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Seriously?
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Brosseau reacted like that was long gone, but it didn’t get out by that much.
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Counsell pushed the right button that time.
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Major fail from Yelich.
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Good bunt from Mitchell. Now get at least one of those runs in. A slap hit to left center from Yelich would be nice.
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Add on runs are welcome and needed.
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Boxberger angling for a repeat of last night.
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I think the approach to next season has to start with an honest assessment of whether the pitching staff had an abnormal amount of bad luck this season, both with injuries and off seasons. That goes for the starters and the bullpen. There are a lot of bodies available for the bullpen that have had some success but have missed significant time with injuries. If the front office believes that, they can focus more on the offense and try to do what they tried (and failed) to do this year.
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Adames with his first real hot streak since early in the season. Might have to find a way to pull a 1-0 win out of this one.
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Here we go. Houser did the best he could holding the Mets scoreless for 4.2 innings, and now it’s up to 5 relievers (most of whom appeared last night) to try to keep them scoreless in case the Brewers offense can break through.
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I was at a game at Fenway Park in 2017 and the Red Sox brought in ABAD pitcher. That’s Fernando Abad. It looked funny on the scoreboard.
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Mitchell really looked bad on that fly ball should have turned into an easy out. Fortunately it didn’t produce a run.
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Just tuning in. Last night’s game was one of the biggest downers of the season for me. Not only did they let a 4 run lead get away, but it highlighted the dire straits the pitching staff is in now. Short starts and a bullpen that is showing that it has been overused to the point that even the otherwise reliable options are getting tattooed. Williams is pretty useless if they can’t get to the late innings with a lead or a tie. It’s hard to see how the Brewers are going to string together wins when they are using bullpen games or starters on strict pitch limits in 60% of the games. Burnes is showing signs of wear too. This team is not built to win games by outscoring opponents in higher scoring games. They might win one like that once in a while like they did last Friday. But results like Sunday and last night are going to be more common.
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Irrelevant.
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That could be a season ender. The bullpen is fried.
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You had to know that forcing Ashby into a start tonight was a desperation move because the bullpen has been stressed recently, and Burnes’ short start just made things worse. Fortunate to get out of that innings with no runs.
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Renfroe might be hurt or need a day off. He has been slumping lately.
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In addition to putting the team in a big hole tonight, Burnes’ short, ineffective start is going to make tomorrow’s bullpen game tougher to navigate.
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Correct. Not just a tribute, they were hoping to attract the fans of the Dodgers and Giants who were left without an NL team when those teams fled to California. Despite being terrible until the Amazin’ Mets of 1969 won the World Series, the Mets were more popular in NYC than the Yankees. There was a joke about the Mets in the early 60’s when they beat the Cubs 19-0. A guy runs up excitedly to a friend and says “Did you hear the Mets scored 19 runs”. The friend replies “Amazing. Did they win?”
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These Mets uniforms are one of my favorites in MLB. Is anyone old enough to know why the Mets use orange and blue as their colors?
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You think it’s “more than possible”, but don’t expect it, which sounds like you think it’s less than a 50% chance. Robocaller thinks there’s a “really good chance” which sounds like more than 50-50. Maybe your disagreement is more with him than me. I did not use the words “taking it easy”, but some of those teams might not have the same level of motivation and incentive as teams that are fighting for their playoff lives. Like when the Cardinals pounded the Brewers four straight times last September before the Brewers had mathematically clinched the division but were virtually assured of winning it.
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So, do you expect the Padres and/or Phillies to lose more than half of their remaining games? Fangraphs projects both teams to finish 89-73 and 538 projects the Padres to 89-73 and the Phillies to 88-74.
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I guess where we differ is with your statement that there’s a “really good chance” that at least one of the Phillies or Padres will lose more than half of their games the rest of the way. Both teams are playing a lot of games against teams with very little to play for, either because they have no playoff aspirations or because they are playoff teams with their positions locked up (like the Dodgers, Cardinals, and Astros). I came up with my number of 12 by projecting both the Padres and Phillies to get to 89-73 by going 8-7 and 9-7 respectively. That would force the Brewers to go 12-4 to finish at 90-72 to get a playoff spot. Maybe this will be like 2008 when the Brewers snagged the wild card because of a sudden collapse by the Mets. I’m not counting on that kind of good fortune this year. I think that if the Brewers want to sneak into the playoffs they’re going to have to go out and take it with a strong finish.
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The Brewers can’t afford to let the opponent dictate what they do. Scherzer is coming off a stint on the IL and isn’t likely to be going too deep. While the Mets are still trying to win games in their tight division race, they also want to be getting Scherzer ready for the playoffs and I don’t think having him throw 100 pitches in a game today is part of that plan. The Mets have had some scoring issues recently so tonight would be a good time for Burnes to show his stuff like Woodruff did on Saturday. He can’t afford the few sloppy gopher balls that have torpedoed some of his recent starts.
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I would say that 12 is the minimum and even that might not be good enough. I certainly wouldn’t want to count on either the Phillies or Padres losing half of their remaining games. Although their schedules may look a little tougher, it’s hard to know how teams that have their playoff positions locked up are going to approach the last week or two. The Brewers biggest problem obviously is how to cover innings the next week as they finish the stretch of 10 games in 10 days with only two reliable starting pitchers, followed by Houser and two days of some combination of Alexander and a bullpen game. Maybe Lauer can come back to bolster the starting staff and Ashby can help bolster the bullpen or serve as an opener in a bullpen game. It’s going to be necessary for the offense to back up the shaky pitching like it did last week to pull out the 3-2 mark. They are really going to be needed in the Cincinnati bandbox where the Brewers pretty much have to win at least 3 of 4 to give themselves a fighting chance in the final homestand.
