Episode 381 | Nerding Off

Steve sat in for Jaymes this week and walked the guys through their thoughts on the Angel Zerpa for Issac Collins and Nick Mears trade, a couple of depth signingings in the OF, the release of the Brewers 2026 ZiPS projections and, of course, the cuteness of Christian Yelich's new pooch. Link to Hunger Task Force Food DriveSupport the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Ryan was back with Paul and Jaymes to preview baseball's winter meetings, talk about payroll, extensions, the Brewers chances to win the NL in 2026 and doing a little turn on the catwalk. Yeah, the catwalk. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Paul and Jaymes discuss Woody, the non-tender pile, the free agent pile, and whether Caleb Durbin is already as strong as he can be. Plus, bar dice, and small children who may hit you with bats!

Paul was back with Jaymes and Ryan to talk all about awards week, Pat Murphy and Matt Arnold going back to back in their respective categories, all the Brewers who got ROY votes, some roster predictions, baserunning and bad players we still liked. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

On this week's show, Jaymes, Ryan and Spencer talked all about the Brewers roster moves last week, including declining the option on Contreras and the decision to make a qualifying offer to Woodruff, some notable changes to the coaching staff and, of course, best accounting practices.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Spencer was in for Paul this week, and the guys started off by discussing what was a fun and competative World Series, including what the Blue Jays performance means for the "inevitiable Dodgers" narrative. After that, they moved on to talking about some offseason priorities, what sorts of moves they are anticipating and, of course, if a Brewer were a tree, what sort of tree would he be?Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Jaymes, Paul and Ryan got together for a little post NLCS beatdown group therapy, looked at why the team lost, how they can avoid that happening in the future and previewed what figures to be yet another interesting offseason. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Jaymes and Ryan talked all about the Brewers beating the Cubs to move onto the NLCS and then looked forward to the impending matchup with the Dodgers in the NLCS. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

On this episode, the guys talked all about the the Brewers big game one win, the early offensive explosion, what might have been Freddy's best playoff start to date and the bullpen doing it's thing. They also talked about the playoff roster, how things line up for the rest of the series and, of course, Chicago traffic. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

The Brewers regular season is now over, and we talked as little as possible about the last week of it, tried to assess the season as a whole to date and look ahead to the playoffs with a game of "who do you trust" on the pitching side and whole bunch of questions. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU