2023 Brewers Optimism Thread

[igor67]

Bryce Wilson currently leading the team in saves, and it's a good thing.

[torts]

13-5, booyahhhh!  

[RobDeer 45]

That West Coast swing went way better that I could have hoped for.  What a blast.  Keep it rolling!

[Playing Catch]

Only 3 teams, the Yankees (7-5), Blue Jays (4-2), Brewers (6-3) have winning records vs. teams above .500.

Meanwhile, the darlings of baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays are 1-2 in such contests, and the Atlanta Braves have yet to play a game against a team currently over .500.

[kestrel79]

Playing good right against a very tough early season schedule yep. 

Really impressed with the team's approach this year. It's fun to watch.

[Harold Hutchison]

4 hours ago, kestrel79 said:

Playing good right against a very tough early season schedule yep. 

Really impressed with the team's approach this year. It's fun to watch.

Quite frankly, the team cohesion and the approach are two of the biggest reasons I am optimistic.

Seriously, games I thought were in the "L" bucket are probably in the "up for grabs" bucket, including the starts by Rea. That says a lot about this team, and it's very good, IMO.

At this point, I'd be cautious about big adds, but again, looking to bring back Suter might be better, especially with how the Raptor's been doing so far.

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, clancyphile said:

Quite frankly, the team cohesion and the approach are two of the biggest reasons I am optimistic.

Seriously, games I thought were in the "L" bucket are probably in the "up for grabs" bucket, including the starts by Rea. That says a lot about this team, and it's very good, IMO.

At this point, I'd be cautious about big adds, but again, looking to bring back Suter might be better, especially with how the Raptor's been doing so far.

I hope I find a wife someday that loves me as much as you love Suter. 

[Harold Hutchison]

5 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I hope I find a wife someday that loves me as much as you love Suter. 

One of the big reasons: Right now, bringing Suter in (say for Lutz or some other blocked OF prospect like Gray) would probably NOT disrupt the team chemistry. The Hader trade's taught the Brewers front office that.

[torts]

22 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I hope I find a wife someday that loves me as much as you love Suter. 

Good thing this is the optimism thread!!

[wiguy94]

50 minutes ago, torts said:

Good thing this is the optimism thread!!

That was good. Well done!

[torts]

[Underachiever]

This may not be optimism, but it makes me happy: There are three teams that are 10 or more games out as April ended. They are, the As, Royals...and St. Louis.

[Samurai Bucky]

Be optimistic that I won't be going to a game for a while.  

This week:  Monday (L); Tuesday (L); Sunday (L).  Sigh...

[YelichPosse]

That was an April that all of us would have taken going into the month…. Despite all the chaos. Fantastic start to the year! 

[Underachiever]

Brewers beat the Dodgers!

We needed the optimism thread to get bumped. It's been 8 days without a post. Can't imagine why.

 

[Fear The Chorizo]

Joey Wiemer belongs...guy looks like a 10 year corner OF starter and can also go get it in center.  He's never going to win batting titles, but he'll have a few seasons hitting 30-40 bombs with plus defense and baserunning.  

[Dragonbait]

After claiming 1st from the Pirates... we won't be giving it up!

[MVP2110]

That Yelich number is quite surprising and encouraging 

[jjfanec]

Even with the rough stretch we recently had the Brewers own the 3rd best record in the NL. They are only 3 games back of the Braves.

 

 

[Jake McKibbin]

Also nice to have your three best starters this season going to the cardinals series with peralta Miley and burnes

[mtsportsfan]

Not saying Yelich is back , nice to see him playing at a higher level right now , if he keeps this up we'll be looking really good.

[young guns]

1 hour ago, mtsportsfan said:

Not saying Yelich is back , nice to see him playing at a higher level right now , if he keeps this up we'll be looking really good.

 

[Frisbee Slider]

We are alone in first-place and conceivably could win a series against other playoff teams if we regain health by October. 🙂

[Brewcrew82]

Underperforming Brewers: Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta, Willy Adames, Tyrone Taylor, Christian Yelich (relative to his Xstats), William Contreras (with the bat), 

Key Injuries: Brandon Woodruff, Aaron Ashby, Luis Urias, Wade Miley, Sal Frelick (all slated to return at some point) 

Overperforming Brewers: Owen Miller, Bryse Wilson? Joel Payamps?.....

Positive regression/better injury luck forthcoming...

 

[Frisbee Slider]

Brewers on pace for over 89 wins and have potential to gain valuable contributions from players coming off the injured list.