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Chourio working to become part of Crew's elite defense

7:58 PM CDT

PHOENIX -- The Brewers’ deep and talented outfield corps has a defining attribute: strong defensive play. Every Milwaukee outfielder was ranked among the top defenders in the National League last season, a principal reason the Brewers led the NL in defensive runs saved as calculated by the Fielding Bible. “The

Misiorowski nets All-Spring Breakout Team honors

3:33 PM CDT

The first-ever Spring Breakout is in the books and if these four days of prospect spotlight showcases mean anything, the future of the game is in very good hands. On Monday, MLB announced the inaugural All-Spring Breakout Team, composed of 30 players across 18 organizations (six teams did not play

Injuries & Moves: Miley set to start Thursday

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Brewers' top two prospects are Breakout standouts

March 17, 2024

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Jackson Chourio and Jacob Misiorowski are the Brewers' top two prospects per MLB Pipeline, and it was easy to see why in their Spring Breakout game on Sunday against Kansas City, a 4-3 loss in seven innings at Surprise Stadium. Chourio, the No. 2 overall prospect, showcased

1 player from each team making a big impression this spring

1:15 PM CDT

As we near the end of Spring Training, and with Opening Day right around the corner, it's time to check in on which players around baseball have made the biggest impression on each club during Cactus League and Grapefruit League play. With the help of all 30 MLB.com beat writers,

Adames focused on production entering walk year

March 16, 2024

PHOENIX -- Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames grew into his power after reaching the Major Leagues, and his defense has taken similar steps into the upper echelon. As Adames prepares for his fourth season with the Brewers in the final year of his current contract, he said he is set on

These prospects stood out most in Spring Breakout

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 17, 2024

As the inaugural Spring Breakout weekend comes to a close, there was no shortage of talent on display. With dozens of Top 100 prospects and nearly two-thirds of the 900 players who make up the team Top 30 prospects lists taking part, each club was well represented … but a

Chourio not feeling weight of record contract in productive spring

March 15, 2024

PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Pat Murphy has no doubt that the club's top prospect, Jackson Chourio, will handle the high beams of heightened scrutiny in the wake of his recent long-term contract. His reasoning? “He cares more about being good than he does about being rich,” Murphy said. At 20,

Brewers will build Williams up slowly from lingering back injury

March 15, 2024

PHOENIX -- Brewers closer Devin Williams could tell his lingering back issue had returned on the first day of Spring Training, when all he did was play catch and lift. “I had a big flare-up,” Williams said. “It completely locked up the first day I got here.” So when spine

How will Brewers structure the bullpen without Williams?

March 14, 2024

PHOENIX -- The Brewers will open their season two weeks from Thursday in New York without their closer Devin Williams, who has been shut down due to a back injury.

'You'll see him fairly soon': Gasser makes his bid for rotation spot

March 14, 2024

PEORIA, Ariz. — The question is not whether Robert Gasser makes his Major League debut this season. It's when. “If he doesn’t make the Opening Day roster, I think you’ll see him fairly soon,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “He’s going to make his debut this year at some point.”

Brewers looking for big things at the plate in 2024

March 13, 2024

PHOENIX -- The Milwaukee Brewers have proven that runs are not the only indicator of success. They have made the playoffs six times since 2018 despite never finishing higher than sixth in the NL in runs. The additions of Rhys Hoskins and Gary Sánchez to the returning core of Christian

'This kid's gonna make a quantum leap': Turang named Opening Day 2B

@_dadler
March 12, 2024

PHOENIX -- At least one of the Brewers' Spring Training competitions has been resolved: Brice Turang will be the Opening Day second baseman. Manager Pat Murphy named Turang the starter at second base on Tuesday -- right where the 24-year-old finished off his rookie season after serving as Milwaukee's second

Projecting the Brewers' Opening Day Roster

@_dadler
March 15, 2024

With just over two weeks until the regular season begins, it's time for another Brewers Opening Day roster projection. Milwaukee still has multiple key positions to settle before the club heads to New York to face the Mets on March 28 -- in the outfield, infield and rotation. Let's try

1 under-the-radar Spring Breakout prospect for each club

@thevandalorian and @benweinrib and @jesus_cano88
March 13, 2024

Spring Breakout begins Thursday with a pair of the showcase event's 16 games set to kick things off. Headlined by the best and brightest prospects in the game, Spring Breakout will feature no shortage of household names: 72 of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects and 575 of the 900 players

1 position battle to watch for each team

March 11, 2024

With the first few rounds of cuts behind us, clubs are getting a clearer picture of what their rosters are going to look like to open the 2024 season. Even so, every team still has at least one key question mark -- a role that remains, for all intents and

Junis makes strong rotation bid with four no-hit innings

March 10, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Right-hander Jakob Junis rebounded from a rocky first appearance with the Brewers’ most efficient start of the spring Sunday. Junis struck out three in four hitless innings of a 3-1 Cactus League loss to the Colorado Rockies, when he threw four changeups into a predominantly sinker/slider mix

Mitchell vies for starting OF job after injury-shortened 2023

March 9, 2024

PHOENIX — The tattoo on Garrett Mitchell's left forearm reads simply: Keep the Faith. A positive mindset helped Mitchell get through an injury-compromised 2023 season, and he is prepared to pick up where he left off last April as the Brewers sort through their possible outfield combinations this spring. “Just

Sánchez logs first hit with Brewers in Cactus League debut

March 9, 2024

PHOENIX — Welcome to the Cactus League, Gary Sánchez. Meet Luis Castillo. Sánchez had been delayed because of a right hand injury, but it was hard to tell in his Spring Training debut against Seattle’s Castillo, one of the best pitchers in the American League. Sánchez got one hit in

Ranking the 10 best Spring Breakout rosters

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 13, 2024

The 2024 MLB Pipeline preseason Farm System Rankings were published Friday night, giving fans an idea of how the young talent of each organization lines up. Supporters for all 30 clubs will get a closer look at the next generation of stars this week during MLB's inaugural Spring Breakout --

Every team's projected 2024 home run leader

@bmags94
March 10, 2024

Spring Training is in full swing as we gear up for the 2024 regular season. That means it's a good time to look at projections for how things might turn out this year, and as usual, home runs are at the forefront of that discussion. Courtesy of FanGraphs’ Steamer projections,

Here's the Brewers' Spring Breakout roster

@_dadler
March 14, 2024

The Brewers will have one of the most loaded teams in the Spring Breakout showcase. Led by MLB's No. 2 overall prospect, 19-year-old outfield phenom Jackson Chourio, Milwaukee's roster for the upcoming showcase is stacked on both the hitting and pitching side. So it's only fitting that the Brewers play

Quero turning potential into dazzling displays on field

Hoskins makes second spring HR a slam; Gasser tosses 3 scoreless
March 8, 2024

PHOENIX -- Out of the corner of his eye, catcher Jeferson Quero saw White Sox second baseman Danny Mendick make a run for second on a steal attempt. Without hesitation, Quero received the pitch from starter Aaron Ashby and threw to shortstop Yonny Hernández, who was getting in position. They

See where Milwaukee lands on 2024 farm system rankings

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 8, 2024

We rank farm systems twice a year, and while we spend a lot of time breaking them down, evaluating the talents of 5,000 players across 30 different organizations is a fairly impossible task. We often joke that one team congratulates us on placing them perfectly, while the other 29 lament