Mariners (Kirby) vs Brewers (Gasser): 8/20/26, 1:10 PM

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Not true, we’d have Will Castro 

Aaaaaaand Haase.

[Brewcrew82]

21-13 gets the first 100 win season in franchise history. 

[edfunderburk]

[willie key]

I like Megill 

[Brewcrew82]

27 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

No matter what happens blame tge offense in this one. 

When you're always looking for something to blame, you somehow end up blaming an offense that scored 7 runs with a .335 xBA and hard hits galore......Against a solid starting pitcher and pitching staff. 

[BruisedCrew]

Mitchell’s HR was very welcome. 

A goofy series but a series win 

[GoondockSaint]

+159 run differential baby! 

[Jim French Stepstool]

19 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Re: Bobby Gas and his erratic inconsistency. RHP Coleman Crow pitches on the exact same schedule. Is it by design? Perhaps.

 

I like Crow, but nah. Really bad day for Gasser, but atypical of how he's pitched this year re command. If this becomes chronic, sure but I don't think there's evidence of that.

Well under 1 BB per 3 innings coming into today.

[tmwiese55]

With some off days finally coming maybe they'd go away from the 6 man in order to get another bp arm.  Gasser would be the one down imo. Still can get some extra days off using the off days. and maybe if he's not down long enough for the next needed start then someone like Crow comes back up then right down after his start.  Could be a way to have an extra BP arm the next two weeks before september

[Yaz19]

Them gnats better be watching their six when playing around between a pitchers mound and home plate!

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 minute ago, tmwiese55 said:

With some off days finally coming maybe they'd go away from the 6 man in order to get another bp arm.  Gasser would be the one down imo. Still can get some extra days off using the off days. and maybe if he's not down long enough for the next needed start then someone like Crow comes back up then right down after his start.  Could be a way to have an extra BP arm the next two weeks before september

Despite what Gasser did today, if they go to a 5-man I'd like to see Drohan in the pen simply because both he & Gasser have done some good things as starters but Drohan has relieved this year & seems pretty comfy with it. Once Romero makes it back & you combine him with Ashby from the left side, then maybe I'd lean Drohan starting over Gasser. Let's see what Gasser does from here on out. The command today was unusually bad.

[willie key]

18 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

21-13 gets the first 100 win season in franchise history. 

Doable

[bensheeps]

4 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Mitchell had multiple good ABs for the first time in a while on Tuesday. Hope he can go today.

Great call early on today with how things played out!

[Joseph Zarr]

18 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I like Crow, but nah. Really bad day for Gasser, but atypical of how he's pitched this year re command. If this becomes chronic, sure but I don't think there's evidence of that.

Well under 1 BB per 3 innings coming into today.

Well, his last three starts would say he isn't pitching well enough to maintain his spot. My opinion. 3 GS: 14 2/3 IP, 19 H, 7 BB, 14 K, 10 ER. That is a very pedestrian stretch IMHO. And, Crow has pitched very very well. That's almost a 2.00 WHIP over 3 starts. Not going to keep you in the rotation. 

Edit to Add: I'd like to see Crow get an opportunity with a backstop who understands his strength is his movement profile and off-speed arsenal. Unlike, Contreras who pounded his four-seamer in his last outing pre-IL. It was an absurdly poorly called game by William.

[sveumrules]

41 Series Down, 11 Series Remain. So far the Brewers Series Record for the season is 28 W - 11 L - 2 T.

Individual Series Results are...

3 W - 0 L (x7)
4 W - 1 L (x1)
3 W - 1 L (x3)
2 W - 1 L (x17)
2 W - 2 L (x1)
1 W - 1 L (x1)
1 W - 2 L (x8)
0 W - 3 L (x3)

35 of the Series have been of the standard three game variety with the Brewers sitting +12 Wins on Sweeps (21 W - 9 L) and +9 Wins on Splits (42 W - 33 L). 

For the six oddball series that were 2, 4, or 5 games long the Brewers have come out another +9 Wins ahead at (16 W - 7 L).

