2020 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season is the 51st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 23rd in the National League, and 52nd overall. The team will attempt to make the playoffs in three consecutive seasons for the first time in their history.

2020 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Miller Park (since 2001) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)	David Stearns
Manager(s)	Craig Counsell
Local television	Fox Sports Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay) Telemundo Wisconsin (Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3]

Spring training

The Brewers finished spring training with a record of 10–7 (2 ties). They also had 15 games canceled, 3 due to rain, and 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring training was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon returning to play in July 2020, the team played inner squad scrimmages instead of playing a full compliment of Spring Training games. The team flew by charter planes to their scrimmages.[4] On July 22, they defeated the Chicago White Sox, in their only exhibition game during the restart, 5–3.

Opening Day Starters

Order	Name	Pos.
1	Eric Sogard	3B
2	Christian Yelich	LF
3	Keston Hiura	2B
4	Justin Smoak	1B
5	Ryan Braun	DH
6	Avisaíl García	RF
7	Omar Narvaez	C
8	Lorenzo Cain	CF
9	Orlando Arcia	SS
—	Brandon Woodruff	P

Season standings

National League Central

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	15	7	0.682	—	10–5	5–2
Milwaukee Brewers	10	10	0.500	4	2–6	8–4
St. Louis Cardinals	5	6	0.455	4½	2–1	3–5
Cincinnati Reds	9	11	0.450	5	5–7	4–4
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	15	0.211	9½	2–7	2–8

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	18	7	0.720
Chicago Cubs	15	7	0.682
Atlanta Braves	14	11	0.560

Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Colorado Rockies	13	10	0.565
Miami Marlins	9	8	0.529
Milwaukee Brewers	10	10	0.500

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Arizona Diamondbacks	13	11	0.542	+½
San Diego Padres	13	12	0.520	—
Philadelphia Phillies	9	9	0.500	½
St. Louis Cardinals	5	6	0.455	1
Cincinnati Reds	9	11	0.450	1½
New York Mets	11	14	0.440	2
Washington Nationals	9	12	0.429	2
San Francisco Giants	9	16	0.360	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	15	0.211	6

Record vs. opponents

2020 National League Records Source: NL Standings Head-to-head
Team	CHC	CIN	MIL	PIT	STL	AL
Chicago	—	2–1	3–4	3–0	1–1	5–1
Cincinnati	1–2	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–7
Milwaukee	4–3	1–2	—	2–1	0–0	3–4
Pittsburgh	0–3	1–1	1–2	—	1–2	1–6
St. Louis	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	2–3

Updated with the results of all games through August 17, 2020.

Current roster

Milwaukee Brewers roster
Active roster				Player pool		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 25 Brett Anderson 39 Corbin Burnes 37 Adrian Houser 29 Josh Lindblom 51 Freddy Peralta 53 Brandon Woodruff Bullpen 58 Alex Claudio 46 Corey Knebel 47 Ángel Perdomo 41 David Phelps 43 Drew Rasmussen 35 Brent Suter 38 Devin Williams 57 Eric Yardley Closer 71 Josh Hader		Catchers 10 Omar Narváez  9 Manny Piña Infielders  3 Orlando Arcia  5 Jedd Gyorko 18 Keston Hiura 11 Brock Holt 12 Justin Smoak  7 Eric Sogard  2 Luis Urías Outfielders  8 Ryan Braun 16 Ben Gamel 24 Avisaíl García 22 Christian Yelich		Pitchers 68 Clayton Andrews * -- Alec Bettinger * 94 Phil Bickford * 66 Zack Brown * 36 Jake Faria * 54 Jonathon Feyereisen 00 Dylan File * 52 Justin Grimm 00 Antoine Kelly * 27 Eric Lauer 74 Ethan Small * 79 Trey Supak 95 Justin Topa * 31 Bobby Wahl Catchers 85 Thomas Dillard * 93 Mario Feliciano * 20 David Freitas 26 Jacob Nottingham Infielders -- Eduardo Garcia * 28 Ryon Healy 61 Mark Mathias 00 Jace Peterson * 65 Ronny Rodríguez 91 Brice Turang * Outfielders 23 Keon Broxton * 97 Tristen Lutz * -- Hedbert Perez * 78 Corey Ray 15 Tyrone Taylor		Manager 30 Craig Counsell Coaches 62 Jacob Cruz (assistant hitting) 63 Robinzon Díaz (bullpen catcher) 49 Andy Haines (hitting) 55 Marcus Hanel (bullpen catcher) 48 Chris Hook (pitching) 33 Steve Karsay (bullpen) 40 Jason Lane (first base) 59 Pat Murphy (bench/catching)  0 Ed Sedar (third base/outfield) 45-day injured list 50 Ray Black * Restricted list  6 Lorenzo Cain * 45 Shelby Miller * 28 active, 29 player pool 7- or 10-day injured list Suspended list ^# Personal leave * Not on 40-man roster Roster and coaches updated August 11, 2020 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Game log

