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Optimism thread. Actually tied for 13th per that chart. I suspect his defense will improve as the season goes on also. His defense isn't as flashy as Arcia (few are), but he looks nimble and sure-handed out there, and not prone to the defensive mental mistakes Arcia was ... other than his yips game, of course. I suspect that come September, Luis Urias is going to have quite the positive fan following. Easy to forget that he's still only at an age (23) when most MLB players are playing AA or AAA ball.

Yes, the Dodgers - a team that Eric Lauer has perhaps inexplicably absolutely owned in his short career, in a sample size that you can actually derive a trend from.

Right. He looked pretty terrible in his 11 innings of work last summer, but the guy has 260 MLB innings of solid, if unspectacular work to his name. Could be he isn't as good as his Padres numbers indicate, but I would bet that he's a better pitcher than what his 2020 Brewers small sample indicates as well. It sure is a good thing that the Brewers stood by Burnes rather than determine that his terrible 2019 was the gospel.

Bettinger is being called up. Weigel maybe? Zimmermann? This team has amassed a lot of arms capable of starting games. The question comes down to quality. Obviously Woodruff and Burnes are rock solid. Peralta and Houser are serviceable. After that, considering Anderson's injury history, it's kind of a crap shoot. But I imagine most MLB teams get to that point after you get past their top 3-4 starters.

Team is 14-10 right now. I guess me and you have a different idea of "doomed." I get it, though. All these injures, piled atop the ineffectiveness of a few in the lineup has been frustrating. It would be awesome to see what they team could accomplish hitting on all cylinders, but it is perfectly fair to question whether that will actually ever happen.

Yet here we are with the team's #1 RB signed to an extension. Dillon will make a fine #2 during his next 3 year tenure. If I draft a RB in 2021 am I not drafting for the future? RBs are easily replaceable. Team had 2 quality RBs, not 1 or 0. What Gutey did was guarantee his first 2 picks were not going to see the field without injury. Your comment acts like if I were making the draft selection that player wouldn't have a future on the team. My thought process is that with a 2nd rd pick Im drafting a player that should fill a need in that season. Dillon and Love were neither. As to Deguara another RB/TE hybrid. So we needed him why? Tonyan, Sternberger, Williams, Jones, and Lewis? Yeah he got injured by 2nd game but tell me where are these snaps he was going to play without a major injury as #4 behind both RB and TE. Wheres the logic in this draft when your rookies make the biggest impact of any major sport the same year drafted? I've always felt that good, well-run teams should never feel obligated to use the draft to acquire multiple 1st year starters/high-end contributors. The Packers have long had a draft-and-develop philosophy, and while they may have failed to get to the Super Bowl "promised land", that philosophy has led to long-term success for the most part. I have no problem with the Dillon pick, despite Jones re-signing, because the idea of a bell-cow NFL back is antiquated and nearly dead. Most every successful team has two if not 3 backs that they rotate. As for Deguara, I think Lafleur and Gute fell in love with the idea of having their own version of Kyle Juszczyk. And considering the 49ers just recently decided to pay that 30-year-old FB $27 million over the next 5 years, it is obvious that there are certain schemes where that position is highly valued.

I think this is likely. I would be more than happy to see Yardley go down again, but I am 99.9% sure it will be Weigel ... even though Weigel is the MUCH more intriguing option of the two.

To add to this, I'd say Roku users shouldn't worry too much about this, Roku and Google are playing their game of chicken but Roku will cave, they're not going to want to lose market share to other streaming devices and YouTube TV is too big of an app for them to risk not being able to offer their user base. I can't imagine Roku would risk losing app support for longer than a day or two and I really don't expect it will even get to that point. This is also a reason to be somewhat diverse in the use of streaming devices in your home. They're fairly cheap, having an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Chromecast with Google TV as a backup shouldn't hurt your wallet that much. I'm not saying you should have a backup for every tv in your home but at least one extra device will cover you in a pinch if something like this happens from time to time. As far as time delay on AT&T TV there definitely is one and I've noticed it more than once when following along in IGTs. It is still annoying enough where I wouldn't consider that a better alternative to the Bally's app, if the delay bothers you there it will still bother you using AT&T TV. I feel like there's a similar delay with all the streamer systems. Yeah, it's a little annoying to follow the IGT or Twitter at times while watching via AT&T TV, but that is very much a "first world" problem. I'm just happy to have a way to watch Brewers baseball right now that isn't a stolen, illegal Reddit stream that is probably pumping my laptop full of viruses and spyware LOL.

Per Tom H. Tom @Haudricourt Beyond recalling LHP Eric Lauer to start against Dodgers tonight, I hear #Brewers will recall RHP Alec Bettinger, who is on 40-man roster. It would be his MLB debut. Had slight setback in spring camp with elbow and didn't pitch in exhibition season but has been at alternate site.

I think it is one of those hobbies that has skyrocketed due to the pandemic. Card collecting is something easy to do from the comfort of your home, for the most part.

If there is one saving grace, it's that Eric Lauer has absolutely owned the Dodgers in his career. That isn't exactly reassuring, though.

Because Maile can be optioned back to AAA. Nottingham could not. The Brewers would have had to carry him on the 25-man active roster, and carrying 3 catchers with this roster makeup doesn't make a lot of sense. He was DFA'd prior to Pina's injury. doesn't make sense to carry nottingham on the 26-man active roster, either. Semantics ... but then, you knew that

Because Maile can be optioned back to AAA. Nottingham could not. The Brewers would have had to carry him on the 25-man active roster, and carrying 3 catchers with this roster makeup doesn't make a lot of sense. He was DFA'd prior to Pina's injury.

That Bugs Bunny breaking ball is fun. Hopefully he's got more than that to work with, though, because the velocity hasn't been super impressive so far. Hit 97…….that ain’t bad……it’s just the command is all over the place. Huh ... I saw 93, but I I lost internet connection for a bit during the last inning. If he's hitting 97 with that breaking ball and that odd arm angle, he could be fun.

Hopefully Feliciano turns out to be the real deal.

That Bugs Bunny breaking ball is fun. Hopefully he's got more than that to work with, though, because the velocity hasn't been super impressive so far.

Weigel's delivery looks painful to me. Stuff looks interesting though.

Pretty sure Patrick Weigel could have accomplished that. Not real happy this move cost a potential future pen arm. I wouldn't sweat Bickford. I liked him at one time, but I don't think they would have DFAed him for a guy like Godley if they thought he had any future value at all. You're probably right. It's just a little confusing when the swap is for someone as uninspiring as Godley.

This Marlins team is just scrappy enough to be annoying.

Seems like the Brewers have hit an inordinate amount of deep flyouts this series. Perhaps the dejuicing is real?

Justification for having some patience with guys going through slumps.

Apparently Yardley is gonna be the reliever that hovers around a 7 ERA but inexplicably has 70 appearances this year.

There ... someone got tossed. Mission accomplished?

Pretty sure Patrick Weigel could have accomplished that. Not real happy this move cost a potential future pen arm.

He's WAY too wild for a guy whose stuff is pure junk.