Brewers (Sproat) vs. Astros (Lambert): 5/30/26, 3:10pm

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Peter Lambert makes his third career appearance against Milwaukee today, and his second start against the Brewers. The 29-year-old righthander, a second-round Rockies draft pick in 2015, is finally enjoying some success after a long and winding road, now pitching for Houston. Baseball Savant credits him with six pitches in his arsenal.

Brandon Sproat makes his ninth start for Milwaukee. Sproat has allowed three earned runs in each of his three previous starts.

 

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[willie key]

In a perfect world this a sproat then Drohan for all nine innings.    Uribe should just serve his suspension today 

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Anderson could probably throw an inning. Not a lot of optimism for the leverage arm availability today, though.

[willie key]

 that had to be good for uribe’s head yesterday.   Time to sweep all that under the rug

btw our big guns in the bullpen are finding their form.   

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Let’s go Sproat.  I want to Gloat.  From my boat when I get to vote about the most dominant player who wrote the definitive story of our second victory against the Astros.  Don’t bloat and bring a coat, pitch a no hitter, use less than 90 pitches, then come float in the pool.

[willie key]

6 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Anderson could probably throw an inning. Not a lot of optimism for the leverage arm availability today, though.

At some point Carlos R has to show something

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39 minutes ago, willie key said:

At some point Carlos R has to show something

6 IP and 1 ER from Rodriguez this year, very low leverage. I agree that we should give him a shot today. 

[liveforoctober]

Use up Carlos today then bring either Fitz or Rob Z back up tomorrow.

[Team Canada]

We don't need to spend 2 roster spots on pitchers that never pitch.

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31 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

We don't need to spend 2 roster spots on pitchers that never pitch.

Fair point. Who on the 40 man should take those two spots? Or should we just use Rodriguez and Woodford?

[liveforoctober]

1 hour ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Fair point. Who on the 40 man should take those two spots? Or should we just use Rodriguez and Woodford?

A lefty bat that can hit a sweeper from a RHP.

[Jim French Stepstool]

3 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Anderson could probably throw an inning. Not a lot of optimism for the leverage arm availability today, though.

Anderson could go, he's always been a rubber-arm type. I think Drohan is available, just not for 3 or 4 innings. Megill & perhaps even Uribe again. From the pitching side of things I think the key today is can Sproat finally climb the mountain of getting through five, and if he can't then how does the 'bridge' perform.

Just a few words on the run prevention mantra & how a weakness can cut you deep: Last night the Brewers had two runners tag & advance to 3B on medium-ish fly balls to CF. We more than likely lose if we weren't able to expose that vulnerability. Great job of preparedness & advance scouting, allowing us to overcome our own mistake (the bad throw from Rengifo).

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Fair point. Who on the 40 man should take those two spots? Or should we just use Rodriguez and Woodford?

IMO one of the two fills a role. Jake Woodford types have filled the back end of BPs for a long time. But both seem redundant. Rodriguez has shown a nice changeup in limited work, but can he stay sharp as the 13th man?

It would've been easy to cut ties with Woodford after he struggled last Sunday vs LA & wasn't available for days after that. The fact they didn't tells me they're OK with him in the back-end role. Perhaps Rodriguez hangs around until one of Koenig/Woodruff is deemed ready.

[Brian]

5 hours ago, willie key said:

In a perfect world this a sproat then Drohan for all nine innings.    Uribe should just serve his suspension today 

By not serving it right away maybe it will keep his brain on baseball instead of his attention grabbing antics. 

[wiguy94]

Would be nice for the offense to show up big today so we can get some innings for Rodriguez and Woodford. I’d imagine Megill and Hall are down today and Ashby is a use in case of emergency. That leaves the good to go guys as Uribe, Anderson, Drohan (probably max 2 innings), Rodriguez, and Woodford

[Team Canada]

Bauers in RF, Vaughn at 1B, I'm all about this lineup.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

4 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

Bauers in RF, Vaughn at 1B, I'm all about this lineup.

Is Bill Hall pitching? 😆

[igor67]

1 hour ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

IMO one of the two fills a role. Jake Woodford types have filled the back end of BPs for a long time. But both seem redundant. Rodriguez has shown a nice changeup in limited work, but can he stay sharp as the 13th man?

Certainly that has been typical for a long time, but with the other guys we already have that can give length I think they can flip the script on this one by having quality guys throughout with 3-4 of them that can go 2-3 innings if needed. And by having quality you can do a better job of alternating and getting everyone an innings here or there while preserving an option for a long man if needed. Given both the nature of our offense and the general consistency of our pitching already I would argue that we will rarely need a guy to just eat some innings in a blowout either way. And you can keep a CRod around as a shuttle guy if needed 

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[liveforoctober]

Where is my Sveum button?

Where do the Brewers rank in 1st base production this year?

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3 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Where is my Sveum button?

Where do the Brewers rank in 1st base production this year?

8th by OPS

13th by bWAR

 

 

[Bulldogboy]

Who does Woodford have pictures of? This guy has been on scholarship all season. If he isn't ever going to pitch release him and bring back yoho.

[liveforoctober]

16 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

8th by OPS

13th by bWAR

 

 

Was wondering if we were Top 10. Jake Bauers might be getting himself a multi year deal somewhere after this year?

[HarryDoyle]

About time Frelick sat for at least a game. Here's to scoring double digits today.