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Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Transactions: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers activated SS Luis Pena from the 7-day injured list. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers transferred RHP Jose Nova to the Development List. OF Jesus Mancera assigned to DSL Brewers Gold RHP Manuel Davila assigned to DSL Brewers Blue Nashville pre-game media notes Final: Gwinnett (Braves) 5, Nashville 3 Box Score & Game Log Quinn Priester’s outing included 38 pitches, only 18 for strikes, five base runners and only two outs recorded. Priester’s ERA in Nashville now sits at 17.65 as memories of the pitcher who won 12 straight decisions for the Brewers last season seem very distant. Video highlights available via the Sounds game writeup include Jefferson Quero hitting his sixth home run of the year. Quero added a single as well, on the downside, all four Stripers that attempted to steal against him were successful. After beginning his season with ten scoreless outings and then hitting the injured list, Will Childers got back to putting up zeros in his second outing since returning to active duty. Childers will need to be added to the 40-man roster this coming winter, and his continued development could add yet more depth to the Brewers playoff push this season. Cooper Pratt and Jett Williams each had two strikeouts today and have slowed down a little of late, perhaps cooling talk of imminent callups to Milwaukee for the duo. Tyson Hardin will look for a third straight strong outing with the Sounds on Thursday, as he’s made the jump from AA look easy so far. Biloxi pre-game media notes Final, Game 1: Columbus (Braves) 2, Biloxi 1 Box Score & Game Log 1 Final, Game 2: Columbus 4, Biloxi 1 Box Score & Game Log 2 Two runs in two games. Not great. With Jesus Made out with an illness (not pulled for promotion) the Shuckers went a combined 0-15 with runners in scoring position across the two games. Dylan O’Rae managed two singles in each game raising his batting average to .319 with the 4-hit day, while building a five-game hit streak with four multi-hit games and 11 hits in his last 20 at-bats. After throwing 100 MPH on Saturday, Cameron Wagoner pitched two clean innings in the opener, striking out three without allowing a baserunner. In 10.1 innings pitched this season he has 14 strikeouts and one walk, albeit with four HBP. Darien Miller provided the other offensive bright spot on the day, hitting his eighth home run with a moonshot to right-center in the opener and drawing two walks in the second game. Brett Wichrowski will make the start for the Shuckers on Thursday. Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final, Game One: Peoria (Cardinals) 6, Wisconsin 0, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: Chiefs Shut out Rattlers in Game One - Van Dyke and Sparks combine on two-hit shutout GIDP: Baez, J; Bitonti; Castillo, L; Peña; Ragsdale. Wow, as the game summary noted, five GIDP's in just seven innings. That's one way to limit the men left on base (official number was three). Note the media team did not include any of them in their highlight package, blessedly brief at just under two minutes: OF Braylon Payne has now missed a week's worth of action, having last played on Thursday the 21st. We await formal word on his absence. Payne was the lone position player to not see action in either game. Luis Pena returned to the Timber Rattlers lineup as the designated hitter after a scorching three-game stint in Maryvale. He walked once, in the first of his three plate appearances. After being a GIDP victim, he lined out to short in his final at-bat. Pena would not play in Game Two, understandably. Eric Bitonti's missed catch was his first error of the season in 38 games (36 at first base, two at third base). Andrew Fischer reached base twice (BB, HBP), as did Daniel Dickinson (double, BB), though Dickinson was immediately thrown out attempting to steal third base after his leadoff two-bagger in the 2nd. That broke the don't make the first out at third base rule. That became painful when Luis Castillo lined a single as the next batter, and yes, those two back-to-back knocks represented the entirety of Wisconsin base hits in this opener. After his rude three-run 5th inning introduction to the Midwest League, just-promoted RHP Tanner Perry settled in for two additional innings in which only one man reached (HBP). *** Final, Game Two: Wisconsin 12, Peoria 7, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: Rattlers Score Twelve to Earn Split in Doubleheader - Wisconsin scores six in first to bounce back from game one loss The nearly 5,000 in attendance (4,864) were rewarded for their patience, and as the game summary title notes, didn't have to wait long. As you'd imagine, the 19 combined runs produced a much lengthier highlight package: It's been a minute since we got to enjoy a Postgame Podcast, so the combined video and pod give you a nearly 30-minute feast of catching up with this club. Postgame Podcast with Manager Nick Stanley, infielder Juan Baez and RHP Garrett Hodges Yes, Marco Dinges has not seen action behind the plate in two and a half weeks, as he singled and walked in the designated hitter spot here after sitting out Game One. We now know what Dinges has been dealing with, but it's promising that the injury has not fully sidelined him and allowed him to swing the bat. Within your box score review, you'll see that