111 pitches, zero hits allowed by Gavin Williams for Cleveland.
Guardians are 1.5 GB in Wild Card. They have 4-0 lead. I probably go to the bullpen but Williams is back for the 9th.
.733 winning percentage equates to 118-44 record over 162 games. Two wins better than the 2001 Seattle Mariners.
I appreciate our game threads never take a night off from encouraging Murphy to consider ways to improve performance which otherwise has been better than pretty much any team in the history of baseball since late May. 🚀 🙂
Devin’s FIP is 3.23. He’s striking out 11.7 per 9 (quite a bit lower than usual). 1.13 WHIP. 17 for 20 on save opportunities.
I think Devin will improve in 2026 outside of New York.
Your points are fair and rational. I think the Brewers, Arnold especially, do an exceptional job also of weighing ‘improving the team - at what cost?’
Milwaukee quietly identifies what it wants and acts when they believe it makes sense to act.
You may recall Hader was more upset by the perception of being overused rather than underused
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40186833/mlb-2024-josh-hader-usage-rules-contract-brewers-astros
The situation reminds me of Brady Clark. However, Clark didn’t join Milwaukee until his age 30 season. Clark didn’t get anything resembling regular at bats until his age 28 season, either.
Scott Podsednik joined Brewers at age 27.