Brewers (Gasser) vs Twins (Ober): 5/17/26, 1:10pm

[adambr2]

Is Yelich just toast as an outfielder for all time?

I mean, I know he’s been the regular DH for quite some time, but it wasn’t that long ago that he was at least a passable corner OFer. I just can’t believe that his defense has become such a liability that Jake Bauers is the preferred option.

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Is Yelich just toast as an outfielder for all time?

I mean, I know he’s been the regular DH for quite some time, but it wasn’t that long ago that he was at least a passable corner OFer. I just can’t believe that his defense has become such a liability that Jake Bauers is the preferred option.

He can’t stay healthy just hitting. Put him in the field and it's the glue factory. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, adambr2 said:

Is Yelich just toast as an outfielder for all time?

I mean, I know he’s been the regular DH for quite some time, but it wasn’t that long ago that he was at least a passable corner OFer. I just can’t believe that his defense has become such a liability that Jake Bauers is the preferred option.

He played twice out there this year w/one start before being IL'ed. After the back surgery I would imagine they thought they could put him out there on occasion, but now I'm sure they're understandably gun shy.

[BarremlensTSSC]

2 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

For those pining for Bauers getting OF reps that 8th inning is a good example of why you're not going to see it super often. The bad throw home on the sac fly but also on the near catch by Chourio, that would have been caught by Chourio if he was playing LF. Based on the OF alignment that should have been the LF ball. Chourio really had no business making that catch based on where he started on the play.

I don't think Murphy had a good game today. Pinch hitting Rengifo against a LHP was very questionable. Against LHP this season he's looked like Perkins has against RHP which is pitcher esque. Uncompetitive 3 pitch AB. The other moment I didn't like from Murphy was letting Frelick hit against Rogers then pinch hitting Vaughn for Mitchell. Frelick was Roger's third hitter so Rogers had to face him. You could have set up Vaughn against a LHP with the tying run on 2B. Instead you got Frelick against a LHP and Vaughn against a RHP. 

Another major story is the Brewers batters being horrific at challenging. 2 outs in the 8th with the tying run on 3rd base and Rengifo takes a high strike to go down 0-1 in the count and doesn't challenge. 2 outs in the 9th with the tying run on 3rd base and Frelick takes a high strike to go down 0-1 in the count and doesn't challenge. Massive swings on the likelihood to score in those situations when you go from 1-0 to 0-1.

The non-challenge from Rengifo was particularly puzzling to me.  He knew it was a ball and talked to the ump about it.  He acted like he didn't think he had a challenge left.

[BarremlensTSSC]

3 hours ago, trwi7 said:

If Chourio would be like 80% of Ronald Acuna he would be amazing as a corner outfield but the offense compared to what he was billed at has been fairly disappointing with the caveat that he could turn into an Acuna light type hitter.

He's 22.  He's at worst the second best hitter in the Brewers lineup.  Anyone disappointed in him at this point needs to look in the mirror and get real. And he's almost certainly not as good as he will be, barring injury.  I was as pumped up as anybody for Chourio and loved watching him play in the minors.  I'm not disappointed in him at all, fwiw.

[adambr2]

Yeah, I mean Jackson has some things he could work on. I’d like him to be a little bit less of a free swinger. But I mean, come on, the guy just turned 22 and has a 115 career OPS and has already been worth 6.6 WAR in his young career. And again, he just turned 22. When you look at some of the best homegrown Brewers over the last couple decades, Prince, Braun, Hardy, etc, Chourio is far ahead of where any of them were at age 22.

When Braun debuted he was nearly two years older than Jackson is now.

Chourio isn’t Acuña, not yet, but he’s so far down on the list of problems with this team.

[yourout]

3 hours ago, homer said:

He has a .233 average on balls in play. Last year it was .313. He's had some bad luck that will even out.

Per your comment above, his bat speed is identical to last year so he's not swinging harder. He ha da nice double today. Hopefully that is the start of a hot stretch.

Swinging harder doesn't automatically mean more bat speed.

It's all about timing and over torquing your midsection screws up the timing of the wrist action. Things have to stay in phase.

[yourout]

4 hours ago, wntrtxn21 said:

Frelick's bat has been one of the biggest disappointments so far this year. Two huge chokes in cosecutive ABs. Failing to get Bauers over by hitting the ball to the left side with and no outs and then the choke in the 9th. Yelich didn't help matters either by whiffing with the two runners on. The good news is Bauers came through to get one back and Milwaukee won two of three from the lowly Twins despite going 4 for 32 w/RISP.  Hopfully they'll start hitting again against the cubs. 

Actually 4-34 with RISP on the weekend.