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Brewers name minor league winners

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The Milwaukee Brewers named outfielder Lewis Brinson and right-handed pitcher Corbin Burnes as their minor league player and pitcher of the year.

Brinson had two different stints with the Brewers and played in only 76 games at Colorado Springs before suffering a season-ending hamstring strain in August.  He hit .331 with 13 home runs and 48 RBI.

Burnes split the year between Class A Carolina and Class AA Biloxi, going 8-3 with a 1.67 ERA in 26 starts with 103 hits, 36 walks and 140 strikeouts in 145 2/3 innings.  Burnes was a fourth round pick of the Brewers in the 2016 draft out of St. Mary’s College.

Brewers road trip ends in disaster (AUDIO)

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Brewers Manager Craig Counsell – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up their 10-game road trip with a 2-8 record, ending with a 15-2 loss to the Washington Nationals.  It was a game the Brewers will quickly try to forget as they return home to open a weekend series against the division leading Cubs.

Washington clubbed eight home runs in the win, two shy of the Major League record and one shy of the National League record.  The Brewers have now fallen 1 1/2 games behind the Cubs, who beat the White Sox 6-3 on Thursday night.

Michael Blazek made his first major league start after Matt Garza went on the disabled list with a calf strain.  Blazek surrendered six home runs, including five in the third inning.  Wily Peralta took over and coughed up two more.

Blazek is the first pitcher in Major League history to surrender five home runs in an inning and the first starter to surrender six in less than three innings. [Read more…]

Rough 8th inning costs the Brewers in loss to Washington

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Domingo Santana File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Washington Nationals scored seven runs in the 8th inning, coming from behind to knock off the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Wednesday night.

The Brewers suffered their seventh loss in nine games on their current three-city road trip and fell a half game behind the Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League Central Division.

The Brewers bullpen suffered its 26th loss of the season, failing to protect the lead for starter Jimmy Nelson.  Nelson allowed two runs in seven innings but wasn’t involved in the decision.  He walked only one and struck out 10.

The loss goes to Jacob Barnes, who got two ground balls, but both found holes to drive in runs.  Josh Hader came on to strike out Bryce Harper and Craig Counsell then went to Jared Hughes to face Ryan Zimmerman.  Not only did Zimmerman deliver a run scoring hit, Hughes coughed up four runs on four hits before finally retiring the Nationals.

Domingo Santana and rookie Lewis Brinson both delivered long home runs in the loss.  Brinson’s was the first of his major league career.

The final game of the series gets underway at 11:05 a.m. this morning.  Michael Blazek (0-0, 0.00) makes his first start for the Brewers.  Max Scherzer (11-5, 2.26) goes for Washington.  Blazek starts in place of Matt Garza, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a calf strain.

The Brewers also officially announced their trade with the White Sox, acquiring Anthony Swarzak for outfielder Ryan Cordell.  Swarzak didn’t arrive in time for last night’s game but he’ll be in uniform today.  To make room on the roster for Swarzak, the Brewers sent Brett Phillips back to the minors.

 

U.S. edges the World in MLB futures game

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MLB Futures Game, which also included Waupaca native Nate Tomlinson, who was the crew chief and home plate umpire.

The United States knocked off the World team, 7-6, in the Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game on Sunday.

The U.S. team had nine hits by the time the game reached the fourth inning, one for every starter.  They built a 7-0 lead by the fifth, earning their seventh win in the last eight games.

The showcase of top minor league talent included 16 first-round picks.

Tampa Bay prospect Brent Honeywell was the only pitcher to go more than one inning.  He struck out four in two scoreless frames and earned the victory, as well as the MVP award.

The Brewers had three prospects in the game.  Lewis Brinson doubled home a run, his only hit of the game.  Corey Ray went o for 2.  Maurico Dubon was 1 for 3 for the World team.

The Major League All-Star game will be played on Tuesday night in Miami.  The league’s annual home run derby is set for Monday night.

Brewers drop second straight, bullpen collapses

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Chase Anderson – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers bullpen has been leaking water.  That leak got bigger on Sunday as the Brewers dropped their second straight to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 11-1 at Chase Field.

Chase Anderson allowed just one run on four hits in six innings of work, striking out eight for the Brewers.  The bullpen coughed up 10 runs in three innings as the Diamondbacks broke the game open.

Carlos Torres and Neftali Feliz gave up three homers and five runs in the seventh.  Rob Scahill and Wily Peralta then combined to allow five more runs in the eighth, including a grand slam by Paul Goldschmidt off of Scahill.

Torres has now allowed 16 hits in his last 6 1/3 innings, including four home runs with a 14.22 ERA over that period.  Feliz saw his ERA jump to 5.88 with seven homers allowed in 26 innings.

Brewers top prospect Lewis Bronson made his major league debut on Sunday, going 0-for-2 with a pair of walks and was credited with his first stolen base.  In his first at-bat against left-hander Robbie Ray, D-backs shortstop Nick Ahmed made a diving stop and throwing out Brinson at first base. [Read more…]

Braun headed back to the DL (AUDIO)

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Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Ryan Braun was playing in just his third game since coming off the disabled list with a calf injury.  Now, he’s headed back to the DL after leaving Thursday nights game with left calf tightness.  The Milwaukee Brewers outfielder will return to the disabled list on Friday and for how long, remains to be seen.

“Same calf, same situation,” said Braun after the game.  “I knew, obviously, when I came back I wasn’t at 100% but I was hoping it was good enough.  I was optimistic I’d be able to work through it.

While no timetable has been set, it would appear likely that Braun will miss more than the minimum of 10 days, because the Brewers have to make sure he is totally healed. [Read more…]

Brewers beat Rangers for first Cactus League win

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers picked up their first Cactus League win of the spring, knocking off the Texas Rangers 5-0 in Surprise, Arizona.

Brewers starter Junior Guerra struck out two in an inning of work.  Six other Brewers pitchers combined to hold the Rangers to just two hits the rest of the way.

Former Ranger outfielder Lewis Brinson was 3 for 3 with a double and a rbi for the Brewers.  Scooter Gennett and Orlando Arcia also added a pair of hits.

The Brewers are scheduled to face the Kansas City Royals this afternoon in Phoenix.

Opening Day is now just 34 days away, April 3, against the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park.

 

Brewers open exhibition play with 11-0 win

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The Milwaukee Brewers opened their exhibition season with a 11-0 win over UW-Milwaukee at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix on Friday afternoon.

Top Brewers prospect Lewis Brinson homered twice and drove in four runs.  Jesus Aguilar added a three-run blast and Scooter Gennett, who played in left field on Friday, also homered for the Brewers.

The Brewers open Cactus League play today against the Angels in Tempe.

Brewers send Lucroy and Jeffress to the Rangers

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Brewers logoJust one day after catcher Jonathan Lucroy vetoed a trade to the Cleveland Indians, the Milwaukee Brewers dealt him, along with reliever Jeremy Jeffress to the Texas Rangers just before the 3 p.m. trade deadline.

In return, the Brewers acquired the second and third rated prospects in the Rangers system.  Lewis Brinson is rated number-2 and right-handed pitcher Luis Ortiz is rated number-3, as well as the best pitching prospect in the Texas organization.

The 22-year-old Brinson was the 29th overall pick in the 2012 draft and has been playing at Class AA Frisco this season. [Read more…]