Depending on when you are reading this, the Brewers will either be about to lose 100 games for the first time in their history, or already will have done so. Jose Hernandez will likely have tied or set a major league record for strikeouts.

Neither is the kind of record the Brewers were hoping for when the season started. They were shooting for a .500 or better won-loss record and perhaps another attendance record at Miller Park.

The Brewers' brass honestly thought they had improved the team with the addition of Eric Young, Glendon Rusch, Matt Stairs and Alex Ochoa. Young got off to a horrible start, but will finish with a decent season.

Rusch will finish under .500, where he has finished every season but one of his career. Stairs looks to be over the hill. Ochoa got caught in a numbers game in the outfield when Alex Sanchez got hot. He was sent packing for a third string catcher.

Now, GM Dean Taylor is starting a youth movement, three years too late. Brewers' fans can't see a light at the end of the tunnel and are taking it out on everybody from CEO/President Wendy Selig-Prieb to the batboys.

The Devil Rays because the 125th team in baseball history to lose 100 or more games with a loss last Saturday. Until this season, the Brewers had been one of the few franchises to avoid 100 losses. Now, they and their fans can only hope they are not looking at successive seasons of hitting the century mark.

Hernandez's strikeout record shouldn't surprise anybody. He would have set one last season had then manager Davey Lopes not set him down late in the year.

He actually has put up decent home run and RBI numbers this season. Because of that, he probably will be able to get at least $5 million on the free agent market.

Primarily because of the strikeouts, the salary considerations, and his age (33), Hernandez probably will be allowed to go free agent and play elsewhere next season.

First baseman Brad Nelson has been named the Brewers' Minor League Player of the Year while righthander Ben Hendrickson has earned the Pitcher of the Year honors.

Nelson, 19, led all of minor league baseball with 116 runs batted in between stops at Class A Beloit of the Midwest League and Class A High Desert. He batted .289 with 19 home runs. He also added 49 doubles to establish a new Brewers minor league record in that category, surpassing the old mark held by Darrell Nicholas with El Paso in 1997.

Hendrickson, 21, split his season between High Desert and Double A Huntsville of the Southern League this season. He was 9-7 with a 2.74 ERA in 27 games, all starts, between the two stops. Hendrickson pitched 151 innings, striking out 120 batters.

Nelson and Hendrickson will participate in the Brewers U.S. Bank Autograph Friday festivities before the club's game against the San Francisco Giants at Miller Park this Friday. They will be presented with their awards on Saturday, during the pre-game ceremonies on Fan Appreciation Night.

Ben Sheets pitched a nice game Tuesday night and went over 200 innings pitched for the season. Keith Ginter wore out his old Astros' teammates in two games this week and has indicated he also can play third base pretty well.

Ryan Christenson was involved in two big plays Tuesday night, making a leaping catch of what looked like a sure double and laying down a squeeze bunt with the bases loaded that led to a Houston error and two runs.

Give the set of horns to Jose for whenever he makes it to the embarrassing K record.

Next week will be the final one for The Brew Crew Review for the season. Look for the five things the Brewers should do to get better over the off-season, and the Player, Play and Goat of the Year "awards."