2020 Brewers Optimism Thread

[torts]

I watched my first game last night holy crap am I happy a form of baseball is back!!!!!!

[Zad Fnark]

Narvaez smoked one out of the park last night.

[torts]

59-1 here we come!!!

[brewmann04]

58-2

[rickh150]

1/2 game out of 2nd Wild Card (8th spot NL)...

.500 will likely get it done.

[torts]

RYAN BRAUN FOREVER

[sveumrules]

If the season ended today we would be in the playoffs!!! (I think?)

[Eye Black]

If the season ended today we would be in the playoffs!!! (I think?)

Yes, the 6th seed because they are in 2nd place in the NL Central. All second place teams in the divisions are guaranteed playoff spots #4-6.

[sveumrules]

We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that's two in a row. If we win one tomorrow that's called a winning streak. It has happened before.

[NYChez]

This feels like the Brewers’ worst roster since 2004 and one of the Reds’ best rosters over the same timeframe - and they’re in a virtual tie in the standings.

[pacopete4]

A couple of bright spots emerging in the lineup:

 

Last 7 Days: 21 PA

Justin Smoak: .350/.381/.650/1.031 (2-2B, 1-HR, 4-RBI)

 

Last 14 Days: 42 PA

Christian Yelich: .273/.429/.667/1.095 (2-2B, 1-3B, 3-HR, 6-RBI)

[Vgmastr]

I said in the game thread last night right after it happened, when the Brewers are in the playoffs, we'll be looking back to Freddy with the back-to-back Ks to Baez and Schwarber followed by the 3-run bomb by Yelich as the turning point of the season.

 

Brewers are winning the next two at Wrigley, book it.

[Eye Black]

Freddy Peralta in a relief role this season:

 

[pre]IP H R ER HR BB K ERA

9.0 3 0 0 0 2 19 0.00[/pre]

[MadThinker88]

Freddy Peralta in a relief role this season:

 

[pre]IP H R ER HR BB K ERA

9.0 3 0 0 0 2 19 0.00[/pre]

 

I feel its getting rather clear that Freddy is better suited for pitching in relief....

[RollieTime]

If he was good, he would have 20 K’s...

 

Peralta is really starting to look like a weapon out of the bullpen. I do hold out hope that he is given another shot in the rotation and can form a strong nucleus of Woodruff, Houser, and Peralta with the next wave of Small, Kelly, and Lazar possibly knocking on the door in 2022 to fight for a rotation spot.

 

I can’t recall a time where the Brewers had so much promise with their pitching. That doesn’t even include all the youth they have in their bullpen and other guys knocking on the door of the big league roster.

[bjkrautk]

Peralta is really starting to look like a weapon out of the bullpen. I do hold out hope that he is given another shot in the rotation and can form a strong nucleus of Woodruff, Houser, and Peralta with the next wave of Small, Kelly, and Lazar possibly knocking on the door in 2022 to fight for a rotation spot.

 

Substitute Peralta with Burns, and that's about how I feel. Honestly, both of our "piggy-back" starters have been outstanding.

[NYChez]

With the shortened season, 3 straight wins at Wrigley translates to 8.1 straight wins at Wrigley.

[wallus]

Devin Williams has a filthy changeup.

[JohnBriggs12]

It's very, very early but Urias looks like the real deal and Arcia has swung the bat like he has no intention of surrendering his SS job. One could paint a pretty rosy picture of an infield of Urias, Arcia, and Huira all in there for a few more years. They sure all looked like core players this weekend.

[Jenkins5]

Peralta, Williams, Hader, Phelps, and Suter are absolutely locked in coming out of pen & putting up huge K%

 

K%

Peralta 46%, Williams 44%, Hader 43%, Phelps 36%

 

FIP

Peralta .97, Phelps 1.31, Suter 2.39, Hader 2.57, & Williams 2.88

 

Burnes & Woodruff have been racking up Ks but few. Been walking a few to many but been tough to hit. Houser has been solid.

 

Arcia & Urias are looking good. Yelich is finding it. Pina 7 game hit streak

 

Back to .500 & just won 3 verse top team so far in NL. 64% chance at making playoffs.

[NYChez]

Brewers are .500 in spite of being outscored 49-18 in the first four innings this season.

[markedman5]

Remember the days when the brewers had a bunch of soft tossers who rarely stuck people out? Yeah those days are gone.....https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/strikeouts-per-9

[RobDeer 45]

Well that was a fun weekend of baseball!

[FVBrewerFan]

Remember the days when the brewers had a bunch of soft tossers who rarely stuck people out? Yeah those days are gone.....https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/strikeouts-per-9

 

Plenty of soft tossers in the pen, but as long as they get batters out that's fine with me.

[Zad Fnark]

Trying to decide who to root for in the Cubs/Cards game. I didn't realize we were only 3.5 back, so I guess a Cards sweep would be nice. We can deal with the Cardinals later.