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    The latest Milwaukee Brewers free agent and trade rumors, along with notes and tidbits about the team.
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    Steve Drumwright
    In a move made about 30 minutes before the first pitch of Tuesday's doubleheader, the Milwaukee Brewers placed infielder David Hamilton on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. Infielder-outfielder Greg Jones had his contract selected from Triple-A Nashville and outfielder Brandon Lockridge (right knee laceration) was transferred to the 60-day injured list.
    The Brewers also sent right-handed pitcher Carlos Rodriguez (right shoulder impingement) on a rehab assignment to Nashville.
    Hamilton was injured in Monday's series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals as he rounded second base and stopped suddenly to go back to the bag instead of advancing to third base. Hamilton and his speed have been an integral part of the Brewers' offense despite a subpar .240/.317/.333 slash line. He has hit three homers and driven in 15 in 74 games, while stealing a team-high 18 bases.
    Jones is up for the second time this season. He appeared in 11 games and went 2-for-21. Jones has the ability to play infield, which would cover for Hamilton's absence, as well as the outfield.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    Following his signing a long-term contract extension last month, Luis Lara has been called up to make his MLB debut.
    The Brewers on Tuesday promoted Lara, Brewer Fanatic's No. 4 prospect, from Triple-A Nashville and sent center fielder Blake Perkins back to Triple-A. Lara will make his debut in Tuesday's doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers also called up left-handed starter Robert Gasser from Nashville as the extra player for the doubleheader.
    Lara, a 21-year-old switch-hitting center fielder, a seven-year, $31 million extension on June 9. He was the second top prospect at the time to ink a long-term deal with the Brewers while still in the minors, joining shortstop Cooper Pratt. Pratt, who signed his deal in April, was promoted about a week after Lara got his deal finalized.
    In his first season at Triple-A, Lara has had a breakthrough season offensively. He has a .321/.432/.470 slash line with career highs of nine homers and 42 RBIs in 78 games with still about half a season to play. Lara had never hit better than .286 (2023), hit more than four homers (2024) or driven in more than 41 runs (2024) before this year.
    Lara won a minor-league Gold Glove last year for his defense in center field and also is a speed threat on the bases, having swiped 24 in 31 tries this year.
    Perkins did not make the Brewers' Opening Day roster and has been called up twice, yet has not been able to get going offensively. Perkins has a slash line of .157/.250/.258 in 53 games with one homer, 11 RBIs and three stolen bases.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    With the unfortunate injury to right-hander Brandon Woodruff, the Milwaukee Brewers would seem to be in the market for another starting pitcher.
    With the ink barely dry on Woodruff's injured-list placement due to his continued shoulder issues, speculation is already swirling as to who the Crew should go after. One popular name is Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers.
    In a post for FanSided, writer John Perroto throws out a potential trade for Detmers, who would fit the type of player the Brewers like to acquire. Detmers, who turns 27 on Wednesday, was a first-round pick of the Angels out of Louisville in 2020. He is making $2.625 million this year and is under team control through 2028.
    Detmers authored a no-hitter in 2022 and has a 3.08 FIP (4.13 ERA) in 18 starts, with a career-low 7.9% walk rate and 27.1% strikeout rate. His strikeout rates the last three seasons (27.9%, 30.1% and 27.1%) are trending up from his career mark of 25.9%.
    What does Perroto think it will take for the Angels to give up a prized asset? He offers up shortstop Luis Pena, catcher Jeferson Quero, right-hander Brett Wichrowski and and right-hander Patricio Aquino. Pena is Brewer Fanatic's No. 2 prospect and Quero, who had a brief MLB call-up in April, is No. 8.
    The Angels are looking to replenish their farm system and are currently in a front-office transition, having fired general manager Perry Miniasian, who has Brewers ties, and put former St. Louis Cardinals GM John Mozeliak in charge of creating a new path forward and hiring the next front-office boss (which could be himself).
    This is an interesting proposal, which also posits that Mozeliak would then spin off Angels starting catcher Logan O'Hoppe. Control of Detmers for two more seasons, plus him being a left-hander to go alongside Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan, could make the price worth it as Wichrowski, at Triple-A Nashville after a recent promotion, and Aquino, on the 60-day injured list at Double-A Biloxi, are not Top 20 prospects.
    Steve Drumwright
    The balky right shoulder has landed Brandon Woodruff back on the injured list.
    The Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday placed the veteran right-handed starter on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation and called up left-handed reliever Drew Rom from Triple-A Nashville.
    Woodruff was removed from Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks with two outs in the fourth inning after an outing in which his velocity was down across the board. His four-seamer was down 7 mph and his changeup 6 mph. This was his third start since coming back from the same ailment, which sidelined the big right-hander for six weeks. Woodruff did strike out six, including the final three batters he faced, vs. the D'backs.
