Pirates (Jones) vs Brewers (Henderson): 8/4/26, 6:40pm

[Outlander]

A 3 seed isn't necessarily bad if Dodgers are the 1. On the other hand getting the 2 seed and the bye isn't all that great if Dodgers are the 3 like the Phillies found out last year. Keep on grinding for the 1 seed, still best path to the World Series and hoping somebody takes out the Dodgers prior to the NLCS.

[Brian]

12 hours ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

Good start Henderson.  Let’s go offense, how about an early lead for a change?

caleb Durbin just hit a grand slam for Boston, continues to be red hot 

Caleb Durbin Recent Stats Breakdown (Last ~30 Games / 104 AB)

• Batting Average: .288

• Hits: 30

• Home Runs: 5

• Runs Batted In: 15

• On-Base Percentage (OBP): .393

• Slugging Percentage (SLG): .462

• OPS: .796
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[RWeeksFan23]

12 hours ago, jason21nl said:

It’s unbelievable how Yelich keeps getting penciled in to the DH spot.   I can’t stand Sanchez but he needs to be the DH.   This is bleeping ridiculous 

Yelich may suck, but Sanchez isn't the answer either. At least not against RHP. 

[adambr2]

6 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

Yelich may suck, but Sanchez isn't the answer either. At least not against RHP. 

Vaughn to me is pretty clearly the answer, at least for now. He is hitting just as well as he did for us last year and gets on base. An .874 OPS overall should be in the lineup most days. He is obviously better against LHP, but he is not a liability against RHP.

I'm not saying he needs to play every single day but there is no case for Yelich getting more ABs than Vaughn. 

This also keeps Bauers at 1B or DH and strengthens our outfield defense.

[Brian]

9 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

Yelich may suck, but Sanchez isn't the answer either. At least not against RHP. 

Did you know the two current oldest Brewers are: 

 

Christian Yelich 34  Born on December 5, 1991 

Gary Sanchez  33 Born on December 2, 1992 

 

Go Figure

[TURBO]

7 hours ago, baseball101 said:

How were you feeling about Ortiz two months ago? 

Why does that matter?

The guy has stepped up and become one of our best hitters.

[adambr2]

9 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

Oops, I was thinking the score last night was 4-2. But, 9 runs or 10 runs the point is the same.

This was not intended to be anything other than using the last few games to illustrate how the Brewers success is based on exceptional run prevention and average offense. Many teams scoring just 10 runs in 4 games would be lucky to win 1, but the Brewers won 2. 
 

Are you cherry picking by only mentioning the prior 3 games instead of the prior 4 (which would include a shutout)? 😀

It’s getting past my bedtime. So, you and your gang of friends can pound away but I won’t be responding any more tonight. 

You missed my point. Yes, I was in fact cherry picking as well, to show you how easy it is to manipulate a small sample size of games to paint a narrative. Not to say that the Brewer offense is amazing.

You are well within your rights to your opinions and counterpoints. I don’t know why it needs to come with a dose of playing the victim or why you would feel attacked, though, when others counter your own points that yes, you have done this before.

Nobody is celebrating a division title on August 5th. Everyone is well aware that if you simulated the rest of the season 10,000 times, the Cubs will win the division in a handful of those simulations. I don’t know what else you want to say about it. When people speak of the postseason, everyone is operating within the framework of what is more likely at this point in time. At this point in time, it is more likely than not that the Brewers will win the NL Central. 

They have also not given you historical reasons to think they will blow it. They won the division the last 4 out of 5 seasons. It’s not like they blew a 6 game lead last year and we are just waiting for the other shoe to drop.