Guardians (Messick) vs Brewers (Drohan): 6/18/26, 1:10pm

[Brian]

Yoho look good 😃

[HarryDoyle]

Yelich hasn't been the same since he got plunked in the knee in Miami. 

[owbc]

8 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

A .779 OPS and 5 dingers isn’t good enough for a guy who makes 25 million a year and hogs the DH spot on a nightly basis because he can’t field any position adequately.

All long term FA deals have frontloaded production and backloaded pay. We’re top 10 in MLB in WAR and OPS from the DH position. 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

Yelich hasn't been the same since he got plunked in the knee in Miami. 

Yelich hasn’t been worth his salary since he broke his kneecap

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

1 minute ago, owbc said:

All long term FA deals have frontloaded production and backloaded pay. We’re top 10 in MLB in WAR and OPS from the DH position. 

S/o Tyler Black

[edfunderburk]

Brewers earned this loss today

[owbc]

Smith’s splitter is ridiculous. Tip your cap. 

[Brian]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

Yelich hasn't been the same since he got plunked in the knee in Miami. 

He is advancing in years when ailments never get well. 

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, owbc said:

All long term FA deals have frontloaded production and backloaded pay. We’re top 10 in MLB in WAR and OPS from the DH position. 

Which is why we should generally stay away from those deals.

[RobertCrawley]

A series win, but we let this one get away. Not much clutch hitting, but good play by Yoho and Coop today.

[wiguy94]

Series win. Feel like it should have been a sweep but the pitching injuries caught up to the Brewers today.

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, owbc said:

Smith’s splitter is ridiculous. Tip your cap. 

It's unfortunate that Turang tried to bunt the worst splitter he threw today.

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Which is why we should generally stay away from those deals.

Attenasio wanted to keep the fan favorite. I'm sure the baseball guys tried to talk him out of it.

[edfunderburk]

At least we lost by two so no one blames our DH who misjudged his leap in LF early in the game resulting in a cheap HR

[adambr2]

12 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Only 3 years left

Not sure he’s going to be lineup worthy for that long. 

He's already probably a guy who should be sliding down the order and we know that the reasons he isn’t are more political than production related.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

Attenasio wanted to keep the fan favorite. I'm sure the baseball guys tried to talk him out of it.

I’d like to think that the Brewer fanbase has evolved to a point where we have a pretty good understanding of why guys that most fans have never heard of are getting long-term contracts while the guys they know about aren’t.

I don’t really know, though, how many fans still consist of mostly casuals who are just there for the big names.

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

At least we lost by two so no one blames our DH who misjudged his leap in LF early in the game resulting in a cheap HR

I’d be lying if I said this didn’t cross my mind 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, adambr2 said:

I’d like to think that the Brewer fanbase has evolved to a point where we have a pretty good understanding of why guys that most fans have never heard of are getting long-term contracts while the guys they know about aren’t.

I don’t really know, though, how many fans still consist of mostly casuals who are just there for the big names.

I'm taking the owner at his own words. He has publicly discussed the decision to sign Yeli long term.

[adambr2]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Series win. Feel like it should have been a sweep but the pitching injuries caught up to the Brewers today.

Well, going 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position did not help. They had 15 baserunners today. The opportunities were there. 

[Brewcrew82]

2 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

Chourio is a DH

Holy overreaction. Chourio has been the best defensive OFer on the team this year by OAA and DRS in far less innings. He's got tremendous range and one of the best jumps in the game.

Robbing HRs is such a small fraction of an OFer's responsibilities. 

He is in no way shape or form a DH. 

[BruisedCrew]

4 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Well, going 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position did not help. They had 15 baserunners today. The opportunities were there. 

Today was a disappointing loss given that, unless they run into a team in September that is seriously tanking, this was the weakest lineup the Brewers will face all season. But, it’s hard to win games with only who runs so, from that standpoint, they were lucky to win the series. 

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Holy overreaction. Chourio has been the best defensive OFer on the team this year by OAA and DRS in far less innings. He's got tremendous range and one of the best jumps in the game.

Robbing HRs is such a small fraction of an OFer's responsibilities. 

He is in no way shape or form a DH. 

Thanks for sharing your opinion. 

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Thanks for sharing your opinion. 

It’s facts which contradict your opinion. 

if you have facts which show he should be a DH, I’d be curious to see them. 

[willie key]

Is there any chance Vaughn can save his career in the brewers organization eyes after making an out with the bases loaded.   That could be the last at bat in a brewers uniform 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

It’s facts which contradict your opinion. 

if you have facts which show he should be a DH, I’d be curious to see them. 

He’s misplayed several wall balls resulting in cheap HRs. 

Good news: We already have an aging, injury prone, inconsistent, overpaid DH in Yelich, so even though Chourio would fit well in that role … it is not available until 2029 at the earliest.