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Ratings were much better than expected for a series that was a blowout without Games 6-7. Did much better than DBacks Rangers three years ago.

Murphy not getting an invite to coach the Yankees any time soon lol And just in case you didn't catch that, here's what Pat Murphy told Bauers: Bauers, 31, turned in a breakout season with the Brewers in 2026. The lefty hit .266/.389/.484, with a career-high 26 home runs, during the team's championship season. After signing a one-year, $2.7 million deal with the Brewers last offseason, Bauers is set to be a free agent in a few days. His breakout should earn him a fair amount of looks from bigger-market teams, ones that can outspend the Brewers and give Bauers a ton of money.

sounds like Houston and BYU back in the day....Ofc you had the opposite too, OU' Nebraska Air Force military academies running the wishbone.

35 years too late...they're willing to put their own investment $$$ on the line to make it a success, or the easier route of taxpayers'???

Personally would rather add Seiya Suzuki, Taira and let the chips fall where they may...but I'm not completely objective about Japanese players in all likelihood with so much time spent travelling there since Covid. In actuality, the Rays and Brewers are both the closest thing to Japanese style teams in the majors. Sluggers like Mune Seiya Ohtani and Sato are the clearest exceptions to the rule over there.

https://www.southsidesox.com/chicago-white-sox-news/137848/white-sox-turn-to-milwaukees-matt-roffe-to-lead-amateur-scouting Roffe spent the past five seasons with Milwaukee, working his way through scouting operations before reaching his most recent position. The Brewers’ 2023 media guide listed him as their scouting operations coordinator. His résumé includes experience across several areas of baseball operations. Before returning to Milwaukee, Roffe worked as an analyst in player personnel and pro scouting for the Arizona Diamondbacks from November 2019 through October 2021. That followed a baseball operations internship with the Brewers in 2019 and a baseball research and development internship with the San Diego Padres in 2018. While attending college, he also interned in MLB’s Statcast and labor relations departments. Together, those stops give Roffe a background spanning research, technology and player evaluation. How he applies that experience to Chicago’s scouting department will be one of the more interesting parts of the eventual announcement. 2018 Wash University St Louis grad, so probably only 30-31 years old

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/10/29/white-sox-hiring-matt-roffe-away-from-brewers-to-fill-open-amateur-scouting-director-role https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7712356/2026/10/29/brewers-matt-kleine-astros-gm-candidate/ Josh Barfield also under consideration here...supposedly

seems like a huge promotion, regardless of how his contract ended in Milwaukee...but hard to imagine someone in their scouting department being held in anything but the highest regard after their last couple of seasons and all their draft successes

Rogers should be around $75-85 million, and would still constitute the biggest Sox contract ever...

Honestly, most Sox fans would be absolutely elated if they added in FA or extensions (Vargas??) half the amount Skubal's going to get in new/offseason commitments...let's say $175-200 million. The Brewers' biggest moves a year ago were the Cooper Pratt and Luis Lara extensions...and wishcasting Brandon Woodruff for one year. "Christian Yelich regressed, Brandon Woodruff missed most of the year with shoulder trouble, and trade deadline additions Dustin May and Antonio Senzatela have been complementary pieces at best." https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/milwaukee-brewers/news/brewers-payroll-breakdown-milwaukee-world-series/fb7325c5b9370e1a2684c644 "The Brewers rank 19th in baseball with a $146.2 million payroll, behind a group of 18 teams that includes the 62-100 Angels, 65-97 Giants and 69-93 Royals."

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50292274/early-2027-season-power-rankings Years ago, Bill James coined the "Plexiglas Principle": Teams that improve dramatically in one season tend to decline the next season (and teams that suffer a big decline tend to bounce back). While the White Sox have an exciting young core, after a 24-win improvement from 2025 to 2026, they might fall prey to this theory. They're thin on the pitching side of things, and the offense wasn't as good in the second half, as the strikeouts started piling up. The good news is that general manager Chris Getz has a lot of payroll room to bolster the staff in free agency if that's the direction the franchise chooses. Indeed, it's a long shot, since the White Sox have never signed a $100 million free agent, but making a play for Skubal could be a possible scenario.

