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2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 5

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MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals
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A tough week of road games ends on a high note

Last Week’s Results

  • Monday: Giants 5, Brewers 2
  • Tuesday: Brewers 11, Giants 3
  • Wednesday: Giants 4, Brewers 2
  • Thursday: Giants 6, Brewers 5
  • Friday: Cardinals 3, Brewers 2
  • Saturday: Cardinals 6, Brewers 5
  • Sunday: Brewers 7, Cardinals 1

Division Standings

Last Week

  • Cubs: 3-2
  • Reds: 4-2
  • Brewers: 2-5
  • Cardinals: 3-3
  • Pirates: 3-3

Top Pitching Performance of the Week

The Brewers won only two of their seven games this week, and one man picked up both of those Ws: Jose Quintana. On Tuesday in San Francisco, Quintana went six innings and allowed one run on six hits and two walks in six innings as the Brewers cruised to an 11-3 victory. The Brewers then lost their next four games in a variety of grotesque and disappointing games, but Quintana got back on the hill on Sunday and went five innings, again allowing just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out six, a season-high for him.

In the bullpen, Nick Mears also continued his nice start to the season by not allowing an earned run in four appearances … but he did allow all three inherited runners to score when he came in with the bases loaded and nobody out on Wednesday. It was a tough situation, and there was some bad luck and bad defense, but that still isn’t great. Finally, an unexpected quick shoutout to Joel Payamps. He was not pitching with any pressure, really, but after a disastrous start to his season, he did manage to go 3 1⁄3 innings across three outings without allowing a run (though he was very fortunate not to in one of those), lowering his season ERA all the way to … 11.70.

Top Hitting Performance of the Week

The middle of the Brewer order performed rather well this week. Rhys Hoskins isn’t hitting for power, but he went 8-for-20 (.400) in six games and walked four times. Christian Yelich hit .333 with a homer, and he knocked in a team-high eight RBIs in seven games. But I’ll go with Jackson Chourio. He came into the week in the midst of an ugly, ugly slump in which he looked completely overmatched and was swinging at everything. Pat Murphy gave him an off day on Thursday after he was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts on Wednesday, and Chourio responded in a big way: in the weekend series against St. Louis, he went 8-for-14 with three doubles and one of the biggest hits of the season, a game-tying shot to tie the game in the top of the ninth on Saturday afternoon. Of course, Nolan Arenado quickly ended that comeback in the bottom of the inning, but Chourio’s 4-for-5 day with that huge homer was one of the most impressive games of his young career.

Injury Notes & Roster Moves

  • On Monday, the Brewers made a highly anticipated bullpen move by selecting Craig Yoho from Triple-A Nashville to the major league roster; he threw 3 2⁄3 innings in three appearances during the week and allowed one run. To make room on the roster, Nestor Cortes was transferred to the 60-day IL, and Logan Henderson was optioned back to Nashville a day after his terrific outing last Sunday.
  • The Brewers made a couple of minor external additions early in the week. On Sunday, they received pitcher Cesar Espinal from Kansas City as the player-to-be-named-later in the Mark Canha trade. On Tuesday, they signed 16-year-old Steven Duran, an international free agent from the Dominican Republic, to a contract.
  • On the bad news front, Garrett Mitchell, who hasn’t stayed healthy for much of his young career, went down with an oblique injury over the weekend. He’s expected to miss about a month. To replace him, the Brewers selected OF Daz Cameron, son of former Brewer Mike Cameron, who was acquired from the Orioles just a few weeks ago. Blake Perkins, another injured outfielder, was moved to the 60-day IL to open up a 40-man spot, meaning Perkins will be out until at least late May as well.
  • The starting rotation continues to get healthy. Tobias Myers was activated on Thursday and made his season debut against the Giants with four innings that night. Bryan Hudson was the player who had to make way, as he was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
  • Brandon Woodruff’s rehab journey continued this week in Nashville, where he had his best outing yet. At the highest level of the minors, Woody threw five scoreless innings while striking out five and allowing just two hits. The catch: it seemed to take a lot out of him. Woodruff has had no health setback, but the team is being cautious.

On Deck

  • Monday: Off Day
  • Tuesday: @ White Sox (6:40 p.m.)
  • Wednesday: @ White Sox (6:40 p.m.)
  • Thursday: @ White Sox (1:10 p.m.)
  • Friday: vs. Cubs (7:10 p.m.)
  • Saturday: vs. Cubs (6:10 p.m.)
  • Sunday: vs. Cubs (1:10 p.m.)