Brewers (May) vs Padres (Ray): 08/12/26, 3:10 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers visit the Padres as May takes on Ray at Petco Park.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Trevor Megill	0	4	13	0	0	17
DL Hall	0	0	11	0	0	11
Chad Patrick	0	16	0	0	0	16
Bryse Wilson	0	0	0	0	39	39
Antonio Senzatela	20	0	0	0	0	20
Abner Uribe	0	22	33	0	0	55
Aaron Ashby	0	8	27	0	0	35

[Frisbee Slider]

May v Ray. A fun matchup of names.

[Playing Catch]

Things aren't looking good. Guys are underperforming. Guys are banged up. Winning with depth has been their recipe all season, having a deeper bench, a deeper staff, a deeper bullpen has allowed them to keep winning series all season. But much of that depth has been sucked dry, and the Brewers, on August 12th, are a shell of the team they were designed to be, and now we're left knowing what it's like to try and field a winning team without any shortstops.

Right now, on August 12th, I don't believe the Brewers will be able to hold off the Cubs for the division. But if they can tread water for the next two weeks, and be in a healthier position come Aug 31 for that series at Wrigley, I think they can right the ship. But they will need to bunt and bullpen, and Murph their way to scratch out wins. It's going to be an absolute bear to watch, and if I were to make bets, I don't think they can "tread water". I think they will go something like 7-10 in the next 17 games, and I could see it being worse, particularly because they are having to try and monitor pitcher workloads at the same time.

As impossible as it is to believe, the Brewers have basically been an average MLB offense since the deadline, and they've been winning. But they've played the Marlins, Mets, Rockies, Giants, Angels, Pirates, and Twins. I agree with the IGT's consensus, that they will need to play better in order to beat the teams coming up on the schedule.

If that is to come about, I think the two main keys will be our Venezuelans. Coming into the season, I think most of us felt like Contreras and Chourio were our two best position-players (Turang has since surpassed them both, despite his platoon splits). They will need to play like that for the Brewers to win the division+. We can blame all the other players all we want, but those two are the two most important bats to wake up. Not Yelich, who, due to his role as a DH, can simply ride the pine, and be a pinch-hitting threat. Not Hamilton or Bae, or whoever else is batting 7, 8, 9, or starting the game on the bench.

Chourio and Contreras MUST be hitting in the middle of that lineup every day and performing in their roles if the Brewers are going anywhere. This has been true all season.

[Outlander]

Well this game can help validate the trade or provide more reason why the prospects given up were too much. May needs to be the stopper and based on what we are seeing from Harrison one of the top two or three pitchers down the stretch and into the playoffs.

[RWeeksFan23]

with Ortiz, Pratt, and now Turang apparently, hurt at the same time, this has the feel of the 2025 Packers type of season where injuries are just stacking left and right at the wrong time.

[owbc]

I'm headed to the ballpark to will on a victory in person. 

Strongly agree that getting a solid performance out of May is exactly what need. Especially since he cost a premium and is facing one of the "discount" starting pitcher acquisitions in Ray. 

To put it more bluntly, Ray sucks. We need the offense to show up. 

[Yaz19]

Why aren't you all PRAYING harder?  lol   Man, the Brewers stunk that one up last night.  Now we got Robbie Ray salivating to improve his numbers with the limp noodle Brewers offense.   Oh boy..  

Too be honest, Sunday I just had a feeling this Padres series was going to be bad when I saw the probable starters for San Diego.   

[BrewLongma34]

We need to get back to our scrappy, just get on base type of mindset again.    

[jason21nl]

1 hour ago, owbc said:

I'm headed to the ballpark to will on a victory in person. 

Strongly agree that getting a solid performance out of May is exactly what need. Especially since he cost a premium and is facing one of the "discount" starting pitcher acquisitions in Ray. 

To put it more bluntly, Ray sucks. We need the offense to show up. 

Enjoy the game.  Man I love that ballpark.  It’s been a long time since I’ve gone but I remember they wouldn’t let you go down the aisles either while the inning was in progress or in between pitches.  I can’t remember which it was but I remember it being awesome.  

[yourout]

Some interesting stats.

Vaughn up to .259 and .708 OPS against right handers and has 3 of his 5 HRs against them.

Yelich hitting .230 and .686 against RIGHT handers.

[Joseph Zarr]

Can't wait for Murphy to overcompensate and thrust Yeli back into lead-off (please, I'm kidding Murf - don't do it! I beg you!). That'll be the secret sauce that amps up these feisty bats.

[owbc]

45 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

Enjoy the game.  Man I love that ballpark.  It’s been a long time since I’ve gone but I remember they wouldn’t let you go down the aisles either while the inning was in progress or in between pitches.  I can’t remember which it was but I remember it being awesome.  

Yes, they strictly block the aisles while at-bats are going in. Not sure how many other MLB ballparks still do that, but I greatly appreciate it. 

I think I've been to 17 active MLB ballparks, Petco is definitely in the top-5. Has the feel of a spring training park blown up to full size. The biggest negative is that the fans also seem to have the "spring training" attitude and haven't shown much knowledge or interest in the actual game, but the two games I went to were mostly duds and I wasn't in the prime seating areas.

Honestly I've had bad luck with MLB games this year, been to about 10 and all were mediocre to bad -- but I think that's mostly just the product that MLB is right now. There are less than 50 legitimately good hitters left in MLB and everyone else is getting blown away by the 98+ mph pitches and praying to get lucky and hit a home run. 

[owbc]

1 hour ago, Yaz19 said:

Why aren't you all PRAYING harder?  lol   Man, the Brewers stunk that one up last night.  Now we got Robbie Ray salivating to improve his numbers with the limp noodle Brewers offense.   Oh boy..  

