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A quick look at this offseason’s minor league signings
The Brewers haven’t made a ton of major moves this offseason, mostly maintaining their roster from the end of 2025 into the new year. Outside of the Ángel Zerpa-Nick Mears-Isaac Collins trade last weekend, Milwaukee’s biggest moves are the signing of Akil Baddoo and the team bringing Brandon Woodruff back on a qualifying offer. But […]
Why Milwaukee thinks they can unlock Ángel Zerpa
Before reading this article, you should check out Paul’s coverage of the Ángel Zerpa trade and Harrison’s article on what to expect from Zerpa. Last week, the Brewers traded Isaac Collins and Nick Mears to the Royals in exchange for lefty reliever Ángel Zerpa, who had a 4.18 ERA last season. This is a trade […]
Will the Brewers 2026 rotation have any lefties, and does it matter?
Harrison took an early stab at predicting the Opening Day 26-man roster yesterday, and it got me thinking about something that’s come up in conversations lately, and that’s whether the Brewers will have any left-handed pitchers in their starting rotation. That also led to the question of whether or not it actually matters whether there […]
Predicting the Brewers 26-man roster
The Milwaukee Brewers have had a fairly quiet offseason thus far. Just to quickly recap the few major transactions they have made, here’s the list: From the 40-man roster to close out the season, that means only five losses (Jansen, Hoskins, Quintana, Mears, and Collins) and three additions (Crow, Baddoo, and Zerpa). Woodruff is a […]
Will Pat Murphy sign a contract extension before the 2026 season?
The Brewers found a gem in manager Pat Murphy. In his first two seasons as the Brewers’ manager, he’s led the team to 190 regular-season wins, two division titles, and an NLCS appearance. He’s won back-to-back NL Manager of the Year titles. He’s become an amazing manager for the Brewers. However, his future is somewhat […]
A look at the Brewers outfield after the departure of Isaac Collins
On Saturday, the Brewers traded outfielder Isaac Collins and reliever Nick Mears to the Kansas City Royals for pitcher Ángel Zerpa. That has a lot of implications for the bullpen, obviously (check out Harrison’s look at Zerpa), but Collins also started almost four times as many games in left field than any other Brewer outfielder […]
What to expect from the newest Brewer, Ángel Zerpa
The Milwaukee Brewers bolstered their pitching staff on Saturday afternoon, acquiring left-handed pitcher Ángel Zerpa from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Isaac Collins and right-hander Nick Mears. Zerpa, 26, joins a Milwaukee club looking to build on the best record season in franchise history under a coaching staff that has capitalized on pitching potential […]
Brewers trade Mears, Collins to Kansas City for Ángel Zerpa
Another shoe has dropped in the wake of the Brewers’ signing of Akil Baddoo: Isaac Collins, last year’s primary left fielder for much of the season, has been traded to the Kansas City Royals, along with Nick Mears, who pitched 76 times for the Brewers since arriving at the 2024 trade deadline. Coming back to […]
Way-too-early 2026 NL Central standings prediction
The National League Central is consistently one of the more exciting divisions in baseball, and even though the Brewers have found themselves on top each of the last three and four of the last five seasons, there are still plenty of doubters. While the Brewers have mostly stood pat this offseason, their NL Central foes […]
Brewers to sign outfielder Akil Baddoo to major league deal
The Brewers have made their first major league move in the 2026 free agent market. According to Ken Rosenthal, the Brewers are signing outfielder Akil Baddoo to a major league deal. The major league nature of the deal is somewhat of a surprise, given that Baddoo spent almost all of last season in the minors. […]
Updating the 2025 free agent market
The free agent market winnowed down a bit during this year’s MLB Winter Meetings in Orlando, but there are still plenty of big names left, led by the biggest prize this offseason, Kyle Tucker. Let’s take a quick position by position look at the top names (anybody with positive WAR) remaining. Each player’s 2026 seasonal […]
2025 MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-up: Day 3
Day three of the Winter Meetings started strong, with another big free agent signing dominating the early news. It quieted down a little from there, as the Rule 5 draft took place and more rumors continued to swirl around other players on the market.
