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Report: Former Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign with Brewers

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According to multiple reports, the Milwaukee Brewers are expected to sign center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to a two-year, $24 million deal that includes an opt-out after the first year.  The move was first reported early Thursday morning by the Boston Globe.

The 30-year-old Bradley has spent all eight of his Major League seasons with the Boston Red Sox, winning a Gold Glove in 2018.  He played on a one-year deal with the Red Sox last season and became a free agent after the 2020 season.

Bradley was an all-star in 2016, when he hit 26 home runs.  He is a career .239 hitter with 98 home runs, 376 RBI and 60 stolen bases with the Red Sox.

Bradley hit .283 with seven home runs, 22 RBIs, five stolen bases in 55 games in 2020.

How Bradley fits into the Brewers outfield remains to be seen.  Going into the spring, the Brewers appeared to be set with Christian Yelich in left field, Avisail Garcia in right field and Lorenzo Cain, returning to the club after an opt-out season, returning in center.

The Brewers could find a way to find enough games and at bats for those four, but Cain and Bradley make their living in center field.  You have four starting outfielders and three spots for them to play.  It’s a position of strength for the Brewers, but will Cain & Bradley be happy having to share time?  Could there be another move coming?

Brewers long ball to capture Cactus League opener

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Keston Hiura

Keston Hiura got Milwaukee off to a good start with a first inning, three-run homer and the Brewers went on to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 in their Cactus League opener on Sunday.

The Brewers also got home runs from Avisail Garcia, Tyrone Taylor and Dylan Cozens in a game that was limited to six innings.

The Brewers played before fans for the first time in more than a year, albeit a limited number.  The announced total was 2,347 for the game.

Eric Lauer gave up a pair of runs in the first inning.  The Brewers then got scoreless innings from Justin Topa, Angel Perdomo, Miguel Sanchez, Ethan Small and Aaron Ashby.  Perdomo and Small retired the side in order.  Ashby closed the game with three straight strikeouts..

The Brewers are back at it again on Monday, facing the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Suter struggles, Brewers drop Wildcard opener to Dodgers

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Brent Suter File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Baseball’s best team didn’t dominate with their bats on Wednesday night, but the Los Angeles Dodgers did take advantage of Brent Suter’s early wildness to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in their National League Wildcard series opener in Los Angeles.

Corey Seager homered in the win, but the Dodgers jumped out in the first inning by hardly having to swing the bat.  After a Mookie Betts double to start, Brent Suter proceeded to walk-in a pair of runs.  Suter had to start for the Brewers with the teams top starter (Corbin Burnes) and top reliever (Devin Williams) both sidelined by injury.

Suter needed 32 pitches to get out of the first inning and ended up working just 1 2/3 innings before manager Craig Counsell was forced to go to his bullpen.  Suter left after allowing three runs and three hits, with five walks in.

The Dodgers third run came off of Suter in the second when Chris Taylor doubled and scored on Betts’ second double of [Read more…]

Brewers power past Twins

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Brett Anderson pitched six strong innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 win over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Wednesday night.

Anderson (1-2) posted his longest outing of the season, working six innings while allowing a run on five hits with five strikeouts.

The Brewers got to Twins starter Rich Hill (1-1) early, scoring four runs on four hits in the third inning.  The Brewers also put together a four run fifth to break the game open.

Ryan Braun, Christian Yelich, Avisail Garcia and Keston Hiura all homered for the Brewers.  In his past 10 games, Yelich is hitting .324 with three homers and eight RBI.

The Brewers have won 4 of their last 5 games to climb back to .500 at 11-11.  They’ll send Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 3.16 ERA) to the mound in the series finale tonight.  The Twins counter with right-hander Jose Berrios (1-3, 5.92).  Berrios has given up eight runs in 9 1/3 innings over his last two starts.

 

Brewers break up Maeda’s no-hit bid but fall to Twins

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Eric Sogard

The Milwaukee Brewers foiled Kenta Maeda’s bid for a no-hitter in the 9th inning, then scored three runs to force extra innings.  But the rally fell short as the Brewers dropped their series opener to the Minnesota Twins 4-3 in 12 innings on Tuesday night at Target Field.

Jorge Polanco’s slow infield roller scored the winning run in the bottom of the 12th to win it for the Twins.

Maeda took a no-hitter into the 9th, having struck out 12 and retiring 20 Brewers in a row at one point.  That’s when Eric Sogard led off the ninth with a single to right-center field to end Maeda’s night.

The Twins went to Taylor Rogers out of the bullpen and Milwaukee’s Avisail Garcia greeted him with a double to put runners at second and third.  After Christian Yelich walked, Keston Hiura drove in a run with a single to center.

Jedd Gyorko followed with a ground ball up the middle to drive in Garcia, but in an attempt to turn a double play, the Twins Ildemaro Vargas threw wildly, allowing Yelich to score to tie the game 3-3.

The Brewers had a chance to go ahead in the top of the 12th.  They had runners at 1st and 3rd with nobody out but [Read more…]

Brewers offense struggles in loss to Cubs (AUDIO)

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Justin Smoak

The Milwaukee Brewers have struggled offensively this season and their issues continued on Thursday night, in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs in their series opener at Wrigley Field.

