Brewers at Pirates; Thursday, May 22 @ 5:40 p.m.: Carlos Rodriguez (7.30 2024 ERA, 5.60 2024 FIP, 1.99 2025 MiLB ERA) vs. Mike Burrows (2.70 2024 ERA, 8.57 2024 FIP, 2.51 2025 MiLB ERA)

[treego14]

The Brewers get to face a guy making his first MLB start.

[treego14]

CRod gets the nod;

on the Pirates he will trod!

Burrows will have forehead furrows,

with plenty of sorrows!

[treego14]

[RobertCrawley]

Shiver me timbers!

[Frisbee Slider]

Peralta and Skenes tomorrow

[treego14]

Now, it's Civale, by golly!

[BruisedCrew]

A trip to Pittsburgh wouldn’t be complete without a couple of rain delays and tonight might deliver on that. 

[markedman5]

I figured this would be the move but now confirmed 

Wish Payamps well……my guess is somebody will pick him up and I won’t be surprised if he figures it out again…….just couldn’t find consistency this season and the brewers needed the roster spot

 

[BruisedCrew]

20 hours ago, treego14 said:

The Brewers get to face a guy making his first MLB start.

I think the better way to,put this is that a guy gets to make his first MLB start against the Brewers. . 

[Brewer77]

5 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

I figured this would be the move but now confirmed 

Wish Payamps well……my guess is somebody will pick him up and I won’t be surprised if he figures it out again…….just couldn’t find consistency this season and the brewers needed the roster spot

 

Feel pretty confident that Payamps will give a team quality innings this year, but this was the right move. There wasn’t enough upside there to continue to eat up a roster spot

[brewers888]

A team with money like the Mets who know him well or the Phillies will gladly take a shot with Payamps who can still be a good pitcher despite his early season struggles.

[yourout]

21 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

A team with money like the Mets who know him well or the Phillies will gladly take a shot with Payamps who can still be a good pitcher despite his early season struggles.

I agree. I bet Stearns has already reached out.

[Pugger]

45 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

I figured this would be the move but now confirmed 

Wish Payamps well……my guess is somebody will pick him up and I won’t be surprised if he figures it out again…….just couldn’t find consistency this season and the brewers needed the roster spot

 

Yeah, he just couldn't get it together out there.

[AKCheesehead]

I didn’t give that Yelich shot much of a chance off the bat. Hopefully it’ll get him going 

[Brewer77]

Sure feels good to get out to an early 3 run lead

[Pugger]

That has to feel good for Yeli.  I thought for sure that Pirate outfielder was gonna catch that.

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, Brewer77 said:

Sure feels good to get out to an early 3 run lead

I'm not sure how to feel.  ;-)

[Pugger]

They got the harpsichord going already.

[Pugger]

Good lord.  Not the start we wanted for Civale.  Let's hope they only get one run here.

[Pugger]

Phew!

[Simba2020]

Yelich came into the game with the highest homer percentage on flyballs (7 of 18) in the league. He has top quartile exit velocity but can't help but pounding the ball into the ground. I know he's never been some kind of launch angle king but you'd still think with just a little adjustment with his swing path, his numbers ought to improve quite a bit.

[edfunderburk]

I hope Yelich is traded before his next at bat … his value may never be higher than after that 3-run HR in the 1st inning 😏

[Simba2020]

Helps to play the Pirates.

[Pugger]

Ortiz!  Same area Yeli went.

[edfunderburk]

This year’s Brewers don’t pass the eye test - something is missing 

I honestly believe this is a .500 team … even after our injured players return 

A “down” year would not be so bad as long as we don’t sell off prospects for stopgap players to help us squeak into the playoffs 

From my vantage point - there are far too many NL teams that are significantly better than the 2025 Brewers

I hope we hold onto our future players & plan for a World Series appearance in 2027