Brewers

For a few minutes Monday afternoon, Brewers fans could exhale with a feeling of relief. The Mets hired Carlos Mendoza, not Craig Counsell, to manage the team in 2024. Then, the other shoe fell. Counsell is gone, to take the helm of (of all teams) the rival Chicago Cubs. 

In something of a surprise, Wade Miley declined his side of a mutual option for 2024 this weekend. Miley joins a crowded group of free-agent starting pitchers, and the Brewers now have some money to spend and another slot in their rotation to fill.

Saturday saw the first significant news of the MLB offseason for the Milwaukee Brewers, as they traded away a key piece of their division championship team and began charting a course for the winter ahead.

The Brewers have made their first highly notable move of the 2023-24 offseason, trading Mark Canha to the Detroit Tigers rather than picking up his 2024 contract option.

Cecil Cooper could hit. From the moment he arrived in Milwaukee in 1977, he hit. Outside of Cooper, no one in club history has ever put together a run of hitting .300 or better for seven consecutive seasons. 

After very briefly becoming an official free agent, Colin Rea is officially returning to the Brewers in 2024. This might seem like a minor move, but it's an important one for the club.

Draft tandem JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard team up for a new podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues.

The Arizona Diamondbacks eliminated the Brewers from the 2023 postseason, and went on to the World Series. Their magic ran out there, though, and now, they might be a prime place for Milwaukee to find infield help for 2024.

Earlier this week, Sports Info Solutions released the runners-up for their prestigious Fielding Bible Awards at each position. Technically speaking, the Brewers had two players on that list. Should they bring both back in 2024?

It's rare to see the Brewers wade deep into the waters of MLB free agency. Entering this offseason, though, the defending NL Central champions have some high-profile needs. Will those needs compel them to make a splash?

We have a pretty good idea of who will play left field for the 2024 Brewers. The other two spots seem fairly wide-open, though, and the huge number of credible candidates for those jobs illustrates that the team really doesn't have a solution yet.

We know the Brewers need to add a big bat in an infield or outfield corner this winter. We also know some of what they'll have to offer in trades. With that information, a good potential match can start to come into focus.