Brewers 1, Blue Jays 3: Brewers Can’t Overcome A Bad First Inning

5 hours ago, BlightyBrew said:

Of the three game series innings of Brewers offense they K 27 times.  That is one total game of just K's.  They had a total of 17 Hits and 13 BB's.  Not going to get much going when you have a WHIP 1.11 for the three game series.  I know the pitching hasn't been as dominant as last year but the offense cannot put much of a fight consistently to be any real threat.  There is no one in the lineup that would put fear into the opposing pitchers.  The K rate is just to high for the crew to put up any runs consistently.  This is a station to station offense that needs 4 hits an inning to score a run and that just will not happen with this offensive roster construction.  If we don't hit the HR we don't score and we don't get on base enough to make the one offensive weapon we have meaningful.  I say meaningful in the loosest possible sense as we are about average when it comes to HR.

I disagree with  people who are saying June will be an easier month for the Crew.  I don't see how playing the Reds,Orioles,A's, Pirates,Diamondbacks, Guardians, and Mets will be any easier than May.  People will point to the A's series as a series that the Crew should win or sweep and I'm inclined to believe that but the offense numbers between the two teams is to close for me to think that series will be a sure thing.

R/G - A's 3.45(30th) / Crew 3.95(26th)

R - As 200 (30th) / Crew 221 (26th)

H - As 419 (28th) / Crew 418 (29th)

2B - As 74(29th)/ Crew 69(30th)

3B - As 6(20th) / Crew 4 (29th)

HR - As 57 (20th) / Crew 65(15th)

BB - As 190(11th) / Crew 188 (13th)

K - As 535(4th) / Crew 519 (5th)

BA - As .230(25th) / Crew .219(30th)

OBP - As .299(27th) / Crew .306(25th)

SLG - As .353(29th) / Crew .379 (26th)

Even if we get everyone back from injuries this team will struggle with lineup that is being put out.  Can't expect the pitching staff to hold the MLB offensive players to 2 or less runs every night and expect to win.

I absolutely agree, but overhauling this line-up just doesn't happen by trades this time of the season. It's more a spark plug needed, and throughout May Turang, Taylor and Wiemer were black holes, just sucking the life out of things. Wiemer has shown better contact in the last few games, and what a difference that could make, and Turang may head down once Urias is back (particularly as Monasterio has actually looked quite solid at the plate just judging by approach and contact alone), while Taylor will get hot at some point.

I think it's more incremental improvements needed from big players than just all new players, but along with this, Adames needs to step up. He shines most with men on base, always has, so could do better as a cleanup hitter too

3 hours ago, Jake McKibbin said:

I absolutely agree, but overhauling this line-up just doesn't happen by trades this time of the season. It's more a spark plug needed, and throughout May Turang, Taylor and Wiemer were black holes, just sucking the life out of things. Wiemer has shown better contact in the last few games, and what a difference that could make, and Turang may head down once Urias is back (particularly as Monasterio has actually looked quite solid at the plate just judging by approach and contact alone), while Taylor will get hot at some point.

I think it's more incremental improvements needed from big players than just all new players, but along with this, Adames needs to step up. He shines most with men on base, always has, so could do better as a cleanup hitter too

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