Milwaukee's Tailgate Brewers Podcast

PNC Park is the devil's playground, and we talked all about that, who is to blame for the struggling offense and looked ahead to the trade deadline a little bit as well as taking your questions.  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. Music: Fair Weather Fans by The...

On this week's episode Jaymes, Paul and Ryan discussed the Brewers series against the Cubs, who's hot and who's not, and whether the team should be tanking. Towards the end of the episode is a clip from August's Minor League Extra featuring Baseball America's Carlos Collazo where he discusses the challenges of covering the 2020 draft and the Brewers first round pick Garrett Mitchell. Alternate epi...

Jaymes, Brad, and Paul talk about the most disappointing Brewers so far as well as the relative success of the pitching staff. The gang attempts what would ultimately prove to be a successful reverse jinx by criticizing essentially everyone who did anything well against Sonny Gray on Sunday. Finally, they talk about what exactly MLB plans to do with the Cardinals now that they can't possibly play...

The Brewers made it two series into 2020's campaign before a rash of positive tests among the Cardinals forced the postponement of the home opening series and we're here to lay blame at the feet of those responsible. Discussion also included Lorenzo Cain's decision to opt out, who will fill in for him in center, what caught our notice the first 6 games and how the team can get it's farm system bac...

It may have seemed unlikely to ever happen so often over the last few months, but the Milwaukee Brewers actually played baseball games that counted in the standings this week. We discussed the somewhat mixed results of their starting pitchers so far, the greatness of Lorenzo Cain and Kyle Hendricks, how the lineup might change once they start seeing lefty starters in Pittsburgh and why we hope the...

Our BIG SEASON PREVIEW ended up going so long that we decided to split it up into two separate episodes!  Part one, which can be found here , featured a position by position preview of the 2020 Milwaukee Brewers. In part two, we predicted all the divisions in MLB, as well as picking World Series teams and winners. After that, it was onto a discussion of some listener questions. Link to a fill...

Our BIG SEASON PREVIEW ended up going so long that we decided to split it up into two separate episodes! In part one you'll find a position by position breakdown of the 2020 Brewers, including extended discussions of how the rotation might look now and in a few weeks, which middle men in the pen we think can emerge into substantial roles and how Craig Counsell will shuffle all the different pieces...

On this week's episode Jaymes, Paul, Brad and Ryan were once again joined by Kyle Ashauer to update the prop bets for the abbreviated season, then he stuck around to discuss the schedule release and some other news from the week.  Link to a fill out a form for the prop bets . Link to a signup for the 2020 fantasy league .  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor Leag...

Summer Camp has opened, and players are reporting! We talked all about the intake process, and the implications of the ongoing testing and disclosure going on all over the game. After that, it was onto discussion of the roster, the cancellation of the minor league season, Ryan Braun hinting again that 2020 may not be his last year after all, Corey Knebels role and who might get the lions share of...

The regular crew is back to discuss the final implications of MLB and the MLBPA failing to agree on a deal before Rob Manfred imposed the season, the implications of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the south, some roster decisions team will be making and how you might have done this off-season differently knowing what we know now.  Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor...

For this special Baseball is Back edition of Milwaukee's Tailgate, Brad and Ryan were joined by #OldFriend Steve Garczynski to talk all about MLB's plans to return amidst Covid-19, some of the rules that will govern that return and how we think the Brewers will fare in the shortened 60 game season. We also took a number of listener questions. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly...

Rob Manfred continued his subtle dance of bad faith negotiating this week when he claimed he had the "framework" of a deal with Tony Clark, then owners threw a hissy fit when the union countered their proposal, all while the number of Covi-19 cases continue to spike in both states that host spring training, throwing the whole enterprise into question. We talked all about that, about Manfred's futu...

The MLBPA finally had enough of the owners stall tactics this week and just told the commissioner to tell them where and when to show up to start the season. We talked all about that, whether most owners even like baseball or if it's just an investment, and just how badly did MLB screw up back in March. Then it was onto an extended discussion of the Brewers five picks from this week's amateur draf...

