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• Yankees series preview: ALDS rematch

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Royals travel to the Bronx to face the team that bested them in the post-season last year. Last fall the Royals made a surprise run at the post-season, eventually falling in the ALDS to a historical post-season rival, the New York Yankees. While the Royals retained much of their post-season roster, the Yankees had a lot of churn this off-season, and w...2025
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• Trevor Megill Undergoes MRI On Knee, Seeking Second Opinion
The start of the 2025 campaign has been a bit of a mixed bag for Brewers right-hander Trevor Megill. The righty seemed like the natural successor to Devin Williams in the ninth inning after Milwaukee’s star closer was traded to the Yankees over the offseason, but a difficult spring appears to have carried over into…...2025
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• Brewers lose heartbreaker in Saturday night battle with Diamondbacks, 5-4

Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Brewers’ bullpen gives up five runs in bottom of the ninth as D-backs mount huge comeback Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers dropped a heartbreaker in the desert on Saturday night, as a bullpen collapse allowed the Diamondbacks to score five runs in the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 loss. With a Corbin Burnes vs. Chad Patrick matchup, the D-backs looked like they wo...2025
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• Aaron Boone’s confidence not shaken by Yankees closer Devin Williams’ struggles

No, four suspect outings was not enough to shake Aaron Boone’s confidence in Devin Williams. “He’s our closer,” the Yankees manager said Friday. “He’s going to get through this.”...2025
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• Yankees’ Devin Williams feels he’s ‘getting closer’ after latest debacle versus Tigers

The Yankees closer has not had the smoothest of landings with his new team four outings into the season, including Wednesday....2025
• Devin Williams struggles again but Yankees closer insists he's healthy: 'Haven't felt like 100% myself'

Williams has allowed four earned runs in just three innings this season...2025

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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He hit a solo home run on Thursday night. He is getting closer to a return because he was able to play in the field on Friday night. He is tracking towards a return sometime next week. He is looking to build off his strong 2024 season (.249 AVG with 23 HR/30 SB). The Angels have been mixing and matching at short w...2025
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• Yankees bring back Adam Ottavino: Reliever returns to the Bronx as Bombers' bullpen injuries continue

Devin Williams was placed on the paternity list in a corresponding move...2025
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• Brewers series preview: They just had the worst opening series in baseball

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Brewers are coming off a spanking by the Yankees. The Royals will be tested early as 20 of their first 23 games will come against 2024 playoff teams, including three against the Milwaukee Brewers this week. The Brewers won 93 games last year and were two out away from advancing to the NLCS before they blew the lead and the series to the Mets. But gone from tha...2025
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• Reflections on the cusp of the Cubs’ 2025 season

Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com Will this be the year the Cubs return to the postseason? Truth be told, I put off writing this annual treatise for a while, completing it only yesterday. Why? Because I have a feeling the comments are going to be along the lines of, “Tom Ricketts is cheap!” Granted and stipulated: The Cubs can and should spend more money on payroll. Grante...2025
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• 2025 Milwaukee Brewers primer for Opening Day

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The offseason is just about over as the Brewers are back in action on Thursday in New York The long offseason is officially over, as regular season baseball begins later today when the Brewers battle the Yankees in New York. After three games in The Big Apple, the Brewers will head to Milwaukee for their home opener on Monday as baseball returns to American Fam...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Yankees

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The Crew heads to The Big Apple for first series of 2025 Welcome back to regular season baseball! The Milwaukee Brewers are set to kick off the 2025 season with a trip to New York to face the Yankees. Coming off a busy offseason, the Brewers’ biggest changes come in their rotation and their infield. With Willy Adames now in San Francisco, the Brewers are expect...2025
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2025 bold predictions and storylines to watch

Curt Hogg / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images BCB staff make bold predictions, pick storylines to watch with Opening Day on deck Our contributors at Brew Crew Ball are excited to get the 2025 season underway after an offseason that saw quite a bit of turnover across the league. Here are our bold predictions and storylines to watch for the Brewers in 2025. Bold...2025
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• Meet the Brewers’ next pitching success story

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Spring training standout Craig Yoho is on the way to becoming Milwaukee’s newest stud relief pitcher The Brewers have a pitching prospect who, at 25 years old, has yet to make his major league debut. He spent five years in college and was injured for four of them. His fastball tops out at 93 miles per hour. He’s ranked nowhere near the top 100 MLB prospect...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Free the hair!

