2020-08-09: Reds (Gray) at Brewers (Woodruff) [Brewers win, 9-3 -- Hiura, Yelich, and Smoak with big days offensively]

[wildcat83]

Can’t believe Eddie didn’t send the Pineapple Express!

[PinaMadness]

Love seeing the Brewers doing this to Lorenzen. I don't like that guy at all.

[yourout]

Wonder what their record is this year with Pina starting?

[MrTPlush]

Lorenzen opts to not give the grand slam up...good choice.

[MrTPlush]

Woody might have to throw a no no.

With the shaky defense displayed in this series he might need a perfect game with 15+ Ks.

 

Honestly would not surprise me if they put up like a 5 spot on Gray. Seems like the kind of joke the baseball gods would play on us.

 

So close, so close

[wildcat83]

Love seeing the Brewers doing this to Lorenzen. I don't like that guy at all.

 

He’s clearly struggled this year with a 12 ERA. He pitched last night giving up a run, and they trot him out in a high pressure situation today. Don’t get it, but I’ll take it....

[TURBO]

I am finding myself disliking Morrison as the games go by. Seems like a big douchebag.

[MrTPlush]

Put him out of his misery already.

[trwi7]

Jared Lorenzen is the Brewers best player.

[yfinn6]

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that dude when he's mad.

[homer]

Honestly would not surprise me if they put up like a 5 spot on Gray. Seems like the kind of joke the baseball gods would play on us.

Agreed, and I certainly hope that’s the case!

 

Well we almost did it.

[MrTPlush]

Love seeing the Brewers doing this to Lorenzen. I don't like that guy at all.

 

He’s clearly struggled this year with a 12 ERA. He pitched last night giving up a run, and they trot him out in a high pressure situation today. Don’t get it, but I’ll take it....

 

I am betting Reds fans are just fuming over the pitching decisions this inning. Sent Gray back out and then replaced him with Lorenzen. Lorenzen clearly didn’t have it and he struggled along to really make it a disaster.

[Eye Black]

The Brewers have now scored more than 4 runs for just the second time in their past 8 games.

[markedman5]

Offense looks much better when the other team walks a bunch of guys!

[stoutdude04]

I wish the Brewers could find a top flight pitching coach like whoever this guy is that the Reds have.

 

Ruined Lorenzen it looks like.

[wildcat83]

Wow, they have a lot of 12 ERA pitchers...

[Eye Black]

Wow, they have a lot of 12 ERA pitchers...

Their bullpen is a disaster. Probably no team is better suited for the 7-inning double headers than the Reds.

[PinaMadness]

Shall I show up two hours late from now on?

[markedman5]

Smoak!

[TURBO]

We need to badmouth Smoak more often!

[PinaMadness]

We need to badmouth Smoak more often!

We've been doing that all season. I don't think that's the secret.

[Eye Black]

I know it was partially pitcher induced, but it was really nice to put up a crooked number last inning. Felt like it was a long time coming.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Taking a flier on a Smoak or Morrison is to be expected with a small market team but you just cannot have 4 or 5 of these type of guys starting everyday. With limited financial resources we need to do a better job drafting hitters so we don't have to rely on journeyman every offseason to fill holes.

 

Third base is understandable since there were no good options without paying someone big. First base was deciding to dump Thames, a contributor and popular player, in order to save $2M.

 

Attanasio was really stingy last offseason and it really cost us.

 

They paid out the biggest contract by far in the team's history ... but sure, really stingy.

[TURBO]

 

They paid out the biggest contract by far in the team's history ... but sure, really stingy.

 

I think we all know what he meant...

[trwi7]

They paid out the biggest contract by far in the team's history ... but sure, really stingy.

 

If you sign a player to the biggest contract in team history but will only pay to surround said player with a bunch of cheap, one year stop gaps of has beens and never weres, was it really worth it and do you really deserve praise for handing out that contract?