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The Milwaukee Brewers have announced their official 26-man roster for opening day of the 2025 season against the New York Yankees on Thursday.
Here's the full roster:
William Contreras, Eric Haase
Contreras has a claim to the best catcher in baseball entering 2025, coming off a year in which he had a .281 batting average, .365 on-base percentage and .466 slugging percentage, was named a Silver Slugger and took fifth place in National League MVP voting.
Jake Bauers, Rhys Hoskins
In the second year of a two-year, $34 million deal, Hoskins is looking for a bounceback campaign. Despite hitting 26 homers a year ago, Hoskins’ .722 on-base plus slugging percentage was still below league average, but he looked healthier this spring as he hit six homers, which was tied for the Cactus League lead.
Bauers will spell Hoskins and fits into the lineup against right-handed hitters, whether at designated hitter or first base.
Brice Turang
Last year’s Platinum Glove winner was experimented with at shortstop late in camp, and the Brewers even seemed to be leaning that way at one point. Shoulder fatigue, though, suffered by Turang ultimately made the decision for the team. He will remain at second base primarily.
Joey Ortiz
An equally capable defender at shortstop, Ortiz has the hands and arm that the position requires. On offense, he got off to a hot start as a rookie before injuries contributed to second-half struggles and a final OPS of .726.
More: Who's going to win the NL Central? National writers are almost exclusively picking this team
Oliver Dunn, Vinny Capra
The hot corner was always going to be a platoon to start the season for the Brewers, it was just a matter of which right-handed bat would pair with Dunn. The early answer seemed to be Caleb Durbin, but he will open the season at Class AAA Nashville, opening the door for journeyman Vinny Capra to make his first opening day roster.
Jackson Chourio, Isaac Collins, Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, Christian Yelich
Turns out that the Blake Perkins injury – he fractured his shin early in camp – had a rather large ripple effect. It led to Milwaukee acquiring a pair of right-handed bats in veterans Mark Canha and Manny Margot, but neither made the team, instead ending up in the American League Central. Collins got the nod for the final roster spot as, like Perkins, a switch hitter despite having only 17 career big-league at-bats.
Aaron Civale, Nestor Cortes, Chad Patrick, Freddy Peralta
The surprise for many here is Patrick, the 26-year-old right-hander who’s yet to make his MLB debut. Patrick was optioned out of big-league camp with weeks still remaining before opening day, but a unique set of roster circumstances led to the Brewers calling on him to make the team. With José Quintana still building up after signing with the team in March and the Brewers also wanting to roster Abner Uribe to start the season so he can serve his four-game suspension immediately, it wouldn’t make sense to have two unusable pitchers on the active roster. The Brewers have yet to announce which starters they will deploy beyond Peralta, Civale and Cortes, but Patrick's role up to this point in his career has been as a starter.
Tyler Alexander, Bryan Hudson, Jared Koenig, Trevor Megill, Joel Payamps, Elvis Peguero, Elvin Rodríguez, Connor Thomas, Abner Uribe
One out of Alexander, Rodriguez or Thomas will start for the Brewers in the early going – likely in the home opener, even – but long-term everyone on this list is seen primarily as a reliever.
Nick Mears also will be back likely after a minimum-length stay on the 15-day injured list.
Aaron Ashby, Robert Gasser, DL Hall, Nick Mears, Tobias Myers, Blake Perkins, Brandon Woodruff
Talk about a rough spring training. Out of this list of expected primary contributors in 2025, the Brewers knew going into spring that only Gasser and Woodruff would be out to start the season. Ashby and Myers suffered oblique injuries during spring outings, Hall injured his left lat early in camp and is out until at least late May, Mears was sick late in camp and didn’t recover in time and Perkins will likely be out until sometime in May.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Brewers 2025 opening day roster
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Here's the full roster:
Catchers (2)
William Contreras, Eric Haase
Contreras has a claim to the best catcher in baseball entering 2025, coming off a year in which he had a .281 batting average, .365 on-base percentage and .466 slugging percentage, was named a Silver Slugger and took fifth place in National League MVP voting.
First base (2)
Jake Bauers, Rhys Hoskins
In the second year of a two-year, $34 million deal, Hoskins is looking for a bounceback campaign. Despite hitting 26 homers a year ago, Hoskins’ .722 on-base plus slugging percentage was still below league average, but he looked healthier this spring as he hit six homers, which was tied for the Cactus League lead.
Bauers will spell Hoskins and fits into the lineup against right-handed hitters, whether at designated hitter or first base.
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Second base (1)
Brice Turang
Last year’s Platinum Glove winner was experimented with at shortstop late in camp, and the Brewers even seemed to be leaning that way at one point. Shoulder fatigue, though, suffered by Turang ultimately made the decision for the team. He will remain at second base primarily.
Shortstop (1)
Joey Ortiz
An equally capable defender at shortstop, Ortiz has the hands and arm that the position requires. On offense, he got off to a hot start as a rookie before injuries contributed to second-half struggles and a final OPS of .726.
More: Who's going to win the NL Central? National writers are almost exclusively picking this team
Third base (2)
Oliver Dunn, Vinny Capra
The hot corner was always going to be a platoon to start the season for the Brewers, it was just a matter of which right-handed bat would pair with Dunn. The early answer seemed to be Caleb Durbin, but he will open the season at Class AAA Nashville, opening the door for journeyman Vinny Capra to make his first opening day roster.
Outfielders (5)
Jackson Chourio, Isaac Collins, Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, Christian Yelich
Turns out that the Blake Perkins injury – he fractured his shin early in camp – had a rather large ripple effect. It led to Milwaukee acquiring a pair of right-handed bats in veterans Mark Canha and Manny Margot, but neither made the team, instead ending up in the American League Central. Collins got the nod for the final roster spot as, like Perkins, a switch hitter despite having only 17 career big-league at-bats.
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Starting pitchers (4)
Aaron Civale, Nestor Cortes, Chad Patrick, Freddy Peralta
The surprise for many here is Patrick, the 26-year-old right-hander who’s yet to make his MLB debut. Patrick was optioned out of big-league camp with weeks still remaining before opening day, but a unique set of roster circumstances led to the Brewers calling on him to make the team. With José Quintana still building up after signing with the team in March and the Brewers also wanting to roster Abner Uribe to start the season so he can serve his four-game suspension immediately, it wouldn’t make sense to have two unusable pitchers on the active roster. The Brewers have yet to announce which starters they will deploy beyond Peralta, Civale and Cortes, but Patrick's role up to this point in his career has been as a starter.
Relief pitchers (9)
Tyler Alexander, Bryan Hudson, Jared Koenig, Trevor Megill, Joel Payamps, Elvis Peguero, Elvin Rodríguez, Connor Thomas, Abner Uribe
One out of Alexander, Rodriguez or Thomas will start for the Brewers in the early going – likely in the home opener, even – but long-term everyone on this list is seen primarily as a reliever.
Nick Mears also will be back likely after a minimum-length stay on the 15-day injured list.
Injured list
Aaron Ashby, Robert Gasser, DL Hall, Nick Mears, Tobias Myers, Blake Perkins, Brandon Woodruff
Talk about a rough spring training. Out of this list of expected primary contributors in 2025, the Brewers knew going into spring that only Gasser and Woodruff would be out to start the season. Ashby and Myers suffered oblique injuries during spring outings, Hall injured his left lat early in camp and is out until at least late May, Mears was sick late in camp and didn’t recover in time and Perkins will likely be out until sometime in May.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Brewers 2025 opening day roster
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