Cold Brew Podcast

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll celebrate one whole year of the Cold Brew Podcast and joining as the guest this week is Garrett Greene, the play by play broadcaster for the Biloxi Shuckers, the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate as we continue our tour through the minor leagues. David, Matt, and Garrett discuss the Shuckers 2021 season, what it means to have fans back, and how Biloxi was impacted by the recent Hurricane Ida. Getting into the prospects, we discuss the seasons of pitchers such as Ethan Small, Zack Brown, Noah Zavolas, Leo Crawford, and Lucas Erceg. At the plate, we talk about some of the Crew's top hitting prospects, including Brice Turang and Garrett Mitchell, who have both donned Shuckers uniforms this season. Also discussed was Tristen Lutz, David Hamilton, Thomas Dillard, and others. It's a bit of a super-sized episode this week with lots of in-depth discussion on these Brewers prospects. 

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll continue their tour through the Brewers minor league system this week. After a conversation with Carolina Mudcats broadcaster Greg Young last week, David and Matt talk with longtime Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Play-by-Play man Chris Mehring. Chris gives updates and details on all the Milwaukee Brewers top prospects that have come through Appleton and played for the Timber Rattlers this year, including the Crew's top prospect Garrett Mitchell, as well as David Hamilton, Hayden Cantrelle, Korry Howell, Joe Gray Jr, Joey Wiemer, Thomas Dillard, and many, many more. Chris also talks about some stories from the Alternate Training Site last year and what he witnessed there and has a story on the first day Hedbert Perez arrived at camp. It's a fun episode this week to get you caught up on everything Brewers minor leagues.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll are joined this week by Carolina Mudcats broadcaster Greg Young. The Brewers Low-A affiliate has been having an excellent 2021 season, and Greg is able to give us in-depth scoops on the team and how some Milwaukee Brewers prospects have been performing this year. We start with a discussion of what Greg has seen with the outfield studs that have graced the grass in Zebulon, North Carolina this year, including Joe Gray, Jr, Joey Wiemer, and most recently, the Crew's 2021 first round pick Sal Frelick. Among the other Brewers hitting prospects discussed are Ernesto Martinez, Zavier Warren, Felix Valerio, Gabe Holt, and Freddy Zamora. On the mound, we discuss flamethrower Abner Uribe, along with Justin Bullock, TJ Shook, and Brandon Knarr. It's a fun and insightful episode with Greg, and is full of information on some top Brewers prospects.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll are joined this week by Brewers beat writer for The Athletic, Will Sammon. David, Matt, and Will discuss several topics surrounding the Milwaukee Brewers this week, starting off with the wild and crazy 2021 MLB Trade Deadline. At the deadline, the Brewers acquired relievers Daniel Norris and John Curtiss in separate trades and we break down each of those trades, looking at what the Brewers gave up and what they are getting in return. Were the Brewers in on Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo? Will has some inside info. Also, John Axford made a surprise return to Milwaukee this week and it was over just after it got started with a bad elbow injury, and we discuss the circumstances around his return and subsequent departure. Where does the Brewers bullpen go from here with most of it's depth on the shelf? Matt suggests a long-awaited call-up of a minor league star. Finally, with Milwaukee likely to win their division, should the Crew want to get the top seed in the NL or should they go for the second-best record and aim for an easier path forward in October? We discuss that and a lot more on a very fun 50th episode of the Cold Brew Podcast.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll are back this week discussing the Milwaukee Brewers 2021 Trade Deadline. We're just a day away from the Deadline and the Brewers have already made a trade, acquiring infielder Eduardo Escobar from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for a package of low-tier prospects. David and Matt discuss what Escobar will bring to the team as well as what this means for Keston Hiura and the rest of the guys on the Brewers roster. Also, we discuss other rumors happening as of right now and our thoughts on who the Brewers might still add to this team at the Deadline and what positions they need to get.

Host David Gasper is joined by the founder of Baseball Prospect Journal, Dan Zielinski, on the Cold Brew Podcast to discuss the Milwaukee Brewers 2021 Draft class. David and Dan take in-depth looks on how the draft played out and who the Brewers selected. The centerpieces of the Crew's draft were first round pick Sal Frelick, an outfielder from Boston College, Tyler Black, a second baseman from Wright State, and Alex Binelas, a third baseman from Louisville who's hometown is Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Also, the Brewers added several pitchers that seem to fall in line with previous trends and make a lot of sense for the organization. David and Dan also discuss the later round selections, including a possible major steal in the 11th round. For some great insight on the Brewers newest prospects and each of their selections, this is a great episode to get you familiar with them.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll are joined this week by Jake Mastroianni, co-host of the Locked On Brewers podcast. David, Matt, and Jake begin this week's episode by discussing the end of the first half of the season with the three losses to the Reds and where they stand heading into the All Star Break. David initiates another edition of "Conspiracy Corner" this week with a conspiracy theory on the poor umpiring in that series against the Reds. The All Star festivities were fun, including the Home Run Derby and the All Star Game, which featured several Milwaukee Brewers. Corbin Burnes' ASG performance wasn't great and what happened during Freddy Peralta's inning was a little irksome. Speaking of Peralta, David, Matt, and Jake discuss whether they would have Peralta as the Game 2 starter in a postseason series right now, and David gives a somewhat surprising answer.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll begin this week's episode discussing the Brewers recent trade for Rowdy Tellez, what it means for their ability to stick in the first base market, and how it impacts the rest of the Crew's deadline plans. Also, David issues his apology to Jace Peterson after his incredible and unlikely run at the plate. Plus, news from the farm has Garrett Mitchell and Joe Gray Jr making their way up the ladder with promotions. At the 27:00 mark, Matt has to jump out and MLB Draft expert and Draft Director at Prospects Live Joe Doyle joins David to discuss and preview the upcoming 2021 MLB Draft. Joe shares his knowledge about this draft class as a whole and his thoughts on the Brewers team needs to address in the draft, who he would pick for them, who he thinks they will pick, and when or if they should address the corner infield spots in this draft. Joe brings a lot of good information to help get Brewers fans prepared for the upcoming draft. 

The Milwaukee Brewers have won nine straight games! Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll discuss the Crew's recent winning streak, including a series sweep over their bitter rivals, the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs series had some very interesting games, including a 10 run eighth inning in the first one and a 15 run comeback in the series finale. David and Matt discuss the craziness of those games and that series, including the wild ejection of hitting coach Andy Haines, during an 8 run inning! The Willy Adames addition has sparked this club and sparked a new jersey purchase for David. Also, Corbin Burnes and Kolten Wong both left Thursday's game against the Pirates with injuries, and we discuss the updates on both of those key players. It's a fun episode this week, and it's always fun to win and the Brewers are winning.

Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll are joined this week by BJ DeGroot, host of BJ and the Bear in the morning on The Score in Appleton. David, Matt, and BJ begin the episode by discussing Daniel Vogelbach's hamstring injury and what it means for him and first base. Keston Hiura has gotten the call back up to the big leagues. Is it too soon? David has some thoughts on how Hiura's early promotion might actually benefit the Brewers for this season. David, Matt, and BJ also talk about the "sticky stuff" crackdown and how poorly it's going, which makes it clear MLB is unable to just read the room and understand what's going on in the game of baseball. On the pitching staff, Brett Anderson's injury impacts the rotation and a couple of bullpen arms have made strong impressions as two top prospects in Aaron Ashby and Ethan Small have put themselves in good spots as well. Also, Matt decides to do something we haven't done yet on the Cold Brew Podcast. Check it out, this is a really fun episode this week.