Braves (Sale) vs Brewers (Peralta): 7/31/24, 1:10pm

[adambr2]

Hoskins might as well run the bases with a refrigerator strapped to his back. 

[Team Canada]

4 minutes ago, willie key said:

By the end of the next Atlanta series and dodgers this team will be caught.   I just can’t believe the front office doesn’t care about this year at all

 

i bet next year we are 6 back at this point instead of 5 ahead

Have you done the math on how bad the Brewers' record over the next two weeks would need to be and how good the Cards and/or Pirates would need to be? Care to throw out your envisioned records that will lead to this scenario? You seem awfully certain.

[tmwiese55]

8 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

And yet it's still 2-2 if Elvis can retire one single hitter. 

Sure it was a bad AB by him since he started it 2-0 and was forced to throw a fastball over the plate.  But it was a mediocre hit seeing eye single that happened to be in the perfect spot.  Couple feet left or right and its an easy out.     

Combination of a bunch of things in a row at the wrong time.    That's baseball. We get a kinda lucky bases loaded situation all after 2 outs, fail.  They get the same, get a dribbler to squeak through the crack in the IF

[adambr2]

Just now, tmwiese55 said:

Sure it was a bad AB by him since he started it 2-0 and was forced to throw a fastball over the plate.  But it was a mediocre hit seeing eye single that happened to be in the perfect.  Couple feet left or right and its an easy out.     

Combination of a bunch of things in a row at the wrong time.    That's baseball. We get a kinda lucky bases loaded situation all after 2 outs, fail.  They get the same, get a dribbler to squeak through the crack in the IF

I mean the my original critique was of the pen there and Elvis just straight up didn't get it done.  The error on Ortiz was borderline anyway so hard to use that as an excuse. He couldn't throw a strike, until he had to and even then Riley bailed him out on 2-0. Fell behind in the count which will cause bad things to happen. 

Fact that Riley didn't make great contact is kind of a red herring in all of it. It'd be different if he made great pitches and just got beat but that isn't what happened.

[brewers888]

This just isn't a talented team and we should have taken advantage of a sellers market and moved Devin at the deadline.

[sveumrules]

4 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

And yet it's still 2-2 if Elvis can retire one single hitter. 

Entering the game Peguero had stranded 12 of 19 inherited base runners, tied for the fourth highest percentage among MLB relievers. 

Zero qualified relievers have stranded 100% of inherited runners this year.

The Brewers bullpen had a +9.18 Win Probability Added entering the game, 2nd in MLB behind only Cleveland (+11.01). Third place is STL all the way down at +4.87. That is a massive gap.

[brewers888]

Its not easy to win when you need three hits in an inning to score any runs.

[brewers888]

Mears is starting to fit in with this team.

[Nola Beery]

11 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Koenig goes 1-2-3 if Ortiz doesn't make the error.

That was a dubious error call.

[brewers888]

Three pitches and two home runs. Well done scrub.

[adambr2]

This Mears guy looks like a solid addition.

[yfinn6]

Garbage. Pure garbage. 

[Team Canada]

Well that escalated quickly.

[Nola Beery]

Forget starters. We need relievers who don't pour gasoline on the fire.

[brewers888]

With additions like Mears and Montas we might as well have sold at the deadline.

[Nola Beery]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

This Mears guy looks like a solid addition.

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[HarryDoyle]

So glad Arnold took the trade period seriously.

[82brewcrew82]

3 hours ago, Team Canada said:

And yet here we are with a 6 game lead.

5 after today

[82brewcrew82]

2 hours ago, Team Canada said:

...in the first inning.

And not dang thing else.

[tmwiese55]

2 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

That was a dubious error call.

Even if a borderline error its still bad luck/breaks.  Guy gets mediocre at best contact but it goes to a lucky spot making it a tough play.    Just like the scoring one, mediocre contact just happens to go to the wrong spot.

[brewers888]

We'll be sitting here early next week saying its still a solid 2 game lead. Is there any doubt this team is on the verge of a complete collapse.

[Team Canada]

3 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

5 after today

Yes, and tomorrow it could be 4, or back to 6. 

[82brewcrew82]

And there is your trade deadline folks.  Long ball Mears and Frankie Montas.

[Nola Beery]

Just now, tmwiese55 said:

Even if a borderline error its still bad luck/breaks.  Guy gets mediocre at best contact but it goes to a lucky spot making it a tough play.    Just like the scoring one, mediocre contact just happens to go to the wrong spot.

Yeah. The real lucky play came on the weak dribbler through 6 & 5.

[82brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

Yes, and tomorrow it could be 4, or back to 6. 

Brewers don't play tomorrow so no, it couldn't be either of those.