Diamondbacks at Brewers; Wednesday, August 27 @ 6:40 p.m.: Quinn Priester (3.44 ERA, 4.36 FIP) RULED OUT with minor injury--Ashby/Fedde to open the game now vs. Ryne Nelson (3.63 ERA, 3.68 FIP)

[willie key]

2 minutes ago, bensheeps said:

So half right.  Ashby opening but not for Quinn.

 

What?    We signed a pitcher?

[kevinisaname]

Megill goes down, now maybe Priester? What is happening?! I don't know if I can stomach watching Fedde, but hopefully there's some Uecker magic there somehow.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, bensheeps said:

So half right.  Ashby opening but not for Quinn.

 

[kevinisaname]

I suppose this is the best news possible, depending on what the "wrist thing" is and if it ends up being worse than first thought.

[markedman5]

 

[bucks2281]

The Brewers are essentially punting this game,  which is fine given the state of the bullpen. Ashby pitches 2-3 innings and Fedde eats the rest of the game, regardless of how well he pitches 

 

[StearnsFTW]

9 minutes ago, bucks2281 said:

The Brewers are essentially punting this game,  which is fine given the state of the bullpen. Ashby pitches 2-3 innings and Fedde eats the rest of the game, regardless of how well he pitches 

 

It would be fine if I hadn't put the Brewers in a parlay 3 hours ago.

[greenlawler]

Is Hoskins set to come back today? 

I am guessing he is a platoon player going forward

 

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, bucks2281 said:

The Brewers are essentially punting this game,  which is fine given the state of the bullpen. Ashby pitches 2-3 innings and Fedde eats the rest of the game, regardless of how well he pitches 

 

I do not think the Brewers are punting this game. If they were they wouldn't be using their second best healthy RP to open the game.

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I do not think the Brewers are punting this game. If they were they wouldn't be using their second best healthy RP to open the game.

[willie key]

Good lord.    Pitchers.     Man.  

 

Can’t live with them.   Can’t live without them.   

[bucks2281]

Fedde isn’t pitching all 9. And nobody else besides Easton McGee can give them length today. And he might be in to mop up if Fedde is a disaster. 

[folly412]

 

[markedman5]

Ashby pitched 2 days ago…….this is pretty aggressive usage to have him go another multiple innings stint again 

 

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Ashby pitched 2 days ago…….this is pretty aggressive usage to have him go another multiple innings stint again 

 

And McCalvy said ideally Ashby would go 1 time through the order. Asking Ashby to go 3 innings today after throwing 36 pitches with 2 up-downs just 2 days ago feels like you're tempting fate to put another pitcher on the IL.

[willie key]

13 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

And McCalvy said ideally Ashby would go 1 time through the order. Asking Ashby to go 3 innings today after throwing 36 pitches with 2 up-downs just 2 days ago feels like you're tempting fate to put another pitcher on the IL.

Yeah.   Ashby is pretty important to this team.    He can’t go down

[markedman5]

Perspective…….lets try to keep this in mind if things go badly tonight 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Will someone PLEASE edit the thread title?! 

(I'm just kidding. @treego14was put on the 7-Day IL this morning with rheumatoid flare ups in his typing fingers. Too many catchy poems.)

[Jim French Stepstool]

36 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Ashby pitched 2 days ago…….this is pretty aggressive usage to have him go another multiple innings stint again 

 

So that explains why we avoided Miller last night in the 8th inning until we absolutely HAD to get Koenig out of there. The 9th was his. That was the biggest negative about the win, Myers not able to go 3-4 innings after Misiorowski.

[Jim French Stepstool]

Fedde IS capable of giving you length. So based on the series so far, get on the board early again, score eight runs & hope Fedde can get to 100 pitches before they score nine.

[LaprilOne]

1 hour ago, duewizard said:

You don't like haikus?

They can make baseball so cool

Dont you think so too?

Nice one duewizard.  Although watch your contractions

 

.

[Jopal78]

Miss me yet? 

[Bulldogboy]

50 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Ashby pitched 2 days ago…….this is pretty aggressive usage to have him go another multiple innings stint again 

 

Playing with fire 

[willie key]

Patrick is going to be the number one starter in the playoffs 

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

3 hours ago, baseball101 said:

The game threads are filled with negativity. One would think the Brewers are 30 games under .500. People posting the Brewers suck, the Cubs will blow by them, they are terrible. The other threads have reasonable discussion and good content.

Who says the Brewers suck?

I think there is a difference between criticizing a specific player's performance or a poor managerial decision, and saying the team sucks...

The Brewers are a really great organization, though like any organization, we have our warts.  People are bought in like I haven't seen them since 2018, but are nervous because of the collapses in recent years and late in games.

Our margin for error is so small, and its remarkable that our manager and our GM are able to get so much out of this team and develop the pipeline of talent we have coming in despite our cheap owner and the frustrating lack of a level playing field in MLB.

While LAD and NYY and other big markets win a ton, that is for the "Walmart Fans" that like programs like Michigan, OSU, Florida, George, Bama...  it will mean more when the underdog actually wins one.

If we get close to the WS, I think we will have a TON of people joining the Brewers bandwagon.  Some, because they want the little guy to win, and some because they like the big boys, but want the little guy to win every once in awhile so they can convince themselves that "buying a championship" is the same as developing skills, players, culture, and momentum to overcome the odds.