Brewers (Quintana) vs Dodgers (Ohtani): 10/17/25, 7:38pm

[greenlawler]

9 minutes ago, Redd Vencher said:

Suarez was bad post deadline (.189/.255/.428/.683 91 wRC+) and in the playoffs before tonight's game (.162/.206/.270/.476 36 wRC+)

We do  not know what Suarez could have done here. It's water under the bridge now.. But we knew we needed more pop. We stood pat with a third of our lineup being useless. 

[Redd Vencher]

39 minutes ago, greenlawler said:

We do  not know what Suarez could have done here. It's water under the bridge now.. But we knew we needed more pop. We stood pat with a third of our lineup being useless. 

This is a copout. Coming here to brag about how right you were about needing Suarez because of 2 HR in a game despite being bad since the deadline and the first 9 games of the postseason doesn't work.

[greenlawler]

5 minutes ago, Redd Vencher said:

This is a copout. Coming here to brag about how right you were about needing Suarez because of 2 HR in a game despite being bad since the deadline and the first 9 games of the postseason doesn't work.

Dude it's not a copout it's just what happened. We literally just scored one run in our last four games. I did not come here to brag.....that's a weird flex. I want what is best for our team. 

[HarryDoyle]

6 hours ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Our offense really disappeared after Game 2 of the DS but it got masked by the outcome of Game 5. We got bailed out with a few solo shots there but we had stopped stringing hits together. One of the reasons I don't fully buy the narrative that we just couldn't compete with the Dodgers. That may be true, but I think our own role in this is being cast aside a little too conveniently. We didn't play well. 

The offense disappeared when September rolled around but I was assured by people whistling past the graveyard that it didn't mean squat once the playoffs started.

[treego14]

Thanks to the Brewers for a great season!

Thanks to BrewerFanatic.com for a great forum to discuss it all season!

[Brian]

7 hours ago, TURBO said:

Meh.

It's hard to stay hungry...

Yes, we went on a total 4 game fast. 

[adambr2]

2 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

The offense disappeared when September rolled around but I was assured by people whistling past the graveyard that it didn't mean squat once the playoffs started.

Crazy thing is, after Games 1 and 2 of the NLDS I thought “wow, it’s happening, the offense is waking up at the best possible time!”

And then that Game 2 was literally the last sighting. Seems like forever ago now.

[Bulldogboy]

Need a cf and a shortstop for next season. I would make a run at O'Neil Cruz. He makes sense as a young piece with pop. We have prospects. Ortiz makes some sense for them. Let's keep Chourio in left and Frelick in right. Cruz can play center or moonlight at short. He will be better on a winning team. Brewers need to be bold. I know they won't be but they should be. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

5 hours ago, greenlawler said:

Dude it's not a copout it's just what happened. We literally just scored one run in our last four games. I did not come here to brag.....that's a weird flex. I want what is best for our team. 

If Suarez replicated his "production" that he gave the Mariners after the trade deadline for the brewers in August/september here, he might have led them to a wildcard berth and not a division title.  Taking what happened against 4 Dodgers aces and going back to see what who actually was dealt at the trade deadline that could have helped them score more is a fool's errand.

 

Durbin was actually the Brewers best offensive player in the NLCS, and he plays Suarez's position

[torts]

23 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Need a cf and a shortstop for next season. I would make a run at O'Neil Cruz. He makes sense as a young piece with pop. We have prospects. Ortiz makes some sense for them. Let's keep Chourio in left and Frelick in right. Cruz can play center or moonlight at short. He will be better on a winning team. Brewers need to be bold. I know they won't be but they should be. 

I would love Cruz!  He's lost in Pittsburgh, but I don't think they trade him, and I think everyone here would lose their mind with how often he strikes out 🤣

[adambr2]

I don’t think Cruz is overall a big upgrade from Perkins and he’s not much younger.

If we are going to look for a CF I hope we take a bigger swing than that.

[Fear The Chorizo]

10 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

They are pretty far away.

The issue is right now its the Dodgers, then an enormous gap, then the rest of mlb.  Id put the Brewers firmly in the group of 5 teams who can say annually that they are the 2nd best team in baseball.

 

But the gap between anyone and the Dodgers is a chasm.  They wouldve done the same thing and probably worse to the Cubs, curb-stomped the Phillies (who at least won a game), and made the Reds look like a AA squad.  That gap will continue, unfortunately

[Fear The Chorizo]

8 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

I don’t think Cruz is overall a big upgrade from Perkins and he’s not much younger.

