Rockies (Freeland) vs Brewers (Peralta): 9/8/24, 1:10pm

[Sixtolezcano]

1 hour ago, brewers888 said:

Others may feel differently but winning the divsion only to go out in the first round again will be a big failure to me. 

At least they’re entertaining.

[BruisedCrew]

After sitting through today's snoozefest, I think I should be excused for not having confidence that this Brewers team can score enough runs to win a playoff series.

The Brewers now have the distinction of being only the third team this season to lose a home series to the Rockies. I'll bet the other two haven't gone 0-4 in series against the Marlins and Nationals too. This team sure does have a knack for coming up with stinkers against terrible teams. It's surprising they managed to sweep 3 hard fought games against the White Sox 

[Nola Beery]

1 hour ago, edfunderburk said:

I wholeheartedly agree - but there are many on this forum who believe he is fine

I imagine he will win Manager of the year - but those voting may look at W/L record only

I believe Milwaukee wins in spite of him - certainly not because of him & his in game decision making 

It's always fair and fun to second-guess baseball strategy. But to say we have won as much as we have "in spite of" Murphy? Come on, man. He must be doing SOMETHING right. 

[Nola Beery]

35 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

After sitting through today's snoozefest, I think I should be excused for not having confidence that this Brewers team can score enough runs to win a playoff series.

The Brewers now have the distinction of being only the third team this season to lose a home series to the Rockies. I'll bet the other two haven't gone 0-4 in series against the Marlins and Nationals too. This team sure does have a knack for coming up with stinkers against terrible teams. It's surprising they managed to sweep 3 hard fought games against the White Sox 

It IS disappointing to say the least. 😖 (and these emojis sukc)

[edfunderburk]

1 hour ago, Nola Beery said:

It's always fair and fun to second-guess baseball strategy. But to say we have won as much as we have "in spite of" Murphy? Come on, man. He must be doing SOMETHING right. 

Yes, team chemistry & camaraderie … plus he comes up with great nicknames

He has not done well with pitching changes or choosing who to pinch-hit

I’m not always a fan of his lineup choices either 

IMO … game management is his extreme weakness

[Recovering Chicagoan]

14 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Yes, team chemistry & camaraderie … plus he comes up with great nicknames

He has not done well with pitching changes or choosing who to pinch-hit

I’m not always a fan of his lineup choices either 

IMO … game management is his extreme weakness

I dunno. I think Murphy sometimes takes a little too much heat for his decisions when they lose. I may not like every one of his decisions, but many times it's the players just not playing/executing well.

[brewmann04]

Teams needs to turn this around before the playoffs 

[Recovering Chicagoan]

5 minutes ago, brewmann04 said:

Teams needs to turn this around before the playoffs 

I'd be far more confident if they were winning these series as opposed to losing them. We know they can score runs. but this would be a bad time for them to go into a prolonged offensive slump.

[brewmann04]

Yes they really need to start to get back winning series before the playoffs start. 

[Pugger]

I suppose if we have to go thru a hitting slump I'd rather it happen now and not in early October...

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, Pugger said:

I suppose if we have to go thru a hitting slump I'd rather it happen now and not in early October...

I remember hearing the same things in 2021 as the Brewers staggered to the finish, losing 12 of their last 18 games. 

That slump continued right into the playoff series against the Braves. 

The difficult schedule the next two weeks will be an interesting test. 

[BruisedCrew]

6 hours ago, brewers888 said:

Others may feel differently but winning the divsion only to go out in the first round again will be a big failure to me. 

I definitely wouldn’t call it a failure.

But I am probably less excited about the Brewers being in the playoffs than I have ever been, not counting 2020, which wasn’t a real season and the Brewers were a pretty bad team. 

[Recovering Chicagoan]

23 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I definitely wouldn’t call it a failure.

But I am probably less excited about the Brewers being in the playoffs than I have ever been, not counting 2020, which wasn’t a real season and the Brewers were a pretty bad team. 

