Milwaukee Brewers Microbrew

In this special abbreviated episode, Brewers beat reporter Todd Rosiak discusses the huge new contract signed by outfielder Christian Yelich. How much of a hometown discount did he take? What is it about Milwaukee that led him to an extension? How did his brewing deal impact the rest of the Brewers offseason. Holy smokes, can you believe this?

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Brewers beat reporters Tom Haudricourt and Todd Rosiak check in with host JR Radcliffe for the first episode of Spring Training. What did the Brewers see in Freddy Peralta to offer him a rare long-term extension? How will Brock Holt be deployed? Orlando Arcia, Corbin Burnes and the other stories of Spring Training so far, and is the roster already pretty much set in stone?

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the top-of-mind issues as the Brewers depart for Spring Training. What's Corey Knebel's timeframe? What position group is most up for grabs? Who's an intriguing breakout candidate, and which non-roster invitee is going to be the most fascinating to watch? Plus: Any news on Carlos Gomez coming back to retire as a Brewer or the MLB rule changes in 2020?

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt and host JR Radcliffe look back at Brewers On Deck, where topics included sign stealing, the health of Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain, Ryan Braun entering perhaps his final year as a Brewer, sign stealing and the injury to Luis Urias. Also, the big one: Are the Brewers potentially done making moves, even if it means a much lower starting payroll in 2020?

Then, JR is joined by new Brewers pitcher Josh Lindblom (33:50), a former Korean league standout who's returning to the United States with a three-year contract.

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to catch up on the offseason, including the additions of Justin Smoak and Eric Sogard, plus the extension to manager Craig Counsell. This can't be it, can it, even with the number of new additions? That gaping hole at third base and the huge disparity between last year and this year's payroll are noticeable. Tom discusses the departures of 2019 players to other teams and weighs in on what's holding back the rival Cubs from making any offseason maneuvers.

Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the flurry of activity for the Brewers thus far in the offseason, including the additions of Josh Lindblom, Brett Anderson, Avisail Garcia and Ryon Healy. Is it possible the Brewers are just going to avoid big-ticket additions at all this year? Tom discusses what might be next for Ryan Braun in 2020 and beyond, the outfield glut created by the addition of Garcia, the rotation as it stands and what he'd tell a panicked Brewers fan worried that the Brewers aren't pursuing bigger fish.

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the flurry of activity for the Brewers, including a trade with the Padres and the mass departures of Mike Moustakas and non-tendered players Travis Shaw, Junior Guerra, Alex Claudio and Jimmy Nelson.

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the official departure of catcher Yasmani Grandal, who signed a four-year deal with the White Sox. Could the Brewers have realistically matched the offer? Also, they discuss the changes to the Brewers' uniforms announced earlier in the week. Why didn't the team simply stick with the original ball-in-glove logo?

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Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss Milwaukee's surprising decisions to cut ties with Chase Anderson and Eric Thames, and what the motivation behind it might be. Plus: Lorenzo Cain finally gets his Gold Glove, two others are in contention for National League postseason hardware and are the Brewers heading back to the ball-in-glove logo?

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The 2019 wild-card game turned out to be a gut punch for the Milwaukee Brewers, and now we look ahead to 2020. How will this busy offseason shake out for the Crew? Do they have any chance of re-signing Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas? What will they do with Jimmy Nelson and Travis Shaw? Is there a chance they eschew signing a starting pitcher yet again?

Brewers beat reporter Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe to discuss the decisions facing the Brewers, including question marks and just about every spot on the diamond. 

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