I’m kind of shocked that Braun is doing this well?

… I think I’d rather have Marte than Bregman? Weird.

Since it’s the season, here’s a reminder that there’s a Christmas-themed slasher movie called CHRISTMAS EVIL in which the killer, a man who dresses as Santa, is played by Fiona Apple’s dad

This about captures how i feel from a Milwaukee perspective. Seems like a lot to give up for Zerpa—who on paper is about equivalent to Mears—but we should trust that the FO sees something they like, and they’ve shown that those hunches tend to work out.

I don't know if he'll get to the Brewers, but if he's there when they come around (they have the last pick, but of course remember teams often don't use their picks) I would not be surprised if Daniel Susac ended up with the Brewers in the R5 draft. Gives MIL a way to push back Quero's clock.

This is extremely true

I am going to be honest: as someone whose favorite hobby is trying to figure out who most deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, Kent getting in from an eight-person ballot that also includes Barry Bonds (who, as Joe points out, MADE Kent) is one of the more demoralizing moments I've had in this area.

Filip Bondy, Brewers fan?

I don’t feel great about the gray pants. Gotta commit if you’re going powder blue

This was fun to write. The takeaway: if you were worried that Chourio’s modest step back season was a bad omen, this could set your mind at ease. (He is still in rarefied air, and the others in this zone, revealed in the piece, are very good)

Narrator: He can’t.

The list of David Stearns Era Brewers who have become David Stearns Era Mets grows. -Tyrone Taylor -Pablo Reyes -Ben Gamel -Omar Narvaez -Jesse Winker -Adrian Houser -Jorge Lopez -Cooper Hummel -Devin Williams!

Happy Day

Me when I found out how Grammy voting works

The last in a series of looks at potential options. Some interesting names if the Brewers wanted to make a splash.

Continuing to look around at potential outside-the-org answers for the Brewers. The infield is mostly set, but could they take a big swing?

I'm a psychopath that keeps a Top 500 all-time baseball players list in a spreadsheet. Finally got around to making a post-2025 update. Welcome to the top 500: George Springer, Matt Olson, Zack Wheeler Farewell from the top 500: David Wells, Heinie Manush, Devon White

I guess I should just be thankful that Giannis scoring 50 in a series-clinching game six in the finals is on the list and not be annoyed that it’s behind not one but two meaningless regular season Kobe games

2025 PitchingNinja Slider of the Year Award. 🏆 Winner: Jacob Misiorowski The Miz sent Willi Castro to the shadow realm with this one. 💀🪦⚰️

On Monday I wrote a ton of words about potential Brewers SP targets, then Woodruff accepted the QO and the whole thing was rendered basically moot. That probably won't happen for this one, but predicting anything about RPs and the RP market is hard

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Guy on left looks photoshopped, guy in middle looks like he's in the wrong band, guy on right looks like he's Tom Brady's dad

I'm a HOF freak, so a couple thoughts on the Vet Committee ballot released today: 1. This feels like it's designed to get Mattingly and/or Murphy in. They know those guys will get support and the PED guys won't. I think it's POSSIBLE that no one makes it off this ballot.

That was a really good bunt. I am not 100% sure it was the right decision, but it was a really good bunt.

This is crazy and one of the greatest games of all time but I present 1960 game seven: Top 8: NYY lead 5-4, score two to make it 7-4 Bottom 8: PIT score five, capped by a three-run homer by Hal Smith, to take 9-7 lead Top 9: Mantle and Berra knock in runs to tie it Bottom 9: Maz walkoff dinger

That was wild and exciting but imagine for a second if Pages and Hernández collided and neither of them caught it and that was how the World Series ended

You know Daulton Varsho is from Wisconsin

There are at least five players in this game who will be first-ballot hall of famers. Screw the Dodgers and whatever but also that’s cool.

I'm going to keep Stringer and add three more:

Giannis with a ho-hum 31/20/7

Yankees legend Devin Williams

I’m proud of Russell Wilson for using the correct “you’re”

Tough for Seattle, they feel like kin to the Brewers. I like the Jays fine. Beat the stupid Dodgers.

So a sac bunt from the number seven hitter with runners on first and second and no outs in the second inning. Hated it. Next guy struck out, next guy grounded out, zero runs.

Another guy is American Association star Bob Caruthers, who led the league in wins and ERA+ in 1885 and in OPS+ in 1886. But the best examples are from Black Baseball, the best of all being Bullet Rogan, who was the league’s best pitcher from 1921-27 or so and had a 159 OPS+ in that span.

Second year in a row I had to recap the last game of the season

Okay I'm trying to be positive but that was pathetic

Brewers finding new ways to disappoint us in this series

I swear I’m okay you guys

Well, at least we got a Brooks Kieschnick reference on national TV

Pitchers have done enough that Milwaukee could be leading this series. You cannot win against good teams if your best hitters do this.

Brewers did look a lot better against Glasnow, had some tough luck, but yeah you gotta actually get runs

Miz is doing his job, that’s for sure

Chourio’s batted balls today: 95, 106, 107 mph. 0 hits.

Well, we’re not winning, but we’ll at least get to the bullpen today. Glasnow 74 pitches through four.

The two common threads here, Shohei and Mookie, tripled and doubled. (I was kind of hoping they’d just start someone today.)

I know it has been a tough series and it’s hard to look at the big picture at the moment but Jackson Chourio is 21 and he is the co-centerpiece of a postseason promo with arguably the greatest player who ever lived