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Bottom of lineup, bullpen heroics fuel Brewers' sweep of Twins

July 21, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- If you refer to a baseball team using the term “circus,” that’s usually a bad thing. So instead, let’s call the Brewers’ 8-7 victory over the Twins on Sunday a carnival of sorts. It had a little bit of everything and something for everyone, a celebration of the

Injuries & Moves: Brewers, Mets make swap for pitchers

July 21, 2024

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Clutch hits in 12th inning propel 'relentless' Brewers

July 21, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- For 11 innings on Saturday, the Brewers hitters time and again came up empty with runners on base. But that just made the 12th inning that much sweeter. Joey Ortiz drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly as the Brewers erupted for five runs in the

How Crew defied expectations ... and what's next

July 20, 2024

This story was excerpted from Adam McCalvy’s Brewers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. MILWAUKEE -- It wasn’t a smooth road, but it is difficult to quibble with where the Brewers wound up at the All-Star break. The

Each team's prospect to watch in second half of season

July 20, 2024

With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s a convenient time to look at the scope of prospects across MLB’s organizations. Who should we be looking out for in the months to come? Here’s a look at one prospect to watch for each club during the rest of

Which teams will be buyers and sellers at the Trade Deadline?

July 20, 2024

The difference between a team buying or selling at the Trade Deadline can be a matter of just a few games in the standings. A winning streak or a losing streak in the week before the Deadline can be all it takes to push a team in one direction or

One second-half goal for every club

July 18, 2024

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

These are the top pitches of the first half of the season

@bmags94
July 18, 2024

Every pitch matters. That might be a simplistic analysis but it's the basic premise of Statcast's Run Value system, which helped determine some of the top pitches of the first half of the 2024 season. Run values look at the run impact of an event based on the runners on

These players will be key for their teams in the second half

July 17, 2024

The 2024 All-Star Game is behind us and the second half of the season looms. While much of the attention in the coming weeks will be about players on the move at the Trade Deadline, there are plenty of key players who will stay put and will have an outsized

6 former prospects who are breaking out

@HarriganMLB
July 20, 2024

Not every prospect can be like Pirates phenom Paul Skenes, who went from No. 1 overall Draft pick to the National League’s starting pitcher in the All-Star Game in roughly a year’s time. For many prospects, it takes much longer to find their footing in the Majors. But just because

Contreras faces former batterymate in All-Star start

July 17, 2024

The 94th MLB All-Star Game featured triple-digit heat from various pitchers, some dazzling defensive plays across the diamond and plenty of big-time power. The Midsummer Classic, held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ended in a 5-3 final score as the American League avenged its 2023 loss and won

AL tops NL as MLB's best put on a show during 94th All-Star Game

July 17, 2024

ARLINGTON -- The blend was beautiful. Power pitching that overwhelmed the opposition, and power hitting that answered back. Established superstars shining on summer’s biggest stage, and emerging superstars making their presence known in front of an ample audience.

Here are our favorite '24 Draft picks -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
July 17, 2024

The 2024 MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday with 615 players selected over this year’s 20-round process. Now that we know where players are going (see you next time, mock drafts!), we can dive into which clubs might have gotten steals, which added potential superstars and which took some fun

Brewers draft Wisconsin high school arm on Day 3

July 16, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- The last time the Brewers drafted a player straight out of a Wisconsin high school was in 2010, a right-hander named Conor Fisk from Grafton, just north of Milwaukee. He wound up going to college, was drafted again by the Blue Jays four years later and made it

He overcame a rare illness -- now he's in the Brewers' system

July 15, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- Time will tell where baseball takes Brewers fourth-round Draft pick Marco Dinges, but it doesn’t take a scout to know one thing. Toughness won’t be a problem. The Brewers drafted Dinges as a catcher out of Florida State University on Day 2 of the MLB Draft on Monday

How William Contreras learned to love catching

July 15, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- On the way to becoming one of baseball’s best all-around catchers, William Contreras was a middle infielder. He manned second base and shortstop while growing up in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, where William and older brothers Willmer and Willson played with homemade baseballs made from wadded paper and tape.

Brewers take 'true five-tool' prep OF Payne at No. 17

@tim_stebbins
July 15, 2024

MILWAUKEE – Brewers first-round pick Braylon Payne doesn’t lack confidence -- “I’m a true five-tool player,” he said Monday -- but even he was surprised when his agent Ryan Ware called during the middle of the first round of the MLB Draft on Sunday night. Payne was hopeful he’d be

Crew round out Day 1 with 1B Burke and RHPs Meccage and Levonas

@tim_stebbins
July 15, 2024

The Brewers landed a pair of promising players in Joey Ortiz and DL Hall when they traded Corbin Burnes to the Orioles on Feb. 1. That deal also netted Milwaukee another intriguing piece: Baltimore’s Competitive Balance Round A pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. And with that pick (No. 34

Crew's true team effort to thank for finale win, strong first half

July 14, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- The busiest man at American Family Field spent Sunday morning juggling final preparations for the MLB Draft, ongoing Trade Deadline talks and the Brewers’ first-half finale against the Nationals. For general manager Matt Arnold, no matter how the Brewers got to this point, they are right where they

Keuchel DFA'd by Brewers after 4 starts

July 14, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers designated left-hander Dallas Keuchel for assignment on Sunday, ending for now the former American League Cy Young Award winner’s bid to re-establish himself as a Major League starter. Club officials, including general manager Matt Arnold, informed Keuchel of the decision on Saturday after the 36-year-old --