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  1. Jopal78
    I have a feeling the Cubs aren’t done yet and the Brewers will be going to Colorado needing multiple wins
  2. Jopal78
    It’s do or die. You throw everything to win the division. The Brewers will throw everyone: Woodruff, Davies, Gonzalez, Pomeranz, Hader etc. Likewise no the wild card game because I assume the Nationals will throw Scherzer, Strasburg. Corbin and Sanchez
  3. Jopal78
    Got it, you don’t like guy. Winning in baseball is hard to do, if you believe a manager hangs around for 16 years just due to loyalty, while actively hindering a team’s chances to win, you must think baseball front office executives are really stupid, or perhaps your dislike of Yost is coloring your judgment
  4. Jopal78
    Here are Ken Macha's starting pitchers: 2009: Looper Gallardo Suppan Parra Bush 2010: Wolf Gallardo Bush Narveson Parra But yeah, they totally underperformed playing nearly .500 ball for two seasons. In 2010 Macha had SIX hitters with an OPS over .800 and a top of the rotation starter and the Cubs and Pirates combined to lose 192 games. Macha’s club still lost 85 games that year and he never got another sniff as a manager. All I am saying is to manage 16 years in the major leagues you must be doing something right especially if you wanna couple pennants and a title
  5. Jopal78
    I think a stooge could have easily managed that KC bullpen to a World Series. Wade Davis might have had one of the greatest seasons a reliever has ever had. That bullpen was the equivalent of giving a legally blind squirrel lasik surgery which then enables it to locate nuts. Yost simply wore bullpens down to the point the Brewers faded every August/September. The KC pen was Yost-proof. Then again when you’ve got Wes Obermueller going five innings or less in 50% of his starts, you end up going to the pen early and often
  6. Jopal78
    Good manager, nice managerial career with 16 years as skipper. Too bad he was fired in 2008 as a knee jerk reaction, probably would have gotten more out of the 2009 and 2010 clubs than Ken Macha. Yost is probably the worst manager the team ever had, but Macha really wasn't much better. I think you're forgetting Davey Lopes, easily the worst manager the Brewers have had since the 1970s. As for Yost, he pushed all the right buttons in KC to get to the World Series twice and win it once. I don't think he magically learned how to manage in the year he sat out between Milwaukee and Kansas City. Secondly, he inherited a load of crap and the Brewers were one of the progenitor's of tanking his first 4 seasons. Then when he finally had some hitters, his starting pitching staff consisted of Ben Sheets, four band aids and Yovanni Gallardo as a rookie. Likewise, his bullpen was a motley crew of aging veterans and cast offs. The bottom line is in an era when Managers are shown the door after 3-4 years, you don't become the longest tenured manager in the American League and 3rd longest tenured manager overall, nor last 16 years as a big league manager by being a stooge.
  7. Jopal78
    Good manager, nice managerial career with 16 years as skipper. Too bad he was fired in 2008 as a knee jerk reaction, probably would have gotten more out of the 2009 and 2010 clubs than Ken Macha.
  8. Jopal78
    In simple terms for the Cubs to tie us if we go 2-4 they need to go 6-0...I suppose we could go 1-5 and then go 5-1. A team likely would have to go undefeated and hope we only win two games. I could see us going 2-4, but not one win or zero. It is not impossible. Regarding the banner...to be fair in 2008 that got you into the postseason just like a division winner. The current WC set up is a lot different. Not sure a “Wild Card Champs” banner is worthy. They do celebrate it like a division/postseason series win with champagne so anything is possible. Those current placards hanging in the outfield are so bush league and lame anyways. They should get real flags with colors for Pennants won, divisions won and wild card and just hang them somewhere with the year on each flag. Fans will know what they symbolize
  9. Jopal78
    I seem to recall the rumors that he was seeking a 100 million dollar contract when free agency started, so probably a combination of both draft pick compensation and inflated contract demands. For a chuckle, keep in mind the Cubs also paid Morrow 12 million dollars this year. (And they got approximately 22 innings from Morrow over the life of his 2/22 million dollar contract).
