2017 Brewers Optimism Thread!

[Boomer5]

14 and 13 at this point in the season is fantastic.

 

Any defense and pitching at all and they just might be a candidate for a wild card.

[AKCheesehead]

Right now, I just don't see Milwaukee as future sellers this summer and that feels good. I also like feeling that the Brewers won't be buyers. Where there is cause to bolster the MLB club, there is talent below to "buy" from. Earlier Briggs brought up the "Eldred effect" which I remember well. Plush mentioned the power of rookie pitching, which we all know too painfully well. I'm no gambler, but I think this would have been a pretty good year to take out a long odds futures bet on the Brewers in Vegas. You just never know. This team has talent.

[wildcat2237]

Right now, I just don't see Milwaukee as future sellers this summer and that feels good. I also like feeling that the Brewers won't be buyers. Where there is cause to bolster the MLB club, there is talent below to "buy" from. Earlier Briggs brought up the "Eldred effect" which I remember well. Plush mentioned the power of rookie pitching, which we all know too painfully well. I'm no gambler, but I think this would have been a pretty good year to take out a long odds futures bet on the Brewers in Vegas. You just never know. This team has talent.

 

Hold tight. May is a brutal month with lots of games against teams expected to contend. We will know a lot more on June 1.

[tmwiese55]

Wildcat, that doesn't belong in this thread, haha.

 

Broxton has been heating up the last week or so and looking like what he hoped. If guys like him and Villar hit hot streaks right as people like the Cs and Thames level off it will still keep the offense doing just fine.

[MadScientist]

Wildcat, that doesn't belong in this thread, haha.

 

Broxton has been heating up the last week or so and looking like what he hoped. If guys like him and Villar hit hot streaks right as people like the Cs and Thames level off it will still keep the offense doing just fine.

 

This team has a surprising number of players that can carry a team during a hot stretch (Braun, Thames, Santana, Broxton, and maybe Shaw and Villar). A team as dependent on the HR as the Brewers are could be expected to hit cold streaks, but there are so many power options that a couple of guys cooling off will be picked up by a couple of others getting hot. Right now there is no position player I cringe at when he comes to bat in a critical situation.

 

I haven't seen this much balanced power from the Brewers since the early 80's.

[JohnBriggs12]

Going back to August 31, the Brewers are 33-29. 62 games is not a small sample.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Every regular except Villar and Arcia are OPS-ing .800 or higher. (and we have 2 bench guys who have an OPS over .800 as well).

 

Both Santana and Broxton have their OPS up at .800 or above now. This is really great, as it just means there's no need to rush Phillips or Brinson at this point for one thing, and for another, it's just really good to have them producing and contributing to winning some baseball games. Santana is probably about what he is, an .800 to .850-ish OPS guy with some pop and ability to draw walks, but that's not a terrible thing.

[FVBrewerFan]

Santana is probably about what he is, an .800 to .850-ish OPS guy with some pop and ability to draw walks, but that's not a terrible thing.

 

Only 7 teams got an OPS over .800 from RF last season, and only one over .850. So not only would.800- .850 for Santana not be a terrible thing, it would be a great thing.

[AdvantageSchneider]

They might not make the playoffs but they are entertaining at least. Not what you would expect out of a rebuild year.

[brewmann04]

If Villar and Broxton and Santana get hot and Braun ,Shaw ,Thames stays healthy watch out for this offense.The starting pitching hopefully get better once Guerra gets back. The Bullpen is still being worked out IMO.

[pacopete4]

You hover .500 long enough and anything can happen. Fun stuff!

[Matt Breen]

8 of the Brewers 10 regulars/semi regulars have an OPS of .800 or better. Bandy, Pina, Thames, Shaw, Braun, Santana, Broxton and Perez. Only Arica and Villar don't.

[tmwiese55]

Brewers at #11 in CBS Sports power ranking, we all know how meaningful that is. Also, about to be .5 game ahead of the mighty Cubs 20% of the way through the season.

[MoreTrife]

I know Braun just strained his calf, and I know this is a good problem but what are we going to do with all these outfielders​??

 

Brox and Santana (somewhat) now hitting, 3 ofs at sky sox all hitting and on 40 man. Something has to give.

[superfly]

Brewers are 4th in the league in scoring, and that's with their leadoff hitter struggling. Need some pitching help, even if it's a couple of OK bullpen guys.

[torts]

this roster is so sick. best part of it all is that we still have Brinson mashing in AAA...

[ReverendBrewmeister]

The catching tandem of Bandy and Pina is performing at near All Star level on offense through mid-May.

 

Makes one almost forget the lack of Lucroy on the roster this season.

[MoreTrife]

Offensively, roster is so deep that someone always seems to be hot. It had been Thames and Braun, and the catchers, now it's broxton and Perez.

 

Pitching has nowhere to go but up I hope?

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Shaw has been steadily good all year. The offense really has been solid. I really underestimated Perez. Does he have the ability to keep this up? The speed and power he has is impressive.

[Ennder]

this roster is so sick. best part of it all is that we still have Brinson mashing in AAA...

 

 

The fact that the roster is in this state with only Arcia brought up from the minors is simply amazing to me. I expected a couple 95 loss seasons before the young guys brought some hope.

[stalton]

I know it's early on a lot of trades, but it seems like we are at least winning on most of the trades DS has done.

[MrTPlush]

Shaw has been steadily good all year. The offense really has been solid. I really underestimated Perez. Does he have the ability to keep this up? The speed and power he has is impressive.

 

I mean why not? He did very similar things last year: decent average, power, speed, and iffy OBP skills. He is a versatile player who plays acceptable defense and can hit close to average. He won't get the credit, but he is one of the most important things on this team. Versatile decent hitting bench bats are a great thing to have.

[MoreTrife]

We have too much depth on offense!! Hahaha just kidding. But boy that lineup looks good.

[homer]

Still ahead of the Cubs.

[stalton]

Still ahead of the Cubs.

 

And 1 game back of the division and half a game back of the did card!