Brewers (Harrison) vs Padres (Buehler): 08/11/26, 8:40 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 hours ago, Funksgroup said:

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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[Jimbo]

10 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

I’m having flashbacks to the disastrous West Coast road trip late in 2014 that dropped the Brewers out of first place in the division for good.

I'm having flashbacks to 1983.

 

[DonBarclay]

15 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Anyone know how Turang hurt his thumb?  I'm assuming it was batting, but if not...

Bruce Turang has a sprained thumb that could cause him to miss some time, manager Pat Murphy revealed.

Turang was able to finish the game against the Padres, but it looks like this could be an issue going forward. If so, the Brewers will need to place either he or Joey Ortiz, who is out with a neck issue, on the IL before Wednesday’s game. The Brewers don’t have any additional middle infielders on the 40-man, but they could add Jett Williams, who will need to be protected after the season anyway, or call on someone like Freddy Zamora as a stopgap. Signing Jorge Mateo might be another option. 

- Matthew Pouliot

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7h ago

Source: Adam McCalvy

Zamora and Jett are both injured, as is Luke Adams now. The options are essentially:

1. Promote a non prospect with no MLB experience from AAA (Murray/Garcia/etc)

2. Promote a real prospect from AA, starting their clock with the associated lockout risks. Made is the only real option here as the others (Fischer/Boeve) are corner only. 

3. Swing a trade for a utility guy with MLB experience that hasn’t been on a 40 man roster this year. Pablo Reyes and Abraham Toro are two examples. 

4. Sign another street free agent. Obviously not many good options here seeing as how they signed Bae. Someone like Andrelton Simmons (playing in Mexican league) might be the most interesting option in this category. 

Long story short, none of these options provide instant or sure production. The rest of the roster needs to step up in a big way. We should all remember that Yuni B was the SS on the great 2011 team. It’s possible to drag along someone below replacement value, but not with the rest of the roster playing like they currently are. 

For the record, I prefer option 3 if Turang and Ortiz are truly day to day and will both be at full strength soon. If either is on a similar timeline to Pratt and out for the next 3 weeks, I prefer to bite the bullet and bring up Made. I haven’t felt that way until last night, I’ve been in the camp of protecting against the unknown of 2027. But, they may not have a chance to even win the division with 3+ more weeks of this. 

[BruisedCrew]

2 hours ago, Jimbo said:

I'm having flashbacks to 1983.

 

September 1983 was rough.

The difference that year was that the Brewers had drifted around for much of the season and only nosed into first place for a few days in mid August. They never led by more than about a game before falling back dramatically.

I think of 2014 because the Brewers were in first place for most of the season, at times by as much as 7 or 8 games. They were still in good shape before the west coast trip sent them on a death spiral. I dont want to see that repeated. No time like today to get back on the winning track.