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Largest margin of victory for Brewers on opening day since 1988.

Wiemer still batting 1.000 with 3.000 OPS today. 4 PA

Load ‘em up for Joey! 💪

Bauers, Lockridge and Frelick? Strangely, maybe that will be ok for a couple weeks? 🙂🤷‍♂️

I wonder if this is lingering from the WBC injury?

I wonder if this is lingering from the world baseball classic injury?

Image courtesy of © Albert Cesare / The Enquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer via Imagn Content Services, LLC Every Brewers fan dreams that the regular season begins on a high note. A fast start in the opening month is still a small sample size, but it sure can be exciting. Here is a look at some of the best month-long performances from March and April. Best Team Hitting: .848 OPS in 1987 It is no surprise that the Brewers' best start to a season was in 1987. The famed 13-game winning streak was largely fueled by a historically good month offensively. Rob Deer paced Milwaukee with 9 home runs and a 1.215 OPS through April. Paul Molitor also produced a .395 batting average during the first 21 games. Memorable moment: Dale Sveum's walk-off home run on Easter Sunday is iconic (43% WPA). The most pivotal moment of the game happened earlier in the inning, though, when Rob Deer smashed his second home run of the day, tying the score at 4-4 (48% WPA). Best Team Pitching: 2.27 ERA and .566 OPS allowed in 1976 Fifty years ago was certainly a different era for baseball. The 1976 Brewers pitching staff struck out only 44 batters in all of April. In fairness, Milwaukee played only 12 games that month. At the same time, that strikeout rate equates to an anemic 3.7 SO/9 IP, which was somehow not the worst in the league that month. Jim Colborn, Jim Slaton, and Bill Travers did not miss many bats, but their batted balls allowed did not miss many gloves, either. The Brewers' pitching staff benefitted from a .226 BABIP that April, the lowest BABIP allowed over a single month in franchise history. All told, this team was Milwaukee's best at limiting earned runs, baserunners, and extra base hits over the first month of the season. Memorable moment: Jim Slaton outduels Catfish Hunter as the Brewers beat the Yankees 5-0 on Opening Day. Hank Aaron records three RBI on the day for Milwaukee to begin his farewell season. Best Individual Hitting: 1.276 OPS by Eric Thames in 2017 (103 PA) Eric Thames had a remarkable stint in the KBO League, averaging over 40 home runs per season before joining Milwaukee in November 2016. Thames did not miss a beat during his first month for the Brewers, hitting .345 wth 11 homers over 103 April plate appearances. Christian Yelich later went on to hit 14 HR in April 2019, but Thames still holds the team record for highest OPS for a season's opening month (minimum 90 PA). Memorable moment: Eric Thames hits two home runs in the first two innings off Amir Garrett as the Brewers beat the Reds 11-7 on April 24 at Miller Park. Thames also recorded two walks and three runs scored on the evening. Best Relief Pitching: .258 OPS allowed by Nick Mears in 2025 (11.1 IP) Milwaukee has had historically good relief pitchers in recent memory. Surprisingly, the lowest OPS allowed in April by a Brewer reliever belongs to Nick Mears (minimum 10 IP). Mears struck out eight batters, allowed two walks, one earned run, and zero extra base hits to open the 2025 season. Mears was amazingly effective but not flashy. The flashiest start to a season by a Milwaukee reliever was Josh Hader in 2018. Hader struck out 39 batters over 18 innings that April. Only Tommy Pham's wall-scraping HR off Hader prevented Josh from earning the title of lowest OPS allowed to open a season. Memorable moment: Nick Mears inherited two baserunners with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth inning on April 30 against the White Sox. Three pitches later, Mears recorded three outs and kept the game tied at 3-3. The average leverage index for Mears' appearance was a very high 2.62. If Milwaukee lost this game to Shane Smith, the damage to the Brewer Fanatic psyche would have been incalculable. Best Starting Pitching: .350 OPS allowed by Brandon Woodruff in 2021 (29 IP) Milwaukee's big three starting pitchers of Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, and Freddy Peralta did not disappoint to start the 2021 season. Burnes recorded a major league record 58 strikeouts before issuing his first walk on May 13. However, the stingiest starting pitcher in franchise history in April is Brandon Woodruff. In April 2021, Woodruff allowed only one extra base hit over 29 IP. Memorable moment: Brandon Woodruff throws seven scoreless innings, allowing just one hit against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 7. Lorenzo Cain hits his second home run of the game in the tenth inning, propelling Milwaukee to a 4-2 victory. View full article

I appreciate the ranking! I’d say DL Hall will have more opportunities to win games for Milwaukee than Gary Sanchez.

