Fear The Chorizo
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Just luring in that false sense of cubby confidence before the brewers win the last 3 this series Chess, not checkers, lol
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Jake needs the rest of the night off
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That honestly is more of an in-game benchable offense than not running 100 mph out of the box on a pop fly down the RF line you didnt immediately pick up, IMO
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So is the Brewers ability to challenge garbage calls
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Cant throw strikes with offspeed, not hitting 96 or commanding = getting shelled on a warm night wkth the ball jumping As soon as I saw the forecast for today and knew they had a sinkerballer going, this game looked like an L. Wonder what the heck this team did saturday night after they beat the rangers, too
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That was ball 4 - thanks Bauers
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What do you know...PCA does still swing at pitches that arent middle middle
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Like, now if Harrison gets squeezed, it can't be checked at all by Contreras Just can't challenge that top 1
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Just a horrid 1st inning challeng there, Jake Swing the damn bats guys
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Win at least one of these 1st two games with Miz and Henderson wrapping up the series and really put the screws to these clowns...Cubs are as close to falling completely out of the playoffs as they are to overtaking the Brewers at this point. Forecast looks to have Wrigley Field playing like a little league diamond - hot and winds mainly out of the southwest (straight out)....get the bats going early and keep tacking on.
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My point is, why give in until he lives on base with 3 walks a game - especially when the rest of their lineup isnt raking nearly as much as PCA is? When pitchers attack him on the fringes of the zone, he still gets himself out plenty. Credit where it's due, because PCA isnt missing middle middle pitches during this extended power streak - that doesnt mean he has to see those pitches every ay bat, though.
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I mean, the Reds' approach appeared to be just feed him pitches right down the middle. He's on a heater for sure - but honestly I cannot understand why teams are even giving him strikes consistently to hit. He still will get himself out plenty if teams give him that opportunity. It will be interesting to see how the Brewers pitch him, since they've done by far the best job in the majors against him this season in terms of his OPS against...most of that damage was from walk. Been quite awhile since these teams faced each other.
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Yeah this game just feels like nobody is awake
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Is it me or is this game dragging insanely slow? Pitchers working slow, a million foul balls
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Feels like May has too many putches in his arsenal, and doesnt command anything well enough. This game might last until tuesday at this rate...both pitchers take forever in their windups
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Thurs. 8/27: Lets(on) Have Some Fun
Fear The Chorizo replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
understood...I think Fischer is, too - and even if he won't become a gold glover, defensively he's decent enough to play 3rd or 1B with that kind of pop everyday, assuming the everyday DH spot isn't available as soon as Fischer gets called up. I expect him to open next season in AAA, and assuming MLB gets its act together and there isn't a strike/lockout in 2027, Fischer will be in Milwaukee before the AS break. -
Thurs. 8/27: Lets(on) Have Some Fun
Fear The Chorizo replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
It's one minor league season...but Fischer's walk rate of 17% would put him in the top 5 of qualified MLBers this year. He strikes out alot, but also walks alot and 42 HRs in a minor league season is really hard to minimize. -
Benching Pratt is overblown nonsense.
Fear The Chorizo replied to TURBO's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I tend to disagree - how do we know Pratt didn't get pulled aside in the dugout tunnel after his botched bunt AB to relay that type of message, only to see that bloop hit the next AB and that just bubbled over and triggered him taking a seat. I don't love the look of it - but I'm not in that dugout either -
Benching Pratt is overblown nonsense.
Fear The Chorizo replied to TURBO's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Ask Andruw Jones about that. He got pulled off the field mid game after letting a ball drop in front of him in center right after taking a strikeout from the previous AB onto the field with him mentally. When this move happened, 1st thing I thought of was Bobby Cox and Jones - as it was more than all out hustling on that bloop hit for Pratt that game. -
We do know that a business has to make a profit to attract investor interest - expecting an ownership group to not receive some sort of dividend/return on investment annually and just hold an asset indefinitely until the franchise is sold is not realistic. I think people assume MLB teams rake in much more profit annually than they actually do
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Whenever I read something like this, it never feels like the expenses an organization has to cover are taken into account, either. When you say "making", is that based on profit or just income/revenue? The Packers, one of the few professional teams forced to disclose their books annually due to being publicly held, operated at a slight loss in 2026 despite huge advantages in shared TV money and a more nationwide following. Them playing in a league with a salary cap tied to what the NFL brings in revenue-wise is a much different way to operate a franchise without worrying about longterm sustainability to run a team with increasing player payroll with contracts that are fully guaranteed - let alone remaining competitive when the financial playing field is equal for onfield players and one franchise QB can automatically guarantee you an annual postseason shot. Based on recent events in the news, I'd imagine the Dodgers books look like a singed and crumpled up 9th grade book report gone wrong with how cooked they probably are. And that's the team primarily driving the explosion in revenue disparity across MLB - what percentage of it is actually above-board is highly debatable at this point.
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It helps having an owner who dabbles in insurance companies to create what is likely a felony-level circular ponzi scheme for printing revenues in one of the largest TV markets in the world, I guess.
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It needs to be stated constantly that Mark A is the Brewers' principal and managing owner...but he doesn't even have more than a 50% stake in the overall organization. Spending less than one might hope is fair - but like it or not the organization's spending power doesn't rely on Mark A's personal checkbook (which wouldn't help at all since I'd imagine most of his wealth isn't liquid). It relies on the amount of revenue the league's smallest market can generate routinely. Despite crappy tv broadcast revenue money and the geographic limitations the Brewers have for market size, the Brewers have rarely found themselves at the absolute bottom of league payroll - and that's a huge credit to Mark A. and the overall ownership group building an organization that operates like a mid-market ball club. I don't see how anyone can view Mark A. as a negative in any way for the Brewers' organization.
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Honestly that's a bigger hurdle for them making up ground than if they had 0 games left against the Brewers - because the brewers are the toughest matchup the cubs have left on their schedule. It would actually surprise me if the cubs dont lose more ground after those 7 games compared to gaining
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There's a reason the Brewers are 7 wins better than the Cubs at this stage of the season, whether cub fans admit it or not... The brewers are a better team.