all nine T-Rats reached base, and that the one player not to have a base hit, SS Luiyin Alastre, contributed with a walk and sacrifice fly. Left fielder Josh Adamczewski (double, single, walk) and first baseman Tayden Hall (two singles, walk) led the way among the seven Wisconsin batters to reach base multiple times, impressive when one considers that the team only had six innings as the home team to put together their stat lines. Be sure to review that Game Two summary for a more thorough breakdown of the game log. The mound efforts in the nightcap (afternooncap?) were a mixed bag - starter Braylon Owens did not issue a free pass over four innings but surrendered five runs. Fellow righty Quinton Low struck out three in his lone inning and was credited with the win, even though his elevated ERA took another hit with two runs allowed. Garrett Hodges earned the save despite the five-run final margin because his effort in the 6th inning came when the lead was only two runs. Wilson pre-game media notes Final: Myrtle Beach (Cubs) 6, Wilson 2 Box Score & Game Log Jayden Dubanewicz had an uneven but successful start. In his fifth outing of the season Dubanewicz pitched three innings, surrendering only two hits, while striking out three and not giving up any runs, however, he did walk four batters. Prior to this game he had 3 total walks in his first 4 games. Last week’s Carolina League Player of the week, Brady Ebel, went 1-4 with a walk and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Leading off Handelfry Encarnacion went 2-4 with a walk and his ninth steal of the season. Venezuelan 2024 international signee, Enderson Mercado will make his sixth start of the season on Thursday. Final: ACL Royals 6, ACL Brewers 2 Box Score & Game Log Alexander Frias had three more hits raising his average to an Arizona Complex League leading .434. The 18-year-old supreme athlete had singles of 103.2 and 99.9 MPH in the game. 2025 19th round draft pick and $750K overslot bonus signee, Chase Bentley, struck out five over four innings, but gave up two home runs in his fourth professional outing. Rehabbing Luke Adams was hitless in three at-bats. Also rehabbing, Griffin Tobias threw 32 pitches, 23 for strikes, giving up two runs (1 ER), three hits allowed and one strikeout. Kenny Fenelon and Brailyn Antunez each had a hit, with Antunez’s hit a triple. Preview Thursday's action, five games in all, below. 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Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Transactions: RHP Jacob Waguespack assigned to Nashville Sounds from ACL Brewers. Nashville Sounds transferred LF Jacob Hurtubise to the Development List Game Action: Nashville pre-game media notes Nashville 10, Durham (Rays) 2 Box Score A day after a dramatic 9th inning comeback, Nashville won their ninth straight. The Sounds scored first and then scored a lot more after the Bulls tied the game at two in the third. The lineup produced a season-high four home runs, including two from Akil Baddoo, Cooper Pratt’s fifth and the eighth home run of the season for Eddys Leonard. At 446 feet, Leonard’s blast tied for the third longest of the season in triple A. Luis Lara had a double as part of a three hit night as he continues to be a hit machine and raise his prospect profile. On the mound Tate Kuehner failed to make it through the third inning, but the bullpen pitched a shutout for six and a third innings, Including a three strikeout, five out performance from Easton McGee. McGee remains on call for the Brewers should the need arise. Nashville improved to 28-19 and are now in a tie for first place in the International League. Biloxi 9, Birmingham (White Sox) 7 Box Score The Shuckers survived a wild affair against Birmingham, pulling out a 9-7 win in a game packed with offense, defensive miscues, and momentum swings. Biloxi capitalized on four Birmingham errors and overcoming three of their own. Dylan O’Rae scored three runs on no hits and one walk at the top of the lineup, while Jesus Made had two singles and four RBI. Each member of the double play combo also added a steal bringing Made’s total to 18 and O’Rae’s to 22. The pitching was uneven, but finished with Mark Manfredi pitching a clean 9th inning to earn his first save of the season. Biloxi moved to 19-21 on the season in the tightly packed Southern League standings. Great Lakes (Dodgers) 4, Wisconsin 3 Box Score The T-Rats fell to the Dodgers affiliate on a night where they could only muster three hits, none of which produced runs. The excitement for the visitors occurred in the top of the sixth inning, when Davis Chastain came into pitch for the Loons. Chastain proceeded to walk the first five batters he faced, scoring two runs! After Juan Baez struck out looking, Blayberg Diaz secured a sacrifice fly to take the lead at 3-2, and that would be the end of the scoring for Wisconsin. The Brewers then countered with a new pitcher in the bottom of the sixth with Yorman Galindez surrendering the lead in a hard luck inning. After getting two quick outs, Galindez hit Nico Perez, who then stole second and third base and scored on a throwing error by the catcher Diaz. Brewers starter, Braylon Owens, gave up a leadoff home run to start the game, and followed that up with a walk and a hit to leave the first inning down 2-0, but put in a strong effort thereafter. Owens threw four more scoreless innings only allowing one more hit and walk, while striking out seven overall. Wisconsin drops to 21-17, just a