Brewers (Burnes) vs Phillies (Walker): 7/20/23, 11:35am

[Brock Beauchamp]

Really early start today. The Brewers have a solid chance of taking the series in Philly. By taking one of the first two games with very uneven pitching matchups, the Crew now has Burnes on the mound. 

In July, Burnes is 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA.

[treego14]

[JCREW]

Until further notice, this is an Andruw Monasterio fan account.

[RWeeksFan23]

For any of you bettors out there, the over/under on Burnes' strikeouts today is 6.5, which seems awfully low for how well he's pitched lately, especially his last start. 

Great article on here by Jake McKibbin going into detail his improvements lately.

[RobertCrawley]

Burnes has been lights out lately. Let's hope he keeps it going!

[Frisbee Slider]

No Winker today against RHP

[Jake McKibbin]

19 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

For any of you bettors out there, the over/under on Burnes' strikeouts today is 6.5, which seems awfully low for how well he's pitched lately, especially his last start. 

Great article on here by Jake McKibbin going into detail his improvements lately.

Thanks my friend! Always nice to know they're going down well

[Fear The Chorizo]

2 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

No Winker today against RHP

With how Contreras has been hitting and the general absence of consistent hitting beyond him and Yelich right now, I get the move to keep him in today's lineup with Caratini catching Burnes.  I don't like it for longterm wear and tear with Contreras as the season wears on, but I have to live with the team I root for opting to carry a primary DH who frequently sits despite facing what should be platoon-friendly RHP so they can keep a right handed hitting catcher in the lineup when Burnes pitches.

Now, as to the question why Winker is still on the roster at all, does not compute.

[JCREW]

56 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

 

Great article on here by Jake McKibbin going into detail his improvements lately.

Plus 1 on this. 

I will admit. I was cynical about the articles feature when we migrated over from brewerfan.net. I am happy that I was wrong about that one. 

[Frisbee Slider]

5 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Now, as to the question why Winker is still on the roster at all, does not compute.

I predict this is the beginning of the end.

[RobertCrawley]

39 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I predict this is the beginning of the end.

What's the price tag for letting him go?

[JCREW]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

What's the price tag for letting him go?

I think if the Rockies pick him up, we get Nolan Arenado.

[JCREW]

10 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

What's the price tag for letting him go?

We owe him about 3.4M for the rest of the season. (roughly 41% of 8.25M)

[YelichPosse]

2 minutes ago, JCREW said:

We owe him about 3.4M for the rest of the season. (roughly 41% of 8.25M)

can we start a go fund me?

[Fear The Chorizo]

10 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

What's the price tag for letting him go?

Probably seeing Luis Urias as the team's new primary DH...which frankly I'd be ok with despite knowing there are other better internal options not currently on the 40 man.

[willie key]

1 hour ago, JCREW said:

Until further notice, this is an Andruw Monasterio fan account.

Can I add hoby Milner too?

[willie key]

Let’s jump out early and let burnes go to work today

[Jake McKibbin]

Wiemer being rested too.. wonder if we'll see more of Perkins in CF every now and then, especially if they do find an OF to come in and man right field

[treego14]

[Fear The Chorizo]

10 minutes ago, treego14 said:

If on Opening Day this season we knew that the Brewers would have this lineup for a game in mid-July and we had to guess what their record would be at this stage of the season, I think we'd all be off by about 15-20 wins.

[Outlander]

7 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

If on Opening Day this season we knew that the Brewers would have this lineup for a game in mid-July and we had to guess what their record would be at this stage of the season, I think we'd all be off by about 15-20 wins.

I would also be guessing that would be the last start for Burnes as a Brewer.

[wibadgers23]

12 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

If on Opening Day this season we knew that the Brewers would have this lineup for a game in mid-July and we had to guess what their record would be at this stage of the season, I think we'd all be off by about 15-20 wins.

Not to mention all of the injuries including Mitchell, Woodruff and Ashby for a huge chunk of the season.

[RobertCrawley]

1 hour ago, JCREW said:

We owe him about 3.4M for the rest of the season. (roughly 41% of 8.25M)

Ouch. That's a lot of Kohl's cash.

[Fear The Chorizo]

4 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Ouch. That's a lot of Kohl's cash.

it's a sunk cost - only way it's worse is if they actually don't release him and we have to suffer through two more months of Winker actually being put in the lineup in 50% of their games and otherwise wasting a roster spot.

[Frisbee Slider]

Winker has undeniably been below replacement level without optimism for improvement.

On the other hand, our ‘replacement players’ are performing above replacement level. 🙂

Conclusion: Winker should be replaced.