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  1. long ball
    Robert Gasser just continues to roll. Huge props to him. What a game. What a team.
  2. long ball
    So I don’t have a lot of angst over Stearns anymore. Initially I felt scorned, but I’ve gotten over it. funnily enough, outside of building the infrastructure of this organization, one of his final moves as PoBO may be one of the biggest reasons we end up winning the World Series. I’ll explain. in 2022 the brewers extended Ashby. Sure the plan was probably that he’d be an anchor in our rotation for the life of the deal, much like Freddy Peralta was. Some injuries and control issues derailed that, but he’s basically been a relief ace/fireman since he returned from injury in 2024. Not all that dissimilar of a relief role that Hader was being used in prior to his losing arbitration case which was followed by the “Hader rules”. however, since Ashby is already on a multi year guaranteed deal, he doesn’t need to impress an arbiter with his saves totals or games started. We’ve therefore been able to deploy Ashby in any situation necessary and this post season he may very well end up being the most important pitcher for a World Series winner.
  3. long ball
    Honestly that walk off against Mason Miller has blessed me with a lot of confidence in this team. Don’t get me wrong, I still get anxious like every other diehard, but I still felt optimistic after the top of the first. Stealing a scoreless inning from May against the top of their order felt huge to me in the moment and it cleared a realistic path to our A bullpen holding them scoreless the rest of the way. Felt like another game which we clearly outplayed our opponent, but weren’t quite able to deliver the dagger. I think we will have one of those in our future before this thing is done. we just absolutely chewed up Rasmussen. Very similar feeling to the Yamamoto match up I kinda think this was the Rays best punch and we took it head on but recovered.
  4. long ball
    I’m probably not the first to mention this, but game 1s this playoffs have all been tightly contested 1 run games. This one feels even more like the NLCS since we are going up against the opponents unbeatable playoff SP. I think we just keep finding a way to win much like we have all season.
  5. long ball
    That’s been my gut feeling as well. I posted on bkuesky back when Curt broke the story that he’s making a rehab attempt that the most logical role for him was an opener if he can make his way back. I think the brewers implicitly trust him to execute his locations. His velocity was fine and they must’ve liked his pitch shapes.
  6. long ball
    I think this World Series run and hopefully a championship will change the way the Brewers act in the upcoming offseason. historically we’ve traded more guys than not who are entering their final year of team control. That’s Contreras, Vaughn, and Megill this year. we’d maybe look to move off of Mitchell since he finally had a healthy year and we have already committed to Lara with a long term deal. we’d maybe look to capitalize on Ortiz turning things around with the bat since Made is getting close to the big leagues. we’d maybe look to trade Ashby since he makes more money than we’ve traditionally paid relievers. we’d maybe look to sell high on DL Hall. we’d let Bauers leave in free agency. We certainly wouldn’t look to move on from all of these guys in one offseason but I think these are all guys we’d be talking about on the message boards here. we will have a lot of time to talk about this over the offseason, but I’ll chime in with my current thoughts which are subject to change once I really start looking at stuff and depending on if we win the World Series or not. I would ride out Contreras to free agency. I would not extend him. I appreciate what he’s done for the brewers, but I just don’t have any interest in paying for a catcher’s free agent years.
  7. long ball
    How are the nerves already kicking in this afternoon? We still have about 3 days to go!
  8. long ball
    I’m not sure how it could be interpreted as a “chronic” ailment. it’s not like he has a sore back that flares up from time to time. He had a torn shoulder capsule he was recovering from. While important, I’m not sure the injury replacement factor is a key to the decision. If he looks good and the metrics on his pitches are what they want to see and he bounces back after his live sessions that’s going to be more important.
  9. long ball
    Ya dodgers were not only scarier but they were just flat out better. Lots of people are acting like the dodgers were washed, but they won 100 regular season games, were playing well down the stretch, dog walked the braves, and as you mentioned the 4 headed monster of a rotation. Tampa is good. I'm not taking anything for granted, but they are getting pushed by an 85 win team who barely beat the White Sox. That Yankee team they boat raced was good but a lot less scary without judge.
  10. long ball
    Joe Posnanski wrote a blog about how the world series will be lacking star power. I do take his point. There's no ohtani and there's no judge. Those are the only two mega stars in MLB right now in my opinion, but after that... Is there a bigger star in baseball than misiorowski? I don't really think there is.
