Brewers at Pirates; Saturday, May 24 @ 3:05 p.m.: Quinn Priester (4.66 ERA, 5.18 FIP) vs. Mitch Keller (3.88 ERA, 3.41 FIP)

[Simba2020]

Ortiz and Durbin on base 8 times and they don't score once. That's why they lost.

[wiguy94]

Just now, LouisEly said:

Until Quintana, Woodruff, Hall, Cortes, and Gasser come back off of the IL, your choices are:

• Alexander
• Elvin Rodriguez
• Easton McGee
• Elvis Peguero
• Bryan Hudson
• Craig Yoho
• Tobias Myers

Take your pick of which walk or hit machine should occupy that bullpen spot.

Alexander is fine for now as a long reliever or mop up guy. Murphy using him today in a leverage spot when Ashby and Zastryzny are both available is just horrific.

[Joseph Zarr]

26 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Hopefully dreams come true

Can you create one for Murphy being DFA’d?

Hey you keep Murphy the heck OUT of Minor League viewing Valhalla! One of my true joys in 2025 is watching Brewers affiliates with zero Pat Murphy managing impression.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Alexander is fine for now as a long reliever or mop up guy. Murphy using him today in a leverage spot when Ashby and Zastryzny are both available is just horrific.

Well, this is reining NL Manager of the Year Pat Murphy we are talking about! 🥴

[wibadgers23]

14 minutes ago, yourout said:

We may have some help coming back for the pitching staff but there is almost nothing waiting in the wings to help the hitting.

Outside of a trade, you are correct.  Guys like Boeve, Wilken, Pratt, and Lara are still a year away and there's absolutely no guarantee those guys are going to hit right away.  Might be a couple years before they make any kind of an impact.

[Joseph Zarr]

I fondly look back on the 2024 season when Pat Murphy repeatedly used RHP Elvis Peguero with RISP. All the warts were covered by a better team and players playing better and, it's fair to argue: a better coaching staff. This season is just truly painful. Is the carrot at the end of the proverbial stick supposed to be Rickie Weeks as the manager in waiting?! One off-season of several questionable decisions. One season exposing the current manager for what he is. Suddenly, we are in very desperate times as a fanbase. Truly wild.😅

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

Outside of a trade, you are correct.  Guys like Boeve, Wilken, Pratt, and Lara are still a year away and there's absolutely no guarantee those guys are going to hit right away.  Might be a couple years before they make.any kind of an impact.

That's my deepest concern.

Seeing how willing the Brewers were to overpay for Priester, I have little trust the organization sees their state of affairs the same way I do. My humble lifelong Brewers fan opinion is they need to FULL on commit to the youth movement and rebuild. Stop paying two makers. Acquire and continue adding depth to the system and the youngest talent pool. They simply have way too many flaws to consider some type of turnaround based on what it will cost to get a meaningful addition(s). It's OK to have a down year but see the forest for the trees and don't keep compounding mistakes.

[Brewer77]

Frankly they could have a passable offense if their hitters were playing to expectations. Yelich, Chourio, Ortiz, and Mitchell have been so much worse than last year’s production 

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Brewer77 said:

Frankly they could have a passable offense if their hitters were playing to expectations. Yelich, Chourio, Ortiz, and Mitchell have been so much worse than last year’s production 

Contreras as well

[yfinn6]

21 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

Until Quintana, Woodruff, Hall, Cortes, and Gasser come back off of the IL, your choices are:

• Alexander
• Elvin Rodriguez
• Easton McGee
• Elvis Peguero
• Bryan Hudson
• Craig Yoho
• Tobias Myers

Take your pick of which walk or hit machine should occupy that bullpen spot.

I would take just about any other pitcher on this roster than Alexander at this point. 

[Sixtolezcano]

So much for for the comments, “They better go 5-2 against the Orioles and Pirates this week.” They will be lucky to go 3-4 by the time they leave Pittsburgh.

[SomewhereInTime]

Guess it was a blister for Quinn, not a quick hook.  Since thats the case it is what it is.

[sveumrules]

25 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Suddenly, we are in very desperate times as a fanbase.

 

21 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

It's OK to have a down year

If it's OK to have a down year why would be in very desperate times as a fanbase?

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

 

If it's OK to have a down year why would be in very desperate times as a fanbase?

