LOS ANGELES -- In retrospect, Mike Hazen took away all his leverage right from the start, but in the end it didn't matter. The general manager and the D-backs both got what they wanted. Hazen got a contract extension through 2028 with a club option for 2029, and the D-backs

MILWAUKEE -- Down a game in this best-of-three National League Wild Card Series and down one of their “Big Three” starting pitchers, the Brewers needed the very best of Freddy Peralta in Game 2. For four innings, they got it. And then, it got away. For Milwaukee, that’s a familiar

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers’ season was not 20 minutes in the rear view mirror before Craig Counsell was asked the question that will dominate the coming weeks. Is there any sort of timeline on your decision for your future? “That ain't for tonight, man,” Counsell said. Counsell had hoped to

MILWAUKEE -- After getting through one of his most challenging first innings this season, D-backs ace Zac Gallen’s confidence remained steadfast. “He walked by me right there, and he said, ‘I got seven [innings] today,’” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “‘Just give me 110 pitches. I’ve got seven innings for

Some very bright minds have been rendered ridiculous when trying to surmise anything of substance from small numbers of baseball games. The stakes might be immense within the pulse of the postseason, but, when you get right down to it, these are still short series, which is to say anything

MILWAUKEE -- As he paced in the visitor’s dugout at American Family Field late in Wednesday night’s game against the Brewers, D-backs manager Torey Lovullo couldn’t help but think back to two years ago. It was 2021 and Arizona was en route to a 110-loss season. Lovullo just watched his

MILWAUKEE -- The D-backs are continuing to evaluate catcher Gabriel Moreno after a scary moment forced him to exit Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday. Moreno was struck on the top of his helmet on a backswing by Brewers second baseman Brice Turang in the

MILWAUKEE -- One of the biggest questions entering the National League Wild Card Series between the Brewers and D-backs was how much experience matters in the postseason. In Game 1, a young Arizona team let its bats do the talking. Rookie outfielder Corbin Carroll and second-year catcher Gabriel Moreno homered

MILWAUKEE -- Known more for their speed than their power, the D-backs showed they can slug too as they hit three homers to beat the Brewers, 6-3, in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday night at American Family Field. The win puts the D-backs in

MILWAUKEE -- The script has flipped in the National League Wild Card Series. The Brewers began the week with their “Big Three” starters all lined up, while the D-backs had to wait to deploy their co-aces. A day later, Arizona had a Game 1 win in the bank and Zac

MILWAUKEE -- D-backs manager Torey Lovullo was asked before his team's 6-3 victory in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday night why he chose veteran Evan Longoria to start at third base. “I just like the stability of the human being and the stability of

MILWAUKEE -- In the 11 years since the Brewers made him a second-round Draft pick, Tyrone Taylor has gone from top prospect to hearing whispers about being a bust to a big league role player to a must-start in the postseason. When he smashed a two-run home run in the

The best part of the MLB playoffs is how much one day can change everything. Yesterday, we were talking about how the Rays had been rolling the final week of the season, how well the Brewers were set up for October, and how the Twins seemingly were never going to

MILWAUKEE -- While Wisconsin lawmakers continue negotiating mechanisms to fund the future of American Family Field, this week’s National League Wild Card Series offers the Brewers an opportunity to showcase the ballpark at its best. “Playing postseason games helps a lot,” president of business operations Rick Schlesinger said as the

MILWAUKEE -- So much changed so quickly for the Brewers. On Monday morning, they appeared from the outside to be healthy, rested and ready to attempt a long postseason run with arguably the deepest pitching in the field. By Tuesday night, the pitching was frayed and the Brewers’ season was

MILWAUKEE -- The D-backs made a last-minute injury substitution to their roster for the National League Wild Card Series, replacing outfielder Jake McCarthy with third baseman Jace Peterson. McCarthy suffered a right oblique strain while taking batting practice and Dr. Gary Green, Major League Baseball’s medical director, confirmed the injury

MILWAUKEE -- The D-backs are going with 14 position players and 12 pitchers on the 26-man roster for their NL Wild Card Series against the Brewers, which begins Tuesday. On the pitching side, the team elected to keep rookie right-hander Bryce Jarvis on the roster over left-hander reliever Kyle Nelson.

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MILWAUKEE -- The D-backs would have liked to have come into the National League Wild Card Series on a roll instead of a four-game losing streak, but baseball history is littered with teams that either came in hot only to make an early exit or ended the regular season struggling

MILWAUKEE -- Colin Rea and Jesse Winker are in. Garrett Mitchell and Rowdy Tellez are out. And the Brewers’ 26-man roster for the best-of-three National League Wild Card Series against the D-backs is set. With the revelation that right-hander Brandon Woodruff would miss at least this round of the postseason

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are at home and had five days at the end of the regular season to rest up their pitchers for the National League Wild Card Series. But they’re sure of two things. One, the D-backs will be a formidable foe. Two, anything can happen in a

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The playoffs … are here. Nearly every night for the next month, there will be baseball with the highest possible stakes, games played of titanic magnitude. And these will be played all day. This is the fun part. This is what you were waiting for. • 2023 Wild Card Series

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers clinched a postseason berth with eight games to go in the regular season and a division title with five games to go, but it took until the final day to learn their opponent in the National League Wild Card Series. It will be Brewers vs. D-backs

MILWAUKEE -- The regular season is a wrap. Bring on the D-backs. The Brewers had just wrapped their 4-0 win over the Cubs in Sunday’s regular-season finale when they learned that Arizona will be the opponent for a best-of-three National League Wild Card Series that begins Tuesday at American Family