Author: Tyler Koerth_

Milwaukee Brewers infielder Joey Ortiz had a career night on Friday against the New York Yankees.  In the second inning he belted his first big league home run and then in the eleventh inning he ended the game with a walk-off single.  He entered that game in a 1-18 slump at the plate but now should have a ton of confidence. Joey Ortiz hits his first career big league home run (watch).  The New York Yankees had right-handed hurler Luis Gil on the mound.  He got ahead of Ortiz 1-2 but then left an off-speed pitch belt high that ended…

The Milwaukee Brewers recently found out that starting pitcher Wade Miley will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.  Injury to this ligament is a major risk with pitchers, but at 37 years old there is automatically some concern that this could be a career ending surgery for him.  When asked about it Miley indicated that he had other plans. Wade Miley has had several injuries throughout his career. Since initially joining the Brewers in 2018 Wade Miley has seemingly had an injury every other year that has cost him a significant…

The Milwaukee Brewers have dealt with numerous injuries to their starting rotation this year.  Pitcher injuries additionally have been on the rise this year as well with a significant amount of players being lost due to elbow injuries.  Recently it was announced that they will lose one of their key starting rotation members to UCL surgery and he will then have to decide if he wants to continue his career or not. Injuries to pitchers are on the rise across baseball.   In the new era of baseball at a young age pitchers are currently throwing the ball as hard as…

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon by a score of 7-5.  An eighth inning go-ahead home run from Gary Sanchez helped cap off a come from behind victory.  William Contreras also homered in this game and Jake Bauers, Rhys Hoskins, and Oliver Dunn added RBI’s over their own. Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates 4/25 game recap: innings 1-5. In this contest Freddy Peralta was on the mound for the Brewers and Mitch Keller the Pirates.  William Contreras got the scoring started early with a first inning solo home run.  Pittsburgh then countered in the bottom of…

The Milwaukee Brewers injured list is quite large and is seemingly growing every few days.  Current pitchers that are down include J.B. Bukauskas, Taylor Clarke, DL Hall, Jakob Junis, Wade Miley, Devin Williams, and Brandon Woodruff.  Position players injured include Garrett Mitchell, Jeferson Quero, and Christian Yelich. Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates manager Pat Murphy provided an update on where Christian Yelich is at in his progression, findings on player’s MRI results, and he commented on Robert Gasser’s dominant return to the mound in Triple-A. What activities has Christian Yelich been doing and what hasn’t he done…

The Milwaukee Brewers deployed their league leading ninth different starting pitcher on Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  25 year old Tobias Myers became the latest player to start for the Brew Crew and he did so by making his MLB debut.  Overall he pitched great, but the first pitch that he threw ended up resulting in a home run. Tobias Myers made his MLB debut for the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, April 23. After being called up to the big leagues a week prior and not appearing in a game before being optioned back to Triple-A, Tobias Myers was…

Jared Jones, rookie for the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been incredible to begin the 2024 season.  The 22 year old recently had a dominating 25 whiff performance against the Milwaukee Brewers that included a strikeout of Brice Turang that may be a candidate for the punch out of the year.  Additionally he cemented himself in the history books. Watch Milwaukee Brewers Brice Turang strike out against Jared Jones.   In the third inning of an eventual 4-2 Pirates win on Monday night Jared Jones got Brice Turang dazed and confused on a slider down and in.  Turang went around on his swing,…

The Milwaukee Brewers seemingly cannot catch a break on the injury front.  On the same day that they announced that Wade Miley would be joining starters DL Hall, Jakob Junis, and Brandon Woodruff on the injured list a freak accident during batting practice resulted in a rehabbing Junis being sent to the hospital via an ambulance. Jakob Junis was hit in the neck by a fly ball during batting practice and taken to the hospital via ambulance.   Prior to the Brewers and Pirates opening game both squads were on the field beforehand.  Jakob Junis was getting some conditioning in along…

The Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates will meet for their first series of the 2024 season starting on Monday, April 22 and concluding on Thursday, April 25.  These four games will be played at PNC Park.  Here we will preview the series that includes game times and probable starting pitchers. Milwaukee Brewers (14-6) News. Winners of their last four and seven out of their last 10 are the Brewers.  Major League Baseball’s best road team picked up their 10th victory away from home on Sunday as they completed a sweep of the division rival St. Louis Cardinals.  They are getting contributions…

The 2024 Milwaukee Brewers, despite making the post-season five out of the last six seasons that includes three National League Central division titles, were not viewed as division favorites or even playoff contenders in the eyes of numerous media outlets.  They once again turned around several parts of their roster, but this off-season they let their ace Corbin Burnes go via trade.  This has led to them being reliant upon lots of young players to contribute, but they still have a good blend of veterans as well. Almost one month into the regular season the Brewers currently find themselves on…