Adam McCalvy
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No matter the results of National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting tonight, Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin says he considers 2025 a win.
“There’s a sense of confidence. It’s like, I know I can do it.” www.mlb.com/news/caleb-d...
“There’s a sense of confidence. It’s like, I know I can do it.” www.mlb.com/news/caleb-d...
Durbin sees '25 as a win, regardless of ROY results
MILWAUKEE -- No matter the results of National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting on Monday night, Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin considered 2025 a win.
“There’s a sense of confidence,” Dur...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
No matter the results of National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting tonight, Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin says he considers 2025 a win.
“There’s a sense of confidence. It’s like, I know I can do it.” www.mlb.com/news/caleb-d...
“There’s a sense of confidence. It’s like, I know I can do it.” www.mlb.com/news/caleb-d...
Brewers Community Foundation is donating $10K each to Hunger Task Force, Nourish MKE and Feeding America to help provide more than 330,000 meals across the region.
This is in addition to the annual Drive-Thru Food Drive on Nov. 21 at American Family Field from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This is in addition to the annual Drive-Thru Food Drive on Nov. 21 at American Family Field from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Brewers Community Foundation is donating $10K each to Hunger Task Force, Nourish MKE and Feeding America to help provide more than 330,000 meals across the region.
This is in addition to the annual Drive-Thru Food Drive on Nov. 21 at American Family Field from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This is in addition to the annual Drive-Thru Food Drive on Nov. 21 at American Family Field from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Brewers extended a qualifying offer to Brandon Woodruff. Here's what that means. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
Woodruff, the longest-tenured Brewer, receives qualifying offer
MILWAUKEE -- Three days after declining his mutual option, the Brewers extended a qualifying offer to Brandon Woodruff on Thursday in a move that could extend the right-hander’s run as the organizatio...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Brewers extended a qualifying offer to Brandon Woodruff. Here's what that means. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
More on Rickie Weeks' move from the dugout to the front office, and what his duties will be. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
Weeks transitions from Brewers’ coaching staff to front office role
MILWAUKEE -- After two seasons in the dugout alongside Brewers manager Pat Murphy, associate manager Rickie Weeks is moving back upstairs to the front office.
Weeks is transitioning to the role of spe...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
More on Rickie Weeks' move from the dugout to the front office, and what his duties will be. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
MLB has released teams’ Spring Training schedules. The Brewers’ exhibition slate ends with a pair of games at AmFam Field against the Reds on March 23 & 24.
Other highlights:
- 3/20 game vs. Team Great Britain
- Spring Breakout prospect games vs M’s on 3/20 and at A’s on 3/22
Other highlights:
- 3/20 game vs. Team Great Britain
- Spring Breakout prospect games vs M’s on 3/20 and at A’s on 3/22
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
MLB has released teams’ Spring Training schedules. The Brewers’ exhibition slate ends with a pair of games at AmFam Field against the Reds on March 23 & 24.
Other highlights:
- 3/20 game vs. Team Great Britain
- Spring Breakout prospect games vs M’s on 3/20 and at A’s on 3/22
Other highlights:
- 3/20 game vs. Team Great Britain
- Spring Breakout prospect games vs M’s on 3/20 and at A’s on 3/22
Another newsy day for the Brewers, who declined three contract options and provided details of a surgical procedure for catcher William Contreras. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Options declined: Hoskins, Quintana enter free agency, Contreras headed to arbitration
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers sent first baseman Rhys Hoskins and Jose Quintana into free agency on Tuesday when they declined mutual contract options on both veterans, but they will hang onto All-Star cat...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Another newsy day for the Brewers, who declined three contract options and provided details of a surgical procedure for catcher William Contreras. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Caleb Durbin and Pat Murphy are up for major awards. The admiration is mutual. www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
Murphy (MOY), Durbin (ROY) named finalists for BBWAA honors
MILWAUKEE – Brewers manager Pat Murphy insisted all year long it was not about him, but here’s some recognition he cannot dodge: He’s one of three finalists for the NL Manager of the Year Award, givin...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Caleb Durbin and Pat Murphy are up for major awards. The admiration is mutual. www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
First round of Brewers’ options decisions came down today, plus a prospect lands on the 40-man roster. www.mlb.com/news/brandon...
Woodruff officially a free agent; Brewers pick up Peralta's option
MILWAUKEE -- Brandon Woodruff, the lone remaining player from the 2017 Brewers team that emerged from a mini-rebuild to begin the longest stretch of sustained regular-season success in franchise histo...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
First round of Brewers’ options decisions came down today, plus a prospect lands on the 40-man roster. www.mlb.com/news/brandon...
The first item on the Brewers' offseason to-do list: Contract options. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
How will the Brewers' option decisions play out?
MILWAUKEE -- Now that the offseason is underway, the Brewers face their first decisions: contract options.
