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Zach Davies Lowers ERA To 1.38
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Zach Davies allowed one unearned run on three hits and three walks and struck out two over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's win against the Rockies. Davies has been a confusing pitcher so far this season. He has had one great start where we went seven innings and gave up one... Read More
Gio Gonzalez Mediocre In First Start
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez allowed two runs on six hits and a walk through five innings during Sunday's game against the Mets. This is about what we expected from Gonzalez as he has never really was a low WHIP kind of pitcher. He also only struck out two batters which is also in... Read More
Eric Thames Continues To Hit
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Eric Thames went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a walk in Saturday's win against the Mets. Thames is now batting .294 with a .981 OPS this season and seems to be taking the first base job from Jesus Aguilar. Thames is a very strong play in daily leagues while he is... Read More
Travis Shaw Goes Hitless Again
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw went 0-for-4 again on Saturday with a walk and two strikeouts. Shaw is now batting .194 and has 10 walks to 35 strikeouts. The strikeouts were a big problem in spring training and seemed to have followed him into the 2019 season. Shaw also doesn't have very good counting... Read More
Yasmani Grandal Steals Another Base Saturday
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Yasmani Grandal went 1-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's win against the Mets. Grandal has now already tied his career high in stolen bases at three and it's still April. That being said, you shouldn't expect any steals from Grandal, but if he does steal five... Read More
Mike Moustakas Steals A Base Saturday
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Mike Moustakas went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run while recording his first steal in Saturday's win against the Mets. Moustakas has had back to back two hit games since returning from his injury so he looks to be healthy enough. The Brewers seem to have confidence in him as... Read More
Christian Yelich Homers And Steals A Base Saturday
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and baseball God Christian Yelich went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, two runs, a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's win against the Mets. That is now 14 home runs for Yelich and six steals. Yelich has been an absolute monster this season and is an obvious front runner... Read More
Lorenzo Cain Collects Three More Hits Saturday
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain went 3-for-5 with two runs in Saturday's win against the Mets. After a three game stretch without a hit, Cain now has two multi-hit games in a row bringing his average back up to .284. The fact that Cain only has three steals and 10 extra base hits so far... Read More
Josh Hader Records Two Inning Save
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader recorded a perfect two inning save while striking out five batters in Saturday's win against the Mets. This was a great rebound for Hader as he had been bad in his previous three appearances. Also, Jeremy Jeffress allowed three base runners and a run to score without recording an out,... Read More
Jeremy Jeffress Doesn't Record An Out
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress came into the eighth inning with a three run lead and allowed two hits, a walk and a run before being pulled for Josh Hader without recording an out. This was the first time that Jeffress had given up a run this season and it was a bad time for... Read More
Brandon Woodruff Solid Saturday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff gave up one run on six hits and a walk while striking out six in five innings during Saturday's win against the Mets. This was one of the better starts for Woodruff this season, however it was still not a quality start. Woodruff has yet to earn a quality... Read More
Eric Thames Homers Again Wednesday
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Eric Thames went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs in Wednesday's loss to the Cardinals. Thames has been getting more playing time as of late with how badly Jesus Aguilar has been struggling and seems to be taking advantage of it. Thames also batted second on Wednesday, which is... Read More
Jeremy Jeffress Keeps Pitching Well
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress threw another scoreless inning and struck out two during Wednesday's loss to the Cardinals. Jeffress was presumed to be Milwaukee's closer coming into the year before he ended up on the injured list. Josh Hader took over and seemed to be unstoppable until late, giving up runs in three straight... Read More
Jhoulys Chacin Bad Again Wednesday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin gave up four runs on five hits and a walk through four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chacin has definitely been disappointing so far this season as this start raises his ERA to 6.35. Luckily, pretty much all of the Brewers starters have struggled so far in... Read More
Eric Thames Hits Pinch Hit Homer Sunday
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Eric Thames came in to the 8th inning and Sunday's game and hit a home run to tie the game. That now makes two homers in Thames last three games and also raises his batting average to .270. While Thames only has one at bat in each of his last two... Read More
Josh Hader Takes Second Loss Sunday
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader came in to a tied game in the 9th inning and gave up the game winning home run to Cody Bellinger in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers. Hader hasn't had a save since April 7th and has given up at least one run in three straight appearances. With Jeremy Jeffress... Read More
Brandon Woodruff Gives Up Five On Sunday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks through 5 2/3 innings while striking out six Dodgers on Sunday. The strikeouts are nice to see but Woodruff's 5.81 ERA and 1.48 WHIP are not. Woodruff has yet to post a quality start this season and is likely... Read More
Mike Moustakas Has Fractured Finger
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Mike Moustakas has a fractured ring finger. Moustakas should be out for a little while, but Craig Counsell is optimistic that an IL stint is to be avoided. For now, Moustakas is considered day-to-day, but it wouldn't be surprising if he does end up landing on the injured list.
