https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/140/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/erceg-still-a-big-league-prospect%E2%80%94as-a-pitcher-r1795/Lucas Erceg stood on the mound at Minute Maid Park on May 19, 2023, during his big-league debut. As he looked around, he saw his wife Emma and a couple of friends in the stands. He worked one inning and although it wasn’t perfect, it was perfect to him. “Being drafted as a position player, it di...1795Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:17:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-trade-matt-chapman-ty-france-christian-yelich/Six years ago, the Brewers traded for Christian Yelich and signed Lorenzo Cain; not in the same month or week, but on the same day. It was a momentous twin assault on the division, and it worked. Let's take one more crack at doing it again. You can read either of the two previous pieces musing o...1792Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:16:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/2024-milwaukee-brewers-assets-16to20-wilken-lara-mitchell-miley-turang/One of my favorite baseball-writing series at Twins Daily that I have enjoyed the last half-dozen years is Nick Nelson’s annual Top 20 Minnesota Twins Player Assets of the Year. Recently, Nick completed the four-part series. I thought it would be fun to bring that series to Brewers Fanatics. Ove...1794Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:21:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/trade-candidate-harold-ramirez-free-agency-jorge-soler/Yesterday, I wrote about the day (very near this same date on the calendar) back in 2018, when the Brewers permanently changed the direction of their franchise by trading for Christian Yelich and signing Lorenzo Cain within several hours of each other. Then I proposed one avenue by which they co...1791Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:12:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/free-agency-christian-yelich-trade-lorenzo-cain-luis-arraez-rhys-hoskins-rumors-and-ideas/Let’s look back at one of the greatest days of Brewers franchise history: January 25, 2018. After a 2017 season wherein they ended one game shy of the second Wild Card spot, the Brewers looked ready to compete with their young crop of players. Travis Shaw, Orlando Arcia, Jonathan Villar and Eric...1790Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:11:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/eric-haase-batted-ball-data-park-effects-free-agent-signing-backup-catcher/  For most of his brief MLB career, Eric Haase has punished fastballs. It's how he survives as a hitter. It's how he clubbed 22 home runs in 2021 and another 14 in 2022, despite limiting playing time in each season and a high strikeout rate. One sure way to stick around as a fringy big-leag...1789Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:02:44 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/jackson-chourio-baseball-prospectus-ranking-6th-crews-langford-caminero-carter/Jackson Chourio has been the crown jewel of the Brewers system almost since he signed as an international free agent in 2021. After performing exceptionally up through Double A, he signed a landmark eight-year, $82 million contract that set a new record for the largest ever given to a player yet...1788Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:10:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/eric-haase-pitch-framing-stats-improvements-2024/  It was cheap and easy to acquire Eric Haase. The Brewers didn't have to compete very hard for him, because his skill set is not in much demand. Nominally, he's a catcher, but he's a poor pitch framer, and that's limited the playing time anyone has been willing to give him behind the dish....1787Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:26:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brice-turang-approach-heat-maps-second-base-competition/There were at least three seasons within Brice Turang's rookie campaign. He started so cold that, despite his dazzling glove work at the keystone, the Brewers sent him down to Triple A in early June, and he didn't make it back until the very end of the month. Once he did return, though, he caugh...1785Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:44:49 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-ken-rosenthal-should-have-said-and-when-he-should-have-said-it-r1783/By Friday, even Rosenthal himself admitted that he had erred in the choices he made when building the article that ran earlier in the week. To summarize (lest you missed it), the piece argued that the heinous crimes that seem likely to lead to prison time and the obliteration of an MLB career fo...1783Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:36:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/should-brewers-trade-joey-wiemer-garrett-mitchell/Only three outfield spots exist for Christian Yelich, Sal Frelick, Joey Wiemer, Garrett Mitchell, Blake Perkins, and the recently extended Jackson Chourio. With the expectation that Chourio will crack the Opening Day roster, it may be advantageous to deal from their surplus now rather than later...1779Sun, 14 Jan 2024 13:18:03 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/top-prospects-2024-impact-homegrown-players-black-chourio-quero-rodriguez-misiorowski/  The fact is, some of the holes the Brewers currently have (third base, first base, designated hitter, starting rotation after Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta, and Wade Miley) could easily be filled from the farm system--and even improved upon from 2023, whether directly or indirectly. It wo...1773Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:32:46 +0000