NL Wild Card Game 2 - Diamondbacks (Gallen) vs Brewers (Peralta): 10/4/23, 6:08pm

[jason21nl]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

Winker spends the entire second half of the season in the minors but somehow is worthy of a roster spot in a first round playoff series?

And if I’m not mistaken, is the first off the bench

[folly412]

CC is going on 1-9 in his last 10 postseason games managed with five series losses in a row, no?  

[duewizard]

I mean I would rather have Miller pinch hit. Also a terrible player but at least he can get a single every once in a while. Maybe he gets hot like in May. Winker has no value. Zero, zip, nothing, nada, rien, **** all, etc

[HarveysWBs]

1 minute ago, LouisEly said:

The outcome of this series was determined when Counsell chose Winker over Tellez.

Nah, man.  Outcome of the series was decided when we got out pitched.  We were never going to survive that.  Just not how we’re built.  It’s that simple.

[torts]

Why not have montesterio hit????

[Sixtolezcano]

22 minutes ago, yourout said:

Craig tember was a lot more fun than Craig tober.

Craigtober never was. This team just can’t win in October.

[brewers888]

Craig will be announced as the Mets manager as early as Monday. He sees the writing on the wall and will go be the highest paid manager in baseball with the highest team payroll.

[rluzinski]

2 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

It is not just “at this point.”   Some have been pointing out these things all year.  
 

Not holding them accountable is just cringe.  

I agree.  If we just fire Haynes, it will all be fixed.

These guys get paid peanuts because they are basically irrelevant.  Look somewhere else to focus your angst.

 

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, folly412 said:

CC is going on 1-9 in his last 10 postseason games managed with five series losses in a row, no?  

If you count a one game wild card game as a series.

[Ro Mueller]

1 minute ago, duewizard said:

WINKER?????? 

Really trying to cement the playoff lore, I guess. Some serious salt in the wound. You have Caratini available on the bench. Mitchell, Toro, Black, Hiura (well not anymore), Tellez, Ruf in the organization…all more deserving of an MLB roster spot and capable of delivering in my meaningless opinion. Shoot.

[folly412]

3 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Winker spends the entire second half of the season in the minors but somehow is worthy of a roster spot in a first round playoff series?

I mean, he could have gotten some MLB September at-bats to see if he was worthy of the postseason roster, but Brian Anderson was on the roster while being the assistant bat boy for two months.

[LouisEly]

12 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Arcia proved that when you work with talent it gets better. Same will happen with Willie once he escapes. 

Sometimes it's also young players maturing and realizing they need to listen and make some changes 

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, brewers888 said:

Craig will be announced as the Mets manager as early as Monday. He sees the writing on the wall and will go be the highest paid manager in baseball with the highest team payroll.

I will be very surprised, and very disappointed if that happens. 

[Ro Mueller]

Turn it around Yelly and William

[Sixtolezcano]

26 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

Might get another bite of the apple. Adames was a train wreck this year, Woodruff is limping into the off-season barely playing all year, and Burnes was disappointing for the most part.

who wants to twice up a good return for them?

Count me out.

[HarryDoyle]

3 minutes ago, rluzinski said:

I agree.  If we just fire Haynes, it will all be fixed.

These guys get paid peanuts because they are basically irrelevant.  Look somewhere else to focus your angst.

 

You need to take a course in strawman fallacy.

[Ro Mueller]

Big moment. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Oh come on, don't get my hopes up and then lay down and die...

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Unless something very dramatic and very unlikely happens, this era of Brewers baseball is about to end.

I think it's been a good one, but it (probably rightfully) be remembered as one of tremendous regular season success and near-total postseason failure. Some of that is bad luck. We all know the playoffs are essentially a random exercise, but we also know that each of the Brewers playoff teams over the last 6 years entered drastically weaker than their opponents in at least one area.

In 2018, it was starting pitching. We had great relievers and a decent offense, and we got a good matchup in the Rockies, who really struggled to hit, especially away from Coors. Since then, it's been the offense. We scored 3 runs in 2019, and it wasn't enough. Got shut out twice in 2021. Looks like we'll score 5 in two games this year. Most postseason teams, they have a plan B. They can win a low-scoring game with the right starter going. They can also scratch a few extra runs across and win 5-3. Even the 2018 Brewers could weather a bad SP performance or one bad BP inning because they had a reasonably balanced offense.

With these teams, no plan B. They just cannot win a game where they give up 4 runs. And that sinks your whole ship.

Now, the next era of this team does feature some really promising hitters (and some good arms), and I think there's a lot of balance headed our way if we a) make the right managerial hire and b) get the right return for Burnes (it won't be a haul, but it just has to include 2 young, controllable pieces who can basically be role players--2-win guys for a few years).

Whatever happens, the future of this team looks both bright and different. It's time for that, even though I've loved this era of Brewers baseball, and I think CC has been the best manager in my lifetime. Was definitely the right hire, and I'd take him back in a heartbeat if he wanted to continue.

[duewizard]

Yes Yeli. Come on Wild Bill

[jason21nl]

Either a DP, K or three run bomb is coming up.  

[duewizard]

Wild Bill! Slamtana time. Come on team!

[Ro Mueller]

Ginkel is no slouch. We need some magic 

[duewizard]

****

[Joseph Zarr]

Personally, I'm looking for (Ray) Ginkel and a clean pair of shorts.