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42 pitches for Gasser through 4. This is incredible so far. (knock on wood)

That was a great swing by Coop.

Lot of pitches for only 4 hitters. Good 'nothing' inning, if nothing else.

dang, this is brutal.

Miz did the dang thing. Different ways that aces need to be aces for a team and on the back side of a huge stretch with no games off and on the front side of a double header.. we really needed him to eat up some innings for us and he did it. As long as Gasser doesn't trip out of the blocks, we're going to come through the day in good shape. I would bet a nickel Lara is going to be in there for game two and I'm excited for it.

Shout out to the bottom two (Pratt/Ortiz) for drawing us back to even.

Dang, had them in a spot to put a ton of pitches on the guy they need length from. Let's restart the train Brice..

Nevermind, do whatever you want.

Yeli drag a bunt to 1B.. no one is there.

3B Joey Ortiz offensive juggernaut confirmed.

Miz is pissed. He is throwing 104 consistently.

Well they certainly have a game plan against Miz. He faced 6 hitters and threw 14 total pitches.

His first call up wasn't anything to be excited about but for what it's worth Greg Jones has hit pretty decently since going back down to Nashville... .289/.423/.380/.803 on the season now down there.

Given the light panic of the projected situation after Woodruff left the game a few nights ago - the bullpen is in as good of shape as we could have hoped I think. Theoretically if you can get 10 combined of the 18 from Miz and Gasser .. you would need 1 each from the remaining 8 who are available (assuming Megill is down). Any additional length today from either starter or any reliever and we shouldn't be too stressed?

Tyler Black would be the other option I think.

If both of those guys are next in line to get a shot with the club why are they in AA? Why haven't we moved them to AAA to further develop them against better competition while they wait their turn?

Yeah, not many choices on the 40 man for IF depth. Jones over Black is a little head scratching if they are bussing over an 'in case' guy. Black had success here earlier this year and while we don't want him playing 3rd.. he can. He has done it before. Unless he has an injury we are unaware of.

I don't know if you are trolling or not..

.. and a full season of development next year.

I'm curious what the plan is here. I'm not sure where the at bats are for Lara. I guess Chourio could DH against lefties... So Yeli loses at bats. That's fine. But the outfield has been rolling as of late.. can't sit Mitchell and Sal has been really good.

In June, Perkins hit .320/.414/.560/.974

Thankful to be back in central time. Happy to see 9 names back on the bullpen chart.

Re: soccer, in the end almost all sports are the exact same thing (with some exceptions). They are just repackaged differently to appeal to different personalities. Boxing and soccer are eerily similar in what is happening. A boxing match of equal opponents has two people spending their time discovering or creating weaknesses in their opponent in an effort to ultimately knock them out. Continual body shots eventually should lower an opponent's arm(s) to allow for strikes above the shoulders, etc Soccer is the exact same thing, just repackaged. Equal opponents test each other's responses to pressure, see how they defend different offensive looks, wait for the opponent to overextend before going on the offensive, etc. A soccer goal and a clean upper cut to the jaw are the exact same thing. One is meant to entertain the adrenaline junkie and one is meant to entertain the chess player. Sometimes it entertains both. Soccer, to me, is far more interesting when you watch the movement of a team away from the ball. The person with the ball is the least interesting part of the match. Baseball gets the same 'boring' criticism from the NFL/NASCAR, etc crowd. But if you are watching baseball just to see someone hit something 450ft to center you are going to be bored. Watching hitters stay alive to get a specific pitch to hammer? That's the puzzle. Watching a pitcher/catcher throw 0-2 slider low, 1-2 slider low, fastball up to get the swinging strike? That's the meat of it all. The home runs and goals and knockouts, etc ... that's all just frosting on a still very incredible cake. Just my humble opinion.

If we are counting Bauers as an everyday guy right now and the debate is Frelick v Vaughn I am not sure who can complain about how the Brewers utilized both guys recently. I would have to look at the numbers again for exact stats but in June Frelick hit .350 or so with an OPS just under .900 and Vaughn his .333 or thereabouts with an OPS just over .900. If we are platooning those two guys and getting that kind of production from the combo I can't fault how Murphy has used them. ESPECIALLY considering what you mention, which is having a wild card option on the bench to win a game late when an opposing team brings in a lefty. Vaughn late with a run scoring opp against a LHP is the equivalent of an offensive closer.