by Bill Scott | Sep 12, 2021
With his pitch count at 115 after eight innings, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell knew that Corbin Burnes has several more very important innings ahead of him. It’s why Counsell removed Burnes, despite his not allowing a hit and allowed closer Josh...
by [email protected] | May 21, 2021
In a rare mid-May trade of significance the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday acquired shortstop Willy Adames and relief pitcher Trevor Richards from the Tampa Bay Rays. Milwaukee sent relievers J. P. Feyereisen and Drew Rasmussen to Tampa Bay in return. Adames is...
by Bill Scott | May 11, 2021
The Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks are increasing fan capacity at American Family Field and Fiserv Forum increase from 25% to 50% capacity. The increase for the Brewers will be effective beginning with Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Braves, while...
by Bill Scott | Feb 15, 2021
The Milwaukee Brewers will head into the start of spring training this week without some added help at third base. According to reports, the Brewers reportedly made a competitive multi-year offer to free agent Justin Turner before he agreed to return to his former...
by Bill Scott | Dec 10, 2020
Milwaukee Brewers right-handed reliever Devin Williams has been voted to the 2020 All-MLB Second Team. The 26-year-old Williams, who previously won National League Reliever of the Year and National League Rookie of the Year, turned in a dominant season as he...
by Bill Scott | Sep 21, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers ran their win streak to a season-long four games, knocking off the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Sunday at Miller Park. Daniel Vogelbach drove in all five runs for the Brewers with two and three-run home runs and Josh Lindblom (2-3) tossed 5 1/3...
by Bill Scott | Jul 24, 2020
With the Milwaukee Brewers set to open their shortened 60-game season Friday night against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Major League Baseball and the players’ union have agreed to expand the playoffs from 10 to 16 teams. Sixteen of the 30 major league...
by Bill Scott | Jun 29, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers announced their 2020 summer camp roster on Monday. The list includes a total of 45 players, 23 of which are pitchers, 12 infielders, six outfielders and four catchers. In addition, nine players are non-roster invitees, including outfielder Keon...
by Bill Scott | Jun 26, 2020
Milwaukee Brewers players will begin arriving at Miller Park in the coming days with intake testing for COVID-19 beginning Wednesday. Players will then undergo the usual physical exams prior to taking the field for the first full-squad workouts on July 4....
by Bill Scott | Jun 24, 2020
After months of negotiating that looked as if no good results would come, Major League Baseball’s players and owners have agreed to get the game going again. Players will report for resumption of spring training July 1 with a 60-game schedule set to begin July...
by Bill Scott | Jun 11, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers may have gotten a steal with their first round pick in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. UCLA center fielder Garrett Mitchell was projected as a top 10 pick in the draft, so the Brewers were certainly excited to see him fall to...
by Bill Scott | Jun 9, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers will make five picks in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft, which starts at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday night. They will have the 20th overall selection in the opening round. This years draft has been shortened from the usual 40 rounds to five rounds...
by Bill Scott | Jan 10, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers and their ace closer Josh Hader are scheduled to swap salary figures today. Hader is in his first year of arbitration as a “Super 2” player (ranking among the top 22% of players with between two and three years of service time)....
by Bill Scott | Dec 17, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Nov 25, 2019
Major League Baseball on Monday announced the introduction of the first-ever All-MLB Team, which will commemorate the top regular-season performances from 2019. Two Milwaukee Brewers are represented on the ballot: pitcher Josh Hader and outfielder Christian Yelich....
by Bill Scott | Oct 14, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers announced their postseason award winners today as selected by a panel from the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Outfielder Christian Yelich earned Brewers Most Valuable Player honors for the second...
by Bill Scott | Aug 12, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers will open the 2020 Major League Baseball season against the rival Chicago Cubs on Thursday, March 26 at Miller Park. After taking Friday off, the two teams will wrap up the series on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29. The St. Louis...
by Bill Scott | Aug 4, 2019
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Keston Hiura was named the National League Rookie of the Month for July. Hiura hit .355 (33-for-93) with 17 runs, 10 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs, 18 RBI, 6 steals and a 1.127 OPS in 25 games. He led all Major League...
by [email protected] | Jul 3, 2019
Cincinnati – The Brewers bullpen let a 4-2 seventh inning lead get away Tuesday night and fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-4. Milwaukee led 4-2 through six innings thanks to more home runs, as Christian Yelich, Mike Moustakas and Eric Thames all went deep off Reds...
by [email protected] | Jun 6, 2019
MADISON, Wis. – 14 former Madison Mallards will continue their baseball dreams into the professional ranks after being chosen in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft. No team in the competing Great Lakes West division had more former players selected than the...