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I don’t know if it was purely coincidental or if MLB’s schedule makers had potential COVID-interruptions on the mind, but over the first two weeks of the season, the Cubs play the Pirates and Brewers six times each. And that’s not all. Before the month is over, the Cubs will play three more games against the Brewers, accounting for 9 of their 20 total matchups this season. So, then, today is just the first in a very heavy dose of Milwaukee over the next 3 weeks. I hope the Cubs make a good impression. We’re Going Streaking Th e Chicago Cubs (2-1) got off to a horrendous start on Thur...

Houser scheduled to start for Milwaukee against Minnesota By The Associated Press Associated Press April 4, 2021 — 2:05am Text size Copy shortlink: Milwaukee; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: TBD Brewers: Adrian Houser (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts) LINE: Brewers favored by 1 1/2 runs; o...

MLB notebook: Bradley joins Brewers as Cain faces quadriceps issue The Milwaukee Brewers believe they have room for more than one Gold Glove center fielder in their outfield News service reports Share The Milwaukee Brewers believe they have room for more than one Gold Glove center fielder in their outfield. Milwaukee finalized the $24 million, two-year contract with Jackie Bradley Jr., whose deal allows him to opt out after this season to become a free agent again. Bradley, who turns 31 on April 19, joins an outfield that already includes 2019 Gold Glove center fielder Lorenzo Cain, 2018 NL...

March 1, 2021 Jarred Kelenic is right, or at the very least, he’s not wrong. There’s no reason not to take the recent claims of the Mariners outfielder and his representative, Brody Scoffield, at face value. Their story — that Kelenic was offered a pre-debut extension and that when he declined to sign it, the club refused to call him up in 2020 for service time reasons — is totally believable, and is backed up by Kevin Mather’s now infamous remarks over Zoom to the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club; Mather, the club’s President and CEO at the time of his remarks, resigned last week. ...

Good outfield defense is crucial in an era of heavy fly-ball contact, and the National League Central is home to some great fielders -- and great hitters -- in its outfield ranks. Some of the trios seem more set in stone, as is the case for the defensively sound Cardinals.