Game Thread (7/27/2022): Twins (Archer) at Brewers (Burnes) - 1:10 PM CDT

[Nola Beery]

Who ARE these guys!?! Yow Baybeee.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Lol a li'l pop down the RF line turns into a homer for Urias.

[Joseph Zarr]

Checks 'Trade Proposal and Rumors' ongoing post. Checks today's score and Box...

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

43 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

@Brock BeauchampIs this not throwing strikes by Twins pitchers a new thing? 

Archer has intermittent control issues, the rest of the bullpen is just really bad. They find ways to lose. 

[Brewcrew82]

ACE

[nate82]

Glad to be done with this series I don’t want to see Miranda hitting against the Brewers anymore.  Reminds me of a better Morneau. 

[Brewcrew82]

 

[willie key]

I want this offense forever and ever and ever and ever

[DuWayne Steurer]

5 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

 

 

I've accepted that decent OBP/no power Yelich hitting leadoff is what the Brewers have going forward.  These little teases and "maybe he'll get back to being as good as he was with the Marlins" teases are just giving glimpses of hope where none exists. 

If he goes on a 2-3-4 month tear where he hits 10 - 12 homers and a bunch of doubles, I'll reconsider, but until then, I've 100% accepted that what we have is what we have, and I'm not going to be disappointed or hope we can trade him or any of that. 

[edfunderburk]

Look at these Brewers! ???

family emergency last night (everyone is okay) 

work all day today 

only able to follow along via my iphone

appears they don’t need me to watch or comment in order to win

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

 

I've accepted that decent OBP/no power Yelich hitting leadoff is what the Brewers have going forward.  These little teases and "maybe he'll get back to being as good as he was with the Marlins" teases are just giving glimpses of hope where none exists. 

If he goes on a 2-3-4 month tear where he hits 10 - 12 homers and a bunch of doubles, I'll reconsider, but until then, I've 100% accepted that what we have is what we have, and I'm not going to be disappointed or hope we can trade him or any of that. 

Agreed. But what good is fandom without a little hope...I'll certainly take leadoff Yelich, even though it's short of what we're paying for. 

[Brewcrew82]

Miranda can leave town now....

[Nola Beery]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Look at these Brewers! ???

family emergency last night (everyone is okay) 

work all day today 

only able to follow along via my iphone

appears they don’t need me to watch or comment in order to win

Go figure! Glad all are OK. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Agreed. But what good is fandom without a little hope...I'll certainly take leadoff Yelich, even though it's short of what we're paying for. 

Yelich is a sunk cost at this point.  It might not be what the team thought they were paying for, but he costs what he costs whether he doesn't play a game, or if he hits .320 with 30 homers.  If he can hit leadoff and OBP .350 and steal some bases, that's *something*, and it's more than he was doing last year. 

[Nola Beery]

Just checked. My house to Am Fam field ~<1100 miles=~<16 hours.  Thinking.

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

Yelich is a sunk cost at this point.  It might not be what the team thought they were paying for, but he costs what he costs whether he doesn't play a game, or if he hits .320 with 30 homers.  If he can hit leadoff and OBP .350 and steal some bases, that's *something*, and it's more than he was doing last year. 

Yeah. I don't think there's any doubt he's giving us more than last year right now. 

[igor67]

Actually the difference in offensive environment this year accounts for a lot of the difference in his OPS this year vs. his time with the Marlins. It's not everything, but it gets pretty close.

[Brewcrew82]

Oooooo. 111.4 off the bat for Yelich on the single. Striking the ball very well lately, too. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Good game.  Good pair of wins over a good team. 

[willie key]

My guy gustave with another inning of shutout ball.   Watch out.  He’s going to get that era into the 3s

[Nola Beery]

1 minute ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

Good game.  Good pair of wins over a good team. 

Woot!

 

[Brewcrew82]

Awesome homestand. Now, go Blue Jays and let's take it to the slumping Red Sox. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

39 minutes ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

 

I've accepted that decent OBP/no power Yelich hitting leadoff is what the Brewers have going forward.  These little teases and "maybe he'll get back to being as good as he was with the Marlins" teases are just giving glimpses of hope where none exists. 

If he goes on a 2-3-4 month tear where he hits 10 - 12 homers and a bunch of doubles, I'll reconsider, but until then, I've 100% accepted that what we have is what we have, and I'm not going to be disappointed or hope we can trade him or any of that. 

Honestly, he's not that far from his Marlins days right now. Going into today he had a 109 wRC+, which surely ticked up a couple of points after a very good game.

His wRC+ numbers in Miami: 118, 118, 120, 134, 117.

The obvious caveat being that Yelich has been very good for two months now and we have no idea if that will continue.

[Jim French Stepstool]

50 minutes ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

 

I've accepted that decent OBP/no power Yelich hitting leadoff is what the Brewers have going forward.  

I've accepted it, and am happy with it if it continues.

My favorite part of today was 

1. Seeing Tellez stay on the ball-one dinger to LC, one pulled.

2. Urias drawing a couple walks, in addition to the HR. Starting to see the ball well.

3. The sideline reporter mentioning that Dan Plesac was a member of the Brewers' 82 World Series team.

[folly412]

2 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

3. The sideline reporter mentioning that Dan Plesac was a member of the Brewers' 82 World Series team.

I enjoyed actually listening to what the sideline reporter had to say instead of counting how many times "he said" is uttered in one 30 second hit.