Probably because we know it's very unlikely the Brewers will win the World Series this year.

[tmwiese55]

These two Hoby moves this week made so little sense to me I think they were about giving him test for his roster spot than actually winning the games. Like if he can't be used against a lefty for 1 out then why's he there.  If they win just 1/2 of the games they have a 3-3 so so week and its whatever. Instead both are blown making it 2-4.   Two big head scratchers to me that I have to think there's more to it.  I won't be surprised if he's DFAd or back on IL in the next few days

[kestrel79]

14 hours ago, Pugger said:

I suppose if we have to go thru a hitting slump I'd rather it happen now and not in early October...

This is exactly my thoughts. In years past we've had "Craigtember" and been on fire through this month...and how did that work out for us? Not so good except for 2018 really.

I'd rather have the funk now and get hot when it counts. That hasn't happened in a long time, if ever. Let's be this year's D'Backs.

[Samurai Bucky]

12 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

I definitely wouldn’t call it a failure.

But I am probably less excited about the Brewers being in the playoffs than I have ever been, not counting 2020, which wasn’t a real season and the Brewers were a pretty bad team. 

For those who aren't aware -- 1982 through 2008 was 26 years.  Why are those dates relevant?  It is how long it was between playoff appearances for the Brewers.  To those who think it would be better for the Brewers not to even make the playoffs, I would ask, "Really?  R U Serious?"

While I shake my head at some of the decisions Murphy has made, I also try to figure out why he might have made the decisions.  How would he know whether or not Milner was reliable?  He could have thrown darts at the dartboard, or tested him out during a game.  Milner failed and didn't do his job.  Murphy was able to do that because the team has a 10-game lead.

Murphy has a decision -- does he treat these last 19 games burning white hot trying to beat out the Phillies and Dodgers?  I think he is trying to figure out who he is going to take to the playoffs.  Milner, in my opinion, should not be on the roster.  If he does end up pitching the rest of the year, it should be in a low stress game, period.

Let's relax and enjoy the ride.

[kestrel79]

17 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

For those who aren't aware -- 1982 through 2008 was 26 years.  Why are those dates relevant?  It is how long it was between playoff appearances for the Brewers.  To those who think it would be better for the Brewers not to even make the playoffs, I would ask, "Really?  R U Serious?"

While I shake my head at some of the decisions Murphy has made, I also try to figure out why he might have made the decisions.  How would he know whether or not Milner was reliable?  He could have thrown darts at the dartboard, or tested him out during a game.  Milner failed and didn't do his job.  Murphy was able to do that because the team has a 10-game lead.

Murphy has a decision -- does he treat these last 19 games burning white hot trying to beat out the Phillies and Dodgers?  I think he is trying to figure out who he is going to take to the playoffs.  Milner, in my opinion, should not be on the roster.  If he does end up pitching the rest of the year, it should be in a low stress game, period.

Let's relax and enjoy the ride.

Very good post. I was born in 1983, so pretty much most of my childhood has been worshipping terrible Brewers teams of the 90's and early 2000s. Wondering will I ever live to see the Brewers in the playoffs? 2008 and to present has been pretty darn good when you think about how bad it was.

We got it pretty good right now. Arguably this is the best stretch of baseball the franchise has ever had consistency wise. But I'm not surprised. I remember on the Bucks thread the year they won it all the negative Nancie's coming out of the woodwork that entire playoff run. Same with Brewers. 

I'm pumped and looking forward to it, and on paper we should be even better next year. That Brewers 2020 playoff team was pretty bad...was that the year we played the Dodgers and had that one awful guy battling cleanup? I think we were under .500 too in that short season. How was that only 4 years ago?

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, Samurai Bucky said:

For those who aren't aware -- 1982 through 2008 was 26 years.  Why are those dates relevant?  It is how long it was between playoff appearances for the Brewers.  To those who think it would be better for the Brewers not to even make the playoffs, I would ask, "Really?  R U Serious?"

