https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/73/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/elvin-rodriguez-fits-multiple-brewers-molds-which-one-will-they-choose-to-press-him-into-r3027/The first sentence of the teaser paragraph above is not news to fans or analysts who have followed the Brewers closely in recent years. Last year, starters like Colin Rea, Tobias Myers, and Aaron Civale used great deception to help their unremarkable (or even poor) pitches play up. Relievers lik...3027Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:58:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/are-the-brewers-rethinking-their-catching-philosophy-r3018/Over more than a decade, Milwaukee's success was primarily driven by the revolving door of strong framing catchers: Jonathan Lucroy's pioneering brilliance; Manny Piña's elite defensive profile during his prime; Omar Narváez, the project built from the ground up after a woeful defensive reputati...3018Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:46:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/well-then-brewers-projected-for-just-80-wins-by-pecota-r3021/Hmm. Ah. Well... uh-oh. The annual PECOTA projections roll out at Baseball Prospectus this week, and they are (to say the very least) unfriendly to the Milwaukee Brewers. Despite coming off two straight NL Central titles, the Crew come in with just 80.2 projected wins. The model only estimates t...3021Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:20:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/a-retrospective-part-3-of-3-matt-arnolds-first-40-trades-as-brewers-gm-r3020/Reminder: our list is chronological. When you click on the date of the trade, you'll be brought to the MLB Trade Rumors post for the deal, which will provide the "immediate reaction" national perspective, while the links associated with the players' names brings you to their Baseball Reference p...3020Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/file-and-trial-is-dead-and-william-contreras-drove-the-nail-into-its-coffin-r3019/The Milwaukee Brewers and catcher William Contreras agreed on a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2026 Saturday, avoiding an impending arbitration hearing. The terms of this deal give Contreras the better side of the negotiation, since the $6.1 million he will make in total (if the Bre...3019Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:06:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-offseason-sign-free-agent-kike-hernandez/In my humble opinion, the most interesting part of baseball isn’t the history, analytics, or teams' ability to sell beer and hot dogs at exorbitant markups. Instead, what initially brought me to the sport and has kept me around has been the kooky storylines. A few come up every year, and my favo...3017Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:50:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-looming-home-run-regression-could-mean-for-trevor-megill-and-a-post-devin-williams-brewers-bullpen-r3015/Trevor Megill fits the archetype of a dominant late-inning reliever. He’s big, standing 6-foot-8 and weighing just shy of 260 pounds. He throws hard, averaging 98.8 miles per hour with a four-seam fastball he threw 72% of the time last year. Megill’s approach is simple: fire the ball within the...3015Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:43:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/why-does-joel-payamps-miss-fewer-bats-than-his-stuff-suggests-r3014/It's not like Joel Payamps completely fell apart in 2024, after a very strong 2023 that made him one of the most prominent hurlers in the vaunted Brewers relief corps. He did seem to flirt with being designated for assignment occasionally, and as late as the end of July, his ERA was 4.26, underp...3014Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:08:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/does-the-mlb-revenue-sharing-model-require-adaptation-r3007/Hello and welcome! Today we’ll be taking a dive into the current revenue-sharing model in the game we all love, amid the ever growing disparity in spending between baseball’s big-market and small-market clubs. In doing so, we’ll review: The purpose of the revenue-sharing model, and its c...3007Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:49:16 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/does-jackson-chourio-have-an-attack-angle-problem-r3013/At the extremely tender age of 20, Jackson Chourio hit an impressive .275/.327/.464, with 54 extra-base hits. After Jun. 1, he was essentially a superstar in full bloom, hitting .303/.358/.525. He has awesome raw power, and it's not hard to imagine him doubling the 21 homers he hit last year in...3013Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:54:44 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-brewers-best-option-for-their-extra-cash-isnt-a-free-agent-r3004/The Brewers re-upping with the network formerly known as Bally Sports Wisconsin (and some extra cash from the competitive-balance tax) give the Crew about $15 million more to spend on payroll in 2025. There is talk of going for a free agent, but perhaps the Brewers should think more about how to...3004Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:05:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/the-brewers-do-the-most-beautiful-thing-in-baseball-better-than-anyone-else-r3012/Baseball is a competitive sport, but for those of us watching (rather than playing), it's also art. There is, and ought to be, an aesthetic aspect to the enjoyment of the game, so when I argue that two Brewers pitchers are among the very best in the sport at its most beautiful skill, it matters....3012Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:32:50 +0000