MILWAUKEE -- The smoke-filled rooms are a thing of the past by now, but even as the times have changed, there are still deals to be made at the Winter Meetings. Here are the most notable trades and signings for the Brewers during baseball’s annual gathering. 1. The Blockbuster Brewers

MILWAUKEE -- The best trade in Brewers history is easy, since it's not every franchise that can point to acquiring two future Hall of Famers and the next year's Cy Young Award winner in the same swap. But after that Brewers-Cardinals classic, rating trades depends on whether one favors immediate

Going all the way back to the 1969 Seattle Pilots, here is every top pick by the Brewers franchise in MLB Draft history. • Complete Draft coverage

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Hank Aaron combined consistency with productivity as nobody else has. Aaron, who would have turned 90 on Monday, was the game’s ultimate offensive force for much of his 23-year Major League career and from 1974-2007 held the title as baseball’s all-time home run leader. He topped 100 runs scored and

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MILWAUKEE -- In 1982, Ned Yost slugged the biggest home run by a backup in Brewers history. Ten days later, another backup, Mark Brouhard, started and delivered three hits to help the Brewers to their only World Series to date. How did both players wind up in Milwaukee? Via the

Funny thing about Trevor Hoffman. After a big save, he was scarce. Reporters had to be patient -- and have a late deadline -- to get him to discuss his exploits. After a rare blown save, however, Hoffman was at his locker the moment the media entered, ready to field

Ted Simmons was a switch-hitting force, compiling a .285/.348/.437 slash line with 248 career home runs while catching for the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves. He made eight All-Star teams, batted .300 or better seven times and at the time of his retirement in 1988, led all catchers in career hits

MILWAUKEE -- Who put together the best seasons for a pitcher in Brewers history? To start a list, we averaged players’ WAR from Fangraphs, Baseball-Reference and Stats Inc. After the top four, it seemed time to deviate. Do you agree with these selections for the top five seasons for a

Who are the best Brewers not in the Hall of Fame? Note that we are including only players who spent multiple seasons with a team, so CC Sabathia is not on this Brewers list despite the indelible memories he left. These rankings are for fun and debates purposes only.

MILWAUKEE -- So long, Miller Park. Welcome to American Family Field. The home of the Brewers has a new name as of Jan. 1, 2021, as a new naming rights agreement with Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance kicks in. It ends a 20-year run of Miller Park, and while the

MILWAUKEE -- Cecil Cooper’s .352 average or one of Prince Fielder’s monster years? Tommy Harper’s impressive introduction to Milwaukee or the first of Paul Molitor’s top 10 finishes in Most Valuable Player Award balloting? Those were some of the debates as we compiled the best seasons at each position in

From Franklin Stubbs to Takahito Nomura -- with Paul Molitor and Robin Yount along the way -- here are the best players to wear each uniform number used by the Brewers: 0: Franklin Stubbs Stubbs had one season of 20-plus homers for both the Dodgers and the Astros, then he

MILWAUKEE -- The downside of Robin Yount’s breakthrough in 1982 was fielding questions about his individual performance. “If it were up to me,” Yount told the Associated Press when asked about his chances of winning the American League MVP Award that year, “I probably wouldn’t have an award. No one

The Brewers' list of retired numbers includes their founder, an all-time great who returned to finish his career where it began and three members of the 1982 American League pennant winners. All are Hall of Famers, and their uniform numbers will never be donned again. Here is a rundown of

MILWAUKEE -- You might miss the historical marker if you are not looking for it. It is on a brick column along N. Old World 3rd St. in downtown Milwaukee, just a few steps north of Kilbourn Ave. and directly across the street from the Milwaukee County Historical Society. BIRTHPLACE

MILWAUKEE -- You conjure an image of Robin Yount and you see him in a Brewers uniform. The man played all 20 of his Major League seasons in Milwaukee's uniform on the way to Cooperstown, so that's natural. The same goes for players like Gorman Thomas, Geoff Jenkins, Ben Sheets

MILWAUKEE -- Every now and then, the ballgame itself rises to the pomp and circumstance of Opening Day. Here are the best of those instances in Brewers history, with a big assist from unofficial club historian Mario Ziino. Note that when we say Opening Day, we mean it. That means

MILWAUKEE -- Using regular-season victories records as the barometer, here are the best summers in Brewers history. 1. 2011 Record: 96-66 Manager: Ron Roenicke Long before “Beast Mode” became a thing and the 2011 Brewers won their division for the first time in a generation, they needed some pitching to

MILWAUKEE -- “You’re always loyal to the first team that brought you to the big leagues,” said Jeff Cirillo, who is among the players who rewarded the Brewers’ faith after being selected by the club in the 1991 MLB Draft. Here are the best homegrown players in franchise history. 1)

MILWAUKEE -- Few fans in all the years at County Stadium and Miller Park were more devoted than 69-year-old retired aviation engineer Milt Mason. He was the original Bernie Brewer. Mason was an acquaintance of Brewers general manager Marvin Milkes, and in June 1970, mere months after the team moved

MILWAUKEE -- Who made the biggest splashes in Brewers blue? Here’s who: 1) Rollie Fingers, 1981 333 ERA+, 0.87 WHIP, 7 K/9 The statistically correct answer for “best debut season with the Brewers” is almost certainly Christian Yelich in 2018, but when MLB.com first examined this topic in May, Yelich