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The Atlanta Braves announced this afternoon that they have agreed on a one-year deal with reliever Joel Payamps. Payamps ended the 2025 season after the Braves claimed him off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers. Atlanta outrighted him off the 40-man roster earlier this off-season. He’ll return to the Braves with a $2.25M deal in 2026. […]
From Talking Chop | 19 days ago | 0 reads
Next up on the list is Ryan Braun. It is his first time on the ballot. I was thinking I’d skip him, but he was a better player than I remembered. A career .296/358/.532 line with 352 home runs, 1154 RBI and a 47.2 bWAR in 14 seasons all with the Brewers. He was the […]
From Bluebird Banter | 19 days ago | 1 read
MLB’s non-tender deadline was at 4 p.m. CT today, and while the Brewers reportedly tendered contracts to all seven of their arbitration-eligible players, there were a few surprising (and not so surprising) moves across the league. Let’s take a quick look at every team’s non-tender decisions.
From Brew Crew Ball | 21 days ago | 2 reads
A year ago, there was an argument to be made that Devin Williams was the best relief pitcher in baseball. He had just wrapped a six-season stint at the back of the Brewers bullpen that saw him compile a 1.83 ERA and save 68 games over 235.1 total innings. All that stood in between him […]
From Camden Chat | 21 days ago | 3 reads
After a close vote for No. 4 (if you’ll recall, Sal Frelick won with nine votes to Christian Yelich’s eight votes), Yelich blew the competition out of the water in this week’s voting to slot in at No. 5 on our 2025 MVBrewers list. The BCB community voted for Yelich with 16 votes in The […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 21 days ago | 3 reads
Earlier this week, I took a look at players outside of the Milwaukee Brewers’ organization that could be potential fits with the team this offseason. While the news that Brandon Woodruff accepted the qualifying offer and will be returning to the team next year is an exciting prospect for fans, it did mostly render those […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 22 days ago | 1 read
With the Brewers’ excellent 2025 season that defied expectations, President of Baseball Operations Matt Arnold was a heavy favorite to take home the MLB Executive of the Year award. That was confirmed during the MLB Awards show tonight, as Arnold was named Executive of the Year for the second straight year. He is the first […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 28 days ago | 2 reads
In an article yesterday by Jeff Passan of ESPN, he mentions MacKenzie Gore as a possible trade target for the Milwaukee Brewers, who, after winning a league-best 97 games last year and getting bounced in the NLCS, will be looking to make some additions to keep themselves in the hunt entering 2026. The Brewers avoid […]
From Federal Baseball | 30 days ago | 5 reads
Good morning A’s fans! Award season continued last night as the Managers of the Year were announced in both leagues. In the National League the winner was the Milwaukee Brewers’ skipper Pat Murphy, who guided the Brew Crew to the #1 seed in the National League with a 97-65 record. He also guided them to […]
From Athletics Nation | 30 days ago | 4 reads
The votes are in, and our guy didn’t get the trophy. The Baseball Writers Association of America named Rob Thomson a finalist for National League Manager of the Year, but gave the award to Pat Murphy of the Brewers. Thomson led the Phillies to a 96-66 record and division title in a tough NL East. […]
From The Good Phight | 30 days ago | 4 reads
Dave Roberts failed to get even a single vote for the 2025 National League Manager of the Year, and for the second straight season, Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy has been named the recipient of the award. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona finished second in voting after coming out of a brief retirement, and Philadelphia […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
After a second straight season in which the Milwaukee Brewers far outperformed preseason expectations, their manager, Pat Murphy, has been rewarded with the National League’s Manager of the Year Award. Former Brewer catcher Stephen Vogt won the award in the American League. Both men won this award last season. Prior to the 2025 season, the […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
After Freddy Peralta slotted into the top spot in our rankings last week, we’re back with the No. 2 spot today. The BCB community voted for second baseman Brice Turang in the second spot, as Turang garnered 13 votes in The Feed, compared to seven votes for William Contreras and one vote apiece for Quinn […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
After bringing up young players like Brice Turang, Sal Frelick, and Jackson Chourio in recent years, the Brewers had another feature in this year’s Rookie of the Year in Caleb Durbin. Earning a regular spot from the get-go, Durbin’s campaign placed him among fellow National League finalists Drake Baldwin, the catcher for the Atlanta Braves, […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Bold Predictions Paul Dietrich: The Brewers have three outfielders in the All-Star Game To be fair, I didn’t really buy this when I made this prediction in March, BUT: I was pretty wrong. The Brewers did have three All-Stars, but they were all pitchers (Trevor Megill, Freddy Peralta, and Jacob Misiorowski). Christian Yelich was at […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Kasnas City native Connor Dawson is leaving the Brewers to join the Royals hitting staff: Dawson, 32, is a Kansas City-area native and has been a hitting coach with the Brewers since the 2022 season. The Royals have not confirmed the hire, but Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold told reporters on Thursday that […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
By popular demand, I’ve flipped these rankings back to ranking from the top down, with the BCB community able to weigh in via The Feed. We’re kicking off the rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2025 with staff ace Freddy Peralta. Peralta finished the season with 5.5 bWAR and 3.6 fWAR, good […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Milwaukee Brewers had three finalists up for Silver Slugger awards as the best hitter at their respective positions this year, but when the awards were announced on Thursday, they were shut out. It wasn’t especially surprising, when considering the players that Milwaukee’s three finalists were up against. The first of the Brewers’ finalists was […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Today was the deadline to extend Qualifying Offers to outgoing free agents, and the following 13 free agents got the offer from their respective teams: Houston Astros LHP Framber Valdez San Diego Padres RHP Dylan Cease San Diego Padres RHP Michael King Philadelphia Phillies LHP Ranger Suarez Philadelphia Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber New York Mets RHP Edwin Diaz Detroit Tigers 2B Gleyber Torres Milwaukee Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen Chicago Cubs OF Kyle Tu...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
After making their remaining option decisions and releasing their spring training schedule yesterday, we have more Brewers offseason news for you today. The first is pretty big: Brandon Woodruff was one of 13 players to receive a qualifying offer before Thursday’s deadline. The Brewers already paid Woodruff a $10 million buyout when he declined his […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
How Acquired Carlos was signed by the Braves as a minor league free agent following the end of the 2024 season and his release from the Milwaukee Brewers organization. What Were Expectations? Carlos was immediately inserted in many of the Braves Top 30 charts because of his skill set and promise as a Brewers prospect […]
From Talking Chop | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
What goes up must come down. Since I just wrote an article ranking the five best Brewers games of the season, here are the five worst. No, I didn’t include every NLCS game. #5: August 25th — Giants 4, Brewers 3 This game, as some of you may remember, was the celebration of life in […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
We’ve got a couple of small newsy items for you today. First: the Brewers have re-upped with Main Street Sports Group, which owns FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin, for the 2026 season. What this means for you is that, as of now, nothing will change in how games are distributed. FanDuel Sports Network will continue to […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Despite falling short of a World Series berth, the Brewers had one of their most successful seasons in years. Milwaukee won 97 games (including two 11-plus game win streaks) for the first time in franchise history and beat their division rivals, the Chicago Cubs, in the NLDS. Since there were also a lot of exciting […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon made their final option decisions (which needed to be made by Thursday). There are no real surprises, though one of those decisions could have gone either way: The Hoskins and Quintana decisions were no-brainers. Hoskins was the Brewers’ best hitter by the time the season reached late May, but as […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 1 month ago | 1 read