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images The Yankees’ most old-fashioned policy has ended Start spreading the news! The Yankees are changing one of their silliest and longest-standing rules about player grooming: they will now allow players to have “well-groomed” beards. On the face it it (pun very much intended) this is not massive news, but considering how set in their ways the Yankees have b...2025
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 85
Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Four straight days, four straight wild finishes! Special note: I am on vacation starting this Saturday and returning the following Saturday. I will definitely not be recapping the Saturday or Sunday games against the Yankees. I will not be recapping the first game versus the Red Sox. The first game with the Yankees and the second with the Red Sox will both ...2023
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"The move opens up a roster spot for closer Devin Williams, who is returning from the paternity list."

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"11:24am: The Yankees are finalizing a trade to acquire star closer Devin Williams from the Brewers, reports ESPN’s…"

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"So the Cubs entered the ninth down by two, with Brewers closer Devin Williams on the mound."

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"Willson Contreras began the 10th as the Manfred man, and Happ gave the Cubs the lead on the second pitch of the inning from Devin Williams [VIDEO]."

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"The Milwaukee Brewers, champions of the National League Central, will likely be without top setup reliever Devin Williams for the playoffs after the right-hander broke his pitching hand after punching a wall in anger Sunday."

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"Luis Robert, Kyle Lewis and Devin Williams receive recognition"

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"Right-hander Devin Williams, the Brewers' top Draft pick in 2013, needs Tommy John surgery and will miss the 2017 season, a source told MLB."

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"- Devin Williams was perfect, stopping all 19 shots he faced, as the Erie Otters shut out the North Bay Battalion 4-0 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action."

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"- Devin Williams made 26 saves and Connor McDavid added to his league-leading playoff point total with three assists as the Erie Otters downed the host London Knights 4-1 on Sunday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action."

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• Free Agents Washington Nationals Should Target After Rough Start to the Season

Washington reliever Colin Poche throws a pitch during the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondback. | Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images After 1-6 start to the season, Washington could improve their roster through free agency. A Struggling Start to the Season After an abysmal 1-6 start, fans are kept wondering when the losing will end in the nation’s capital. With higher expectations headi...2025
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• Yankees Sign Adam Ottavino
The Yankees have signed veteran reliever Adam Ottavino to a major league contract, the team announced this morning. The right-hander was released by the Red Sox in March. Devin Williams has been placed on the paternity list, temporarily opening a space for Ottavino on the active roster, while JT Brubaker has been transferred to the…...2025
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• Brewers can’t quite put together Opening Day comeback, fall 4-2 to Yankees

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Milwaukee’s former stud closer almost blew it, but not quite Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees opened their season today with a tightly contested game in which the Brewers very nearly overcame a three-run, ninth-inning deficit against their franchise legend former closer, Devin Williams. But it just wasn’t quite in the cards, as the top of the Mi...2025
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• Devin Williams packs season’s worth of drama into Yankees Opening Day

It was as if Devin Williams was trying to get everything out of the way as soon as possible....2025
• Brewers can’t quite put together Opening Day comeback

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Milwaukee’s former stud closer almost blew it, but not quite Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees opened their season today with a tightly contested game in which the Brewers very nearly overcame a three-run, ninth-inning deficit against their franchise legend former closer, Devin Williams. But it just wasn’t quite in the cards, as the top of the Mi...2025
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• Reflections on the cusp of the Cubs’ 2025 season
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• 2025 Milwaukee Brewers primer for Opening Day
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• Yankees series preview: ALDS rematch
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• Brewers lose heartbreaker in Saturday night battle with Diamondbacks, 5-4
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• Free Agents Washington Nationals Should Target After Rough Start to the Season
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• Brewers series preview: They just had the worst opening series in baseball
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• Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Can Brewers three-peat in the NL Central?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. In this week’s Reacts surve...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Multiple projections have the NL Central as the tightest division race, with all five teams expected to compete Coming off another NL Central crown, the Brewers are once again among the most-doubted teams, as many pundits have picked the Cubs or even the Pirates or Reds to leapfrog the Crew. For the second ...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: How does the NL Central shake out?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. With spring training in the...2025
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• Brewers can’t quite put together Opening Day comeback, fall 4-2 to Yankees
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• Brewers fall to Reds in annual Spring Breakout game, 9-7

Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images Milwaukee’s top prospects can’t overcome five run third inning The Brewers have been on a roll this spring, as today’s victory over the Guardians extended their winning streak to seven games. Unfortunately, that momentum didn’t carry over into this evening’s Spring Breakout prospect showcase. Milwaukee gave up eight runs in the first th...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Free the hair!
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Alex Bregman sweepstakes are over

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images And the Red Sox are the winners. The biggest lingering question of the offseason free agent market has finally been answered, and that’s: Who will sign Alex Bregman? The three biggest contenders were our own Cubs, the Detroit Tigers, and the Boston Red Sox. Despite a reportedly large offer from the Tigers, it was the Red Sox who won out and signed the forme...2025
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• Ranking the Brewers’ pitching staff by how cool they dress

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Swag as an advanced statistic Pitchers and catchers reported to their spring training facilities today, marking the official start of Spring Training. To celebrate the occasion, the Brewers’ social media pages shared photos of various pitchers arriving. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Milwaukee Brewers (@b...2025
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• Brewers, William Contreras avoid arbitration

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Star catcher signs a one-year deal with a club option The Brewers and their star catcher William Contreras have avoided arbitration. The two sides hadn’t previously reached an agreement as Contreras filed at $6.5 million and the team filed at $5.6 million, but the teams agreed on a one-year deal worth $6 million with a club option for a second year at $12 million. T...2025
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• Some potential Brewers trade targets

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Let’s irresponsibly speculate about who could fill the Brewers’ hole in the infield The Brewers are missing an infielder, and it is a near certainty that they’ll make some sort of move to address this hole before the season starts. We’ve discussed plenty of free agent options, and last week I looked at some higher-profile free agents that could be a fit if the tea...2025
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• Why aren’t we talking about Alex Bregman (or at least Ha-Seong Kim)?

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images The Brewers may have an opportunity We’re approaching late January, and the major league deals that the Brewers have handed out this offseason have gone to Elvin Rodríguez, who has made eight major league appearances (none of which were in 2024), and Grant Wolfram, who has never pitched in the majors. Willy Adames, the team’s star shortstop, left in free agency, an...2025
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• OHL Roundup: Devin Williams perfect as Otters shut out Battalion 4-0
ERIE, Pa. - Devin Williams was perfect, stopping all 19 shots he faced, as the Erie Otters shut out the North Bay Battalion 4-0 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Dylan Strome scored and added two assists to lead Erie's (45-11-1) offe......2016
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• Brewers RP Williams punches wall, breaks hand

