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  1. Eye Black
    Had higher hopes with a runner on 2B and nobody out, but I’ll take my chances with Hiura at this point and two outs.
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    Wow, that was a pitch Yelich **could have** crushed.
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    Hook is a genius! Well Lyles is pitching even better with the Brewers this year than last.
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    Perez, please put Yelich in a spot to hit a go ahead HR.
  5. Eye Black
    I think another good question is which team you would prefer to play in the Wild Card game? I would rank the possibilities as follows (in order of most preferred opponent to least preferred)... 1) Phillies (likely starter: RHP Aaron Nola) 2) Cardinals (likely starter: RHP Miles Mikolas) 3) Diamondbacks (likely starter: LHP Robbie Ray) 4) Mets (likely starter: RHP Jacob deGrom) 5) Cubs (likely starter: Anybody’s guess what Maddon would do against the Brewers in a WC game) 6) Nationals (likely starter: RHP Max Scherzer)
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    Mike Minor pitched a 7-inning shutout his last time out against the Indians, but prior to that he had sort of a rough July where he gave up 4-5 earned runs in every outing with the exception of one where he gave up 3 ER. Hopefully the Brewers can get him back down that track.
  7. Eye Black
    I would be a proponent of working something out with Keston Hiura this off-season. Christian Yelich signed a seven-year, $49.57 million deal (with a club option for an eighth year) in the spring before his age-23 season. He had more total MLB experience (1.5 years in the majors at that point), but a similar concept to locking up Hiura with some amount of cost certainty.
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    Jordan Lyles: Batter (Rangers) vs Pitching Stats Mike Minor: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats
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    This was my biggest takeaway from the game tonight. Grisham was stinging the ball and moving well on the bases. He even made a solid throw from the warning track to 2B on a single. He looks the part of a solid major leaguer. We can bemoan the lack of impact talent in the farm system, or worry about the players that seemingly took steps backward this year, but Grisham is looking more and more like an unequivocal development success story. Assuming it isn’t a mirage, this seems like a huge boon for the organization. Having another top half of the order type bat to pair with Keston Hiura for years to come is a significant addition.
  10. Eye Black
    Still no Yelich.
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    The Brewers’ Triple-A squad faced Pedro Payano just over three weeks ago (July 16). In that Payano start San Antonio tallied 5 earned runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in just 2.2 innings. Trent Grisham had a bunt single and a walk against Payano. The biggest blow against Payano was a Lucas Erceg 2-run home run in the 3rd inning.
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    I don’t agree with some of the points in this FanGraphs article, The Cubs Are Slowly Pulling Away, but found it an interesting read nevertheless. Below are each team’s positional rankings based on the Fangraphs depth charts (screenshot from the article): In the article author Dan Szymborski goes on to point out that Marcus Stroman would have been the perfect addition for the Brewers and they should have traded whatever prospects necessary. I don’t disagree Stroman would have been a great addition, but as has been discussed elsewhere I think the Blue Jays were intent on getting pitching in return and I’m not sure the Brewers had the arms in their system that appealed to Toronto.
  14. Eye Black
    NL wild card race heading into Saturday, August 10th (image via MLB Twitter account).
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    [pre]Rangers Lineup Brewers Lineup 1. Shin-Soo Choo (L) LF 1. Trent Grisham (L) RF 2. Danny Santana (S) CF 2. Yasmani Grandal (S) C 3. Elvis Andrus ® SS 3. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 4. Rougned Odor (L) 2B 4. Keston Hiura ® 2B 5. Nomar Mazara (L) RF 5. Ryan Braun ® LF 6. Logan Forsythe ® 1B 6. Eric Thames (L) 1B 7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa ® 3B 7. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 8. Jose Trevino ® C 8. Orlando Arcia ® SS 9. Pedro Payano ® P 9. Adrian Houser ® P[/pre]
  16. Eye Black
    Thank goodness for Eric Thames. Couldn’t lose this one.
  17. Eye Black
    The league is on pace for 2,400 more HRs this year than just five years ago (2014), so I think it’s safe to say most pitching staffs have been affected.
  18. Eye Black
    The two, 2-strike HBPs aren’t much more fun to watch than the HRs. The Brewers need to win this game.
  19. Eye Black
    I agree that teams are likely lining up their LHP to face the Brewers, but it is worth keeping in mind that not all of the Brewers left-handed hitters carry significant platoon splits. During much of his career in the minor Trent Grisham has produced fairly even batting lines against both RHP and LHP, and during his major league career Ben Gamel has actually performed better against LHPs with a .749 OPS against them versus a .711 OPS facing RHP.
  20. Eye Black
    [pre]Rangers Lineup Brewers Lineup 1. Delino DeShields ® CF 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 2. Danny Santana (S) 1B 2. Keston Hiura ® 2B 3. Elvis Andrus ® SS 3. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 4. Willie Calhoun (L) LF 4. Ryan Braun ® LF 5. Hunter Pence ® RF 5. Yasmani Grandal (S) 1B 6. Rougned Odor (L) 2B 6. Manny Pina ® C 7. Logan Forsythe ® 3B 7. Trent Grisham (L) RF 8. Jeff Mathis ® C 8. Hernan Perez ® SS 9. Kolby Allard (L) P 9. Gio Gonzalez ® P[/pre] Gio González: Batter (Rangers) vs Pitching Stats
  21. Eye Black
    In 2014 at age 28 he had the third highest WAR in the National League (6.6 bWAR), finished 4th in the MVP voting, led all of baseball in doubles (53), had a .301 BA / .373 OBP / .465 SLG slash line, and was considered an elite pitch framer. That season probably deserves a different adjective than “nice” in my opinion.
  22. Eye Black
    The Brewers are now sole occupants of the 2nd wild card spot with three teams just 0.5 GB of them (Cardinals, Mets, Phillies) and the next closest teams 1.5 GB (Diamondbacks) and 3.0 GB (Giants). The Nationals remain in the 1st WC spot by 2.0 games. Odds are that one or more of those teams currently vying for the wild card game will go on a hot streak over the final month and a half of the season. Here is my prediction on what each will take (2nd WC, 1st WC, NL Champ): I predict it will take 87 wins to get the second Wild Card spot outright, and 86 wins to tie for the spot. In the case of the Brewers this would mean finishing 27-19 to secure it outright and 26-20 in order to hold a play-in game for the spot. I think it will take 89 wins to secure the first Wild Card spot. In the case of the Brewers this would mean finishing 29-17. I think it will take 90 wins to take the NL Central outright. In the case of the Brewers this would mean finishing 30-16. For the Cardinals to achieve 90 wins it would mean finishing 32-17, and for the Cubs they would have to finish 27-20 to get to 90 wins.
  23. Eye Black
    The Brewers are now back tied with the Phillies for the second Wild Card spot and 2.0 GB of the Nationals for the top wild card spot. They trail the Cubs by 3.0 games for the division lead. Following the August 7th games a year ago the Brewers were 2.5 GB of the Cubs for the division lead and were sitting in the first wild card spot, 1.0 game ahead of the Braves who occupied the second Wild Card spot at the time. All things considered it seems sort of incredible the Brewers remain well positioned to make a run at both the division and wild card spots over the final quarter of the season.
  24. Eye Black
    Nice sweep! I like the stress free wins best.
  25. Eye Black
    “Slowing” Unfortunately the defense probably isn’t voodoo, but I think it can get a little better with more playing time. The arm strength likely is what it is at this point.
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