https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/page/79/?d=1enhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/why-splits-not-projections-may-matter-more-for-three-brewers-pitchers-in-2025-r3039/PECOTA has been particularly down on Aaron Ashby, DL Hall, and Bryan Hudson, leading some to think a late free-agent signing would be a smart move. However, the projections may not be the best predictor for that triumvirate's 2025 performance with the Brewers. Splits may matter more in these thr...3039Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:49:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/lets-road-trip-brewers-2025-trip-6-cheesesteaks-and-chili-r3023/Philadelphia Phillies - May 30-Jun. 1 Citizens Bank Park - Capacity 42,901 2024 Attendance: 3,363,712 (Averaged 41,527, 2nd out of 15 NL parks and 3rd overall) At the moment of their June 2024 trip to Philadelphia, the Brewers were 36-23, but the Phillies were five games stronger in the...3023Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:20:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/why-mutual-options-are-such-powerful-financial-tools-for-teams-like-the-brewers-r3038/Free agents worth signing have quickly become thin on the ground. While the Brewers' admirable depth across the roster made players like Harrison Bader, Tommy Pham, Randal Grichuk, and Ramón Laureano tricky fits, there was a clear path to possible playing time for Yoán Moncada. Instead, Moncada...3038Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:26:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/do-the-brewers-need-a-late-offseason-pitching-infusion-r3036/Projection systems at multiple sites have rolled out this week, with full forecasts not only for individual players but for teams. At both Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs, the Cubs are early favorites to win the NL Central, albeit by a much wider margin at the former than at the latter. Impres...3036Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:46:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/milwaukees-pitchers-are-great-but-wheres-the-stuff-r3034/Baseball is a numbers game. For hitters, most figures are pretty self-explanatory. Batting average, on-base-plus-slugging, chase rate, and strikeout rate have names that paint a pretty clear picture as to what they measure and how they’re calculated. Pitchers, on the other hand, are a little mor...3034Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:32:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/these-13-former-brewers-could-be-the-next-to-make-it-to-cooperstown-r3028/This list includes players set to appear on the BBWAA ballot in the next half-decade; active players with near-Hall of Fame credentials; and players still in the first half of their careers on Hall of Fame trajectories. 1. Zack Greinke Career (2004-23): 77.5 bWAR, 3,389 IP, 225 Wins, 3.49...3028Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:14:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/could-milwaukee-brewer-baltimore-orioles-emerge-as-endgame-trade-partners-again-r3033/The time in the offseason is winding down. A week from Wednesday, the Brewers report to spring training in Maryvale, and while they still have money to spend and holes in their roster to fill, it feels a lot like their focus has turned toward minor moves—or rather, like that's where their focus...3033Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:25:01 +0000https://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 +0000