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Three Teams Who Could Sign Jake Odorizzi

Feb 16, 2021

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Jake Odorizzi is coming off a brutal 2020 run with the Minnesota Twins. He was limited to four starts due to numerous injuries and posted a 6.59 ERA across those outings. At the same time, he's a year removed f...

The Milwaukee Brewers Can Evade Their Rotation Deficiencies in Shortened MLB Season

Robbie Stratakos

Jun 23, 2020

Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Opinions & Predictions

The Milwaukee Brewers boast the same identity in 2020 as they have in each of the last three seasons: a high-profile offense, accompanied by a flashy bullpen and mediocre starting pitching. Fortunately for Milw...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Milwaukee Brewers

Quinn Allen

Apr 11, 2020

Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Opinions & Predictions

The last decade hasn't necessarily been something to write home about for the Milwaukee Brewers. But it did start off on the right foot when they made it all the way to the 2011 National League Championship Ser...

Brewers Should Finish Short-Term, Void-Filling Offseason by Signing Dallas Keuchel

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 20, 2019

Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Opinions & Predictions

The Milwaukee Brewers have been the most active team in Major League Baseball this offseason, and they should finish off the period by signing Dallas Keuchel. The Brewers either released or lost the followin...

The Milwaukee Brewers Need to Add Two Top-of-the-Rotation Starters

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 10, 2019

Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Opinions & Predictions

The Milwaukee Brewers didn't lose to the Washington Nationals in the National League Wild Card Game because of their starting rotation. But if they're ever going to win the NL pennant, they need to add two top-...

The Fascinating Career of Aaron Hill

Ben Diamond

Feb 9, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, Offseason

Let’s face it, baseball is weird. Basketball and football have their fair share of oddities, but there’s nothing quite like baseball. So-called “can’t miss” prospects never make the major leagues and players at...

Way-Too-Early Predictions for 2016 NL Rookie of the Year

Jamey Vinnick

Nov 25, 2015

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, New York Mets, Washington Nationals

(Photo credit – Mark J Rebilas) Next year is looking like it's going to be a tremendous year for NL rookies. Despite the fact that many of the best prospects graduated to the majors this year, there's still...

Doug Melvin out as Brewers’ general manager

Jacob Fagan

Aug 11, 2015

Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, National League Central

The Milwaukee Brewers announced that Doug Melvin is taking an advisory role with the club and will no longer be the general manager. Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports that the club is looking for candidates with ...

Report: Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers to Astros

Jacob Fagan

Jul 30, 2015

American League, American League West, Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Transactions

Update: Brewers announce trade with Astros: OF Carlos Gomez, RHP Mike Fiers, International Slot 76 to Hou for OF Brett Phillips, OF Domingo Santana, LHP Josh Hader & RHP Adrian Houser. — Milwaukee Br...

Rangers acquire Yovani Gallardo from Brewers

Troy Jones

Jan 19, 2015

American League, American League West, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Offseason, Texas Rangers

As the Texas Rangers continue to try to fix their rotation, which was one of their weak spots last year, they made significant steps in the right direction today. According to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of Fo...

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