    The 33-year-old underwent surgery in September 2023, which forced him to miss all of 2024 and, combined with other injuries, the first three months of 2025. He returned to be a force in the Crew's rotation over 12 starts, but the shoulder acted up again near the end of the regular season, sidelining him for the postseason. He made six starts to begin this season before going on the IL on May 1.
    Rom is up for the second time with the Brewers this year. He has appeared in four games and 5⅓ innings, allowing two runs on six hits and four walks with 10 strikeouts for a 3.38 ERA.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    One of the most electric pitchers in MLB and one of the top two-way catchers will represent the Milwaukee Brewers in the All-Star Game.
    Right-handed starter Jacob Misiorowski and catcher William Contreras were selected to the All-Star Game, which will be played July 14 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. It is the second appearance for Misiorowski, who debuted just weeks before the 2025 game, while Contreras is going for the third time and second with the Brewers. He also went in 2024.
    Misiorowski is a far cry from a controversial pick this year and has an outside chance to start this year's game, although he is currently scheduled to pitch the Sunday before the All-Star Game. The Miz leads MLB with a 1.47 ERA and 156 strikeouts and has a shutout in his 17 starts and 104 innings. He has a 6.8% walk rate and an amazing 39.3% strikeout rate.
    Contreras has a slash line of .293/.358/.416 while playing virtually every day with nine homers and 51 RBIs. His .293 batting average is the highest of his seven-year career. He has made the All-Star Game every other year since becoming an MLB regular in 2022 with Atlanta.
    The nine starters for each team were determined by two rounds of fan balloting, with Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement getting automatically selected to start by virtue of leading the first round in the NL and AL, respectively.
    The 23 reserves, which includes 12 pitchers as that position is not up for voting, are selected by player voting and the Commissioner's Office, which ensures that each team has a representative in the game.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    A recent addition to the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen has been sidelined for at least two weeks.
    Right-handed reliever Joel Kuhnel was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday by the Brewers due to a right shoulder impingement. Right-handed reliever Craig Yoho was called up from Triple-A Nashville. Also, right-handed starter Coleman Crow, on the 15-day IL with a strained right forearm flexor, began a rehab assignment at Nashville on Saturday.
    Kuhnel, acquired June 6 from the A's after he was designated for assignment, has appeared in 10 games for the Brewers and posted a 6.52 ERA over 9⅔ innings. He has walked six and struck out eight while allowing a .317 opponent batting average, including four home runs. Kuhnel's last game was Thursday in the series finale against the Cincinnati Reds in which he gave up three runs (two earned) on one hit and two walks with a strikeout in one inning.
    Yoho is up with the Crew for the third time this year. He has pitched six innings over five games, giving up four runs on five hits, including two homers, with three walks and eight strikeouts for 6.00 ERA.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    Baseball's No. 1 prospect is heading to the Futures Game. And he is bringing along a buddy.
    Shortstop Jesus Made, Brewer Fanatic's No. 1 prospect and the consensus top prospect in baseball, and shortstop Luis Pena, Brewer Fanatic's No. 2 prospect, will represent the Milwaukee Brewers in the July 12 Futures Game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers have the top farm system in baseball by most outlets.
    Made, who turned 19 in May, is having a terrific season with the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers. The switch-hitter has a .281/.355/.441 slash line with seven homers, 51 RBIs and 23 stolen bases in 67 games. Made has rocketed through the Brewers' system. After spending 2024 in the Dominican Summer League, he came to the U.S. and began 2025 at Low-A Carolina for 83 games, then went up to High-A Wisconsin for 27 and spent five games with Double-A Biloxi to wrap up a tremendous year in full-season ball.
    He had a .285/.379/.413 slash line, hitting six homers and driving in 61 while stealing 47 bases in 60 attempts.
    Pena spent most of that time as Made's running mate until starting this season back with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Pena has played shortstop at Wisconsin with Made not being on the same roster and putting together a .318/.431/.432 slash line with one homer and 13 RBIs in 26 games. Pena missed a month after a late-April incident that saw him rushed to a hospital after passing out in the dugout during a game. It was determined to have resulted from Pena becoming overheated. Pena also missed two weeks in June.
    Made is one of 19 No. 1 prospects who will be representing their teams at the Futures Game.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    With 17 games in 17 days, you knew there would be moves to keep the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen fresh. This one, though, has more of an odd feel to it.
    The Brewers on Tuesday optioned left-handed starter Robert Gasser to the rookie-level Arizona Complex League and selected the contract of right-handed starter Garrett Stallings from Triple-A Nashville. The Brewers had an opening on their 40-man roster to accommodate Stallings' promotion for his MLB debut.
