Brewers (Myers) vs Giants (Roupp): 4/24/25, 2:45pm

[edfunderburk]

16 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Wow that is massive bullpen mismanagement to have Alexander pitching in a setup role in the 8th.

Murphy is not a good game manager … he consistently makes goofy decisions

[Jopal78]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Game 26 of 162 & I’m already tired of watching this team 

Looks like another ugly loss is coming after missing opportunities to score once again

I fear this is at best an “average” team … on pace for 81-81 … feels about right for the collective group of “adequate” players 

It’s still April but scoring 5 runs early and the pitching staff can’t hold it, isn’t a good sign. 

[willie key]

The brewers aren’t going anywhere this year.  

[ghostdrew]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Murphy is not a good game manager … he consistently makes goofy decisions

Dude maybe u should manage this I'm sure u would be so much better 😂

[Pugger]

How embarrassing.  Yeli misplays the ball out there and then face plants.  Yikes.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Game 26 of 162 & I’m already tired of watching this team 

Looks like another ugly loss is coming after missing opportunities to score once again

I fear this is at best an “average” team … on pace for 81-81 … feels about right for the collective group of “adequate” players 

Yeah, I can totally see this perspective.

On the other hand, we've been "adequate" roster-wise for a while. Something about this year FEELS different, but we're also still playing shorthanded on the pitching side.

Defense is an unexpected issue for me so far. Hard to outperform your projections when you aren't stealing outs. Lots of poor fundamentals hurting so far.

Still, to be 13-13 is totally fine and kind of a bonus. We need to start winning some road games, so hopefully we can take care of business in STL (and come back to win this one).

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, willie key said:

The brewers aren’t going anywhere this year.  

They haven't gone anywhere in decades.

[edfunderburk]

6 minutes ago, Pugger said:

I have a bad feeling about this....

That phrase is appropriate for both this game & the season with Murphy making repeated poor“in game”decisions 

[young guns]

Is the giants bullpen saying hold my beer?

[SomewhereInTime]

If you put Alexander in the 5th or 6th because of lack of bullpen options and he blows it, at least you dont end up using everyone in a loss.  There's no off day tomorrow.

[Brian]

We need a good middle reliever, someone who can pitch at least 2 or 3 innings. 

[Pugger]

What a time for a terrible at bat by Turang.

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, ghostdrew said:

Dude maybe u should manage this I'm sure u would be so much better 😂

Dude implies friendship … I don’t know you, but it is likely you wouldn’t be so brave to my face

Defend Murphy if you want … he does not make good “in game” decisions often

Murphy is likeable, a good interview, understands team chemistry, knows far more about baseball than I do (or any of us do) … but he consistently makes goofball decisions during games

[BruisedCrew]

3 minutes ago, young guns said:

Is the giants bullpen saying hold my beer?

The Brewers offense says  “Norhing to worry about Giants fans”.

[Underachiever]

Come on Rhys…

[ecjimg]

If there was ever a time Durbin should steal a base…….

[Pugger]

Another terrible loss.  You guys are right, our bullpen blows.

[edfunderburk]

It’s early, but the 2025 Brewers are giving games away like candy at Halloween.  

What do they do well & consistently?

So far, they have been difficult to watch daily with very few exceptions. 

[LouisEly]

You can't burn your bullpen out in April.  Have to take chances with the bottom of the other team's lineup.

[Bulldogboy]

This is where you wonder what is really happening with Weeks as bench coach. He has no manager experience either so who is in Murphy ear telling him to blow up the bullpen every night? Yoho would be better option in the 8th but he had to pitch when game was already over yesterday. Insane decision making. 

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

You can't burn your bullpen out in April.  Have to take chances with the bottom of the other team's lineup.

He could have pitched his good relievers in the later innings. 

[Brian]

4 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

This is where you wonder what is really happening with Weeks as bench coach. He has no manager experience either so who is in Murphy ear telling him to blow up the bullpen every night? Yoho would be better option in the 8th but he had to pitch when game was already over yesterday. Insane decision making. 

I think our bullpen is just full of average relievers who are only good for 20 pitches max. 

[Bulldogboy]

I find it hard to believe that there is nobody in the organization better than Vinny Capra? What are we doing? He has 3 more hits than I do this season. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Dude implies friendship … I don’t know you, but it is likely you wouldn’t be so brave to my face

Defend Murphy if you want … he does not make good “in game” decisions often

Murphy is likeable, a good interview, understands team chemistry, knows far more about baseball than I do (or any of us do) … but he consistently makes goofball decisions during games

Yeah, I think it's obvious Murphy is managing with a different philosophy than "play the optimal guys to win today." He's challenging players, thinking about long-term development, trying to see what he has in terms of makeup and in given situations.

I wish he'd just say that. It's a reasonable perspective, if an off-beat one. Not saying I hold it or would hold it, but it's worth a discussion and some consideration, even if people would freak out if they heard someone say it out loud.

It does seem like this team is barely hanging at .500. We've played a pretty tough schedule (travel-wise for sure), so the results are what we need, within reason. I'm just worried we're worse than expected, and the NL West and the Cubs are better.