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Then why have the Brewers gone 10-15 in May? There is obviously a lot more to winning games than some of these advanced stats that are thrown around. There are so many of them that it can’t be hard to find some that make the case for one team over another.
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I’d rather be known for expressing my opinions than what some others on this board are known for.
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The Cardinals starting pitching has undeniably been terrible, and yet as a team they are only allowing about .25 runs more than the Brewers while scoring almost a run per game more. Is it more likely that the Cardinals SP will improve, or that the Brewers offense, which has barely managed 3 runs per game over the last month, will suddenly start producing at something close to the league average? Unless something changes significantly, the NL Central is going to be won by a seriously flawed team winning barely more than half their games. If I were betting, I would take the Cardinals at 3-1 over the Brewers at 1-3.
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I always wonder how well these projections factor in how existing injuries will affect future team performance, and the greater ability of some teams to make impact deadline deals. With those factors in mind I think the Brewers chances are being overstated relative to the Cardinals and, to a lesser extent, the Mets, Phillies, and Padres.
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Some hitters to make the games entertaining so we don’t have to focus on sideshows.
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For the record, the series against the Astros next week is at home.
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Wainwright probably thinks it’s a shame that he didn’t get to face the Brewers instead of the Dodgers.
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The Cardinals are breaking out the HR whooping sticks on the Dodgers. And the Dodgers are whooping back. But no match for the Cards 7 HR.
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I didn’t vote in the poll because none of the choices reflect what I think. My benchmark for Yelich is first half of 2018, which statistically looked pretty similar to his last couple of years with the Marlins. But it was really our first chance to see him in action on a regular basis, and I was impressed with how he sprayed the ball around the field and flashed some power. At the All Star break I think he had about 12 HR and an OPS in the low .800s.. Nobody could have predicted what he did for the next year and a half, which might have been aided by what appeared to be a lively ball. Because he had a stretch right about this time last year that made it look like he was returning to form, I’m at best hopefully optimistic that he’s going to return to something close to that benchmark. I recall that even in his best years Yelich had some issues with upper body injuries, like back spasms and maybe an oblique issue that put him on the IL . Maybe some of the numbers about his throwing indicate that he is healthier than he has been for a few years. 🤞🏻Fingers crossed
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The only reason the Brewers are in “great” shape is that the division is in such terrible shape. Just finishing .500 might be good enough to win it. The problems with the offense aren’t going to be solved by a player like Urias.
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The Brewers probably would have been better off facing Ohtani than Anderson or Suarez.
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The Bucs open their series in Tampa tomorrow. The Rays will be starting Javy Guerra.
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Funny, but when I pointed out last year that the Brewers hot April was padded by a lot of games against the Reds, Pirates, and Cubs I was dismissed as a pessimist. The Brewers proceeded to play .500 ball the rest of the season. I wouldn’t be too quick to dismiss the Cubs and Pirates as potential contenders to win the division. If the Cardinals don’t straighten out like they seem to every year, and the Brewers can’t stabilize their pitching situation, we could be looking at a division race that could be won with 85 wins or less, and it wouldn’t take that much for those teams to achieve that. As a previous poster pointed out, it isn’t unusual for baseball teams to have a significant year over year improvement that nobody predicted before the season started. The Brewers have done it a few times, in 1978, 2007, and 2017. The Royals in 2015 went from years of futility to the World Series. As the Brewers have shown in this homestand, beating teams that a team “should” beat doesn’t always happen. So, I wouldn’t scoff at the Pirates beating up on the Reds (who just swept the Rangers) and Rockies, or the Cubs for winning something like 10 of 13 recently.
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Just the latest example of why I never spend a lot of time focusing on what to do with too many players. In the off-season we thought the Brewers had great depth in the starting rotation and outfield and that depth has been eroded already. I’ll leave it to the people who follow the minor leagues closely to suggest what the best moves are, but if Frelick is a real prospect it would seem that moving Mitchell and/or Woodruff to the 60 day IL and adding Frelick to the 40 man roster would make sense. With no mention of Taylor that I’ve heard for weeks he can’t be close to returning.
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Give us your best tips on watching a game at AmFam
BruisedCrew replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
My biggest tip for people coming with kids and who are interested in saving money is to take maximum advantage of the carry in policy. Because we live in town we generally just go for the game and don’t spend much on concessions. In my old age I’ve gotten lazier about getting a bag checked when we enter, and if I feel like having a snack I just pay for it. But before they tightened up the policy some after COVID I would bring in a small soft sided cooler with small bottles of water or soda and a bag of peanuts and we would be pretty much set. If we feel like a hot dog or brat we buy them. I see a lot of people who spend significantly more on just concessions than we spend on tickets and parking. We love our 10 pack seats in row 1 of the terrace boxes in section 424 (just to the left of home plate). I think they provide a much better overall view of the action than many seats in lower levels that cost 2 or 3 times more. Plus, the front row seats have a little more legroom and cup holders. -
Rays lose to the Jays so the record stays at 13.
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Isn’t 25,000 only a sellout because they keep their upper deck closed?
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I had some hopes that the Jays would end the Rays winning streak tonight and leave the Brewers with a share of the record. Those hopes took a big hit when I saw the Berrios was starting. ETA- Springer homered off Drew Rasmussen to give the Jays a quick 1-0 lead.
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Because it is all but an absolute certainty that there will be injuries (in addition to the ones that have already sprouted up) that isn’t exactly going out on a limb.
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The Cards pitching staff didn’t look like that much of a dumpster fire last weekend as they held the Brewers to 10 runs in 3 games. I enjoy every Cardinals loss, but I don’t think they’re the disaster some are making them out to be, even right now.
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I would think that people would learn that the Cardinals are never a dumpster fire for very long. As an organization they always have the resources in both players and cash to put together a contending team. I don’t think they are panicking about a 5-7 start.any more than they were about being 4 games behind the Brewers in late July last year.
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They aren’t posting it this morning.
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I just saw the replay of the Cruz play. You can barely call that a slide it was so late. He looked more like he was aiming for the catcher than the plate. IMHO, if he had slid to the back side of the plate (either head first or feet first) with the high throw he could have scored without colliding with the catcher. I can see why the catcher was upset
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2023 Brewers Season Predictions (Post-ST)
BruisedCrew replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don’t expect it to be a big difference in the W-L record, but relative to the rest of the NL teams that they’ll be competing with for playoff spots, the Brewers are losing games against a worse group of teams than the teams in the NL West and (especially) East. The schedules will be more equitable now. -
2023 Brewers Season Predictions (Post-ST)
BruisedCrew replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'm going to skip the individual categories and just make my comments on the overall record. I am relatively bearish on the Brewers because it's hard for me to see how, at least on paper, the team is better than the team that played .500 ball for the last 5 months of the 2022 season. Compared to other teams that are considered playoff contenders they seem to have more question marks. I also think the schedule will be tougher this year as the new schedule doesn't offer as many games as the Brewers had last year against the Pirates, Reds, and Cubs (who still won the season series and should be improved this year). To be a contender a lot of things have to go right, including injury free seasons from the top pitchers. With Ashby and Houser starting the season on the IL, that hope is already off to a bad start. I also think the bullpen is not going to be the asset that it has been when the Brewers were most successful. The duo of Williams and Hader was a huge asset, and that no longer exists. Williams might be fine in the closer role, but there are a lot of question marks in the setup role. Like last year, I expect the Brewers to be middle of the pack in MLB in offense, and I don't think the pitching will be dominant enough to carry that offense to the playoffs. So, my bottom line prediction is 82-80 and fighting with the Cubs for second place in the division. No playoffs.
