Brewers at Reds; Saturday, August 16 @ 5:40 p.m.: Quinn Priester (3.49 ERA, 4.21 FIP) vs. Zack Littell (3.60 ERA, 4.73 FIP)

[edfunderburk]

12 minutes ago, Brian said:

Did you see him pitch yesterday? He gave up 5 runs with 3 walks in 1.1 innings, he was not himself at all. Hopefully just a bad day but not sure about that. 

I definitely prefer Priester over Miz as the #3 starter for the playoffs 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

21 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I definitely prefer Priester over Miz as the #3 starter for the playoffs 

It seems almost certain to me that Miz will end up a bullpen arm in the playoffs. Maybe he's a planned piggy-back in two games in a five-game series or three in a 7-gamer. First guy out of the pen, hope he gives you 2 innings.

[82brewcrew82]

38 minutes ago, Brian said:

Did you see him pitch yesterday? He gave up 5 runs with 3 walks in 1.1 innings, he was not himself at all. Hopefully just a bad day but not sure about that. 

And in your mind there are zero other explanations for that other than injury?

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Just now, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

It seems almost certain to me that Miz will end up a bullpen arm in the playoffs. Maybe he's a planned piggy-back in two games in a five-game series or three in a 7-gamer. First guy out of the pen, hope he gives you 2 innings.

That could be a huge weapon for us if he could do that...

With likely only needing 3 starters in the playoffs, that seems right.  I'd prefer Woody, Peralta, Priester, but we'll probably get Peralta, Woody, Priester.

Not sure what Q's role would be?

[82brewcrew82]

28 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I definitely prefer Priester over Miz as the #3 starter for the playoffs 

I agree.  I'd much rather deploy Miz strategically throughout the series as opposed to loocking him into one game.

[Brian]

31 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I definitely prefer Priester over Miz as the #3 starter for the playoffs 

#3 starter,  I'm just hoping he won't be on the IL for the playoffs the way he looked yesterday coming off the tibia injury.  If you start favoring your leg and throw differently that could screw up your arm/shoulder. 

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, Brian said:

#3 starter,  I'm just hoping he won't be on the IL for the playoffs the way he looked yesterday coming off the tibia injury.  If you start favoring your leg and throw differently that could screw up your arm/shoulder. 

There was/is zero indication he was favoring his leg.

[Brian]

3 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

There was/is zero indication he was favoring his leg.

OK I do agree but if it happens again his next outing there is more to it.  I just keep hoping its not an IL stint like Yelich, Josh Hader or Devin Williams had is all I'm saying. Because they do happen. 

[Brian]

22 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

And in your mind there are zero other explanations for that other than injury?

No, but I just have flashbacks of J Hader and D Williams who took a year each to recover. 

[82brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, Brian said:

OK I do agree but if it happens again his next outing there is more to it.  I just keep hoping its not an IL stint like Yelich, Josh Hader or Devin Williams had is all I'm saying. Because they do happen. 

I saw a gangly rookie pitcher that hadn't pitched in 15 days.  Nothing more.  The FB was mostly good, just no command of the breaking stuff.  

[Brian]

1 minute ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

I saw a gangly rookie pitcher that hadn't pitched in 15 days.  Nothing more.  The FB was mostly good, just no command of the breaking stuff.  

I'll accept that for yesterday just being a fluke.  But if it happens again I wouldn't be so sure. 

[gregmag]

14 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

I saw a gangly rookie pitcher that hadn't pitched in 15 days.  Nothing more.  The FB was mostly good, just no command of the breaking stuff.  

Plus he’s a young fireballer who’s still figuring stuff out. The ump squeezed him, his command started to slide, and he couldn’t adjust. An outing like that was totally predictable, especially coming off the layoff. He’ll be fine; it will just take some time for him to develop more consistency.

[Simba2020]

43 minutes ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

That could be a huge weapon for us if he could do that...

With likely only needing 3 starters in the playoffs, that seems right.  I'd prefer Woody, Peralta, Priester, but we'll probably get Peralta, Woody, Priester.

Not sure what Q's role would be?

We will absolutely need four starters in the playoffs if we want to get where we all want to get to. I'm not at all convinced Miz should be one of those four. Has really only had one effective start in the last five unless you count a 3.2 innings start as effective (I don't). ERA over 6 in those five starts. 

[yfinn6]

Pham just punished an Imanaga splitter onto Waveland in Chicago. 1-0 Pirates. 

[HarryDoyle]

Pham goes yard. 1-0 Pirates. Go, Pham!

[yfinn6]

Cubs tie it up on some ground balls with eyes and a horrible walk to PCA where Burrows wasn't really close with anything.

 

[markedman5]

 

 

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

 

 

Thats a tough blow.

[yfinn6]

11 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

 

 

This sucks. This might be something where we don't see DL the rest of the season given how long some of these can take to fully recover. 

[wiguy94]

That's tough to lose DL. Brewers pitching depth right now is pretty thin. Gasser, McGee, Patrick, Rodriguez, Yoho, Zastryzny is all we have for pitching depth right now.

[treego14]

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, treego14 said:

LOL, what exactly are those entitled, crybaby fan bases suggesting we be investigated for?

[markedman5]

20 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

LOL, what exactly are those entitled, crybaby fan bases suggesting we be investigated for?

Winning apparently……..

[markedman5]

 

[MadScientist]

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22 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

LOL, what exactly are those entitled, crybaby fan bases suggesting we be investigated for?

LB likes to change rules to stop what the Brewers do to win more than they should. They used the unrestricted September call-ups to great effect, so that got limited to two players.  They used options to keep fresh arms in the pen, so the number of times a player can be optioned in a season.  They used the shift more than other teams, and that got banned (I'm good with the shift ban, though).  So now the league has to figure out how to stop fundamentally sound play, aggressive base running, and good pitching.