WAKE and RAKE Podcast

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This is what happens when a World Series champion teams up with a dork. Will Middlebrooks and Danny Vietti join forces to put a unique spin on a baseball podcast
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Ep. 138: The Brewers' Secret Formula to Winning | Baseball Podcast July 3
Episode 138
Thursday, 2 July, 2026

How is it that the Milwaukee Brewers, which until recently were one of the worst franchises in all of sports, found a secret formula that turned it into one of the best in baseball? Danny Vietti fell deep into a rabbit hole and found what the Brew Crew do differently than any other club in MLB. How the Brewers are a modern day MoneyBall 2.0. (2:53) Brewers are one of smallest markets in MLB ... (8:36) Brewers were one of the worst franchises in sports ... (20:15) Brewers pitchers do not throw this offspeed pitch ... (22:38) How Brewers offense is Moneyball 2.0 ... (29:09) Why Brewers hate launch angle strategy ... (31:24) Brewers refuse to pull the baseball ... (33:59) How infield shift rules impacted Brewers tactics ... (36:25) The curious case of Christian Yelich ... (40:50) Brewers secret formula summary Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.