Cubs (Rolison/Wicks) vs Brewers (Woodruff): 6/28/26, 1:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

13 minutes ago, Day said:

That was poor from a bases loaded situation but I khunel did for us why does he get the chance he’s awful 

Welcome to Brewer Fanatic!

[Day]

2 minutes ago, da swedish german said:

THIS is your edited edition of the post?

Yeah I was auto corrected on the khunel spelling why what are you the grammar police lol

[baseball101]

8 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Pratt has been in the league for 2 weeks and there’s already a book out on him that he can’t lay off a high fastball.

If he can’t fix that, it’s going to be hard for him to develop into even an average major league hitter. 

Bring up Lara as a clutch hitter. Rookies are reliable. That would be a good start.

[yourout]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

A week ago, I said the Dodgers and Braves would surely beat us in the playoffs. I think we can add the Phillies to the list.

I dont think we have the hitting to beat anyone in the playoffs.

[Day]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Welcome to Brewer Fanatic!

Thanks I think we have a boss roster tbh but that khunel is last surely there’s someone better than him he lost us the game tonight 

[Jopal78]

5 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Oh, they'll still make the playoffs, but that's about it.

What would you have them do to NOT be at a disadvantage against the Dodgers in a 7 game series?
 

Sheesh, local broadcast revenue has made it an unfair game. Enjoy the ride. this Brewers group is way more fun to follow than any player group they’ve had since the 1980s. 

[Day]

Just now, Jopal78 said:

What would you have them do to NOT be at a disadvantage against the Dodgers in a 7 game series. 
 

Sheesh, it’s an unfair game. Enjoy the ride. This group is way more fun to follow than any player group they’ve had since the 1980s. 

Well said jopal78 the brewery s have some brilliant players it just didn’t go our way tonight 

[baseball101]

2 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

What would you have them do to NOT be at a disadvantage against the Dodgers in a 7 game series? Sign Bregman and Tucker this last off season? 
 

Sheesh, it’s an unfair game. Enjoy the ride. This group is way more fun to follow than any player group they’ve had since the 1980s. 

Don’t bother. Some of these posters are so reactionary. The hot takes are priceless. 

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, Jopal78 said:

Hahaha, yeah fire him!! 

 

What’s the weak spot? The Cubs took the series on a one run game in extra innings. Cubs patched together bullpen was nails the last two games. 11 1/3 1 ER, 6H 4BB, 13K.

in baseball sometimes  you just get beat. 

You get beat when you have hitters with runners on base swinging at head high fastballs. The Cubs bullpen was nails because they didn’t issue many walks. They made the Brewers put the ball in play.

They also made the Brewers pitchers work and were able to take advantage of the weak spots in the Brewers bullpen.

Maybe this series will prove to be one of those that happen from time to time. Or it could be the start of a slide that will quickly turn the division race that some people thought was almost a foregone conclusion into a dogfight. 

The last two weekends the Brewers have lost 3 out of 4 games started by Misiorowski and Harrison and they pitched well in all of them. But the offense and the bullpen both failed miserably.. This is more than a 1 game or 1 series issue.

[HarryDoyle]

Just now, Jopal78 said:

What would you have them do to NOT be at a disadvantage against the Dodgers in a 7 game series. 
 

Sheesh, it’s an unfair game. Enjoy the ride. This group is way more fun to follow than any player group they’ve had since the 1980s. 

You and others still think this is just a Dodgers issue. Right now, we're at best the third best team in the NL. How do we even get past the Braves and Phillies in October?

And I disagree about this being the funnest team to watch since the 80's. The Braun/Fielder era teams in the late 2000's/early 2010s were way more fun to watch. Those teams would destroy this team.

[RobertCrawley]

8 minutes ago, Day said:

Yeah I was auto corrected on the khunel spelling why what are you the grammar police lol

We have standards on this high-quality chat board

[Jim French Stepstool]

The massive difference in the two teams today was maturity in their ABs. It's frustrating because the approach has been much better than this in the past. The bad swing decisions, the chasing. Walks & pressure have always been a big part of their success. Too many times the last couple days that's been replaced by "Gee, this guy has bad numbers, this guy was just added, this guy was released earlier-----let's see how far I can hit the ball." That bothers me much more than the RISP thing---they've been more than OK in that department earlier. But the over-anxiousness contributes to that struggle too, of course. Like Kuhnel's bad tenth. Easy takes, but still when a guy is hanging himself, you don't cut the rope. Contrast that to Bauers hitting the foul pop w/the bases loaded--one pitch after a bases-loaded walk.

I didn't like Frelick not running w/two out in the 7th. Yes, it was a LHP, but still. Try to guess right, get a jump, if you get picked, OK, you leave Contreras in the game & he leads off the 8th. But apparently it was a 1 AB cameo for him today, other than that he had a full day off.

Woodruff wasn't Cincinnati good, but still very solid, reminiscent of his best outings last year before he went down. I guess the hitters' background in Milwaukee is pretty bad, too😊 .

[HarryDoyle]

3 minutes ago, baseball101 said:

Don’t bother. Some of these posters are so reactionary. The hot takes are priceless. 

Was it a hot take when we said the offense needed to pick it up last September?

[Jopal78]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

You and others still think this is just a Dodgers issue. Right now, we're at best the third best team in the NL. How do we even get past the Braves and Phillies in October?

