Author: Tyler Koerth_

The Milwaukee Brewers made some tough decisions over the final week of the regular season as they tried to align their pitching staff perfectly for the Wild Card Series that will be played against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  One casualty was veteran starting pitcher Julio Teheran who was designated for assignment. Criag Counsell described that roster transaction as “not something that we wanted to do, but we set a priority of making sure the pitchers we’re going to count on in the next round went into it in a good situation.”  That statement sounded pretty assuring that Julio Teheran would not…

The Milwaukee Brewers received devastating injury news one day prior to starting a playoff series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Their presumed game two starting pitcher in Brandon Woodruff was ruled out of the Wild Card Series with a right shoulder injury.  This led to an emotional press conference from the 30 year old in which his role will now be cheering the team on. On the other side of things the Arizona Diamondbacks also had to process this news.  They know that not having to face Brandon Woodruff is a big advantage for them, but manager Torey Lovullo also took…

Former Milwaukee Brewers executive David Stearns had his introductory press conference with the New York Mets today in which he was officially announced as their president of baseball operations.  This press conference occurred just one day after the 2023 regular season concluding.  One hot topic that he touched on was the future of first baseman Pete Alonso. David Stearns, former Milwaukee Brewers executive, had his introductory press conference with the New York Mets and discussed the future of Pete Alonso.  A part of his press conference was centered around how he grew up a Mets fan, the failed expectations…

The Milwaukee Brewers announced some devastating injury news one day prior to their playoff series against the Arizona Diamondbacks beginning.  They announced that right-handed starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff will not pitch in the series due to his second right shoulder injury of the year.  His status for the remainder of the post season is “up in the air”. Brandon Woodruff spoke in front of the media regarding this development in which he was emotional on the podium.  He described what was going on as re-injuring or flaring up what had kept him out most of this season.  Once he returned…

The Milwaukee Brewers are back in the playoff after missing out a season ago.  Their first opponent will be the Arizona Diamondbacks in which they will meet in the Wild Card Series.  This is a best of three games series and the Brew Crew will have the home field for all games played. Leading up into the post season Arizona did not clinch a playoff berth until the second to last day of the regular season.  Due to this they were unable to line up their starting pitchers like the Brewers were.  According to Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo he will…

The Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks will match up against one another in the 2023 Wild Card Series.  It is a best of three games series in which all necessary games will start at 6:08 PM CT in Milwaukee.  Prior to this playoff series beginning here are four things that you will want to know. Four things to know prior to the Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks Wild Card Series playoff match up.   1) Arizona won the regular season head-to-head match up, but put an asterisk next to that.   These two teams met six times during the regular season. …

The Milwaukee Brewers secured their spot in the playoffs over a week ago and clinched the third seed by winning the National League Central division earlier in the week.  This guaranteed them home field advantage during the best of three games Wild Card Series, but until the final day of the regular season they did not know who their opponent would be.  We now know that it will be the Arizona Diamondbacks. 2023 Playoffs – Wild Card Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs Arizona Diamondbacks Here is everything we know (so far) regarding the Brewers and Diamondbacks playoff match up.…

When the Milwaukee Brewers traded Josh Hader to the San Diego Padres they got several pieces in return.  Dinelson Lamet never factored into the teams plans, Taylor Rogers was a rental, Robert Gasser was a prized pitching prospect, and Esteury Ruiz was a known speedster.  During the offseason first year GM Matt Arnold used Esteury Ruiz as a trade chip in a three team deal that netted him Willson Contreras and Joel Payamps.  Esteury Ruiz went to the Oakland Athletics as a result. In Oakland this year Esteury Ruiz has had the opportunity to play everyday as an outfielder.  He…

Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell has been linked to the New York Mets for quite some time.  He currently does not have a contract in place for the 2024 season and now the Mets have created a managerial opening by dismissing Buck Showalter of his duties. Buck Showalter has been dismissed as the manager of the New York Mets.  This will intensify rumors surrounding current Milwaukee Brewers skipper Craig Counsell.  The Mets thanked Buck Showalter for his services, but indicated that they are heading in a different direction.  New president of baseball operations David Stearns can officially begin working…

The Milwaukee Brewers reached one of their season goals earlier as they became National League Central division champions.  They are locked into the three seed for the playoffs and will host the best of three games Wild Card Series that starts on Tuesday, October 3.  What we do not know yet is who they will be playing. On Saturday night the final two Wild Card teams in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins punched their tickets to the playoffs.  With one game to go in the regular season their post season positioning is still up for grabs.  Let’s take a…