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With the uncharacteristicly bad defense and key hitters coming up missing, it amazing Milwaukee still is in the series. Pratt's eractic miscues have been costly. His infield teammates have also been weak at times. They can't keep giving runs away with what should be a strong part of their game. To many hitters in the lineup aren't putting up competitive ABs.. Bauers, Turang, and Mitchell have been terrible. The three together are 5 for 33 with 15 Ks and no RBIs. (Bauers 2 for 11 with 6 Ks and no RBIs. Turang 1 for 11 with 3 Ks and no RBIs. Mitchell 2 for 11 with 6 Ks and no RBIs.) The great thing is that even with the bad defense and lack of hitting by key players, the Crew is still leading in the series. If they really tighten up the defense and get the bats going, they can win and move on. This is the year the mighty Dodgers are beatable! The W.S. is definitely there for the taking.

I wonder how many of Mitchell's 170 some Ks have been called 3rd strikes.

Yelich chokes again, just like he has in every playoff game since 2018. Contreras has to be better/

When all the announcers and everybody in the crowd knows he should stop throwing the cutter/slider, it's amazing frigging Contreras and Miz can't figure it out!

Whiffs are alarming lately. 45 Ks in the last 30 innings. Bauers 9 whiffs in his last 15 ABs. Mitchell 9 whiffs in his last 16 ABs and Ortiz 9 whiffs in his last 19 ABs. Runs are down along with the big jump in whiffs.

I look at Drohan and Patrick as bullpen guys. Maybe openers if needed, but not full time starters. They both have added value to the pen this year. Gasser looks to be the #5 to start the sason. Hopefully Preister can come back and be servicable. Who knows about the head cases (Sproat and Harrison) but you can't count them out. Crow and possibly Hardin are in the mix. Woody is a very outside chance as a #4-5/Pen type. Milwaukee definitely has to get a veteran in a trade or FA for the #3 spot. The have plenty of pieces in the minors and I'd include Frelick, Ashby, Sproat, and Harrison to make deals for a SP. Obviously everything now depends on the new CBA.

Getting concened about the huge number of Ks the Brewers are putting up going into the playoffs. 28 whiffs in their last 19 innings. For a team that doesn't have a lot of power, they need to score runs by putting the ball in play.

Let some other team pay the high price for the disappointment. Brewers can find somebody else in the off season. Who, I don't know, but that may be a topic for discussion.

Going into the playoffs I believe the Crew might keep 13 pitchers on the playoff roster because of the questionable starters which means some bullpen games. Right now I think Gasser is their best third option for the playoffs. Harrison is done for this year. Hopefully he can come back next year and be what he was at the beginning of this year. Drohan looks like a pretty good pen guy, who knows about Sproat, and Preister may come back in 2027 and be a viable option. Either way the Crew needs to look for a legit third starter for next year.

When Murphy is looking for post season pitching things are getting jumbled. Sproat is out for sure. As horrible as Harrison has been, he is highly questionable. Senzatela is on the bubble. He's either good or awful. Can they trust him for the playoffs? Either way he's gone after this year. Drohan's last two outings are certainly not encouraging. Stallings has looked good, but he's a low leverage guy at best. Wilson, Anderson, and Koenig are possibilities but not locks.

I don't see any way the Brewers offer Bauers a QO. He's been pretty much a journeyman 1B before this year with a career .223 BA/717 OPS. The most he's ever made was this year at $2.7M. This has been a career year for him, but he'll be 31 next year. I could see something like 3 for $24M - $27M.

The kid just looks over matched too often at the plate. When you have absolutely no power you have to put the ball in play.

Just let Turang sit for a while! 8 whiffs in his last 13 ABs. Brewers 24 whiffs in the last 17 innings. OMG! One of the slowest runners in baseball just scored from 2B on a wild pitch! It looks like the Crew didn't want to come out after the rain delay. I'm hoping for a much better effort from everybody tomorrow.

Especially after throwing 19 pitches last night. This is entirely on Pancake.

22 whiffs in 16 innings so far in this series. What happened to putting the ball in play especially with RISP.