I hope we do. Start him to face one guy. If he gets on base then take him out. If he gets him out let him go until he gives up a hit. It would be funny if they moved Carpenter to the 2 or 3 hole though
I understand the frustration and I was fuming last night, but it'd be nice if the remainder of the bullpen could finish this out and we get them fully rested for the Cubs series. I don't have any illusions of catching the Cubs. They are way better than us. But we need to be at full strength to win that series.
He batted, so yes. He batted before the pitching change, though. I was thinking the home run and Arcia single happened so fast that there was no time to warm up. After he walked, CC could have had time to warm someone up. I'm sure you're right.
Gio isn't any better. He may even be worse. Probably. I’m certainly not a fan of that trade. But we should at least see what we have in him. He must have really stunk up a bullpen session for us to start Junior in a critical game. Or, you know, he started a game 4 days ago
Two guys who cant hit in A ball. One in Lara who has tools but has barely hit at any level. Both are young but neither of them are likely to be great players, in my opinion.
Say it with me. The loss column is no more important than the win column. We are ahead of the entire NL West and the Phillies. The NL West is going to beat the **** out of each other in September. IIRC, Each of the top three teams plays the other two 12+ more times. Brewers just need to get to 88 or 89 wins and that should be enough unless the Phillies get hot again.
True but we ending July 7-2 in our last 9 and pitching carried us so it doesn't paint a full picture. A big part of our ERA was our team defense which took a major hit with the trades. Definitely agree with that.