half game behind the Cubs affiliate for first place in the Western Division. Delmarva (Orioles) 12, Wilson 6 Box Score The Warbirds fell back below .500 just as soon as they got there, getting doubled up by the last place Shorebirds. One day after hitting his first home run as a professional, shortstop Brady Ebel had two more hits including a triple. Joining him with multiple hits at the top of the lineup were Handelfry Encarnacion and Juan Ortuno, with the three combining for seven of the team’s eleven hits on the night. In his second start of the year, Jayden Dubanewicz made progress, pitching into the fourth inning, and recording five strikeouts and no home runs allowed. The Shorebirds were aggressive on the bases, testing young catcher Rylan Mills. They successfully stole four bases, but the 19 year old 2025 over slot signing also threw out two would-be thieves for a solid caught stealing percentage of thirty-three on the night. Warbirds record now 20-21. View full article

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Image courtesy of © Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Baseball is here, and the Brewers look to continue their dominance of the NL Central. To do so, they may need some breakout performances. National baseball writers have released a slew of bold predictions, including Eno Sarris picking Jacob Misiorowski to win the Cy Young Award. Here’s a quartet of hot takes of my own for the Brewers. 1. Brandon Sproat will generate more WAR than Freddy Peralta this season. Now that Sproat has secured a spot in the rotation from day one, there's no reason he can’t be there all season. After throwing more than 140 innings last season, he should easily be good for a full season of 150+ this year. In his prospect writeup, Brewers Fanatic’s Spencer Michaelis highlighted Sproat’s deep six-pitch arsenal and the steep improvement he showed over the course of last season. Peralta will probably put up a typically strong season, but that’s what makes this a bold prediction. Sproat will have the benefit of the Brewers’ defense behind him, and as he said himself about the Brewers, “this team bets on themselves.” Here’s betting he has a Rookie of the Year-worthy season, even after a rough start. 2. Jake Bauers will lead the 2026 Brewers in home runs. Bauers raked all spring, leading the majors in homers (7), wRC+ (311), and OPS (1.725). Yes, every year players explode in spring training only to implode once the season starts, but Bauers’s transformation took place over the course of last season, peaking in September and the playoffs. Matt Trueblood highlighted how Bauers spent his offseason training to lock in the changes he made and build on his momentum. Christian Yelich led the 2025 Brewers with 29 home runs, and the team is much better off when Yelich is performing at a high level. To keep Yelich healthy and productive, the team might give him more rest this season and provide additional playing time for Bauers. Even before Jackson’s Chourio’s terribly-timed injury news (and Andrew Vaughn's even worse one), Tim Mura pointed out that Bauers could be slated for more playing time this season. It's unlikely that Bauers will face many left-handed pitchers, but if he gets close to 500 plate appearances, he could lead this team with 30 home runs. 3. Brice Turang will be the best second baseman in baseball. This is certainly less bold than the first two, but many national pundits and writers aren’t fully bought in on Turang’s August breakout last season. However, Turang represented his country with aplomb during the World Baseball Classic and looks primed to ascend to the top of the keystone position. Nico Hoerner and Ketel Marte led the league in fWAR by second basemen last season, but the majority of Hoerner’s value comes from his defense, while the opposite is true for Marte. Turang’s defense is often underrated by publicly available advanced defensive metrics, but it’s not hard to imagine he climbs back into the upper echelon of those rankings while maintaining the better part of his breakout at the plate. Elite defense combined with elite offense and durability should push Turang to post the top WAR at the position and fully stamp his arrival as a superstar. 4. Marco Dinges ascends to become the top catching prospect in baseball. Dinges is just a few years removed from surviving a life-threatening medical condition. After recovering, he spent one season playing Division I baseball at Florida State, where he crushed the ball but was mostly confined to DH duty. The Brewers drafted Dinges in the fourth round of the 2024 Draft and set about developing him as a catcher. Prospect gurus don’t have consistent rankings on Dinges, but they all agree his receiving and footwork behind the plate need work; he swings hard, with a solid approach; he has a strong arm; and he has “twitchy” athletic characteristics. 'Twitchy' is just about the best trait a baseball athlete can possess. Dinges wants to catch and is diving into the work. He has a lot to learn, but with ABS creeping into MLB, receiving skills are likely to become less important, and his strong arm and athletic traits should help him post strong caught stealing numbers in the future. Combine the middle-of-the-order offensive upside that Spencer Michaelis sees with Dinges’s athleticism, work ethic, and history of overcoming challenges most can’t imagine, and he is primed to become one of the best catching prospects in baseball. View full article

We’ll find out soon!

