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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 first four big league seasons. Alas, Milwaukee’s starting infield hit a number of road blocks in the y...

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 will have to be with the Brewers – the only organization he has known since he went fifth overall...

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’s where Weaver was Monday morning, getting in some work on his breaking stuff while Taylor Widener...

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 Shaw is expected to get the bulk of playing time at third base when a right-hander is on the mound,...

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