The Milwaukee Brewers will host the Miami Marlins for a three-game series this weekend starting on Friday night. The first pitch for this matchup will be 7:10 p.m. CT. This season, Miami has one of the worst records in all of baseball at 37-66.
The Marlins could be major sellers at the MLB trade deadline next week. For this game, the projected starting pitchers will be Trevor Rogers (1-9 record, 4.59 ERA) for the Marlins and Freddy Peralta (6-5 record, 3.88 ERA).
As for Milwaukee, they have a 59-43 record so far this season. The Brewers are currently in first place in the National League Central. The Milwaukee Brewers are looking to be buyers at the MLB trade deadline. Outfielder Christian Yelich was recently placed on the IL and it will be interesting to see if Milwaukee will trade for an outfielder or not.
Shortstop Willy Adames is projected to bat cleanup for the Brewers against the Marlins. He has been one of the best players for manager Pat Murphy this season. Adames has played in 102 games so far this season and has a .249 batting average with 16 home runs and 68 RBIs, along with 12 stolen bases and three caught stealing attempts. His on-base is .336.
First baseman Rhys Hoskins is projected to bat third for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 78 games played so far this season, he has a .212 batting average with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs, along with two stolen bases. His on-base percentage is .304.
Freddy Peralta has pitched in 20 games so far this season for Milwaukee. He has pitched in 109.0 innings and has given up 89 hits and 48 runs. Peralta has also walked 38 batters and has struck out 138 batters.
Players To Watch For On the Miami Marlins Against the Milwaukee Brewers
Skip Schumaker is the manager of the Miami Marlins. Miami made it to the playoffs last season in the National League and they have not played well this season. Designated hitter Bryan De La Cruz is projected to bat second for the Marlins. He has played in 102 games and has a .241 batting average with 17 home runs and 47 RBIs, along with three stolen bases and one caught stealing attempt. His on-base percentage is .285.
Center fielder Jazz Chisholm is projected to bat leadoff for Miami. He has played in 100 games and has a .248 batting average with 13 home runs and 50 RBIs, along with 21 stolen bases and eight caught stealing attempts. Chisholm’s on-base percentage is .320. He could be traded at next week’s deadline.
Trevor Rogers has pitched in 20 games so far this season for the Marlins. He has pitched in 100.0 innings and has given up 109 hits and 56 runs. Rogers has walked 46 batters and has struck out 84 batters.
The Milwaukee Brewers need to not sleepwalk through this series against the Miami Marlins. Miami almost swept the series at home against the Baltimore Orioles.