Sanchez played 12 innings at first with the Brewers in 2024 and four innings total with the Yankees and Twins before that, but your point holds. They didn’t call up Wilken, they brought up another catcher. Definitely trust Arnold et al - we shall see!

Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Jeferson Quero will be called up to the Brewers today. To make room for Jeferson Quero, Andrew Vaughn will be placed on the IL with a hand Injury sustained on Opening Day. Quero has been touted as a top 100 prospect in baseball the last three winters, but an unfortunate shoulder injury during the first game of the 2024 season waylaid his ascent to the majors. Quero has not had the same success at or behind the plate since his injury, but the Brewers will bring him to Milwaukee for his first big league opportunity. Quero is already on the 40-man roster and has an option allowing the Brewers to return him to the minor leagues if and when the team wants to make that move. For now, it appears Pat Murphy will have three catchers on the team with Quero joining All-Star starter William Contreras and veteran backup Gary Sanchez. The Brewers will be without Vaughn for an indeterminate amount of time. He left the first game of the season in the sixth inning for a pinch-runner, and the Brewers have not announced the nature or seriousness of the injury. With Vaughn out, Jake Bauers looks to be the starter at first base against all right-handed pitching. Bauers started the season with a home run in the opening game, a good first step toward validating last season's improvements and his league-leading seven home runs in spring training. Despite his breakout, Bauers is still unlikely to face left-handed pitchers, and with the Brewers facing a left-handed starter on Sunday, it's possible Quero or Sanchez could get the start at first base. View full rumor

0-2 walk, catcher interference, walk, dink…double. Four runs on basically one hit! Brewers ball!

Brewers scoring runs their way….2026 is on

Image courtesy of © Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Opening Day against the White Sox is fast approaching. After a surprising trade and some late offseason shopping, this roster projection has the most changes of any we've published this winter. Caleb Durbin looked poised to be the everyday choice at third, but he plays in Boston now, so the Brewers found a new option. After trading away Freddy Peralta earlier in the offseason, the Brewers continue to get younger and deeper, with perhaps the best farm system in baseball. Virtually the entire pitching staff is young and talented, providing a litany of options for the team to choose from. The position-player group has both youth and experience, and a cluster of infield options on the cusp of the major leagues. The 2026 Opening Day Roster will be strong, and the future is very bright. Catchers (2) William Contreras Gary Sánchez Gary Sánchez returns to Milwaukee, solidifying the backup catcher position and giving the manager Pat Murphy a right-handed power bat on the bench. The 2025 team didn’t often have an option like Sánchez on the bench, and the former top prospect will provide both stability and punch. William Contreras looks primed for another All-Star season in 2026, Jeferson Quero will get more time to keep working back toward his pre-injury form, while Marco Dinges marches toward top-100 prospect status. V 4.0 changes: Sanchez in, Quero out. Infielders (6) Andrew Vaughn (1B) Brice Turang (2B) Luis Rengifo (3B) Joey Ortiz (SS) David Hamilton (INF) Jake Bauers (INF-OF) Team USA’s Brice Turang is in fine form already, primed to build on last season’s breakout. The Brewers signed Luis Rengifo to be the new starting third baseman, but the switch-hitter has had much better success in his career against left-handed pitching, opening the door for shared time at third. That's where things get interesting. With Andruw Monasterio accompanying Durbin to the Red Sox, the backup infielder role is open. David Hamilton was re-acquired from Boston, after originally being drafted by the Brewers, and is already a favorite of Pat Murphy. Hamilton would fit as a left-handed batter, but he's coming off a calamitous offensive season. Jett Williams and Cooper Pratt could contribute in similar roles to Hamilton's, as the season unfolds. Following a September and playoff breakout, Jake Bauers came to an agreement on a pay raise early in the offseason and looks locked into a bench role, with some chance to be more like the starting first baseman if things break right. Bauers’s defense at first is far superior to Tyler Black’s, so despite the electric