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• Get ready to watch: MLB.TV available for 2019

  06-02-2019 15:55 via mlb.mlb.com
  Spring Training is imminent, Opening Day is within sight and the big league season isn't complete for fans without a subscription to MLB.TV. The most comprehensive streaming service in professional sports is now available for the 2019 season.
  
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• Attanasio on '19 Crew: 'The chips are all in now'

  20-02-2019 16:58 via mlb.mlb.com
  Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio missed last week's ribbon-cutting at American Family Fields of Phoenix because of an illness, so Tuesday afforded his first look at what $65 million and 500,000 man hours can build in 9 1/2 months.
  
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• Crew brass 'making a statement' with overhauls

  20-02-2019 02:29 via mlb.mlb.com
  Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio missed last week's ribbon-cutting at American Family Fields of Phoenix because of an illness, so Tuesday afforded his first look at what $65 million and 500,000 man hours can build in 9 1/2 months.
  
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• Moose says he's comfortable at 2B upon return

  19-02-2019 20:55 via mlb.mlb.com
  For the second straight offseason, free agency did not go according to plan for Mike Moustakas. But there are worse things than signing for $10 million, as he did with Milwaukee on a one-year deal Tuesday.
  
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• Moustakas back with Crew on 1-year deal

  19-02-2019 15:58 via mlb.mlb.com
  It was just a day earlier when Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw said he would welcome Mike Moustakas back to the Brewers with open arms, even though it could cost Shaw his primary position.
  
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• Moustakas agrees to return to Brewers

  19-02-2019 15:58 via mlb.mlb.com
  It was just a day earlier when Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw said he would welcome Mike Moustakas back to the Brewers with open arms, even though it could cost Shaw his primary position.
  
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• Counsell flush with options from left side

  18-02-2019 23:33 via mlb.mlb.com
  Manager Craig Counsell referred to it as a "circular" lineup. Others would use the word "length." However one terms it, the Brewers believe the return of Mike Moustakas and the addition of Yasmani Grandal will make the lineup better than it was a year ago.
  
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• The Brewers' Spring Training battle to watch

  18-02-2019 23:20 via mlb.mlb.com
  The next five weeks will see lots of shuffling on Major League rosters. Here are the most intriguing positional battles on each of the 30 MLB clubs.
  
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• Moustakas may be Brewers' starting 2B

  18-02-2019 21:52 via mlb.mlb.com
  It was assumed all offseason that if the Brewers re-signed Mike Moustakas, he would man third base and Travis Shaw would shift back to second. Turns out the team had the opposite alignment in mind.
  
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• Reasons for optimism for each MLB club

  18-02-2019 02:02 via mlb.mlb.com
  On this opening week of Spring Training, all 30 Major League teams have one thing in common: optimism. Here's an optimism cheat sheet for each of them.
  
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• Bright side: Reasons for optimism for each team

  18-02-2019 00:39 via mlb.mlb.com
  On this opening week of Spring Training, all 30 Major League teams have one thing in common: optimism. Here's an optimism cheat sheet for each of them.
  
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• Source: Moustakas agrees to return to Brewers

  17-02-2019 22:28 via mlb.mlb.com
  Free-agent slugger Mike Moustakas has agreed to return to the Brewers on a one-year contract, pending a physical, MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal said on Sunday. The club has not commented.
  
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• Q&A: Crew's pitching coach Hook talks new role

  17-02-2019 22:26 via mlb.mlb.com
  Patience paid off for new Brewers pitching coach Chris Hook, who earned a promotion to the Major League staff after 11 years coaching in the Minors.
  
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• Perez feels great after offseason wrist surgery

  17-02-2019 00:28 via mlb.mlb.com
  Barring an acquisition before Opening Day, the Brewers are counting on Hernan Perez to help cover second base this season. Perez is hoping that better health helps boost his offensive production.
  
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• Crew would welcome Moose 'with open arms'

  16-02-2019 23:26 via mlb.mlb.com
  Brewers fans have been Moose hunting, wondering when veteran third baseman Mike Moustakas will finally escape free agency and find a home. His teammates during the second half of last season are wondering, too.
  
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• MVP reports: Yelich welcomes new season

  15-02-2019 22:52 via mlb.mlb.com
  It was back to baseball on Friday for the reigning National League MVP, and yeah, Christian Yelich knows you're wondering whether he can put up those big numbers again.
  
