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  1. BruisedCrew
    Baseball may have a certain amount of randomness, but many times exactly what should happen given the personnel involved does happen. Tonight is one of those games We’d better hope Vaughn can be something like last year’s version because who knows when Yelich will be back (and what he’ll be like when he does come back) and Chourio alone isn’t going to turn this lineup around.
  2. BruisedCrew
    Looks like the Brewers have checked out for the night
  3. BruisedCrew
    With or without the players in them?
  4. BruisedCrew
    I have noticed that if they moved the fences for the Brewers to the edge of the outfield grass they’d still be getting shut out. I was at the game two years ago when Skenes pitched 7 no hit innings before being removed. This looks a lot like that.
  5. BruisedCrew
    Outpacing last year’s win total at this stage of the season is pretty meaningless unless you expect them to have another 3 month stretch winning 3/4 of their games. What moves did the Brewers make in the off-season to make this year’s roster as good as or better than last year’s. I assume that the “yawn” comes from watching this feeble lineup.
  6. BruisedCrew
    And two of them just produced a home run and a single. The Pirates made some moves to improve their offense while the Brewers traded away their best SP and did nothing to fill their holes.
  7. BruisedCrew
    I think the analysis also ignores the fact that Skubal has a reputation for having a good pickoff move. Turang might not have felt comfortable enough to try to steal a base without risking getting picked off by a LHP who has a clear look at his lead.
  8. BruisedCrew
    What he apparently does well is get the players to understand their roles so that all,of them are pulling in the same direction. That is probably the biggest thing that is in the manager’s control What managers do you think are noticeably better at in game decisions like managing pitching moves?
  9. BruisedCrew
    Sending a runner on a 3-0 pitch would be really unusual. A hitter having a green light doesn’t mean “swing”. It should mean look for your pitch and if you get it, drive it. I can pretty much guarantee that, if Turang had been running, and Contreras took a strike because it wasn’t what he was looking for, and Turang was thrown out, a lot of the same people who are now saying he should have been running would be saying “way to run yourself out of an inning”,
  10. BruisedCrew
    I strongly disagree that pessimism about facing Skubal and Skenes is “nonsense”. It’s not that they can’t be beaten, but you can’t deny that the probability of winning is lower when facing those pitchers than others. The Brewers were able to scrape out 4 runs, but still lost. I’ll bet the Reds aren’t unhappy about getting to play the Tigers this weekend without having to face Skubal. The Brewers have never had that good fortune, and are now 0-3 in games that he’s started.
  11. BruisedCrew
    BTW, I did not see the game live, but saw the summaries and watched a condensed version. I have no problem with Contreras swinging at that 3-0 pitch. You have your best right handed hitter at the plate with an opportunity to drive in a run and open up a big inning. As someone else said the next pitch might not have been as good to hit. If he had swung at a bad pitch, it would’ve upset me, but if he had driven it like he did in his previous at bat, everyone would have thought that it was brilliant.
  12. BruisedCrew
    One thing that hasn’t gotten too much attention is that the Brewers have only 1 HR in their last 8 games. They have been able to scratch out some wins, but it can be hard to score when you have to string together hits and walk and stolen bases. The Tigers showed today the value of being able to hit the long ball.
  13. BruisedCrew
    They’re 5-9 in their last 14, so definitely haven’t gone 6-4 in the last 10. They may not be imploding but they are drifting in the wrong direction while the division rivals are surging. This series did nothing to alleviate the concern I expressed the other day of where the Brewers might be by the end of May.
  14. BruisedCrew
    I will be away this afternoon and don’t expect to miss anything I’d want to see. Levering probably won’t have many opportunities to whine about “rockets” that find a glove.
  15. BruisedCrew
    Not like they’re going to need him with Skubal pitching tomorrow.
  16. BruisedCrew
    I don’t like the fact that they didn’t make any moves to improve the positions that will be black holes, even when they are at full strength.
  17. BruisedCrew
    It’s OK. The offense should come alive the next two days against Skubal and Skenes.
  18. BruisedCrew
    This is what happens when your 6 through 9 hitters are guys that should either be on the bench or batting 9th It doesn’t help either when your 3 through 5 hitters are more suited to batting sixth or seventh.
  19. BruisedCrew
    They aren’t playing the 2025 teams. They are playing teams that are going well now while the Brewers are shorthanded.
  20. BruisedCrew
    I had not heard that Chourio was swinging a bat on the field. That must have come out recently. The last I heard was that he wasn’t swinging against live pitching because they were afraid that a check swing might rebreak the bone in his hand. So, I guess if everything goes well he could go on a rehab assignment and return to the Brewers after only missing a few more series. We’ll see. I have not heard anything about Vaughn since they said several weeks ago that he was targeting a mid May return. Considering that he will presumably need a rehab assignment, and there have been no updates, mid May seems like a best case. Many years of experience following Brewers injuries have taught me to expect that players will be out longer than the original estimates. if you recall, when the Brewers placed Chourio on the IL on Opening Day they said he was expected to miss 2-4 weeks. That 4 weeks is coming up the day after tomorrow.
  21. BruisedCrew
    I don’t think it’s at all misleading with respect to the schedule to date. It’s not always who you play, but when you play them, and in April the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Royals, Nats, Marlins and White Sox were all struggling. Looking ahead, the Tigers, Yankees, Padres, Cubs, and Dodgers are all playoff teams from last year that are expected to contend this year and are off fo good starts. Maybe the Pirates DBacks, and Cardinals will fade, later, but they are playing better now than almost all of the teams the Brewers played up to now, and they are getting the Brewers while they are down. I’ll put it this way. If the Brewers get to the end of May within a couple of games of the division lead, they could be in pretty good shape going forward. But it might be hard for them to get there. ETA- Murphy announced this afternoon that Vaughn has started swinging a bat. Apparently no word on when he might face live pitching and go on a rehab assignment.
  22. BruisedCrew
    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.
  23. BruisedCrew
    I think he was breaking for most of the second half of last season.
  24. BruisedCrew
    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.
  25. BruisedCrew
    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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