start to spring training that Black has had, there isn’t room on the Opening Day roster for him; the main consequence of his stronger showing might be a boost to his trade value. V 4.0 changes: Rengifo and Hamilton in, Durbin and Monasterio out. Outfield (5) Jackson Chourio (LF) Garrett Mitchell (CF) Sal Frelick (RF) Christian Yelich (DH) Brandon Lockridge (OF) Brandon Lockridge’s fast start to camp (combined with Pat Murphy’s unabashed love for the speedster) nudges him just ahead of Blake Perkins. Perkins has minor-league options available to be exercised, and given Mitchell’s injury history, Perkins will almost certainly be a valuable depth piece again this season. As on the infield, Williams and Black are considerations on the grass, but not for Day 1. Akil Baddoo and Steward Berroa also lurk on the 40-man roster. V 4.0 changes: Lockridge in, Perkins out. Starting Pitchers (5) Brandon Woodruff Jacob Misiorowski Quinn Priester Chad Patrick Logan Henderson The battle for the final two spots in the rotation could be epic, with Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan—the major returns in the Durbin trade—joining Chad Patrick, Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Brandon Sproat in the competition. Sproat flashed elite stuff in his first spring outing, and has the baseline workload to be a big-league starting pitcher right now. If Brandon Woodruff isn’t ready or the Brewers decide Patrick is more valuable in the bullpen, Sproat could be the frontrunner for the final spot. V 4.0 changes: None. Bullpen (8) Abner Uribe Trevor Megill Aaron Ashby Jared Koenig Grant Anderson Rob Zastryzny Ángel Zerpa DL Hall The depth of rotation options on the 40-man roster also deepens the bullpen, and despite no changes in this projection, there are many strong arms available to the Brewers. Zastryzny is the only player listed without a minor-league option available, but he might also be the most likely to be replaced if a change is made. Five lefties is probably too many, and the Brewers have let Zastryzny go in the past. Replacing him with Patrick, Craig Yoho or Coleman Crow could be the answer. V 4.0 changes: None. With the majority of spring training still to be played and a few decisions for the Brewers still to make, they sit in an enviable position. They have a strong core, youth, and depth throughout the roster. Which stud prospects will claim rotation spots? How will the infield time shares work out? Will Mitchell stay healthy? Will Black prove this is more than a lovely desert mirage? We will find out in a few weeks, but no matter who makes it to Opening Day, the 2026 Brewers are loaded with talent. View full article

Image courtesy of © Michael McLoone-Imagn Images To the surprise of no one, the Brewers traded away arguably their best pitcher for the third winter in a row. This time, Freddy Peralta was sent to the Mets, with two consensus top-100 prospects returning to Milwaukee. Unlike the previously traded Corbin Burnes and Devin Williams, the Brewers did not sign or draft Peralta as an amateur; they acquired him in a trade. In fact, it was a deal executed by none other than the current New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, who can carve his initials twice on the Freddy Peralta trade tree. The Milwaukee Brewers' Freddy Peralta Era begins with Tyler Walker. On Jan. 28, 2010, the Washington Nationals signed Walker to join their bullpen. Walker had a respectable 3.57 ERA with the Nationals that year, in what would be his final season in the majors. To make room for Walker on their roster, the Nationals designated Marco Estrada for assignment, and the Brewers claimed him off waivers on February 3. At the time the Brewers acquired Estrada, he had only had a couple of cups of coffee in the big leagues, with a total of 20 innings over two seasons. Baseball America rated Estrada as the Nationals' 18th-best prospect that winter, and the team was coming off a 103-loss season, so it’s a little surprising that they removed a pitcher who had posted 3.63/3.41 ERA/FIP over 136.1 innings in Triple A from their roster. At 6 feet and 180 pounds, Estrada was seen as undersized at the time and had low strikeout numbers in 2009, but it’s hard to imagine that a last-place team wouldn’t find a player like this valuable. The Nationals' mistake would become the Brewers' gain. Estrada missed the majority of 2010 with shoulder fatigue, and the Brewers outrighted him from the 40-man roster, but he returned in 2011 and contributed a strong 92.2 innings in 43 appearances and seven starts. Estrada had a breakout year in 2012, starting 23 games with a 3.64 ERA