It will be interesting to watch Shane Smith's development this season. Smith started out strong, had a rough June and July before finishing the year on a high note. Walks will likely remain a concern. Henderson: 3.02 FIP Woodruff 3.17 Patrick 3.53 FIP Misiorowski 3.62 FIP Peralta 3.64 FiP T. Myers: 3.92 FIP Priester 4.01 FiP [Shane Smith 4.10 FiP] Quintana 4.81 FiP

Less than 24 hours until Opening Day! The Brewers took two of three from the White Sox last year. Shane Smith allowed 6 hits, 3 walks, 3 R, 1 ER over 5 IP last year against Milwaukee. Only Austin Hays has an AB against Jacob Misiorowski, singling off of Miz as a member of the Reds.

Woodford was quite good in 2022 but reliably below replacement level since then. I'm sure we can turn him into Nick Mears 2.0 with length 🙂

PCA's glove is obviously elite. He only produced a .634 OPS in the second half last year. 246 PA Plus, .594 OPS against LHP last season, 188 PA. That is worse offensive production than Blake Perkins. Garrett Mitchell's spring training OPS is higher than PCA, too. I realize how that sounds. I'm fine with Chicago giving PCA $100 million.

How long until there is an option to finance your concession purchase over four easy payments? 🙂 I do appreciate ballpark food, though.

Famous last words but I just don't see how Milwaukee has room for more pitchers, even right-handed ones. I bet the White Sox are fine waiting and seeing what they have with Hicks.

The Brewers must be lucky if they scored the third most runs in baseball last year with a lineup that is not even in the top 15 in the league according to MLB.com. 🙂 I know Milwaukee is always slighted but to not even merit honorable mention seems neglectful.

A Brewers ticket should always be worth whatever someone is willing to pay. Dynamic pricing often works both ways. If people aren’t buying tickets to see the Marlins on a Tuesday night, prices are lower. Ticketmaster abusing it’s position as a monopoly provider of ticketing services is entirely different than dynamic pricing. We do want the Brewers to have revenue to invest in the team. 🙂 Plus, there are plenty of discount opportunities available throughout the season.

Is a player getting banned for life for gambling something we can wager on in Polymarket? 🙂

Image courtesy of © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It's not Friday, but we're rolling out this week's Forum Friday a day early just because. Brewer Fanatic is a community with thousands of passionate Brewers fans throughout Wisconsin and the world. Our forums are filled with informed perspectives on everything worth knowing about the big leagues, minor leagues, and more. We are excited to begin a weekly spotlight on some of the best discussions happening on the site. Brewers: Opening Day Roster Predictions Opening Day is less than a week away. The Brewers will return many familiar names when they face the Chicago White Sox on March 26, but a few roster spots remain uncertain. Should Milwaukee keep Brandon Lockridge as a fifth outfielder? Can the bullpen support five left-handed relievers? You will find a range of opinions and learn a thing or two about how Milwaukee pitching fares against right-handed batters. Minors: 2026 Prospect Reports / Lists / Rankings / Interviews / Etc. The best thing about being a Brewers fan, for better and worse, is dreaming about the future. The future is even brighter when the Milwaukee farm system is decidedly good. We are blessed to enjoy world-class coverage in our minor league forum. This specific thread topic offers rankings, reactions, and interviews throughout the offseason. Come bask in the reflected glory of the best prospects in all of baseball! Other Sports: March Madness 2026 Brewer Fanatic is a five-tool forum. Sure, we discuss launch angles, weighted on-base average, and pitch spin rates. We also have robust Other Sports and Off-Topic forums, too. If there's one thing all Brewers fans can agree on, it is cheering for Cinderella teams to upset more prominent opponents. Come to think of it, the NCAA should consider a salary cap to level the playing field. In the meantime, why not join the rest of America in celebrating March Madness? We invite you to join us in our forums this coming season! The in-game threads are a lively experience, and you won't find a better place to be a Brewers fan than at Brewer Fanatic. View full article

We’ve become the Soviets from Rocky IV

I am skeptical that whoever is responsible for leasing Brewers suites at major corporations are worried about who the left fielder is. I assume corporations are worried about return on investment. In other words, is bringing clients to baseball games resulting in additional business? Certainly, the team must produce a winning and enjoyable product but that doesn’t necessarily mean we are obligated to extend aging veterans deep into their 30s. Corporations probably did not regret missing out on Wily Adames during our 97 win season last year. If new players continue to win games, then the new players become stars, too.

This never would’ve happened if Team USA would’ve just ‘gone for it’ and acquired Eugenio Suarez last summer.

That’s fair. It seems rare for nine figure bets on aging players in their 30’s to pay off like we expect, though. The better play seems to be having a reliable stream of prospects to replace the 30 year olds.

The highest season BABIP in Brewers franchise history belongs to Jose Hernandez with .405 in 2002. The runner up is Keston Hiura with .402 during his rookie season. Both sadly seem like luck to me. For reference, the highest season BABIP in MLB over the past sixty years is .411 (Naquin, Kemp and Colabello). Minimum: 300 plate appearances