BruisedCrew

I am more wary than some people of counting too heavily on players that have not proven that they can hit major league pitching. It’s one of the reasons that I hope that the Brewers don’t trade Adames this off-season. Even his disappointing performances are better than what many (if not most) rookies produce, and his defense and clubhouse presence have value too.

It seems like almost all,of the discussion about trading Burnes involves getting a “haul” of prospects for him. But, if the Brewers are confident that their minor league system is strong, wouldn’t it make sense for a trade involving Burnes to include the Brewers getting a player that has already had at least some success in MLB to provide some immediate help, preferably at one of the positions where the Brewers were especially weak in 2023 (like 1B or 3B)? I don’t follow other teams’ rosters or minor league prospects anywhere near well enough to name specific players. But maybe someone who has an MLB track record similar to what Yelich had when the Brewers acquired him. A big market team with a lot of hitting but a strong need for a top of the rotation starter might be willing to part with one of their younger, established hitters, especially if they think they have a replacement for the hitter in their system.

Compared to a few other sports disappointments in the last year, this one doesn’t bother me that much. A large part of it is that I never was able to convince myself that this team was likely to make a deep run. I was much more disappointed in 2021. The Woodruff news on Monday made that deep run even less likely,

Your obsession with this issue is startling. I never said that anyone else was or wasn't making assumptions; I was just speaking for myself. I think I am using the proper definition of "assumption" for this context. While you may think so, I was never assuming that Woodruff would be out for the whole postseason, or taking anything for granted. What you seem to be saying is that any conclusion or opinion that is based on some facts, but cannot be absolutely proven, makes that conclusion or opinion an assumption. I don't agree with that. I've made my point. If you want to keep harassing me about this arcane point, and calling me "arrogant", I won't be responding. We'll have to agree to disagree about whether I made an assumption in reaching my conclusion.

I think this is the real issue with the Brewers the way they have been constructed since 2021. Their quality and depth in both the rotation and bullpen can pile up wins in the regular season when there are a lot of games against bad teams or bottom rotation starters or both. But in the playoffs the pitching advantage is reduced or eliminated by the better teams and the opponents’ offensive advantage takes over.

Phillies-Braves could be an interesting series.

11 runs in 6 playoff games in 2021 and 2023. I won’t even count 2020 because that dreary team was a “playoff team” only because of the expanded playoffs and playing only teams from the miserable NL and AL Central Divisions to qualify with a record under .500.

Classic Brewers fail.

Miller for Frelick? Please no DP. I want to see Donaldson get a shot at a LHP as the go ahead run?

I will be very surprised, and very disappointed if that happens.

If you count a one game wild card game as a series.

A lot of fans are not happy seeing Winker at the plate. Milwaukee fans generally don’t boo the home team so you have to be really bad to draw the razzberries.

I’m beginning to think that going into the playoffs with the worst, or one of the worst, offenses among the playoff teams is not a formula for success.

Looking like there will be no games tomorrow.

Great job by Peralta getting back on schedule after that first inning.

Yeah, 20 pitches is not ideal.

At least the Brewers crowd is not embarrassing like the Rays. They had 19,000 yesterday and today when some fans started booing the announcer said that some in the “group” were booing because you couldn’t call it a crowd.

Watching this Rays game is raising my fears about what might happen tonight. After a terrible first game, the Rays fell behind early and are going down meekly. That could easily be the Brewers tonight if the DBacks jump ahead and Gallen displays the same mastery over the Brewers that he did in his two starts this season.

There were some comments last night that there were a lot of empty seats at AFF and that the crowd enthusiasm was low. Looking at prices on Stub Hub it looks like the crowd will be smaller tonight. I wonder how many tickets to these games were sold to people (both fans and brokers) anticipating the Cubs being in this series

The Rays are on the verge of becoming the latest home team to lose a WC series.

As I alluded to earlier our difference seems to be over the meanings of the words "assumption" and "conclusion". Since you are insisting on pursuing this, I'm going to get a little professorial about it. I am using the words "assumption" and "conclusion" as they are defined in the dictionary, and I think that you, Brewcrew82, and maybe some others, are using the word "assumption" incorrectly. Specifically, here are the relevant definitions of these words as they appear in the Meriam-Webster dictionary: Assumption: "something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning". (My bolding added). Conclusion: "an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning". In this case, as I have explained more than once, I took some facts and evidence, specifically Woodruff's previous experience with the same injury, and the comments made by Counsell and Woodruff, and used them to reach the conclusion that Woodruff will miss the entire postseason. I never claimed that my conclusion will definitely prove to be correct, but I didn't make any assumptions as part of reaching that conclusion. Some interpretation or analysis of facts is often a necessary part of reaching a conclusion, but that's a lot different than making an assumption. It's part of the "process of reasoning". I think it's bizarre that you continue to push this even while conceding that most everyone agrees with my conclusion. But, I guess I'm not surprised because this isn't the first time that you've jumped into an exchange to challenge my opinions. If using words properly makes me arrogant, then I guess I'm guilty, but I'm not going to use them improperly just to satisfy people on this board. If it makes you feel better, I admit that I did not, and still do not, know for certain that Woodruff would miss the entire postseason even if the Brewers go all the way to the World Series. And, if you want to conclude (incorrectly) that I used assumptions to reach that conclusion, go ahead.

They might not be afraid of facing a good pitcher but they might be incapable of hitting one. This was a game the Brewers really needed to win and they laid a major egg on several fronts. The team that won the first game won every series in the wild card round last year and only one of them went 3 games. The Brewers have put themselves into a tough spot.

And there’s the game. Worst case scenario for the Brewers. Lose a game while facing what will probably be the worst starting pitcher any team will have to use in the playoffs and burn up their own bullpen in the process.

Good thing they had Winker for that spot.

Though they will have Gallen (who has owned the Brewers) tomorrow and might not need much of a bullpen. Meanwhile the Brewers will probably have Miley and the Brewers bullpen has been used heavily too. If the Brewers don’t come back in this one, they will be in a pretty tough spot.