Brewers (Priester) vs Cardinals (Gray): 4/26/25, 1:15pm

[markedman5]

My guess is Murphy yanked Frelick for missing cut off man and Durbin for getting picked off.

just a guess but I think he’s had enough of the mental errors

[Simba2020]

1 minute ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Boy you wouldn't have lasted long as a fan of this team 20 years ago

Or 30.

[markedman5]

Dom agrees with me

 

[SomewhereInTime]

Just now, Simba2020 said:

Maybe that's it. They were both inexcusable. If so, the manager is getting fed up with the recent play.

The broadcast showed them both sitting in the dugout with no training staff with them or anything, and a benching would make a lot of sense.  Those are a couple of really dumb mental mistakes.

[duewizard]

Cameron has been red hot in Nashville (1.273 OPS!) so maybe he can bring in a little something

[edfunderburk]

40 minutes ago, Simba2020 said:

Maybe that's it. They were both inexcusable. If so, the manager is getting fed up with the recent play.

I’m fed up with Murphy,

His management of the players … pitching changes & substitutions … has been consistently bad.

I think he’s clueless & overrated … personality plus but no feel for the game.

Durbin made a mistake, but how does it improve the team to put Capra in the game when you need to score runs?

Another loss to a bad team … we are free falling. 
 

[duewizard]

You can't bench the entire team lol

[edfunderburk]

5 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

The broadcast showed them both sitting in the dugout with no training staff with them or anything, and a benching would make a lot of sense.  Those are a couple of really dumb mental mistakes.

How can Murphy be benched or held accountable for his recent & ongoing in game decision blunders?

[SomewhereInTime]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I’m fed up with Murphy,

He’s management of the players … pitching changes & substitutions.

I think he’s clueless & overrated … personality plus but no feel for the game.

Durbin made a mistake, but how does it improve the team to put Capra in the game when you need to score runs?

Another loss to a bad team … we are free falling. 
 

Couldn't disagree more.  Murphy is a fine manager.  Only major game management mistake all year was trying to use Alexander as a setup man the other day.

[markedman5]

Yeah I don’t think Murphy is the big issue……every manager will make decisions fans question 

[edfunderburk]

Hoping this blind squirrel (Capra) finds an acorn (base hit) here 

[Bulldogboy]

When your bench is this bad not sure you can try to be the disciplinary.

[edfunderburk]

Capra should have been DFA’d days ago. Brutal decision by the FO to roster him. Equally poor decision for Murphy to continue playing him. 

[markedman5]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

When your bench is this bad not sure you can try to be the disciplinary.

Yes you can……because discipline is about more then one game.

 

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Yeah I don’t think Murphy is the big issue……every manager will make decisions fans question 

He’s certainly not the only issue … maybe not the primary issue … but he’s made his share of bad decisions with no consequences 

[Outlander]

There are a ton of guys in AAA who have never received the chance Capra has. Trade for one of those, it won't cost much and they can't do worse than Capra.

[edfunderburk]

26 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Yes you can……because discipline is about more then one game.

 

You are not wrong, but benching two players today may be the proverbial “shoot yourself in the foot” 

No one benched Murphy when he made several boneheaded pitching changes & in-game decisions that didn’t pan out 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Cards get a little lucky while also making a nice defensive play, and Capra does Capra.

Still time, but failure to get the big hit has definitely been a big issue this past week.

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, Outlander said:

There are a ton of guys in AAA who have never received the chance Capra has. Trade for one of those, it won't cost much and they can't do worse than Capra.

The savanah bannans have guys who are better and they can dance too.

[markedman5]

4 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

You are not wrong, but this may be the proverbial “shoot yourself in the foot” 

No one benched Murphy when he made several boneheaded pitching changes & in-game decisions that didn’t pan out 

Come on…..nobody benches a manager……every manager gets 2nd guessed……every single one.

[markedman5]

We should also remember that virtually every one of Murphy’s decisions ( especially the pitching ones) are collaborative……..that’s how it’s done these days……input from pitching coaches and bench coaches .

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Come on…..nobody benches a manager……every manager gets 2nd guessed……every single one.

Do you remember Buck Rodgers in 1982?

[Simba2020]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Do you remember Buck Rodgers in 1982?

Rodgers and Murphy aren't comparable. The players hated Rodgers.

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

We should also remember that virtually every one of Murphy’s decisions ( especially the pitching ones) are collaborative……..that’s how it’s done these days……input from pitching coaches and bench coaches .

That is true … but someone (the manager) makes final decisions 

Murphy is the one in charge

[edfunderburk]

Just now, Simba2020 said:

Rodgers and Murphy aren't comparable. The players hated Rodgers.

They are comparable in that that are in charge

Maybe a few of the benched players today will start hating Murphy is that is what is required to remove a clueless manager 😉