over 136.1 innings and more than a strikeout per inning. Estrada pitched two more seasons with the organization, giving the team a lot of flexibility by starting 39 games in 60 appearances. On Nov. 1, 2014, the Brewers sent Estrada to the Blue Jays for first baseman Adam Lind. Estrada would go on to pitch with the Blue Jays for four seasons, providing a lot of solid innings and making an All-Star appearance for the club. Adam Lind was the fourth attempt by the Brewers to replace Prince Fielder at first base. He came to Milwaukee following a strong season in Toronto, with a .321/.381/.479 line in 290 plate appearances. Lind was under contract for the 2015 season on a $7.5-milliion deal, with a 2016 team option for $8 million. In what ended up being his only season as a Brewer, Lind hit a respectable .271/.360/.460, with 20 home runs and 2.0 fWAR. Following the season, new Brewers general manager David Stearns picked up Lind’s option, with an eye toward trading him. Just over a month later, Stearns struck a deal with the Seattle Mariners and their notoriously active general manager, Jerry Dipoto. Lind hit another 20 home runs in Seattle during the 2016 season, but his walk rate and BABIP declined sharply. He went from being 20 percent better than the average MLB hitter in 2014 to 7 percent worse than average in his lone season with the Mariners. The Brewers' return for Lind was three teenage pitchers: Carlos Herrera, Daniel Missaki, and Freddy Peralta, with a combined 34.1 innings above rookie ball. Stearns cashed in Lind for three lottery tickets, and one of them hit. Missaki was recovering from Tommy John surgery when the Brewers acquired him; he never pitched for the organization. After nine years away from major-league organizations, including stints in Japan, Latin America and Mexico, he pitched in the Cubs system in 2024 and threw 74 innings with the Rangers' Double-A affiliate last year. Herrera peaked with 85.2 innings in 2018 for the Brewers' Low-A affiliate, and hasn’t pitched in affiliated baseball since 2019. Peralta debuted with the Brewers in 2018, with a memorable one-hit, 13-strikeout performance in front of his parents. He evolved quickly into a fan and clubhouse favorite, and eventually into a true top-of-the-rotation starter. After pitching as both a starter and reliever in his first two seasons, Peralta signed a team-friendly extension in February 2020, which allowed the team to extend their contractual control through the upcoming 2026 season and (ultimately) to trade him this winter. In parts of eight seasons with the Brewers, Peralta accrued 17.8 fWAR, throwing 931 innings with 70 wins, 1,153 strikeouts and a 3.59 ERA. The Freddy Peralta trade tree will continue to grow, through the contributions of Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams. Sproat will likely compete for a rotation spot with the Brewers immediately. The 56th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft threw 141.2 total innings in 2025, including 20 with the Mets. Williams likely needs more time in Triple A to refine his skills with the bat and in the field. His strong approach at the plate and defensive versatility should set the floor for him as a valuable utility player capable of handling all three up-the-middle positions in the field. The Brewers have had consistency and stability in their front office for most of this century. Doug Melvin was the general manager when Estrada was acquired. Melvin stayed with the team when Stearns was brought in to lead the baseball operations department, and one of Stearns's first hires was Matt Arnold, the current president of baseball operations. All three executives completed key moves, to draw the line from Estrada to Sproat and Williams. It’s possible that contributions from the two new Brewers (or a new branch added in the future) will lead to a name change, but for the foreseeable future, this is the Freddy Peralta trade tree. For something that grew from the seed of a late-winter waiver claim, it's a mighty oak. Estrada, Lind and Peralta have combined to give the team 21.6 wins above replacement (WAR), according to Baseball Reference. That's value created by extremely low-cost risk-taking, like claiming Estrada in the first place and extending Peralta, rather than by using vital resources like first-round picks or young talent. In Williams and Sproat, they now have two players who could generate a similar amount of value for them in the decade to come. It's a great reminder of the value of savvy scouting, player development, and deft transactions. View full article

Yes. So many young talented arms poised to jump!

