Dodgers at Brewers; Monday, July 7 @ 6:40 p.m.: Freddy Peralta (2.91 ERA, 3.84 FIP) vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2.51 ERA, 3.10 FIP)

[markedman5]

22 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Four HR and .790 OPS the past two weeks and now we decide to let Joey regroup?

Here is the explanation 

 

[BruisedCrew]

Hopefully having Monasterio at SS won’t cost runs in the field. Can’t afford to give extra outs to the league’s most potent offense. 

[kevinisaname]

Andrew Vaughn is awful, and I am not overly happy having him start two days in a row (since I presume he starts against Kershaw tomorrow). I also am not in favor of benching Joey despite his bases-loaded struggles. Hopefully, both moves pan out somehow, but I don't have high hopes.

[Sixtolezcano]

40 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Four HR and .790 OPS the past two weeks and now we decide to let Joey regroup?

Typical Pat Murphy move 😬

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, sveumrules said:

Because they collectively bargained and agreed upon terms with the Players Union.

Ding, ding, ding.

Not to start a whole sidebar issue, but I've always felt that whenever there's a labor dispute the media seems to lean towards the players & management has been extremely sensitive to any resulting criticism.

Of course that goes back many, many years. It's not like today, where the game is being run by Ohtani & Judge😛.

[markedman5]

https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/headlines/tyler-glasnow-injury-starting-wednesday-in-milwaukee-973245

[willie key]

You are never breaking the players union to get a salary cap.   You can scream at mlb all you want but the players will sit out for as long as they have too

[Frisbee Slider]

1 hour ago, markedman5 said:

Here is the explanation 

 

Makes sense. He did take some bad pitches recently. I feel like he is playing the best he has all season though.

[Frisbee Slider]

1 hour ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Typical Pat Murphy move 😬

I think I’m glad Murphy has defined a level of performance that is unacceptable. Just seems like strange timing doing it during Joey’s best month.

[edfunderburk]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

 

Murphy is so inconsistent with his approach to teaching his players lessons. 

He needs to use that same approach with Contreras if Ortiz is being benched to work on his swing. 

[edfunderburk]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

Here is the explanation 

 

Murphy needs to remember that these are major league players … grown men … not college students. They don’t need a father figure to punish them. 

He gives me very few reasons to like him. I’m not a fan of Murphy. 

[edfunderburk]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

Here is the explanation 

 

If Matt Arnold used this approach with Murphy for his consistently poor pitching change decisions, he would be unemployed 

[TURBO]

12 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Murphy is so inconsistent with his approach to teaching his players lessons. 

He needs to use that same approach with Contreras if Ortiz is being benched to work on his swing. 

He doesn't have the balls to do that to Contreras.  Hell, he doesn't have the balls to rest him through setting records last season or his finger injury this season.

[Underachiever]

I’ve been a big fan of the Vaughan-Monasterio DP combo since forever.

[Gump]

Let’s go!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edfunderburk]

Andrew Vaughn has the same spooky (goofy) eyes as Mark Cahna

[Gump]

Why is there Japanese writing behind home plate?

[mudbutt]

1 minute ago, Gump said:

Why is there Japanese writing behind home plate?

Dodgers get a ton of extra money due to Japanese sponsors for Ohtani 

[kevinisaname]

VAUGHN! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.

[folly412]

OMG Andrew Vaughn best acquisition ever we got a steal woooooo!

[yfinn6]

Not too high, too far. Atta boy, Vaughn! 

[Bulldogboy]

😆 

[Underachiever]

That was pounded!!!

[Gump]

💥💥💥💥💥💥 boom!!!

[markedman5]

So that’s not bad……