2018 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 49th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 21st in the National League, and 50th overall. On September 26, the Brewers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game on October 1 to win their first division title since 2011. They swept the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series to advance to the National League Championship Series, where they lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2018 Milwaukee Brewers
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–67 (.589)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)David Stearns
Manager(s)Craig Counsell
Local televisionFox Sports Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay)
Telemundo Wisconsin
(Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
January 2, 2018 Traded RHP Dylan Baker to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash.[1]
January 25, 2018 Traded OF Lewis Brinson and three other minor leaguers to Miami Marlins for OF Christian Yelich.

Signed OF Lorenzo Cain to 5-year $80 million contract.[2]

Season standings

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9667 0.589 — 51–30 45–37
Chicago Cubs 9568 0.583 1 51–31 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 7½ 43–38 45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8279 0.509 13 44–36 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 6795 0.414 28½ 37–44 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2018 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —3–43–43–38–1111–86–11–52–54–26–112–78–113–32–510–10
Atlanta 4–3—3–33–42–52–514–53–413–612–75–14–33–34–210–98–12
Chicago 4–33–3—11–83–34–35–211–96–14–210–95–23–39–104–313–7
Cincinnati 3–34–38–11—2–46–12–56–133–33–45–143–44–27–121–610–10
Colorado 11–85–23–34–2—7–132–42–56–15–23–311–812–72–55–213–7
Los Angeles 8–115–23–41–613–7—2–44–34–23–45–114–510–93–45–112–8
Miami 1–65–142–55–24–24–2—2–57–128–111–42–54–33–36–139–11
Milwaukee 5–14–39–1113–65–23–45–2—4–33–37–124–26–111–84–213–7
New York 5–26–131–63–31–62–412–73–4—11–83–44–24–33–311–88–12
Philadelphia 2–47–122–44–32–54–311–83–38–11—6–13–34–34–38–1112–8
Pittsburgh 1–61–59–1014–53–31–54–112–74–31–6—3–44–38–112–515–5
San Diego 7–123–42–54–38–115–145–22–42–43–34–3—8–114–32–47–13
San Francisco 11–83–33–32–47–129–103–41–63–43–43–411–8—2–54–28–12
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–33–38–113–33–411–83–45–2—5–211–9
Washington 5–29–103–46–12–51–513–62–48–1111–85–24–22–42–5—9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Spring Training

Spring Training game log


2018 Brewers Spring Training Game Log: 19–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 9–8)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled/Tie
Bold = Brewers team member

Roster
2018 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 55 Marcus Hanel (bullpen catcher)

Regular season

Game log
2018 regular season game log: 96–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 45–37)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Brewers team member

Postseason game log
2018 postseason game log: 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–2)

Detailed records

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2018.[3] They operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Cleveland Indians.[3]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
Double-A Biloxi Shuckers Southern League Mike Guerrero
Class A-Advanced Carolina Mudcats Carolina League Joe Ayrault
Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Matt Erickson
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Nestor Corredor
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Rafael Neda
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Rookie DSL Indians/Brewers Dominican Summer League
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References
  1. McCalvy, Adam. "Brewers send Minor Leaguer Baker to Dodgers". MLB.com.
  2. McCalvy, Adam. "Brewers revamp outfield with Yelich, Cain".
  3. "2018 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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