Milwaukee's Tailgate Brewers Podcast

There wasn't much movement on the lockout, but there might be some on the horizon. What there was were PECOTA projections aplenty and we discussed them in detail, retiring Josh Hader's number and the 1990's 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

MLB's owners have come in with yet another underwhelming proposal, so Paul and Ryan talked all about that before taking listener questions on the DH news, Stearns' contract, Hiura's leg and JJ Hardy's sexiness.  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 owners were back up to their shenanigans this week, offering mediation instead of actually negotiating, with a press release at the ready when they were turned down. The guys talked about that, Rickie Weeks return, player trade values and Kyle Schwarber.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The B...

Paul discusses the owners move to offer to go to mediation with union, why its public relations eyewash and what needs to actually happen instead to get things resolved. 

The pace of labor talk concessions picked up this week, at least on the players side. We talked all about that, the ongoing embarrassment that is Dick Monfort and some Brewers roster questions we'll have to wait to get answers.  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 a...

Paul and Jaymes were unavailable this week, so Ryan was joined by old friend JP Breen for a far ranging discussion on the ongoing labor negotiations, Tom Haudricourt, Matt Klentak, Keston Hiura and where American Family Field should actually be located. It may have run a little long.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music:...

They talked! They finally talked! They didn't get anywhere, and we talked about some of the details including expanded playoffs and formulas for everything. We also talked happy memories, bobbleheads and, of course, labor law.  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...

MLB and the Union still aren't talking but we discussed why that is and some other MLB skullduggery from the last week. After that we took listener questions on the rotation, the schedule, the Bundesliga and some Jim Bowden nonsense 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 l...

On this week's episode Steve joined Jaymes and Ryan for some fantasy football talk, some edited out coughing fits and a complete top to bottom assessment of where the Brewers organization stands at the start of 2022.  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

For the last episode of 2021 the guys updated the quiet negotiation situation at the labor talks, losing Sara Goodrum and how long the Brewers twin aces will be around. Beyond that, there was lots of talk about our favorite things: games of 2021, baseball books, 5th starters and player names.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview...

As we head into the darkest days of the year, the topics of discussion included some interesting minor league signings  bad trade rumors, and a bad draft proposal.  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 lockout may be on, and the guys got around to that eventually, but the Brewers made a flurry of moves since last episode and the guys discussed Hunter Renfroe, the catcher additions and what remains to be done.  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

Joining Jaymes and Ryan to celebrate Corbin Burnes big Cy Young win was Old Friend Steve Garczynski. After that, it was on to a discussion of Craig Counsell finishing second yet again in the MOY race, the hot stove heating up, the latest Mets news and the Brewers retired number standards.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Mu...

On this weeks show, the guys discussed the Brewers pair of new hitting coaches, the Mike Brosseau trade, the Mets continued pursuit of David Stearns and MLB's proposal to use fWAR to replace arbitration.  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 offseason is now officially underway, with some contract situations for outfielders coming into focus and a new relief pitcher in the fold for 2022 already. After that, the guys discussed some free agent targets, the 2022 budget and how much roster churn we expect.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fa...

The Brewers fired their hitting coaching staff and fended off multiple Mets advances on their top executives and the guys talked all about it, a potential Hader trade, how to keep the window to contend open and Trevor Bauer for some godforsaken reason.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Basebal...

The Brewers 2021 season didn't win the way we wanted, but our loyal listeners sent in a bunch of questions so we broke it all down, with an eye looking forward to the offseason and 2022.  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 were fortunate to come away with a split of of NLDS games 1 and 2 in Milwaukee thanks to some good pitching picking up bad offense and the guys talked all about that and what the rest of the series has in store for us. If you'd like to see the video of the ball burning ceremony from last week, it's available on Twitter here .  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly...

The regular season is mercifully over, so the guys mostly avoided the end of the year, previewed the Atlanta series and discussed the Devin Williams injury. We also discussed the hopefully impeding destruction of a certain baseball  If you'd like to donate to the effort to #BlowUpTheBall, please visit https://www.hungertaskforce.org/donate/ and give whatever you can. Then take a screenshot of...

It was an eventful week in Brewers land, with an ugly series against the Cardinals followed by a wonderful division clinching effort against the Mets and all sorts of ceremonies and reembraces, culminating with Ryan Braun's retirement on Sunday. We discussed it all, our concern level with the offense, Braun's number retirement prospects and Steve's obsession with Ryan's foul ball.  Support th...

On this week's episode Jaymes and Ryan discussed the stupid Tigers, the stupid Cubs and the stupid Cardinals, Aaron Ashby, how far the Brewers will go in the postseason and who we'd like to see them play.  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

As you may or may not have heard, Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader combined on the first Brewers no hitter in over 30 years and we talked all about it, how they'll use Houser in the playoffs, Escobar or Garcia in 2022 and why the manager tantrum has mostly gone away.  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 we discussed a wild Cardinals series, Buster Olney's shameless rumormongering, our worries heading into October, Luke Barker and the rules for leaving games early.  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 an up and down week for the Brewers, but ultimately they came out of it with another game added to their division lead and a few ejections resulting from yet another #umpshow. The guys talked all about that, Avi's evolving contract situation, and who the 4th man in the playoff rotation might be.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packe...

On this week's episode, Jaymes and Ryan discussed the Brewers amazing road record, the resurgence of Christian Yelich, some potential roster changes down the stretch and maybe into the postseason and our favorite ballpark giveaways.  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 l...