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I understand Ashby only requires eight hours of sleep to be on full rest. We can expect him to be ready if called upon today 🙂

The Brewers have the highest on-base percentage (.464) most stolen bases (8) and strikeouts recorded (31) in franchise history over first two games to start the season.

The White Sox send 31-year old left-hander Anthony Kay in the final game of the series. Kay last appeared in the big leagues in 2023 as a member of the Cubs and Mets. Kay was below replacement level during his 85.1 IP in MLB from 2019-2023 but was quite good in Japan the past two seasons, combining for a 2.49 ERA over 303.1 IP for Yokohama. Kay has one career appearance against Milwaukee on July 3, 2023. This was the "Jahmai Jones game." Kay faced three Brewers without recording an out, including Jones. Brandon Sproat makes his Brewers debut. Sproat threw 20.2 IP last September for the Mets before coming to Milwaukee in the Freddy Peralta trade.

Ashby is the only left handed pitcher we need 🙂💪

Sánchez has 16.2 innings of MLB time at 1B Contreras has one inning of MLB time at 1B Quero has only played catcher Yelich played 1B in high school

Right-hander Sean Burke had his best start of the 2025 season against Milwaukee on May 1. The White Sox beat the Brewers 8-0. Burke allowed 2 hits, 3 walks and zero runs over 6 IP. The losing pitcher that game, interestingly, was Chad Patrick. Patrick went 5.2 IP allowing 3 ER.

Oof, the bullpen…

Is this lineup better than some 1999-early 2000 Brewers teams? Gasser must be better than 1999 Opening Day starter Rafael Roque.

Image courtesy of © Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images “Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.” Alexander Pope was an 18th-century poet reflecting on our tendency to believe that better days are always ahead. Today, we celebrate the optimism of Opening Day and six more months of baseball by taking a look at some of this week's best thread topics on the Brewer Fanatic forums. Brewers: Brewers (Misiorowski) vs White Sox (Smith): 3/26/26, 1:10pm Emotions always run high with Jacob Misiorowski on the mound. The leadoff home run to Chase Meidroth tested our patience but was, in a way, on-brand for Milwaukee by Opening Day standards. Miz and our Brewer Fanatic community kept their composure on the way to the largest margin of victory to start the season since 1988. Come relive the thrills of yesterday’s game! Brewers baseball is back and even more fun with the passionate fans on Brewer Fanatic. Brewers: Season Predictions Thread Predictions are all the rage right now. Polymarket might make you wealthy, but our Season Prediction Thread can make you internet famous, at least a little bit. The consensus on the forum is to expect over 90 wins, a return to the playoffs, and team-leading performances from Jackson Chourio, William Contreras, and Brice Turang. It is always fascinating to look back at our collective preseason wisdom later in the year. It is not too late to weigh in on how you think the 2026 season will go! Minors: Spring Breakout 2026 Dozens of Milwaukee‘s top prospects were on display across two Spring Breakout games last week. This thread includes highlights and reactions, including big plays from Jett Williams, Jesús Made, Luis Peña, Eric Bitonti, Andrew Fischer, Cooper Pratt, Bishop Letson, Jaron DeBerry, and more. On a related note, the Nashville Sounds begin their regular season tonight. Be sure to follow the best minor league coverage in our Daily Minor League Link Report. Game time starts at 5:35 PM Central. The Brewers' off day is a perfect opportunity to join us in the minor league forum. View full article

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.