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• Brewers' Devin Williams out for playoffs as reliever breaks hand by punching wall after NL Central celebration
Williams, a major part of the Brewers' bullpen, will need surgery...2021
• Cubs 4, Brewers 3: The Ian Happ game
Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs outfielder had the team’s only hits, but they were enough to win the game. Here’s how many times I was absolutely certain the Cubs would lose Friday night’s game: When they didn’t get any hits for the first six innings When the Brewers tied the game in the ninth and had the winning run in scoring position with one out When the Brewers had the tying and...2022
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• Cubs 4, Brewers 3: The best game of the year
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Down to their final strike, the Cubs scored three ninth-inning runs to win. Two days after suffering their worst gut-punch loss of the season, the Cubs pulled one out with a thrilling three-run ninth and won by one run for the second straight game, 4-3 over the Brewers in Milwaukee. That was primarily thanks to a terrific eight-pitch at-bat by Mike T...2023
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• Yankees To Acquire Devin Williams For Nestor Cortes, Caleb Durbin
11:30am: USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that infield prospect Caleb Durbin is also going to the Brewers. MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch adds that the Yankees are also sending some cash to the Brewers as part of the deal. 11:24am: The Yankees are finalizing a trade to acquire star closer Devin Williams from the Brewers, reports ESPN’s…...2024
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• Yankees Designate Adam Ottavino For Assignment
The Yankees announced this morning that they have designated right-hander Adam Ottavino for assignment. The move opens up a roster spot for closer Devin Williams, who is returning from the paternity list. Ottavino, 39, is in his 15th season as a big league player. The veteran made his big league debut in St. Louis with…...2025
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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
Marquee Sports Network The channel’s live game presentation still leaves much to be desired. Back in June, I wrote this article with some thoughts I had about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts. It wasn’t pretty. I had hoped things might change, but little did. The game broadcasts are still borderline unwatchable. Before I continue, I want to tell you that in the 17 years Bleed ...2022
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 5, 2025
Rafael Devers 3B/1B/DH? BOS Devers (shoulders) doesn't feel up to speed yet while taking live batting practice, so he has asked Red Sox manager Alex Cora to delay his spring debut a bit. Multiple red flags are there with the potentially disgruntled soon-to-be-former 3B. Monitor his health and happiness and if anything comes back to normal draft with confidence. If the shoulder is real, then wait a...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• Padres Slurping Down Some Hader Aid
So, the Trent Grisham/Luis Urias trade is still being sorted it seems. If you're the Brewers and Padres, do you think you won or lost the Urias/Grisham trade? Or do you think it's a push and decide to go back to the well like Baby Jessica and try one more? How you answer that decides whether or not you make the Josh Hader trade, right? Since that Hader trade was made, it must mean both teams thoug...2022
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• SAGNOF: The Rankings
Well hello there, Razz-folken! Sorry, I'm working my way through Stephen King's Dark Tower series (on Book 6 of seven -- fantastic, trippy, masterful stuff), which contains some very interesting folken indeed. So that's where that came from. I've got some news for y'all. I am no longer the Injury Guru around these parts. I had my fill of 'em last year, let me tell you. Not sure my brain could ha...2022
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• Yankees series preview: ALDS rematch
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• Free Agents Washington Nationals Should Target After Rough Start to the Season
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• Brewers series preview: They just had the worst opening series in baseball
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• Brewers can’t quite put together Opening Day comeback, fall 4-2 to Yankees
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• Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Can Brewers three-peat in the NL Central?
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• Reflections on the cusp of the Cubs’ 2025 season
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• 2025 Milwaukee Brewers primer for Opening Day
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• Meet the Brewers’ next pitching success story
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• Who could be the next major trade candidate for the Brewers?

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images As the main trade candidates for the Brewers are now no longer on the team, who could be the next big name for them to trade? When it comes to rumors around the Brewers, one consistent rumor is always about who they are going to trade next. It’s been a regular part of following the team. In the last couple years, they’ve traded away Josh Hader, Corbin Burnes, and De...2025
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• Braves News: Nathan Eovaldi, Brian Snitker, Latest Rumors, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Could a quiet Monday across baseball give way to a busy Tuesday? Overall, it was a pretty quiet first full day around the Winter Meetings. Rumors certainly picked up and their were a few transactions, but the expected flurry of moves that some expected was Juan Soto signed has not happened just yet. For the Braves specifically, Brian Sni...2024
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• Previewing the relief pitcher market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images We’ve previewed the market for shortstop, starting pitchers, and outfielders – now let’s look at how the Braves might bolster their bullpen. The 2024 Atlanta Braves relied on an undeniably elite bullpen that ranked 3rd in fWAR, 3rd in ERA, and 2nd in FIP. Entering the offseason, they seemed poised to handle the potential loss of A.J. Minter to free a...2024
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• Previewing the outfield market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images So far, we’ve taken a look at the starting pitching and shortstop markets for the Braves. Today, we’ll dive into the options for upgrading LF. The Atlanta Braves cleared up what was a pretty muddy OF/DH picture last week by trading Jorge Soler to the Angels for SP Griffin Canning. While it was surprising to see it done on the literal firs...2024
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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports From Chicago to even Pittsburgh, the NL Central is truly up for grabs in this upcoming season. Let's not beat around the bush, here: The National League representative for this season's World Series very likely won't come out of the Central Division. While it's certainly true that we do live in a baseball world where anything is possible as long as you make t...2024
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• A very early look at the 2024 Cubs roster and payroll

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images ... in the wake of the shocking news of the signing of Craig Counsell to manage the team. MLB free agency has begun. Players who are free agents can now sign with any team. Incidentally, here is a complete list of this offseason’s free agents, and as I have in the past, I’ll be posting individual articles about some of them and how they might meet the Cubs...2023
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