While I shake my head at some of the decisions Murphy has made, I also try to figure out why he might have made the decisions.  How would he know whether or not Milner was reliable?  He could have thrown darts at the dartboard, or tested him out during a game.  Milner failed and didn't do his job.  Murphy was able to do that because the team has a 10-game lead.

Murphy has a decision -- does he treat these last 19 games burning white hot trying to beat out the Phillies and Dodgers?  I think he is trying to figure out who he is going to take to the playoffs.  Milner, in my opinion, should not be on the roster.  If he does end up pitching the rest of the year, it should be in a low stress game, period.

Let's relax and enjoy the ride.

Let me be perfectly clear.

Just because I am not excited about the playoffs at this point does not mean that I think it would be better if they weren't in the playoffs or that I do not enjoy seasons in which they make the playoffs. But, compared to seasons like 1981, 1982, 2011, 2018, 2019, and 2021, when I thought the Brewers had a real chance to make a deep run in the playoffs, I am not seeing that chance this year. My outlook would change if the Brewers could win the first series instead of bowing out meekly like they have in their last few playoff appearances.

Apparently some people think the two are incompatible, but I absolutely can enjoy a ride without expressing some less than rosy expectations for how that ride will end up.

BTW, I intentionally left out 2008 above because, while I was very excited about the Brewers making the playoffs for the first time in 26 years, it was apparent the way the Brewers slogged through September that they weren't going far in the playoffs. They were struggling to score runs, were playing so tight that Yost was fired, and squeezed every last ounce of juice out of Sabbathia just to nose into the wild card spot, taking advantage of the Mets collapse in the last week.

It was great to be able to accompany my daughters to see their first playoff game (which the Brewers won) but having to use Jeff Suppan in an elimination game against the Phillies pretty much highlights how bad the Brewers situation was after Sheets was injured.

 

[Stealofhome]

3 hours ago, kestrel79 said:

We got it pretty good right now. Arguably this is the best stretch of baseball the franchise has ever had consistency wise. But I'm not surprised. I remember on the Bucks thread the year they won it all the negative Nancie's coming out of the woodwork that entire playoff run. Same with Brewers.

This is easily the best 20-year run in Brewers history. As of today, the team is just slightly behind the 10-year run from 1978-1988 (.5284 vs. .5281) and the 15-year run from 1978-1992 (.524 vs. .522).

[Jim French Stepstool]

6 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

These two Hoby moves this week made so little sense to me I think they were about giving him test for his roster spot than actually winning the games. Like if he can't be used against a lefty for 1 out then why's he there.  If they win just 1/2 of the games they have a 3-3 so so week and its whatever. Instead both are blown making it 2-4.   Two big head scratchers to me that I have to think there's more to it.  I won't be surprised if he's DFAd or back on IL in the next few days

In the post season I assume they'll want 3 LHP they can go to from around the 5th inning on. They can use DL Hall in this role as well but I get the feeling they're viewing him more as an early inning go-to, perhaps even a starter. So Koenig, Ashby & Hudson. Milner is here while Hudson "refreshes" in Nashville, and would only be around in October in the event something happens with one of the other lefties--and after his outing on Sunday, maybe not even then.

[Jim French Stepstool]

6 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

 I won't be surprised if he's DFAd or back on IL in the next few days

They could slow-play Hudsons' return, leave him in Nashville until the last 5-10 days of the regular season and then, if they still think Milner is worth keeping around as insurance, let him stay & remove Peguero. All that would really say, is they think there's a 3% chance of Hoby helping them in October, with Peguero at something like 0.5%.

Just spitballing. A DFA or return to the IL is also very, very possible.

[Pugger]

On 9/8/2024 at 11:26 PM, BruisedCrew said:

I definitely wouldn’t call it a failure.

But I am probably less excited about the Brewers being in the playoffs than I have ever been, not counting 2020, which wasn’t a real season and the Brewers were a pretty bad team. 

I wouldn't either.  Before the season started most felt the team would really struggle after losing Burns and Counsell.  They have outperformed all expectations.