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Major Leagues

How the Recent Past Can Be Instructive of the Brewers' Future

It was, by most measures, an amazingly successful season. The best record in their league. A team record for wins. Significant contributions from rookies both at the plate and on the mound. That they were unceremoniously knocked out of the playoffs by a team with a much higher payroll was the only blemish on an amazing team effort. And it was a true team effort. They had no position players in the top 10 in their league in fWAR. The same held true to their pitching staff. Yet
MLB Finances and Contracts

The Next Wave of Brewer Extensions - Who would you pick?

We all know that the Brewers are not going to spend money like LAD, NYY, or even the sCrubs. With a limited budget, they need to be judicious about who they extend, for how much, and for how long so they can remain competitive for the long term. But that doesn't mean we can't do the right extensions... and often it has worked out very well for the Brewers. Looking at historic extensions since 2009 (Note that I'm including extensions only and not FA contracts): Ryan Braun
Promotions

Check Out Franchise Ball, The FREE Baseball Simulator

The Brewers' season has concluded, but do you need your next baseball fix over the long winter? Fans that follow the Brewers know the thrill of building a team from the ground up — from scouting promising talent to developing all-stars. But what if you could experience that same excitement firsthand, managing every detail of your own franchise? That’s where Franchise Ball steps up to the plate. It’s a free online baseball simulation game that lets you become the general manager of your own
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Milwaukee Brewers

Ryan O’Hearn is the impact bat the Brewers need to elevate the offense

As the trade deadline approaches on July 31, the Milwaukee Brewers currently sit one game back of the Chicago Cubs for first place in the division with a 55-40 record. While Milwaukee ranks 7th in the league in runs per game with 4.73, the Brewers have hit 91 home runs, ranking 23rd in baseball. For a team that has the pitching to make a push towards the playoffs, the offense must continue to pull its weight. The Brewers have been an offensive anomaly this season, holding a league-average OPS+ o
Milwaukee Brewers

What worked for Quinn Priester in career-best start

In Quinn Priester’s previous 25 starts in the MLB, the 2019 first-round pick had never recorded an out in 7th inning. That changed on Saturday, when Priester tallied seven shutout innings against the Colorado Rockies, capping off both the best start of his career and the best month as a big league pitcher. Priester allowed only one hit while striking out 11 hitters in the outing.  The Brewers own a league-leading 26-11 record since May 18, in large part due to the team’s pitching staff, esp
Minor League Prospects

Showing The Signs: Brett Wichrowski has the weapons, but controlling them is key

Brett Wichrowski has shown glimpses of what it takes to get to the next level, but he needs to hone in on the accuracy to do so. The 22-year-old is the Brewers’ No.13-ranked prospect and in his second season with Double-A Biloxi, posting a career-best 2.45 ERA in 40.1 innings since making his season debut on May 4. According to a scouting report on Wichrowski, the 2023 13th-round selection out of Bryant University features a mid-90s fastball, mid-upper 80s slider, a mid-80s sweeper, and changeup
Brewer Fanatic Features

Dreaming Of Baseball Writing? Create A Blog With Brewer Fanatic!

1. Create Your Blog When you click the Blogs section on the top menu, you'll be taken to a list of most the most recent entries from our community. At the top of this feed you'll see the "Create a Blog" button. Click it and you'll be asked to enter a few high-level details: the title of your blog within the site (i.e., "John's Brewers Blog" or something more clever/creative), a brief description, and the category it will belong to (if you're not sure, just pick "General"). To hop on over
MVP Podcast

Episode 237: March Madness is Here

Hey everyone! We got a new episode my cohost and I dive into the busy ongoings of our favorite Wisconsin Sports teams. We discuss the conference tournaments & NCAA tourney draws for Wisconsin & Marquette, the Wisconsin Women's Hockey team advancing to the Frozen Four, the Bucks have an up & down week, the Brewers suffer some key pitching injuries and name a starting SS, and lastly we hit on the Packers signing WR Mecole Hardman.  If you want to skip to just the Brewers talk that
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MVP Podcast

Episode 235: March is here

In this week's episode of MVP: A Wisconsin Sports Podcast, Dave & Mark dive into   -The week the Bucks get Ws against Denver & Dallss, plus the Bucks sign Ryan Rollins to a NBA contract.  -UW-Green Bay Women's Basketball wins the Horizon League -Marquette knocks off Georgetown -Wisconsin falls to Michigan St -Wisconsin Women's Hockey advances in their conference tournament -The Brewers sign Jose Quintana  -The Packers re-sign Isaiah McDuffie  
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MVP Podcast

MVP Podcast

Hey everyone! I have been hosting a podcast for a few years now about Wisconsin Sports including the Milwaukee Brewers! Brock recommended that I start posting links here in case anyone wants to check out our discussion! Below is what this week's episode covers as well as a link to our episode! This episode we dive into the week the Bucks had, plus how the Bucks can replace Bobby Portis. Where do Wisconsin & Marquette currently stand heading into March? Lastly, what can we expect from th
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Minor League

Early Musings Before the Official Start of the 2025 Brewers Minor League Season

For those of you who 'joined' Spencer and I for our recent five part 2024 Minor League recap Opus, congratulations. You made it through the gauntlet ye brave Brewers baseball souls! It was a cathartic letting go, oddly - to last year's storylines and the majority of last year's baseball thoughts. And, though our videos ran on the longer side, the overwhelming feedback was the Minor League die hards didn't really care. You all are too kind. I thank each and every one of you for tuning in. No
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Minor leagues

