November 8, 2008 The Milwaukee Brewers have named Bill Castro as their pitching coach, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Our View:Castro has certainly put in the time. He's spent the past 17 years as the team's bullpen coach. He replaces Mike Maddux, who departed to be the pitching coach at Texas.
October 5, 2008 Yovani Gallardo threw three scoreless innings out of the bullpen on Sunday as the Brewers were eliminated from the playoffs.
Our View:Gallardo finishes his first post season with an ERA of 0.00 over seven innings, though he did allow three unearned runs in his Game 1 loss to the Phillies. The future is bright for this star, and he will be drafted early next season based on that potential.
October 1, 2008 The Brewers soon-to-be ace Yovani Gallardo threw 75 pitches over four innings in Wednesday's Game 1 loss to the Phillies. The youngster yielded three unearned runs following a Rickie Weeks error. Coming back from knee surgery, the Brewers did not want to go much beyond 75 pitches for Gallardo on Wednesday.
Our View:His control wavered most of the day and it could probably be attributed to playoff pressure. He allowed just three hits while walking five. Over the 2008 season, he walked just eight batters in 24 innings.
September 30, 2008 Twenty-two year old Yovani Gallardo is more than ready to take on the pressure of starting Game 1 of the Brewers series with the Phillies, according to MLB.com. "Obviously, he's put himself through a lot this season with the knee injuries, and he battled back and did everything he could," manager Dale Sveum said. "He threw four great innings against the Pirates a week ago. And his makeup, we feel he's really the right guy for Game 1."
Our View:Gallardo is supremely talented but going with a guy who threw only 24 innings this season and has just 134.1 innings in his career seems like a huge risk. However, with the injury to Ben Sheets and the fact that CC Sabathia can't pitch every game, the Breweers really have few choices to turn to other than Gallardo since names like Dave Bush and Jeff Suppan certainly don't strike fear into anyone.
September 29, 2008 ESPN.com reports that Yovani Gallardo will start Game 1 for the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL playoffs against Philadelphia, followed by ace CC Sabathia for Game 2.
Our View:Gallardo returned from a torn knee ligament and pitched four innings last Thursday against Pittsburgh in his first start since May 1. The 22-year-old right-hander allowed one run and three hits while throwing 67 pitches.
