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2019 -09-12 Other MLB Games with Playoff Implications
BruisedCrew replied to homer's topic in Archived Game Threads
Rockies and Padres both sitting 3 runs down and showing no inclination to score a run. Padres failed to cash in a runner on third with nobody out as Darvish Ks the side to give him 14 for the game. -
2019 -09-12 Other MLB Games with Playoff Implications
BruisedCrew replied to homer's topic in Archived Game Threads
So far this wild card race reminds me of my much younger days when SI called the scrambled AL pennant race “The Great Groundhog Race”. They compared the four contenders (Red Sox, Twins, Tigers, and White Sox) to groundhogs that emerged from their holes, blinked in the sun, sniffed the rarefied air of first place, and then burrowed back into the pack where they were more comfortable. In this race the teams are taking turns having spurts that make them look like the favorites, but then following them up quickly with strings of losses that send them back. Now it’s the Brewers who have had the spurt to poke their noses into the sun. Hopefully they can avoid the urge to burrow back. -
It would have been nice to finish off this win without Hader, but I can’t argue with bringing him in to nail down a game that’s there for the taking.
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Don’t need to just watch scoreboards when you can watch the Cards on Extra Innings and the Cubs on MLB Network (when the Mets are done polishing off the DBacks). This will be a fun way to spend a few more hours on a dreary afternoon with the Brewers win already in the bank.
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.... Don't know but would think he can go 1 today....probably not 2 I’m sure Counsell would like to get through this game without using Hader with the Cardinals games coming up. Pitching him today pretty much takes him out for tomorrow, and going two would probably take him out until Sunday.
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Black is going to be an interesting candidate for next year’s bullpen. I wonder how similar Wahl is.
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Maybe it would have been a good idea to play Grandal at first today.
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Braun was due.
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The throw was coming from right field and was never going to get Cain at the plate. If Braun had run there would have been a play on him at second, either if the throw had been cut off or by the catcher.
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I expected to see someone else catching today, even if it was Nottingham. I hope they aren’t overusing Grandal behind the plate. Getting Pina back would help.
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Win tomorrow, and take 2 out of 3 from the Cardinals and things will be set up for an interesting final 2 weeks. Have the Brewers confirm tomorrow that Yelich doesn’t need surgery and I can put that out of my head. Padres and Rockies are showing they may not be as easy to push around as the Marlins have been. I’m torn on what I want. I’m guessing we want one team to win 6 games between the cards and cubs when they play 7 times. But who knows. Usually you can handicap a race based on schedules and just pure mathematics of games left. But this isn’t as easy right now I think once the games are done Sunday we will know how good our chances are and what will need to be done 11-6 gets us to 88 wins. That is not out of the question. No way would I have thought that a month ago Don’t have to choose sides on the Cubs-Cards now because they don’t start playing each other until next Thursday. By then we’ll have a pretty good idea of what would be better, or if it makes any difference.
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Win tomorrow, and take 2 out of 3 from the Cardinals and things will be set up for an interesting final 2 weeks. Have the Brewers confirm tomorrow that Yelich doesn’t need surgery and I can put that out of my head. Padres and Rockies are showing they may not be as easy to push around as the Marlins have been.
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That is music to my ears and I hope it is accurate.
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If he needs surgery or not is obviously a big question. Hopefully we’ll hear something about that in a couple of days. But, if he does need surgery there could be a huge impact on next season. General Google results about resuming normal activities are probably not very useful because they are often directed at the general public. Things are quite different for an injury to Joe Couch Potato and a world class elite athlete. On the one hand, as you point out, the world class athlete is getting the best surgeons and physical therapy available and can make rehab and recovery his full time job. Plus, because he is in great shape to start with, the athlete has a head start on recovery. On the other hand, “normal activities” for an elite athlete means returning to elite status, not just being able to get around the golf course in a cart and shooting 120. If Yelich loses any speed it would reduce some of the value he provides in beating out hits, stealing bases, and taking extra bases. Also, a significant injury could affect his swing. It just makes me sick that we even have to think about this. It’s going to take me more than a few waking hours to process it and put it out of my head.
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I totally get the doom and gloom this morning, but this isn't even a logical choice. The two scenarios (the Brewers making the playoffs and Yelich's recovery time) have absolutely nothing to do with each other. You’re missing my point. Of course the two things aren’t related and there is no choice to make. I’m just expressing my opinion that whether or not the Brewers make the playoffs this year is much less important to me than Yelich’s future, which has a significant impact on the team, and how entertaining the team will be to follow for the next couple of years. I am anxiously awaiting a report from a doctor who has actually examined Yelich. Hopefully we will get that within a few days. I am still haunted by Nelson’s injury for which the reports were that it was very significant and that he would be out for “much of the first half” of the 2018 season. We have seen how that worked out. I realize that getting back to their prior form is even harder for pitchers with significant arm or shoulder injuries. But I also remember how quickly Larry Hisle’s promising Brewers career came to an end.
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Maybe this is the best way for me to articulate how I’m feeling today. If you had two choices, which of these would you take: 1. The Brewers get the second wild card spot, but Yelich’s injury turns out to be serious enough that he will miss much or all of next season, and there is a question whether he will ever be quite the same player he has been the last two seasons because of lingering effects. Or 2. The Brewers fail to make the playoffs this season, but Yelich is expected to make a full recovery and be ready to go at full strength next season. For me it isn’t even a choice.
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Yelich Out for the Season with Fractured Knee Cap
BruisedCrew replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I am much more concerned about Yelich’s future than I am about this Brewers season. I am one of those who emotionally wrote off this season quite awhile ago on the basis that making the playoffs was a very long shot and advancing very far in the playoffs was even more unlikely. Not what I hoped for coming into the season. I am enjoying watching the Brewers now as an unexpected bonus of games that have meaning as long as I don’t think about teams like the Dodgers, Astros, and Yankees lurking in the future. But until yesterday I thought we at least had the prospect of watching one of the best players in baseball every day. Even the possibility that he could miss much or all of next season and/or never be the same player he has been these last two years, is about as depressing as it gets for a sports fan. -
No, i was glad at the time and I’m still glad the Brewers did what they did at the deadline. For one thing it isn’t clear who they could have gotten that would have been any better than Lyles, Pomeranz, and Black at a price they could have paid. And I’m really glad they didn’t unload Grandal. I usually go along with the idea that anyone who makes the playoffs has a shot, but this Brewers team may be an exception. For starters, if they do get the second wild card spot, they’ll be looking at a game against the Nats and Patrick Corbin or Max Scherzer and an offense that hit them like a slow pitch softball team a couple of weeks ago. But, anything can happen, and maybe they win that game. Then they would face the Dodgers and, with a 25 man roster, the chances of this team with no Yelich winning even 3 of 5 would be the longest of baseball long shots. There is a zero chance that a team with no starting pitchers than can go past 5 innings could get 11 playoff wins without scoring a ton of runs. I’d rather put my chips on next year, hoping that the pitching staff will be stronger with the return of some pitchers from injury and the further development of others. Hopefully Yelich can come back next season and they can add to the lineup like they did with Moustakas and Grandal this year. The Brewers didn’t sell off and give up completely on this year or sacrifice the future on a futile chase for a title this year. IMHO they did just the right thing.
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Is this something that will affect Yelich for next season too?
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Woodruff is not coming back except maybe for a couple of one inning appearances.
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The definition of a Pyrrhic Victory.
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Can’t think of anyone I’d rather see up there for an opponent.
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I think Yelich just lets Cain take that ball.
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Terrible throw from Brinson lets Grandal drag the piano across the plate.
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The downside of having a really slow baserunner hitting second.