2026 Brewers Optimism!

[markedman5]

 

[Underachiever]

Interesting that the five NL Central teams are in the top nine in positive baserunning

[torts]

As we got to our seats today for the pirates/Cubs game our seats were next to a nice man in a brewers hat.  I had a nice chat with him, he was only a fan for the last couple of years, mainly because he can't stand the cubs anymore and is a fan in protest (he also had many great things to say about the franchise, farm system, fans, etc).  I am optimistic we can convert more cubs fans over time after today.  

[markedman5]

 

[cragi]

almost feel sorry for Harrison. in a normal year, he would be the toast of Wisconsin right now. Now we almost have to explain who he is

[Jim French Stepstool]

I know, low bar. But I watched some of Quinn Priester's initial outing in the ACL & he looked better. Removed after 3.2 innings.

[kestrel79]

10 hours ago, cragi said:

almost feel sorry for Harrison. in a normal year, he would be the toast of Wisconsin right now. Now we almost have to explain who he is

He's like Mark Mulder or Cory Lidle on the A's right now when Zito and Hudson got most of the press. But man they both have been amazing.

[CheezWizHed]

12 hours ago, markedman5 said:

 

Last year this time, we hoped Miz could gain his control to reach his TOR ceiling, and we had no idea who Harrison was.  Big change in a year!

Adding these two with our young core of Chourio and Turang and our upcoming prospects is pretty exciting!

[markedman5]

Bob was my favorite pitcher when I was a kid

 

[igor67]

So in terms of sheer dominance, which I tend to associate with confidence in winning the game, the only two somewhat similar stretches at this point are the post trade Sabathia performance and Eldred's campaign in 1992. Both had sub 2 ERAs. The other really great seasons by Milwaukee pitchers were all comfortably above 2.