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Brewers make Henderson bullpen coach, Erickson gets infield

January 19, 2022 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have promoted Jim Henderson to take over as bullpen coach for the departing Steve Karsay. In other moves, the Brewers moved Matt Erickson to infield and assistant hitting coach and hired Daniel Vega as an assistant strength and conditioning specialist. Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns announced the […]

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Brewers manager Craig Counsell featured guest for La Crosse Loggers event Jan. 27

January 6, 2022 Rick Solem

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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell is headed to La Crosse later this month. Counsell will be the featured guest Jan. 27 for the La Crosse Loggers’ 18th Winter Baseball BBQ at the Riverside Ballroom in the newly renovated La Crosse Center. Joining Counsell on the guest list is former Brewers catcher Damian Miller and the […]

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APNewsBreak: MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level

December 22, 2021 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league’s last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling payrolls have sparked the labor unrest that led to the sport’s first work stoppage in more than a quarter-century this […]

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Brewers sign 1B Jonathan Singleton to minor league contract

December 9, 2021 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Singleton, a former heralded first base prospect who hasn’t played in the major leagues since 2015, has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Singleton signed a $10 million long-term deal with the Houston Astros in 2014 before ever playing a big league game, then hit .171 in 114 […]

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Brewers sign Tellez plus 2 catchers, non-tender Vogelbach

December 1, 2021 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have signed first baseman Rowdy Tellez and catchers Pedro Severino and Brett Sullivan to one-year contracts while non-tendering first baseman Daniel Vogelbach. Vogelbach, an All-Star in 2019 while playing for Seattle, hit .219 with a .349 on-base percentage, nine homers and 24 RBIs in 93 games this past season. […]

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AP source: Avisail Garcia leaving Brewers, agrees to 4-year contract with Miami

November 29, 2021 Associated Press

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MIAMI (AP) — Free agent outfielder Avisail Garcia has agreed to sign with the Miami Marlins, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday. Garcia’s deal will pay $53 million over four seasons, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. The […]

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Corbin Burnes 1st Brewers pitcher to ever win NL Cy Young — two others won it when Milwaukee was in AL

November 17, 2021 Associated Press

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Toronto left-hander Robbie Ray bounced back from a dismal season to win the AL Cy Young Award and Milwaukee righty Corbin Burnes returned from a bout of COVID-19 to win the NL’s top pitching prize Wednesday. In the Year of the Pitcher, Burnes led the majors with a 2.43 ERA and Ray topped the AL […]

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Rays trade INF Brosseau to Brewers for minor league pitcher

November 14, 2021 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers acquired infielder Mike Brosseau from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor league pitcher Evan Reifert on Saturday in a trade between division winners. Brosseau slumped this season after hitting a huge home run for Tampa Bay in the 2020 playoffs. His tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning off Yankees […]

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Hammerin’ Braves rout Astros to win 1st WS crown since 1995

November 3, 2021 Associated Press

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HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They were stuck below .500 in August. Yet out of nowhere, suddenly, these Atlanta Braves transformed themselves and took off. […]

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Feds: Minnesota Hacker illegally streaming games tried to extort MLB

October 29, 2021 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Minnesota man was charged Thursday with trying to extort $150,000 from the MLB as he illegally streamed copyrighted content from major professional sports leagues online. Joshua Streit, 30, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court with extortion, accessing a protected computer […]

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