Author: John Egan

The Milwaukee Brewers left Wrigley field with an impressive 3-1 series win against the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers are now 10-10 and a third of the way through the 2020 season. They are technically in third place, but the St. Louis Cardinals basically haven’t played, so that doesn’t count. Brewers Barely Break No-Hitter Thursday’s game was the Yu Darvish show. He went almost seven innings of shutout baseball until he gave up a home run to Justin Smoak with one out in the inning. Brett Anderson went four and a third innings and gave up two runs before being replaced…

The highlight of the first Brewers-Twins match-up of the season happened before the teams even took the field. Luis Urias came off the injured list and made his first start for the Milwaukee Brewers. The 23 year old’s 2020 has been unlucky for sure. He suffered a broken left hamate injury in March and then tested positive for Covid-19 before the season picked back up. Logan Morrison was designated for assignment to bring up Urias. Brewers miss out in the first Milwaukee needs to start producing runs with runners in scoring positions. They started with players on first and second…

The Milwaukee Brewers’ offense came alive on Sunday to escape a series sweep against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park. A main take away from the series is, Christian Yelich will be just fine. It was a comeback weekend for the former MVP, the Brewers’ bats, and the team’s solid pitching roster. The Brewers next opponent is the Minnesota Twins at Miller Park. Second Inning Dooms Brewers Friday The Reds scored six runs in the second inning to spoil Eric Lauer’s first start for the Brewers. Lauer was not getting any calls or control at the corners, and it lead…

No one would argue that Brandon Woodruff is off to a great start to 2020. He is the Brewers’ current ace and number one starting pitcher. However, Adrian Houser is quickly making a case that the Milwaukee Brewers now have a true 1-2 punch in the starting rotation. Houser 2019 Stats Adrian Houser appeared in 35 games in 2019. 18 of those games were as a starting pitcher. Houser started out of the bullpen to start 2019, and didn’t make his first start until July 1st. Houser finished the year with a 6-7 record, a 3.72 ERA, one hold…

The Milwaukee Brewers lost their second big name outfielder in the same weekend during a postponed series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Ryan Braun was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday, August 2nd with an infected right index finger. The roster move was retroactive to Thursday, the Brewers true “off” day last week. Brewers Lose Two Outfielders in One Weekend Milwaukee has not made any corresponding moves on their active roster yet, but will have to fill two spots. Starting center fielder Lorenzo Cain announced on Saturday he was opting out the remainder of the 2020 season. Both…

It is still early. But, the MLB 2020 season is 10 percent over after the first week of August. The Milwaukee Brewers are off to a slow start at the plate, including first base. That needs to change for the Brewers to be competitive. First basemen so far Justin Smoak is the current first baseman for the Brewers. He is on a one-year, $5 million deal with a club option for 2021. After the first two series, Justin Smoak has 11 strikeouts, a .174 batting average, a .240 OBP and had a costly error on Tuesday night’s game against Pittsburgh…

The Milwaukee Brewers left Wrigley Field for Pittsburgh after a very frustrating series. Full of highs and plenty of lows, but there is no need to panic, yet. Just like the last few years, the Brewers are right back with the same problems. Games where the offense disappears as well as questions about the starting rotation. Hendricks dominates in opener The Milwaukee Brewers offense was almost nowhere to be found on Opening Day. Christian Yelich went 0-4, but it is hard to be tough on him or the Crew. Kyle Hendricks pitched one of the best games I’ve ever seen.…

The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up their fun “Blue-Gold World Series” intrasquad scrimmages on July 21st, 2020. Three days before the shortened regular season begins. Team Gold came away the winners, but the bigger story was the Brewers’ attire for the day. Suter Gets the Ball Rolling Earlier in the day, Brewers pitcher Brent Suter tweeted out the following while wearing a shirt that says, “Justice Equality Now”. The Team Picture Two hours later, the Milwaukee Brewers social media accounts tweeted out a team photo with most of the position players wearing one. When the last Blue-Gold game began, the entire…

After playing with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017 and 2018, Eric “Nerd Power” Sogard split time between two teams in 2019; the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays. He actually started in Triple-A on Opening Day. But, Sogard was called up almost right away on April 15th and had three hits in his debut against the Minnesota Twins. Eric Sogard had a very good and breakout 2019 season. He played in 110 games and ended with a batting average of .290, with a career-high 396 at-bats. A year of career bests 2019 was a series of career highs for…

The last round of your Fantasy Football Draft is always a crapshoot. You are, in most cases, going to drop the player to pick up a breakout player or rookie after a few weeks of playing and injuries. Instead, I think you should draft Jace Sternberger and keep him on your roster. Most Fantasy Football players don’t keep a backup Tight End on their roster. I always do. My two main leagues are a 12 team league and a 10 team league, both with flex spots. After Week 8, most Tight Ends worth having are already gone. Having a backup…