    Gasser had a solid outing in Monday's series opening against the Cincinnati Reds, going 5⅔ and giving up three runs on seven hits with one walk and five strikeouts. The move to the ACL generally indicates a team giving a player a break to get some planned rest. Gasser is in his first full MLB season following Tommy John surgery at the beginning of the 2024 season. Combined with his minor-league time, Gasser threw just 43⅔ regular-season innings. He currently is at 62⅔ innings this year between Nashville and the Brewers just past the midpoint of the season.
    In seven MLB starts this year, Gasser has a 4.98 FIP (4.54ERA) with an 8.4% walk rate and 23.4% strikeout rate.
    Stallings is a 28-year-old who was drafted in 2019 in the fifth round by the Los Angeles Angels. He was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles in May 2024 in a minor trade and has been at Nashville since. This year in 12 starts and four relief appearances, Stallings has a 3.45 ERA in 62⅔ innings, walking 22 and striking out 59. He will provide another length option for the Brewers, possibly even making a spot start.
    Steve Drumwright
    The Milwaukee Brewers have their reliable lefty back in the bullpen.
    Left-handed reliever Jared Koenig was activated off the 15-day injured list Friday by the Brewers, who optioned right-handed reliever Craig Yoho to Triple-A Nashville.
    Koenig had been out since April 6 with a sprained left elbow. He had made just three appearances before being injured, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 2⅓ innings. Koenig appeared in 11 games on his rehab assignment, pitching 9⅔ innings.
    Yoho, once considered a big-time relief prospect, has wavered at the MLB level. In two call-ups this year, Yoho appeared in five games, giving up four runs on five hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in six innings for a 6.00 ERA. He made his MLB debut last season, appearing in eight games and posting a 7.27 ERA in 8⅔ innings with nine walks and seven punchouts.
     
     
    Steve Drumwright
    The return of Brandon Woodruff is official.
    The Milwaukee Brewers on Monday activated the right-hander to start the series opener against the Cincinnati Reds. Left-handed reliever Drew Rom was optioned to Triple-A Nashville. Woodruff has been on the 15-day injured list since May 1 due to right shoulder inflammation.
    The 33-year-old veteran, the oldest player on a very young starting rotation, will be making his seventh start of the season. In the prior six, he has logged 30 innings with seven walks and 25 strikeouts. Woodruff is four strikeouts away from 900 for his career.
    Rom was called up June 6 and made four appearances, going 5⅓ innings with a 3.38 ERA with four walks and 10 strikeouts.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    The expected bad news is now official: Quinn Priester's season is over.
    The Milwaukee Brewers' right-handed starter will have surgery to repair his thoracic outlet syndrome. Priester told reporters Thursday that he will have surgery Monday. Priester is expected to miss eight to 10 months, meaning the early portion of that timeline would have him completely healthy in spring training.
    Priester was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in spring training and had tried a number of things in an attempt to return to the mound. Priester pitched in eight minor-league games on rehab assignments, including the last two in the Arizona Complex League.
    "I'm excited because this is a plan forward," Priester said.
    Priester was a revelation after being acquired by the Brewers in April 2025. Picked up in a trade with the Boston Red Sox when the Brewers were desperate for starting pitching, Priester, who had been at Triple-A with Boston, jumped right into the major-league rotation and went 13-3 with a 4.01 FIP (3.32 ERA), walking 7.7% of batters and striking out 20.2%
     
    Steve Drumwright
    Yoho has been Yo-Yo'd. It comes at Coleman Crow's expense.
    The Milwaukee Brewers on Friday placed Crow, a right-handed starter, on the 15-day injured list with a strained right forearm flexor and recalled right-handed reliever Craig Yoho from Triple-A Nashville. Yoho had been optioned to Nashville on Monday to make room for recently acquired right-handed reliever Joel Kuhnel.
    But the bigger news is Crow. who made a two-inning relief appearance Tuesday in a 7-4 loss to the A's in Las Vegas. He allowed one hit and one walk in an otherwise clean performance after making a short start five days earlier against the San Francisco Giants. In that game, Crow lasted just 2⅓ innings, getting tagged for six runs on nine hits and two walks while fanning a pair. Crow has made five appearances this season (just the one in relief), including his MLB debut, posting a 4.55 FIP (5.30 ERA) with a 7.1% walk rate and 11.8% strikeout rate.
    Yoho was called up a week ago today for the road series against the Colorado Rockies and appeared in two games, giving up a solo homer and three walks while striking out five in three innings as he made his season debut with the Crew.
    The Brewers' rotation is set for this week, with veteran right-hander Brandon Woodruff expected to be activated off the 15-day IL for the Cleveland Guardians series.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    Needing a roster spot for the recently acquired Joel Kuhnel, the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday optioned right-handed reliever Craig Yoho to Triple-A Nashville.
