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Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Milwaukee Brewers added infield depth Saturday when they agreed to a deal with Brett Lawrie.  Lawrie announced his agreement with the Brewers on Instagram: “Life has been a little weird for me this past couple years. To be honest it’s been lonely. I worked my whole life …

3:45pm: Grandal’s contract actually contains a 2020 option, per Fancred’s Jon Heyman (Twitter link). He’ll earn $16MM in 2019, and his option is also for $16MM with a $2.25MM buyout. It’s a mutual option, ESPN’s Jeff Passan tweets. As he notes, mutual options are virtually never exercised by both parties. …

Cubs unveil 2019 broadcast schedule for spring training and regular season originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com The Cubs rolled out their broadcast schedule for the entire 2019, beginning with spring training.  NBC Sports Chicago is set to air 83 regular season games and 2 spring training games, beginning with Cactus League …

Tom Pennington/Getty Images Free-agent catcher Yasmani Grandal and the Milwaukee Brewers reportedly agreed to a deal, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported Wednesday. Per Yahoo Sports’ Tim Brown, Grandal’s contract with the Brewers is for one year and $18.25 million. Grandal spent the last four seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers …

By Jeff Todd | January 23, 2019 at 10:41am CDT The Brewers have promoted David Stearns to the position of president of baseball operations, per a club announcement. He has also received a contract extension of unknown length. The news comes as little surprise after a strong Milwaukee run in …

Eric Risberg/Associated Press The Milwaukee Brewers aren’t out to knock the Chicago Cubs from the National League Central throne. They already did that in 2018. Their goal for 2019 is to keep the status quo. This explains their interest in Madison Bumgarner. According to Jon Morosi of MLB.com, the San Francisco …

The Brewers have agreed to terms on a split, Major League contract with free-agent righty Jake Petricka, per The Athletic’s Robert Murray (Twitter links). He’ll land a spot on the Brewers’ 40-man roster as part of the deal, which is still pending a physical. Petricka is represented by Platinum Sports. …

David Banks/Associated Press To say Ryan Braun‘s career has been defined by ups and downs is an understatement of, well, Braunian proportions. In 2011, Braun hit his apex. He signed a five-year, $105 million extension with the Milwaukee Brewers—the only big league franchise he’d ever known—in April of that year. He …

By Jeff Todd | December 21, 2018 at 6:25pm CDT 6:25pm: The clubs have announced the swap. 5:18pm: The Mariners and Brewers are closing in on a swap that would send outfielder Domingo Santana to Seattle, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (Twitter link). Outfielder Ben Gamel and righty Noah Zavolas …