Longtime ace Brandon Woodruff, whose 2017 Major League debut makes him the longest-tenured me...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The first item on the Brewers' offseason to-do list: Contract options. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
Behold, the 6:40 pm CT Friday night game. The Brewers just announced that all Monday-Friday home night games will begin at 6:40 pm in 2026.
Subject to change, here’s the schedule with home game times.
Subject to change, here’s the schedule with home game times.
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Behold, the 6:40 pm CT Friday night game. The Brewers just announced that all Monday-Friday home night games will begin at 6:40 pm in 2026.
Subject to change, here’s the schedule with home game times.
Subject to change, here’s the schedule with home game times.
Brewers offseason guide:
⚾️Key dates & deadlines
⚾️Free agents, options and arb-eligibles
⚾️Who needs Rule 5 Draft protection? www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
⚾️Key dates & deadlines
⚾️Free agents, options and arb-eligibles
⚾️Who needs Rule 5 Draft protection? www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
All of the Crew's key Hot Stove dates and names to watch
This story was excerpted from Adam McCalvy’s Brewers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Brewers offseason guide:
⚾️Key dates & deadlines
⚾️Free agents, options and arb-eligibles
⚾️Who needs Rule 5 Draft protection? www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
⚾️Key dates & deadlines
⚾️Free agents, options and arb-eligibles
⚾️Who needs Rule 5 Draft protection? www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
On Matt Arnold’s promotion to Brewers president of baseball operations. www.mlb.com/news/matt-ar...
Brewers promote Arnold to president of baseball operations
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are moving to keep chief decision-maker Matt Arnold rooted in Milwaukee after he put the pieces in place for a National League Central three-peat and the Brewers’ seventh post...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On Matt Arnold’s promotion to Brewers president of baseball operations. www.mlb.com/news/matt-ar...
On Matt Arnold’s promotion to Brewers president of baseball operations. www.mlb.com/news/matt-ar...
Brewers promote Arnold to president of baseball operations
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are moving to keep chief decision-maker Matt Arnold rooted in Milwaukee after he put the pieces in place for a National League Central three-peat and the Brewers’ seventh post...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On Matt Arnold’s promotion to Brewers president of baseball operations. www.mlb.com/news/matt-ar...
A move to the outfield is paying off for Brewers prospect Josh Adamczewski, who homered again on Wednesday in the Arizona Fall League and talked to my colleague Jesse Borek. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Move to the outfield paying off for Brewers' Adamczewski in Fall League
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Josh Adamczewski has been a man on an island.
No one would confuse Arizona as land flush with water. The place where the Brewers’ No. 13 prospect can get lost in his thoughts had be...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A move to the outfield is paying off for Brewers prospect Josh Adamczewski, who homered again on Wednesday in the Arizona Fall League and talked to my colleague Jesse Borek. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Martin Maldonado, who played parts of six seasons with the Brewers at the start of a 15-year career, has retired. But he isn't done with baseball, as Brian McTaggart writes. www.mlb.com/astros/news/...
Maldonado retires after 15-year MLB career, wants to manage in future
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October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Martin Maldonado, who played parts of six seasons with the Brewers at the start of a 15-year career, has retired. But he isn't done with baseball, as Brian McTaggart writes. www.mlb.com/astros/news/...
News: Free agent-to-be Shelby Miller underwent a UCL and flexor tendon repair on Oct. 13.
And a reminder that we will keep this page updated throughout the offseason with injury news and transactions. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
And a reminder that we will keep this page updated throughout the offseason with injury news and transactions. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Latest Brewers injuries & transactions
This page will be updated throughout the offseason with all the latest Brewers injury news and transactions. Players on the 60-day injured list will have to be added back to the 40-man roster after th...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
News: Free agent-to-be Shelby Miller underwent a UCL and flexor tendon repair on Oct. 13.
And a reminder that we will keep this page updated throughout the offseason with injury news and transactions. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
And a reminder that we will keep this page updated throughout the offseason with injury news and transactions. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...
Lights out on the 2025 Brewers. Aside from the first four games and the last four games, they were a hell of a lot of fun.
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Lights out on the 2025 Brewers. Aside from the first four games and the last four games, they were a hell of a lot of fun.
Garrett Mitchell is with the Brewers for this leg of the NLCS and enjoying being around the baseball field again. That’s a welcome development after a tough summer. www.mlb.com/news/garrett...
Injured Mitchell makes surprise visit to Brewers in LA
LOS ANGELES -- The sight of former first-round Draft pick Garrett Mitchell in the Brewers’ dugout for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series was welcome for everybody, because there was a t...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Garrett Mitchell is with the Brewers for this leg of the NLCS and enjoying being around the baseball field again. That’s a welcome development after a tough summer. www.mlb.com/news/garrett...
