Rogers joins Crew for opener vs. Cubs
The field is full of players at the moment, four full hours before game time, and it’s tough to tell who’s who. The Brewers are in their usual Friday throwback mode, wearing royal blue tops for early batting practice that make them extremely easy to confuse with the Cubs out for early work of their own.
Hopefully, we’ll be able to tell the teams apart later on.
The Brewers have one newcomer at the park today in right-hander Mark Rogers, their first-round Draft pick from 2004 who was recalled from Double-A Huntsville. As reported a couple of days ago, Rogers was already in Milwaukee for his year-end motion analysis, and since he was on the 40-man roster, activating him made a lot of sense. It will be interesting to see how he’s used over the final three-plus weeks of the season, in relief or as a spot starter. Look for more on Rogers later over at Brewers.com.
Here are the lineups:
CUBS
Kosuke Fukudome RF
Starlin Castro SS
Marlon Byrd CF
Micah Hoffpauir 1B
Geovany Soto C
Alfonso Soriano LF
Blake DeWitt 2B
Carlos Zambrano RHP
BREWERS
Rickie Weeks 2B
Corey Hart RF
Corey Hart RF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Chris Dickerson CF
Alcides Escobar SS
Jonathan Lucroy C
Dave Bush RHP
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