Milwaukee's Tailgate Brewers Podcast

On this week's episode we talked all about the Brewers 5 game winning streak, Brandon Woodruff's awesomeness, the upcoming schedule, Hiura's continued struggles and debunked the concepts of Javy magic and Zach Green.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

We talked all about the Brewers surprising trade for Willy Adames, how it fits with their earlier Arcia trade and what it means for Luis Urias future with the club. After that, it was time for a trip to the conspiracy corner, a little light labor talk and the last TV contract. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather...

It was another less than fun week for the Brewers offense, so Jaymes, Paul, and Ryan tried to figure out what can be done about it, Luis Urias' defense and the best and worst of David Stearns trades.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

It was a hell of a week for the Brewers, but they turned it around over the weekend and we talked all about the close calls in Philly, Yelich going back to the IL, and Hiura being sent down. After that, it was time for a number of amusing questions and some stories. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The...

Paul was moving (again) so we were joined by RAE's own JR Radcliffe to discuss the up and down week against the Marlins and Dodgers, what's going on with all the injuries, and whether Keston Hiura is long for Milwaukee. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

The Brewers went 5-1 on their road swing through San Diego and Chicago. We talked all about that, whether the team is playing over their heads, the mounting injury worries, the outlook for some of the current fill-ins, Corey Ray's debut and what a pitching lab could do for us.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair We...

The whole gang was back together this week to talk about the bullpen's struggles, the rotation's brilliance, low pitch counts and, of course, Willson Contreras obnoxious behavior this season against the Brewers.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

The Brewers had a successful 4-2 road trip and Jaymes, Ryan and Old Friend Steve talked all about the practically perfect pitching, the on and off offense, Burnes brilliance, Hiura's hiccups and other alliterative nonsense. We underreacted to some talk of overreaction and hopefully underestimated Stearns willingness to overpay for starting pitcher extensions.  Support the podcast on Patreon a...

On this week's episode Jaymes and Paul talk opening weekend, the continued struggles of the offense, Keston Hiura's extremely tough start, and the bouncy but friction-y baseball. It's not all bad news though, as the pitching has been good, highlighted by the electric pitcher's duel between Corbin Burnes and Jose Berrios.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Ext...

We kicked off part two of the Big Season Preview with a discussion of our concern levels at each position around the diamond. After some questions, it was time to give our predictions for the 2021 season.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

We're kicking off our two part Big Season Preview with a deep dive into the Brewers pitching, including a discussion of Woodruff vs Burnes, the best way to use Josh Hader, Devin Williams health and how the long relievers might be deployed. We also gave some betting advice and made a very unfortunate prediction.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Wee...

On this week's episode the guys discussed Garrett Mitchell's early camp success, overall pitching strategy, payroll deferrals, rando jersey's spotted in the wild, that stupid dog thing, and kayaking to a Brewers game.   Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Jackie Bradley Jr. is a Brewer, but not the full time center fielder and we talked all about the implications of that, how playing time might be distributed, what the best possible defensive alignment is and Ryan bitched about Bo Boroski because of course he did.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by...

On this week's episode, the guys discussed Avi's weight loss, Yelich's odd statement, what we're watching for in camp, Freddy's role in 2021, the chance this staff could be historically great and Ryan defended Ned Yost for some reason.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorde...

Spring Training is here, Travis Shaw and Brett Anderson are back, the Brewers have a new TV deal and would like to have 35% capacity to start the season. Also on this episode is an excerpt of our most recent Minor League Extra with Ben Badler.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project...

Justin Turner returned to the Dodgers, but PECOTA thinks the Brewers are the division favorite even without him or any other upgrades to the roster at this point anyway. We talked all about just what it is the projection systems like about the Crew, the change coming to FSW and Jordan Zimmerman.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Prev...

The Brewers finally made a move of some note this winter, adding second basemen Kolten Wong from the Cardinals. We talked all about the impact of the move, how his defense is a game changer, his hitting profile and what the move means for Keston Hiura. After that, it was onto some Justin Turner and Jose Ramirez speculation, the latest about the disagreement over the season start date and some actu...

There was finally movement in the NL Central this week, with both the Cards and the Cubs making moves to improve for 2021, and even the Brewers were connected to some moves. We discussed that, the continuing fight over the start of the season and the hiring of Sara Goodrum. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fan...

On this week's episode the guys spent a lot of time talking about the on and off the field legacy of Hammerin' Hank Aaron. He truly left a remarkable statistical and humanitarian legacy to the world. After that, it was onto the Big Signing of Daniel Robertson, contracting the NL Central, how much the Brewers might still spend and Brad's missing tinfoil hat.  Support the podcast on Patreon and...

On this week's episode, Jaymes and Ryan were joined by new Minor League Extra cohost James Anderson, so naturally the discussion centered on a lot of minor league talk, including the new international signees, Hedbert Perez and Garrett Mitchell.  Also discussed were Theo Epstein's new role at the MLB office and, of course, Josh Hader trade speculation.  Support the podcast on Patreon and...

Jaymes, Paul and Ryan took a whole bunch of your questions this week, touching on topics ranging from Christian Yelich's struggles the third time through the order, who could realistically end up being signed, Mark Attanasio's finances and where we see the Brewers in 2-3 seasons. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weath...

The Cubs traded Yu Darvish to the Padres and the guys talked all about what effect that might have on the NL Central race, the impending fight between MLB and the MLBPA over the start of the 2021 season, when the Brewers might make a move and played another round of Luke's game. Also, Brad said goodbye .  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Pac...

The regular podcast was off this week for the holidays, but we didn't want to leave you with nothing before the new year so we've excerpted the end of the December Minor League Extra here for our regular listeners, including a general dynasty league strategy discussion, a couple questions and another round of Luke's game. To hear our over 90 minute discussion of the Brewers farm system, please joi...

The Brewers signed some guys to minor league contracts, lost a long tenured top executive and the guys talked all about that, Orlando Arcia's strange development path, what our walkup songs would be and played a new game.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Save 20% in the Karben4 webstore with the promo code MKETailgate. Musi...

The 2021 ZiPS projections are out and we dug deep into the numbers of Christian Yelich, Keston Hiura, Devin Williams and others. After that, we looked at the completion of the Knebel trade, discussed the Brewers return to AAA Nashville as well as ballpark food we can't wait to get back to.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. S...