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Cubs sign Jeffress to free agent deal

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Jeremy Jeffress (File Photo)

Former Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress signed a free agent deal with the rival Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old Jeffress had three separate stints with the Brewers before they finally released him on September 1, 2019.  He reportedly signed a major-league contract worth $850,000 and has games-pitched incentives that could add as much as another $200,000.

Jeffress started the 2019 season on the injured list after experiencing shoulder weakness.  He ended up appearing in 48 games, posting a 5.02 ERA.

Jeffress was a first-round draft pick of the Brewers in 2006 and was traded to Kansas City in the 2010 deal that brought Zach Greinke to Milwaukee.  His best season came in 2018 when he went 8-1 with a 1.29 ERA in 73 games with 15 saves.  He also made the all-star team that season.

Jeffress is the second former Brewers player to sign with the Cubs.  They also added utility infielder Hernan Perez.

Brewers fall short in Denver, settle for NL Wildcard game (AUDIO)

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers missed a golden opportunity to tie or win the National League’s Central Division and capped the regular season by being swept by the Colorado Rockies in Denver.

The Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis twice on Friday and Saturday, but the Brewers failed to take advantage.  Then Sunday, with the Cubs being blown out by the Cardinals (9-0), Brewers manager Craig Counsell called off the dogs, resting his regulars by removing them from the game and putting all focus on the wildcard playoff game in Washington on Tuesday night.  The Brewers fell to the Rockies 4-3 in 13-innings when Jake Faria allowed the winning run to score on a wild pitch.

The Brewers led 3-0 in the seventh on home runs by Yasmani Grandal and Hernan Perez, but manager Craig Counsell had already started the process of pulling players.  Adrian Houser started and tossed four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with one walk and five strikeouts. [Read more…]

Cubs break it open late, double up Brewers 10-5

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The Chicago Cubs did a number on the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen on Thursday night, pulling out a 10-5 victory in the opener of a four-game series at Miller Park.

Kyle Schwarber had the big blow, a grand slam in the sixth off of Drew Pomeranz as the Cubs went from a 4-4 tie to a 9-4 lead.

Wilson Contreras went 4-for-5 with a homer and an RBI double in the win.  David Bote added a solo shot in the ninth as the Cubs won their third straight and increased their Wild Card lead to five games over the Brewers.

Jose Quintana earned the victory, allowing four runs over five innings, improving to 13-8.

Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Cory Spangenberg clubbed home runs for the Brewers in the loss.

The Brewers send Zach Davies to the mound in game two of the series tonight against Chicago’s Cole Hamels.

Brewers drop third straight, falling further behind in wild card race

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Craig Counsell

Yadier Molina hit two home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

Miles Mikolas struck out 10 without a walk to earn the win for St. Louis, which has now won 15 of its last 18 games.

The game was delayed in the seventh inning for nine minutes after the Brewers got caught by a pop-up shower while the roof was open.

Yasmani Grandal drew the Brewers to within 4-3 in the eighth inning, clubbing a two-run homer.  But when the Brewers couldn’t draw even, manager Craig Counsell went to rookie Devin Williams in the 9th, instead of closer Josh Hader.  The Cardinals tacked on two more in the ninth to make it 6-3.

The Brewers put two runners aboard in the bottom of the 9th and for a brief moment looked like they [Read more…]

Brewers stumble late, drop second straight to Cardinals

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning over St. Louis on Tuesday night, then the roof caved in, leading to a 9-4 loss to the Cardinals.

The Cardinals tallied four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to take control of the game.

The meltdown started in the bottom of the sixth when Jeremy Jeffress (3-4) loaded the bases and didn’t retire a batter.  After Alex Claudio came on to strike out Kolten Wong and Craig Counsell turned next to Junior Guerra.

