Tigers (Skubal) vs Brewers (Alexander): 4/14/25, 6:40pm

[Brian]

3 minutes ago, Brian said:

We are now in a 3 way tie for 2nd place. Pitt hot Stl winning big. 

Correction we will be in 4th all by ourselves. 

[Frisbee Slider]

22 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Has anyone ever hit less than 100? Capra is close.

In 1931, Ed Connolly hit .075 as a catcher for Boston. Minimum 100 PA, that is most recent time below .100 batting average 

https://stathead.com/tiny/Sygye

Eric Sogard hit .134 in 2018 for Milwaukee 

https://stathead.com/tiny/fsUsH

 

[Simba2020]

4 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

In 1931, Ed Connolly hit .075 as a catcher for Boston. Minimum 100 PA, that is most recent time below .100 batting average 

https://stathead.com/tiny/Sygye

Eric Sogard hit .134 in 2018 for Milwaukee 

https://stathead.com/tiny/fsUsH

 

Money going from an OPS+ of 148 to 26 in one year has to be some kind of record.

[Brian]

The worst team in MLB history, considering all eras, is the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who finished with a record of 20-134, a .130 winning percentage. They had the most losses in a single season in MLB history. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders had a very tough season due to ownership issues. 

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, Bulldogboy said:

Hopefully Bucks can stick around for a few weeks and keep things interesting since the crew is messing around. 

I hope for your sake that you're not expecting much from the Bucks. 

They should have a competitive series against the Pacers, but that's it.

[ClearWaterWI]

That five run 9th inning comeback by AZ had all the makings of a morale-killer…exactly what started those multi-game skids back in the day. 

[treego14]

30 minutes ago, Brian said:

The worst team in MLB history, considering all eras, is the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who finished with a record of 20-134, a .130 winning percentage. They had the most losses in a single season in MLB history. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders had a very tough season due to ownership issues. 

I hope the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have a better season than this!

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, RobertCrawley said:

After the Colorado series, our confidence soared! And now we are in the pits of despair.

Baseball.

There was no reason for confidence to be soaring after the series against the flu ridden Reds and the horrible Rockies (who failed to score in their weekend series against the Padres).

There is also no reason to be in the pits of despair now, unless it's facing the reality that this Brewers team has a pretty low ceiling and is probably no match for the Cubs, who are scoring runs in buckets and are 11-7 with a run differential of +43 while playing a very difficult early schedule.

[Brian]

41 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

There was no reason for confidence to be soaring after the series against the flu ridden Reds and the horrible Rockies (who failed to score in their weekend series against the Padres).

There is also no reason to be in the pits of despair now, unless it's facing the reality that this Brewers team has a pretty low ceiling and is probably no match for the Cubs, who are scoring runs in buckets and are 11-7 with a run differential of +43 while playing a very difficult early schedule.

The chronic pitcher injuries are destroying us and then picking up player for a spot start or two or a player who was injured last year on another team sure is not the answer. 

It implies to me that we are always resorting to all the lowest possible resources out there for our needs.  Like mending a hole in your sock so you can get another month or two use out of it before you finally through it away. 

[treego14]

If President Trump can change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,

why can't Governor Evers change the name of Lake Michigan to Lake Wisconsin?

If Governor Evers does this, it could inspire the Brewers and rattle the Tigers for the rest of the series!

Call the Governor's number now and put the pressure on to get this done by mid-afternoon tomorrow!  Give Michigan/Tigers sorrow!

[edfunderburk]

5 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

I abhor Elvin Rodriguez

I may choose a few more underperforming players to abhor tomorrow night in hopes of getting them turned around 😉

Nice to see Elvin Rodriguez pitch five solid innings & give up only one-run to save the taxed bullpen 👏

[BlightyBrew]

I know it's still early and it's only a small sample size so far but I'm surprised how we are not getting any power or xbh's from the DH/SS/3B/CF/Bench positions in the lineup.

Collins, Yelich, Mitchell, Dunn, Ortiz Capra, and Hoskins have way below average .slg rates.  Yelich is closer with his slg rate (due to his 3HR) to NL average (still think his .slg need to be 50-60 points higher though to be an effective offensive weapon) but goose eggs for Mitchell, Ortiz, and Hoskins in the power and xbh threat. Mitchell, Ortiz and Hoskins only have 1 xbh each.  Even in tonight's game only 5 hits all singles.

Right now our offensive threat is Chourio and recently Contreras.

We are hoping that with some of the guys coming off the IL that the pitching side of things will level out but right now our lineup has to many outs and weak contact in it regardless of this recent stretch of SP we have been seeing.

Glass half full is they will eventually get hot and get closer to their career averages which will do wonders for this offense considering even with all the struggles in the lineup, we are 4th right now in total Runs for the NL.  But we need improvement from the majority of the lineup otherwise that won't last.

[Brian]

3 hours ago, BlightyBrew said:

I know it's still early and it's only a small sample size so far but I'm surprised how we are not getting any power or xbh's from the DH/SS/3B/CF/Bench positions in the lineup.

Collins, Yelich, Mitchell, Dunn, Ortiz Capra, and Hoskins have way below average .slg rates.  Yelich is closer with his slg rate (due to his 3HR) to NL average (still think his .slg need to be 50-60 points higher though to be an effective offensive weapon) but goose eggs for Mitchell, Ortiz, and Hoskins in the power and xbh threat. Mitchell, Ortiz and Hoskins only have 1 xbh each.  Even in tonight's game only 5 hits all singles.

Right now our offensive threat is Chourio and recently Contreras.

We are hoping that with some of the guys coming off the IL that the pitching side of things will level out but right now our lineup has to many outs and weak contact in it regardless of this recent stretch of SP we have been seeing.

Glass half full is they will eventually get hot and get closer to their career averages which will do wonders for this offense considering even with all the struggles in the lineup, we are 4th right now in total Runs for the NL.  But we need improvement from the majority of the lineup otherwise that won't last.

Al LeBoeuf is the Brewers hitting coach and I have never, not one time ever heard his name mentioned. I'm against the good old boy club type of coaching that Murphy seems to favor. This is the MLB and you need to get the best available coach out there, not your best friend from way back in the early 1980's. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/pat-murphy-al-leboeuf-reunited-on-brewers-staff

[CheezWizHed]

20 hours ago, yourout said:

An AI generating spam versus an AI trying to eradicate it will evolve into skynet and nuke the whole planet.

Combine that with Autocorrect, and that will happen sooner than you think! 😂😬😢