Prospect gurus Keith Law of The Athletic and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN both released their team farm system rankings on Wednesday, and both like the Brewers best! McDaniel posited that, in recent history, the Dodgers and Rays have been viewed as the model organizations, but that opinion has now shifted to the Brewers. Law agrees, though not in so many words, crediting the team with an advanced, integrated process for identifying and developing talent. The two writers laud the Brewers for acquiring amateur talent through all available pipelines, including international signings, the MLB draft, and trade acquisitions, and see the Brewers as having both upper-echelon talent and excellent depth. Six Brewers were featured in Law’s top 100 list, including the newly acquired Brandon Sproat (75) and Jett Williams (45). Interestingly, Law writes that the Brewers were his number one overall system even prior to the Freddy Peralta trade, while McDaniel posted on social media that the trade moved the Brewers’ system from sixth to first and moved the Mets’ from first to sixth. Overall, McDaniel has 8 Brewers in his top 100; Logan Henderson (64) and Bishop Letson (91) were included on the ESPN list but not The Athletic’s. Both experts list Jesús Made third overall behind only the Pirates’ Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle of the Tigers. Luis Pena, Cooper Pratt, and Jeferson Quero were the other three prospects on both lists. View full rumor

Image courtesy of © Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The Brewers' offseason has been - in a word - quiet - as we wait in anticipation for the Freddy Peralta trade that feels inevitable. The Brewers are masters of improving on the margins and making seemingly small (or even tiny) moves that result in acquiring players with an outsized impact on the team's success, but this winter feels exceptionally slow. To be fair, the Brewers won more games than any other team in 2025 and do not have any glaring holes. While we wait for more action, here is a ranking of the top five player moves from last season. Honorable Mention: Jake Bauers and Anthony Seigler sign minor league contracts After initially non-tendering Jake Bauers in November, the Brewers brought him back on a minor league deal in January of 2025. Bauers had an up-and-down season and dealt with injuries, but he really came on in September and was a standout for the Brewers in the playoffs. He has excellent bat speed, and the Brewers will look to utilize him in advantageous matchups in 2026. Anthony Seigler was the Yankees' first-round pick in 2018. Like Blake Perkins in November 2022, Seigler left the Yankees organization and signed a minor league contract in November 2024. He is an interesting and versatile player, logging a good number of innings at third base, second base, and catcher in 2025. The Brewers like Seigler’s swing decisions at the plate, and with prospect Jeferson Quero currently looking like the backup catcher at the MLB level, it’s possible the Brewers will give Seigler more time behind the plate during spring training this year. 5. Trade for Grant Anderson The Brewers traded 2024 7th round draft pick Mason Molina less than six months after drafting him to the Rangers in exchange for a relief pitcher with a career 62 1/3 innings pitched and a 6.35 ERA. Of course, the Brewers spun Anderson around, clicked his ruby cleats together, and turned him into a useful bullpen weapon who provided 69 2/3 innings with a 3.23 ERA. Importantly, Anderson had two options remaining, allowing the Brewers to send him up and down as needed to provide flexibility and bring in fresh arms from the minor leagues when they needed to. Anderson has four years of club control and another option remaining; he will likely provide the 2026 Brewers with similar flexibility and quality relief innings. 4. Signing Jose Quintana The Brewers made their most significant free agent signing of last offseason on March 3, roughly three weeks before Opening Day. Quintana had long been a Brewers foil; the team often struggled to make solid contact against him, particularly during his time with the Cubs and Mets. After signing so late into spring training, Quintana wasn’t ready to begin the season with the MLB club, and the Brewers called him up on April 11. Quintana went on to make 24 starts for the Brewers, pitching 131 innings with a 3.96 ERA. The Brewers' rotation looks very different now than it did in March of 2024 - Quintana gave the Brewers the quality innings they needed, when they needed them most, making this a successful acquisition executed at just the right time by the Brewers' front office. 3. Trade for Andrew Vaughn On June 12, starting pitcher Aaron Civale requested a trade, and on June 13, the Brewers traded Civale to the White Sox for Andrew Vaughn. Fittingly for this list, Andrew Vaughn was also seen as a less-than-optimal addition. At the time of the trade, the 2019 number three overall pick in the MLB draft had a .189 batting average, a 43 wRC+, and a negative WAR both in the season and cumulatively for his career. The White Sox, in the midst of their third consecutive season with more than 100 losses, had demoted Vaughn to Triple-A. The Brewers recalled Vaughn from Triple-A Nashville a few weeks later, and he turned into a new player. With the Brewers, he was 43 percent better than the average big league hitter, leading the Brewers in the category with a wRC+ of 143. Vaughn had several big home runs and hits, producing memorable moments during the Brewers' winning streaks. The Brewers clearly believe in the tweaks Vaughn made to his approach in 2025 as they tendered him a contract and agreed to a salary of $7.65 million for 2026. Vaughn has an additional year of team control in 2027, giving the team options moving forward. 