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  1. 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Hell ya
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    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.
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    Wilson’s injury probably saved Grant Anderson from getting optioned.
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    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.
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    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
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    I get bears pre season football. (I'm watching on MLB tv)
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    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.
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    At the very least it gave some of us fans a sigh of relief.
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    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)
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    So I’ve sorta been operating under the assumption that Bauers would be in line for a similar deal to what Ohearn hit last off season which was about 2 years for $30m. Similar age, position, handedness, spotty track record. However, if Bauers maintains this the final 5 weeks of the season he’s going to have a notably better walk year. Even if we work under the parameters of 2 years for $30ish… I might prefer the 1 year commitment of the qualifying offer. so I almost think you offer it hoping he takes it and you don’t have to commits to a multi year deal with him. sf70 makes a valid point, you don’t want to be trotting out a line up of 50% first and second year players. You need some stability.
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    Ya... I'm kinda thinking if Ortiz is going to end up on the IL, Adams makes sense if they think j he can handle third base for a few weeks.
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    Especially if its a matchup against the Phillies. Wheeler, Sanchez and luzardo is certainly pretty scary in any playoff series let alone a 3 gamrry
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    Have a chance to win the series with Misiorowski going tomorrow. Facing the rookie from Tomah. picked up a game on the cubs and Braves already. Hopefully the dodgers too. good night.
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    I think people get a little too worked up about the ABS stuff with Sánchez. I agree with you though.
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    I read the passan and rosenthal articles this morning. Not a ton extra to glean from the Brewers perspective. Really only the timing of the trade-tigers wanting to make sure they got their preferred deal before teams had a chance to pivot to Kirby. I don’t think this is some grand conspiracy. I think it’s totally possible the Brewers feel they offered better packages than the dodgers, but the tigers own evaluation was that the dodgers package was better. I did find it interesting that the Brewers felt only Skubal, Gausman, and May were viable playoff starters. Notably Holmes, Mize, and Ray were also dealt and have sparkly surface stats. im still disappointed we didn’t land Skubal and that’s compounded by the dodgers trading for him, but I’m satisfied with the mindset the Brewers had and satisfied with the pivot to May.
  22. long ball
    Then please explain to me why I get frustrated when we lose a game to the Angels on a Sunday afternoon in August? /s
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    Drohan has been a lock for 6 effective innings recently. Hopefully we bust out the bats tonight and can have Wilson toss a few innings. Running with a 6 man rotation in this long stretch without an off day is going to be a challenge. I do imagine that at some point during this stretch they’ll need to make a roster move to bring in a fresh arm. Or, they send either gasser or drohan to the pen after their starts against the Twins. fresh arm options: Kuhnel: started a rehab assignment 8/2 crow, Gordon, Rom could all be recalled any time. koenig? That ship has probably sailed stallings and anderson both need to be down for a while since they just got optioned.
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    I agree with other posters, Peña may be several years out yet. Not every prospect is going to be an mlb regular at 20-21 years old. He’s far enough away that I’m not really concerned with where he fits into the picture yet. Maybe the Nationals revisit trading Wood or Abrams and the Brewers take a swing there and Peña is part of that package. Or maybe he spends 2027 in aa, 2028 in aaa, and fits in at 2b to start 2029 if Turang is traded entering his final year of team control. Maybe he winds up in the OF. Lots of paths and several years for this situation to play out. I like Adams enough to add him to the 40 man this off-season. I don’t think he has enough power to be an everyday starter at first base. Maybe the brewers like his defense enough at 3rd base that he could fit as a CI bench piece? I’m not really “clearing space” for him though. crow is probably 7th or 8th on the SP depth chart heading into the off season (depending on the Priester time line). As we have seen this season, that’s probably going to translate into 7-10 starts, some relief appearances, and some AAA time too. Totally a valuable and necessary role. No need to overthink this one.
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    Ya I’m not real on board with Hamilton playing essentially the strong side of the platoon right now. I knows it’s only a couple weeks, but he’s .211/.318/.263 since coming back from the IL. Joey has been pretty good for about 2 months now and I think we’d all agree his defense is a real asset at third. joey could totally go back to slumping hard any day now, but that’s not right now. I’d prefer to see Joey in there daily right now.
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