Brewers (Misiorowski) vs Nationals (Irvin): 5/1/26, 5:45pm

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Murphy doing too much as usual pinch hitting for his hottest hitter. 

That’s nuts 

[ClosetBrewerFan]

I like Black, but cant complain about Sanchez against the lefty.  Those are pretty good odds

[duewizard]

Sounds like it was a hamstring.

[adambr2]

6 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Bill went from 260 to 305 in a week. 

I read this and for like 5 minutes I was thinking you were watching on TV and Rock  gained a bunch of weight and now I just realized what you meant. 

[duewizard]

First Wiemer AB I've seen since the trade. No wonder he is doing better. Really quieted down all the crazy movement. Still a lot going on but nothing like 2023

[willie key]

5 minutes ago, duewizard said:

Sounds like it was a hamstring.

That’s better than arm.   But Cripes sakes he will be out awhile.  

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, willie key said:

That’s better than arm.   But Cripes sakes he will be out awhile.  

Hopefully just a turn

[adambr2]

6 minutes ago, willie key said:

That’s better than arm.   But Cripes sakes he will be out awhile.  

For a cramp in his hammy? I really doubt it.

[duewizard]

Beauty of a bunt. Hit a bomb!!

[edfunderburk]

I truly love Brewer Ball 

[Bulldogboy]

Mitchell cannot put it in play again 

[adambr2]

Contreras just saved that inning from being a major disappointment. 

[RightFieldCoder]

Bill saves the inning

[Underachiever]

7 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

For a cramp in his hammy? I really doubt it.

Chourio felt a “tickle” and was out for the month of August last year

[trwi7]

Pinch hit Rengifo for Ortiz you coward.

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, trwi7 said:

Pinch hit Rengifo for Ortiz you coward.

Ortiz for Rengifo?

[trwi7]

2 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Chourio felt a “tickle” and was out for the month of August last year

A strain and a cramp are completely different.  If it's actually just a cramp he might miss one start but probably wouldn't miss any time or just have his start pushed back a day or two.

[trwi7]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Ortiz for Rengifo?

So I'm just dyslexic slightly.  Me sue.

[Bulldogboy]

Ashby probably should have been pulled after 2 more runs

[adambr2]

Those last two insurance runs may prove important.

[yourout]

24 minutes ago, duewizard said:

First Wiemer AB I've seen since the trade. No wonder he is doing better. Really quieted down all the crazy movement. Still a lot going on but nothing like 2023

Never understood why that wasn't fixed in the minors.

[Nola Beery]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

Those last two insurance runs may prove important.

Especially with Ashby.. 😕

[BruisedCrew]

3 hours ago, sveumrules said:

Has the offense been generally scuffling though? 

Average runs per game is 4.51 so far this year and they have 16 games scoring five or more runs (14 W - 2 L) with the other 14 games scoring four or fewer runs (2 W - 12 L).

I’d say they’ve been more feast & famine, but either way to be running a 99 wRC+ and scoring 5.33 R/G (5th in MLB) with no Chourio or Vaughn, no Yelich for half the season, plus a number of spots with terrible production is more impressive than not all things considered.

Things could and probably should be much worse than they’ve been.

A big part of the Brewers positive run differential is that they are also 6th in MLB at 4.07 RA/G.
 

It’s a subjective term, but I think the offense has been generally scuffling. Sure, it’s been feast or famine, but a feast wins one game and several games of famine to go with them will usually produce a losing record. 

The fact that the Brewers Pythagorean projection is 19-11, 3 games better than their actual record, is a reflection of those “feast” games. 

My comment about scuffling is focused on the more recent games. In the 20 games since the 8-2 start the Brewers have scored 92 runs, a healthy average of 4.6 per game. But, 38 of those runs have come in 3 games. In the other 17 they scored 54 runs, a not so healthy 3.2 runs per game. Not surprisingly they went 5-12 in those 17 games. 
 

Another way to look at it is that in the 4 games in which the Brewers scored in double figures their run differential is +43. In the other 26 games it is -5. If you take away their 4 most lopsided defeats, those are only by 6, 6, 5, and 4 runs (-21). The biggest wins have a much bigger impact than the most lopsided losses. 
 

I guess we could quibble about whether the Brewers offense has been “generally scuffling” but the fact that the 4 double digit games have an oversized impact on both the run differential and the runs scored per game seems undeniable. What you’re calling “feast or famine” I am calling “generally scuffling with an occasional explosion.”

Also, my comment should be taken as purely backward looking. Of course I know about the injuries, and hope that the return of Chourio and Vaughn, and then Yelich can help reduce the “famine” part of the offense. 

[Bulldogboy]

Nice work Ashby 

[Underachiever]

12 minutes ago, trwi7 said:

A strain and a cramp are completely different.  If it's actually just a cramp he might miss one start but probably wouldn't miss any time or just have his start pushed back a day or two.

Okay. We will see. From July 30:

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio left Tuesday night's 9-3 win against the Chicago Cubs with a right hamstring spasm, the team announced.