Author: Grace Gierach

Don’t let the continuing MLB lockout stop you from keeping up with the Crew. Our 2021 Brewers season report card series continues with pitcher Jake Cousins. After attending Spring Training with the Brewers, Cousins started the 2021 season in the minors. He played with both the AA Biloxi Shuckers and the AAA Nashville Sounds earlier in the season. The Brewers called Cousins up to the Majors on June 21 and he made his debut that same day against the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he pitched two relief innings.  Interestingly enough, Cousins’ recent stint with Milwaukee and the Brewers’ MiLB affiliates is…

It may be the offseason for the Brewers, but Christian Yelich has been keeping busy with some new hobbies. If the MLB lockout continues, it seems like Yelich has a backup career as a TikTok influencer waiting for him – and so does his namesake. Earlier this week, Milwaukee’s star outfielder created an account on the viral video app TikTok, only to find that the username @christianyelich was already taken. Yelich owns that handle for both his Instagram and Twitter accounts. However, the TikTok account is a fan account that dates back to April 2019. The real Yelich currently creates…

It’s no secret that Jackie Bradley Jr.’s time in Milwaukee didn’t live up to expectations. After a single season, Bradley Jr. left Milwaukee as part of a trade for Hunter Renfroe. To catch up on the deal that sent JBJ back to Boston, see this article. When Milwaukee acquired JBJ, fans took it as a sign that team ownership wanted to be serious contenders. However, as the season went on, JBJ’s plate appearances left much to be desired. With this, fan feelings took a hard left. They reached a peak when the JBJ-Renfroe deal was announced in December 2021. Bradley…

Our season report card series continues. In this edition, we’ll be looking at pitcher Brett Anderson and how he performed during the 2021 season. 2021 was Anderson’s second season in Milwaukee. He returned in February 2021 after agreeing to a 1-year, 2.5 million-dollar deal. The Brewers’ pitching staff was stacked this season, with a Big Three of starters Cy Young Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, and Freddy Peralta and closing powerhouse duo Devin Williams and Josh Hader. However, the big names weren’t the only pitchers to deliver this season and Anderson was no exception. 2021 Season Grade: B- Performance on the…

In early 2020, Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers inked a historic contract extension. It will keep Yelich in Milwaukee through at least 2028. To read up on the details of Yelich’s contract extension, see Brewers and Yelich Agree to Extension. Even after his season-ending knee injury in 2020 and a less than triumphant return to the field for the MVP in 2021, Yelich’s contract extension is still much to be excited about almost two years after its signing. Yelich and Giannis: Milwaukee’s MVPs Yelich wasn’t the only Milwaukee sports icon who cemented his place in Milwaukee’s hearts in 2020.…