The 32-year-old backstop opened the scoring in this one with his 419-foot (107.4 mph EV) solo shot off of Michael Lorenzen in the third inning. That would be his lone hit in three at-bats on the night, but was all the run support that Chad Patrick and company would require. Haase is now 2-for-5 (.400) with in his limited action to begin the 2025 campaign.

Jesse Rogers notes it’s for $1.35 million and can rise with incentives. Haase hit .273/.304/.515 with five homers in 30 games with the Brewers this season. The catcher will likely be the backup backstop to William Contreras for the 2025 campaign.

The 31-year-old backstop walloped a 374-foot (103.3 mph EV) two-run shot off of Justin Wrobleski in the fifth inning that extended the Brewers’ early lead to 4-0. He also led off the ninth inning with a single and raced around to score on an RBI double off the bat of Christian Yelich. With his two-hit attack, Haase is now hitting .455/.455/.727 with a homer and three RBI in his first 11 plate appearances with the Brewers.

Haase will be making his season debut after hitting .279/.367/.503 in 41 games in Triple-A. The veteran was originally signed by the Brewers to serve as William Contreras’s backup, but he lost the gig when Gary Sánchez came on board this spring. He’ll place the ailing Sánchez for at least the next eight days.