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  1. HarveysWBs
    But hey, with football on Friday night, I can at least have something different than baseball to complain about.
  2. HarveysWBs
    Almost certainly. And I’d have been mildly surprised at that in March. And yet…when a team sits with this kind of differential this late in the year, another participation medal looks a little tinny…
  3. HarveysWBs
    They’ve been better overall than previous years, but Turang being only average, and Contreras getting a little tired down the stretch, and Hoskins doing nothing, and Perkins starting to look more like a pumpkin than Cinderella, and everybody else in the OF over drinking age being completely punchless, AND Yelich gone, all at the same time? That sure doesn’t feel like a winning postseason formula. I’m just glad the tournament doesn’t start tomorrow.
  4. HarveysWBs
    Oh no, we suck again!
  5. HarveysWBs
    I’ll care about the Cubs once they’re the confirmed WC matchup. For now I don’t want the mental narrative for the offense to become that they are scuffling down the stretch. That seems like a bigger issue, they need some confidence.
  6. HarveysWBs
    I mean, it almost worked. He made some good pitches and ended up getting a ground ball. But even if it had worked, that wouldn’t have made it the right call. I just don’t get it.
  7. HarveysWBs
    And the levers are all wrong again. Get it out of your system, Murph
  8. HarveysWBs
    This lineup has about a Yelich-sized hole in it.
  9. HarveysWBs
    Can we just not do extras? Please and thank you.
  10. HarveysWBs
    As I understand it, it was supposed to shorten the game and keep things lively. It was always for fan service, nothing more.
  11. HarveysWBs
    So that whole inning was the definitive case study in the perils of giving your opponent a free out.
  12. HarveysWBs
    Hahaha, yes, YES!
  13. HarveysWBs
    It is extremely exciting to see where the brass thinks this team is at. When Gute starts letting a bunch of his own draft picks go, shortens the leash on non-performers (especially kickers), and decides we don’t have as much roster room for UDFA project types, that tells me two things: one, the roster is full of talent to the point that even improving on the margins is getting tougher, and two, it is go time. I expect a couple bumps in the early going as the defense finds its legs (I think we probably drop the opener in Brazil, and maybe even the home debut, too—don’t panic!) but if this team is healthy, they should be right where they need to be in December.
  14. HarveysWBs
    Impressive work from Mr. Wilson.
  15. HarveysWBs
    It was inside, but Friedl definitely stuck his kneecap out for it. He wanted the HBP, and he got it, good and hard.
  16. HarveysWBs
    Indeed. The roster grind never ends. But I trust this org a whole heck of a lot more than LAA’s.
  17. HarveysWBs
    I have never seen anything like this kid in a Brewers uniform. I’m not quite old enough to have seen any of the 80’s guys play, but I saw the lean years and then every player come up in the franchise resurgence. Only Braun is close to this. And Chourio’s ceiling is so obviously higher. We are so fortunate to have him—I couldn’t be more excited for the next decade. If you have a talent like this in your lineup, it’s almost like having a top-3 QB in football. Nothing guarantees you playoff success, but you start every year with a big head start. Let’s freaking go!
  18. HarveysWBs
    Yeah, I was conflating ‘18 and ‘19 with their more recent seasons, but you’re right, still a really impressive streak nonetheless. I don’t know what to make of their blowout record. I agree that the lack of a losing streak and the fact that they themselves almost never get blown out bodes very well. But there’s definitely some weak competition accounting for a lot of what’s going on in that list. Brewers, Royals, and Twins are top-5 and they all get some weak divisional opponents to prey on. So the question is how real this Brewers team is. I like the offense this year much better than I have in a while, even without Yelich. The pitching staff feels like it’s been defying gravity just a bit, but like their Pythagorean record, that’s seemingly something the Brewers just always do, since the defense is legit. At some point, we’re far enough along that you are what your record says you are. I usually try to assume my eyes are lying to me, but maybe, just maybe, this thing is real.
  19. HarveysWBs
    I’m fascinated by the idea that the Brewers could simultaneously threaten to set a franchise wins record while also underperforming based on their run differential. For so many years under that other manager, the Brewers always seemed to way overperform their Pythagorean record. My theory is that we used to use the bottom of the bullpen more in close trailing games, which led to more blowout losses than we have this year, but I’ve done no legwork to test that.
  20. HarveysWBs
    I’ve always liked the dude, just not the player. As such, I’m sorry he’s hurt (goes without saying, I would be in any event), glad he got some money for his trouble, and also glad this all but surely closes the book on his time as a player in Green Bay. Hope he makes a full and complete recovery. Now watch pass pro become a complete nightmare without him as I eat my words…
  21. HarveysWBs
    I know wish-casting your ideal postseason opponent is a fool’s game, but I will say this: I’m kinda hoping the Diamondbacks stay clear of the bottom wildcard slot one way or another. If Arizona and whoever they draw in the opening round decide to just play rock’em sock’em robots with each other’s bullpens for three long games, that’d be fine with me. Maybe they’re peaking too soon, compared to last year’s run? But they sure look scary right now.
  22. HarveysWBs
    I get this take, but we’re also talking about 19 playoff innings here, half of which was in relief in 2018 (where he was largely spectacular). The question raised is not entirely a nothing burger. He struggled mightily last year in his four inning postseason start, which contributed quite a bit to the quick exit from the playoffs (and probably his eventual exit from the roster). His strikeouts are down a little this year, and his overall performance is on a bit of a glide path (to be expected perhaps as he nears 30, and how outstanding he was for the last three years). And if his 19 postseason innings are significant, it is fair to wonder what his last 20 innings pitched of this season (in which he has given up 20 earned runs) might mean for how he will end the year. Is this some motivated reasoning by a Brewers fan who wants to feel his team won the trade by exiting their Burnes shares at as close to the peak of value as can be expected? Yeah, there is, speaking only for myself. But biased or not, I think there’s at least a little bit of smoke here, and I’d be a tad nervous as a Baltimore fan.
  23. HarveysWBs
    Murphy’s postgame justification on not pulling Devin after 5th run walked in: “Devin still had the chance for the save there, so you don’t want to pull him in that situation.” If that is his full and honest opinion, I don’t like it at all. You have to have a feel for what is going on. You can’t just say that as long as your closer is in a save situation, he has the ball, full stop. I choose to believe Murph is smarter than that, and is saying this to cover Devin’s pride and not dog him in public, or just cover his own rear end on the decision. Time will tell.
  24. HarveysWBs
    Hey, we got off on the wrong foot. I’m not trying to pick a fight or anything, and when the all caps come out, that’s usually my cue to leave. You’re right, and I’m just talking about one game here, too. I said earlier one game doesn’t make a trend and I mean it. I’m not critically concerned yet. But this one game will look much worse if Devin Williams (a player already coming back from injury this year) has to get shut down again for any stretch of time, or shows signs of overuse down the stretch. I’m a Brewers fan, I have to worry about something—I’d be just as happy as anyone else if this is just a bump in the road, and it probably is. Cheers.
  25. HarveysWBs
    1) If the sky rained beer my grocery budget would be lighter. 2) If Devin keeps getting used like this, and started losing it down the stretch, these arguments would be back. The point is, we shouldn’t have to lean on Devin this hard. No one would second-guess Murphy for saying Devin was down tonight, even if Mevill came in and blew the save.
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