Brock Beauchamp

I suspect he’s saying the Marlins aren’t as bad as the Pirates. Miami is 25th in baseball in wRC+, which is probably the best metric of overall offense we have. They’re bad but they’re not the worst in baseball.

That was a hell of a game.

I can see Burnes through eight given that he's facing the bottom of the lineup but there's no reason to put him out there for the ninth if the Brewers are winning. Put a new arm in for the fourth time through the lineup.

Every team claims they never want to rebuild. Without fail, every small market team needs to do so at some point. Even the Rays had a lull from 2014-2017 when they were under .500.

Nice PA from Tellez.

It's the end of the MiLB season, which means we grade out our top 20 prospects one final time before the long winter sets in. If you need to catch up on stats, current placement, or anything, just use our current prospect rankings: https://brewerfanatic.com/milwaukee-brewers-top-prospects-rankings/2022/ We'll close voting on this Wednesday, October 5th so I have time to post the updates by the end of that week. Looking forward to seeing all of your rankings!

What the Brewers need is not a miracle, only for the Phillies to remember they're rostering 18 DHs and play accordingly.

If the Brewers take a step back in payroll, they should fire sale the team. Now is the time to aggressively push the budget upward, not be cautious. There will be plenty of time to be cautious in a few years when the roster collapses and ownership slashes payroll to rebuild.

This is great news. When I bought a Volt (electric hybrid) three years ago, the only reason I didn't go full electric is because my wife (a trucking attorney) sometimes has to drive into outstate Minnesota and Wisconsin to interview clients (truckers are often in rural locations). Charging availability wasn't scarce, it was non-existent. I expect to be looking at buying a new car in about two years so I'm really hoping we can go full electric this time around.

I haven't checked in for a bit - my August baseball slump kicked in hard watching both the Twins and Brewers falter night after night - but now that the kids are back in school, expect to see a lot more of me as we gear up for the offseason and the hot stove season where hope springs anew as we envision only the best and brightest things in 2023. To kick off the offseason, we're developing a really cool payroll tool that allows you to craft your own payroll and easily post it to the forums. More on that to come and expect to see something the week following the last game of the regular season. As always, I'm excited to roll this out and features like this are largely due in part to our caretaker support, which funds many of these projects for both Twins Daily and Brewer Fanatic. Just a little over six months ago, we re-launched BrewerFan as Brewer Fanatic. The community has been very supportive of this endeavor and very helpful, assisting us in all sorts of ways as we build out cool new functionality to make this more than just a fan forum; we aim to become a fan experience with new features and interactivity you won't find anywhere else. So how has it gone in our first six months? Overall, very well, thanks to all of you. Naturally, we've seen our fair share of bumps and bruises as we adapt our business model to a new fanbase but it has been eye-opening; for a long time, I kinda fell into tunnel vision as I catered solely to the Twins fanbase and their wants/needs. Becoming part of the Brewers community has not only given me new perspective, it has made me open to trying things differently and expanding how this site can better serve the fanbase. Without all of your input, that wouldn't have been possible so thank you again for that help. In the first six months of its existence, Brewer Fanatic drew 122,000 users to the site. Over the identical six month period of 2021 (when, let's all admit it, the Brewers were slightly more engaging to watch), BrewerFan drew just under 59,000 users. The growth has been exciting to watch and I'm regularly approving new users on the forums, which is the surest sign that this community can continue to thrive and grow over the coming years. Brewer Fanatic saw 2,000 or more people stop by the site in a single day an impressive 14 times during that six month period. In 2021, that only happened three times on BrewerFan. Over that six month span Brewer Fanatic has seen 196 new users register on the site. Over the same period of 2021, BrewerFan had only 32 new user registrations. Props to all of you who chose to jump into this community and participate with its comprehensive and knowledgeable userbase. With that out of the way, now that we're in the offseason, I think you'll be able to see some of our larger plans for the site coalesce. We have a lot of new features planned throughout the offseason and into Spring Training, where we hope to have on-site writers next February and March... but that's kind of shooting for the moon and a lot depends on the Brewers themselves. Wish us luck and let's hope to see plenty of action this offseason as the Brewers gear up for the 2023 season!

I thought the Mariners got a good deal on Castillo so I'd be pretty happy if the Brewers could do the same with Woodruff.

Hmm. This is a really pain in the you-know-what. There's a variable here I'm not finding, will keep at it. Thanks for the update, everyone!

FanGraphs still has the Brewers at a 20% chance of making the postseason so they're far from dead. But sheesh, between the Twins and Brewers, it has been extremely hard for me to give a crap about baseball the past two months. For my own sanity I've stepped back for a little while and will re-energize a bit once we reach the offseason.

Not often when I say this but... GO MARINERS!

That’s all very fair.

Both sides of the MLBPA and owners had a healthy dose of cold feet before the lockout. Could the Brewers have extended him? Sure, probably? Is it a little bit interesting they didn’t? Given the circumstances, not really. Everyone knew the lockout was coming but no one knew how long it would last or what baseball would look like afterward. And coming back from over a year of covid weirdness in general, it’s not surprising many teams erred on the side of caution heading into December 2021.

I'm not the least bit surprised that there has been no movement on this at all. In many cases, both teams and/or players shut down contract talks once the season begins. What happens through November and December will be interesting. I wouldn't entirely rule out a Burnes extension, though it's unlikely to happen.With two years of control remaining, there is a pretty significant incentive for Corbin to sign a deal before the 2023 season, as pitching arms are notoriously fickle and he may find himself more interested in $200m guaranteed today than the possibility of $300m in two years. If the Yelich contract did not exist, I would be a lot more bullish on the Brewers extending Burnes.

@RWeeksFan23 @GAME05 @wallus I think this is fixed now, can all of you verify?

The pitcher can throw a third time but it needs to be successful or the runner is awarded a base.

Does Hiura do ANYTHING normally?

And the players voted unanimously against both. Bleh, get out of your own way, MLBPA. You are absolutely in the wrong for not supporting the pitch clock at the very least.

It doesn't seem to impact OF but unsure.

I'm on board with these changes. Wonder how the larger bases thing is going to play out, I don't see any mention of it being voted on at all, much less it being voted down.

I'm generally in favor of banning the shift but not beholden to getting rid of it. At the end of the day, the shift brings no entertainment value to me, especially on television. And if it decreases entertainment (balls in play for hits) while bringing no entertainment in return (less defensive action, lazy throws from short right field), get rid of it. This game has become too bloody boring and I want to see more action, however we get there (within reason).