Cleveland's Stephen Vogt wins AL Manager of the Year, Milwaukee's Pat Murphy takes home NL honor

Milwaukee's Pat Murphy and Cleveland's Stephen Vogt had the unenviable task of taking over for successful and well-liked predecessors when they were named managers of their respective teams during the offseason. Both proved to be naturals. Murphy won National League...

Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers has been named the National League Manager of the Year

Brewers' Matt Arnold selected as MLB executive of the year

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold was chosen Major League Baseball’s executive of the year after constructing a roster that won a second straight NL Central title in the league’s smallest market. The award is voted on by executives...

Brewers' Pat Murphy keeping close eye on the playoffs while looking for ways to get better

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Some players and coaches brood over heartbreaking playoff losses so much that they can’t bear to watch the rest of the postseason. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy has taken an entirely different approach in the week since his team squandered a two-run, ninth-inning...

Ninth-inning collapse makes Brewers' latest playoff exit particularly painful

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames had just finished playing perhaps his final game with the Milwaukee Brewers when he described the most devastating of this franchise’s growing collection of playoff defeats. “Losing that way, when you’re so close, it’s like when you’re a kid...

Mets advance in playoffs with 4-2 win over Brewers as Alonso homers to spark 9th-inning rally

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off All-Star closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night to win their NL Wild Card Series. With their latest thrilling comeback in the decisive Game 3...

Brewers on the brink of another early playoff exit after their bullpen crumbles in 8-4 loss to Mets

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers blew another lead in a playoff game, and now they’re on the verge of another early postseason exit. Milwaukee gave up five runs with two outs in the fifth inning and lost 8-4 to the New York Mets in the opener of an NL Wild Card Series on...

American Family Field adds padding to area of wall that Brewers' Frelick hit while chasing foul ball

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick returned to the Milwaukee Brewers' lineup for the start of the playoffs without needing to worry about hitting any metal if he crashed into a wall again. Frelick bruised his hip Friday when his left side made contact with the metal chain link inside a...

Brewers' Chourio and Padres' Merrill head impressive list of rookies in postseason

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully. When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of...

Brewers and Mets both proved skeptics wrong to set up unlikely NL Wild Card Series matchup

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The New York Mets weren’t supposed to get this far. Neither were the Milwaukee Brewers. Yet here they are squaring off in a best-of-three NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday in Milwaukee. These two teams should know each other well. The Mets...