Counsell  SS Casey McGehee 3B Prince Fielder  1B Mike Cameron  CF Jody Gerut  RF Jason Kendall  C Frank Catalanotto  LF Jeff Suppan  RHP And in the bullpen: Mitch Stetter pitched .1 innings (15 pitches) yesterday, and also pitched on Friday and Saturday. Carlos Villanueva pitched two innings (28 pitches) yesterday. Claudio ...

Cubs 13, Brewers 7
Brew Crew Ball — ... 4-0 early, but managed to score five in the fifth, capped by a bases loaded single by Mike Cameron to take a brief lead at 5-4. The Cubs responded by scoring a run in the bottom half, five more in the sixth and two more in the seventh. Yovani Gallardo didn't have much going for him tonight. For the sixth straight appearance, Gallardo threw 100+ pitches but couldn't last past the sixth inning, allowing seven runs on 12 baserunners in just 5.1 innings. Todd Coffey and Carlos Villanueva couldn't do much better. On the up side, John Axford ...

Brewers 7, Cubs 4
Brew Crew Ball — ... They did it, surprisingly enough, behind the power of Jody Gerut, whose grand slam in the fourth inning was the game's only home run, and turned a 2-1 Cubs lead into a 5-2 Brewer advantage. Gerut went 1-for-2 with a walk in the game, and was pinch hit for by Corey Hart in the seventh inning. Dave Bush was only ok today, allowing four runs on eight hits and a walk in 5.2 innings, but for the second straight day the bullpen had the answer, as Todd Coffey, Carlos Villanueva, Claudio Vargas and Trevor Hoffman combined to ...

Brewers 3, Astros 2
Brew Crew Ball — ... homer) in five innings while striking out three. The bullpen took over in the sixth with Carlos Villanueva giving up a run and giving Houston the lead. ...

Brewers 6, Astros 0
Brew Crew Ball — ... later picked off. Yovani Gallardo and three Brewer relievers didn't need much run support today, but the Brewer bats got them enough. The Brewers scored four runs off Felipe Paulino in the game, all on home runs, and added two more in the eighth while the Brewers combined to shut out the Astros. Remarkably, it's the ninth time the Astros have scored one run or less in 15 Paulino starts this season. Gallardo's final line: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K. Carlos Villanueva (sixth inning), Chris Smith (seventh and eighth ...

Phillies 9, Brewers 4
Brew Crew Ball — ... Kendall (+.080) LVP: Jeff Suppan (-.362) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Jeff Suppan reminded us all that he's still Jeff Suppan tonight, allowing 14 baserunners and eight runs in 4.1 innings and taking the Brewers out of the game early for the third time in four nights. From there, the bright spots were few and far between: Jason Kendall had two hits, including a triple, and was hit by a pitch.  Carlos Villanueva pitched well in relief, pitching two perfect innings and ...

Game Thread #156: Phillies (89-65) at Brewers (77-78)
Brew Crew Ball — ... 2B Corey Hart RF Ryan Braun LF Prince Fielder 1B Casey McGehee 3B Mike Cameron CF Alcides Escobar SS Mike Rivera C Dave Bush P And in the bullpen: Trevor Hoffman pitched one inning (18 pitches) last night, and also pitched on Friday. Todd Coffey pitched one inning (9 pitches) last night, and also pitched on Friday. Carlos Villanueva pitched one inning (22 pitches) last ...

The fizz has left the brew, but it can still kick your butt
Purple Row — ... The right-handed relievers include John Axford (3.2 IP, 2.45 ERA), Mike Burns (73 ERA+), Todd Coffey (143), Seth McClung (83), Chris Smith (137), Claudio Vargas (102), Carlos Villanueva (80) and David Weathers (100).  Mitch Stetter (114) is the only lefty in the pantry, but he's a good one.  Yovani Gallardo is technically active, but he has been shut down for the season. The D: C The Brewers 92 errors are very middle-of-the-pack, and their UZR/150 ...

Game Thread #161: Brewers (78-82) at Cardinals (91-69)
Brew Crew Ball — ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Saturday, Oct 3, 2009, 12:10 PM CDT Busch Stadium Carlos Villanueva vs Kyle Lohse --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55. Complete Coverage > ...

Game Thread #162: Brewers (79-82) at Cardinals (91-70)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Carlos Villanueva (4 - 10) ...