Pratt's first Game 5 hit was an RBI single to center that scored Brice Turang and gave Milwaukee an early 1-0 lead. That hit was his fifth consecutive, tying him for the previous rookie World Series record with Brian Doyle, who registered five consecutive hits in the 1978 World Series. Pratt fouled out in his third at-bat of Game 5, which brought his hitting streak to an end. But he still drove in a run, which gave the Brewers a 4-0 lead in the sixth. Baumann Fgraphs ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The past nine years were the best run in Milwaukee Brewers history: eight postseason appearances, six division titles, 869 regular-season wins, for a 93-win-per-season pace over almost a full decade. An MVP, a Cy Young — probably two, by this time next month — and plenty of turnover: two front office bosses, two field managers, 193 players. But 11 teams had been to the World Series since 2018; six had won. Not the Brewers. Until this year. The nervous 12-inning staring contest of Game 4 delayed Milwaukee’s coronation by just one day. Cooper Pratt put the Brewers ahead with an RBI single in the second. Jacob Misiorowski pitched the best game of his postseason career — 5 2/3 scoreless innings with just two singles and a walk allowed — before leaving with a cramp after 86 pitches.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL202603260.shtml MIZ vs Shane Smith Meidroth leadoff homer, 14-2 final

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtjI0tDLr3A&xstg=CAMSBhUD1t3-Hw%3D%3D

They claim it's only 35-40% Brewers' fans, but my God it's so loud in there... Throwing a guy that's only gone 1 2/3 in the last couple of months...another team that simply ran out of quality relievers this postseason.

Over the Yankees and Red Sox? how did that get past the East Coast editors?

White Sox just signed Cleavinger's brother this past July...fwiw Left-handed pitcher Grant Cleavinger signed with the White Sox as an undrafted free agent after the 2026 MLB Draft out of Nebraska. And the start to his professional career includes numbers that are hard to believe. Cleavinger, 22, is the younger brother of longtime MLB reliever Garrett Cleavinger, who is currently in the bullpen for the Tampa Bay Rays and has posted a 3.28 ERA over 233 career MLB appearances. Baseball bloodlines are usually a good sign, but during his college career at Nebraska, Cleavinger could never really figure out how to harness his swing-and-miss stuff. ***He played three years for the Cornhuskers after transferring in from Tulane. Over the course of his collegiate career, he posted a 7.83 ERA, largely due to 42 walks being allowed over 43.2 innings pitched.*** Still, 69 strikeouts over those 43.2 innings was good for 14.2 K/9. Combine that with the really promising spin rates on his fastball, and it was enough to intrigue the White Sox and convince them to give Cleavinger a chance as an undrafted free agent. yahoo.com/sports

CBSsports.com The Brewers have selected Pratt with the 182nd overall pick of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft. A 6-foot-4, 195-pound prep shortstop from Mississippi, Pratt has one of the better hit tools in his class and easily projects to grow into more power as he fills out his frame. He combines excellent bat-to-ball ability with a strong eye at the plate, projecting to be an above-average or plus hitter in pro ball. Pratt's right-handed swing is smooth and quick, and given his frame, he could develop above-average or better power down the road. Despite his size, there's a decent chance he will stick at shortstop, at least early in his big-league career. The fact he fell to Milwaukee in the sixth round suggests they made a big money-saving pick earlier on, perhaps with Mike Boeve in the second round and/or Jason Woodward and Ryan Birchard in rounds four and five, respectively.

Players vote on playoff shares probably no, since he already gets one from SD Plus they have to save one for Vasil doubt there are AL Central runner up rings anyway

Harris did fill in admirably for Laureno and help get SD to playoffs...high batting average low power and barely adequate defender. Had a decent average in limited Sox at bats as well.

Very versatile, can do tennis basketball Little League WS etc. A bit more by the book than Benetti, who has his distinctive corny dad jokes style. Pretty sure he's too professional to lock into a good ol boys network team.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/sports/jorge-posada-snub-proves-yankees-have-a-clubhouse-issue-adam-schein/

assistant general manager Josh Barfield is a candidate for Astros ... Oct 20, 2026 — White Sox general manager Chris Getz said the team intends to make a hire under the title “director of amateur acquisitions.”