tdcarney22

I haven't made up my mind about the pitching staff, but I agree with your points about the lineup. I expect opposing pitchers to have to work a little bit more to get through our lineup rather than have the 6-8 spots just be automatic outs. I expect some "major league" at-bats to be happening across our entire lineup.

Does anyone know the list of Top 30 prospects well enough to tell me who the new addition is to replace Adam Hill? I noticed he has already been taken down off the MLB list.

I hope 99.999999% of this is correct. I want Huira here....more than i want that though, is that i want ABSOLUTELY ZERO of Travis Shaw in LF. We have 3 absolutely rock solid defenders (Cain/Yelich/Gamel) and also have Braun. Their is just absolutely no need for that, and you can't take those bats out of the lineup for Shaw at any cost. IMO of course!

Why on earth would you smile about that!? Shaw getting called up right now would be an absolutely AWFUL decision. He's not even batting .100 in the minors right now and Huira is displaying some rock solid power at the plate. It would kill our offense.

Tough loss and I'm never an advocate for a loss but there is a decent amount to be excited about with this game.... 1) 2 hits for Cain who since dropping below .300 has been fighting to get back up there 2) 2 more hits for Huira, he's doing his best to earn his shot up here for the remainder of the year 3) 2 scoreless from Peralta....regardless of his role, anytime you can get him out there for a scoreless outing, its a win for him 4) 2 scoreless for Houser, a guy who WILL factor into some games down the stretch for this team! Just realized there are a lot of 2's up there! just a coincidence! Time to get back on track in Wednesdays game!

I know Cubs fans woke up this morning feeling all wonderful being in 1st place. And good for them, they deserve it, they swept the Cards (albeit at home) but still no small feat! However, given the fact that the Crew has played the toughest schedule in MLB to this point, and has had 5 less off days than CHI to this point...if I'm a Cubs fan and I see that we're only able to put 1.5 games between us and Milwaukee during that stretch, i'm pretty scared!!

I'm going high on this, i'm almost scared to do it and cause any kind of "jinx" but I think we're going to be looking at a 16-11 mark for May. The schedule is a lot more forgiving, and our pitching seems to be getting a tiny bit sharper, from a rotational aspect anyways! And Jesus might be heating up! We've now shown we know how to win ball games w/o Yelich in the lineup. There is a lot to be excited about here this month!

I'd like to see them go with Freddy in the pen...he struggled so much, i think right now it would be quite useful for him to just see himself completing innings 1 or 2 at a time without giving up runs. It could be a very quick way to build back up some confidence that he can get big league hitters out!

I used to think he needed to find a way to have an average of .250 or above to remain in MLB, i've softened on that because of the way we utilize him and where he goes in our shifts defensively. Our defense would struggle mightily w/o his glove....if he could find a way to have an OBP of .250 i think we need to find a way to be okay with that! He's rocking a .283 OBP right now and i think it's unrealistic to expect much more, maybe he could get it to climb to .300 and that would be fantastic! I'd really like to see him bumped to the 7-spot in the lineup just to see what he can do with seeing a few more hittable pitches per night, but also understand then you bump a better hitter to the 8-hole making them less effective. He suits his purpose by filling our 8-hole and not complaining about it.

I am all for letting a struggling guy work through things by staying in the line-up but if CC bats Shaw in the 3-hole again tonight right behind Yelich, i'm going to freak. Drop him down to 7 and let him swing through his issues. We need maximum production from the 1-5 spots in the lineup every night the way we're pitching!

Is anyone else's leash running pretty short on Chase Anderson? He stunk most of last year, he got shelled all of spring training, and has yet to appear in a game in 2019 without giving up a dinger...i know it's early but every game this season matters. I just feel like we can't afford to have a guy "working through" such a bad problem!

I think the best thing would be to call their season ticket office directly and hear it from them. Let them know your intentions and see what they say regarding their calendar, and see if you can get on their email list. I dropped my 20 gamer this offseason, though I think we had until December or maybe even January to renew. Meaning, the seats that had been mine weren't going to be available to guys like you until I declined my renewal. I would take a look at the existing packages and see which of those would look most appealing to you (Saturday, Sunday, Business, Pick-your-own). That matters regarding seat location. A couple of things that surprised me were the number of tiers of ticket types, and the lack of significance it meant whether I was a first year package holder or a 10th year package holder in terms of "moving up" into better seats. I sat in the Family Section (219) for a long time, Row 5, on the aisle. I assumed that over the years, I'd be able to move closer into the first row of the section. But there were lots of games where those seats would be empty. The first rows of the section were in a different price tier than my seats, so really, I was in the best seat that I was ever going to get at the price I was willing to pay. Another thing that confused/angered me was seeing people in the rows ahead of me who were not SSH, on a couple of occasions, I saw their stubs and saw they paid $25 to sit in front of my $50 seats. It wasn't often, and it's true that they didn't get the SSH perks, but it still stuck with me and made me wonder if being a SSH was really for me. I strongly appreciate all the feedback so far! This forum is a daily check-in for me! Much appreciated, like-minded Brewer's Fans! Anyone else with experiences/opinions, please leave below for me. I'm willing to bet i'm not the only one here thinking about becoming a SSH.

