https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/230/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/early-season-struggles-its-game-four/Good teams can start slow. It’s why they play 162 games in a season and don’t crown a first-half winner. A quick run down memory lane, both in Brewers history as well as other recent teams with slow starts. To quote Hunter Renfroe, “It’s game four.” Brewers historical early result...57Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:45:45 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/contreras-needs-reality-check-on-brewers-hit-by-pitches-r56/There is nothing inherently wrong with a baseball player willing to take pitches off his body to earn a free pass to first. However, when that is a regular strategy he employs, he forfeits the opportunity to complain except for rare circumstances. As has happened in previous seasons, Brewers’ pi...56Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:27:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-weekly-better-devils-r52/The Weekly is a column on the Brewers. 'On' may do heavier lifting on some weeks than others. After Saturday's frustrating 9-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs -- no, that's not accurate. Let's try again. During Saturday's frustrating 9-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs, I went back to a lurking, rec...52Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:10:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/hope-springs-eternal-brewers-1994/Let’s set the stage. I was a freshman in college. The biggest things on my mind were "Busch Light or Stroh’s?" What team would I choose for a season of Tecmo Super Bowl? Would Saved by the Bell: The College Years be renewed for a second season? Some of the top songs in early April of 1994 were G...50Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:05:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/three-times-when-opening-day-set-the-tone-for-the-brewers-season-and-three-times-it-didnt-r44/The Brewers' season did not get off to the start they hoped for on Thursday, as they dropped a 5-4 back-and-forth contest at Wrigley Field. Of course, it was just one game, 0.6% of the season. No one won or lost a World Series, a division or even a postseason berth on the season's first day. Fan...44Fri, 08 Apr 2022 03:09:22 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/game-score-brewers-4-cubs-5-r45/Box Score SP: Corbin Burnes: 5.0 IP,4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (83 pitches, 48 strikes (57.8%)) Home Runs: None  Bottom 3 WPA: Jake Cousins (-0.255), Kolten Wong (-0.155), Corbin Burnes (-0.138) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Bases on Balls for Burnes? The 2021 season we...45Thu, 07 Apr 2022 21:56:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewer-fanatic-2022-draft-coverage-april-7-r35/For draft lovers, this week is going to be a focus on just a couple pieces of information that came out since our last update. Last Friday, Baseball America published its second mock draft of the spring. If you recall (or to save you from checking), they mocked the Brewers selecting Jordan Sprin...35Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:59:34 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/take-this-series-ly-chicago-cubs-april-7-10-r42/Opponent: Chicago Cubs Location: Wrigley Field Series length: Four (4) games Dates: April 7-10 Probable Starting Pitching Match-ups: Thursday: Corbin Burnes (no record) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (NR) Friday: Brandon Woodruff (NR) vs. RHP Justin Steele (NR) Saturday: Fr...42Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:19:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-opening-day-2022-season-preview-and-predictions-r41/Happy Opening Day! Still not an official national holiday, but still a day when every team in the league feels excited and energized to start a new season. Will the team get to the playoffs? Which players will take a step forward in their careers? What milestones will be passed during the season...41Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:59:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/5-rare-offensive-brewers-feats-on-opening-day-r36/The focus here isn’t on the most impressive accomplishments but on things that don’t often happen in the Brewers’ first game of the season. These events might also be rarer now and in the future, so fans should appreciate what these players have done. Hitting a Triple (nine times) It was...36Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:45:31 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/and-yet-another-catcher-move-brewers-acquire-alex-jackson-from-miami-r40/Not only did the Brewers acquire their backup catcher earlier today to replace the suspended Pedro Severino, but they added an insurance policy with some upside as well, acquiring 26-year-old catcher Alex Jackson from the Miami Marlins. Jackson has played 61 games in the majors over the last thr...40Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:56:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-acquire-catcher-victor-caratini-r37/Victor Caratini is a 28-year-old backstop from Puerto Rico. He made his MLB debut with the Cubs back in 2017. He played in 246 games for Chicago between 2017 and 2020. After that season, he was traded with Yu Darvish to the Padres.  The Brewers needed a backup catcher since Pedro Severino w...37Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:01:00 +0000