Michael Trzinski

Oops, how did I miss that one? Thanks for the correction.

Eduardo Rodriguez of Arizona also has 14. Miz has two games against the Cubs, and I think one each against Pittsburgh and Philly. Hard to say how it plays out, but he could win all three categories.

Image courtesy of Jon Endow-Imagn Images As the calendar is ready to flip over to September, Jacob Misiorowski has done everything the Milwaukee Brewers brain trust has hoped for in the young phenom’s sophomore campaign. The Miz has made 25 starts and will probably make four or five more, depending on how the Brewers want to set up their postseason rotation/manage the flame-throwing right-hander’s workload. His 222 strikeouts lead the majors, as does his ERA+ of 240, FIP of 2.14, WHIP of 0.76, and ERA of 1.73. Although pitcher victories aren’t the premier pitching stat anymore, Miz ranks tied for fourth in the bigs with 14 wins. By any pitching metric, he is near the top, if not the best, pitcher in baseball this year. Will he hear his name announced as the top pitcher in the National League in mid-November at the MLB award show in Las Vegas? Four or five more starts will tell the story. In the 56 years of Milwaukee Brewers baseball, three pitchers have captured the Cy Young Award in their respective league. The Brewers played in the American League before switching to the ‘Senior Circuit’ in 1998. The first hurler to win the award for Milwaukee has his number ‘34’ enshrined among the retired Brewers jerseys at Uecker Field. Four days after he was traded from the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals in December 1980, Rollie Fingers came to the Brewers in a blockbuster deal with the Cards that included Ted Simmons, Pete Vuckovich, David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano, and Lary Sorensen. There was a work stoppage in 1981, but that didn’t keep the mustachioed closer from compiling some stellar numbers in the shortened season. His 28 saves led all of baseball, besting runner-up Chicago’s Bruce Sutter’s total of 25. Not only did Fingers win the coveted pitching award, but he edged out Oakland’s Rickey Henderson for the American League Most Valuable Player honors. The Brewers earned their first postseason nod but lost in five games to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Fingers lasted only two more seasons, after missing all of 1983 with forearm tendinitis. He retired with 341 career saves. The following season, Vuckovich, fresh off a fourth-place finish in the Cy Young race in 1981 behind Fingers, Oakland’s Steve McCatty, and Detroit’s Jack Morris, won 18 games, and although he posted rather pedestrian peripherals (1.50 WHIP and almost as many walks as strikeouts), earned his own Cy award over Baltimore’s Jim Palmer and Kansas City’s Dan Quisenberry. The Brewers won an exciting ALCS over the California Angels, winning the final three games at County Stadium before losing in seven contests to the Cardinals in their only World Series appearance. Like Fingers, ‘Vuke’ missed one season (1984) and pitched in just 28 games over the next two seasons and retired at the end of spring training in 1986. The third pitcher to be honored was right-hander Corbin Burnes in 2021. Burnes, after switching to a starting role during the shortened 2020 season, was arguably one of the best pitchers in baseball from 2021-2024 and was named to four All-Star teams and earned down-ballot votes in the Cy Young race four times in addition to winning the award in 2021. He also earned votes in the Covid season of 2020 despite only making nine starts among his 12 appearances. In 2021, Burnes posted a major league-leading ERA of 2.42, a FIP of 1.63, and a strikeouts/nine rate of 12.6, along with 234 strikeouts. After being traded to the Baltimore Orioles for DL Hall and Joey Ortiz in early 2024, Burnes won 15 games for the Orioles, was named to the AL All-Star team, and finished fifth in the AL Cy Young balloting. Eleven other Brewer pitchers earned Cy Young votes in franchise history. In 1978, Mike Caldwell finished second to New York’s Ron Guidry after winning a franchise-high 22 wins. Throwing 293 1/3 innings, ‘Iron Mike’ tossed six shutouts among his 23 complete games. And just for kicks, he even posted one save across a trio of relief outings. Perhaps the most memorable Cy Young run was accomplished by CC Sabathia when he finished fifth in the NL CY voting in 2008 after coming to the Brewers in a trade from the Cleveland Indians. In just 17 starts over the last three months of the season, Carsten Charles went 11-2 with an ERA of 1.65 with seven complete games and three shutouts, leading the Brewers to the post-season for the first time since the 1982 season. Unfortunately for Milwaukee, the season workload—a career-high 253 innings—wore down the big lefty, and he was only able to last three and two-thirds innings against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of the NLDS in a 5-2 loss. Other pitchers that have earned votes were Freddy Peralta (2025), Brandon Woodruff (2021), Josh Hader (2018), Jimmy Nelson (2017), Yovani Gallardo (2011), John Axford (2011), Ben Sheets (2004), Teddy Higuera (1986, 1987), and Jim Colborn (1973). Can The Miz add his name to the trio of Brewer legends? Time will tell. View full article

Sadly for me. I enjoyed writing the bios.

Must be lots of BF readers at the games. Seems like since this piece came out, he gets a nice ovation every time he comes up to the dish.

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I would put Henderson/May #2/#3, with Harrison moving down until he proves he is healthy again.

