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  Titles: Top Brewers Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC Lost to LA  
  2021 - Won Division; ALDS Lost to Atlanta Pitchers:    
  2023 - Won Division; Lost WC to Arizona Freddy Peralta (15.17) -   39  
  2024 - Won Division; Lost WC to Mets Corbin Burnes (14.97) -   30  
  2025 - Won NLDS (Cubs); Lost NLCS to Dodgers Devin Williams (8.92) -   23  
    Josh Hader (3.55) -   21  
  Ballpark: Brandon Woodruff (13.9) -   21  
  Miller Park Trevor Megill  (3.2) -   15  
    Adrian Houser (1.33) -  15  
  Team Name: Colin Rea (1.9) -  11  
  Brewers Eric Lauer (3.03) -  10  
    Quinn Priester (3) -  9  
  Owner:  Joel Payamps (2.7) -  6  
  Mark Attanasio     
    Catchers:  
  General Managers: William Contreras (21.1) -  38  
  David Stearns (2022-2023) team president and special advisor Omar Narvaez (3.5) -   8  
  David Stearns (2020-2021)    
  Matt Arnold (2022-2025) First Basemen:  
    Rowdy Tellez (0.5) -  11  
  Managers: Rhys Hoskins (0.9) -   6  
  Craig Counsell (2020-2023)    
  Pat Murphy (2024-2025) Second Basemen:  
    Brice Turang (17.9) -  20  
  Hall of Famers: Kolten Wong (6.48) -  17  
  None    
    ShortStop:  
  Rookie of the Year:  Willy Adames (14) -  43  
  Devin Williams (2020) Joey Ortiz (5.5) -   10  
       
  MVP Third Base:  
  None Luis Urias (6.45) -   15  
    Caleb Durbin (2.9) -  6  
  No Hitters:    
  None Outfield:  
     Christian Yelich (23,58) - 42  
  Cy Young: Jackson Chourio (9.8) -  23    [1]  
e Corbin Burnes (2021) Avisail Garcia (2.76) -   13  
e   Sal Frelick (9.6) - 12  
e Notable Events: Tyrone Taylor (4.46) -   10  
e   Hunter Renfroe (2.67) -  8  
e 2020 - Coming into the decade, the Brewers were on a three year Blake Perkins (3) -  7  
  winning streak where they made the post season the last two of them    
  and averaged ninety wins. '20 was an off year as the Brewers could only Notable Events:  
  muster a 29-31 mark during the pandemic.  
    2024 - Craig Counsell leaves Milwaukee and signs on with the Cubs to be their manager.  
  □    Mark Attanasio has owned the Brewers since '04. He has largely Forty million can be very persuasive    
  kept the Brewers competitive with nine above .500 seasons and four    
  post season appearances during his tenure as of '20. Mark has shown that 2024 - Ace Corbin Burnes is dealt to Baltimore.  No bueno for '24.  
   he will spend when necessary on occasion altho' Milwaukee is definitely The Brewers do get a couple of good 25 year old prospects in the deal in   
  a small market franchise. lefty DL Hall and SS Joey Ortiz  
       
  □ David Stearns took over as GM in '15 and has presided over three      2024 - With GM Stearns, manager Counsell and aces Burnes and Woodruff out of the   
  winning seasons and two post season appearances in his six year picture, the arrow is pointing down for Milwaukee. They've had a nice run and the cupboard  
  tenure thru '20.   is far from bare, but a lot of keys for the recent success are no longer around.  
       
  □ Stearns brought in Craig Counsell as his field manager in '15.  Milwaukee made several key additiions to their offense during the offseason which will  
  Thus far, Counsell has done a reasonably good job thru '20. certainly add a bit of life to it.   
    □ C DH - Gary Sanchez, 31,  '24 FA from Padres, 19 46 .218  
  2020 - Christian Yelich, who was one of the top two or three hitters in the □ 1B - Rhys Hoskins, 31,  '24 FA from Phillies, ACL in '23, 30 HRS in '22  
  game for the previous two years since he came over from Miami, □ OF - Jackson Chourio, 20,  '21 IFA, primo hitting prospect  
  loses his mojo. He is now a good hitter, but not a great hitter. William Contreras and Christian Yelich were the only productive hitters in '23  
  His regression wasn't an aberration, it appears he has back problems.  □ C - William Contreras, 25,  '23 trade from Braves, 17 78 .289  
   This is now who he is. □ OF - Christian Yelich, 32, '18 trade from Miami, 19 76 .278   
       