Do The Brewers Actually Have the Best Teenage Prospect Group in Baseball? Part 1

A while back, one of the posters made a simple statement in the forums: The Brewers must have the top group of teenage prospects in baseball. I thought, well, that sounds likely given the number and quality of teen prospects the Brewers have. It’s tough to know for sure, though, if you don’t look at all the other systems. So that is how I started this monstrosity. I’m breaking it up into three parts. The first, this one, will focus on the American League. The second will focus on the N
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Minor leagues

A Dose of Perspective Ahead of International Signing Day

Almost four years ago, Major League Baseball teams embarked on the opening of the annual international signing period. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had been more than 18 months since the opening of the previous signing period, but finally the top Latin American prospects could sign on the dotted line. Since that day in 2021, the Brewers have witnessed the rise of a potentially franchise-altering star. The results for the other 29 players who made MLB Pipeline’s top 30 international p
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Minor leagues

What Statistics Perhaps CAN Tell Us About DSL Pitchers

It is almost impossible to tell how good of a prospect a Dominican Summer League pitcher is by stats alone. Stuff is king, and great DSL ERAs don’t always equal great stuff. So why am I, who focuses almost entirely on statistics, writing about DSL pitchers? Because while statistics can’t tell you a DSL pitcher’s ultimate upside, two stats in particular can tell us something else interesting – which pitchers are most likely to be brought stateside, survive the pitching nightmare that is
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Brewer Fanatic Features

It's The Offseason So That Means "You're The Brewers GM!"; The 2025 Payroll Blueprint Tool Has Released

Every offseason, we offer our You’re The GM! tool (formerly the Payroll Blueprint) to build your ideal Brewers roster. This year, we’ve updated and streamlined the tool a bit to improve the experience. The idea behind this feature is to give fans a chance to play the role of General Manager (or CBO or PoBO… you get the idea) for their favorite team, the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s meant to give fans the opportunity to discuss (and, let’s be honest, argue) how they would approach the long, dark
Minor leagues

Which DSL Hitters Will Be Coming Stateside? Potentially a Lot

The headline for any story about the Brewers 2024 Dominican Summer League season has to include Jesus Made and Luis Pena. Their seasons were that absurd and they are consistently regarded among the top prospects coming out of the DSL this year. Dig a little deeper, though, and there is another story, one that will create some tough decisions for Milwaukee heading into the 2025 minor league season. Simply put, the Brewers’ Dominican Summer League squads had offensive depth that, in its produ
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Team Analysis

Team Payroll and Winning the World Series

The 2024 Brewers season ended with a bite from the Big Apple, and as the playoffs roll toward the concluding World Series, one thing is apparent--while money cannot buy happiness, it does seem pretty good at buying championships. The one last hope of all the small-market teams is the Cleveland Guardians, who currently trail the New York Yankees in the ALCS, 3 games to 1. Depending on where you look (Baseball-Reference, USA Today, spotrac, the remaining teams rank 1st/2nd (New York Yankees),
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Rant

Gambling Gains and Player Pains: MLB’s Double Play

**I spent almost 3 months working on this research paper and figuring out how to explain baseball to non-baseball people.  I'm looking for feedback if anyone is willing to help me out while I rant.  If not allowed, I will remove** Sports gambling is a big part of American culture in the 21st century. Rather it’s on the side of a bus, billboard, or is sponsoring the event you’re watching, odds are, you’ve probably seen advertisements for companies such as Fan Duel, DraftKings and MGM.  Since
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Team Analysis

The 2024 Brewers and Speed Unit

Introducing Speed Unit I previously looked at how aggressive or not the Brewers have been this year at taking the extra base. But that doesn't tell the whole story, as it does not account for stolen bases. And I have a few more questions about some of these baserunning statistics. As mentioned before, the baserunning values listed on Baseball Savant are: More on the stats at Tom Tango's blog. Fangraphs has their own version of baserunning value which is calculated using wei
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Recap/ Preview

Brewers at the Break: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Since it is the All-Star Break, I thought it would be fun to look back at first half of the year’s Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Brewers season.  Going into the break with a 55-42 record and a steady hold on 1st place in the division is probably the best that any of us could have hoped for.  My overall feeling of this team is through the roof.  That doesn’t mean the team doesn’t have opportunities for improvements.  As we’ve seen the past couple of series, the bottoms of the leagues like to go on r
Team Analysis

Isolated Slugging, Exit Velocity, and Bat Speed

Introduce ISO Last time, I looked at how well a basic calculation like Speed Unit can compare to an in-depth statistic like Ultimate Base Running. It turns out that it does pretty well. How about bat speed and exit velocity? I have been told that Isolated Slugging is a is a crude measure of ball speed, but that was before Statcast was around. Isolated slugging is calculated as (2B + 2x3B + 3xHR)/AB, or SLG - AVG. Is that true? How about some other hitting statistics? How well can we es
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Team Analysis

The Brewers are Fast but not Aggressive

Full disclosure: I'm not sure I have any real conclusions on this topic, I just had some analysis I wanted to share and virtually "think out loud." Raw data from Baseball Savant: Yearly Baserunning Value Total Baserunning Value Baserunning Value The Brewers have built an impressive and speedy roster, led by Garrett Mitchell, Jackson Chourio, Blake Perkins, and Brice Turang -- all with a sprint speed of over 29 feet per second. That value is calculated by Baseball Savant
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