Regular season

2020 regular season game log: 10–11 (Home: 2–6; Away: 8–5)
July: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3) # Date Opponent Score Loss Win Save Record Box/ Streak 1 July 24 @ Cubs 0–3 Woodruff (0–1) Hendricks (1–0) — 0–1 L1 2 July 25 @ Cubs 8–3 Darvish (0–1) Suter (1–0) — 1–1 W1 3 July 26 @ Cubs 1–9 Peralta (0–1) Chatwood (1–0) — 1–2 L1 4 July 27 @ Pirates 6–5 (11) Neverauskas (0–1) Phelps (1–0) — 2–2 W1 5 July 28 @ Pirates 6–8 Wahl (0–1) Hartlieb (1–0) Burdi (1) 2–3 L1 6 July 29 @ Pirates 3–0 Musgrove (0–2) Woodruff (1–1) Hader (1) 3–3 W1 — July 31 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19)
August: 7–8 (Home: 2–6; Away: 5–2) # Date Opponent Score Loss Win Save Record Box/ Streak — August 1 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19) — August 2 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19) — August 2 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19) 7 August 3 White Sox 4–6 Phelps (1–1) Detwiler (1–0) Colomé (2) 3–4 L1 8 August 4 White Sox 2–3 Williams (0–1) Giolito (1–1) Colomé (3) 3–5 L2 9 August 5 @ White Sox 1–0 Keuchel (2–1) Houser (1–0) Hader (2) 4–5 W1 10 August 6 @ White Sox 8–3 González (0–1) Lindblom (1–0) — 5–5 W2 11 August 7 Reds 3–8 Lauer (0–1) Bauer (2–0) — 5–6 L1 12 August 8 Reds 1–4 Anderson (0–1) DeSclafani (1–0) Iglesias (2) 5–7 L2 13 August 9 Reds 9–3 Gray (3–1) Suter (2–0) — 6–7 W1 14 August 10 Twins 2–4 Houser (1–1) Dobnak (3–1) Rogers (4) 6–8 L1 15 August 11 Twins 6–4 Rogers (1–2) Williams (1–1) Hader (3) 7–8 W1 16 August 12 Twins 2–12 Lauer (0–2) Maeda (3–0) — 7–9 L1 17 August 13 @ Cubs 2–4 Anderson (0–2) Darvish (3–1) Wick (3) 7–10 L2 18 August 14 @ Cubs 4–3 Mills (2–1) Peralta (1–1) Hader (4) 8–10 W1 19 August 15 @ Cubs 6–5 (10) Jeffress (1–1) Phelps (2–1) Claudio (1) 9–10 W2 20 August 16 @ Cubs 6–5 Adam (0–1) Yardley (1–0) Hader (5) 10–10 W3 21 August 18 @ Twins 3–4 (12) Phelps (2–2) Alcalá (1–0) — 10–11 L1 22 August 19 @ Twins ? 23 August 20 @ Twins ? 24 August 21 @ Pirates ? 25 August 22 @ Pirates ? 26 August 23 @ Pirates ? 27 August 24 Reds ? 28 August 25 Reds ? 29 August 26 Reds ? 30 August 27 Reds ? 31 August 28 Pirates ? 32 August 29 Pirates ? 33 August 30 Pirates ? 34 August 31 Pirates ?
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Loss Win Save Record Box/ Streak 35 September 1 Tigers ? 36 September 2 Tigers ? 37 September 4 @ Indians ? 38 September 5 @ Indians ? 39 September 6 @ Indians ? 40 September 8 @ Tigers ? 41 September 9 @ Tigers ? 42 September 11 Cubs ? 43 September 12 Cubs ? 44 September 13 Cubs ? 45 September 14 (1) Cardinals ? 46 September 14 (2) Cardinals ? 47 September 15 Cardinals ? 48 September 16 (1) Cardinals ? 49 September 16 (2) Cardinals ? 50 September 18 Royals ? 51 September 19 Royals ? 52 September 20 Royals ? 53 September 21 @ Reds ? 54 September 22 @ Reds ? 55 September 23 @ Reds ? 56 September 24 @ Cardinals ? 57 September 25 Cardinals ? 58 September 25 @ Cardinals ? 59 September 26 @ Cardinals ? 60 September 27 @ Cardinals ?
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Brewers team member

