https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/71/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/mark-canha-has-inside-track-on-final-brewers-roster-spot-as-an-avatar-of-team-good-swing-decisions-r3151/It's not a secret that the Brewers emphasize good swing decisions. They're not primarily selecting hitters for the ability to blast the ball, not because they despair of the value of power—there's no question that power drives modern offense—but because that skill is usually very expensive, and...3151Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:09:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/2025-nl-central-preview-pittsburgh-pirates-r3070/Last Year The Bucs finished dead last in the NL Central in 2024 with a mark of 76-86 under skipper Derek Shelton, 17 games behind the division-winning Brewers. They climbed as high as second in the standings on July 30, but lost 12 of 13 games to drop them out of the race. Their team OPS+ was...3070Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:04:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/how-a-new-statcast-leaderboard-illustrates-whats-special-about-brewers-young-hitters-r3150/This month, Baseball Savant released its latest new feature—a Batted Ball Profile leaderboard, which breaks down all of each hitter's batted balls into ground balls and Air Balls (line drives, fly balls, and pop-ups), and into pulled, straight, or opposite-field directions. The fascinating added...3150Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:35:29 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/milwaukee-brewers-2025-position-analysis-first-base-r3112/Rhys Hoskins came into his first season in Milwaukee as a question mark, as he had missed the entire 2023 campaign after undergoing surgery to repair the ACL in his right knee. Hoskins started out slowly in 2024 and had a hamstring injury in late May that cost him some playing time. He hit nine...3112Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:14:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/rhys-hoskins-is-becoming-the-slugger-he-was-always-meant-to-be-r3149/I remember what I was doing when I heard that the Brewers signed Rhys Hoskins to a two-year, $34 million deal. I was ordering a slice of pizza while on my way to play catch with a buddy at a local park. I had been bearish on the prospect of the Brewers spending big money (at least to them) on a...3149Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:57:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/blake-perkins-has-a-plan-to-be-better-in-2025%E2%80%94as-a-hitter-and-as-a-teammate-r3148/In the past, when Blake Perkins was injured, he might have withdrawn into himself a bit. That was only natural, and in most organizations, it's certainly permissible. "The only expectation I have [for injured players] is their commitment to getting healthy and keeping their attitude right—d...3148Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:10:03 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/2025-nl-central-preview-cincinnati-reds-r3087/Last Year The Reds have finished over .500 only three times in the last ten years, including last season’s 77-85 mark which ranked fourth in the NL Central, 16 games behind the Brewers. Cincinnati had four winning months during the year, but that was offset by a combined 21-35 in May and Augus...3087Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:07:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/barring-injuries-connor-thomas-and-abner-uribe-have-inside-track-for-final-spots-in-brewers-bullpen-r3147/The Brewers fervently believe that Elvin Rodriguez can help them win games, but as was true of Grant Anderson and Grant Wolfram, it's more likely that he'll do so after Memorial Day. Unlike Anderson and Wolfram, Rodriguez survived Monday's roster cuts, but it's likely that he'll end up joining t...3147Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:27:12 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/for-their-next-trick-watch-the-brewers-become-a-changeup-team-after-all-r3146/Last season, only the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw fewer offspeed pitches (as a percentage of all their pitches thrown) than did the Brewers, who went to the change or splitter just 10.0% of the time. Our own Jack Stern wrote about this trend as early as the beginning of...3146Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:08:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/nl-central-preview-2025-chicago-cubs-r3081/As the resident Chicago Cubs fan here on Brewer Fanatic (boo me all you want, I’ve seen what makes you cheer), I figured I’d graciously lend you all my knowledge about the Cubbies ahead of the 2025 season. This is part one of four in a series we’ll be doing on each of the Crew’s division rivals...3081Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:16:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/why-the-brewers-dont-wait-until-the-regular-season-to-start-stealing-bases-r3145/When you think of a “scrappy” baseball player, what do you imagine? Probably a guy no taller than 5-foot-9, who goes after every batted ball on defense and runs like the wind on offense. It’s a term that actually describes the Brewers pretty well. They’ve become known for exceeding expectations...3145Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:09:14 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-recipe-for-success-under-new-mlb-schedule-massively-expensive-technology-coaches-with-eye-bags-and-blissful-ignorance-r3143/Beginning in 2023, MLB made an important change to the schedule each team plays each year. Gone are the wildly imbalanced schedules that had been the status quo for the previous two decades. Each team plays 13 games against each divisional opponent, instead of 19—and all those games shaken loose...3143Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:31:01 +0000