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…by not realizing he had Gary as a late-inning weapon sooner. I mean, he’s been there the whole time. Inexcusable.

I’ve never seen anything quite like this. How does the manager even face the cameras after this one?

Thank you, that saves me some time.

I’d be very curious to know what percentage of the bullpen calls were Murphy and what were the analytics department? You listen to the way Murphy brings stats to some of his postgame chats and you get a glimpse of how much data the team feeds him in-game. I kinda doubt he’s just rolling with hunches all day long down there, as much as his persona would seem to indicate otherwise. He isn’t exactly Ned Yost in there. But that said, the buck stops with him regardless.

Every team struggles. San Diego is a buzz saw right now. The micro scale means virtually nothing. But it is part of a trend of Brewers offense getting worse as the year goes on, no question. The team has to get run production from the marquee players, and it was always going to come down to that. There are only two real questions about this team, other than health: - Can they hang on to a top-2 spot? - Can the offense get hot at the right time? Nothing else matters about the 2026 Brewers. Their season will be defined by those two questions.

At least it wasn’t Machado. Never let Machado beat you.

I’m much happier when the West coast games are all late. Then I have a perfect excuse not to watch and I can pretend the games just don’t happen. This experience is far, far worse.

Rengifo’s .872 OPS with the Padres is…obnoxious.

To me, this is some sort of combination of injury (bad) luck and a further extension of their financial advantage over virtually the entire league. Because of their vast revenue system, the Dodgers can afford to sign players that will likely struggle to consistently pitch 150+ regular season innings (i.e. veteran starters with injury histories or concerns) knowing that even a combination of injuries are not likely to doom their chances of making the postseason. As such, they do not need to rush a player's rehabilitation in order to win regular season games, with an obvious eye to having the freshest stable of arms in October. Credit where it is due: they have enough depth to make it work (and one of the deepest lineups in recent memory certainly helps, too). But I don't see this as a manipulation of the injury list system as much as it is another example of how the league needs economic reform very badly, which I realize is not likely to be news to anyone here.

Yeah, I read Miz’s comments after the game that the mound played a role in the velocity stuff and that nobody in the building was worried about it. So that’s a relief. I think it’s good for him to continue working on the art of pitching, which includes how to handle having less than your A-level velo, and also how to handle preparation, listening to your body, and big moments in hostile environments. He was aces on all that stuff yesterday, and what else can you say about him at this point? He’s going to struggle for a stretch eventually, and seeing how he responds is really the last hurdle (that and maybe learning how to go deeper in games, but that’s also a structure of the game problem and not entirely under his control). As for today, I hope there are some boots on some north-side necks. They have a chance to go +3 on the season series against a major rival and the biggest threat in the division, and I hope they can do just that.

Well, that was relatively stress free from Uribe. Nice confidence builder, I hope.

The dugout view made it appear that Vaughn’s foot was on the middle of the base until the ball got there, and he was sliding it to the edge as Tatis slid into his foot. So it didn’t seem as bad as the first view. But Tatis did end up sliding into Vaughn’s side of the bag, and it was almost certainly intentional.

If we’re not going to get any of the super-hyped prospects up this year, I think a post-hype Tyler Black would be a cool consolation prize.

Atta boy, Breckenridge

Still got Turang going for us. So that's nice.