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

[Eye Black]

Yelich home runs remain a thing of beauty… just so aesthetically perfect.. 

[brewers888]

1 minute ago, Eye Black said:

RIP to my fantasy week.

To be fair you shouldn't have this guy if your league had 30 teams.

[Brewcrew82]

Was literally about to post, "Wouldn't it be a great time for Yelich's first home run of the season." 

[HarryDoyle]

Huge mistake not bringing in the lefty to face Yeli. Thank you very much.

[edfunderburk]

Yeli bomb

That is how you respond to disrespect 

I hope this is the beginning of his turnaround 

Grand Slam after a solid double

So happy for him

 

[brewers888]

Yelich being good again would be huge for the franchise.

[Eye Black]

I’m just going to watch the Yelich grand slam on repeat for the next hour, let me know if I miss anything. 

[phnxcrew]

Great to see for yelich.  It’s a different team if you have a hitter to fear 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yelich OPS up to .874 just like that.  Early season stats swing pretty wild still. 

[willie key]

About damn time

[TURBO]

3 minutes ago, Eye Black said:

Yelich home runs remain a thing of beauty… just so aesthetically perfect.. 

Yes for sure, that was just a beautiful swing and moment.  No one is probably happier than Yelich himself!

I hope this does something for his confidence going forward!  Might this be the catalyst for the rest of the season?

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

That is how you respond to disrespect 

 

The disrespect I referenced is Shelton not going with a lefty against Yelich

[homer]

Not sure why you'd set up  smack dab in the middle of the strike zone but thanks.

[Brewcrew82]

Remember when we lost the trent grisham trade? Oh, those were the days! Although, I wouldn't mind trading lauer for a bat and making room for ashby/small. Also excited for urias to return and hopefully build on his breakout year. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

2 minutes ago, homer said:

Not sure why you'd set up  smack dab in the middle of the strike zone but thanks.

 

To be fair, he was carrying a .390 OBP with almost no power whatsoever for the last year-ish, so it's fair for pitchers to challenge him and to stop nibbling around the edges and just pound the zone against him.  

[homer]

Did I just miss an entire half inning while getting that screen grab?

[edfunderburk]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

Remember when we lost the trent grisham trade? Oh, those were the days! Although, I wouldn't mind trading lauer for a bat and making room for ashby/small. 

I would prefer to trade Ashby or Small for a bat

[folly412]

Just now, homer said:

Did I just miss an entire half inning while getting that screen grab?

Some quick innings from Lauer tonight.  Seems Freddy is the only starter who wasn't able to find form in his second start.

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

I would prefer to trade Ashby or Small for a bat

Valid. I was thinking more in terms of team control and potential, which is huge for a small-market team like the brewers. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Lauer at 75 pitches, I'd definitely get another inning out of him as long as he's not laboring.  Bullpen had to do some work over the weekend with short starts by Freddy and Ashby. 

[Brewcrew82]

Reynolds scares the living bejeezus out of me. Hopefully he's not up in a game-deciding situation in this series. 

[CheezWizHed]

Cain is amazing.  He never looks super fast or athletic, but someone smokes a ball to center and he makes those hard catches look so easy.

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

Cain is amazing.  He never looks super fast or athletic, but someone smokes a ball to center and he makes those hard catches look so easy.

Never mind that he's way too freakin' old to be playing center at the level he does.

[HarryDoyle]

As much flak as Yelich gets, he is playing better than he has the past two seasons.

[Eye Black]