no printed media guide for 2021 - updated 3/22: online version available

[djoctagone]

the brewers are not printing a media guide for 2021.

 

raise your hand if this makes you sad.

[djoctagone]

(raises hand)

 

i have one for every year starting in 1986. i reference them soooooooo often when i post.

[MillerParkSouth]

Hopefully this is just temporary for this year. I hate how everything is going to digital instead of physical.

[JosephC]

A couple years from now Attanasio will figure out that he can save 50k by not doing a digital media guide either and just tell people to go to Baseball Reference instead. The team will need that extra $50,000 to stay competitive.

[BrewCrewForever]

One of my favorite perks of being a season seat holder. Bummed I won't have a physical copy for the 2021 season.

[patrickgpe]

It’s the way the world is going. I’m ok with it

[pitchleague]

I second the "favorite perk of being a season ticket holder." This stinks.

 

Will they make it available to us so I can have it on my devices?

[DocLuna7]

This absolutely stinks. I have made a point to make the media guides from each year a part of my baseball “man cave.” I just bought the 1970 and 1971 ones to make it an entire collection. This really bums me out.

[djoctagone]

if it's digital, it better be searchable.

[Eye Black]

Will they make it available to us so I can have it on my devices?

Yes, according to Mike Vassallo it will be posted on Brewers.com soon.

 

He also shared the cover for this year’s digital media guide...

 

[pacopete4]

They should provide fans an opportunity to purchase a paper copy in a presale. Otherwise, it’s a waste.

[JosephC]

I really do feel for you guys that collect these. I'm overjoyed that Baseball America is putting out a Prospect Handbook for 2021, as I didn't think they would. For years I collected various NFL Draft guides before all of those fell by the wayside (Ourlads is about the only one left), and they served as a great reference that I could refer back to years later. People just say to go and look at the internet, but as time goes by more and more old information tends to disappear from the web.

[kestrel79]

This reminds me of when the Indians start cutting back in Major League. Or are a lot of teams doing this now for environmental reasons?

[djoctagone]

you also have to factor in how late players are signing deals, and that spring training starts earlier than in years past.

 

jay jackson and mike moustakas signed after 15 february 2019, and neither had an entry in that year's media guide.

[JohnBriggs12]

It was a nice thing to get in the gift shop at spring training. But with fewer people there, I get that it wasn't going to be worth the cost to have it printed. Always nice to have on the throne though but yeah, it gets outdated in a hurry.

 

But then again, I always loved Who's Who in Baseball for the same reason.

[nate82]

I am sure you could probably find a printing service to do a booklet or something to print this out. As long as you are not selling the booklet this should be ok but as always that is up to interpretation of the law.

[Eye Black]

Adam McCalvy received a copy that was printed and placed in a binder.

 

[jerichoholicninja]

How many trees have to die just so he doesn't have to go to Wikipedia or Baseball-Reference?

[clancyphile]

(Raises hand)

 

Would love to get media guides for the whole Brewers history...

 

Or at least get some from my favorite seasons.

[Mass Haas]

Here's your Brewers online and downloadable Media Guide. Nice of the Brewers to include this free version, we know many of you do like collecting the traditional book-bound version, not available this year.

 

To best maneuver within the guide (looking at it like a compass), click the north arrow that points down for options like print, download, and more.

 

If just viewing online, click the south arrow that points up. You can then use the east-west arrows that then become available to move quickly through the guide, rather than just relying on single-page advancement.

 

Here's a post in our Minor League Forum about surgeries for farmhands in 2020, a few did occur.

 

The 40-man roster pages and the non-roster big league camp invite pages range from Page 46 through Page 168. For you Minor League Options tracker fans, the number of options remaining is listed in the "Career Transactions" portion of each player page.

 

The minor league player pages range from Page 194 through Page 232. Those pages are a good print range for those of you who are diehard prospect followers.

 

Devour and enjoy!

[djoctagone]

bubba derby's in there!