Cubs starter Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning.  His no-hit bid ended with one out in the inning after Justin Smoak homered to right to cut the Cubs lead to three.  Darvish would finish the inning and call it a night.  He surrendered the one hit, two walks with 11 strikeouts to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Orlando Arcia singled in the eighth but was rubbed out on a double play.  The Brewers then closed the gap in the 9th when Avisail Garcia singled, made his way to third and scored on a Justin Smoak double.  Omar Narvaez ended the threat by popping out to left to end it, giving the Cubs three wins against their rivals to the north in four meetings this season.

The Cubs improved to 13-3 with the win, the best record in the majors so far this season.

Brett Anderson (0-2) got the start for the Brewers and surrendered two runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings of work but suffered the loss.  He walked two and struck out five.  One of the five hits allowed by Anderson was a solo home run off the bat of Kyle Schwarber in the second inning.

Corbin Burnes came on in relief, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Game two of the series is Friday night (7:15) at Wrigley Field.  Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 2.53) gets the start for the Brewers.  Tyler Chatwood (2-1, 5.40) goes for the Cubs.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell says the Brewer pitchers are doing their job :23

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said despite a short season, there’s still time :23

AUDIO: Justin Smoak says they’re battling offensively :18

Brewers use long ball to beat the Twins

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Manny Pina

The Milwaukee Brewers have been waiting for their home run bats to come alive.  They broke out on Tuesday night, clubbing four home runs in a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins at Miller Park.

In the teams first 14 games, the Brewers had just 13 home runs.  On Tuesday night, the Brewers first hitter, Avisail Garcia sent his first home run of the season into the seats to get the ball rolling.

Catcher Manny Pina went yard twice, the first multi-homer game of his career and Jeff Gyorko delivered the game-winning shot off of Twins closer Taylor Rogers in the eighth inning to snap a 4-4 tie.

Pina extended his hitting streak to five games, the longest streak by a Brewer this season.  The Brewers backup catcher is hitting .429 (6-14) during that stretch.

At the start of the season, the Brewers pitching was expected to be the teams weakness.  That hasn’t been the case.  The Brewers are just 7-8 and the pitching staff deserves a lot of the credit for those seven wins, not to mention holding their team in games with chances to win. [Read more…]

Brewers drop home opener to White Sox

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The Milwaukee Brewers finally got to play a home opener at Miller Park, but it didn’t work out the way they had planned.  The Brewers jumped out to a 4-2 lead, then saw their bullpen surrender four runs in a 6-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

The Brewers were playing their first game since a victory in Pittsburgh last Wednesday.

Brett Anderson got his first start in a Brewers uniform but took a drive off of his left foot from Chicago’s Luis Robert.  Yoan Mancada doubled him to third.  Jose Abreu drove in a run with a ground ball and Yasmani Grandal gave the White Sox a 2-0 lead with a sacrifice fly.

The Brewers cut the lead to 1 in the bottom half of the first when Christian Yelich snapped an 0-for-19 streak with a two-out double.  Avisail Garcia followed with a double of his own to score Yelich.

The Brewers took the lead in the 5th when Garcia drove in two runs with a single to left.  Ben Gamel’s sixth inning single to center scored Justin Smoak to put the Brewers up 4-2. [Read more…]

Brewers prepare for “Blue and Gold World Series” (AUDIO)

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers are looking to spice things up for the final week-plus of summer camp.  The team will play a best-of-seven “Blue and Gold World Series,” starting Tuesday evening at Miller Park.

Manager Craig Counsell told reporters on Monday that he has selected Avisail Garcia and Omar Narvaez as his captains for the series.  They’ll will pick the two squads on Monday afternoon.

The series will allow players to get a competitive atmosphere flowing, as the Brewers prepare for their July 24 season opener against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Counsell said things have gone well for the Brewers in summer camp so far, but he knows this season is going to have its challenges and he would welcome a bump or two in the road along the way.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on the plans for the intrasquad world series :19

AUDIO: Counsell on the competition this week :18

AUDIO: Counsell says things have gone well so far :14

AUDIO: Counsell said while things are going well, he’d welcome a bump in the road :22

 

Brewers sign outfielder Avisail Garcia to free agent deal

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The Milwaukee Brewers  have signed free agent outfielder Avisail Garcia to a two-year contract with a club option for 2022.

The 28-year-old Garcia hit .282 with a career high 20 home runs and 72 RBI in 125 games with the Tampa Bay Rays this past season.  Garcia made 122 starts overall, 89 in right field, 23 games as a DH and 10 games in center field.  He hit .294 (42-for-143) with runners in scoring position.

“Avisail provides an impactful right-handed hitting force in our lineup,” said President of Baseball Operations and General Manager David Stearns.  “Adding him to our current group of outfielders strengthens what was already one of the strongest outfields in baseball.”

Garcia owns a career batting average of .273 with 96 home runs and 374 RBI in 763 games with Detroit (2012-13), Chicago-AL (2013-18) and Tampa Bay (2019).  His best season came with the White Sox in 2017 as he hit a career-high .330 with 18 home runs and a career-high 80 RBI in 136 games.  He was named to his only All-Star Game that season.

The native of Anaco, Venezuela was originally signed by Detroit as a non-drafted free agent on July 6, 2007.  He was a member of the 2012 American League-champion Tigers during his rookie season.