Guerra quickly walked Harrison Bader to force in the tying run before striking out pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter for the second out.  The big blow came next, when Dexter Fowler lifted a broken-bat pop fly [Read more…]

Brewers send Shaw to the minors, recall Hiura

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Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

The Milwaukee Brewers gave Travis Shaw every opportunity to get out of his season-long slump and their patience has finally run out.  The Athletic reported the Brewers optioned Shaw to Class AAA San Antonio and recalled second baseman Keston Hirua.  They also are bringing up utility player Tyler Saladino and designating Hernan Perez for assignment.

After going 0-for-2 on Thursday, Shaw was hitting .164 with six home runs and 13 RBI in 57 games for the Brewers.

In 17 games in the month of June, Perez was hitting just .196 for the month, .107 in his last nine games.  He was hitting .235 in 59 games this season, clubbing five home runs and 11 RBI.

Hiura was hitting .329 at San Antonio with 16 doubles, 19 home runs and 46 RBI.  He hit .281 with five home runs during a 17-game stint with the Brewers earlier this season.

Saladino was hitting .288 with 14 home runs and 57 RBI in 67 games at San Antonio.  Both Saladino and Hiura were selected as Pacific Coast League All-stars.

Woodruff pitches Brewers to another victory (AUDIO)

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Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff has been locked in on the strike zone, striking out 10 and walking nobody in a 9-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Woodruff allowed just one hit, a sixth inning solo home run off the bat of Philadelphia’s Andrew Knapp in the sixth inning.  He pitched eight innings to improve to 7-1, never once pitching out of the stretch on Sunday.

Ben Gamel clubbed two of the Brewers five home runs.  Christian Yelich hit his 21st home run.  Hernan Perez and Yasmani Grandal also went deep for the Brewers. [Read more…]

Brewers drop series opener in St. Louis

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The St. Louis Cardinals scored seven runs in the seventh inning and knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 in St. Louis on Monday night.

Dexter Fowler went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI.  Paul Goldschmidt also had three hits with a home run and three RBI in the win.

Jack Flaherty earned his third straight win on the mound for St. Louis.

The Brewers managed just five hits, but four of them were home runs.  Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Travis Shaw all went deep for the Brewers.

Adrian Houser took the loss, the Brewers’ fifth in six games.  Jacob Barnes retired only one of the six Cardinals he faced in the seventh, allowing five runs.

Zach Davies pitches game two of the series for the Brewers on Tuesday night.

Yelich honored

Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was named the National League’s player of the week on Monday.  Yelich hit .417 with eight home runs and 16 RBI in seven games last week.

Yelich went 0-for-4 in Monday’s loss.

 

Brewers land knockout punch on Quintana

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Jose Quintana entered Friday’s game against Milwaukee with a 6-2 record and a 1.62 ERA in 11 starts.  Seven of those 11 starts came last season, where Quintana went 4-1 with a 2.13 ERA.  The Brewers, for at least one night, made Quintana pay.

The Brewers scored eight runs on eight hits in just three innings, rolling to a 13-10 win over the Chicago Cubs in their series opener at Miller Park.

Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez and Yasmani Grandal all clubbed home runs off of Quintana.  Orlando Arcia and Eric Thames also went yard for the Brewers, who have won nine of their last 12 games against the Cubs dating back to last season. [Read more…]

Brewers elect not to bring Schoop back

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Milwaukee Brewers GM David Stearns told reporters on Friday that the trade that brought Jonathan Schoop to Milwaukee for the final months of last season was a “bad deal”.

The Brewers weren’t willing to take a shot at arbitration with Schoop and didn’t offer him a deal for 2019.  It makes Schoop a free agent.

The Brewers also declined to make offers by the Friday deadline to left-handed relievers Dan Jennings and Xavier Cedeno.  They tendered contracts to all of their remaining arbitration-eligible players, including infielders Hernan Perez and Tyler Saladino.

Schoop played 46 games with the Brewers, but struggled.  He hit just four home runs and drove in 21 runs while striking out 41 times in 124 at-bats.  He earned $8.5 million last season and was projected to get around $10 million in his final year of arbitration.

The Brewers currently have 36 players on their 40-man roster, giving them some flexibility in free agency.