  10. Jopal78
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-cardinals-rainout-schedule-20190920-okjiz7wsy5dijoonoelrrxpbve-story.html All I can tell you is MLB says 9/30 is most probable for any make up game, unless Cubs already eliminated in which case it’d be cancelled
  11. Jopal78
    Huge game today. Heading to Cincy with a 3.5 game lead on the Cubs (Cubs/ Cardinals likely rained out) is huge since the Brewers are getting both Gray and Castillo in Cincinnati. Could then afford to lose those two games and still be in drivers seat for wild card spot.
  12. Jopal78
    According to MLB, they will make every effort to get it in today because it’s the Cubs final home game. Otherwise, since there are no mutual off days they would play the game September 30th.
  13. Jopal78
    This is my point. Burnes has more innings pitched this year than last year and has an ERA of 10 and some folks would consider him for a potential playoff roster. Meanwhile, Shaw was a big time player for two full seasons and everyone’s ready to kick him to the curb over a single bad season. I think both players get another chance next year because the talent is legitimate it just didn’t translate into results this year
  14. Jopal78
    Burnes and Shaw are sort of in the same boat. They haven’t been MLB caliber players this year. Based on past and pedigree they’ll both get another chance next year but pressure will be on to show something or they’ll both on the path to being out of the organization.
  15. Jopal78
    I think Pomeranz is a pretty solid bet I'd say Hader, Pomeranz, Woodruff, Guerra, Lyles, and Houser are stone cold locks. A couple of those guys could maybe play their way off with a few nightmare outings between now and then but for the most part they're going to be there. Really can't see Suter or Peralta being left off right now, either, but again things can change. Nelson and Taylor Williams have absolutely no shot and Devin Williams, Matt Albers and Jake Faria are really long shots. Jay Jackson and Alex Claudio are guys who really need strong performances down the stretch to solidify a spot. Corbin Burnes would need a string of several really outstanding performances these last 8 games. Burnes has pitched 1 inning since the end of August. If there is a playoff roster he won’t be on it. Also, I’d be surprised if Claudio wasn’t on any post-season given the time crunch between WC game and NLDS
  16. Jopal78
    I mean in the long run we should hope the Cubs miss the playoffs even if it means the Brewers would be a wild card, right? The Cubs are basically the same group of players that won the WS in 2016. If they fail to make it this year, Epstein has said there will be a “reckoning” which I interpret as meaning they’ll break up the club and try to retool with some different pieces added to the Bryant, Rizzo, Baez, Contreras core. From a competitive standpoint t I think the Cubs shuffling their talent would be a good thing for the Brewers in 2020 and beyond
  17. Jopal78
    I guess the cubs want it badly if they’re shooting Rizzo full of drugs so he can play I’m torn ankle ligaments
  18. Jopal78
    I’m puzzled. When I said yesterday that the Brewers’ path to the division title had gotten a lot rougher with the Brewers loss and the Cardinals win, you seemed to disagree with me. But now you’re basically saying exactly what I was saying. Not really ... I am saying this afternoon's game is nearing "must-win" territory, while having confidence that they will, in fact, win it. Call it hope or "pie in the sky" dreams or whatever, but I am banking on this team playing well in these last 10 games, putting 8 in the win column, and winning or being tied for the division lead with 90 wins. But yeah, for that to happen, this afternoon's game is pretty important. Aren't they all really important? If the Brewers want to make the post season in any position but the 2nd wild card they pretty much have to run the table or get very close. If the Cardinals go just 5-5 Brewers need to go 8-2 to tie, 9-1 to win Division If the Nationals go just 6-5, the Brewers would need to go 7-3 to tie for a Wild Card spot
  19. Jopal78
    I don't get it, why? My personal take is the Brewers with 82 wins aren't going to have the mojo to overtake the Cardinals for the division. If the Cardinals go 5-5 the rest of the way they'll hit 90 wins. Likewise, with a 1.5 game deficit behind Washington, and with the Nationals having 3 games against Miami they're likely to get into that 88-89 win range which makes the Brewers odds of surpassing them very slim. The Brewers most realistic shot for the post season is slipping by the Cubs for the 2nd wild card. The Cubs are a strong hitting team, and they have a couple horses in their rotation . Thus, my comment above: situations where the Cubs/Cardinals games are low scoring and the outcome is decided with relief pitchers on the mound disfavors the Cubs with their rather average bullpen.
