The Chicago Cubs have sprung to life in 2025, and now the second-place Brewers are chasing them in the standings, including head-to-head this week.

The Boston Red Sox are urged by an MLB executive to trade for Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins after trading away Rafael Devers.

The Milwaukee Brewers haven't been a dominant team in 2024 by any means, but they are playing solid baseball. They are coming off a pivotal series win against the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend that catapulted them to second place in the National League Central.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs MLB game to be played on June 17, 2025 on ESPN.

Since that roughing-up at the hands of Chicago, one that raised questions of if Milwaukee would demote him and just what, exactly, it was doing giving up a valuable prospect and high draft pick for him, Priester has pitched to a 2.23 earned run average and 0.970 WHIP, 5.6% walk rate and 60% ground-ball percentage.

Robert Beyer completed work on his eight-bedroom Los Angeles mansion in 2005—the same year he bought his stake in the Brewers.

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After his outing on May 2, in which he allowed seven runs on six hits and four walks across 4 1/3 innings, Quinn Priester’s ERA sat at 5.79. It was the second consecutive tough outing for Priester, but Brewers skipper Pat Murphy backed the 24-year-old righty.

Milwaukee ended its home series on a bright note with a home victory over St. Louis. The Brewers will face the Cubs in Chicago next.

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Not the cleanest,” Civale said. “It’s been a whirlwind of a week. First couple of innings, just getting back out there and settling in and getting used to the new team, n