Brewers (Misiorowski) vs Angels (Urena): 8/2/26, 3:15pm

[Opening Day]

2 minutes ago, ImissDougMelvin said:

For anyone scoring at home, with the Yankees trade, that means the following current playoff teams have made trades(to upgrade their current rosters): Dodgers, Yankees, D Rays, Twins, White Sox, Braves, Red Sox(even though Mead got hurt). That leaves : Astros, Phillies, DBacks, Brewers, Cubs, Guardians that haven't. Only two of those teams Astros, and brewers lead their divisions, the rest are all wild cards. Yes, the deadline isn't until 5PM tomm, but Matt A must be so proud. 

This is the game thread.  There is an entire trade forum with multiple threads.

[willie key]

Today is what you are likely looking at even if we traded for skubal once the play offs start

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

That AB shows the downside of Contreras. Up 2-0 against a team that's struggled to close out games, and he tries to hit a 3-run bomb with no one on base.

[wibadgers23]

One of the most lackadaisical efforts this year. Just get back home and regroup. We'll see if Arnold does anything in the next 24 hours.

[yourout]

Just now, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

That AB shows the downside of Contreras. Up 2-0 against a team that's struggled to close out games, and he tries to hit a 3-run bomb with no one on base.

His mechanics are a mess right now.

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, yourout said:

Contreras hitting 209 over the last 30 games. 

I am more than a little worried the hitting coaches are in way over their head.

Having Vogelbach as your hitting coach is like having Rob Deer as your hitting coach.

[wibadgers23]

Just now, willie key said:

Today is what you are likely looking at even if we traded for skubal once the play offs start

Basically a rerun of last year's NLCS.

[yourout]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Having Vogelbach as your hitting coach is like having Rob Deer as your hitting coach.

Not sure who the hitting coach is at AAA but I would take a hard look at bringing him up.

[wntrtxn21]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Would this be our third shutout in two weeks?

I don't think anybody realistically believes the Crew has any shot at the W.S. with this offense. I'm happy Arnold didn't waste any good prospects chasing a rental in Skubal. Getting beat 2-0 or 8-2  doesn't matter, It's still a loss. Keep the prospects and hope some of them turn out to be helpful. With 2027 looking to be all but lost, no sense in losing good prospects for rentals. The Dodgers getting Skubal I believe, forces MLB to address the monstrous disparity that clouds baseball. 

[titletownking]

Were we out of challenges? What in the f are we doing if not… come on kid 

[yfinn6]

Just now, titletownking said:

Were we out of challenges? What in the f are we doing if not… come on kid 

Yes

[yourout]

The complete suckage at challenges hurt in this one 

[HarryDoyle]

Just now, titletownking said:

Were we out of challenges? What in the f are we doing if not… come on kid 

Bauers used the second one a few minutes ago.

[wibadgers23]

Just now, titletownking said:

Were we out of challenges? What in the f are we doing if not… come on kid 

We were out thanks to Contreras' ridiculous challenge earlier.

[titletownking]

Frustrating road stand, guess you’ll take 3-3 when you played pretty meh ball. I keep expecting this team to put it all together but it hasn’t happened in awhile. 

[Brewcrew82]

Two out of three against the Angels is fine. Time to conquer our demons against the 2026 Pirates who are scuffling. 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, yourout said:

Not sure who the hitting coach is at AAA but I would take a hard look at bringing him up.

Or maybe even in Biloxi … those guys are destroying the baseball ⚾️😁

[Outlander]

Lara knows the strike zone and definitely would have challenged if he could.

[willie key]

On to tomorrow with sproat going against a team that can pound us all over the ballpark.   

[HarryDoyle]

This team has played a few non competitive stinkers recently.

[yourout]

They have made a habit out of wasting Miz starts lately.

[edfunderburk]

5 minutes ago, wntrtxn21 said:

I don't think anybody realistically believes the Crew has any shot at the W.S. with this offense. I'm happy Arnold didn't waste any good prospects chasing a rental in Skubal. Getting beat 2-0 or 8-2  doesn't matter, It's still a loss. Keep the prospects and hope some of them turn out to be helpful. With 2027 looking to be all but lost, no sense in losing good prospects for rentals. The Dodgers getting Skubal I believe, forces MLB to address the monstrous disparity that clouds baseball. 

Championship post 🎉🙌🏆

[adambr2]

Wasn’t a strike to Lara but that’s what stupid selfish challenges earlier in the game will get you in the 9th. 

[yourout]

Time for Bauers to hit at #3

And it's time for something crazy like having Pratt hit 2 and Chourio hit 4.

[adambr2]

6 minutes ago, wntrtxn21 said:

I don't think anybody realistically believes the Crew has any shot at the W.S. with this offense. I'm happy Arnold didn't waste any good prospects chasing a rental in Skubal. Getting beat 2-0 or 8-2  doesn't matter, It's still a loss. Keep the prospects and hope some of them turn out to be helpful. With 2027 looking to be all but lost, no sense in losing good prospects for rentals. The Dodgers getting Skubal I believe, forces MLB to address the monstrous disparity that clouds baseball. 

It’s kind of sad when any team with the best record in the league in August (entering today) says “I don’t think anyone realistically believes we have any shot at the WS”.

I sure hope that the guys in the clubhouse believe they do or what the hell are we even doing here.