Brewers

A sweep at the hands of the Pirates and another sweep by the Cardinals over the Cubs find the Brewers suddenly in second in their division. Can the Brewers breeze through the Reds to regain their spot at the top, or does the last series portend grim things to come in Milwaukee?

A quiet week in the draft world is not the worst thing. In fact, any draft noise in late April is usually injury-related. So we’ll take a week without big news as a good sign. There were, though, still three draft-related articles that I want to draw your attention to.

A handful of spots are still up for grabs on the big league club. With rosters officially expanded to 28 players to start the season, the Milwaukee Brewers will need to decide exactly how many pitchers they want to keep, and determine how that impacts the position player pool.

A fortnight before spring training begins, the Milwaukee Brewers and their ace, Corbin Burnes, seem unlikely to reach agreement on a contract extension. Their only hope of doing so might be to look to an extension signed at a similar career stage in 2019, by then-Mets superstar Jacob deGrom. 

A formula to be a beloved part of Brewer history is to a) be born and raised in Wisconsin, b) be a grinding, gritty, battling overachiever, and c) be part of some of the best teams in franchise history. Add all that together, and you get Jim “Gumby” Gantner.

A common refrain heard last May and June was that the Milwaukee Brewers were near the bottom of team rankings in many statistical measures of production on offense. The MLB team totals were referenced without thought because, after all, the numbers told the story of what had happened.

While true, they also weren't telling the whole story -- and it's story that will be rewritten again in 2022.

448 pitchers can't be wrong.

This week at Brewer Fanatic, we’re going to preview some of the key battles for positions and roster spots that will unfold during spring training. Today’s subject is the fifth rotation spot, a battle that just gained greater clarity in the worst possible way.

The Crew looked to avenge last year’s playoff loss to the Braves with a three game set at American Family Field.

The Brewers looked to snap a three-game skid against the Philadelphia Phillies and their new manager Rob Thompson.

The Brewers looked to finish up a stellar month of May on a high note with a visit south of the border to take on their hated rivals the Chicago Cubs.

The Brewers looked to break a tie atop the NL Central with keepers of the baseball rulebook the St. Louis Cardinals.