BrewersRaptor Brewers Recap: Ugly Wins Are Still Wins

Let’s start off with the most important thing to do right now: help the Milwaukee Brewers have multiple All-Stars this year.

Is it that big of a deal? No. But after a few years of basically only pitchers representing the Brewers, it would be such a fitting reward to this team that everyone doubted. Experts had them barely winning 75 games this year, and they might hit that number before the end of August. You can vote five times day (per e-mail address) and can still click those boxes and hope they don’t send you spam e-mail or texts. Voting ends on Jun. 27, so make sure you and anyone else you know is voting every day.

Multiple Brewers are either leading or in the running to be All-Star starters this year. How it works is that after the 27^th, the top three players at each position move on to the second round of voting. Fans will have until Jul. 3 to vote for those players. After the top players are selected, the rest of the roster is filled in by the players and the MLB front office.

Right now, there is a chance that the Brewers could have three to four starters for the All-Star Game. William Contreras is the top catcher at the moment, and Christian Yelich is second overall for all outfielders. Joey Ortiz is third in voting for third base. Willy Adames is fifth. We have to keep up the momentum. Brice Turang should definitely end up in the top five. Rhys Hoskins and the rest of the outfielders will probably have a higher mountain to climb, but it’s possible if you vote!

And what about the pitchers? We won’t know until they release the rosters. If Bryan Hudson doesn’t end up an All-Star, an investigation should be launched.

There is also a chance Trevor Megill gets in, but he did have an injury and it's hard to compete with some other bigger-named closers out there. After years of Brewers starters being a shoo-in for the All-Star game, there probably won’t be one this season. It’s a broken record that the team needs some starting pitching help, and probably another good reliever.

So go out and vote! The possibility of Christian Yelich being an All-Star once again warms my heart to no end.

Angels In The Brewers Outfield
Was it fun to stay up later than usual, watching three pretty frustrating but fun baseball games? Kind of. The Brewers won the series, and that is all that matters. This team keeps stringing wins together, and sit at a very comfortable seven to eight games on top of the NL Central right now. It’s hard to argue with results.

The sloppy play on Monday is what really did them in. This team’s defense is so good that when they have an off night, it jumps out at you more than it usually would. Brewers couldn’t make the plays when needed, and the Angels did. That’s why they play 162 games.

A Tuesday bounce-back win was just what they needed. Yelich’s 200^th home run to start the game didn’t hurt. Jackson Chourio had a heck of a game, too, including an inside-the-park home run that was technically a double with an error. It was definitely a one-sided game, even though the scoreboard read 6-3. What a grab by Sal Frelick to end the game and bring the momentum back to the team.

The team couldn’t have asked for a better time for a solid Freddy Peralta start. He was due, and definitely needed. Six innings, three hits, zero runs and he got to 101 pitches. That’s the Pat Murphy era right there!

Also, this runners-in-scoring-position thing with Milwaukee needs to stop now, or it’s going to lead to a lot of losses. On Monday, they were 0-9. Tuesday was 1-6 and Wednesday was 1-5. The offense is going to have ups and downs, but this has been happening for more than a week. The Brewers were in the top 10 for most of the season, but it’s starting to slip. A hard hit on Contreras to end Sunday’s game didn’t help. It appears he is fine, and Yelich and Adames are starting to heat up again.

Garrett Mitchell returning should give the team a nice burst as well. Plenty of people still think he’s overrated, but I will not go after a guy who has hit a series of bad luck. He still hasn’t been able to play a full season. And every single time he's on the roster, the Brewers are just better. His energy and talent brings this team to a new level, and it’s coming soon. Hopefully, players like Hoskins and Chourio can keep trending up as well. Sal Frelick is hitting almost .300 the past month. The signs are there, it’s just that they aren’t really executing right now. But the wins are still coming, so a huge credit to them as well for that.

I still don't like Manny Machado. Be good people, and Go Brewers!