Nationals (Rutledge) vs Brewers (Peralta): 7/12/24, 7:10pm

[adambr2]

I believe in Chourio, but other than that, this crop of OF prospects has underwhelmed. 

[kevinisaname]

Booooooo. Rhys should be in a strict platoon even though he stinks against lefties too.

[brewers888]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I believe in Chourio, but other than that, this crop of OF prospects has underwhelmed. 

Frelick is fine as a slappy singles hitter but Mitchell has struggled and Wiemer is a AAAA player.

[brewers888]

Just now, kevinisaname said:

Booooooo. Rhys should be in a strict platoon even though he stinks against lefties too.

Good thing we've got him for another year. 

[wibadgers23]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I believe in Chourio, but other than that, this crop of OF prospects has underwhelmed. 

Mitchell can't stay on the field, Wiemer can't get past AAA and Frelick has little to no power.  Yeah, disappointing so far.

[wOOgiE22]

Other than Yelich and Frelick, this whole team has slumped at the same time.  Just bad AB after AB. The All Star break can’t get here soon enough. 

[Sixtolezcano]

At least we got 2 runs tonight. We’ll get em tomorrow. Still 57 games to go.

[brewers888]

A losing week at home against the Pirates and Nats is terrible.

[wibadgers23]

I wonder what our record is the week leading up to the all-star break the past 5 or 6 years?

[HarveysWBs]

Freddy looking really bad going into the trade deadline is one of the worst case scenarios for this team. He’s the guy who is supposed to get more innings than anyone else on the staff in the playoffs? If I was Arnold, knowing who was coming back healthy next year, and seeing the price of elite starting pitching on the market from teams like the White Sox or Tigers, I’d be really tempted to keep my powder dry. Bullpen guy and a backend starter for us maybe, but no more than that.

We’ll have bullpen arms coming back healthy in the second half, and I feel pretty confident this team cruises to a playoff spot even if the starters get wobbly. But the offense still has some growing up to do (and to be fair, no one should be surprised—the hot start spoiled us a bit), and this rotation isn’t going to get playoff ready anytime soon. We can play our usual games with openers and what have you, and it almost got us to a World Series once, so I’m not discounting the strategy, but this wouldn’t be the year I go get a major piece.

[brewers888]

Just now, HarveysWBs said:

Freddy looking really bad going into the trade deadline is one of the worst case scenarios for this team. He’s the guy who is supposed to get more innings than anyone else on the staff in the playoffs? If I was Arnold, knowing who was coming back healthy next year, and seeing the price of elite starting pitching on the market from teams like the White Sox or Tigers, I’d be really tempted to keep my powder dry. Bullpen guy and a backend starter for us maybe, but no more than that.

We’ll have bullpen arms coming back healthy in the second half, and I feel pretty confident this team cruises to a playoff spot even if the starters get wobbly. But the offense still has some growing up to do (and to be fair, no one should be surprised—the hot start spoiled us a bit), and this rotation isn’t going to get playoff ready anytime soon. We can play our usual games with openers and what have you, and it almost got us to a World Series once, so I’m not discounting the strategy, but this wouldn’t be the year I got get a major piece.

No interest in any bullpen arms as we have enough and that has not worked out well at all for us the last few years. I would look for a bat or two that come cheap (maybe Winker again) and potentially a starter but I wouldn't pay a high price for anyone.

[82brewcrew82]

4 minutes ago, wibadgers23 said:

I wonder what our record is the week leading up to the all-star break the past 5 or 6 years?

Don't know but 3-5 against selling teams leading up to this one.  4-7 if you add in the dodger series.

[kevinisaname]

It feels like we've struck out on every 3-2 count today.

[wibadgers23]

Extremely lackluster effort tonight.

[82brewcrew82]

If that was the easy game, the next two should be fun.

[kevinisaname]

Well, that stunk. Glad I watched the whole thing...

[Sixtolezcano]

2 minutes ago, kevinisaname said:

It feels like we've struck out on every 3-2 count today.

Good pitching always beats hitting. Good or bad.

[adambr2]

They need to start playing better baseball. This was a very winnable homestand.

[Bulldogboy]

If Bauers is hitting for Mitchell in the 9th why not play him in left and let Frelick play center. I don't understand Murphy ball. Lean offense and play the best 9. Stop messing around. 

[Sixtolezcano]

Chourio…come on right down the middle. Caulk that hole in your bat.

[Bulldogboy]

Dodgers were there to be passed. Not happening it looks like.

[wallus]

Team is in a little bit of a funk. Good news is that the ASB is coming soon.

[AKCheesehead]

Yah kinda had everything bad tonight. Some questionable approaches to pitching, some bad fielding, poor approaches at the plate, tough luck at the plate. Aside from that one through the wickets on Abrams, nats played well tonight too. 

[mtsportsfan]

Oh well! Not playing well, we should be used to this heading in to the break ! Good thing is we tend to play better down the stretch!  Unfortunately losing faith in our starters , killing our bullpen.  Go crew! 

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

If this could be over-simplified (which it can't) I think when this team presses offensively they chase, and they start getting pull happy. That's a bad combination. It's about that boring word---consistency. Using the whole field, not being afraid to get to two strikes. That's the stuff that leads to some of the longer ABs, which leads to baserunners, which leads to pressure on the pitcher. Their starter tonight wasn't terrible, from what I saw. Was he good enough to be unscathed other than one 3-4 batter stretch? No. But he was really comfortable out there, and that was our fault. Contreras, Adames, their approach should be exactly the same w/runners on base as it is leading off an inning. Too often IMO it isn't. Let's get back to an approach where barreling up a ball doesn't have to mean pulling the pitch.

Looks like Frelick is starting to maybe figure out who he is as a hitter.

Freddy? It's just sad that with Burnes gone & Woodruff unavailable, the promotions & on-air people with this team seemed to feel it was necessary that SOMEONE be anointed with a "staff ace" moniker. I don't know if that puts undue pressure on him or not, but it doesn't fit. That said, Washington had a great gameplan & it took us too long to adjust---and even then he never really established anything. 1st inning blues again.