Brewers (Drohan) vs Red Sox (Gray): 4/8/26, 12:35pm

[Underachiever]

I know, bat Ortiz leadoff so he doesn't have all those LOB! Genius.

[RobertCrawley]

12 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

I've held off on Brewers.TV or whatever. Almost cracked today as I love the day games, but I'll probably wait in the hopes they offer a deal at the midway point or something.

The games are available on Spectrum. Are you hoping for a non-cable deal?

[yfinn6]

Why aren't you flipping that to second base? Good grief. 

[Underachiever]

Bad decision by Hamilton. I'm not fond of this team today.

[Jopal78]

36 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

I’m not calling Drohan a bum, but I’d push back on the idea that a player being a top 30 prospect inherently means they have value.

Most top 30 prospects never amount to a hill of beans at the MLB level. Some go unselected in the rule 5 every year.

You’re right. With a pitcher walking nearly 6 batters per 9innings in AAA (across 141 innings), probably should temper expectations regardless of where his name appears on some prospect list. 

[BarremlensTSSC]

13 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Ortiz and Matos cannot be long for this roster once Chourio is back healthy and one of the 85 brewer middle infield prospects in AA and AAA get off to a good start.

I can live with Ortiz in the lineup because of his defense....but at some point once you've got better all-around young players capable of being an asset offensively at SS, you've got to get Ortiz off this roster - especially because he's got minor league options left.

I honestly don't think Ortiz is going anywhere even if Turang ends up on the IL for the defense you've metioned.  i can't imagine Matos survives Chourio's return whenever that occurs, assuming everyone else stays healthy.

[titletownking]

Really bad baseball the last couple days. Realize it’s early but sloppy defense, starting pitching has been meh and the bats have been pretty quiet. Glad to be heading home. Team needs to get healthy in the worst way.  

[Bulldogboy]

Just checking the box and sure enough Ashby got in the game. Was wondering. 

[RobertCrawley]

I wonder if the moms are bringing a snack for the team after the game.

[owbc]

The lineup without Chourio and Turang is pretty meh. 

[HarryDoyle]

Just got back home from work and it looks like Murphy is content to only win one game and mail the Boston series in.

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, owbc said:

The lineup without Chourio and Turang is pretty meh. 

Don't forget Wild Bill

[adambr2]

I would have been absolutely fine with punting this one today if Murphy hadn’t really pooched one away yesterday. 

[titletownking]

Feels a bit like Boston took it too Milwaukee and punked the Brewers a bit. Drew some crucial walks, Contreras rallied the fans with his idiotic antics.. felt like Boston hit the ball a lot harder. Brewers need somebody to do the equivalent. 

[Brian]

18 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Just got back home from work and it looks like Murphy is content to only win one game and mail the Boston series in.

I agree, Brewers looked lethargic today.  Just terrible. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

Granted I didn't see the last 3-4 innings of the loss in KC, but this is the first time all season where I felt they were pretty much poor all-around. It happens. In a season that doesn't end until the NFL is almost halfway through its' schedule, I'm sure it'll happen again.

Hamilton has been an asset both offensively & with the glove, but this series illustrates that he's much more comfortable on the left side of the infield. A tough play in the 3rd inning (I can almost hear Bob Uecker saying "That ball ate up David Hamilton") but he didn't come up with it. And later cost the team a run by insisting on going with the tag rather than the flip. It was defensible yesterday; not today.

Murphy has said stuff in the past that indicates frustration with Joey Ortiz & his offensive approach. He'll never be an elite hitter, but has more in him than what he's shown. He just never seems able to lock in. Taking strikes. swinging at balls. Trying to use the whole field for a couple days, or a week, then abandoning it.

Same story long term; try to get healthy. That's true now, and it was true when they were 8-2 & doing a magnificent job of manufacturing, pressuring, and being relentless.

