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I will be surprised if the Brewers are in first place at the All Star break. The Brewers have built their 12-9 record with the help of a very weak early schedule. Only one of their seven opponents (the Rays) is above .500. Those 7 teams have an aggregate record of 66-91. That changes dramatically starting tonight. Only one of the opponents in the next 11 series is currently below .500, and that's the Nats, who have already shown the Brewers that they can be pesky despite being 7-13 in games against teams not wearing WISCO jerseys. The schedule includes series against the Yankees and Dodgers and dates with Skubal and Skenes this week With no returns for Chourio, Vaughn, or Yelich in sight, and the bullpen and starting rotation unsettled,, this could be a very difficult 5 weeks. i expect them to be below .500 at the end of May, and a handful of games behind whichever division teams maintain their current pace. They very well might be in last place. The schedule lightens up in June, so my hope is that the Brewers don't dig themselves too big a hole in May and can get the batting order, rotation and bullpen straightened out and be in solid contending position by the All Star break.
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I think he was breaking for most of the second half of last season.
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This game is as close to a forfeit as a major league game can get. With the lineup they put out there it was probably going to take a shutout to win. I can’t say I’m looking forward to watching this Crew facing Shubal on Thursday and Skenes on Friday. No hitter alerts may be in order.
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That trade is an example of the downside to the “if we keep this guy we’ll get nothing for him” philosophy. A season of a potential Cy Young pitcher might be worth more than what you can get for him in a trade with only one year of control left. I hope the Peralta trade doesn’t turn out the same way. If the Brewers ever want to be serious contenders for a World Series, they might have to think about keeping some proven talent instead of stockpiling prospects who will never be as valuable.
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This will be a day to give the bottom of the bullpen some innings.
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Sunday defense, in addition to the Sunday batting order is not looking like a winning formula.
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While the Nats position group may be improved, their pitching is dead last in MLB in runs allowed per game. Bad pitching is the main reason why they have lost 8 of their last 9 games against teams not wearing WISCO jerseys. The Brewers scoring only 10 runs in 3 games, all of which were the result of HRs, against those pitchers should be seen as a warning sign of a weak offense.
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As a point of fact, the Brewers have scored 3 or less in 6 games (and 2 or less in 5 games) and 4 of those games of 3 or less are in the last 5 games. They scored 29 of their 80 runs in the opening series against the White Sox. That Sox series is looking more like an outlier. I disagree with your opinion that the Brewers offense is doing great. Losing Yelich (who was a significant contributor) for an extended period is going to create more challenges. I will be really surprised if the Brewers are still 5th in R/G a month from now.
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The Nats had lost 7 of 8 coming into the weekend, and their biggest problem has been pitching. The Brewers getting shut down by them on Friday and Saturday, and scoring only on HRs for the whole weekend, says a lot about the sorry state of the offense. Those scrappy Nats are losing15-1 to the Pirates tonight.
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You’re letting yourself be misled by the outsized impact of the high scoring games., especially in the White Sox series. A really good offense does not have as many games scoring 0-2 runs as the Brewers have, especially in the last week. Hopefully the injured players can come back and revive the offense, but that looks to be at least a month away once you throw in rehab assignments.
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With Yelich now reportedly out for about a month, I am even more getting the feeling that this is going to be one of those years. The Brewers haven’t had one for quite awhile, so maybe they’re due The injuries are exposing how weak the depth is, both in the lineup and the starting rotation. Four more weeks of lineups with Regnifo second and Lockridge 6th is going to be hard to watch. And the way things are going there will be more injuries before Chourio, Vaughn, and Yelich get back and shake the rust off.
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I said a “high percentage”. Not every last criticism is a second guess. I don’t like what I think is an overuse of the “opener” concept either, but it doesn’t necessarily make it a bad decision. It didn’t work out as planned on Friday, but, even with that they got to the ninth thinning in a 3-3 tie. Who can say if the end result would have been different if Patrick had started. Keep declaring in advance what moves you don’t like. Questioning the manager is a traditional part of being a fan. But, when a team routinely wins 90 games with a team that is not overburdened with exceptional individual talent, the manager can’t be making too many bad decisions.
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I think a high percentage of the criticism about in game management is classic second-guessing. Bad result=Bad move.
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According to Adam McCalvy, the Brewers are expecting “bad news“ on Yelich as the preliminary examination found fluid in his tight hamstring.
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So, do you think he deserved to be Manager of the Year?
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No, what I have said very clearly is that the manager gets too much credit and too much blame. You seem to be saying that the two time manger of the year is a fraud, or that he has suddenly lost his touch when presented with a “paper thin roster”.
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And what I’m saying is that in game moves can be greatly overrated in a baseball game. If the hitters don’t hit and the pitchers can’t get guys out the manager is not going to make a difference. Message board posters who can second guess everything are never wrong.
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Like telling James Wood to hit? You’re putting WAY too much weight on the mangers for the results of these three games.
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What should he be doing differently?
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What manager is going to be successful with a paper thin roster? The front office decided that they could sell tickets based on last season’s success and only made moves that made this year’s team worse.
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I don’t think Murphy’ is the problem.
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Who were the good ones? I think he was out of good relievers in the first inning.
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What else could it be? Maybe an illness, but with his history a back or oblique problem is much more likely.
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Looks like Yelich will be headed for the IL.
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I didn’t think it was possible, but it looks like Lockridge has a worse arm than Yelich.