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• Crew plucks righty Jackson from Japan as NRI

  15-02-2019 22:03 via mlb.mlb.com
  The Brewers on Friday added a reliever who has not pitched in the big leagues since 2015 to camp. But that doesn't mean he has not pitched some big games. It was a Minor League deal with an invitation to big league camp for 31-year-old right-hander Jay Jackson, a one-time Brewers farmhand who was a September callup for San Diego in 2015, before he played the past three years in Japan for the Hiroshima Carp.
  
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• Where did Yelich rank on Top 100 Right Now?

  15-02-2019 04:00 via mlb.mlb.com
  The 2019 MLB season feels so close now. Spring Training has begun. Players are taking the field. So it's time to rank the best of the best.
  
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• How will Hader, Crew's bullpen follow stellar '18?

  15-02-2019 01:36 via mlb.mlb.com
  As the Brewers bring back most of a bullpen that was their best strength, Josh Hader is not the only reliever bidding to build on 2018.
  
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• Tomlin excited to join 'forward-thinking' Crew

  15-02-2019 01:11 via mlb.mlb.com
  When it became clear the Major League contract he'd been seeking wasn't out there, Josh Tomlin started searching for the right fit.
  
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• Prospects who should vie for a roster spot

  15-02-2019 00:36 via mlb.mlb.com
  The 30 prospects below all are getting very long looks this spring with an eye toward breaking camp with the parent club. Even if they start the year in the Minors, they all should get the chance to contribute at some point in the very near future.
  
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• 20 questions that will define the NL Central

  14-02-2019 17:35 via mlb.mlb.com
  It was only five years ago that the Cardinals won the National League Central with only 90 wins. Heck, it was only 12 years ago that the Cubs won it with 85, and 13 that the Cardinals won it with 83. Point is: There have been times in recent baseball history that the NL Central was not exactly the toughest gauntlet in the sport. But in 2019, it looks like the scariest division in baseball.
  
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• Projected 2019 lineups, rotations for every team

  14-02-2019 02:51 via mlb.mlb.com
  Spring Training is here, so now is a good time to project what each club's Opening Day lineup and rotation would look like if the season began today. Of course, rosters are still fluid at this point, but with help from all 30 MLB.com beat writers, here's a roundup of how they might turn out.
  
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• 9 comeback candidates to root for this season

  14-02-2019 02:00 via mlb.mlb.com
  A year ago, Danny Farquhar was not going to be in the middle of a spring storyline. That's going to change this spring as he tries to win a spot in the Yankees' bullpen
  
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• Brewers make fallen officer their '10th man'

  13-02-2019 23:04 via mlb.mlb.com
  There is a locker in the Brewers' Spring Training clubhouse with a name you won't find on any roster. The navy blue jersey with "RITTNER" stitched across the top serves as a quiet tribute to Matthew Rittner, the fallen Milwaukee Police Department officer who was laid to rest on Wednesday, on the same day his favorite team reported to camp.
  
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• Nelson raring to get started as Brewers report

  13-02-2019 15:44 via mlb.mlb.com
  Brewers pitchers and catchers formally reported for Spring Training on Wednesday. Is there anyone more eager than Jimmy Nelson to see 2019 off and running?
  
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• Burnes vying for Brewers rotation spot

  13-02-2019 02:44 via mlb.mlb.com
  Josh Hader broke into the big leagues as a reliever, found success in that role and never looked back. It looks like another highly regarded prospect, Corbin Burnes, will take a different path.
  
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• Brewers overwhelmed by new spring facility

  13-02-2019 01:57 via mlb.mlb.com
  Following a $60 million renovation, the Brewers on Tuesday christened American Family Fields of Phoenix with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the rebirth of the Brewers' longtime Spring Training home. Players knew it was coming, but the most common reaction to seeing the finished result in person was, "Wow."
  
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• 30 low-key acquisitions who could pay off big

  12-02-2019 18:57 via mlb.mlb.com
  Fans and analysts spend the entire offseason speculating where the top free agents could go, but sometimes an under-the-radar pickup can end up making a world of difference. As positional competitions begin to heat up at Spring Training camps this month, MLB.com's beat writers were asked to identify one potentially overlooked acquisition for each of the 30 clubs. Here's who they came up with.
  
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• Uniform patch to mark 150 years of pro baseball

  12-02-2019 15:09 via mlb.mlb.com
  All 30 Major League teams will wear special "MLB 150" patches on their uniforms for the entire 2019 season in honor of the 150th anniversary of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first openly all-salaried professional baseball team.
  
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