https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/194/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/milwaukee-brewers-2023-x-factors-re-framing-william-contreras-r775/In yesterday’s installment of this series, a frequent theme was the irreducible uncertainty about whether any particular adjustment would help Christian Yelich regain his former glory at the plate. It’s hard to pin down precisely what is wrong, which makes it doubly difficult to identify any rem...775Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:11:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-state-of-the-brewers-front-office-%E2%80%93-keeping-the-team-together-r765/The Brewers are already looking at some turnover in the front office with David Stearns’s stunning decision to step aside with a year left on his contract. What will happen in 2023 and beyond? Let’s take a look. The Manager: Primary On-Field Decision Maker By about any measure, Craig...765Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:08:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/milwaukee-brewers-2023-x-factors-christian-yelich-bat-and-soul-r774/  By now, much of the story with Christian Yelich is too familiar to merit repetition. A return to his MVP-caliber form at the plate seems wildly unlikely. There are too many things between that Yelich and this one: a freaky and haunting knee injury; a global pandemic; and multiple flareups...774Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:22:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-state-of-the-brewers-bullpen-%E2%80%93-traditional-strength-with-some-short-term-issues-r764/Past Brewers teams may not have had the horses to take the lead in some years, but they often were able to hold the leads they did have. In 2018, Josh Hader, Jeremy Jeffress, and Corey Knebel were the Crew’s equivalent of the “Nasty Boys” the Reds turned to in 1990. With what we’ve seen fro...764Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:57:14 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/milwaukee-brewers-2023-x-factors-bryse-wilson-and-the-chris-hook-apparatus-r773/Only a few years ago, Bryse Wilson was expected to become one of the cadre of promising arms driving the Atlanta Braves’ new NL East dynasty. He fired six innings of one-run ball against the Dodgers in the 2020 NLCS, and it looked like a coming-out party. Less than a year later, though, he was e...773Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:06:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-state-of-the-brewers-starting-rotation-%E2%80%93-depth-and-questions-r758/The top three of the rotation – Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, and Freddy Peralta – all would be aces on just about any other major-league team. But while the short-term situation looks very good, what happens to the Crew over the medium and long term as service time accumulates? The 40-M...758Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:04:43 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-spring-training-23-bold-predictions-for-the-2023-season-part-ii-r766/10. The Brewers Capture the NL Central, Easily No team has captured consecutive NL central titles since the Cubs did so in 2016 and 2017. St Louis won the division with relative ease last year, with a seven-game gap between them and the second-place Brewers. This year, the Brewers can flip...766Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:16:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-spring-training-23-bold-predictions-for-the-2023-season-part-i-r763/All of the predictions below are about things that can happen in the 2023 season. It could be an MVP winner or a breakout rookie. As long as it pertains to the Brewers, it’s fair game. Will all of them come true? Almost certainly not. Will some of them come true? Only time will tell. 23. He...763Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:12:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/will-the-brewers-get-the-real-luke-voit-to-fill-their-power-void-r762/Though he had a down year in 2022, Luke Voit has shown the ability to produce lofty power numbers in the past, even in part-time duty. It surprised him that teams weren't calling with an MLB contract offer, but he also wanted a shot with a winning team. Now Voit has to earn his way onto the Open...762Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:18:05 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-spring-training-battles-javy-guerra-vs-joel-payamps-vs-gus-varland-r761/We should start by listing the locks for the Brewers’ relief corps to open the season. Devin Williams, Matt Bush, Peter Strzelecki, and Hoby Milner have earned virtually guaranteed spots on the roster, thanks to their track records and recent performances. Milner’s left-handedness does half the...761Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:14:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-spring-training-battles-tyrone-taylor-vs-brian-anderson-r757/Like the competition between Abraham Toro and Brice Turang, it is not strictly a head-to-head match-up. In some ways, Anderson and Taylor are not entirely in control of their destiny. Let’s look the two of them over. Tyrone Taylor Tyrone Taylor was an exciting prospect drafted in the...757Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:11:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/peter-strzelecki-and-the-brewers-brilliance-on-high-fastballs-r759/According to Statcast, the Brewers allowed a .243 expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA) on fastballs in the upper third of the zone last season. That was tied with the Dodgers for the best mark in the league. However, the Dodgers threw such pitches almost 2,200 times, while the Brewers threw...759Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:16:01 +0000