I guess they weren't looking for anybody lol

Image courtesy of IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The 2026 MLB trade deadline is rapidly approaching—it's on August 3—and even though the Milwaukee Brewers are seemingly set for position players, we at Brewer Fanatic would like to offer a dozen or so players who could be good pieces to fill in for injuries or demotions. Great though it's been to see Joey Ortiz go on a bit of a tear, we don't believe in ignoring the downside that still lurks for Ortiz, Cooper Pratt, and others. So, here's where the team might pivot if needed. Enjoy! Higher-Salary Players Oswaldo Cabrera, New York Yankees (AAA), 27 Cabrera is currently playing at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and is hitting .284/.343/.435 with 10 home runs across 299 at-bats, so he has some pop as a switch-hitter. He has played every position except for catcher and center field this year, so he offers good versatility for a team that craves that asset. He has a one-year, $1.2-million contract for 2026, which obviously isn't much in baseball terms—but it's kind of a lot for a fifth infielder. Edmundo Sosa, Philadelphia Phillies, 30 The right-handed Sosa has played at least 10 games at second base, third base, shortstop, and left field for the Phillies this year. His batting numbers are down a bit (.213/.250/.350) from his career averages of .253/.304/.408, but he has hit five dingers across 160 at-bats. His $4.4 million contract might keep potential suitors away. But for a contender like the Brewers, the fact that Sosa has played in 19 postseason games is a huge plus. (Of course, the Phillies are also a contender, so they (like the Yankees) might not be eager to give up their own depth.) Didn’t You Used to Be Somebody? Jeimer Candelario, Los Angeles Angels (AAA), 32 The switch-hitting corner infielder has had a solid 11-year major-league career, but is toiling at Salt Lake this season. He's hitting .263/.364/.442 for the Bees, with six homers across 217 ABs. He signed a 3-year, $45-million contract with the Halos before the 2024 campaign, but he might be willing to sign a smaller deal to get back to the big leagues. Santiago Espinal, Texas Rangers (AAA), 31 Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in late May, Espinal signed a minor league contract with the Rangers just before Independence Day. The righty-hitting utility infielder has been at Round Rock and is hitting .250/.300/.306 over 36 ABs but is heating up a bit lately, going 5-for-11 in his last three games. Espinal was an All-Star with Toronto in 2022 and has seven years’ experience in the bigs. Stuck in the Minors Christian Koss, San Francisco Giants, 28 Koss got called up to San Francisco when third baseman Matt Chapman went down with an abdominal injury in early July. He has had limited success in a small sample, going just 3-for-21 since being promoted. Koss has spent seven years in the minors, slashing .277/.340/.458 with 59 home runs across 1700+ at-bats. It is likely he will return to the minors when Chapman returns in late July, so he could possibly be a versatile, cheap pickup for Milwaukee. Nick Sogard, Boston Red Sox (AAA), 28 Sogard is a switch-hitter who has lots of minor league time under his belt with numbers similar to those of Koss. He is a cousin of former Brewer Eric Sogard and the nephew of Steve Sax, so baseball is in his blood. He recently returned to action after suffering a right oblique strain and had done well in a brief stint with Boston, batting .257/.350/.371 across 35 ABs. Having another Sogard playing for the Brewers wouldn’t be a bad thing. Tyler Tolbert, Kansas City Royals, 28 Tolbert plays some short and outfield as he is filling in for the injured Bobby Witt, Jr. He has been impressive in his time with the Royals, hitting .328/.364/.443 across 61 ABs. In two seasons with the Royals, he has stolen 32 bases during just 111 ABs, so his speed would fit right in with Milwaukee. Witt is expected to return in late July, so Tolbert might be readily available. Charles McAdoo, Toronto Blue Jays (AAA), 24 McAdoo can play almost anywhere and has some pop, hitting 50 home runs in four minor league seasons. He played three weeks in Toronto earlier in the season but was returned to Triple-A Buffalo. McAdoo also has some speed, having pilfered 34 bases last season in Double-A. He is stuck behind Ernie Clement and Kazuma Okamoto at second and third, respectively, so he might be on the trading block. Hey, You Look Familiar Anthony Seigler, Boston Red Sox, 27 Seigler is having a decent season in Boston, hitting .245/.314/.383 across 94 ABs as a fill-in at second and third. Orlando Arcia, Minnesota Twins (AAA), 31 It seems like he has been around forever, and he has, witnessed by his 11 big-league seasons. Although his best days are behind him, he is still a solid all-around player. Raynel Delgado, Houston Astros (AAA), 26 Despite having a good season at Nashville in 2025, he became a free agent and has played in the Tampa Bay and Houston organizations since. He played in 17 games in a three-week stint for Houston earlier this year, batting .273/.314/.394 across 33 ABs. Maybe it is time for Milwaukee to give him another chance. Rowdy Tellez, Atlanta Braves (AAA), 31 Tellez was a Brewers fan favorite and slugged 35 dingers in 2022, giving him 123 in his nine-year career. If the Brewers need a LH power bat, this might be the guy. Will the Brewers go after any of these guys, or will they stand pat? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. View full article

Probably true lol

That was an ugly game for sure, but for the most part, the Brewers have played pretty well this year. Hopefully they can get back on it and play impeccable, irreproachable, unblemished, and exemplary ball the rest of the year.

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Quintana was also acceptable and adequate last year, not just cromulent. 😎