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The Brewers went 5-2 in San Francisco and St. Louis to drop to third in the NL Central. Jose Quintana was great twice, but can the pitching staff weather the storm as the bullpen has struggled?

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Mile high homers, blown leads in Phoenix, and finally enjoying a Quintana start. We also talked about the hot seat in the pen and went Around the Farm to take a look at Ernesto Martinez Jr.

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The Brewers won 5 of their last 6 to erase an ugly 0-4 start. Chad Patrick is the unlikely hero through 10 games, and the young trio of Chourio, Frelick, and Turang are shining.

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We talked about the Opening Day roster, who is going to join the roster early in the season, and then made our predictions for standings and awards around MLB for 2025!

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Blake Perkins is sidelined through at least April, so the Brewers brought in Manuel Margot and old friend Mark Canha on minor league deals with invites to camp. On top of that we talked the hole in the infield, changes to the Yankees facial hair policy, the ABS system, and more!

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We spent a long time reminiscing about the loss of Mr. Baseball. To finish up, we talked about CC Sabathia to the Hall of Fame, the Dodgers and salary caps/floors, and potential Brewers moves before Spring Training.

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We talked about who’s naughty or nice, what’s on our Christmas lists, and what our New Year’s resolutions for the Crew are. Will this team make a splash? Also discussed were what the Cubs’ acquisition of Kyle Tucker means, our outlook on the rest of the offseason, and more!

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Emergency podcast to talk Devin Williams to the Yankees for Nestor Cortes and Caleb Durbin. We also touched on Willy Adames signing with the Giants last week.

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Matt Arnold won Executive of the Year, Pat Murphy won Manager of the Year, Brice Turang won the Platinum Glove, Sal Frelick won a Gold Glove, the Brewers won the team Gold Glove, William Contreras won a Silver Slugger, Jackson Chourio finished 3rd in NL Rookie of the Year, and three Brewers received NL MVP votes.

Following award talk, we broke down our offseason predictions for the Brewers!

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We recapped the heartbreaking loss, talked about the Mets being the first team to beat the Brewers and not make the World Series, said bye to Willy and Devin, revisited our playoff picks, and previewed the Yankees-Dodgers World Series.

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It was a busy week for the Crew who reached 93 wins in their 2024 campaign! Now the Mets head to town for a best of 3 Wild Card series. We previewed that in depth, talked about the full playoff bracket, and highlighted Willy’s potential farewell, Freddy’s 200 K’s, and more full season stats that stood out.

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In the last two weeks Jackson Chourio became the youngest player to go 20/20, the division was won, and the Crew pulled off one of the best comeback wins in franchise history to avoid their first 4-game losing streak!

5:33 Untouchable Pitcher of the Week
6:32 Hot Hitter of the Week
8:47 Statcast: Payroll vs. Wins
12:15 Around the Farm: Chad Patrick’s Triple Crown
15:40 Beer of the Week
16:52 Random Game: The Last Back to Back Division Champs
20:13 Potential Wild Card Matchups
21:50 Deep Standings Dive Before Final Week
26:20 Final Thoughts: Hank, Craig, CJ Abrams, an...

The Brewers struggled through a homestand against the Cardinals and Rockies, but the magic number is almost single digits early in September. Tobias Myers K’d 11, DL Hall and Aaron Ashby are back and sharp, Jackson Chourio is on the brink of history after recording his 19th homer, and Isaac Collins made his debut!

0:47 Weekly Recap
6:25 Standings: Bye Slipping Away
9:38 Untouchable Pitcher of the Week
11:45 Hot Hitter of the Week
12:45 Statcast Numbers of the Week
13:52 Upcoming Schedule
14:25 Transactions: Isaac Collins
18:37 Around the Farm: Braylon Payne’s Pro Career Starts Great
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The Brewers went 6-1 to keep the hot Cubs 10 games back. Willy Adames homered in 5 straight games including number 29 on his 29th birthday, which also tied him with The Kid for most 3-run homers in a single season. Our version of The Kid is red hot as well and is in the thick of the NL Rookie of the Year race. The whole pitching staff was untouchable this week!

0:56 Weekly Recap: Giants, Reds, Cardinals
5:13 Hot Hitters Highlighted by Willy, Jackson, and Garrett
10:00 Untouchable Pitchers of the Week (Too Many to Count)
11:45 NL Standings Check...

