Jacob Misiorowski delivered again in Game 5 of the World Series, guiding the Brewers to their first-ever title. Opening Day, Game 1s, now the clincher: the 2026 NL Cy Young favorite keeps showing up when the stakes peak. π
Jacob Misiorowski delivered again in Game 5 of the World Series, guiding the Brewers to their first-ever title. Opening Day, Game 1s, now the clincher: the 2026 NL Cy Young favorite keeps showing up when the stakes peak. π
Brewers' 103-win, World Series-winning 2026 run came with an odd pregame ritual: some players reportedly smoked cigarettes in the batting cages. Christian Yelich's take: seeing "cigs lit" meant "the boys are ready to rock." π¬ Heaters for heaters.
Brewers, fresh off the World Series title over the Rays, get a hypothetical 2027 repeat blueprint: pursue Alec Burleson, Joe Ryan and Brennan Bernardino to cover first base, rotation and bullpen. These are proposals, not reported talks. π
Fresh off a World Series win, the Brewers have an outfield logjam in Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick and Lara, and a trade of one could be considered, especially if Jake Bauers is re-signed. Frelick, who played through a torn labrum, is one name in the mix. π§©
A proposed idea, not a deal: the Mets could target Andrew Vaughn if Milwaukee re-signs Jake Bauers, which would leave Vaughn the odd man out. He hit .306/.390/.444 in 104 games last season and could be New York's everyday first baseman. π
Cooper Pratt: World Series champ before his 100th big-league game. π At the Brewers' rally, the 22-year-old shortstop joked, "Not a bad rookie year," and said he has about eight more years in Milwaukee, reminding fans of his long-term contract.
Lefty Thomas Pannone elected minor league free agency after the Brewers outrighted him. He made one start for Milwaukee this year, allowing two earned runs over three innings in a 16-3 loss to the Giants on July 29. Oliver Dunn, a former Brewer, also left Tampa.
Fresh off a World Series title, the Brewers' prospect pipeline is already pointed at 2027. Blake Burke, the Double-A Southern League MVP, is pitched as a possible first base answer with Bauers' free agency looming, following the Pratt-Lara-Drohan blueprint. π
Brewers fans' long wait gets a payoff in the franchise's 58th season. From the 1969 Seattle Pilots origin to the 1982 World Series loss and lean stretches in between, the loyal base stuck around, and this year's story rewards them. πΊ
The Brewers' championship is the centerpiece of FanGraphs' mailbag intro, which points readers to the World Series coverage. It highlights a Verducci profile of Pat Murphy and McCullough's piece on a model franchise navigating a looming lockout. π
Andrew Vaughn and Trevor Megill are being floated as Brewers trade candidates, per MLB Trade Rumors. Both enter their final year of club control with salaries projected around $8MM, so Milwaukee could cash in before free agency. Champions, still shopping. π
Milwaukee's first-ever World Series title got a parade to match: police estimate 750,000 fans packed the route and the Summerfest rally, the largest single event in Wisconsin history. Pat Murphy and the roster got a crowd that outdrew the state's record books. π
More than 750,000 fans reportedly packed Milwaukee for Friday's Brewers World Series parade, per Milwaukee Police estimates, potentially Wisconsin's largest single-day crowd. World Series MVP William Contreras: "We did it for you guys, for the city." π
Jacob Misiorowski snagged a fan-thrown beer one-handed from atop a parade bus, then chugged it for the Brewers' World Series celebration. He said the team was running on "two, three hours" of sleep. Triple-digit heat on the mound, a smooth catch off it. πΊ
More than 750,000 fans packed downtown Milwaukee on Friday for the Brewers' first World Series championship parade and rally, with generations of fans and franchise icons turning out. One title, one very full downtown. π
Dustin May's 2026 trade from the Cardinals to the Brewers made him a World Series champion again. He was dealt away from the Dodgers before they won in 2025, then landed with Milwaukee's title team. Only two others have done that, per Elias. π
Ted Simmons says the Brewers' first World Series title, a 4-1 series win over the Rays, finally ends the 1982 team's Game 7 heartbreak. "We're now over it because this group has made it happen for all of us," he said. Four decades later, closure arrives. π
Dick Rice, a 77-year-old Brewers fan since 1970, went viral after his tearful living-room reaction to Milwaukee winning the World Series in Game 5. The Ellsworth, Wis., native had waited 55 years for a title. π
Pat Murphy kept the Brewers' World Series parade honest: "I had to pee as bad as anybody has had to pee." Brian Anderson praised his restraint, and Murphy fired back, "I didn't say I held it together." Championship manager, zero filter. π
Robin Yount told the World Series parade rally crowd that Bob Uecker was still with the Brewers: "We didn't lose Ueck." He joked that his first pitch ran a bit outside because Ueck was there. First title in franchise history, with a Harry Doyle nod. βΎ