Jack and Spencer review a successful 5-2 road trip against the Cardinals and Pirates, rate Pat Murphy as a manager, and evaluate some minor leaguers who could impact the Brewers later in the season.
It wasn't the decisive moment of Monday night's loss, but it was the one that had the most Brewers fans talking afterward. With one on and one out in the sixth inning and the game tied at 1-1, Pat Murphy went to reliever Hoby Milner, lifting starter Joe Ross after just 79 pitches.
Pat Murphy talked in spring training about the value of flexible bullpen usage. With the starting rotation likely to cover fewer innings and Devin Williams hitting the shelf with stress fractures in his back, relievers needed to be ready to pitch in various situations to help the Brewers string tog...
Jack and Spencer discuss the first five games of the Brewers season, give their early thoughts on Pat Murphy as a manager, their expectations for the season and preview the upcoming series against the Mariners.
Pat Murphy said this weekend that almost half of his initial roster will never have been on an Opening Day squad before, highlighting just how raw his team is.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy revealed to reporters that outfielder Garrett Mitchell has a fracture in his left hand and will begin the season on the injured list.
The Brewers are no strangers to playing matchups. Stacking left-handed hitters against right-handed pitchers (and vice-versa) became a staple of Craig Counsell's lineups during his final years as manager.
Milwaukee Brewers' manager Pat Murphy says that 24-year-old Brice Turang will be the team's starting second baseman in 2024. Per Curt Hogg, who covers the Brewers: From the manager’s office today: Brice Turang is the confirmed opening day second baseman.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters Thursday that catcher Gary Sánchez was progressing ahead of schedule and might see game action soon, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal's Curt Hogg.
The greatest sin in baseball managing is to be confined to a single plan. If you don't know what you're going to do when the thing you most want to do doesn't work, you're doomed, before the game even begins.
His backstory and his persona invite some to try to fit Pat Murphy into a stereotype. He's 65, with three decades of coaching (much of it at the college level).
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley is currently dealing with shoulder soreness, manager Pat Murphy told the media Saturday. Murphy first addressed Miley's injury on Friday, although he was vague about the specifics of the issue.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters Friday that starting pitcher Wade Miley was "50/50" to be ready by the start of the regular season.
Last year, the Brewers were 24th in home runs and 28th in isolated power. They also ranked 24th in team DRC+, according to Baseball Prospectus. Yet, they were 17th in runs per game, marking just one way that the whole was greater than the sum of the parts for them in a division-winning campaign.
Early Wednesday morning, manager Pat Murphy approached a table around which sat several Brewers infielders, to talk more about how to make plays around the bases under what will amount to new rules this coming season.
Pat Murphy has climbed a 35-year ladder to this summit. He coached college baseball for two decades, spent another fistful of years managing in the minor leagues with the Padres, and then assumed the role of bench coach to Craig Counsell in 2016.
Spring training will provide initial exposure to a new phase of Brewers baseball One could argue that a new era of Brewers baseball began when the club hired Pat Murphy as its new manager in November, but the start of spring training made the changing of the guard more official.
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