Red Sox at Brewers; Wednesday, May 28 @ 12:10 p.m.: Freddy Peralta (2.55 ERA, 3.89 FIP) vs. Brayan Bello (4.08 ERA, 4.89 FIP)

[Brewer77]

Ortiz needs some lessons from Frelick on how to hit the ball softer. Too much carry on that one

[Joseph Zarr]

Please tell me managerial savant Pat Murphy did not send Mears out for two relief innings. Did this really happen? Please. Please say it isn't so. I was feeling so neutral this week. Gull dern it!

[edfunderburk]

11 minutes ago, Brewer77 said:

Ortiz needs some lessons from Frelick on how to hit the ball softer. Too much carry on that one

I repeat … Ortiz will breakout in the middle 54 games of the season 

He is far too good a player to retreat his .185 batting average as the season progresses

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Please tell me managerial savant Pat Murphy did not send Mears out for two relief innings. Did this really happen? Please. Please say it isn't so. I was feeling so neutral this week. Gull dern it!

He would have sent him out for a third but I stopped him.

[Brian]

27 minutes ago, brooks_quichenick said:

Koenig threw 8 pitches yesterday. Zastryzny threw 10. The bullpen as a whole has been overworked, but we had lefty options to use. No need to extend Mears yet again.

You got your wish and he came threw. 

[Team Canada]

Just now, Brian said:

You got your wish and he came threw. 

Murph's playing 3-D chess and planning for extra innings.

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

He would have sent him out for a third but I stopped him.

You are a MAD MAN. Nobody should get in the way of our great MOTY award winner. He is in a League of his own. 

Man, I really want to like Murphy. I sincerely do. He's a likable human. BUT, I'm sorry. He is not a good MLB manager. A significant part of helping your MLB team win ball games is reading the tea leaves and orchestrating the pitching staff. To this end, he is a drunken blind man. It's maddening. Truly maddening. These are not hard decisions. They are stubborn and truly poor 'feel' decisions demonstrating he doesn't actually understand what the numbers are telling all of us. OR, he flat doesn't care and thinks he is smarter than the game. You can't 'hope' for outcomes. You play probabilities and percentages. These types of probability and statistically backed decisions are truly the only bullpen logic we have in baseball. Man. It's just painful.

 

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

He would have sent him out for a third but I stopped him.

Pray tell how … and is this super power available every day?

[AKCheesehead]

Dang it.  Off the bat I thought he got that one.

[nate82]

Not sure why there is so much angst against having Mears out there for a second inning.  He cruised through the first two batters and then struggled against the third and then easily got the next batter out.  I am not seeing an issue with that decision.  This feels more like an illogical and nonsensical issue being brought up in this game.

[edfunderburk]

8 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I really want to like Murphy. I sincerely do. He's a likable human. BUT, I'm sorry. He is not a good MLB manager.

This is my sentiment exactly … he truly is a “great interview” & an extremely likable person … but something is missing as a game manager. 

He won MOTY in 2024 “in spite of” rather than “because of” his in game decisions with pitching changes & who & when to pinch hit. 

[Brewer77]

Dang some good wood right at guys these last few innings 

[Brian]

We sure have bad luck with our line drive outs today. 

[wiguy94]

Just gotta laugh man. Hopefully it works out like last night but funny how it's happened 2 nights in a row.

Last night Murphy didn't trust Zastryzny to face the top of the order down a run in the 8th then needed Zastryzny to come in during the 10th against the top of the order with 1 out and runners on the corner.

Tonight Murphy doesn't trust Alexander to face the bottom of the order down a run in the 6th then needs Alexander to come in to face the bottom of the order in the 10th inning.

[Brian]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Just gotta laugh man. Hopefully it works out like last night but funny how it's happened 2 nights in a row.

Last night Murphy didn't trust Zastryzny to face the top of the order down a run in the 8th then needed Zastryzny to come in during the 10th against the top of the order with 1 out and runners on the corner.

Tonight Murphy doesn't trust Alexander to face the bottom of the order down a run in the 6th then needs Alexander to come in to face the bottom of the order in the 10th inning.

Holding my breath it works out for us also. 

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

This is my sent intent exactly … he truly is a “great interview” & an extremely likable person … but something is missing as a game manager. 

He won MOTY in 2024 “in spite of” rather than “because of” his in game decisions with pitching changes & who & when to pinch hit. 

I sadly agree with you. It truly pains me. I'm mostly neutral when it comes to Brewers stuff. Truly. My bread and butter is obviously the Minor Leagues. It is where I spend the vast majority of my time. But, I watch the Brewers games as well. Watching Murphy repeatedly fumble over the most basic of errors in innings and situation management with his bullpen arms is maddening. It's difficult to stomach as a baseball purist. Maybe his decisions and usages would be defensible in a Minor League arena. At the MLB level? Nope. I mean he literally just said yesterday they were going to lay off the multiple inning scenarios with Mears. He literally said it on camera yesterday. It just makes zero sense. It just isn't defensible logic. Ugh. Hard to rationalize any of it. 

[adambr2]

Glorious throw, Jake.

[yfinn6]

Hopefully this is the end of Alexander. 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Just gotta laugh man. Hopefully it works out like last night but funny how it's happened 2 nights in a row.

Last night Murphy didn't trust Zastryzny to face the top of the order down a run in the 8th then needed Zastryzny to come in during the 10th against the top of the order with 1 out and runners on the corner.

Tonight Murphy doesn't trust Alexander to face the bottom of the order down a run in the 6th then needs Alexander to come in to face the bottom of the order in the 10th inning.

It's painful, my friend. Murphy is the cause of the rising ulcer epidemic in Wisconsin I hear.

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Watching Murphy repeatedly fumble over the most basic of errors in innings and situation management with his bullpen arms is maddening

Well said, sir 

[Brock Beauchamp]

8 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

He won MOTY in 2024 “in spite of” rather than “because of” his in game decisions with pitching changes & who & when to pinch hit. 

The reality of the situation is that the Manager of the Year is far and away the dumbest award handed out by baseball.

It simply goes to the team that writers were the most wrong about in a good way (ie. the team that over-performed preseason expectations).

I don't really have any issues with Murph other than the ridiculous bullpen management. If he just stops trying to burn out arms he's probably just fine as a manager.

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I sadly agree with you. It truly pains me. I'm mostly neutral when it comes to Brewers stuff. Truly. My bread and butter is obviously the Minor Leagues. It is where I spend the vast majority of my time. But, I watch the Brewers games as well. Watching Murphy repeatedly fumble over the most basic of errors in innings and situation management with his bullpen arms is maddening. It's difficult to stomach as a baseball purist. Maybe his decisions and usages would be defensible in a Minor League arena. At the MLB level? Nope. I mean he literally just said yesterday they were going to lay off the multiple inning scenarios with Mears. He literally said it on camera yesterday. It just makes zero sense. It just isn't defensible logic. Ugh. Hard to rationalize any of it. 

Murphy still manages like he’s a college coach

[Brian]

If we score a run to tie who pitches next Bauers? 

[Fear The Chorizo]

Just now, Brian said:

If we score a run to tie who pitches next Bauers? 

Freddy Peralta...Murphy will at least try

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The reality of the situation is that the Manager of the Year is far and away the dumbest award handed out by baseball.

It simply goes to the team that writers were the most wrong about in a good way (ie. the team that over-performed preseason expectations).

I don't really have any issues with Murph other than the ridiculous bullpen management. If he just stops trying to burn out arms he's probably just fine as a manager.

That’s a pretty significant “other than” for a manager