  20. Jopal78
    I wouldn't write off the Cubs just yet. Heyward has a .913 OPS in September Castellanos has a .940 OPS in September Bryant has a 1.070 OPS in September Schwarber has a 1.034 OPS in September Contreras has a 1.101 OPS in September One would hope for low scoring games against St. Louis where the game is decided by the bullpens. If those games are slugfests I think the Brewers are going to have slim odds for the post season.
  21. Jopal78
    Why not just hope for a 4 game sweep by either the Cubs or Cardinals? If swept 4-0, it would make the Cubs maximum possible wins for the year 89. If the Cards got swept 4-0 they’re maximum win total could only be 91. The victim of the four game sweep would then have to run the table to have a real chance if the Brewers keep pace. Probably the best scenario for the Brewers to get to the post season for a second consecutive season. I don’t have a good feeling on the math, so if the Brewers could slide into a wild card spot I’d feel pretty good about 2019 no matter what happened thereafter.
  22. Jopal78
    That would be OK, but I’m afraid that if the Brewers only win 3 out of 5 they are putting themselves in a dangerous position. Getting 4 out of 6 next week is going to be tougher than 4 out of 5 on the home stand. The Reds pitching has the potential to give the Brewers a lot of trouble. Oh agreed completely, these 5 games won't be as tough as the 6 road games. I guess I'm being cautious with the 3 of 5 prediction...don't want to be too greedy on paper. Definitely don't consider this me simply settling for 3 of 5 here...I want all 5 and to be ahead of all these teams heading to the final week. You know the Brewers are going to see Sonny Gray in that final series with the Reds. However, the Reds have gone to a six-man rotation which means the Crew will likely miss Bauer and Castillo. The Reds are 36-24 when Gray or Castillo pitch. They're 35-57 when anyone else is the starting pitcher.
  23. Jopal78
    Schumaker, Freese, Descalso, Jay, Piscotty, Grichuk, Wong, Pham, Gyorko, Bader, Edman. It's gonna suck when Scooter Gennett signs with them and puts up star numbers next year. I always viewed Gennett as the ideal Cardinal. Nah, they're going to sign Moustakas in the off season.
  24. Jopal78
    This year has been nearly a total disaster for the Pirates and may very well cost Hurdle his job. However, they have had a ton of injuries this year. Last year I thought they were really onto something with Jameson Taillon, Trevor Williams, and Joe Musgrove all pitched very well, were under team control for years and were all 26 and under. However, Taillon pretty much missed the entire 2019 season. Williams missed a month with a lat strain and has really struggled since coming back. Also, Gregory Polanco also injured suffered a season ending shoulder injury in June, and Cervelli never played after suffering a concussion in May. Additionally, but for all the turmoil surrounding their bullpen, they have one of the top rookies in the NL in Bryan Reynolds. Kevin Newman also has had a very solid season. Josh Bell started living up to his billing with monster numbers. Really, besides the injuries this year, it was the fact their GM believed they had a wild card run in them last year and traded Glasnow and Meadows for Archer at the deadline when they were just 3.5 games out of the 2nd wild card spot. With Meadows and Glasnow this year the Pirates would probably not be on the mat with a ten count right now. After 9 years, Hurdle will likely wear the jacket for this season, which I personally think is too bad because there aren't too many of the old cantankerous managers like him around the major leagues anymore.
  25. Jopal78
    Don’t forget about Junior Guerra. A 0.91 whip since the All Star break and nearly 9k per 9 innings
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