And I disagree about this being the funnest team to watch since the 80's. The Braun/Fielder era teams in the late 2000's/early 2010s were way more fun to watch. Those teams would destroy this team.

Really? With Suppan, Braden Looper, Dave Bush a bunch of SPs with ERAs over 5. You must love punishment. Haha.

FWIW Brewers took 2 of 3 from the Phillies a couple weeks back, and lost the rubber match against the Braves on a 2 run walk off homer in the bottom of the 9th. I would say they gave those teams all they could handle 

[BruisedCrew]

31 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

The Bauers ab is just unacceptable. He just walked 3 guys. He's sweating and nervous and you swing at an outside pitch you cannot drive. Just insane baseball. 

For the record that pitcher had just walked one guy..

The pitch was in the strike zone in a spot where it could have been driven to left field. Unfortunately he popped it up. If he had hit it down the left field line and driven in the winning runs I don’t think you would have complained about him swinging at it. 

[JohnBriggs12]

12 minutes ago, DonBarclay said:

Realistically, they must DFA Kuhnel and bring up a starter that can provide length out of the pen. They need a piggy back game tomorrow or Tuesday where they give the full pen a day off and go Drohan + whoever for all 9. They cannot survive this stretch point what they’re doing. 

I would DFA Kuhnel or Anderson and make a reasonable offer to the Angels for Kirby Yates.  Yes he's old and had a few injuries but he's still getting hitters out and he's not going to meltdown

[adambr2]

21 minutes ago, baseball101 said:

Bring up Lara as a clutch hitter. Rookies are reliable. That would be a good start.

I know this is a tough concept, but they are different prospects with different offensive skill sets and have had very different offensive seasons. 
 

I’ve been saying since Pratt was brought up that we shouldn’t expect much more from him than about what Ortiz does offensively.

[da swedish german]

13 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

We have standards on this high-quality chat board

it wasn't the grammar. the actual words posted made me worry I had a stroke or something

[baseball101]

9 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

Really? With Suppan, Braden Looper, Dave Bush a bunch of SPs with ERAs over 5. You must love punishment. Haha.

FWIW Brewers took 2 of 3 from the Phillies a couple weeks back, and lost the rubber match against the Braves on a 2 run walk off homer in the bottom of the 9th. I would say they gave those teams all they could handle 

Finally Another rational poster. “Fans” love home runs and “clutch” hits. Nevermind the best record in baseball last year or nearly the best record this year. Or the run differential being better than any of this Braun teams. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

30 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Anybody who is still in denial about the holes in this roster just because of their record and thinks we'll be just fine come October needs a reality check. Unless MLB lets every team qualify for the playoffs within the next three months, we're not making a deep playoff run with the roster we have now.

I can't speak for anyone who's actually said that, but maybe their optimism is tied into the realization that it ISN'T October & the roster won't be what it is now. I mean, I can't think of a year in recent memory where they didn't make moves. Let's see what those moves entail.

If anyone thinks they're going to stand pat & will be fine---well, not even the Dodgers stand pat these days.

[Jopal78]

9 minutes ago, JohnBriggs12 said:

I would DFA Kuhnel or Anderson and make a reasonable offer to the Angels for Kirby Yates.  Yes he's old and had a few injuries but he's still getting hitters out and he's not going to meltdown

It’s not even July 1st!? Surely the Angels, or any seller, will wait a month so teams get desperate and they can get the best talent back in return. So unless by “reasonable” you mean an offer they can’t refuse, a trade for quality relievers isn’t going to happen anytime soon. 

[Day]

4 minutes ago, da swedish german said:

it wasn't the grammar. the actual words posted made me worry I had a stroke or something

What were the problem words mate

[RobertCrawley]

3 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I can't speak for anyone who's actually said that, but maybe their optimism is tied into the realization that it ISN'T October & the roster won't be what it is now. I mean, I can't think of a year in recent memory where they didn't make moves. Let's see what those moves entail.

If anyone thinks they're going to stand pat & will be fine---well, not even the Dodgers stand pat these days.

Great point. Baseball is an up-and-down game. Teams have winning streaks and then they have losing streaks. Players have a good one month and then they’re not so good the next month. That’s just how the game works. This roster won’t be the same in October. Players who are good all the time have bronze plaque that don’t look like them in Cooperstown, New York.

We just need to keep piecing it together and hoping we win more than we lose to take the division.

[da swedish german]

3 minutes ago, Day said:

What were the problem words mate

That was poor from a bases loaded situation but I khunel did for us why does he get the chance he’s awful

[Jim French Stepstool]

38 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

They need a minimum of two relievers. Kuhnel is dog crap and should be DFAed tomorrow.

as it stands right now they are going to need the rotation to eat up a ton of innings in the playoffs.

 

I think they need some good fortune re starters' health-----as do the other 29 teams. After that...........Sproat, Gasser, Drohan, Crow. Henderson. Hall, if his recovery is on track. I'll throw Patrick in there. There's room for 3 or 4 of those names to give you some bulk innings, even considering who's needed in the rotation. That's what needs to be sorted out in the weeks to come IMO. And in a playoff series there are some piggyback options there as well if needed.

Ashby has had a crappy weekend, but I'm not as concerned as some on here going forward. Pissed off about the free baserunners, yes.