There are no off days in October. Here's some pregame reading from our MLB dot com coverage off Wednesday's workouts at Dodger Stadium. 🧵
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch in Tampa Bay formed the philosophies of the NLCS GMs. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch in Tampa Bay formed the philosophies of the NLCS GMs. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch formed the NLCS GMs
LOS ANGELES – It’s become a Spring Training tradition for old friends Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold, who go back to the mid-2000s as young executives with the plucky Rays. Every March, they meet for...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There are no off days in October. Here's some pregame reading from our MLB dot com coverage off Wednesday's workouts at Dodger Stadium. 🧵
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch in Tampa Bay formed the philosophies of the NLCS GMs. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch in Tampa Bay formed the philosophies of the NLCS GMs. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...
Reposted by Adam McCalvy
The thing I'm watching for the most in MIL/LAD today is: Brewers swing decisions, because ...
MIL batters: Lowest chase rate in MLB this season. Lowest postseason chase rate of any team that made it past the Wild Card round.
Tyler Glasnow: [chases not found]
MIL batters: Lowest chase rate in MLB this season. Lowest postseason chase rate of any team that made it past the Wild Card round.
Tyler Glasnow: [chases not found]
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The thing I'm watching for the most in MIL/LAD today is: Brewers swing decisions, because ...
MIL batters: Lowest chase rate in MLB this season. Lowest postseason chase rate of any team that made it past the Wild Card round.
Tyler Glasnow: [chases not found]
MIL batters: Lowest chase rate in MLB this season. Lowest postseason chase rate of any team that made it past the Wild Card round.
Tyler Glasnow: [chases not found]
Left-hander Aaron Ashby is the Brewers opener once again for NLCS Game 3. This will be Ashby’s third start of this postseason and seventh appearance out of eight possible games.
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Left-hander Aaron Ashby is the Brewers opener once again for NLCS Game 3. This will be Ashby’s third start of this postseason and seventh appearance out of eight possible games.
You’ve seen young Austin Murphy on the dais for dad’s press conferences all season. On Wednesday, he fielded his first question.
If you’re a Brewers fan feeling blue after Games 1 and 2, maybe his answer will lift your spirits.
You can watch the exchange here: www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
If you’re a Brewers fan feeling blue after Games 1 and 2, maybe his answer will lift your spirits.
You can watch the exchange here: www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
Austin's powers? Murph's kid thinks Brewers will prevail
LOS ANGELES -- A national audience is getting to know some of Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s quirks as Milwaukee pushes deeper into the postseason, including his habit of having any unfamiliar faces int...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You’ve seen young Austin Murphy on the dais for dad’s press conferences all season. On Wednesday, he fielded his first question.
If you’re a Brewers fan feeling blue after Games 1 and 2, maybe his answer will lift your spirits.
You can watch the exchange here: www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
If you’re a Brewers fan feeling blue after Games 1 and 2, maybe his answer will lift your spirits.
You can watch the exchange here: www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...
There are different ways to build a contender, as Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold learned in Tampa Bay. How playing baseball Etch A Sketch sent them on a course to meeting again in the NLCS. www.mlb.com/news/longtim...
How playing baseball Etch A Sketch formed the NLCS GMs
LOS ANGELES – It’s become a Spring Training tradition for old friends Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold, who go back to the mid-2000s as young executives with the plucky Rays. Every March, they meet for...
www.mlb.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There are different ways to build a contender, as Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold learned in Tampa Bay. How playing baseball Etch A Sketch sent them on a course to meeting again in the NLCS. www.mlb.com/news/longtim...
NLCS Game 2 thread for baseball fans and brave souls.
The Brewers got capable outings from Priester and Peralta — and lost both games. Now they face crises on two fronts: Scoring runs, and covering innings in L.A. with no more fully built-up starters. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...
The Brewers got capable outings from Priester and Peralta — and lost both games. Now they face crises on two fronts: Scoring runs, and covering innings in L.A. with no more fully built-up starters. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...
Peralta does his part, but more plate struggles put Crew in tough spot
MILWAUKEE -- Pat Murphy remembers sitting with Freddy Peralta in Spring Training and laying down a challenge. For years, Peralta was part of a triumvirate of Brewers starting pitchers with Corbin Burn...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NLCS Game 2 thread for baseball fans and brave souls.
The Brewers got capable outings from Priester and Peralta — and lost both games. Now they face crises on two fronts: Scoring runs, and covering innings in L.A. with no more fully built-up starters. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...
The Brewers got capable outings from Priester and Peralta — and lost both games. Now they face crises on two fronts: Scoring runs, and covering innings in L.A. with no more fully built-up starters. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...
Pat Murphy was asked this afternoon about missing a chance to "steal" Game 1 after Blake Snell shut them down for the first eight innings.
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Pat Murphy was asked this afternoon about missing a chance to "steal" Game 1 after Blake Snell shut them down for the first eight innings.