MILWAUKEE BREWERS
2025 finish: 97-65 (1st in NL Central, lost in NLCS)
Manager: Pat Murphy (190-134, 3rd season)
Leading the front office: Matt Arnold, president of baseball operations and general manager (4th season)
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Largest luxury tax hit: OF Christian Yelich ($23.4 million)
Top returning players: INF Brice Turang (4.4 fWAR), C William Contreras (3.6), OF Sal Frelick (3.6)
Top returning starting pitchers: RHP Chad Patrick (2.6), RHP Quinn Priester (1.9), RHP Brandon Woodruff (1.8)
Top returning relievers: RHP Abner Uribe (1.7), RHP Trevor Megill (1.6), LHP Aaron Ashby (1.2)
ROSTER WATCH
Key additions: INF Luis Rengifo (free agent), C Gary Sanchez (free agent), LHP Kyle Harrison (trade), INF David Hamilton (trade), LHP Angel Zerpa (trade), C Reese McGuire (minors), SS Jett Williams (trade), RHP Brandon Sproat (trade)
Key losses: RHP Freddy Peralta (trade), RHP Tobias Myers (trade), INF Caleb Durbin (trade), C Danny Jansen (free agent), 1B Rhys Hoskins (free agent), LHP Jose Quintana (free agent), RHP Shelby Miller (free agent), C Eric Haase (free agent), RHP Erick Fedde (free agent), LHP Jordan Montgomery (free agent), OF Isaac Collins (trade), RHP Nick Mears (trade), INF Andruw Monastero (trade)
Baseball America top-100 prospect(s): SS Jesus Made (4), SS Luis Pena (47), SS Cooper Pratt (50), SS Jett Williams (71), RHP Brandon Sproat (81), RHP Logan Henderson (96)
Milwaukee Brewers’ Pat Murphy talks with coaches in the team dugout during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Athletics Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
KEEP AN EYE ON
The Brewers have won three straight division titles, including two in a row under Pat Murphy after Craig Counsell left Milwaukee to manager the rival Cubs. The Brewers, after collecting an MLB-best 97 wins, even beat the Cubs in five games in the NLDS before they were swept out of the NLCS by the Dodgers. For his part, Murphy was rewarded this spring with an extension that will keep him in Milwaukee through at least 2028.
The roster churn that keeps the Brewers relevant (remember Corbin Burnes?) will have to replace RHP Freddy Peralta (traded to the Mets for RHP Brandon Sproat and SS Jett Williams) with young arms that have already gotten their feet wet. RHP Chad Patrick had a 3.53 ERA over 119⅔ innings and RHP Jacob Misiorowski had a 4.36 ERA over 66 innings. Sproat could also find his way into the rotation at some point in 2026.
OF Jackson Chourio, 21, has hit 21 homers in each of his first two seasons in the majors (.781 OPS). The Brewers will look for Chourio to continue to assert himself as a centerpiece in their offense.
Fangraphs projection: 82.1 wins