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Brewers have been a pitching a defense team all year, problem is the Braves have out pitched them in this series so far. -
Killer
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Morton could very easily throw a complete game here
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So much for Lauer’s dominance of LA. While the game is meaningless it would be nice to have a little momentum instead of getting walloped most nights the last two weeks
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I don't think it is fan apathy in Tampa. I suppose it comes down to greed, MLB owners wanted that 130 million dollar expansion fee, and didn't care that the stadium in St. Petersburg is actually inconvenient to get to from Tampa. Tampa is a bigger media market than Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore etc. The real problem is that getting to St. Petersburg a terrible drive from where the people are (Tampa). Plus its an older facility built in a different era (1990) to attract a team. Like Oakland they've never been able to obtain an agreement for public financing of a new stadium. Their sister city plan with Montreal is a dumb idea however. If the Expos couldn't make it work with Montreal and Olympic Stadium the Rays won't fare any better once the novelty has worn off.
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Brewers vs. Braves NLDS Matchup Preview
Jopal78 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Brewers will have their hands full. Both teams have just about the same run differential +120; and nearly identical records since July 1st. (45-31 for Milwaukee, 48-31 for the Braves). -
Is this offseason time to trade Hader?
Jopal78 replied to Roderick's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
At this point, they may as well hang onto Hader until his final season of team control and see where they are at in the success cycle. With their bevy of starting pitchers healthy, they'll likely remain competitive and continue to have a real use for an elite late inning relief pitcher. Now couple that with the fact should the Brewers remain a contending team they're unlikely to trade Hader to a fellow competitor in the NL, and therefore the market for him narrows significantly again making any trade less likely. -
Bingo. Having Hiura to play at first and second base opens up various permutations of infielders so the regulars can all get some rest over the remaining meaningless contests on their schedule.
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For some other team's garbage. With that return, they should just keep him start fresh in 2022.
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Devin Williams to IL with hand injury
Jopal78 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Williams is the 2nd biggest strike out relief pitcher in the NL, but only those with rose colored glasses would say that he could be the 2nd best relief pitcher in the NL. The Dodgers alone have three bullpen arms (Trienen, Bickford, Joe Kelly) with better WHIPs than Williams and have allowed fewer inherited runners to score. Genesis Cabrera doesn't have the FIP of Williams but (2.81 to 3.15) but he's pitched more multiple inning outings than Williams (23 to 0) and has pitched more on zero days of rest (18 to 13). Williams is productive and cost controlled no doubt about that, but he's a relief pitcher. Nobody on the outside knows the degree of anger or frustration the owner and/or front office have with Williams. It is the level of that anger and frustration that will determine if he is on the team next year. MLB Is littered with players who angered their organization and were subsequently dealt. -
It shouldn't annoy you; in terms of Wins Above Replacement Wheeler was the most valuable pitcher in the NL in 2021. As such, he should win the pitching award. Sure, Wheeler is behind Burnes and Scherzer in some of the "counting stats" but he also faced hundreds of more batters this year than either of the other two. Maybe Wheeler loses votes for being on a non-playoff team but that speaks nothing to the quality performance he put up in 2021 which is what the award should be based upon. (FWIW, Zach Wheeler leads all players in the NL in WAR regardless of position).
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Devin Williams to IL with hand injury
Jopal78 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Wouldn't surprise me if that's the last time he pitches for the Brewers. While he may have let his teammates down, I am sure he was enraged the owner and front office who are ultimately the ones with control over his career. -
Zach Wheeler should be the NL Cy Young winner. His numbers are right in line with those Scherzer and Burnes. Yet, Wheeler he has 40 more innings pitched than Scherzer and almost 50 more innings pitched than Burnes. In other words, despite batters having significantly more chances against Wheeler than either Burnes or Scherzer; he was nearly as dominant as those two. Wheeler's stat line: 32 Starts, 213 innings pitched, 14 wins. ERA 2.78, FIP of 2.58, XFIP of 2.83 K% 29.1, BB% 5.4, HR/9 0.68, BABiP .288 WAR of 7.2. Maybe he gets penalized with voters because he's on the also-ran Mets, but he was the best overall pitcher in the NL this year.
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The Mariners are 33-18 in one run games. A whole lot of good fortune in the Pacific Northwest than managerial rah-rah.
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Yup. Against the Mets you can have the bases loaded with no outs early, not score and get runs later. Against Scherzer or Buehler, that missed opportunity likely plays an outcome in the game.
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That’s why the Brewers will be an also ran. Bases loaded no outs and they score zero. That gets you beat in the post season
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I guess it depends what trait the manager is looking for in the lineup. Taylor is about league average at getting on base (.322 vs. lg. OBO .317), but Taylor has a good slugging percentage. Yelich gets on base more often (.354 OBP) but this year has shown next to zero power. Isn’t the goal not to make an out? If so then Yelich should play. If the goal is to drive the ball with runners on base then Taylor should play.
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They have 8 more wins now than the Cardinals. I don’t believe the Brewers will lose all of their remaining 9 games, to think that is frankly stupid. But for the sake of argument even if they did the Cardinals have to go 8-2 over their final ten games just to tie! Teams simply don’t play .000 baseball for extended periods of time nor so they play .800 baseball for a month. If it happens I guess it goes down in baseball history with the shot heard round the world, as the greatest turn around of all time…. And Counsel gets fired.
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Look at the bright side, if the Brewers lost 15 games in a row to end the season and the Cardinals won 24 in a row to end theirs, Craig Counsel likely will lose his job. After all the same owner fired Yost down the stretch in ‘08 for nearly blowing a sure thing playoff spot
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It’s not though. The Brewers had 9 more wins than St. Louis at the start of today. Even if Milwaukee didn’t win again this year in the regular season they’d finished 91 and 71. The Cardinals have to go 9-2 to tie. Anything is possible, but the chances of the Brewers finishing the year with a 14 game losing streak and the Cardinals also winning 25 out of their final 27 games is in reality zero percent.
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If this continues, they're going to turn into meaningful games. Nope. They literally need to lose every game they have left. Not to mention the team behind them have to win virtually every game they have left. Hell, I would limit the innings of the big dogs and late inning guys and let Gustave, Norris, etc pitch a lot these last 9 games
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… and that’s baseball against good teams: if you walk batters and make defensive errors, you usually don’t win.
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Who cares? These games are virtually meaningless. It’s be nice to be hot going into the post season but maybe this will convince Counsel to rest Boxberger and Cousins a bit in meaningless games so they stay fresh
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They can line things up for the playoffs now if they want (and maybe already have begun to). The Brewers would literally have to lose every single game left on their schedule, and the Cardinals would have to go 9-2 just to force a tie for the division. Likewise, the Brewers would need to lose every game left on their schedule and the Braves would need to run the table to pass the Brewers as the #2 seed. They're going to win the Division and be the #2 seed in the playoffs. When that "mathematically" occurs is irrelevant.
