Milwaukee did not operate a team in the league from 1996 through 2000, but it returned to play in 2001 at American Family Fields of Phoenix, then known as Maryvale Baseball Park.
[4][5] Managed by Alex Taveras,[6] the Brewers won the first Arizona League championship with a league-best 40–18 record.
[11] From this point, they played their home games at Maryvale Baseball Park (now called American Family Fields of Phoenix), Milwaukee's spring training site since 1998.
[12] Unlike AZL Brewers teams from the initial 1988 to 1995 run, those in the second stretch starting in 2001 posted losing records through 2009.
[11] Despite the team's results, two Brewers were selected for the Arizona League Most Valuable Player Award during this period: Hernán Iribarren in 2004 and Lorenzo Cain in 2005.
[13][14] In the 2010 season, manager Tony Diggs led the team to win the Central Division title and a berth in the AZL's limited playoffs.
[11] Rafael Neda's 2017 Brewers qualified for the playoffs by winning the First Half Central Division title,[17][18] but they were eliminated by the AZL Cubs in the quarterfinal match.
In 2022, Brewers Blue outfielder Jace Avina was chosen for the ACL Most Valuable Player Award.