The Brewers went to St. Louis and Oakland before returning home to start a series with the Giants. While in St. Louis, they suffered arguably the worst loss of the year to this point. Scoop did his review of the Oakland Coliseum after seeing two of the games there this weekend. Finally, we finished up with some Sal Frelick love.

9:21 Standings
11:30 Review of the Coliseum and Oracle Park
14:29 Untouchable Pitcher of the Week
17:14 Beer of the Week
19:18 Hot Hitter of the Week
22:30 Statcast: Chourio’s Historic Season
28:25 Around the Farm: Mis an...

The Brewers pulled off a weekend sweep of the Cleveland Guardians that previously had the best record in MLB. That put them at a season high 20 games over .500 (21 after the win in St. Louis after recording). The bulk of this episode is an interview with Sean Hanish (Director/Producer) and Kelly Kahl (Producer) of “Just A Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers”. The movie is in select Marcus Theaters across Wisconsin starting September 13th!

1:22 Guardians Sweep Recap
2:17 Untouchable Pitchers: The Starters
3:48 Hot Hitter: Willy Adames
4:22 Standings Check
6:49 Statcast: Frelick and Turang
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Announced minutes after we recorded, Christian Yelich will undergo season ending back surgery. Despite this, we were able to talk a lot of good topics in this episode. The Brewers won a series against the Reds, and they came back to split the Dodgers series with two close wins. The bulk of this episode was our interview with Javik Blake, the voice of the AA Biloxi Shuckers. We talked about all the guys you want to hear about that have worn the Shuckers uniform in 2024!

1:33 Weekly Recap: Reds and Dodgers
5:44 Untouchable: Airbender
7:29 Hot Hitter: Williams...

The Brewers used 52 hits and 34 runs to sweep the Braves in Atlanta. Jackson Chourio has blossomed into a star over the last two months as he has been historically good for a player under the age of 21. Colin Rea seems to get eve. better every start he makes. William Contreras stuck it to his old team in the series. Willy Adames kicked off the series with a 4-hit, 2-homer night.

2:47 Braves Series Recap
7:00 Standings Check
9:18 Untouchable: Who else but Colin Rea?
11:16 Playoff Rotation
15:56 Hot Hitter: Jackson Chourio the Star
20:00 Statcast: Mears and...

The Brewers are 4-1 after the break and Jackson Chourio appears to be breaking out!  But with the Yin comes the Yang, and Yeli hits the IL with a vague back injury.  In other news, the DSL Brewers soar like the rest of the farm just in time for the deadline.

0:46 Weekly recap of series dubs over our rivals to the west and south
11:36 Are we over bunting?
15:54 Hot Hitter of the week (Jackson Chourio)
17:05 Untouchable Pitchers (Rea & Freddy)
18:30 StatCast data on Koenig’s velocity in return from the IL
20:26 Around the Farm...

The Brewers dropped four of six at home against the Pirates and Nationals heading into the All-Star break. They are 5-8 in July. Dallas Keuchel was designated for assignment. We touched on all the fun of the All-Star break including Cooper Pratt in the Futures Game, the Brewers completing the Burnes trade during the draft, the Home Run Derby, and Yeli and Conteras in the big game! We finished up with our first half awards and second half outlook.

3:56 Untouchable Pitcher of the Week
5:40 Hot Hitter of the Week
7:45 Around the Farm
8:30 Futures, Derby...

The full All-Star Game rosters were revealed, and Brice Turang was denied a spot despite his 3rd best WAR in the National League. The Brewers wrapped up a series split in Colorado and a series loss in LA against Will Smith and the Dodgers. Christian Yelich homered a few times and Rhys Hoskins added to the grand slam binge.

0:14 All-Star Game Reserves Announced: Turang vs. Arraez, Hudson & Megill vs. Phillies RP’s, Alonso vs. Walker and Teammates

7:32 Weekly Recap: Rockies, Dodgers

10:07 Untouchable Pitcher of the Week: Colin Rea

11:38 Hot Hitter of th...

Christian Yelich and William Contreras are All-Star Game starters for the National League, and the Brewers hit 5 grand slams in 8 games! After a series win against the Cubs and pushing their record to a season-high 16 games over .500, the Crew went out and acquired Aaron Civale. Dallas Keuchel had a bounce back start, Jackson Chourio has been red hot, and Freddy Peralta was Untouchable. We discussed potential All-Star reserves, Cooper Pratt being added to the Top 100 and Futures Game, and more!

