One thing about the horrible pitching is that it has taken the spotlight off of how anemic the hitting has been.
The 9 runs on Saturday were a mirage created by Yankees errors and indifference.
I think the tone of resignation reflected that the Yankees were likely to add on several more runs against the succession of bums the Brewers are forced to send to the mound.
Subsequent events have borne that out.
Guys on the IL is part of the disaster, but it is also a fact.. t's not like they have any sure things among the pitchers on the IL, most of whom have been more on than off the IL for the last two years.
You know that a starting rotation is a disaster when a team schedules a bullpen day for the fourth game of its season. The home opener, no less.
then, when two of the three starters can’t get through more than a couple of innings, the bullpen is stressed even further.
It’s hard to believe that it was only three years ago that the Brewers had one of the best rotations in MLB backed up by two of the best relievers in the league.
Now they have nothing but question marks in the rotation and in the bullpen.
This could be the season where the formula that produced good records is not going to work.
Levering is such a boob.
Says that after Chourio’s flyout it will take a Herculean effort to hit one out today.
Maybe hit them not so high and more down the lines.
It’s just one game and, of course, there will be stinkers in any season.
But when the pitching staff, especially the starting rotation, is a big question coming into the season it’s pretty unsettling to see a disaster like today
It isn't a wrestling match where an advantage gets one point.
Some of these are pretty debatable, like Ortiz over Volpe and Mitchell and Bellinger a push.
And the gap of Judge over Frelick would be worth about 4 points
I'm seeing projections for the Brewers at around .500, but exceeding those projections have become a pleasnt annual tradition.
There are a lot of question marks this year in the rotation and bullpen and with the offense replacing Adames' production.
I see about 86-76 and in the playoff battle until the final week.
The Packers have looked great against mediocre or bad teams playing backup QBs. Against teams with a pulse (and the Bears) not so much.
Probably should have benched the starters today. Maybe the backups would have played to win.