\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Brewers returned to American Family Field on Monday night for an exhibition against Cincinnati, back in front of home fans for the first time since last season\u2019s playoff run and focused on turning a record-setting 2025 into something bigger.Milwaukee opens the regular season Thursday against the Chicago White Sox at 1:10 p.m., and the challenge now is building off a record-setting year that raised expectations around the club.Brandon Lockridge said the Brewers are trying to learn from last season without getting stuck in it.\u201cEvery season it\u2019s different,\u201d Lockridge said. \u201cWe have the core group still here, but we\u2019re using the past to learn from it, not necessarily live in it.\u201dFirst baseman Andrew Vaughn struck a similar tone as the Brewers prepare for a fresh start.\u201cYou got to build off it, learn from it,\u201d Vaughn said. \u201cBut 2026 is a new season. That\u2019s in the past.\u201dPitcher Grant Anderson said the clubhouse is carrying over the same mindset after last year\u2019s success, with an eye on finishing the job this time.\u201cKeeping the same mentality,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a team goal and, we\u2019re all in it together.\u201dThat goal is clear for a franchise still chasing its first World Series title.After five months away from their home ballpark, the Brewers are back in Milwaukee and back on the field, with opening day now just days away and expectations as high as they have been in years.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The Brewers returned to American Family Field on Monday night for an exhibition against Cincinnati, back in front of home fans for the first time since last season\u2019s playoff run and focused on turning a record-setting 2025 into something bigger.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee opens the regular season Thursday against the Chicago White Sox at 1:10 p.m., and the challenge now is building off a record-setting year that raised expectations around the club.<\/p>\n
Brandon Lockridge said the Brewers are trying to learn from last season without getting stuck in it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery season it\u2019s different,\u201d Lockridge said. \u201cWe have the core group still here, but we\u2019re using the past to learn from it, not necessarily live in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
First baseman Andrew Vaughn struck a similar tone as the Brewers prepare for a fresh start.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou got to build off it, learn from it,\u201d Vaughn said. \u201cBut 2026 is a new season. That\u2019s in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitcher Grant Anderson said the clubhouse is carrying over the same mindset after last year\u2019s success, with an eye on finishing the job this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeeping the same mentality,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a team goal and, we\u2019re all in it together.\u201d<\/p>\n
That goal is clear for a franchise still chasing its first World Series title.<\/p>\n
After five months away from their home ballpark, the Brewers are back in Milwaukee and back on the field, with opening day now just days away and expectations as high as they have been in years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brewers returned to American Family Field on Monday night for an exhibition against Cincinnati, back in front…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[1749,5,868,5211,136,535,78912,58974,11578,8570,20515,8772,843,4,4257,376,1406,2236,81848,81849],"class_list":{"0":"post-639817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-andrew-vaughn","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-brandon-lockridge","11":"tag-brewer","12":"tag-brewers","13":"tag-cincinnati","14":"tag-exhibition","15":"tag-expectation","16":"tag-first-time","17":"tag-grant-anderson","18":"tag-last-season","19":"tag-last-year","20":"tag-milwaukee","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-monday-night","23":"tag-nl-central","24":"tag-opening-day","25":"tag-past","26":"tag-record-setting-season","27":"tag-team-goal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116281258108961668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}