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The Brewers are a season-high 15 games over .500 through 81 games after a sweep of the reigning champion Texas Rangers! Scoop, Cole, and Ryan got together to talk about the soon-to-be All-Stars, Dallas Keuchel’s debut, and young star Jackson Chourio heating up!

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0:58 Weekly Recap: Angels, Padres, Rangers
7:41 Yeli 200/200
10:26 Untouchable Pitchers: Tobias Myers and Many Honorable Mentions
13:09 Hot Hitters: Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio
17:24 Statcast: Dallas Keuchel Deep Di...

The Brewers won both home series against the Blue Jays and Reds last week. Snoop Dogg’s first pitch and time in the booth highlighted what was a fun home stand. Bill Schroeder being recognized for 30 years of broadcasting with the team and Sal Frelick’s bobblehead added to weekend festivities. Colin Rea and Tobias Myers continue to pitch well, and Willy Adames and Joey Ortiz had some huge home runs. To start out their week in Cali, the Crew has split the first of two games against the Halos in Anaheim. Stick around for our trip back to 25 year...

The Brewers were swept in a homecoming for Hoskins, Tobias Myers went eight scoreless innings against the Tigers, Robert Gasser is likely done for the season with an elbow injury, and fellow 2023 Brewers’ MiLB co-Pitcher of the Year Carlos F. Rodriguez is set to debut. We touched on the rest of the storylines and transactions from the Crew and MLB, all our usual segments, plus a discussion about how many All-Stars the Brewers have with voting live!

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The Brewers won 6 out of 7 in their week at home vs. the North-Siders and South-Siders! Joey Ortiz was just named NL Rookie of the Month, and Willy Adames was named NL Player of the Week.

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2:24 Joey Ortiz Named NL Rookie of May
3:15 Cubs Series
6:02 White Sox Series
7:54 Contreras-Pham Situation
14:57 Untouchable Pitchers: Paredes, Herget
18:19 Hot Hitters: Ortiz, Adames, Yelich
24:12 Statcast: Rake Perkins, Swing Speed
30:55...

Scoop and Cole talked the series in Miami, the Crew at Fenway, and Craig Counsell's return to Milwaukee as the Cubs' manager. The Boston trip was highlighted by a William Contreras "Monster" shot and the benches clearing over bunts. The Brewers pulled out a big win against their old friend behind a Willy Adames Memorial Day home run. Robert Gasser continued the incredible start to his young MLB career, Enoli Paredes made his Brewers debut, and Bryan Hudson is playing like an All-Star. As always, we went around the league, touched on the standings, and took a trip Down...

Scoop, Kian, and Cole got together to break down taking two of three from the Pirates and William Contreras stealing one from the Astros on the road with his insane at bat against a future Hall of Famer. Joey Ortiz was highlighted again as OUR everyday third baseman. Elvis Peguero continued to be a staple of the good Brewers bullpen. Bradley Blalock skipped AAA and was selected to join the team Monday which forced the Crew to DFA podcast favorite Thyago Vieira. Joey Wiemer was activated from the Injured List. As always, we did a quick standings and around...

The Brewers are 3-1 since we last spoke, so we dove into the four game series that just wrapped up with the Cardinals. The biggest news of the series is that top pitching prospect Robert Gasser was called up to start on Friday and was great. One quarter of the season is over as we have hit the 40 game mark, and the Brewers have a small lead on the NL Central. We talked about the standouts through the first quarter of the season and a couple of studs in Appleton and Biloxi for our Around the Farm segment. The...

We left off last time just before the first pitch of the Rays game that had many fireworks and resulted in a brawl and suspensions. After giving Chris Guccione a piece of our minds, we dove into the Brewers first time facing manager Craig Counsell and their trip down to Wrigley. To wrap up the recaps, we talked about the Royals series, Willy Adames playing hero, the return of Christian Yelich, and how the Crew was able to tread water at 12-11 in his absence. As always, we did Untouchable Pitchers, Hot Hitters, Statcast, Standings, and Transactions. Around the...

Disclaimer, this was recorded just before first pitch of the Rays game where benches cleared. Scoop and Cole discussed the arrival of Tyler Black, the 3-3 record since we last met, and the poor umpiring in the last game of the Yankees series and the first game of the Rays series. Wade Miley will miss the rest of the 2024 season as he will undergo elbow surgery. As always, we highlighted the standouts of the week, standings, injuries, roster moves, and farm system. The Random Game of the Week took us all the way back to 2007. Finally, we ended with...

