MrTPlush

Cubs pitching is horrendous. I’ll happily play them in any 5 or 7 game series. Our offense needs the help of a matchup in the postseason much more than our pitching does.

Just like that the divisional race is over and the Cubs are on the verge of just a 2.5 game lead on the Padres.

“Given the offense” They have the second most runs scored of NL teams making the postseason, only behind the Cubs. The Dodgers are a touch behind us. The rest of the field, insanely behind us. AL? None of them are even near us in runs scored either. The offense is not some limiting factor.

A Cubs loss tomorrow will put them as close to last place in the division as they are first place.

I think people would have embraced Counsell back a little bit had we not just dominated after he left and have an even brighter future without him. At the end of the day he never made a World Series here and his success isn’t that impressive when we don’t miss a beat when he leaves. The fact fans said ‘F you’ and then he proceeded to be lil bro in 2nd place year after year really cemented in the ‘F you’ as being deserved. Counsell’s odd comments now and then just come off as bitter. Funny thing is, he probably is. Gave up his hometown hero legacy to sell his soul to a large market thinking he was doing something. Now he looks dumb always having to look up to see his former team in the standings trying to avoid another double digit deficit.

Miz and Henderson have gone a combined 46 starts in a row without giving up more than 3 earned runs.

The Cubs are nearly twice as close to missing the postseason entirely than they are to us in the division. Fangraphs gives us 4x betters odds to win the WS than the Cubs winning the division. let me know if they get within 4 games. Till then, there is no race.

Yelich broke his knee and then we proceeded to give him that extension before he ever took another AB. Yelich’s back made him miss a month the year prior to that. Yelich had almost yearly back issues with the Marlins. He never played 140+ games in his life when that extension was signed.

The only owner that is probably better than Mark A is the Dodgers owner. Both are on polar opposites of the financial playing field and have built behemoths. Obviously the Brewers have less success, but what they have done and built for their market size is bordering historical at this point. Dodgers may have the most money and the biggest market…but they are geniuses for working the system to the insane level they have.

Probably a loooong shot to pitch this year though.

Please baseball gods, make Jefry Yan suck enough to be demoted and never seen again. He once again did his celebration for a called ball…and proceeded to be the losing pitcher.

The best estimate I saw recently by an expert was 2/$30mil. I seriously doubt he is getting $25mil a year. He also can play four different positions on the field. The odds that all the prospects are healthy and producing all enough that Bauers has no where to play the next two years is very unlikely. Most of those guys could sit at AAA and extra year for a bat producing to the tune of a .900 OPS.

Who? He is our best hitter by a pretty good gap. I suppose the cheaper option is Vaughn in another platoon. But you could just have that money going to Bauers and save a roster spot. Bauers also affords some flexibility to be an OFer.

Couple things: It is one heck of an assumption that we are going to just hold onto Contreras and QO him next offseason. Even if we completely ignored the CBA caveat, he is may just be on the decline. His bat was hardly magical in 2025 either…and this year is shaping up to be worse than that. He may just be on the decline and his .800+ OPS days are gone. Notably he may not be a full time catcher anymore with watching his bat suffer even more. The Brewers should try and extend Bauers if a 2 year deal can get it done…or 3 years if the AVV is easier to stomach. Assuming he doesn’t crash and burn the last month+ he could be a worthy risk to pay. He has been crazy consistent and nothing in his stats screams that his numbers aren’t legit. Can he do it multiple years in a row? Can he do it at 31/32…maybe not. I think it is worth a shot to find out though.

I’m not saying it is the biggest issue on earth or that I really care, but they really should just ban pitchers from pitching.