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Sort of, they are 11-12 post-All-Star game and their schedule has included: BOS (66-56) KCR (60-61) @CHW (44-71) @MIL (76-44) BAL (54-66) CIN (64-58) @STL (61-61) @TOR (70-51) So, four teams with winning records, two teams .500-ish, two teams with losing records. They have gone 5-7 against the teams with winning records, but only 6-5 against teams w/o winning records. A .545 winning % the rest of the way (assuming all are against teams w/o winning records which isn't true) will only get them to 92 wins and probably isn't going to catch the Brewers.

IIRC, Murph said before the game yesterday (I think it was after Tuesday's game) that they were going to be short-handed for the weekend. So, I don't think it's Siegler as that happened after Murph's comments. My guess is that it is a family situation (i.e. funeral) that someone may be away for.

Like I said above, I have read/heard that there are some things those two need to work on outside of the batter's box that leads me to believe that there is a decent chance that they start 2026 in A+. Not guaranteeing it, just saying that there's a decent chance.

Lara played a full season at A+, as did Adams. I don't consider moving up one level to be "aggressively started". Your definition may differ from mine.

This is mostly true, but typically it has been with college prospects and it has had mixed results. Worked with Chourio, but he was already moved to the OF and OF isn't as much of a learning curve as IF, and they did it with Quero but he was ready defensively. But it didn't work with EBJ, took a year and a half for Wilken, hasn't worked so far w/Boeve, and they didn't do it with Burke, Black, or Adams. Turang played 82 games at A+ before moving up to AA and Mitchell started in A+ and raked there for over a month before moving him up to AA. The common thread seems to be if they are ready defensively.

I could easily see Pratt repeating AA. No need to push him to AAA - Zamora (SS), Murray (2B), Wilken (3B/1B), and Adams(1B/3B) can man the infield in AAA (I prefer Black moves to OF, but could play 1B). I doubt that they're ready to give up on EBJ - hard to believe he was only drafted three years ago - so Pratt (SS), EBJ (2B), Boeve (3B), and Burke (1B) can man the infield in AA. My money would be on Made/Pena/Fischer playing A+ next year, or at least the first half of 2026. AAA: Wilken, Zamora, Murray, Adams AA: Boeve, Pratt, EBJ, Burke A+: Pena, Made, Fischer, Bitonti This system is stacked. Sounds like Made & Pena still have some things to work on from what @Joseph Zarr reports, probably best to do that in A+. Edit: Ack! Forgot about Adams

Woody also has to weigh the risks of going to another organization that does not know his injury history, rehab program or may not agree with how the Brewers have used him, and does not have the pitching lab, medical staff, and pitching coaches the Brewers do. There could be a lot of risk with reinjury going to another organization. While contracts are guaranteed, Woody might want to end his career on his own terms. That, and the Brewers may be the best bet to win the World Series not only this year but for several years.

MLB rules. 😉 Can only use a position player if in extra innings, down by 8 runs at any time, or leading by 10 runs in the 9th inning.

Except that he was top-10 in BB/9 in all three seasons.

In 2024, among the top 50 pitchers in terms of number of saves, Devin Williams had the highest # of pitches per batter faced and had the 8th most pitches per inning pitched. He was 7th in highest BB/9. In 2023, among the top 50 pitchers in terms of number of saves, Devin Williams was 9th in most pitches per batter faced (fun fact - Josh Hader had the most). Among the top 25 in saves, Devin Williams was 5th in most pitches per batter faced. Williams was 32nd in most pitches per inning pitched. He was 14th in BB/9; among the top 25 in saves, he had the 6th highest BB/9. In 2022, among the top 50 pitchers in terms of number of saves, Devin Williams had the highest # of pitches per batter faced and was 10th in most pitches per inning pitched. When limited to the top 25 in terms of saves, Williams had the 4th highest pitches per inning pitched. He was 9th in BB/9; among the top 25 in saves, he had the 4th highest BB/9. If you think that Devin Williams was shaky as a closer, there is statistical data to support that.

This team is the epitome of "whole is greater than the sum of the parts". I'll bet if you looked at the bottom you'd find very few Brewers, with the possible exception of Ortiz, but even he has 10 guys below him (including IK-F, who a number of people wanted to trade for).

Today will be the 8th time that the Brewers have played the Pirates this season. It will be the 3rd time in 8 games that the Brewers have faced Skenes. Among the top three pitchers in fWAR (Skubal, Skenes, Crochet), the Brewers will have played their teams a combined total of 14 games and have faced one of those three in five of the 14 games. So far the Brewers are 2-2 in games started by those pitchers, with one of those losses coming when the Brewers gave up a lead in the bottom of the 10th. The other loss was a combined pitching effort by Tyler Alexander and Elvin Rodriguez.

1-0 with a run differential of +15

How far north and west did it extend?

Mets on the prospects of having to play the Brewers in the playffs:

Earlier in the game he said that if the other team is ahead and the Brewers get a guy on base the other team has to be hearing the theme from "Jaws".

Bullpen, either he or Mis. With 19 games in 18 days the pen is going to get a lot of work. Might need to do some roster shuffling to have some fresh arms avaliable, especially if they get two short starts in 3 days like they have the last 3 days.

Personally, I'd rather use them up during a 19 games in 18 days stretch that includes 5 games in 4 days against the Cubs.

FIFY

Exactly. In no way, shape, or form do the Brewers want to put Henderson on the 15-day IL when they are about to embark on 19 games in 18 days.

I'm not talking about composite wood. I'm talking about composite plastic/synthetic material. Commercial airliners have composite material and fly at 38,000 feet where it is -45F. All manufacturers would need to be approved by MLB, just like all wood bat manufacturers need to be approved by MLB. The umpires don't inspect any wood bats before plate appearances.

One of the things I have been thinking about for a while is the long-term viability of wood bats. A number of times this season and in recent seasons I have seen bats splinter with parts just missing players. I recall one earlier this year where a Brewers player (Yelich I think) splintered a bat and missed the pitcher by about a foot. I think it's only a matter of time before a catcher/hitter/umpire gets a splinter in the eye/face or part of a bat into exposed skin. You didn't see this 30-40 years ago - bats just mostly cracked. Some of that is due to pitchers throwing harder than ever, but 30-40 years ago batters swung hard enough to hit 40-50 HRs per year despite lower velocity from pitchers. I know from other wood products that the quality of wood is going down. There just isn't enough "old lumber" to meet demand, so trees are rapid-grown and the wood just doesn't get the time to solidify. Then there's the sustainability element. Louisville Slugger goes through 40,000 trees per year making bats. I don't think that is sustainable. I think that composite bats are in the near future. I'm NOT talking about aluminum, we know that isn't viable. I'm talking about composite materials, think more plastic-like. They use composite materials to make commercial airline fuselages, so they won't splinter. I don't doubt that they could make a composite material with close to the weight/density of wood if they wanted to. Bonus if they could utilize recycled materials. Obviously rigorous testing would need to show the distance/exit velocity to be within 5% of a wood bat. They can make adjustments to the ball to get closer to the current distance/exit velocity if they want/need to. Obviously they'll need to use them in the lower levels of the minors for a few years first to test in real conditions. But I think that composite bats, at least in the minors, are within the next 10 years. Unfortunately, I think that something bad is going to need to happen first to accelerate the development.