The Brewers are off to a 14-8 start (that turned into a 15-8 start shortly after the conclusion of recording)! Despite taking hit after hit to the rotation, this young team continues to find ways to win ballgames and lead the NL Central. We talked the sweep of the Cardinals, the beginning of the series in Pittsburgh, the standout Brewers through less than one month, and the new injury news. Tobias Myers was featured after his MLB Debut. Additionally, we dove into the standings, recent farm system news and performance, the upcoming schedule, and more!

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Scoop and Cole talked about the Reds, Orioles, and Padres series recaps resulting in a 5-4 week. The Brewers currently hold a half game lead over the Cubs for first place in the NL Central as of the end of play on 4/17/24. We did a brief around the league to check in on the standings and talked roster and injury news, including red hot Christian Yelich hitting the shelf. 2023 Nashville Sounds Fan Favorite and current infielder for the AAA squad, Patrick Dorrian, joined us for about a half hour to talk about his career path, his time in Nashville...

We sat down with former Brewers play-by-play announcer ('14-'21), longtime voice of Wisconsin Badgers’ men's basketball and football, and 11-time Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year, Matt Lepay. We discussed highlights from his time with the Crew, his background in baseball, plus some bonus Badgers talk at the end. Following the interview, we broke down the 3-2 week of interleague play against the Twins and Mariners highlighted by the offense. To finish up, we hit on the MLB and AAA injury report, the ongoing Fanatics debacle, and the outlook on the pitching staff with reinforcements on their way.

The Brewers opened the 2024 season with three straight wins in New York against the Mets. Highlights from that series included a Yeli bomb, benches clearing, finger guns, a great start by Freddy, and many hits for the Crew. We did a dive into Bryan Hudson's analytics from his Brewers' debut. We highlighted good news and bad news out of Nashville, including a shoulder injury to the highly-touted Jeferson Quero. The episode concluded with an interview with Javik Blake, the voice of the Biloxi Shuckers. He filled us in on all the the big names that he saw in AA...

The guys started off the episode by briefly talking about the biggest story in MLB right now, the Shohei Ohtani situation. The Opening Day roster for the Milwaukee Brewers is just about set, but news came out of camp that Garrett Mitchell just fractured his hand. We discussed what that means for the final spot on the roster, as well as the fate of third catcher Eric Haase. To finish the episode, we did a deep dive into our 2024 MLB predictions. These included playoff teams, Brewers' All-Stars, MVPs, Cy Youngs, Rookie of the Years, and Championship and World Series...

Scoop, Cole, and Ryan got together to discuss the outlook on the Brewers' bullpen heading into the regular season, following the news that their 2x NL Reliever of the Year will be out until at least June with two stress fractures in his back. We talked about is who's hot at Spring Training, who we think the Opening Day roster consists of, and Ryan made his rapid fire 2024 MLB predictions to preview our next episode. Tune in all the way until the end to hear how Scoop got Josh Hader's mattress when he was traded to the Padres. Right...

We spoke with 620WTMJ and ESPN Milwaukee radio host Greg Matzek about the major storylines coming out of the offseason and Spring Training. Following the interview, we discussed some of the top performers and other news down in camp, including Wade Miley's availability in week one of the regular season. We concluded the episode by wrapping up our Mount Rushmore segment with our 2020-2023 picks.

1:30 - Greg Matzek Interview
23:23 - We debrief the interview and discuss Willy extension
26:35 - Wade Miley's health and what that means for us
32:25 - Slow starters in spring
36:38...

After being non-tendered a few months ago, the Brewers agreed to terms on a 2-year deal with one of the best pitchers in franchise history. The other major storylines include Sal Frelick taking infield reps in Spring Training and Gary Sanchez's deal finally becoming official. We selected our picks for the 2010's Milwaukee Brewers Mount Rushmore, and then we finished up with listener submitted predictions for 2024.

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The Brewers traded ace Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP DL Hall, IF Joey Ortiz, and the 34th pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Dan Zielinski from The Baseball Prospect Journal joined us on this episode for an interview where we discussed the trade, the Brewers 2023 Draft, and the depth of the Brewers farm system. Additionally, we spoke about the additions of Jakob Junis and Gary Sanchez, before wrapping up with our picks for the 2000's Milwaukee Brewers Mount Rushmore.

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