Brewcrew82

When you're always looking for something to blame, you somehow end up blaming an offense that scored 7 runs with a .335 xBA and hard hits galore......Against a solid starting pitcher and pitching staff.

21-13 gets the first 100 win season in franchise history.

Jake Bauers now has a top 10 OPS in the game and seems likely to get downballot MVP vote(s) at this point. Is this a guy the Brewers need to QO before the lockout, with Woody's accepted QO from last offseason coming off the books?

In the last day the Brewers are averaging 22 runs per game. Therefore, the Brewers offense, is in fact, multiple times better than even the 27 Yankees. Simply selecting the most recent, relevant data as teams have changed quite a bit over the first 126 games!

Why wouldn't they get another one at some point? When they tend to incentivize and reward localities who put forward taxpayer $ for stadiums/renovations (see Toronto, Baltimore).... Like I said, MLB isn't the NBA where they go to LA every other year. They actually try rotate through all their clubs, large markets and small.

FWIW, the QO offer deadline is before the lockout begins on December 1. Brewers can offer it, and Bauers would have to accept/reject before then. Because of this, would assume any change to the QO structure wouldn't take effect until after this coming offseason.

FWIW, "Ripping the cover off the ball" isn't exactly Lara's game. At his best, he's a younger, switch-hitting, more toolsy version of Sal Frelick,. Which is why I like the idea of platooning them (plus Mitchell) if they're okay with only semi-regular ABs for Lara instead of regular ABs. Knowing the Brewers, I expect Lara to get optioned instead of Lockridge. They don't care if Lockridge only gets the weak side of a platoon at most.

If it were up to me, I would keep Lara on the roster even when Frelick returns to at minimum platoon with Frelick (and Mitchell) against LHP. Comes down to whether the Brewers are okay with that for Lara developmentally. You're not exactly worried about getting Lockridge ABs.

Probably means the midsummer classic returns to Milwaukee some time during the 2030s, right? Unlike the NBA, where the city continues to be spurned going on a half century and despite a new arena, MLB has no qualms about small markets playing host to the All Star Game and has something of a rotation. These are basically the only other cities that have been waiting in line longer (with the exception of San Fran due to the Olympics). MLB gets to “reward” the state and the club for the taxpayer funded renovations to Am Fam. Maybe Vegas and Tampa jump to the front once their new parks are done, but after that....

The problem with the Brewers is they're just too reliant on the home run ball as evidenced by this game. That's not going to work in the postseason.

I mean the Cardinals are literally rebuilding and the Brewers are in first place. Plus the Cardinals held Baez in AAA the whole year until now while the Brewers’ AAA hitters are all injured and they already called up Lara and Pratt.

I never said I wouldn't still take the Cubs offense. I'm just saying the gulf may not be as substantial as it feels right now in the midst of the Cubs hot stretch and the Brewers ice cold streak. Versus their defense where they legitimately have a substantial metrical advantage. They definitely hit the ball more consistently at optimal spray angles, which is why they have a higher SLG% than the Brewers despite the similar metrics. But there also may be a degree of overperformance right now too.

Maybe, but he's started slow in AAA and only has 20 PAs vs. Baez who has played well in AAA the whole season. Also no place to put him unless Yelich goes on the IL.

Baez has been in AAA the whole season and is better than any prospect the Brewers could reasonably call up right now. If you're thinking of Fischer, his contact metrics are worse than Baez's and he's been in A+ and AA.

Nope. Deadline applies only to players on the 40 man. Ornelas was taken off the 40 man and cleared waivers so he's eligible to be traded.