long ball

I don’t know how to even look this up, but anecdotally… it feels like Murphy uses his best pitchers more than Counsell did. Murphy will chase wins when we are down 1-2 runs. This might partially be the result of different personnel though. More good pitchers and/or better hitters. now this says nothing about the underlying metrics, but it feels like winning a few games Counsell would’ve conceded in the 6th inning while still holding onto the same number of leads is enough to push the team from low 90s to mid-upper 90s wins.

I hate ring culture. Im 36, so maybe some other posters can verify if it’s always been a thing or if it’s mostly stemmed from the Michael Jordan vs Lebron James debate that’s basically been had since lebron was in high school. the fragility of the baby boomer/gen x sports commentators trying to protect the legacy and supremacy of Michael Jordan from anyone coming from the next generation feels like it’s the root of this. And then the millenial generation heard the “embrace debate” era of ESPN and now the ring culture has overrun all sports discourse online. It’s miserable.

Twist the knife tonight. We’ve done the bare minimum of what we needed to do in these 7 head to head games. Everything else will be about seeding, but since I live in the Chicago area, it’s extra sweet when we beat the cubs.

Hell ya

I’m not worried about the division race. We have very little to worry about regarding that. however, we are lined up to pitch Misiorowski against a possible playoff opponent twice over the next week. Since we are doing that, I have the added desire to walk away with a win. Same goes for Henderson tomorrow/next week.

Wilson’s injury probably saved Grant Anderson from getting optioned.

Holmes is probably the Cubs best SP. so pitching matchup, this is probably the toughest one. Getting this game would help calm my nerves a little even though it’s pretty irrational to be worried about the cubs at this point.

Last inning Smoltz was Saying Our Pen Was Over worked) but depending how you feel about the Workload of Patrick. I actually think Our pen usage has been fine other than Ashby

I get bears pre season football. (I'm watching on MLB tv)

I would be shocked if brought up anyone not currently on the 40 man. im guessing we will make at least 2-3 roster moves with the pitching staff in September. Other than Romero and Uribe, I strongly suspect we will see at least one outing for Crow or Sproat in September. Spencer mentioned on the BF pod that the Brewers could gain an extra year of control for Naylor if he gets less than 10ish days of service the rest of the way. Now I’m not sure the Brewers care THAT much about Naylors service time, but it’s worth mentioning at least. Naylor and Lockridge are really the only guys who make sense based on the current active roster.

At the very least it gave some of us fans a sigh of relief.

This is actually a pretty sobering cautionary tale for our current SP group. not that all of our current SP are flame throwers, but we have a bunch of pre-arb SP who are contributing at the big league level now and are under team control for at least another 4 full seasons. It would be probably foolish to expect Misiorowski, Henderson, Harrison, and Priester all to be contributing members to the rotation in 2029 and 2030. (I left out gasser and Drohan since they’re a little older already)

Assuming we make the NLDS, we will need 4 starters/bulk arms and May is clearly one of those guys. I’m not sure I would’ve considered him that before we acquired him, but he’s certainly looked it in his first two outings for us. here’s to hoping the pitching group stays healthy and can continue to get extra days of rest down the stretch. harrison feels a bit like Priester last year. We as fans felt pretty good about him as a playoff starter all year… until we didn’t. Let’s hope he looks like early season Harrison heading into the playoffs.

Obviously I have no idea what the clubhouse was like in the past or is like this year. We’ve heard the brewers have a “no ******* policy”. I haven’t necessarily noticed what you’ve noticed, but my theory would be that they’re not getting too high or too low during the regular season. They haven’t had the long winning streaks like last season. They haven’t been particularly “hot” either. They’ve just stayed incredibly consistent, winning 2/3 in a series 4-5 games a week. So they haven’t had the emotional highs and lows since they’ve just been consistently good all year. I’m sure svuem could tell us their best and worst stretches of the year, but it “feels” like there haven’t been any bad stretches and have only been a few “hot” streaks. just win.

Obviously could include the bigger names like Contreras and megill on this list too. I think it depends how this season and post season play out. If we go to the World Series or hell, win it, it’s going to be a very poor look for fan engagement to trade any of the major contributors. also with the CBA negotiations looming, who knows how active the trade market will be. Especially if things get delayed all the way till February/March. I’ll add one note on grant anderson since he’s probably the least interesting player mentioned here, if he retains that option (haven’t checked to see how long he spent in AAA) then there’s no reason to offload him. He’s a perfect guy to have in the pen in that role. Reasonably effective in low leverage, can fake it in medium leverage, has an option, and most importantly seemingly has a rubber arm.