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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK We fittingly “close out” our All-Time Team with a reliever This is it: the last spot on the Brewers All-Time Team, where we’ve taken the best single season at each position (excluding the designated hitter, and without repeating players). Here’s what we’ve got, a group that spans 50 years from the Brewers’ first season in … [Read more...] about Brewers All-Time Team: Relief Pitcher

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images For the second consecutive year, Contreras wins team MVP We’re concluding our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2024 with catcher William Contreras. Contreras finished the season with 4.9 bWAR and 5.4 fWAR, both good for best on the team. The selection of Contreras as the team MVP shouldn’t come as a surprise, as Contreras … [Read more...] about 2024 MVBrewers #1: William Contreras

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Choosing the best of several great contenders We have now completed the position player portion of our Brewers All-Time Team (links to all of which can be found here). As I explained in the Molitor essay, we chose not to go with a designated hitter, so that just leaves two spots left: a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher. We’re only going to … [Read more...] about Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher

Jovanny Hernandez/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images Adames’ potential finale season in Milwaukee was one of the biggest among impending free agents We’re continuing our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2024 with shortstop Willy Adames. Adames finished the season with 3.1 bWAR and 4.8 fWAR, good for fourth and second on the team, … [Read more...] about 2024 MVBrewers #2: Willy Adames

Yankees utility player Oswaldo Cabrera | Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Potential free agent and trade additions The Brewers have a solid corps of young infielders with more promising names in the pipeline. But with Willy Adames now a free agent, will the Brewers consider other names in trade or free agency this offseason? Here are some players Milwaukee could … [Read more...] about Will the Brewers target the infield this offseason?