Game Thread (4/18/2022): Pirates (Thompson) at Brewers (Lauer) - 6:40 PM CDT

[BruisedCrew]

That promising inning fizzled pretty quickly with 3 Ks. 
Thank goodness for the wild pitch. 

[brewers888]

Jackie Renfroe continues to impress.

[Brewcrew82]

5 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

One thing that always made it a "crapshoot" was only four in each league getting in (I'm not really counting a WC game loser as any different than a one game playoff loser).  Regardless of the sport #1s lose to #4s and #2s lose to #3s all the time.  With the exception of 2020, you never actually had a postseason series between a good team and a bad team.

True. I'm guess I'm just of the opinion that there is more (and will always be) more variability in the mlb playoffs as opposed to say, the nba playoffs. 

[homer]

Goodbye Newman.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Ugh, this offense needs to start pushing across more than one run in those kinds of innings. 

[Brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

Jackie Renfroe continues to impress.

Come on. The guy does have a five game hitting streak!

[TURBO]

1st and 3rd, no outs.

the only run scored was on a wild pitch?

Seriously?

3 whiffs.

Without that wild pitch, we score nada, zero, zilch runs.

geez.

[SomewhereInTime]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

True. I'm guess I'm just of the opinion that there is more (and will always be) more variability in the mlb playoffs as opposed to say, the nba playoffs. 

I know it's very hypothetical but it would be interesting to see how much of a difference there would be if it was 8 in each league and a seven game series each round.  I know there's plenty of variance in baseball and the worst team can definitely win a 3 game series mid season against the best team, but I do wonder how it would be in a postseason best of 7.

[brewers888]

This lineup may improve from these awful levels but this will never be a good lineup until we make at least one if not two big acquisitions.

[brewers888]

The only way we score is when the other team gives away runs.

[Opening Day]

Getting to the postseason is hardly a crapshoot.  Im not sure why any Brewer fan would take getting there for granted.

[homer]

atta boy, Yeli

[Brock Beauchamp]

Yelich had 19 doubles in 2021.

He just hit his fourth double this season.

[homer]

Andrew McCutchen

Used to play for the Pirates

Now he plays for us

[Brewcrew82]

4 minutes ago, Opening Day said:

Getting to the postseason is hardly a crapshoot.  Im not sure why any Brewer fan would take getting there for granted.

Nobody said this. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yeli still sporting that .390 OBP, so Counsell will leave him in the 3 spot, even if he doesn't hit a home run until June 18th. 

[Opening Day]

3 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Nobody said this. 

Every time someone complains about the offense there is inevitably someone that says "the postseason is a crapshoot".  Great, they still have to get there.  And then score runs once they get there.

[Brewcrew82]

6 minutes ago, Opening Day said:

Every time someone complains about the offense there is inevitably someone that says "the postseason is a crapshoot".  Great, they still have to get there.  And then score runs once they get there.

Again, this is not accurate. You will not find anyone who is taking for granted that we will be making the playoffs this year. You will, however, find people pushing back on the notion that our offense, as exemplified by a mere 10 games, is so horrible as to preclude us from being competitive, particularly when the exact same offense was good enough to win us 95 games last year. I actually agree that we need to add a bat or two in-season to bolster our chances.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Come on fellas.  Bottom of the order needs to do some damage this inning.  Tack on a 3 spot or something.  

[homer]

4 minutes ago, Opening Day said:

Every time someone complains about the offense there is inevitably someone that says "the postseason is a crapshoot".  Great, they still have to get there.  And then score runs once they get there.

I think most people are saying its only 10 games into the season

[TURBO]

I sometimes think that a lot of fans are just happy to get to the playoffs. 

I felt that way when we started winning again, and made the playoffs for the first time in decades.

That time has passed.  Getting there is no longer enough.

[Opening Day]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Again, this is not accurate. You will not find anyone who is taking for granted that we will be making the playoffs this year. You will, however, find people pushing back on the notion that our offense, as exemplified by a mere 10 games, is so horrible as to preclude us from being 

How was the offense during the last "crapshoot"?  And I havent been complaining about the offense yet.  But the "dont worry about it, the postseason is a crapshoot" seems like a terrible defense.

[Joseph Zarr]

Man, I thought he got that. 

[Eye Black]

Thought Renfroe got that one. Oh well, at least we can all take a bit of joy in the fact I have both of these starters in my 16-team fantasy league and am on the way to two quality starts. 

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

I sometimes think that a lot of fans are just happy to get to the playoffs. 

I felt that way when we started winning again, and made the playoffs for the first time in decades.

That time has passed.  Getting there is no longer enough.

I certainly am no longer happy enough just to get to the playoffs. I just firmly believe that the mlb playoffs is about getting hot at the right time as opposed to being the best team. See the 2021 Atlanta Braves, 2019 Washington Nationals, etc.