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Rockies right-hander Jon Gray went on the injured list yesterday with the ominous-sounding diagnosis of elbow soreness/forearm tightness in his throwing arm. …

As expected, the Brewers have placed outfielder Lorenzo Cain on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring and …

MLB Trade Rumors Let the circle be complete. The Brewers have acquired catcher Jacob Notthingham from the Mariners for cash considerations, per the Mariners (via Twitter). The Brewers designated Notthingham for assignment this past Wednesday, at which point the Mariners claimed him off waivers. But with Omar Narvaezheaded to the injured list, the Brewers once again found themselves in need of a catcher. Nottingham did not appear in a game for the Mariners. Nottingham has been placed on the Br...

Kolten Wongs Return to St. Louis: Tears in His First At Bat, Oblique Injury in His Last Social Navigation Kolten Wong’s Return to St. Louis: Tears in His First At Bat, Oblique Injury in His Last The Milwaukee Brewers might be without second baseman Kolten Wong for a little while, depending on the severity of his oblique injury. To set the stage, the long-time Cardinal was returning to Busch Stadium yesterday for the first time, felt the love from the fans, and even got visibly emotional in hi...

Thanks to the server database issue that killed most of our day yesterday, there were no Cubs Bullets. Except I’d already written the whole dang thing when I went to publish and the database died. I broke off a chunk and turned it into the Joc Pederson post, and now I’m combing through what else I can still share today of interest to you, while adding in the new stuff … •   I’m still really enjoying the idea that the Cubs had Jake Arrieta on the mound yesterday making a quality star...

April 7, 2021 Spiritually, the Orlando Arcia era in Milwaukee came to an end when the team acquired Luis Urías from San Diego in a four-player swap back in November 2019. Urías, then 22, had been one of the top prospects in the Padres’ farm system before his rookie eligibility expired the season prior and was expected to take over as the Brewers’ starting shortstop. Such a move would likely mean benching Arcia, a former top prospect himself who had put up rather anemic numbers in his firs...

MLB Trade Rumors As of February, free-agent outfielder Ryan Braunsaid he wasn’t interested in continuing his playing career. That still seems to be the case, as Braun stated in a radio interview Monday that he hasn’t touched a baseball or a bat since last season ended, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com tweets. Braun also revealed that he’s “strongly leaning” toward retirement, though he’s not ready to commit to a decision yet. If the 37-year-old Braun does continue his career, it appears it...

Snake Bytes 3/16: Moving Closer Share this story [D’backs.com] Weaver welcomes feedback in sim game - After he let go of what he thought might be a good curveball that the batter instead made solid contact on, D-backs right-hander Luke Weaver wanted to know why. So, in between innings he asked the hitter. Of course, you can’t get away with that during a regular season game, or even a Cactus League one, but you can do it if you’re facing a teammate on a backfield in a simulated game. That�...

MLB Trade Rumors 6:57pm CDT Travis Shaw can opt out of his minor league contract with the Brewers tomorrow but it seems very likely that the team will include Shaw on its Opening Day roster, according to Tom Haudricourt and Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  Officially selecting Shaw’s contract would guarantee the veteran a $1.5MM salary for the coming season, and the Brewers would have to make another corresponding move to open up a 40-man roster spot.  The left-handed hitting...

Evan Longoria made his spring training debut today at designated hitter, but it might be some time until hes regularly …