Eric Thames Homers On Friday
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Eric Thames went 2-for-4 with a home run in Friday's loss to the Dodgers. Though it's nice to see Thames hit the long ball, Thames still doesn't play nearly enough to be mixed league relevant. It will take some injuries to get Thames close to every day at bats, so for... Read More
Corbin Burnes Sent Down To AAA
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Corbin Burnes was optioned down to AAA on Friday. It's unfortunate but not a surprise. Burnes had racked up a 10.70 ERA in 17 2/3 innings so far this season and could not keep the ball in the park. The Brewers were hopeful that Burnes would stick around in the rotation,... Read More
Josh Hader Gives Up Three Runs Friday
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader gave up three runs on two walks and a hit on Friday and took the loss against the Dodgers. After being untouchable for the first few weeks of the season, Hader has now given up at least a run in his last two outings. The more concerning part of this... Read More
Jhoulys Chacin Decent Friday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin gave up two runs on five hits and three walks through five innings while striking out five on Friday against the Dodgers. Other than his disastrous last start, this is pretty much what you can expect from Chacin. The 5.92 ERA should come down a little bit as his... Read More
Ryan Braun Continues Cold Streak
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in Thursday's loss to the Dodgers. After getting off to a strong start to the season, Braun has significantly cooled off. Braun is now batting .185 and hasn't homered since April 6, while only having one extra-base hit since then. The Brewers... Read More
Zach Davies Lowers ERA Thursday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Zach Davies threw five shutout innings on Thursday, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out two against the Dodgers. The Dodgers offense has been very hot to start the season, so the shutout innings are impressive, but the two strikeouts and only lasting five innings is not. So far,... Read More
Jeremy Jeffress Returns Wednesday
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress (shoulder) finally made his 2019 debut on Wednesday after starting the season on the injured list. Jeffress looked like he was going to be the Brewers closer coming into the year before his injury, and it's still possible he could be in the future. Jeffress had a rough rehab stint in... Read More
Jesus Aguilar Continues Slow Start
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar went 1-for-4 with a run in Tuesday's win over the Cardinals. Aguilar has been awful so far this season, batting .160 with zero home runs. After a breakout season in 2017 in which he hit .274 with 35 homers, it's starting to look like that was the outlier. Aguilar... Read More
Travis Shaw Collects Two Hits Tuesday
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw went 2-for-4 with a run in Tuesday's win against the Cardinals. Shaw has been off to a very disappointing start to the season so far, as his batting average hasn't been above .200 since April 3. Hopefully it's just a slow start for Shaw and he can start getting... Read More
Yasmani Grandal Homers Again Tuesday
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Yasmani Grandal went 1-for-4 with a homer and two RBI in Tuesday's win against the Cardinals. Grandal is now batting a ridiculous .404 on the season with five homers after having a bad opening series to this season. Grandal looks to be one of the elite options at the catcher position if... Read More
Lorenzo Cain Hits Second Homer Tuesday
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and a walk in Tuesday's win against the Cardinals. Cain is now batting .306 with two homers, three steals and only nine strikeouts so far this season and continues to be a must-start outfielder in all formats.
Christian Yelich Continues To Crush Baseballs
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich went 2-for-5 with another home run and three RBI in Tuesday's win against the Cardinals. Yelich is now batting .357 with nine home runs so far this season and 25 RBI. At this point, Yelich has proved his doubters wrong and looks to be a top-five pick next season if... Read More