After a long week off, the guys are back to talk all about the owners latest proposal to start the baseball season, how the schedule might setup, which Brewers batters could see the most increased playing time with a DH added and how Jeff Cirillo might fare in the modern game. Also, the respective benefits of urinals, troughs and sinks are discussed for some reason.  Support the podcast on Pa...

Brewers players are slowly starting to trickle into Maryvale to begin working out, MLB and the MLBPA are going to really start discussing financial terms on Tuesday and the Brewers did what some other teams have not in guaranteeing to pay the baseball ops staff through the end of the year. We talked about all that, and answered a number of your Bundesliga, KBO and Ravioli related questions on this...

Over the weekend details started to emerge about the practical (read: non-financial) side of MLB potentially returning to the field this year. The guys discussed the proposed testing protocols, MLB's ethical obligations and some of the hurdles still remaining. After that, it was onto discussions of Blake Snell's big mouth, how the Brewers setup in the event of the universal DH becoming reality and...

MLB ownership submitted an offer to the MLBPA on Monday that would force them to take a major cut in pay from their agreed upon deal in March and the players aren't having any of it and neither are Jaymes, Paul or Ryan. The guys went on to discuss how this proposal was really a stealthy way to finally impose the owners dream salary cap, how it does little to nothing practically to actually get bas...

There was some baseball news to discuss this week, with MLB and the umpires union coming to an agreement for the 2020 season and MLB floating a new alignment plan that would put teams in their home ballparks this year. We also played "guess that Brewer" and took some of your questions on potential expansion and what we would trade for baseball to return tomorrow.  Support the podcast on Patre...

With minimal baseball news to discuss this week, we decided to do a fantasy draft of all time Brewers. A player only needs to have played one game for the team to be eligible, but the choice of cumulative value versus peak is left up to you to decide.  You can find a link to the results here.  We also discussed our ongoing efforts to help out local food banks, including Milwaukee's Hunge...

On this week's episode, Jaymes, Brad, Paul, and Ryan discussed the latest turn in the league's plans to get baseball underway at some point this summer, what Josh Hader and Randy Johnson had in common, some of our favorite Brewer game memories and we played a game from way back in the day. We also announced our effort to raise money for local food banks, including Milwaukee's Hunger Task Force , b...

Hi Everyone!  Make sure you have your copy of Major League queued up as Paul, Brad, and Ryan are joined by Acme Packing Company's Tex Western and Jonathan Barnett to walk you through the 1989 classic. We walk through Milwaukee lore, the janitor from Scrubs, the Moneyball implications of the Indians, how Jobu is not a thing and pretty offensive, batting out of order to beat the Yankees, what w...

We took Easter off this week, but wanted to bring you an excerpt of Brad and Ryan's interview with Fangraphs Lead Prospect Analyst Eric Longenhagen. We discussed his new book "Future Value" which is an in depth look at the modern scouting process and the men and women that do that work now. We also discussed a number of Brewers farm hands and touched on some larger trends in the game. If you would...

With Jaymes out this week, Paul, Brad and Ryan were joined by JP Breen to talk about MLB's latest plan for getting baseball back on the TV this summer. Also discussed were how Christian Yelich's contract might have been different if it had been just a little delayed, what having no 2020 season would mean for all the Brewers 2021 contract options and an extended trip down memory lane to talk about...

Steve rejoined the podcast for one week to reminisce about some opening day memories at Miller Park over the years. Apparently people get a little wild and irresponsible sometimes at those.  Before that, though, the guys discussed the agreement between MLB and the players union on a framework for what this year might look like both in terms of getting back on the field and dealing with the dr...

With baseball news scarce this week, we decided to bring you a draft of things we love about being a baseball fan, but with a major twist. We decided to draft things that we love to hate about our baseball rivals. Can't stand Go Cubs Go, #CardinalDevilMagic, Wrigley Field North or Marty Brennaman? Neither can we, and we got down in the muck and happily wallowed in our dislike of all things NL Cent...