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Our game threads only get posts when things go bad. Yesterday we were at like 3 pages and then Hader happened. All of a sudden 9-10 pages. Stinks that we don’t have posters right now unless they have something lousy to say about the team.

That will hopefully quiet the drafting of a WR for a bit now. MVS!

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Time of possession: GB- 23 Mins Min- 7 Mins

Bump.

He stumbles over just about everything he tries to say.

I think we should add it to the red zone play book.

Bruiser looked good on that first carry.

That should do it for this one. Lock down defense the rest of the way.

Now let’s go get our FG and get the lead back!

Throw the red zone part of your playbook in the garbage and start new. Awful stuff so far.

Local to the Milwaukee area, Jonathan Stiever (Cedarburg HS) will be making his major league debut today for the White Sox as their starting pitcher. Stiever was a 2015 graduate.

This. And it’s not close. The minute he’s been put into the 9th and only the 9th was the beginning of the end for his value to this team.

Stupid loss. Could be one that keeps them out. The big names have killed this team this Covid season. Yelich is a bum.

And Counsell put Taylor out there so no Braun in the 9th. Cool. Cool.

Frustrating to say the least.

I don’t care who we play. Just get in and let it ride.

Ryan Braun ready time carry us to another playoff appearance for this franchise. So disappointed in the lack of posters around here lately. Where the hell is everyone?!? It’s September and all for cripes sake.

David Ross on Brandon Woodruff Brent Suter: "That's a No. 1 starter. That's a real ace."

Stearns had to of stepped in with Sogard. No other explanation.

Giannis unfollows the Bucks and all of his teammates on Instagram. I miss the days of this stuff not existing sometimes and this is a perfect example of why. But, this can’t be a very good sign of things.

Maybe we need to look at the right data. Some data suggests he is pitching better than he was a year ago: Hard hit %: 2019 - 35.3%, 2020 - 30.8% Soft hit %: 2019 - 17.8%, 2020 - 21.1% Exit velocity: 2019 - 86.7, 2020 - 86.0 Ground ball %: 2019 - 53.4%, 2020 - 62.9% Fly ball %: 2019 - 25.5%, 2020 - 15.9% Infield fly ball %: 2019 - 5.3%, 2020 - 9.5% Launch angle: 2019 - 5.3, 2020 - (-0.7) BABIP: 2019 - .301, 2020 - .331 The outlier is HR/FB% (18.4% in 2019 to 28.6% in 2020), but his flyball % is down so that isn't a big factor (HR/9 was 1.13 in 2019 to 1.27 in 2020, not a significant increase). His xFIP in 2019 was 3.60 and in 2020 is 3.85. I'd take that as a starter over the course of 162 games; over 8 starts anything can happen. Maybe it's bad luck. Maybe it's bad pitch-calling, because that has changed significantly over last year. Four-seam fastball: 2019 - 31.4%, 2020 - 17.1% Two-seam fastball: 2019 - 36.0%, 2020 - 47.9% Changeup: 2019 - 7.0%, 2020 - 12.6% Curveball: 2019 - 13.9%, 2020 - 11.2% Maybe throwing the two-seamer almost half of the time has made him more predictable, and he needs to throw the 4-seam and curve more often. Maybe the changeup and two-seam have similar sinking action and makes them easier to hit. What it looks like is the change in pitch selection has resulted in fewer strikeouts and more balls in play, and the balls that have been put in play - while softer in contact and much more on the ground than in the air - have found holes in the defense for an above-average hit %. And that's more luck and coaching than his skill set. I’m not saying any of this is wrong or that there’s no chance he will be a decent starting pitcher. But, he’s never actually had a season full worth of good results as a starting pitcher. Not as a Brewer. Not as a minor leaguer. But we keep making a case for him. I can understand why the organization wants to give it a go because it’d be another cheap option to a rotation but at some point the results matter in the grand scheme of this game and he just hasn’t gotten it done consistently enough to warrant a starting spot. At least not when he has shown he could be an elite piece to a back end of the pen.

If Houser ever found “it” to be a #3 this would be one hell of a rotation. I can see why the Brewers would go down this road with Houser but I don’t think they’ll hit pay dirt with this one. I just keep dreaming how even more ridiculous our back end of the bullpen could truly be.

Per Adam McCalvy: There’s been too many nice compliments from Cubs recently.

Ryan Braun Forever!!!