Rockies (Flexen) vs Brewers (Houser): 8/9/23, 1:10pm

[Sixtolezcano]

44 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Stop what? We were both wrong. Go Brewers!

Personal attacks, not only on me but on other posters as well. It is getting old!

[Brewcrew82]

16 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Personal attacks, not only on me but on other posters as well. It is getting old!

Personal attack? I responded to your baseball take and pointed out how I was glad you were wrong, and the Brewers won. I'm glad I was wrong, too. That's not a personal attack, unless you've somehow managed to edit the dictionary and change the definition of a personal attack. 

Anyways, I'm done. Let's leave it be and discuss baseball, which is what the site is for. Go Brewers!

[Jim French Stepstool]

Looks like it's time for Uribe/Milner/Chafin (yes I include "him") to start getting some 7th inning exercise from time to time. And Peguero as well, still a fan of his stuff.

Somehow, someway I'd like to see Houser settle into a Wilson-type role. There'd be room for both. Just doesn't look like it'll happen this year, unless they flip him with Lauer at some point.

Where else would you see a starter get through three sparkling innings at 30-31 pitches, and you STILL need the pen to cover 4 (actually 5) innings? Unbelievable stuff.

Hope Yelich gets plugged into the charger tomorrow. I know he had a couple knocks, but in the (I think) 4th inning he's on 1st to lead off & never budges, even with 2 out, in a situation I thought screamed "steal". And his last AB looked horrible. Day off comes at a perfect time for him & the pen.

Canha hasn't put up impressive numbers since coming over. But I think his ABs look much better than the results. Glad to see him come through. Having said that, he isn't fast. Once he reached in the 10th I thought Wiemer must be living in the 4th stall on the right all afternoon to not be used as a runner.

 I heard the ball hit to Turang was changed to a hit. I love the kid, but no way. It took an up hop on him but to me that has to be an error.

[yourout]

That was a big one to come back and get after last nights 10th inning walkfest.

[Brewcrew82]

The red hot Cubs struggling with a bad team themselves…They have to go to Toronto this weekend.

[willie key]

15 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

The red hot Cubs struggling with a bad team themselves…They have to go to Toronto this weekend.

We will see if that holds.     Cubs can hit

[Nola Beery]

4 hours ago, KeithStone53151 said:

that's such a bad way to lose a game. that was as routine as routine gets, and the 1b honestly had a decent shot at picking that as well. Santana/Tellez make that play almost all the time. not complaining even the slightest bit...but man if colorado had more to play for that would be a gross loss.

Baseball can be soooo cruel! You know it's happened to us (and every team).

[Nola Beery]

25 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

The red hot Cubs struggling with a bad team themselves…They have to go to Toronto this weekend.

Let's go, Jays!

[willie key]

I still cannot believe they suspended that orioles announcer.      The world we live in has lost its mind

[Brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, willie key said:

I still cannot believe they suspended that orioles announcer.      The world we live in has lost its mind

Owners can get away with whatever they want. After all, they control Manfred and his office. Unfortunate

[Frisbee Slider]

Phil Bickford on for the Mets, hoping to close out the Cubs. Inherited two runners with no one out in the 9th.

[willie key]

What did I tell you.   The cubs are a threat every inning.    I wish we were like that.    I don’t really know how much longer we can hold them off

[willie key]

17 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Owners can get away with whatever they want. After all, they control Manfred and his office. Unfortunate

All he did was go over facts.   It was actually a professional well done opening.     I mean ***

[willie key]

Huge.   

[adambr2]

Thanks for bailing out Bickford, Cubs!

Rough day for the Sac Bunt crowd. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Bickford! Gets out of the jam. Cubs make the case for why sacrifice bunting might not be a good idea.

Sac bunt, strike out, walk, strikeout - game over.

[markedman5]

Bixford comes through for the Crew

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Thanks for bailing out Bickford, Cubs!

Rough day for the Sac Bunt crowd. 

Would be nice if we could take 2/3 from the White Sox or sweep with the Cubs playing the Jays.

[willie key]

23 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Would be nice if we could take 2/3 from the White Sox or sweep with the Cubs playing the Jays.

People are going to hate on me.   But we need to sweep somebody

[Brewcrew82]

16 minutes ago, willie key said:

People are going to hate on me.   But we need to sweep somebody

I don't entirely disagree. But watch us lose the series to the White Sox and proceed to sweep the Dodgers or Rangers. 

[brewmann04]

We do well VS good teams 

[BruisedCrew]

14 hours ago, brewmann04 said:

We do well VS good teams 

I would state this a little differently.

The old adage is that a successful team should play about .500 against the good teams and beat up on the bad teams. 

Part of the challenge in evaluating this depends on what exactly you consider a “good team”. Some times you see this based on teams over and under ..500, but I don’t think that’s the best way to do it because it lumps the average teams with the very best and very worst teams.

I took a look at how the Brewers have done against the 9 teams that are completely out of playoff contention (Mets, Tigers, Royals, A’s, Pirates, Cards, Nats, White Sox, and Rockies). The Brewers are 23-18 against those teams, which I think everyone agree is not “beating up on them”  

Against all other teams (the “good” teams and the average teams still in playoff contention)  the Brewers are a decent 39-36, but against the best teams (ones currently with better records than the Brewers) they are 15-19. Against the very best teams in the NL (Braves, Dodgers, Phillies, and Giants) the Brewers are 6-13, which is clearly not good. 
 

That 10-3 record against the Reds is the main thing keeping the Brewers in the position they are in. It will be interesting to see what the Brewers pitching can do against the Dodgers and Rangers, two of the very best teams and offenses in MLB.

So, as a conclusion, I would say that the Brewers have done OK against the middle of the road teams, not very well against the best teams, and not as well as they should have done against the worst teams.