Game Thread (4/10/2022): Brewers (Peralta) at Cubs (Stroman) - 1:20 PM CDT

[treego14]

Cardinals look like they will be 3-0 after today, also .... we're in the hole out of the gate!

Brewers are starting the season late!

[adambr2]

If offensive success was measured by weak ground balls, we'd be an unstoppable force. 

[Patrick425]

We are not even 2% into the season yet people.  R-E-L-A-X.

[edfunderburk]

Good grief

The Cubs are horrible

Milwaukee has been terrible since early September of last year

Whats going on?

All three of our aces have looked pathetic to start the new season

And don’t even get me started on our offense 

It seems like we could accidentally have at least one decent game against such an inferior opponent

I can’t believe I waited all off-season … including the lockout … to watch this team perform so poorly

Get a clue Brewers 

 

 

[treego14]

Just now, Patrick425 said:

We are not even 2% into the season yet people.  R-E-L-A-X.

Thank you, Aaron Rodgers, for a bit of perspective!

The Brewers will live!

[titletownking]

2 minutes ago, treego14 said:

Cardinals look like they will be 3-0 after today, also .... we're in the hole out of the gate!

Brewers are starting the season late!

Everybody gets to play the pirates. Just remember that. But yeah, we stink pretty bad right now 

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, Patrick425 said:

We are not even 2% into the season yet people.  R-E-L-A-X.

No thank you 

I prefer to express my frustration 

Your positivity doesn’t change the fact that Milwaukee looks unprepared to start the season

At what point is it acceptable to be disappointed?

[treego14]

3 minutes ago, Patrick425 said:

We are not even 2% into the season yet people.  R-E-L-A-X.

1.85% to be precise ...

BUT, let's not RELAX too much!

These games count now!

Relaxing in the spring sun in Arizona is over!

[adambr2]

Just a completely punchless offense. I actually think the DH rule does us more harm than good. Good hitting pitchers is one advantage we had over most NL teams. Now it's just another weak bat in the lineup relative to other lineups. 

[HarryDoyle]

Can't even take advantage of a mental error on the Club's part.

[Patrick425]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

 

At what point is it acceptable to be disappointed?

Not sure, but probably not at the game 3 mark of a 162 game season. 

[treego14]

Losing is one thing, BUT being dominated by the Cubs is another thing. 

We look overwhelmed ... we need Ryan Braun back!

[nate82]

Suzuki would have looked nice in a Brewers uniform but way to risky apparently to go after a Japanese player........

[SomewhereInTime]

These Cubs hitters have some good approaches at the plate.  Not a lot of chasing out of the zone, good two strike swings.  They're hitting the ball hard too.

[Eye Black]

Well last year the Red Sox got swept by the Orioles to start the season and still went on to win 92 games. 

So the clear takeaway here is... OH MY GOODNESS we have to play the Orioles in Camden Yards next. ?

[brewers888]

We knew offense was going to be a problem but yikes if our three aces struggle.

[brewers888]

Imagine if we were facing a good team.

[Sixtolezcano]

2 hours ago, Ulice Payne said:

 

[yfinn6]

More walks. Our lineup comes up and flails at those pitches and grounds out weakly. 

[Patrick425]

The WS champion Braves started 0-4 last year. 

[HarryDoyle]

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Cubs are having very good ABs, taking close pitches, laying off high fastballs. Very disciplined series from them so far, so credit where due.

Brewers have not played well in any facet of the game either. I am more disappointed in that than in the prospect of an 0-3 start. This series has already featured a lot of the things that have challenged my love of the game over the past few years, namely a lack of balls in play and the Brewers' inability to produce runs without dingers.

Long way to go today, and I still think this is going to be a fun season, but early losses do start to claw back spring excitement, and admitting it doesn't mean anyone's ready to give up or even all that pessimistic about this team's prospects.

 

[nate82]

Peralta still coming in overly amped in the first inning and not finding the strike zone is still a problem after 3-years.  He needs to learn to calm down and not come in so amped up in the first inning like he is coming in game 7 of the World Series in the 9th inning pretending to be the closer.

[Sixtolezcano]

Oh well, we have made the playoffs 4 years in a row. We can’t expect a Milwaukee team more than that. How long will it take for reality to sink in.

[brewers888]

I bet the exit velocity on these ground balls is very high.