Brewers at Pirates; Sunday, May 25 @ 12:35 p.m.: Logan Henderson (1.69 ERA, 2.59 FIP) vs. Bailey Falter (3.50 ERA, 4.14 FIP)

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

That’s it for me today. I will check the score in an hour or so. Looks like I’m not alone … almost no activity in the game threads recently. This team is hard to watch in its current make up.
 

Murphy hasn’t had a great month of May. Very few of his in game pitching changes have ended well. Mears was awful in his brief time on the mound today. We no longer have the lead. 

I can hardly blame Mears for this one. The arms of our relievers are about to fall off. 

[yourout]

Mears has given up runs in four out of his last five appearances.

And as far as I'm concerned it's Murphy's fault as much as anyone's. 

He is a big failure at managing pitching staffs and that's the most important job a manager has in the MLB these days.

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, Nola Beery said:

Sorry for my ignorance, as I haven't been around much this season. 
But do I understand correctly that we have  "OK to a little better than OK" starting pitching, but No credible offense and No reliable bullpen? 

We have a mediocre team top to bottom & our manager has made numerous poor decisions that have burned out a decent bullpen 

[HarryDoyle]

For those that think it's too soon after Murphy's Manager of the Year award to fire him, here's some food for thought I saw today.

[brewers888]

I'd make Hook the manager and fire the rest of the staff.

[Jopal78]

Chourio is bad. Pitchers don’t have to throw him strikes to get him to swing (he unloaded on a pitch so far inside it almost hit him). The 60 million dollars they owe him is sure looking like less and less of a bargain

[brewers888]

We are already paying the price of Murphy consistently yanking starters that are pitching well at 80 or less pitches. There have been so many games where we could have gotten an inning or two more out of the starter.

[brewers888]

Just now, Jopal78 said:

Chourio is bad. Pitchers don’t have to throw him strikes to get him to swing (he unloaded on a pitch so far inside it almost hit him). The 60 million dollars they owe him is sure looking like less and less of a bargain

He's young and needs a professional hitting coach not the hacks we have on this overmatched coaching staff.

[yourout]

Feels like a walkoff in the making.

[yourout]

The millisecond after Kevin Seitzer was let go by the braves he should have had a contract offer from the Brewers for whatever he wanted to be hitting coach.

[Bulldogboy]

Murphy is like a player that got old overnight. He can’t hit the fastball anymore. 

[brewers888]

2 minutes ago, yourout said:

The millisecond after Kevin Seitzer was let go by the braves he should have had a contract offer from the Brewers for whatever he wanted to be hitting coach.

I said that the moment I heard Atlanta stupidly let him go.

[brewers888]

Hook can be the manager and let Henderson be the pitching coach and get someone outside the organization as the hitting coach.

[brewers888]

This team sucks.

[yourout]

8 minutes ago, yourout said:

Feels like a walkoff in the making.

Never mind.

[titletownking]

I think I'm done watching this team on a routine basis. I’ll check in from time to time but them being must see tv is over for me. Go Crew til then

[brewers888]

Collins is about as bad defensively as Bauers in left field. Just another AAAA player getting major playing time. 

[HarryDoyle]

So Pittsburgh failed to score more than four runs for 26 straight games coming into this series, a major league live ball record, and has accomplished that feat 3 of 4 games against us.

[Jopal78]

10 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

He's young and needs a professional hitting coach not the hacks we have on this overmatched coaching staff.

Come on, you can do better than this. If some dudes watching on TV can see pitchers aren’t throwing him at strikes because he’s overly aggressive and swings at everything, I am 100% the coaches and manager has told him the same. For a teacher to effective the pupil needs to be willing to learn. 

[Nola Beery]

At least we won;t have to worry about being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, err.. 'post season'

[brewers888]

What exactly does this team do well because I see nothing other than decent starting pitching which is wasted when the idiot manager pulls them early nearly every game.

[Frisbee Slider]

Remember in 2018 when we were swept by Pittsburgh in a five game series and then nearly made it to the World Series? 🤷‍♂️

[brewers888]

1 minute ago, Jopal78 said:

Come on, you can do better than this. If some dudes watching on TV can see pitchers aren’t throwing him at strikes because he’s overly aggressive and swings at everything, I am 100% the coaches and manager has told him the same. For a teacher to effective the pupil needs to be willing to learn. 

He's young and improved all of last season. Yes a hitting coach can help and in this case hurt a young player.

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, Jopal78 said:

Come on, you can do better than this. If some dudes watching on TV can see pitchers aren’t throwing him at strikes because he’s overly aggressive and swings at everything, I am 100% the coaches and manager has told him the same. For a teacher to effective the pupil needs to be willing to learn. 

Are you sure about that? Because I'm not.

[brewers888]

Just now, Frisbee Slider said:

Remember in 2018 when we were swept by Pittsburgh in a five game series and then nearly made it to the World Series? 🤷‍♂️

We are more likely to lose 90 games this season.