2. Trade for Caleb Durbin Last winter’s version of trading away a pitcher with one season of team control remaining saw Devin Williams sent to the Yankees for starting pitcher Nestor Cortes and infield prospect Caleb Durbin. Similar to the Quinn Priester trade, this trade was not universally celebrated by pundits and Brewers fans. On the surface, this looked like an attempt to field a competitive roster while building for the future. The Ortiz portion of this trade failed spectacularly; his most noteworthy contribution to the 2025 Brewers was surrendering home runs on the first three pitches of the second game of the season, facing his former teammates in New York, and helping ignite the torpedo bat controversy. Shortly thereafter, he was put on the injured list and ultimately required the Brewers to attach a prospect to him in order to trade him off the roster. Durbin was never a highly regarded prospect. MLB Pipeline only added him as the 30th-ranked prospect on the Yankees' top 30 list following the 2024 Arizona Fall League, where Durbin set the stolen base record with 29 steals in 24 games. Durbin did not make the Opening Day roster but was promoted in mid-April when the Brewers gave up on Oliver Dunn. Durbin posted an above-average wRC+ in every month except May, finishing five percent above league average with a 105 and accumulating 2.6 fWAR on the season. Having limited experience at the hot corner, his defense at third base improved over the course of the season, earning positive value and finishing in the top half of players at the position. Durbin doesn’t look like a star, but his patient and hard-working approach fits in perfectly with the Brewers, and with five years of control left, the Brewers again acquired a positive asset. 1. Trade for Quinn Priester Less than two weeks into the season, the Brewers sent Yophery Rodriguez, John Holobetz, and the 33rd overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft to Boston in exchange for Priester, the Pirates' first-round pick from 2019, who had limited MLB experience with low strikeout rates and poor results. At the time of the trade, the Brewers' rotation was in disarray with multiple pitchers on the injured list, and many believed this trade smacked of desperation. The then-19-year-old Rodriguez was coming off a successful season at Single-A and was ranked around 10th across the board on Brewers prospect lists. Holobotz was a textbook Brewers draft pick, selected in the fifth round from a smaller school, and the 33rd pick carries a lot of value - the Brewers had just acquired the 34th pick the year before from the Orioles as part of their trade haul for Corbin Burnes. Unsurprisingly, the Brewers knew what they were doing: they tweaked his arsenal, and Priester stepped right into the rotation, pitching 157 1/3 innings with a 3.32 ERA and a 56% ground-ball rate, including setting the team record with an 11-game winning streak. Priester was not rookie-eligible; otherwise, the Brewers would have had five players receive rookie of the year votes. Priester should have five years of team control left, and it appears that the Brewers acquired a very valuable asset. View full article

I’m high on Fischer too - looking forward to seeing him in camp in a month and a half!

Image courtesy of © Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Dear Santa, I hope you get this letter. We’ve been very good this year in Milwaukee - okay, maybe we swore too much in the middle of October - but otherwise very good! We’ve been patient and supportive - more than 2.5 million of us showed up for the third straight year. We love beating the Cubs, but we really want to make history next year. We don’t need much - we’re pretty set on a lot of things most fan bases need. So if it’s not too much to ask, here’s a small list of things we’d like, please: A statement of intent to go all-in! Just slip that in Mark’s stocking, please. Freddy Peralta as our Opening Day Starter. Please let him stay in Milwaukee this winter! One additional big power bat. We haven’t had a 30 home run hitter in three of the last five years, and we will need more power next fall! Good health in the coming year. Especially for Brandon Woodruff, William Contreras, and Christian Yelich. And especially in September/October. You can help with shoulders, lats, backs, and broken fingers - right? Continued growth from our young lads: August Brice Turang for a whole season - 30/30! Jackson Chourio with a little more patience leading to a lot more power - 30/30! The Miz walking fewer batters while continuing to do Miz things Quinn Priester and Chad Patrick locking in as excellent mid-rotation caliber starters Caleb Durbin turning into a Gold Glove third baseman and an on-base machine Joey Ortiz winning a Gold Glove and remembering that he was an above-average hitter as recently as 2024 Lots of innings and strikeouts for the many talented young pitchers working their way through the minor leagues. Cooper Pratt, Jesus Made, Luis Pena, and Brady Ebel being the best collection of shortstops at every level of the minor leagues from Triple-A to Single-A A bright new glove for Abner Uribe. Maybe fuchsia! A big trade deadline acquisition! We don’t know exactly what we will want - but we want it! Not to be greedy - but we need a fourth straight Central Division championship. It’s kind of a prerequisite for our last two wishes (like batteries for remote-controlled gifts). We promise not to take it for granted and to be thankful. We’d love to beat the Dodgers in the NLCS - they bullied us this year, and they squeaked past us in 2018. They’ve been pushing everyone around for a couple of years now, and we think lots of people, even outside of Milwaukee, would find joy in us receiving this gift. Finally, one last small thing - we really, really want to win a World Series for the first time ever! We haven’t asked for much. I hope you bring it all, and if you love us at all, please bring just the last one. We’re leaving out beer and cheese curds for you and tart Spartan apples for your sleigh team. Merry Christmas! - Brewers Fans View full article