The comments about (1) our current manager, (2) the likely manager in waiting,  the (3) questionable decisions from the Top Personnel decision-makers over the past six months (ergo, Matt Arnold), and (4) the unknown of how this decision-making group will operate approaching a trade deadline.

I personally very much see a team that 'should' very much commit to Selling. Considering how they handled the Rule 5 and how they continue to address the greater roster, I am very much unsure they see things remotely close to how I do.

From the vantage point of a person and fan who is consistently leaning optimist as to how the Brewers have handled their business since Stearns came aboard, I find myself  the least confident I have been in quite some time that I share their vision of how they are approaching their MLB club.

[JohnBriggs12]

So what's the point of not pitching Ashby in the 7th exactly?  His stuff was nearly unhittable and nobody's ever described Alexander's stuff as unhittable.  I honestly thought Alexander balked on purpose in the 8th figuring there's no way they'd let him pitch to Cruz with first base open.  As for the hitters, it was pretty easy to figure out who had late night last night.  Hope it was worth it Brice.  Nice job today.  Not easy to make 6 outs and leave a half dozen or more runners on base.  Was Bauers your side man?

[Brewer77]

28 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Contreras as well

Yeah he has underperformed but it didn’t feel fair to include him in that group. He has at least been better than league average!

[edfunderburk]

38 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

two makers

What are “two makers” ???

[edfunderburk]

39 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

That's my deepest concern.

Seeing how willing the Brewers were to overpay for Priester, I have little trust the organization sees their state of affairs the same way I do. My humble lifelong Brewers fan opinion is they need to FULL on commit to the youth movement and rebuild. Stop paying two makers. Acquire and continue adding depth to the system and the youngest talent pool. They simply have way too many flaws to consider some type of turnaround based on what it will cost to get a meaningful addition(s). It's OK to have a down year but see the forest for the trees and don't keep compounding mistakes.

Gold 🏆💪👏

[edfunderburk]

31 minutes ago, yfinn6 said:

I would take just about any other pitcher on this roster than Alexander at this point. 

We kept Jay over Shane Smith

Let’s see what he can do 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

We kept Jay over Shane Smith

Let’s see what he can do 

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

We kept Jay over Shane Smith

Let’s see what he can do 

This is so tiring. They didn't keep anyone over Smith. They had an open 40 man spot even after drafting Connor Thomas in the Rule 5 draft. They just didn't keep Smith. There were spots.

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

This is so tiring. They didn't keep anyone over Smith. They had an open 40 man spot even after drafting Connor Thomas in the Rule 5 draft. They just didn't keep Smith. There were spots.

It’s gotta be true [that the Brewers kept Jay over Shane Smith] … I saw it on the internet 😏

[sveumrules]

18 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

The comments about (1) our current manager, (2) the likely manager in waiting,  the (3) questionable decisions from the Top Personnel decision-makers over the past six months (ergo, Matt Arnold), and (4) the unknown of how this decision-making group will operate approaching a trade deadline.

I personally very much see a team that 'should' very much commit to Selling. Considering how they handled the Rule 5 and how they continue to address the greater roster, I am very much unsure they see things remotely close to how I do.

You honestly believe the front office will behave as buyers at the deadline if they keep playing like this for the next two months?

Sounds like you've already moved beyond desperation to a crisis of faith.

 

[edfunderburk]

I’m curious - for all those on this board who have excused the Brewers poor play by reminding everyone else that “it’s early” - when does that explanation go away?

Tomorrow is the 1/3 season mark (54 games)

Continuing to say “it’s early” - implying that there is plenty of time for Milwaukee to turn things around  - is similar to telling someone “Happy New Year” in March or April. At some point - that response no longer applies.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

3 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

You honestly believe the front office will behave as buyers at the deadline if they keep playing like this for the next two months?

Sounds like you've already moved beyond desperation to a crisis of faith.

 

😅

Nah. Keep in mind when I say these things, at the end of the day, I understand it is just baseball. I lose zero sleep over any of this. I still take great joy watching the Minor League games and writing my reports. 

AND, yes, I have surrious questions about how the Brewers (the Big Club, specifically, here) have gone about their business since that heart wrenching loss to the Metropolitans. This leaves me unconfident today. That two months is a lot of runway to make a couple more desperation moves before things travel further South.