  2021 - The Brewers bounce back to win the Division with 95 wins showing On the mound, the Brewers need to fill the massive holes in the starting rotation left by the  
  that '20's sub .500 record was an aberration. departures of Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff (injury) and fifth starter Adrian Houser.  
    Freddy Peralta, Wade Miley and Colin Rea are the holdovers.  
  2022 - David Stearns, who did a great job with small market Milwaukee □ RHP Freddy Peralta, 27, '16 trade from Seattle, 12-10 3.86  
  and was the key to their success, steps down from the GM post.  □ LHP Wade Miley, 36, '23 FA from Cincinnati, 9-4 3.14  
  He remains under contract thru 2023 altho' not GM-ing. □ RHP Colin Rea, 32,  '21 FA from Cubs, 6-6 4.55  
  Matt Arnold takes over as GM. □ LHP DJ Hall, 25, '24 Trade from Baltimore,  3-0 3.26  
   Stearns is hired by the Mets to be their GM. □ RHP Joe Ross, 31,  '24 FA from Giants, Injury hasn't pitched since '21  
    □ RHP Jacob Misiorowski, 21,  '22 2nd rd pick, 6'7" Randy Johnson type  
  2022 - Star OF Ryan Braun, 36, retires. Braun is borderline HOF     
  material with 352 HR and a .296 BA lifetime. The bullpen is going to have to carry this team again in '24  
  He was, however, tainted by a PEDs scandal for which he was suspended. □ Closer Devin Williams, 28, '13 draft 2nd round pick. 8-3 1.53 36 saves  
    □ RHP Bryse Wilson, 25, '23 obtained from Pirates. 6-0 2.58  
  2022 - OF Avisail Garcia leaves for Miami as a free agent. This was a □ RHP Joel Payamps, 29, '23 obtained from A's.75 2.55  
  puzzler since Garcia had a nice year in '21 for Milwaukee and Milwaukee □ RHP Elvis Peguero, 26, '23 obtained from Anaheim. 4-5 3.38  
  is considered to have less shallow pockets than the Marlins. □ LHP Hobie Milner, 32, '21 FA from Anaheim. 2-1 1.82  
  It's a blow for Milwaukee because Garcia was value.    
    2025 - For the third time in four years, the Brewers win the Division in '24 and then crash  
  2022 - Closer Josh Hader, 28, is dealt to the Padres at the trade deadline out of the playoffs. Despite losing Corbin Burnes to free agency and Devin Williams to injury  
  for three prospects. Hader is so good, he's not replacable. Milwaukee actually gave up 6 less runs in '24 than they did in '23.   
  That being said, Devin Williams moves into the closer role and replaces him. They also have made the playoffs six of the past seven seasons altho' they have only  
    reached the NLCS once. They are a small market team and the budget is limited to go out  
   2023 - The house that David Stearns built is still standing. and grab that extra piece to get them over the hump in the post season.  
   Milwaukee had, over the previous six seasons, been well over .500 The offense improved 49 runs in '24 with the additions of Rhys Hoskins and  
   in five of them averaging ninety wins in those seasons. Jackson Chourio. It was a nice re-tooling job by GM Matt Arnold and the Brewers did not  
   They had been in the post season four of those seasons.  miss forty million manager Craig Counsell a bit. I predicted their demise last year. I predict   
  The Brewers finish 90-72 in '23 and win the division, but lose the WC  their demise this year. One of these years I will be correct. The Brewers lost a lot of firepower  
  to Arizona who continue on to the World Series. in the off season with SS Willie Adames bolting to the Giants and catcher Gary Sanchez,   
  Milwaukee's success in '23 was due to their pitching which gave up 101 a bit less so, to the Orioles. They also dealt away injured closer Devin Williams to the Yankees  
  runs less than the league average. Meanwhile the hitting was actually for a solid innings eater in the middle of the rotation in Nestor Cortes.  
  slightly below league average in terms of runs scored.    
    2025 Pitching:  
   Catcher William Contreras and Outfielder Christian Yelich were the  I could be eating my words once again. Brandon Woodruff, a bona fide ace, returns from  
  only two hitters who were any good on the club. shoulder surgery which caused him to miss most of '23 and all of '24. He was 5-1 2.28 when  
   Contreras had been picked up from the Braves in the offseason for  he went down in '23. If he comes back, all is well. Lefty Nestor Cortez, 30, picked up from  
  speedy young center fielder Esteury Ruiz.   the Yankees in the Devin Williams trade is an innings eater who replaces Colin Rea (FA to  
    the Cubs) in the rotation. Freddie Peralta, Tobias Myers and Aaron Civale are all solid   
  On the mound, the bullpen was outstanding led by Closer Devin Williams and combined for a 32-16 3.25 mark between them last year.  
  who was brilliant. Bryse Wilson, Jordan Payamps, Hoby Miller, Elvis The bullpen had a combined 3.11 ERA last year, best in the league. Devin Williams leaving  
  Peguero and Abner Uribe were all excellent in relief. The starters pitched will hurt that a bit, but Trevor Megill replaced him admirably when Devin went down last year.  
  well led by Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta, Wade Miley and Colin Rea. Lefties Bryan Hudson and Jared Koenig are effective and righties Joel Payamps, Aaron   
  Ace Brandon Woodruff got hurt and was released at the end of the year. Ashby and Elvis Peguero all pitched well last year. The Brewers also have a primo prospect   
    in Jacob Misiorowski, 23, who struck out 127 batters in 97 minor league innings last year.   
       
    2025 Hitting:  
    Rookie OF Jackson Chourio, 21, was the big story last year going 21 79 .275.  
    He is young, can hit and is one of the fastest players in baseball.  
    Catcher William Contreras, 26, is an all star and went 23 92 .281 in '24.  
    1B Rhys Hoskins is the other big stick in the lineup at 26 82 .214. He was obtained from  
    the Phillies as a free agent in ;24. DH Christian Yelich can still hit, but back problems limited   
    him to 73 games last year.  Willie Adames 32 112 .251 left as a Free Agent for the Giants.  
    There is no replacement and this one hurts. Usually, the Brewers would have traded Willie  
    off for some prospects prior to his reaching free agency. It was wise not to as there  
    were no replacements (still aren't) and the Brewers probably would not have won the  
    24 Division without him.  
       
                                   
     
     
                           
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