https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/148/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/fastball-vaa-hitters-pitchers-yelich-contreras-exit-velocity/An average VAA on four-seam fastballs and sinkers in 2023 was around -5.2 degrees. In other words, if you drew a straight line parallel to the ground from the pitcher's release point to home plate, then another line describing the actual trajectory of those pitches as they neared home plate, the...1775Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:56:04 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-trade-target-brandon-drury-r1774/Since July of 2022, Brandon Drury has felt like a terrific option to improve the Milwaukee Brewers' offense, given their needs and his flexibility. The Brewers didn't acquire him at that year's trade deadline, nor did they sign him as a free agent last offseason (much to this writer's chagrin)....1774Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:33:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/best-january-pickups-k-rod-christian-yelich-lorenzo-cain-yasmani-grandal/Happy New Year, Brewers fans! While most go through with or lose interest in our New Year’s resolutions, deep down, those Brewers fans anxiously wait for their favorite team to do something during the offseason. In the past, the start of the year was when the Brewers started making signings...1769Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:13:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/luisa-gauci-joins-the-brewers-minor-league-staff-r1770/Luisa Gauci has a reputation as a strong modern baseball mind, with four years of experience with Driveline baseball, bringing a particular data-driven set of skills to the coaching role that should bring a lot of excitement to the Brewers minor league affiliates. Her journey from Australia to t...1770Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:02:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-add-austin-nola-to-catching-depth-r1768/It looks like the Brewers aren’t done looking for a replacement for Victor Caratini. The Brewers signed catcher Austin Nola to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, per Adam McCalvy, Friday afternoon.  Nola, entering his age 34 season, was last seen on the San...1768Sat, 06 Jan 2024 21:14:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-set-to-land-three-high-upside-shortstops-in-2024-international-class-r1767/Starting with their 2023 draft class, the Brewers have seemingly altered their draft approach to acquire more high-upside talent, particularly with the bats, which has continued into the 2024 international draft. Their prowess is growing in the international market, with recent acquisitions in J...1767Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:07:14 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-on-earth-are-the-brewers-doing-this-winter-r1765/It's been a strange offseason, so far. On that much we can all agree. Our question here is, should we be worried about that? For a conciliatory and hopeful take, check out Ryan Pollak's piece earlier this morning. Me? I'm less sanguine. Milwaukee hasn’t been entirely silent, but the few maj...1765Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:42:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/offseason-plan-colin-rea-wade-miley-january-free-agent-signings/Ok, now things are starting to get really confusing. What are Matt Arnold and his lieutenants thinking? When we entered this offseason, the Brewers had a lot of questions, starting with who would be the manager. Once Pat Murphy was announced, we all had our assumptions about what the Brewers wer...1764Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:13:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-first-brewerfan-prospect-poll-revisited-10-years-later-r1762/The first poll asked users to submit their top 20 prospects (this was expanded after the first poll - from 20 to 25 players). Twenty-two people responded. Voting was pretty simple: a community member ranked their top players and sent me the list. The top player received 20 points, the second pla...1762Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:19:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/offseason-2024-projections-cincinnati-reds-elly-de-la-cruz-frankie-montas/The NL Central has been in a constant state of flux, with experts and fans alike having trouble picking a winner of the division for the past handful of years. No one has repeated as the division winner since the Cubs in 2017, so a Brewers repeat is anything but guaranteed. As it stands now, eve...1763Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:15:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/free-agency-brandon-belt-first-base-designated-hitter-batted-ball-data/Maybe we should be careful here. There are plenty of reasons to feel a bit of trepidation about Brandon Belt as a target for the Brewers this winter. Firstly, they're likely to want to utilize William Contreras and Christian Yelich as the DH a fair few times this coming season, and Belt only pla...1761Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:18:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brandon-woodruff-free-agency-shoulder-surgery-injury-tyler-mahle-contract/Brandon Woodruff's Brewers tenure ended (or was, at least, officially interrupted) in a cruelly unfortunate way. His being ruled out for most (if not all) of 2024 presents both an opportunity and a risk for the Brewers. He had a 2.28 ERA over 67 innings, creating 2.4 bWAR in roughly a third of C...1759Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:33:01 +0000