2025 MLB Rule 5 Draft Results
In this year’s Rule 5 draft, 13 players were selected by 12 teams, with the Chicago White Sox taking a pair of players and all other teams passing or selecting just one player. As a quick refresher on Rule 5 rules, players who were 18 and under at the time of their original signing and […]
2025 MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-up: Day 2
Monday was a slow day at the MLB Winter Meetings, but things finally started moving on Tuesday when two of the top available free agents signed new deals, one with his incumbent team and one with a new one. The MLB Draft lottery also happened late this afternoon. Here are today’s most notable news items:
UPDATED: A quick look at tonight’s MLB Draft Lottery
Most people know the Winter Meetings as a space for executives (and occasionally players) to discuss potential trades and free agent signings. While that’s the main purpose of the Meetings, it’s not the only thing that’s happening down in sunny Orlando, Florida this week. Major League Baseball will be announcing the results of this year’s […]
2025 MVBrewers #10: Andrew Vaughn
After more than a month of voting, we’ve reached the end of our 2025 MVBrewers rankings. Closing out our group of 10 is first baseman Andrew Vaughn, another midseason addition and the fourth consecutive newcomer to close out our list, coming in behind Quinn Priester, Caleb Durbin, and Abner Uribe (who has been with the […]
2025 MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
UPDATE: Trevor Megill is also drawing some trade interest, in addition to Freddy Peralta. Joel Sherman reports that several teams are also interested in Megill, led by the Mets and Yankees. The Winter Meetings officially kicked off in Orlando, Florida today. Overall, it was a quiet first day at the meetings. There were a couple […]
Jeff Kent lone player selected for Baseball Hall of Fame by Contemporary Baseball Era Committee
Voting results for the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee’s ballot were announced on Sunday evening, as Jeff Kent was the lone player selected, receiving 14 of 16 votes (87.5%) cast by the committee. This year’s ballot consisted of players whose primary contributions to the game came since 1980, and candidates needed to receive 75% of […]
2025 MVBrewers #9: Abner Uribe
Caleb Durbin took our No. 8 spot earlier this week, and today we’re here to crown the No. 9 player in our MVBrewers rankings. Reliever Abner Uribe lays claim here, as he picked up 10 votes from the BCB community. Chad Patrick garnered four votes, while Andrew Vaughn and write-in votes for Aaron Ashby totaled […]
Who could be dealt at the Winter Meetings?
While the Brewers have a young and talented roster, improvements can always be made. GM Matt Arnold has shown that he’s unafraid to make a move during the Winter Meetings if the right offer presents itself. Maybe Arnold will want to bring in some competition, or a platoon player, for shortstop Joey Ortiz going into […]
What would an extension for Brice Turang look like?
After an impressive 2025 season, Brice Turang has become one of the cornerstones for the Brewers. He led the team in fWAR this season and was voted #2 in our MVBrewers poll this offseason. The Brewers still have four more years of control for Turang, but they are also approaching a critical point in his […]
Looking to the past to predict Jackson Chourio’s future
Jackson Chourio’s 2025 season was not, exactly, a disappointment. Despite a slow start, he finished with a 112 OPS+ and between two and three WAR (2.2 via Baseball Reference and 2.9 via FanGraphs) while playing a whole bunch of center field, something he wasn’t exactly expecting to do at the beginning of the season. It […]
Devin Williams, Cody Ponce get big deals; what does it mean?
Two former Brewers (one a major leaguer, the other a top prospect) picked up major free agents deals in the last two days, as former closer Devin Williams signed with the New York Mets and former farmhand Cody Ponce signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s take a look at both of these players, one […]
2025 MVBrewers #8: Caleb Durbin
After Quinn Priester took our No. 7 spot on Friday, another newcomer slots in at No. 8 in our MVBrewers rankings. Rookie Caleb Durbin claims that spot, as he picked up 11 votes from the BCB community, beating out Abner Uribe’s five votes and two votes apiece for Chad Patrick and Andrew Vaughn. Durbin, who […]
A Brief History of Matt Arnold at the Winter Meetings
Today is December 1, which means that the 2025 Winter Meetings are just a week away. Should we expect the Brewers to be active? Let’s take a look at what Matt Arnold has done at the Winter Meetings since being named general manager/president of baseball operations. 2022 Kolten Wong traded to the Mariners for Jesse […]
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