[tmwiese55]

6 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Despite what Gasser did today, if they go to a 5-man I'd like to see Drohan in the pen simply because both he & Gasser have done some good things as starters but Drohan has relieved this year & seems pretty comfy with it. Once Romero makes it back & you combine him with Ashby from the left side, then maybe I'd lean Drohan starting over Gasser. Let's see what Gasser does from here on out. The command today was unusually bad.

I'd agree with the notion that i'd prefer Drohan in the pen over gasser, that would be another route to take. But it doesn't get a fresh arm tomorrow either.   So the choice of what you said, or Drohan stay starter with whoever is next up as a reliver from AAA (and then Uribe in like 5 days).   And then the '6th' man if needed being an up down guy like Crow (then Gasser the next time its needed).

Def see both sides and if its just choosing who to be a pen guy, for sure agree on Drohan over gasser.  But I think I'd choose the musical chairs route I said for the next 11 days. And I'd for sure expect Gasser to start several more games at some point due to schedule need, but also hopefully further resting of starters as they near clinching

[willie key]

So where is Joey Ortiz in the mvp race.    

[LouisEly]

45 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

Mitchell’s HR was very welcome. 

Love to see that he's hitting the ball well again.

Saw a tweet a few days ago from a former player who is now on one of the networks (MLB, Fox, etc.) who said (paraphrasing), "Baseball is a sport that is really hard to be great at every single day." 

It's funny how big a small sample can be in baseball.

[wiguy94]

I feel like these games where you get out to a big lead and let the other team back into it are more stressful than the low scoring games where you have the lead because it feels like the other team has momentum when they cut the lead from 6 to 2. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Well, his last three starts would say he isn't pitching well enough to maintain his spot. My opinion. 3 GS: 14 2/3 IP, 19 H, 7 BB, 14 K, 10 ER. That is a very pedestrian stretch IMHO. And, Crow has pitched very very well. That's almost a 2.00 WHIP over 3 starts. Not going to keep you in the rotation. 

Edit to Add: I'd like to see Crow get an opportunity with a backstop who understands his strength is his movement profile and off-speed arsenal. Unlike, Contreras who pounded his four-seamer in his last outing pre-IL. It was an absurdly poorly called game by William.

Despite the high H per IP, it's the command that's bothered me the most lately re Gasser, and today was easily the low point. I think they'll stick with him for now & should. But Murphy certainly ran out of patience with him today, and rightfully so.

For someone who's received so much love for his work behind the plate, I agree there has been some head-scratching re Contreras this year.

I follow the farm, but I have to admit I didn't know Crow was on that kind of a heater lately. Maybe Bo Naylor is the key (semi-blue).

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, bensheeps said:

Great call early on today with how things played out!

M's pitchers seemed to settle into a pretty effective MO of throwing heat at or near the top of the zone. Why they didn't do that with Mitchell is beyond me.

But I'll take it 😁.

[Joseph Zarr]

18 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Despite the high H per IP, it's the command that's bothered me the most lately re Gasser, and today was easily the low point. I think they'll stick with him for now & should. But Murphy certainly ran out of patience with him today, and rightfully so.

For someone who's received so much love for his work behind the plate, I agree there has been some head-scratching re Contreras this year.

I follow the farm, but I have to admit I didn't know Crow was on that kind of a heater lately. Maybe Bo Naylor is the key (semi-blue).

True Story:

Ramòn Rodríguez (one of my faves) was his backstop today...

#NoArmIsBigBillProof

[owbc]

2 hours ago, willie key said:

So where is Joey Ortiz in the mvp race.    

He's now #5 on the team MVP list (using bWAR). 

 

[willie key]

12 minutes ago, owbc said:

He's now #5 on the team MVP list (using bWAR). 

 

Too low.   I’m more thinking about his hall of fame candidacy now

[TURBO]

5 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Rough day for Lara. Being more aggressive early in counts finally but not doing much with the swings. 

I'm just not seeing a bat there that is going to be a building block for the future.  Lara to me, looks like a 4th OFer type, sorry.