Detailed records

National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Milwaukee Brewers — — — — — — Chicago Cubs 0–0 2–3 2–3 .400 17 24 Cincinnati Reds 1–2 0–0 1–2 .333 13 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–0 2–1 2–1 .667 15 13 St. Louis Cardinals 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 1–2 4–4 5–6 .455 45 52

American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Chicago White Sox 0–2 2–0 2–2 .500 15 12 Cleveland Indians — 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Detroit Tigers 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Kansas City Royals 0–0 — 0–0 – 0 0 Minnesota Twins 1–2 0–0 1–2 .333 10 20 1–4 2–0 3–4 .429 25 32

Statistics

Regular season

Batting

(As of July 27, 2020)

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Omar Narvaez	3	8	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	.125	.417	.250	2
Justin Smoak	3	11	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	.273	.333	.636	7
Keston Hiura	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.083	.154	.083	1
Orlando Arcia	3	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	4
Eric Sogard	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.100	.250	.100	1
Christian Yelich	3	13	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	.077	.077	.308	4
Lorenzo Cain	3	10	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.300	.300	.400	4
Avisail Garcia	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	1
Ben Gamel	2	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	.286	.375	.571	4
Logan Morrison	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Ryan Braun	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Manny Pina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000		0
Jedd Gyorko	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

Source[5]

Pitching

(As of July 27, 2020)

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Brandon Woodruff	0	1	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	4	2	2	1	5
Corbin Burnes	0	0	2.70	1	1	0	3.1	2	1	1	3	6
Freddy Peralta	0	1	12.00	1	1	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	3
Brent Suter	1	0	6.75	1	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	0	3
Eric Lauer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	6
Bobby Wahl	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1
Corey Knebel	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	1
Devin Williams	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
David Phelps	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathon Feyereisen	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
Eric Yardley	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Grimm	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	1	1
Alex Claudio	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1

Source[5]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	San Antonio Missions	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Southern League	Mike Guerrero
A-Advanced	Carolina Mudcats	Carolina League	Joe Ayrault
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Matt Erickson
Rookie	Rocky Mountain Vibes	Pioneer League	Liu Rodriguez
Rookie	AZL Brewers Blue	Arizona League	Rafael Neda
Rookie	AZL Brewers Gold	Arizona League	Nick Stanley
Rookie	DSL Brewers	Dominican Summer League	Victor Estevez

References

1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. Haudricourt, Tom; Rosiak, Todd (July 22, 2020). "Brewers get first taste of how different life on the road will be with COVID-19 protocols". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
5. "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

External links

• 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season at Baseball Reference
• Milwaukee Brewers season Official Site