Reflecting on the 2011 Season

Many Brewers fans including myself saw this past season as one of the best seasons in Brewers history. In the offseason Doug Melvin and Co. had traded away most of the farm system (more on that later) to land Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum. Marcum was aquired during the Winter Meetings for our top prospect Brett Lawrie who is now entering the big leagues and I'm not gonna lie looks to be a complete stud even though apparently hes kind of a tool. Then a few weeks later Melvin traded four of our other top prospects to land former Cy Young award winner, Zack Greinke. After these two huge trades the Brewers were looking to be serious contenders. Even thought Greinke pulled his little basketball bullshit, he ended up coming back and putting up some pretty decent numbers. I honestly wish he would have pitched better considering hes capable of being a dominant ace but fortunately he did go undefeated at home which helped out a lot. Marcum on the other hand pitched phenomenally all the way up until the playoffs. The five man rotation panned out perfectly. Randy Wold even had a great season and was very clutch in the offseason. Yovani Gallardo struggled early in the season but found his groove towards the end of the season and man he was lights out through the postseason! The real treat for Brewers fans this past year was the emergence of Nyjer Morgan aka Tony Plush! Morgan was such a motivated player through the whole year and has become a fan favorite, with countless clutch performances. We ended up with a 90 win season and first place in the NL Central. The Brewers marched their way through the playoffs where they ended up losing to the Cardinals in the NLCS. I'm just gonna note that once again we lost in the playoffs to the World Series Champions, we all remember 2008 with the Phillies. I think the thing that really hurt was losing to our division rivals, even though our offense and pitching disappeared in that series which was the real reason with our defeat. So now Prince Fielder is gone in free agency which will hurt but hopefully 2012 will be an even better season!