    Kuhnel was acquired Saturday in a cash trade with the A's, who had designated him for assignment Friday. The Brewers open a three-game series against the A's in Las Vegas on Monday.
    Yoho was called up along with left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick on Friday as the Brewers placed left-hander DL Hall on the 15-day injured list and designated right-hander Jake Woodford for assignment. That night, Fitzpatrick sustained a sprained UCL and himself went on the 15-day IL, with left-hander Drew Rom being called up.
    Yoho appeared in games Friday and Sunday against the Colorado Rockies, going three innings, allowing a solo homer with two walks and five strikeouts. He was the choice to send down as the Brewers needed Rom, a lefty, in the bullpen.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    The Milwaukee Brewers picked up some bullpen depth Saturday by trading for Athletics right-hander Joel Kuhnel in exchange for cash. Kuhnel was with the Brewers twice in 2024, but did not appear in a game.
    To make room on the 40-man roster, right-handed starter Quinn Priester was transferred from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL. Priester, who has been on the IL since March 25, is currently on a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League.
    The 31-year-old Kuhnel was designated for assignment by the A's on Friday. The Brewers open a three-game series against the A's in Las Vegas on Monday. A move regarding the Brewers' 26-man roster will need to be made as Kuhnel is out of minor-league options.
    Kuhnel last pitched for the A's on Thursday, giving up four runs on five hits in two-thirds of an inning. For the season, Kuhnel has a 3.97 FIP (4.21 ERA) in 25 games and 25⅔ innings, with four saves and four holds. He has a terrific 5.6% walk rate but a below-average 13% strikeout rate. He had allowed seven runs in his last four outings.
    Kuhnel spent 2025 in the minors with the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. He was with four organizations, including the Brewers, in 2024.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    The return of Brian Fitzpatrick to the majors lasted just one day.
    The Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday placed the left-handed reliever on the 15-day injured list, only listing it as a left arm injury with no other detail on the official announcement. Left-handed reliever Drew Rom was called up from Triple-A Nashville to make his Brewers debut.
    Fitzpatrick was called up Friday when fellow left-hander DL Hall went on the IL with a pectoral strain. Fitzpatrick was injured while warming up for the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies after he pitched a scoreless sixth. He immediately grabbed his elbow area and headed for the clubhouse. Friday was his fifth appearance for the Brewers, including his MLB debut. He has thrown 6⅔ innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts.
    Rom last appeared in the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2023, when he made eight starts and compiled an 8.02 ERA in 33⅔ innings. He signed a minor-league deal with the Brewers this offseason and has strictly been in a relief role after primarily being a starter in the Cardinals' organization. In 22 appearances over 26⅔ innings at Nashville, Rom had a 3.04 ERA with nine walks and 39 strikeouts.
     
    Steve Drumwright
    A couple of scary pitching injuries from Thursday's game resulted in one player going on the injured list.
    Left-handed reliever DL Hall was placed on the 15-day injured list by the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday with a left pectoral strain. Right-handed reliever Jake Woodford was designated for assignment. Coming up from Triple-A Nashville are right-handed reliever Craig Yoho and left-handed reliever Brian Fitzpatrick. The Brewers' 40-man roster now stands at 39.
    Apparently escaping anything serious was right-handed reliever Grant Anderson, who took a line drive off the bat of San Francisco Giants rookie slugger Bryce Eldridge off his right forearm that left seam marks on his skin.
    Hall left the game in the fifth inning after throwing a pitch. He had found a nice role in the bullpen as a multi-inning reliever, throwing 31 innings across 24 games with a 2.03 ERA. Hall has had issues with walks this season, sporting an unsightly 19% walk rate, while striking out 25.4%, his best mark since joining the Brewers before the 2024 season.
    Woodford was acquired by the Brewers from the Tampa Bay Rays the day before Opening Day. After signing a minor-league deal in the offseason, he had an upward mobility clause that would have forced the Rays to put him on their 40-man roster or be offered to other teams for the same purpose. The Brewers took a gamble on the veteran, who was mainly used in a mopup role over his 16 appearances, putting up a 6.94 ERA in 23⅓ innings. He had a 6.3% walk rate and 17.9% strikeout rate this year.
    Yoho is back in the majors after making his MLB debut last year with seven appearances. The changeup specialist had one blowup outing in his brief time up, covering four call-ups. That was allowing five runs in a game against the Chicago White Sox. In his other 7⅔ innings, he allowed two runs. Yoho had nine walks and seven strikeouts overall, with four walks coming against the White Sox.
    Fitzpatrick is up for the second time this season. He appeared in four games, including making his MLB debut April 29 vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fitzpatrick pitched a total of 5⅔ innings and had a 1.59 ERA with three walks and four strikeouts.
     
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