Let's Road Trip Brewers 2025: Trip #2 - Westward Ho! - Brewers

After playing their first 10 games of the 2025 season, the Brewers pack their bags and head west to the Rockies and the desert. What experiences will be awaiting them in Denver and Phoenix, and will Brewers fans want to join them on that journey? Here's how the two western road series break down.

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The second road trip of 2025 is twice as long as the first, both in distance and in number of games. The Brewers stay within the National League this time, but journey into the NL West to face two 1990s expansion teams at very different stages of the competitive cycle.

Colorado Rockies - April 8-10
Coors Field - Capacity 46,897
2024 Attendance: 2,540,295 (Averaged 31,361, ranked 8th out of 15 NL parks, 15th overall MLB)

The Brewers spent Independence Day at Coors Field in 2024, and they left town no better off than when they entered, splitting a four-game series by dropping the finale. Denver hasn't been a great road trip for Brewers fans from a win/loss perspective, as Milwaukee has gone 34-57 in their games at Coors Field since 1998. In fact, they haven't won a series there since 2018 (although that year, they kind of won two!).

Say what you will about Rockies baseball, but the fans continue to know how to pack a stadium. It seems like just yesterday, but Coors Field has been fueling baseball physics controversy since 1995. After two seasons at the now-imploded Mile High Stadium, the Rockies moved into their “new” home at over 5,000 feet above sea level. Coors Field led the league again in “runs park factor,” and it wasn’t even close. Baseballs fly there, humidors and big dimensions be darned.

Quirks of the stadium include seats in center field called the “Rockpile,” an in-park brewery, a purple row of seats in the 300 level which marks the Mile High point, and a mixed-use development district around the ballpark. The National Ballpark Museum is across the street and exists as a “must-stop” for anyone on a baseball tour de force. The Denver Art Museum, Rocky Mountain parks and trails, and the Denver Zoo all can provide some entertainment between games.

Colorado isn’t expected to be a nuisance to many this season, but they have shown consistent resilience at home, and April games often mean 35-degree weather and a Rockies team that still has reason to believe. After traveling 1,039 miles to get there, the Brewers need to keep their focus and not overlook the Rockies before they take an 821-mile trek southwest to face some tougher competition.

Arizona Diamondbacks - April 11-13
Chase Field - Capacity 48,405
2024 Attendance: 2,341,876 (Averaged 28,912, ranked 11th out of 15 NL parks, 18th overall MLB)

The September journey to Chase Field in 2024 was a good one for the Brewers, and it was almost a great one; that infamous 10th-inning collapse cost them a three-game sweep. The Brewers have a plus record in their 91 trips to Chase Field since 1998, going 47-44. Will the early April journey bear the same positive results?

Chase Field, in and of itself, is worth the trip. The stadium debuted right alongside the Diamondbacks in 1998, and boasts a retractable roof and plenty of room to roam. From the outfield swimming pool and restaurants to the kid-friendly experiences, the park has plenty to offer a visiting fan. As the fourth-oldest stadium in the National League, however, renovations are in order, and the fight about funding has been circling the media again as of late. Will another playoff run seal the deal, or will the fans in Arizona see their team chase a new home?

A 20th-anniversary museum display opened in 2022, and it pointed out how this young franchise had won a World Series against the Yankees. While it seemed a bit over-ambitious at the time, in 2023 they almost repeated the feat, but ultimately fell to the Rangers. This balanced and youthful team remains loaded and ready to keep aiming for championships, while MLB remains the media rights owner of the team. How will the finances support keeping the young nucleus intact?

The Phoenix area has plenty of hiking and outdoor activities, delicious local eateries, and indoor entertainment venues. The abundance of spring training parks also gives the opportunity to catch a rookie league game or two while you are there, but with the trip happening this early in the season it's not as optimal.

The Brewers will travel 3,691 miles on this second road trip to the warmer parts of America, and after game three in Phoenix, they will hop a plane and head home again to face the Tigers and Athletics. How do you think this west-going road trip will end up? Are you planning to make the trip, or have you been to either stadium before?