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  1. Yeah, I think ESPN is cost-cutting for pretty obvious reasons. They've been in financial straits for awhile. Also, it wouldn't surprise me that any contract for MLB rights signed was signed at an inflated rate ESPN no longer wanted to pay.
  2. In a recent roundup on MLB.com, early results on MLB television ratings were revealed. They include: MLB on Fox is up 10% MLB on ESPN is up 22% MLB Tuesday on TBS is up 16% Perhaps most importantly, it appears substantial gains are being made in the 18-34 age demographic, a decades-long weakness of Major League Baseball. This is in sharp contrast to the World Series, which has been in decline for years and is often used as a benchmark for the overall popularity of the sport. I was able to find World Series ratings dating back to 1968, and until 2007 the World Series never carried a rating under 10. That slowly spiraled until it hit its low-water mark of 4.7 in 2023 as the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks squared off. MLB and Commissioner Rob Manfred have aggressively pushed rules changes, largely in an attempt to capture younger demographics that have abandoned baseball in favor of football and basketball. Is baseball on the rebound with fans or is this just a blip on the radar? View full rumor
  3. In a recent roundup on MLB.com, early results on MLB television ratings were revealed. They include: MLB on Fox is up 10% MLB on ESPN is up 22% MLB Tuesday on TBS is up 16% Perhaps most importantly, it appears substantial gains are being made in the 18-34 age demographic, a decades-long weakness of Major League Baseball. This is in sharp contrast to the World Series, which has been in decline for years and is often used as a benchmark for the overall popularity of the sport. I was able to find World Series ratings dating back to 1968, and until 2007 the World Series never carried a rating under 10. That slowly spiraled until it hit its low-water mark of 4.7 in 2023 as the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks squared off. MLB and Commissioner Rob Manfred have aggressively pushed rules changes, largely in an attempt to capture younger demographics that have abandoned baseball in favor of football and basketball. Is baseball on the rebound with fans or is this just a blip on the radar?
  4. Brock Wilken, third baseman for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, has been named the Brewers Minor League Player of the Month. Wilken, the Brewers' first-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Wake Forest, was outstanding at the plate in May. He posted a .938 OPS with nine home runs in the month while carrying a very respectable .368 on-base percentage. Thirteen of his 22 hits on the month went for extra bases. Wilken has logged most of his time at the hot corner in 2025, starting 39 of his 51 games there. You can view Wilken's scouting report and stats on our prospect profile page:
  5. Brock Wilken, third baseman for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, has been named the Brewers Minor League Player of the Month. Wilken, the Brewers' first-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Wake Forest, was outstanding at the plate in May. He posted a .938 OPS with nine home runs in the month while carrying a very respectable .368 on-base percentage. Thirteen of his 22 hits on the month went for extra bases. Wilken has logged most of his time at the hot corner in 2025, starting 39 of his 51 games there. You can view Wilken's scouting report and stats on our prospect profile page: View full rumor
  6. What is that doing, taking over your entire screen?
  7. It's also mixing in a fair number of openers, I think. Still, the overall takeaway for me is that the Brewers have somehow cobbled together capable bulk innings, despite the losses to free agency and the overwhelming number of injuries. It's quite the feat, IMO.
  8. I just checked and the Brewers rotation was 10th in ERA and 9th in FIP in May. That's crazy, all considering.
  9. Welcome to Brewer Fanatic!
  10. I mean, it depends how real you think his 2025 is. He's definitely hitting the ball better, I just don't believe it will continue.
  11. He's very much a below average bat. He's just barelllyyyyy above average this year with a 102 wRC+ but he broke into the league in 2018. His career wRC+ is 84, way below league average.
  12. I get that Raffy could be handling this better but good managers prepare their team the best they can. The Red Sox aren't doing this with their best player, which means they're not managing this well. If you don't want a public kerfuffle about something, you keep the discussion out of the public eye by making sure everybody is aware of the situation and hopefully on the same page.
  13. Breslow isn't handling it well. Devers never truly made a fuss about third base before the season began, the Boston media just took a snippet and turned it into a thing. But it wouldn't have killed Breslow to pick up the phone or even text Devers that Bregman was a possibility. The real fireworks began when Casas went down and the Red Sox tried to get Devers to play first after telling him to "throw his glove away" after the Bregman signing. While Devers is making a ton of money, he still deserves to be told what's going on and not have constant crap dropped on him out of nowhere.
  14. Devers isn't a happy guy right now. He's being jerked around by the front office and also catching hell from the (often unfair and unreasonable) Boston media.
  15. From the outside, not a lot, which is why I don't often get fired up about a manager, good or bad. The organization knows MUCH more about the good and bad of a manager than any of us ever will.
  16. The reality of the situation is that the Manager of the Year is far and away the dumbest award handed out by baseball. It simply goes to the team that writers were the most wrong about in a good way (ie. the team that over-performed preseason expectations). I don't really have any issues with Murph other than the ridiculous bullpen management. If he just stops trying to burn out arms he's probably just fine as a manager.
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