Padres (Waldron) vs Brewers (Sproat): 5/12/26, 6:40pm

[RobertCrawley]

7 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

That was an odd 8th for Megill. I say that because the ball seemed to be coming out of his hand really well, but he was hurt by getting too much of the plate on a couple of 0-2 pitches. Usually his issues have to do with other stuff. Now the spiked wild pitch, THAT looked like an element of a struggling inning for him. But like I said, threw the ball well.

David Hamiltons' main asset came to the forefront in that 5-run inning. He bunted, but it wasn't a good bunt--way too hard. Waldron absolutely did the right thing on a bunt like that---looked at 2nd/3rd to see if he had a play there. Maybe a bit of hesitation, but not enough to keep from getting the runner at 1B. Except he didn't get him. The way that guy gets from 0-60 is just incredible.

Is it fair to say that Mitchell has had maybe 3-4 plays this year that weren't made, that were tough plays but ones that most CFs make? he DID put up a great piece of hitting in the 4th to sandwich in among the obligatory Ks.

Very similar outing for Sproat to his last time out, but a little more length. Baby steps. Well done.

It was all fast balls for Megill after he spiked that curveball. It’s a dangerous way to live in the major league

[Jim French Stepstool]

22 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Walked the #8

Yeah. But really, with a 2-run lead & no one on you can't walk a guy in ANY spot in the order. It turns out to be a nitpick cuz you won the game, but going 3-1 then 3-0 to the first two hitters is something you gotta clean up.

[Bulldogboy]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Fine dude. There was nothing wrong with it. Happy? Was this multi-week temper tantrum worth it?

Why do you refer to me pointing out that you were completely off base as a temper tantrum? Again you could have ignored my original take. You chose to wade into it and you didn't know what you were talking about. That's it. Ignore me and I definitely will you.

[Team Canada]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

Why do you refer to me pointing out that you were completely off base as a temper tantrum? Again you could have ignored my original take. You chose to Wade into it and you didn't know what you were talking about. That's it. Ignore me and I definitely will you.

Let's be done with this and move on.

[Jim French Stepstool]

3 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

It was all fast balls for Megill after he spiked that curveball. It’s a dangerous way to live in the major league

It is. But when you're 0-2 & you throw the FB, for crying out loud go up top. The first one was too hittable, the second WAAAYY to hittable.

[TURBO]

59 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

If the Brewers win tonight, they will only be one game back of the Cubs in the loss column. That is quite remarkable considering the significant injuries they have experienced in the first quarter of the season. And the fact that the Cubs have had two 10-game winning streaks. 
 

Murphy > Counsell

Not to be a buzzkill, but to me personally, I'm amazed at how well the Cubs have done with their pitching staff injuries...

I get it, we're Brewers fans and we see things with Brewers goggles, but the fact that the damn Cubs are where they are with their own laundry list of injuries is also quite remarkable.

[wiguy94]

Just now, Jim French Stepstool said:

It is. But when you're 0-2 & you throw the FB, for crying out loud go up top. The first one was too hittable, the second WAAAYY to hittable.

Maybe I'm not remembering but seemed like Contreras might have wanted that first one down? I feel like by his movement it didn't look like a pitch that was supposed to be high but missed low. I know Jack wrote an article about how they have incorporated some low fastballs in with Megill with his velo down trying to draw some called strikes because he's not really getting the whiffs at the top of the zone.

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

Not to be a buzzkill, but to me personally, I'm amazed at how well the Cubs have done with their pitching staff injuries...

I get it, we're Brewers fans and we see things with Brewers goggles, but the fact that the damn Cubs are where they are with their own laundry list of injuries is also quite remarkable.

This is true. They are going to have to find some pitching at the deadline. 

[willie key]

This team can really improve too if they actually try to do something on the left side of the infield and replace the frelick/mitchell/perkins thing.     My guess is they are going to ride frelick this whole season

also I still think the bullpen needs to improve.   Hopefully Koenig is like last year.    But Megill and uribe in the 8th and 9th is shaky right now

 

startig pitching and tip half of order is carrying us on their backs now

[yfinn6]

9 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Not to be a buzzkill, but to me personally, I'm amazed at how well the Cubs have done with their pitching staff injuries...

I get it, we're Brewers fans and we see things with Brewers goggles, but the fact that the damn Cubs are where they are with their own laundry list of injuries is also quite remarkable.

For now..  give them time. They'll implode with the pitching. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

13 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Maybe I'm not remembering but seemed like Contreras might have wanted that first one down? I feel like by his movement it didn't look like a pitch that was supposed to be high but missed low. I know Jack wrote an article about how they have incorporated some low fastballs in with Megill with his velo down trying to draw some called strikes because he's not really getting the whiffs at the top of the zone.

He did want it down. Both, really. I just like him going up, not in the zone but above it, on 0-2---especially the first time when there was no one on.

I didn't see the article; it would explain the location, or attempted location.

[Joseph Zarr]

I completely understand the bullpen and leverage concerns. AND,  personally, I found it surreal tonight when I looked at the League RA stat and saw the Brewers have actually allowed the third fewest runs in all of MLB. AND, they trail only the Braves and Dodger by 2 and 1 run allowed, respectively. Perhaps even crazier is the Crew have scored the seventh most runs with so many glaring inefficiencies in their line up and such a lack of long balls.

How do we even do it?!?😅

[Brewcrew82]

46 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

 

Is it fair to say that Mitchell has had maybe 3-4 plays this year that weren't made, that were tough plays but ones that most CFs make? he DID put up a great piece of hitting in the 4th to sandwich in among the obligatory Ks

DRS has Mitchell graded out negatively (-3) FWIW. 

