Brewcrew82

I don't like the Rea Schwarber matchup at all.

Joey Ortiz has quietly been really good this month.

Hardest hit ball of Sal's career at 106.6 MPH

Lol. Contreras owns Suarez.

I think Chourio and Merrill are getting close enough to where they could start splitting votes and potentially tip this to Skenes. Merrill: .288/.319/.497, 125 OPS+, 127 wRC+, -3 DRS, 7 FRV 3.7 bWAR, 4.5 fWAR Chourio: .276/.330/.478, 122 OPS+, 122 wRC+, 12 DRS, 6 FRV, 4.1 bWAR, 3.8 fWAR Just a crazy season from all 3, and there's really no clear winner or loser. Narrative from throughout the season unfortunately working against Jackson and probably going to cost him even if Merrill goes ice cold and Skenes has a blow up start or two.

Dude has zero trust in Misiorowski but has had no problem trusting Peguero in high leverage for the vast majority of the season. #Murphylogic.

This. As much as I want to win in October and as hard as I will cheer for them to do so, I'm not going to declare any sort of systematic organizational failure (though, I'm sure others will have no problem rushing to do so) if they fall short again. The context that needs to be remembered by every single fan no matter what happens is that this was supposed to be a retooling year in which development took precedence above even competitiveness and we focused on transitioning to the next wave of talent. I mean, for goodness sakes we lost two top ten starting pitchers, arguably the best manager in baseball, and more than half a season of a HOF caliber closer from a team that was beating opponents based on dominant starting pitching and deft bullpen management backed by a shutdown closer. We walked into the season with Wade Miley as our #2 starter and a kid a few days over 20 batting leadoff. Vegas/Fangraphs had us pegged at around 78 wins and 4th in the division at best. At this point, we've surpassed pretty much even our wildest expectations, and there's still 2 weeks to play here. We have a better run differential than the Dodgers, Phillies, and Yankees who are outspending us by hundreds of millions. We're double digit games clear of every single one of our division rivals, all of whom, with the exception of the Pirates, spent a ton of $ on the hot stove themselves, and walked into the season with serious designs on taking advantage of our roster exodus and overtaking us for the division. That's not organizational failure. That's a gosh darn organizational miracle. A few games determined largely at random at the end of the season is nowhere close to enough to erase that. Yes, the goal is to win the World Series, and we've fallen short of that goal for the past 50+ years and would fall short yet again if we are bounced by the Mets, for example. But consider how many markets our size have won the WS this century. (Hint: just one, the 2015 Royals). And then consider how many markets our size this century have been able to achieve this level of sustained success. (the Rays?) Fact of the matter is that we are better positioned to make a prolonged run at a World Series title than we've been at any point since the final pitch of the 1982 World Series. 2011 was a one-off opportunity that was lost when Prince departed in FA. Any chance to capitalize on 2018 was curtailed when Yelich fouled a ball off his knee cap and then struggled for a couple years under the weight of back issues. Then, fast forward to now, where we have Jackson freaking Chourio locked up for 9 more years. With Jesus Made coming up behind him. The best catcher in baseball under contract for several more seasons. A resurgent Christian Yelich. The best stable of defensive outfielders/infielders in the majors. Meanwhile, the stuff of our pitching staff remains as elite as ever with a healthy Aaron Ashby and guys like Misiorowski and Yoho knocking on the door. Yes, Willy and (likely) Devin will be impactful losses, but does anyone doubt that they will be accounted for just as Corbin, Woody, Hader, etc. were before them? This season is likely to end in disappointment as all seasons are. But that means next to nothing in terms of what this team has accomplished this season and is poised to accomplish in future seasons as a World Series title remains as within our reach as it ever has in a system that is stacked so completely against us.

Would just be another old man gaffe by Murphy. We know what Peguero offers to this team and that is absolutely nothing. Maybe Arnold pulls the trigger anyways or they call up Yoho who is equally deserving.

That was really impressive from Hudson. Looked as close to being back as he has in a while.

Peguero would be such an unserious move. I suspect you may be right, but not even giving Misiorowski or Yoho a shot given the circumstances seems crazy. We already know Peguero can't pitch in high leverage.

On the subject, Hudson looks really good. Velo sitting 92-93. Getting whiffs on the sweeper. That's a bright spot coming out of tonight.

Hudson pitching for the Sounds right now, so you can probably scratch him getting recalled tomorrow.

I think we're going to see either Yoho or Misiorowski tomorrow night. Bullpen is spent right now.

Chourio almost did this the other night...Kinda crazy it actually happens in the same week.

That may be the most idiotic managerial decision I've ever seen in my life.

3 power hitters coming up. This is going to be the decisive inning imo.

Awful bunt.

I have no problem with Haase taking some more DH appearances from Bauers. Or catching and giving William the DH appearances.

You don't need to DFA anyone. They're all already on the roster.

Bauers is so much more deserving of a DFA than Sanchez.

Offense ain't slumpin no more.

Finally Chourio gets some BABIP luck this month. lol

Haase!

Ross going from DFA territory to key piece of the pen is an underrated storyline of the season.