My finances are currently tied up in SSH with the Milwaukee Bucks. But i am a die-hard Brewers fan. I will easily go to 15-20 home games this year, and already have trips to Cin, Pit, Minn booked for this year as road trips! For 2020 I'm looking to get a 20-game plan. What time of year should I get moving on that so that I can get the best opportunity/seating preferences that I'd like? Any help is appreciated!

I have an app called Pro Baseball on my phone that pulls radio feeds from all games across the country. You just select the brewers game, and it will give you a few options to listen. some don't always work, but one of them usually does!! Great way to listen to Uecker w/o a radio present!

FWIW, as a person whose been extremely fortunate to go down Bernie's slide, if you're afraid of heights, it's NOT for you!!!! Great experience, but hard to get through!

Offensively, the Brewers 3 worst spots last year were C, SS, 2b in no particular order according to the same chart on B-R's website. Here are my thoughts on each for 2019.... - C: made significant upgrade signing Grandal and moving Pina to b/u role - 2B: we need to think about how many at-bats were taken by guys like Nick Franklin, Brad Miller, Eric Sogard, Nate Orf, Schoop (he did nothing for us).....i'm telling you, Perez/Spangenberg will do better than the #'s put up by this collection. we batted a collective .231 on ALL AB's from the 2b spot in the lineup...Perez/Cory are better than that. - SS: DS is obviously banking on Arcia starting 2019 like he ended 2018. the team needs that. if he doesnt, we have a combination of saladino, perez, doubon, huira to fill the 2b/ss hole if we option Arcia again.. Now I know there will be some regression on statistics from our OF and probably Aguilar as well, so if we get better at C, SS, 2B, itll negate or get close to evening out the regression and make us successful. On top of all that, i think this pitching staff is going to be scary underrated in 2019. Burnes to the rotation, Nelson's confidence at On-Deck, Woodruff's September/October success just make me believe this staff of "out-getters" is going to far exceed expectations!

If this is the impetus to finally going back to the royal and yellow ball and glove logo, then I will tolerate the name change. This. Right here. I will tolerate if it gets us to Ball & Glove as official logo!

100% agree with this. As has been mentioned previously, the only way I'd want to trade him is if we got an offer that we simply could not refuse. It's nice knowing that if Grandal goes down, we have a pretty darn decent guy for back-up. No way do I want to go into the season with Kratz as the scheduled platoon/back up. With Manny backing up, we have no reason to worry about the catcher position in 2019. We're not used to it here in Milwaukee because typically we're not a "Good" team....but this is what happens to "good teams" every spot on the 25-man has more and more value/talent. We need to keep Manny as backup C and put together the absolute best 25-40 man roster we can for the 2019 & 2020 and see what happens! After that, our window may close again briefly while we go through hopefully another small regrouping! I'm hesitant to use the word "rebuild" if we still have DS at that point as he's worked quite a bit of magic in such a short time! But a small regrouping will likely be necessary by 2021 if this team hasn't achieved a WS ring!

the guy has batted over .300 in 3 of his last 4 seasons. and has the highest OBP of available 2nd baseman...i know in 2019 we're all about advanced metrics and what not, but what ever happened to just getting on base a ton and extending innings and rolling through the order! when did that go out of style! give me all the advanced metrics you want, but a team full of guys who get on base at a clip of .320 or better 1-7 in the lineup is going to win PLENTY of games and contend for a World Series!

CC would die before allowing Perez to get fewer than 300 ABs +1. The only way that doesn't happen is if Sogard has a mediocre or better ST and makes the club. Sogard could go 20/20 in his ST at-bats and should be NOWHERE near the big league team to begin this season. I'm sure he's a great guy and all, but he can't play at a major league caliber. Last year wasn't just a down year, it was horrid.

Care to elaborate? His bat is seemingly what this lineup is currently missing. Defense may be an issue, but I'll chalk up his bad defense last year to coming off an injury. He's always been a poor defender at 2B. 2018 was just extra bad. It may still be that his bat and the financial side of things makes him the best option still, but he's definitely a poor defender. I think we're all forgetting who took the majority of our AB's at 2B last year.....Eric friggin Sogard, Brad Miller, Tyler Salidno, Hernan Perez. Perez was okay. Sogard batted under .100 in his time here, Brad Miller was awful, and Salidino wasn't much better. We've got a chance to add a guy who is a career .299 hitter! Injuries or not, the man can hit the ball, you don't forget how to hit just because you got hurt. Imagine what this team would have looked like with a .270avg out of the 2B hole last year rather than like a .230?

I believe 10am is the time it needs to be officially turned into MLB. Sources have confirmed that the roster has been set, but not released to public yet. no idea why that delay is happening, but the roster is indeed set.

I know folks were asking about Pricing....the pricing is already posted on the brewers website for the NLCS. click link below for information https://www.mlb.com/brewers/tickets/postseason/pricing

This. Right here.....Let's take this one all in guys. If we lose, it's not over. We have tomorrow. But this game, let this game be fun and loose, just like the players. Let the Cubs boards go 50+ pages long with arguments and shenanigans. You've done your jobs for 162. Now time to just enjoy 163 no matter what!

why would you even bring that in here! um, because we discuss things here, you know, on a discussion board. I am hoping I am 100% wrong, not really even predicting that will happen, just listing it as a possibility. Thanks for your input though. Maybe i should have put that in blue! I just meant why bring that kind of energy here! Baseball is a superstitious sport! I don't want anyone saying crazy things like that!