[Brewcrew82]

8 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I completely understand the bullpen and leverage concerns. AND,  personally, I found it surreal tonight when I looked at the League RA stat and saw the Brewers have actually allowed the third fewest runs in all of MLB. AND, they trail only the Braves and Dodger by 2 and 1 run allowed, respectively. Perhaps even crazier is the Crew have scored the seventh most runs with so many glaring inefficiencies in their line up and such a lack of long balls.

How do we even do it?!?😅

Plenty of depth in AAA to tap into yet too between Gasser, Crow, Yoho, etc. 

[wiguy94]

8 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I completely understand the bullpen and leverage concerns. AND,  personally, I found it surreal tonight when I looked at the League RA stat and saw the Brewers have actually allowed the third fewest runs in all of MLB. AND, they trail only the Braves and Dodger by 2 and 1 run allowed, respectively. Perhaps even crazier is the Crew have scored the seventh most runs with so many glaring inefficiencies in their line up and such a lack of long balls.

How do we even do it?!?😅

Our bullpen has actually been really good on the year. Top 10 in basically every performance stat. One of the reasons I have always liked using WPA for the bullpen is because nobody cares if a bullpen has a good ERA if they aren't locking down the leverage spots and that has been the issue. Even after tonight the Brewers bullpen is 22nd in WPA at -0.32. Fan appreciation of a bullpen basically correlates directly with WPA.

[Jim French Stepstool]

7 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I completely understand the bullpen and leverage concerns. AND,  personally, I found it surreal tonight when I looked at the League RA stat and saw the Brewers have actually allowed the third fewest runs in all of MLB. AND, they trail only the Braves and Dodger by 2 and 1 run allowed, respectively. Perhaps even crazier is the Crew have scored the seventh most runs with so many glaring inefficiencies in their line up and such a lack of long balls.

How do we even do it?!?😅

Megill & Uribe have allowed a combined 4 ER in their last (I forget) 19 or 20 combined innings. I think the concerns are HOW they go about it---sometimes falling behind hitters, etc. They've both been mostly effective but not pretty. The run prevention strategy works, what can you say?

The offensive numbers..........I got nuthin', other than they often put an undue amount of pressure on opponents, and it pays off.

[Joseph Zarr]

We have now given up fewer runs than the Dodgers on the heels of a 2 HR night for old friend C Eric Haase...off RHP Yoahinobu Yamamoto. Because, baseball.😅

[Jim French Stepstool]

6 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Plenty of depth in AAA to tap into yet too between Gasser, Crow, Yoho, etc. 

Good mention. He's been pretty effective since being activated & has been flying under the radar.

[RobertCrawley]

44 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Not to be a buzzkill, but to me personally, I'm amazed at how well the Cubs have done with their pitching staff injuries...

I get it, we're Brewers fans and we see things with Brewers goggles, but the fact that the damn Cubs are where they are with their own laundry list of injuries is also quite remarkable.

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[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Good mention. He's been pretty effective since being activated & has been flying under the radar.

Yup Six straight scoreless outings with 1 H, 1 BB, and 9 K over 6 1/3 IP is quite good. I am sooooo hoping Good Yoho is firmly back.

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

We have now given up fewer runs than the Dodgers on the heels of a 2 HR night for old friend C Eric Haase...off RHP Yoahinobu Yamamoto. Because, baseball.😅

...........on the same night Joey Ortiz goes yard. You had a parlay on that, I assume?

[Jim French Stepstool]

15 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

DRS has Mitchell graded out negatively (-3) FWIW. 

That's........interesting.

[sveumrules]

11 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I completely understand the bullpen and leverage concerns. AND,  personally, I found it surreal tonight when I looked at the League RA stat and saw the Brewers have actually allowed the third fewest runs in all of MLB. AND, they trail only the Braves and Dodger by 2 and 1 run allowed, respectively. Perhaps even crazier is the Crew have scored the seventh most runs with so many glaring inefficiencies in their line up and such a lack of long balls.

How do we even do it?!?😅

The 2021 staff put up an 83 ERA- and 87 FIP- which are both the best full season marks in franchise history,

They had Woodruff (179 IP of 61 ERA- | 69 FIP-), Burnes (167 IP of 58 ERA- | 38 FIP-), Peralta (144 IP of 67 ERA- | 73 FIP-), Houser (142 IP of 77 ERA- | 101 FIP-), Lauer (118 IP of 76 ERA- | 94 FIP-), Suter (73 IP of 73 ERA- | 91 FIP-), Boxberger (64 IP of 79 ERA- | 85 FIP-), Hader (58 IP of 29 ERA- | 39 FIP-), Williams (54 IP of 59 ERA- | 66 FIP-), heck even Hunter Strickland (36 IP of 41 ERA- | 86 FIP-) and Jake Cousins (30 IP of 64 ERA- | 90 FIP-) chipped in some.

Now here we are five years later with the youngest pitching staff in baseball by over half a year on BRef, rocking an 85 ERA- and 85 FIP- entering tonight's game.

Granted we're talking 38 games versus 162 games so there's still a long ways to go, but to be in a position to challenge for the best staff in franchise history coming up on a quarter way into the season with such a young group is pretty exciting stuff.

[markedman5]

1 hour ago, TURBO said:

Not to be a buzzkill, but to me personally, I'm amazed at how well the Cubs have done with their pitching staff injuries...

I get it, we're Brewers fans and we see things with Brewers goggles, but the fact that the damn Cubs are where they are with their own laundry list of injuries is also quite remarkable.

On the other hand if you’re a Cubs fan and it’s May 12th and you have already had two 10 game winning streaks……and you’re only up by 21/2 games……that can’t be very comforting either…….😎

[cragi]

Cubs had a massive lead over the Brewers this time last year and then crashed. Brewers have had more than their share of injuries this year but should be in good shape if QP / Wood are able to return