Fear The Chorizo

No way - its great like it is. Players just need to be better with it at certain times.

I think the stats say different - but it feels like the Brewers have really stunk with ABS challenges the last couple of weeks - both on offense and defense

Wake the hell up, fellas

He's what, 6-21 with a handful of walks the last two postseasons with no slugging? That he's only 1 of 4 hitters with that wRC+ value over a hilariously small sample size for that stat doesn't mean anything besides the rest of the team needs to hit the ball better in October.

That's why this is a debate that is pointless - against a lefty, you've got to have better offensive options to put in the OF than Perkins, when the rest of your OF options could also be plus defenders. Justifying playing Perkins against lefties because his career splits are a bit better than other lefty bat options who are also plus defenders at their OF positions (Mitchell, Frelick) and you don't want to stick Bauers out there isn't what I'm arguing against - the team needs a better bat against LHP that can play OF or, frankly, a better bat that can be a utility IF, too.

The problem is something that has been the Brewers' postseason achilles heel in recent years, though - their position player roster doesn't have enough offense. When Mitchell kept getting hurt, with Yelich needing time out of the OF, Chourio dealing with hammy issues last season and missing time, a player like Perkins is valuable to help a good team churn through regular season wins. However, if those players + Frelick are healthy and producing at reasonable levels, Perkins is a 6th OF on this team because of defense only, and he's worthless in October. Arguing that 1 good defender with a weak offensive game doesn't crater a team's winning percentage too much is kind of silly, when the rest of the roster is pretty damn good. It avoids looking at what the teams winning percentage could be if that roster spot was manned by a player who could provide what has been a problem for this organization leading to playoff exits and the few tough stretches during regular season - offense. The same can be said of their IF left side options right now - Pratt, Ortiz, Hamilton....all plus defenders you can put across demanding IF positions....but they are bottom of the order hitters on any MLB roster that can be upgraded with a better hitter who may not be as slick defensively but can still probably give you a better chance to win a game for you in October instead of just being a postseason run preventer behind a pitching staff that already will be striking a ton of hitters out. I'd much rather add a bat-first OF/IF option to this roster and option Perkins to AAA.

Im guessing 27.5 ft/sec....the common unit running speed is gauged on a baseball field, was the actual speed. Elite speed down the line or from 1st to 3rd gets up to around 30 ft/sec Units are important, Jeff

Gary Sanchez needs to get traded so he stops blowing challenges for this team...wth are you doing challenging that in inning 4????

He cant stay in the game after that

Nothing going to fall tonight - holy cow that was a wicked collision

gas prices where they are now have alot more to do with the price of a barrel of oil when it was initially purchased as a raw material before the refined gas products were manufactured from it, transported through a series of pipelines/tanks/tanker trucks to a gas station's underground storage tank before it's ever pumped into a car's tank and had the hell taxed out of it (variable based on the state you live in). It's not like an oil price future drops 10% and instantly the price of refined products from oil that was purchased 1-2 months earlier also drops at the exact same time. Also, gas stations often intentionally reduce their margins on a gallon of gas when prices run up to avoid customers foregoing convenience store purchases altogether (where the gas stations actually make a profit), knowing once the price of oil drops and stabilizes that they will lower the gas prices more slowly to recoup some of those margins because the consumer has gotten used to paying more at the pump. the ~$70/barrel oil prices now will be reflected in gas prices in August - we are seeing gradual drops around me below $3.70 a gallon and continuing to go lower. 1 month ago oil prices were still pretty close to $100/barrel.

Cubs have used fewer pitchers today on a bullpen game....unacceptable from this offense

Ashby needs a solid week off

Of course

There are going to be troughs when scoring runs is a problem for this team....it still sucks watching it.

For the love of God can someone do the job with RISP?

BA doing his best to jinx woodruff gushing on all his pitching craftiness while he's starting to leave pitches middle-middle

I'm convinced if PCA would never get a strike thrown to him, and coaches would tell him that'sthe case, his OBP would still be sub-200

He should be viewed as trade package fodder at this year's deadline. They will need his 40 man spot next year, if not sooner, anyway for more highly regarded prospects on their way up

I'm thinking the impact reliever list I'd want to acquire starts and ends with Chapman. Would be fine giving up value for him down the stretch to bolster the back end of the pen

Koenig back is that relief option...but I think they should target another closer/late inning arm at the deadline, too. And yeah, a 6 man rotation with quality arms is a good idea at this point in the season - the Brewers have the depth to do just that, which is crazy considering Priester is out injured the whole season.

Just putrid

Sproat isn't going anywhere after his last start - having piggyback options and 6 man rotation options through this stretch to get to the AS break makes alot of sense now that Woodruff is back. I'd assume Koenig gets activated tonight, too - which adds another high leverage reliever to the mix. With this stretch, I think you send Perkins back down and add the extra pitcher in Koenig to the roster.

Cubs have been scoring runs in bunches lately, but that pitching staff is in shambles. Cant think of a better way to start the weekend than Miz shutting them down for 7 and the offense knocking Rea around to keep the strain on a taxed bullpen.

Lol!