https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/197/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-if-paul-molitor-never-left-the-brewers-r724/After losing Paul Molitor to free agency, the team hit a skid, not seeing the .500 mark for 12 seasons, and what was already a 10-year playoff drought would extend until 2008’s magical wild card run. General Manager Sal Bando, one of the first big free-agent signings in team history, was critici...724Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:14:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-constitutes-success-for-the-2023-milwaukee-brewers-r729/Plainly, that's a question every fan has to answer for themselves. That doesn't mean there aren't some wrong answers, but there's a long list of right ones. This is a franchise still in search of its first World Series title, and just its second pennant. This year marks a quarter-century of play...729Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:29:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/grading-the-brewers-offseason-the-moves-the-crew-made-this-winter-r723/Let’s look at the biggest moves the Brewers made this offseason:  November 18, 2022 Acquired RHP Javy Guerra for a player to be named later Guerra has seen some action in four MLB seasons after converting from shortstop following 2018. It remains to be seen what the cost is, but Guer...723Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:17:08 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/playing-the-angles-with-eric-lauer-r725/Pitching is most often treated as a matter of physics, and that’s not untrue. Nor, however, is it the whole truth. It’s also an exercise in geometry. In the batter-pitcher showdown, all the angles matter. Arm angles are important, but so is where a pitcher elects to start his delivery. For Eric...725Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:25:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-by-the-jersey-numbers-23-51-freddy-peralta-r722/  51. Ichiro. The Big Unit. Bernie. Fastball Freddy. Okay, so maybe the latter has a lot of ground to cover before being listed alongside those other 51s. It's hard to argue, though, that after Peralta's Mother's Day debut in Colorado in 2018 the future for the young Dominican right-ha...722Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:32:45 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-can-eric-lauers-strange-splits-tell-us-about-his-2023-projections-r721/Throughout his career, Eric Lauer has had reverse platoon splits. Despite being a left-handed pitcher, he’s always gotten righties out better than lefties. Since he established himself with the Brewers in 2021, though, that has at least begun to change. Eric Lauer, Platoon Splits, 2021-22 a...721Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:28:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/was-the-milwaukee-brewers-offseason-a-failure-r717/In the context of a $12-billion industry, the Brewers aren’t a very wealthy team. With an estimated 2023 payroll of $120 million, they need to be precise in whom they trade for and whom they sign. The two most notable trades of the offseason were those for Jesse Winker and William Contreras. Win...717Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:30:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/how-should-milwaukee-brewers-manage-freddy-peraltas-shoulder-injury-concerns-r719/  Freddy Peralta's value to the Milwaukee Brewers can't be overstated. The biggest questions for the team are, can they keep him healthy, and how do they accomplish it while getting the most out of his skill? Last season, the right-handed hurler missed more than two months with a right lat...719Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:38:14 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-by-the-jersey-numbers-23-52-eric-lauer-r720/  What a whirlwind of a year 2022 was for the man who wears #52 for the Milwaukee Brewers... Eric Lauer. Photo Credit: © Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports I'm writing this piece pretty late in the day on February 6, but not only does BBtJN need the piece to be finished befo...720Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:52:51 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/looking-back-at-the-career-of-chris-carter-r714/Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round in the 2005 draft, Carter was a highly-touted prospect in the minor leagues.  Two years later, he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Carlos Quentin, only to be traded again to the Oakland A’s eleven days later in a massive trade pa...714Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:16:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/why-the-devin-williams-airbender-is-a-screwball-and-why-that-matters-r715/In 2022, Devin Williams threw his screwball 620 times. It accounted for 58 percent of his pitches. Among hurlers who compiled at least 40 innings, not only did no one throw a changeup that often, but only San Diego Padres right-hander Nabil Crismatt even crept over the 50-percent threshold. Howe...715Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:35:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-by-the-jersey-numbers-23-53-brandon-woodruff-r718/If you think about it, there are only a few meaningful fifty-threes in active Milwaukee professional sports franchise history. The Bucks have only seen the number worn by five players, the longest-tenured of which being Alton Lister from 1982-86, and in a return visit in the 1995-96 season....718Sun, 05 Feb 2023 22:10:00 +0000