Brewers at Guardians; Wednesday, May 14 @ 12:10 p.m.: Logan Henderson (1.50 ERA) vs. Gavin Williams (4.38 ERA, 4.66 FIP)

[Pugger]

When was the last time we scored 9 in one game?

[RobertCrawley]

I love baseball again.

[Sixtolezcano]

OK Murphy. Time to bat Contreras 3rd, Hoskins 4th, Bauers 5th, and move Yelich down to 7th. 

[BruisedCrew]

With the off day tomorrow just bring Megill in.

Don’t wait until there is trouble like that infamous game in AZ.

[edfunderburk]

Looks like we may actually win today - hooray! 

I still find myself questioning almost every decision Murphy makes “within” the game - especially with pitching changes. 

I’d love to know if Yelich made the decision to run on his own. If so, Murphy’s “holding players accountable” should result in discipline for him. If not - Murphy should explain his reasoning. 

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

OK Murphy. Time to bat Contreras 3rd, Hoskins 4th, Bauers 5th, and move Yelich down to 7th. 

God knows if he'll ever figure that one out.

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

I love baseball again.

“I as well” … or “me too” for the non-grammarians

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, Pugger said:

When was the last time we scored 9 in one game?

1982 😏

[RobertCrawley]

Dang that was hit hard.

[BruisedCrew]

5 minutes ago, Pugger said:

When was the last time we scored 9 in one game?

The 11 run game in SF 3 weeks ago. 

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, Pugger said:

God knows if he'll ever figure that one out.

Off topic question: What is the origin of your board name - Pugger? Is that a nickname? Do you have a cute little dog? 

[Bulldogboy]

Hoskins trade value stock up.

[Pugger]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Off topic question: What is the origin of your board name - Pugger? Is that a nickname? Do you have a cute little dog? 

My name is Peggy but my Dad always called me Puggy.  My hubby changed it to Pugger.  

[RobertCrawley]

Post the banner, Ed!

[BruisedCrew]

Nice win for the Salvagers. And it isn’t even Sunday. 

[Pugger]

Come on Trever.  This guy makes me nervous.  Thank God we scored some runs.

[Brian]

Woo Hoo reserve your WS tickets 😁 Kidding not quite yet.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, Pugger said:

Come on Trever.  This guy makes me nervous.  Thank God we scored some runs.

Not as nervous as Devin or K-Rod!

[Jim French Stepstool]

4 hours ago, Brian said:

Bauers would be my choice because he is the hottest hitter on the team. https://www.mlb.com/player/jake-bauers-641343

Ok that's fair. Personaly I like Bauers more in the middle of the order. I hate Turang in the middle, and my alternative to Yelich would be to sandwich Turang & Frelick between Chourio in the top third of the order. Of course, neither Turang nor Frelick have been hitting either.

I just don't know why pitchers don't throw Yelich hard & in, and never, ever deviate from that.

[treego14]

Rhys' Peanut Butter Cups for Everybody!

Everybody is Rhys' Understudy!

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Chourio, Contreras, Hoskins or Bauers would be a much better choice.

I don't see Chourio moving off of 1 or 2 for a long time, if ever. Any of the others MIGHT work, but I prefer that the folks like Turang, Frelick, Yelich(?) & Chourio re-figure out how to find ways to reach base, then put Hoskins/Contreras in a position to drive them in. Some of their recent lineups have looked horrible from the 6-hole on down & IMO you need to stay away from that.

Vs a righty, Bauers might work for the time being. But so much of this is people getting back to what they've been able to do, even just going back to last month. And health. I had the upper-respiratory thing in April & if it's anything like what Turang went through, it really saps you.

[Jim French Stepstool]

36 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

OK Murphy. Time to bat Contreras 3rd, Hoskins 4th, Bauers 5th, and move Yelich down to 7th. 

Chourio IMO should stay in the 2-hole. The above would then put 3 RHH in succession in the top half. I'm not totally adverse to this---it's much better than going 3 LHH in a row---but it's just not something they like to do.

I've ripped Yelich on here. Heck, I did it in this thread. But he hit .315 last year, OBP'd over .400 and OPS'd over .900 before packing it in. And now he's supposedly pain-free. It looks like they're banking on him getting better as he further removes himself from the knife. Kinda like with Hoskins last year. If they leave him at 3-4 & it doesn't happen, they'll hear about it, even more than they are now.

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, RobertCrawley said:

Closing is the man's job. Let him get to it.

Esp with the man warmed, and an off day tomorrow.

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, Pugger said:

No obstruction?   Geez...

I swear, anyone with the time could put together a compilation of obstruction calls/non-obstruction calls and make MLB umpires look like total, clueless clowns. That's the problem when you put a rule on the books that doesn't belong there.

[Klantz27]

10 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Chourio IMO should stay in the 2-hole. The above would then put 3 RHH in succession in the top half. I'm not totally adverse to this---it's much better than going 3 LHH in a row---but it's just not something they like to do.

I've ripped Yelich on here. Heck, I did it in this thread. But he hit .315 last year, OBP'd over .400 and OPS'd over .900 before packing it in. And now he's supposedly pain-free. It looks like they're banking on him getting better as he further removes himself from the knife. Kinda like with Hoskins last year. If they leave him at 3-4 & it doesn't happen, they'll hear about it, even more than they are now.

 

I'm still can't get over yelichs contract ridiculous what was Stearns thinking? Everyone knew the balls where juiced then he breaks his kneecap plus we already knew his back was toast it was shot when he was 22 still on the marlins and then we sign him to a 7 year 190 mil extension until he's 37? mind you he had 2 years remaining before the extension he'll everyone kept saying it was a team friendly deal to yet he took more a year than bryce harper