Too be honest, Sunday I just had a feeling this Padres series was going to be bad when I saw the probable starters for San Diego.   

Did you see the Pope night promotion at the White Sox game last night? Praying didn't work out so well for them. 

[yourout]

#	Season	Name	Tm	PA	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
1	2026	Andrew Vaughn	MIL	235	11.5%	15.3%	0.75	.302	.391	.475	.867	.173	.344	40	11.7	.378	140
2	2026	Jackson Chourio	MIL	387	8.3%	24.0%	0.34	.278	.341	.480	.821	.202	.333	57	11.6	.353	124
3	2026	Cooper Pratt	MIL	159	11.3%	20.1%	0.56	.272	.352	.368	.720	.096	.330	19	0.6	.321	102
4	2026	Jake Bauers	MIL	406	14.5%	25.6%	0.57	.266	.377	.494	.871	.228	.326	68	19.9	.377	140
5	2026	William Contreras	MIL	453	8.4%	13.9%	0.60	.264	.329	.379	.708	.116	.287	52	-1.6	.312	96
6	2026	Brandon Lockridge	MIL	86	10.5%	29.1%	0.36	.263	.341	.303	.644	.039	.392	9	-1.4	.296	86
7	2026	Brice Turang	MIL	494	12.6%	25.1%	0.50	.263	.355	.446	.801	.183	.333	72	13.4	.350	121
8	2026	Garrett Mitchell	MIL	389	12.1%	31.6%	0.38	.255	.352	.415	.768	.160	.377	53	7.1	.339	114
9	2026	Sal Frelick	MIL	291	7.2%	9.6%	0.75	.239	.296	.324	.620	.085	.255	25	-9.4	.276	72
10	2026	David Hamilton	MIL	275	8.4%	23.6%	0.35	.238	.308	.331	.639	.092	.316	26	-6.3	.288	80
11	2026	Luis Lara	MIL	84	13.1%	19.0%	0.69	.236	.333	.333	.667	.097	.298	9	-1.0	.302	89
12	2026	Joey Ortiz	MIL	266	8.6%	17.7%	0.49	.233	.298	.356	.654	.123	.267	26	-5.7	.290	81
13	2026	Christian Yelich	MIL	343	9.6%	27.4%	0.35	.224	.307	.366	.673	.142	.299	36	-5.1	.298	87
14	2026	Gary Sánchez	MIL	193	18.1%	17.6%	1.03	.213	.363	.406	.769	.194	.226	27	4.5	.345	118
15	2026	Luis Rengifo	MIL	194	8.8%	11.9%	0.74	.209	.281	.262	.543	.052	.238	13	-10.4	.250	55
16	2026	Blake Perkins	MIL	95	9.5%	23.2%	0.41	.155	.245	.250	.495	.095	.197	5	-6.7	.230	41

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

[yourout]

26 minutes ago, owbc said:

Yes, they strictly block the aisles while the ball is in play. Not sure how many other MLB ballparks still do that, but I greatly appreciate it. 

I think I've been to 17 active MLB ballparks, Petco is definitely in the top-5. Has the feel of a spring training park blown up to full size. The biggest negative is that the fans also seem to have the "spring training" attitude and haven't shown much knowledge or interest in the actual game, but the two games I went to were mostly duds and I wasn't in the prime seating areas.

Honestly I've had bad luck with MLB games this year, been to about 10 and all were mediocre to bad -- but I think that's mostly just the product that MLB is right now. There are less than 50 legitimately good hitters left in MLB and everyone else is getting blown away by the 98+ mph pitches and praying to get lucky and hit a home run. 

Was there in April. Definitely one of my favorites as well. The area around the park is fun as well

[Frisbee Slider]

 

[owbc]

3 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

 

Good to see Joey in there. Hamilton is the worst matchup. 

[jason21nl]

6 minutes ago, yourout said:

Was there in April. Definitely one of my favorites as well. The area around the park is fun as well

We did a road trip to San Diego then 3 in LA against the Dodgers.   I hated everything about their fans and that crappy park.  Brewers won the series 2-1.  I’ll never go back there.  

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Happy to see Joey back, but color me a little surprised that its Ortiz at 3B and Hamilton at SS. 

[TURBO]

Does Murphy need a freakin' mental break?  C'mon man, this is just getting cray cray...

rewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Jackson Chourio is currently dealing with a sore thumb.

Murphy misspoke Tuesday when he told reporters that it was Brice Turang that was dealing with thumb soreness. The 22-year-old outfielder is in the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Padres, but fantasy managers should pay close attention to the situation. 

- Christopher Crawford

Injury

22m ago

Source: Curt Hogg

[TURBO]

13 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

We did a road trip to San Diego then 3 in LA against the Dodgers.   I hated everything about their fans and that crappy park.  Brewers won the series 2-1.  I’ll never go back there.  

Doing that same trip in 2027, assuming there is a 2027.

2 games in SD followed by 2 at Dodgers Stadium.  To be honest, this isn't a trip I'm looking that forward to given the current state of California, but I have to continue the chase for 30.  I am 16 stadiums in, so this will drop me down to only needing 12.

[trwi7]

If Ortiz is playing and Pratt is not then Ortiz should be the SS.  What the hell is Murphy even doing?

[Frisbee Slider]

45 minutes ago, trwi7 said:

If Ortiz is playing and Pratt is not then Ortiz should be the SS.  What the hell is Murphy even doing?

I realize this probably shouldn’t matter but Joey‘s OPS is .844 as a third baseman and .588 as a shortstop this season. Maybe Joey is more valuable and comfortable at third base?