  11. long ball
    I agree 100%. I think you summed it up pretty well. from the moment I saw Curt’s video I knew he’d be on the roster. I’d even take it a step further. Woodruff should start the game 4 bullpen game. It gives us the most leeway if it doesn’t go well and then we don’t have to worry about him getting warm for a specific situation. (I’m also hoping we have a series lead heading into game 4 but if we don’t, I’d backtrack on this comment 😂)
  12. long ball
    I'm feeling oddly confident going into this one. I think gasser delivers 4.2 scoreless and the bullpen and offense handle the rest.
  13. long ball
    Great writeup. I have a ton of faith in Gasser right now. Obviously you can slice up the endpoints however you want to paint a rosy picture but he's looked great from my sofa. In a vacuum, 18 batters make sense. 3 games in 3 days may play a role, but if we have a narrow lead I'm pretty confident Murphy will go to the pen in an attempt to lock it down.
  14. long ball
    Ashby probably is good for all 3 but maybe not Uribe and megil😂
  15. long ball
    I think he's a solid bench player who complements our roster well, especially over the course of the regular season. He has 1 elite skill which always helps you stick around a big league roster. I wish his obp was a touch higher. He seems to have the skills needed to be a good defender but he's a little error prone. In the playoffs, I wish our back up infielder had a little more thump, but that's a minor quibble. He's probably back on the roster next year in a similar role.
  16. long ball
    Ill admit that I was nervous about ashby and his playoff viability but he's been incredible. With 3 games in 3 days,we will probably my need some other guys to step up but winning the first 2 gives us a little cushion for a bad bullpen day
  17. long ball
    I think that’s certainly possible. that series last year took an emotional toll just like this one. But last year it was a lot about the divisional rivalry. The fact that cubs fans swarm our stadium. There were bigger swings of momentum and fewer close games so during the game there was a chance to just enjoy the game. this series, as was highlighted on the broadcast, was just relentless. Every inning felt like a grind the whole series.
  18. long ball
    So often in the Brewers playoff appearances it’s felt like we’ve run into the hot team (or just outright best team). You could see it this year- tons of people giving their predictions on tv, radio, newspapers, and podcasts were picking the Padres. And they were hot! They obliterated the Cubs. They have a raucous home crowd. An incredible bullpen. Some real studs in their line up and defensively. Best record/offense/home record/bullpen era since July. We’ve seen the brewers get to the late innings of playoff games before only to have their nearly unhittable relievers give up the lead. well this week we caught the breaks 3 times out of 4 on the end of game plays. The cable ball. The Chourio walk off. The Mitchell home run robbery. We got to feel what it’s like to be on this side of those plays. It feels great. sure they were only a wild card team. We had 103 regular season wins. But that padres team was tough. very grateful to have pulled that off.
  19. long ball
    Totally agree. I would predict the roster to be the same (barring some unknown injury)
  20. long ball
    Hurt not to close it out last night when miller and Morejon were unavailable. Both presumably available tonight. I feel good about wrapping it up. I think our offense has mostly been pretty solid. Some tough luck or well positioned defenders. Another 1 run game might send me to the grave though. Lol
  21. long ball
    I’ve barely been able to think about anything other than baseball all week. I hope that lasts a few more weeks.
  22. long ball
    Mccalvy addressed this during his AMA on Reddit this week. Sounds like Murphy expects bauers to play some OF in the playoffs. Combining Misiorowski not allowing a lot of balls in play with a lefty starting against us, this is the prime opportunity for him to start in RF. Might only last a few innings if they PH for Vaughn as soon as he has a matchup with a righty reliever. re: Ortiz, I can’t remember which reporter put it out there, but Ortiz will be on the nlds roster. but ya those two guys are probably the most banged up and productive versions of both will be important
  23. long ball
    I mostly agree with you. Anderson and Koenig might be cheap enough that they’d bring them back if they are still optionable. I’m too lazy to figure out if Anderson used up his last option this year or not. But if he can still be optioned, I’d bring him back. Zerpa is an interesting case. He’s probably missing half the year so I might non-tender him on that alone. Maybe they’ll be able to bring him back for a lesser deal.
  24. long ball
    Robbie Ray v Misiorowski. with that match up, I’m guessing Bauers gets the start in RF and Vaughn at 1b.
  25. long ball
    So I don’t disagree overall. The scenario I was seeing in my head was this: late game, Morejon (lefty), he’s facing the bottom of the order than includes Mitchell and Frelick. Sánchez and Vaughn both pinch hit for Mitchell and Frelick. Replaced in the field/bases by Lara and Lockridge.
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