Pirates (Oviedo) vs Brewers (WOODYYYYY!!!!!): 8/6/23, 1:10pm

[Bulldogboy]

Woodruff looks fabulous. Didn't expect this honestly. 

[RobertCrawley]

A run this inning.

[Brewcrew82]

I am loving Brice Turang's at-bats these days. He'll never be a big power guy, so he'll need this approach. 

[jason21nl]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

I am loving Brice Turang's at-bats these days. He'll never be a big power guy, so he'll need this approach. 

And just the opposite I hate watching Wiemer bat

[Brewcrew82]

Not so much Wiemer's...

[Brewcrew82]

Terrible at-bat. You know he's coming with the slider. Spit on it!

[Bulldogboy]

Wiemer playing against rightness is not smart. Why not let Perkins try it today. I don't get why Weimer is Willie Mays.

[jason21nl]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Terrible at-bat. You know he's coming with the slider. Spit on it!

Until he changes the way he hits he will always struggle with that pitch 

[BruisedCrew]

3 good innings from Woodruff, but he’s being outdueled. 
 

Who will be the bridge reliever today?

[willie key]

Score some runs.   My god

[Brewcrew82]

Connor freakin' Joe.

[trwi7]

Canha's timing on that jump was like putting your life savings into FTX on Halloween.

[HarryDoyle]

Bunch of Ks but now two home runs and a double given up.

[BruisedCrew]

Woodruff is on his last legs for today. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Seems like Woody was pretty amped to start this game and burned a lot of energy early perhaps. That's alright. Just good to see him back on the mound. He'll be fine in the long run. 

[Bulldogboy]

At a certain point doesn't Arnold have to go to the manager and say Craig I know u are the manager but I need to understand what we are doing with the lineup and the play time? There really is a ton of stuff happening that doesn't make a lot of sense.

[82brewcrew82]

Can't expect the pitchers to be perfect.  It is stunning watching how inept this offense is day in and day out.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

At a certain point doesn't Arnold have to go to the manager and say Craig I know u are the manager but I need to understand what we are doing with the lineup and the play time? There really is a ton of stuff happening that doesn't make a lot of sense.

I'm sure they have those conversations daily. Conversely, Counsell might say to Arnold, "you've given me a roster full of .675 OPS hitters, what do you expect me to do?"

GM's and managers speak daily. I'm sure lineup construction and playing time is part of those conversations. 

[Bulldogboy]

3 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

At a certain point doesn't Arnold have to go to the manager and say Craig I know u are the manager but I need to understand what we are doing with the lineup and the play time? There really is a ton of stuff happening that doesn't make a lot of sense.

And maybe he has and is ok with it but man...

[yourout]

If Brewers even had a middle of the road offense they'd be 10 games in front of everybody in the division.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Four innings would be a perfectly good first outing for Big Woo.

[BruisedCrew]

That should probably be it for Woodruff. That’s a lot of pitches for 4 innings. 

[Brewcrew82]

72 pitches through 4. But that's how you get 8ks through 4. Nice return outing. 

Now score some dang runs!

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, DuWayne Steurer said:

I'm sure they have those conversations daily. Conversely, Counsell might say to Arnold, "you've given me a roster full of .675 OPS hitters, what do you expect me to do?"

GM's and managers speak daily. I'm sure lineup construction and playing time is part of those conversations. 

Sure I get it but Wiemer is hitting 179 against right hand pitching and it's August. Frelick can't play against lefties but Weimer is Trout? I dunno maybe it worth the ask.

[jason21nl]

This is laughable.