If we are going to look for a CF I hope we take a bigger swing than that.

Cruz sucks defensively and strikes out a ton - this team needs a quality all around SS and needs to be willing to trade the pieces necessary to make it happen.  Gunnar Henderson, please.

 

This team also needs a DH, and i know Yelich hamstrings them because of what he is still owed and the fact he isnt an everyday OF.  Scwharber would look great in Milwaukee for the next 5-6 seasons - but a large market team will simply outbid anything the Brewers could offer.

 

The Brewers need to use their system to acquire impact talent - they cant play the free agency game with large market teams to land impact veteran free agents, they will get outbid every time.

 

I also think they need to continue pushing young impact prospects aggressively, based on how Chourio and Miz were the best players on their roster this postseason.  

[folly412]

They will have to figure out how Isaac Collins factors in.  Just over two months ago, he was the best hitter on the team and the ROY favorite.  Not even a month later, he was the worst player on the team and that continued through the end of the year.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Just now, folly412 said:

They will have to figure out how Isaac Collins factors in.  Just over two months ago, he was the best hitter on the team and the ROY favorite.  Not even a month later, he was the worst player on the team and that continued through the end of the year.

Id say utility OF is his ceiling and always was - he overperformed that for awhile and then underperformed severely down the stretch - but a switch hitter with good plate discipline is valuable if there is more OF talent playing everyday in front of him.

[adambr2]

8 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Cruz sucks defensively and strikes out a ton - this team needs a quality all around SS and needs to be willing to trade the pieces necessary to make it happen.  Gunnar Henderson, please.

 

This team also needs a DH, and i know Yelich hamstrings them because of what he is still owed and the fact he isnt an everyday OF.  Scwharber would look great in Milwaukee for the next 5-6 seasons - but a large market team will simply outbid anything the Brewers could offer.

 

The Brewers need to use their system to acquire impact talent - they cant play the free agency game with large market teams to land impact veteran free agents, they will get outbid every time.

 

I also think they need to continue pushing young impact prospects aggressively, based on how Chourio and Miz were the best players on their roster this postseason.  

Gunnar would be a dream but I don’t think the Orioles would even pick up the phone. They will definitely see this past season as an aberration and expect to contend again.

[dlk9s]

9 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

I'm shocked... SHOCKED...that Babylon Bee would publish a hack headline.

[willie key]

What a weird ending to the season.    Only one inning of excitement in the whole series.      This team was better than that

I still say the cubs series win validates the season no matter what happened 

[wntrtxn21]

1 hour ago, Bulldogboy said:

Need a cf and a shortstop for next season. I would make a run at O'Neil Cruz. He makes sense as a young piece with pop. We have prospects. Ortiz makes some sense for them. Let's keep Chourio in left and Frelick in right. Cruz can play center or moonlight at short. He will be better on a winning team. Brewers need to be bold. I know they won't be but they should be. 

Big pass on Cruz. He hit a whopping .200 and whiffed 33% of the time. Plus he's a terrible defender. He would be the opposite of what they need. 

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Still cackling at someone implying Ohtani is corking his bat with that “power outburst”

 

[pitchleague]

3 hours ago, treego14 said:

Thanks to the Brewers for a great season!

Thanks to BrewerFanatic.com for a great forum to discuss it all season!

Hey, that doesn't rhyme!!!  IMPOSTER!!!!!! 😄

[treego14]

6 minutes ago, pitchleague said:

Hey, that doesn't rhyme!!!  IMPOSTER!!!!!! 😄

Doesn't "season" rhyme with "season?"

[RobertCrawley]

The season is really over, isn't it.

[Brewcrew82]

1 hour ago, Bulldogboy said:

Need a cf and a shortstop for next season. I would make a run at O'Neil Cruz. He makes sense as a young piece with pop. We have prospects. Ortiz makes some sense for them. Let's keep Chourio in left and Frelick in right. Cruz can play center or moonlight at short. He will be better on a winning team. Brewers need to be bold. I know they won't be but they should be. 

Cruz cannot play CF for the Milwaukee Brewers he’s cheeks there.

[RobertCrawley]

2 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

Need a cf and a shortstop for next season. I would make a run at O'Neil Cruz. He makes sense as a young piece with pop. We have prospects. Ortiz makes some sense for them. Let's keep Chourio in left and Frelick in right. Cruz can play center or moonlight at short. He will be better on a winning team. Brewers need to be bold. I know they won't be but they should be. 

Really. He hit 20 home runs but his batting average is .200. 

Also, the Pirates control him until 2028.