Brewers Week In Review: Mashing Post-Deadline

Weekly Snapshot:
Record Last Week: 5-1 (Overall: 67-44)
Run Scored Last Week: 58
Runs Surrendered Last Week: 31
Standing: 1st in NL Central (2.0 GA 2nd place CHC)

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Game 106 (7/28) | MIL 8, CHC 4
Game 107 (7/29) | MIL 9, CHC 3
Game 108 (7/30) | CHC 10, MIL 3
Game 109 (8/1) | MIL 16, WSN 9
Game 110 (8/2) | MIL 8, WSN 2
Game 111 (8/3) | MIL 14, WSN 3
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Transactions:
08/03/25 - Placed RHP Jacob Misiorowski on the 15-day injured list with a left tibia contusion. (Retroactive July 31)
08/03/25 - Recalled RHP Logan Henderson from AAA Nashville.
08/02/25 - Sent LHP Rob Zastryzny on a rehab assignment to AAA Nashville.
08/01/25 - Placed CF Jackson Chourio on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring. (Retroactive to July 30)
08/01/25 - Activated LF Brandon Lockridge.
07/31/25 - Designated RHP Elvis Peguero for assignment.
07/31/25 - Designated LHP Bryan Hudson for assignment.
07/31/25 - Acquired RHP Shelby Miller and LHP Jordan Montgomery from the Arizona Diamondbacks for a Player To Be Named Later.
07/31/25 - Sent C Eric Haase outright to AAA Nashville.
07/31/25 - Traded RHP Shelby Miller and LHP Jordan Montgomery to Milwaukee Brewers for Player To Be Named Later.
07/31/25 - Acquired LF Brandon Lockridge from San Diego Padres for LHP Nestor Cortes, SS Jorge Quintana, and cash.
07/29/25 - Activated C Danny Jansen.
07/29/25 - Signed free agent RHP Michael Fowler to a minor league contract.
07/29/25 - Optioned RHP Craig Yoho to AAA Nashville.
07/29/25 - Recalled RHP Easton McGee from AAA Nashville.

Breakdown / Highlights
It was a busy week across the landscape of Major League Baseball. The trade deadlines had come and passed, and compared to the scope of the league, the Brewers were relatively quiet. 

There were some moves, though. It all started by upgrading the backup catching role by acquiring Danny Jansen from Tampa Bay late last week, with Eric Hasse falling back down to Triple-A Nashville as a result. Milwaukee was then patient on the trade front until the last 36 hours, when they offloaded a portion of rotation depth, trading Nestor Cortes to San Diego for Brandon Lockridge, acquiring some outfield depth that’d prove important in a few days. Then, they wrapped up the trade season, bringing in some relief help by nabbing Shelby Miller from Arizona, picking up Jordan Montgomery and a small portion of his contract along the way.

If you missed any of the fine details, here’s why the move for Miller is a perfect fit, or why Milwaukee operated behind the margins over the deadline. 

As for the games last week, none were more important than the three-game home series against the Cubs that kicked off the week.

In what looked to be a pitcher’s duel on paper, with Jacob Misorowski and Mathew Boyd toeing the slab for both teams, game one turned into a game both teams had to piece together. A three-run first inning off the Miz gave Chicago a three-run lead, but from there it was all Brewers. Andrew Vaughn, Sal Frelick, and Christian Yelich all would go deep, and Trevor Megill slammed the door to cap off an 8-4 win in game one.

Game two saw the Brewers' offense continue to find success behind Quinn Priester, gathering nine runs on ten hits, capped off with an Andrew Vaughn grand slam. Priester himself would continue to give the Brewers quality and length, turning in 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball despite surrendering eight hits. Aaron Ashby would pitch the rest of the way, only giving up one and giving the Brewers a 9-3 win.

Looking for the sweep, Milwaukee would fall. Freddy Peralta struggled in his start, only making it through four innings and giving up five. The bullpen was unable to pick up the slack, as DL Hall and Easton McGee would surrender multiple runs each, and eventually Milwaukee lost 10-3, despite two homers from William Contreras. 

After an off day and deadline activities on Thursday concluded, the Brewers took a trip to Washington to face a depleted Nationals squad. 66 hits and 38 runs later, Milwaukee left with their most dominant sweep of the season, highlighted by two-homer games from both Blake Perkins and Brice Turang over the weekend.

Looking Ahead:
Monday, Aug 4 – Braves @ Brewers – 6:15 PM CT
Tuesday, Aug 5 – Braves @ Brewers – 6:15 PM CT
Wednesday, Aug 6 – Braves @ Brewers – 6:15 PM CT
Friday, Aug 8 – Mets @ Brewers – 7:10 PM CT
Saturday, Aug 9 – Mets @ Brewers – 6:10 PM CT
Sunday, Aug 10 – Mets @ Brewers – 1:10 PM CT