[Outlander]

Looks like Chourio and Vaughn will be assessed tomorrow and hopefully there is some good news on their timetable to return. There is only so long you can patch a lineup together with the likes of Matos/Perkins/Ortiz and expect positive results. Playoff Bauers is gone as well and back to the player he has shown he has been his entire career.

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Granted I didn't see the last 3-4 innings of the loss in KC, but this is the first time all season where I felt they were pretty much poor all-around. It happens. In a season that doesn't end until the NFL is almost halfway through its' schedule, I'm sure it'll happen again.

Hamilton has been an asset both offensively & with the glove, but this series illustrates that he's much more comfortable on the left side of the infield. A tough play in the 3rd inning (I can almost hear Bob Uecker saying "That ball ate up David Hamilton") but he didn't come up with it. And later cost the team a run by insisting on going with the tag rather than the flip. It was defensible yesterday; not today.

Murphy has said stuff in the past that indicates frustration with Joey Ortiz & his offensive approach. He'll never be an elite hitter, but has more in him than what he's shown. He just never seems able to lock in. Taking strikes. swinging at balls. Trying to use the whole field for a couple days, or a week, then abandoning it.

Same story long term; try to get healthy. That's true now, and it was true when they were 8-2 & doing a magnificent job of manufacturing, pressuring, and being relentless.

Hamilton has 17 DRS and 6 OAA in 687 career innings at 2B. I think he's plenty comfortable there. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

56 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

The games are available on Spectrum. Are you hoping for a non-cable deal?

I don't have spectrum nor any TV service. I will likely just pay the monthly thing when August rolls around. I don't watch enough of it to justify the service.

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

I do have to say I really don't see what Matos brings to the roster that they don't already have.  Maybe someone can educate me.

He's no world-beater, but if you look at his overall numbers w/Frisco it's not nearly indicative of his performance in Milwaukee which has been ugly (save for the OF assist in KC). It's been strange. Even the swing-and-miss. He's never been a real high K guy but you wouldn't know it looking at him recently.

The roster spot probably would've gone to Baddoo if he wasn't (stop me if you've heard this before) injured.

 

[Brewcrew82]

6 minutes ago, Outlander said:

Looks like Chourio and Vaughn will be assessed tomorrow and hopefully there is some good news on their timetable to return. There is only so long you can patch a lineup together with the likes of Matos/Perkins/Ortiz and expect positive results. Playoff Bauers is gone as well and back to the player he has shown he has been his entire career.

We're looking at a month or more still with Vaughn unfortunately.

Chourio thankfully only is a matter of weeks, perhaps less than that.

It's pretty brutal when you're having to play multiple of Perkins, Lockridge, Ortiz, and Rengifo against RHP. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Hamilton has 17 DRS and 6 OAA in 687 career innings at 2B. I think he's plenty comfortable there. 

Fair enough; numbers seem to indicate that. Hasn't looked that way to me though.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

More worried about Turang than any of the other injuries at this point. I'd IL him and give Pratt a taste so as not to mess around, but maybe it's pretty minor.

Not a good effort today, as others said. Day off will hopefully do them good. 

[folly412]

 

51 minutes ago, Outlander said:

Looks like Chourio and Vaughn will be assessed tomorrow and hopefully there is some good news on their timetable to return. There is only so long you can patch a lineup together with the likes of Matos/Perkins/Ortiz and expect positive results. Playoff Bauers is gone as well and back to the player he has shown he has been his entire career.

This is my takeaway as well.  The players expected to probably be bad are mostly on par with career norms.  Rengifo was bad last year and hasn't reverted to career norms.  Need returns from injuries and some progression of the pipeline.  

[yourout]

51 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

We're looking at a month or more still with Vaughn unfortunately.

Chourio thankfully only is a matter of weeks, perhaps less than that.

It's pretty brutal when you're having to play multiple of Perkins, Lockridge, Ortiz, and Rengifo against RHP. 

That's a whole lot of pumpkins without much Cinderella.