Pirates at Brewers; Going for George Webb Free Burgers! Wednesday, August 13 @ 1:10 p.m.: Brandon Woodruff (2.29 ERA, 3.73 FIP) vs. Mitch Keller (3.86 ERA, 3.70 FIP)

[tomoohka]

ohhh baby

[HarryDoyle]

Seriously, what kind of repercussions do these umpires face? Seven years of this and it never gets better.

[adambr2]

7 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Some wanted to give up on him……patience has paid off

 

As one of those, I will definitely give credit where it is due. 

I mentioned a few weeks ago that this team is not where it is just on the moves they’ve made, but the moves they didn’t make. 

If a lot of us had our way the last 5-10 years around the trade deadline, this roster would look a lot different right now (and a lot inferior).

[edfunderburk]

13 minutes ago, dlk9s said:

Yesterday's ump was only 82% on called strike accuracy.

Oh my … that’s Jen Pawol bad

[Bulldogboy]

Yelich 800 ops finally 

[edfunderburk]

13 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

A lot of folks wanted him gone a few weeks ago.

While I’ve earned my reputation as a forum Eore … I’ve always been in Joey O’s corner 🙌👏💪🎉🏆

[Brian]

Vaughn missed some meatballs, Hope it's just a fluke. 

[dlk9s]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Oh my … that’s Jen Pawol bad

She was quite a bit better than last night's ump. She wasn't great (hey, it was her first big league game), but she was only very slightly below league average all around.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Oh my … that’s Jen Pawol bad

Way worse, actually. Calling out Pawol on what was a pretty average scorecard is a poor look.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

This team, man. Things turn so quickly on baseball, and I kind of felt like this one might turn on us hard at 6-3. But the offense just grinds and responds again. Let's hope Tobias can give us some professional innings here. 

[folly412]

Those wonderful delicious burgers are so close.

[Bulldogboy]

I was not aware Woodruff had mutual option for 20 million. Any chance both parties pick it up? I'm guessing he will not. 

[adambr2]

Just now, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

This team, man. Things turn so quickly on baseball, and I kind of felt like this one might turn on is hard at 6-3. But the offense just grinds and responds again. Let's hope Tobias can give us some professional innings here. 

He looked pretty brutal last start. But he’s looked really good coming out of the pen a couple times. 

[RobertCrawley]

4 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Oh my … that’s Jen Pawol bad

Jen Pawol 93 percent.

I'll take her any day of the week over these bozos.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2025/08/11/jen-pawol-umpire-scorecard-mlb-debut/85610544007/

[Team Canada]

1 minute ago, Bulldogboy said:

I was not aware Woodruff had mutual option for 20 million. Any chance both parties pick it up? I'm guessing he will not. 

0 chance.

[OldHeidelberg]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

I was not aware Woodruff had mutual option for 20 million. Any chance both parties pick it up? I'm guessing he will not. 

Not unless he gets hurt again, right now it looks like QO and Woodruff becomes a rich man elsewhere and we get a pick.

[edfunderburk]

7 minutes ago, owbc said:

12 runs, 12 wins

We are steadily climbing the ladder & may soon lead all of MLB in runs scored. We are currently tied with KC for 2nd in runs allowed (before today). 

[kevinisaname]

I didn't realize Tobias had 97 in his arsenal. And ANOTHER great play by Joey, Geez...

[owbc]

4 minutes ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

This team, man. Things turn so quickly on baseball, and I kind of felt like this one might turn on is hard at 6-3. But the offense just grinds and responds again. Let's hope Tobias can give us some professional innings here. 

I didn't know a major league baseball team could be this good. What is even the definition of falling back to earth? They only win at a 95 or 100 win pace instead of 125? 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, OldHeidelberg said:

Not unless he gets hurt again, right now it looks like QO and Woodruff becomes a rich man elsewhere and we get a pick.

There's a lot of good feelings between Big Woo and the Brewers organization, esp,. since the organization kept faith during the injury. But money almost always wins the day.

[Sixtolezcano]

6 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Yelich 800 ops finally 

And 5th in the NL with 81 RBIs!

[adambr2]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

I was not aware Woodruff had mutual option for 20 million. Any chance both parties pick it up? I'm guessing he will not. 

I mean it’s so rare that it happens. But it’s just about the sweet spot for him, right about where the QO is, so, maybe.

The only time I can think of where that happened is Aramis Ramirez.

Come to think about it, he gets the 10M buyout if he doesn’t pick it up, so no, he’ll decline. He can do better than 1/10 in free agency.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Joey O!

His defense has never suffered. And probably the easiest inning of the day. Love it.

 

[Brian]

Vaughn has good D at 1st.

[SRB]

Joey O player of the game