Brewcrew82

Robots please

Burnes getting BABIP'D to death tonight.

You gotta make that play for your pitcher.

What are runs? You can actually do that in baseball?

Joey...

Some really ugly swings so far for the Brewers as per usual.

He's probably going to be gone when the bring back Winker in a day or two.

He's looking a lot better imo. Can't be too far from a call-up if we get to the point where we need a starter again.

Wow @Brock Beauchamp between the Twins' and Brewers' offense your eyes have to be pretty sore.

He's only 29 haha...But glad to see him back hitting for power. Hope it translates to the big league level this time.

Honestly, when does Craig Counsell start to get the blame for our offensive ineptitude? If he's not going to be here next year, why not just move on now and try to jumpstart the team?

Well, at least one hitter on the team can hit lefties.

I know a sweep should never be expected, but we could really use one here.

Free Clayton Andrews/Abner Uribe!

Ughh what a meltdown by the bullpen.

I don't think he throws hard enough. That extra millisecond is big in the late innings.

Strzelecki is overrated.

Bullpen meltdown. Strzelecki can be moved from the 8th inning now.

We need one more lockdown option in the pen.

Urias...

Maybe Singleton shouldn’t be an everyday player, CC?

Just under two months until the deadline. We're in first place and suddenly playing good ball with significant positive regression and injury returns seemingly forthcoming. At this point, it seems pretty unlikely we'll be sellers, and with the way things are trending, "buying" appears to be our likely course. Should we indeed become "buyers" in what is almost certainly the final year of the Burnes/Woodruff/Adames window, what do you think we should primarily be in the market for? My current trade deadline "shopping list" for the Brewers: 1) Outfielder/Right-handed masher: We're set in LF with Yelich and Wiemer is on his way to solidifying one of the two remaining OF spots. Anderson is a solid option in RF and Frelick is on the mend and almost certainly going to factor into the discussion during the stretch, however, with Taylor likely headed for TJ surgery, we're seemingly short of a veteran OFer. Particularly one who hits from the right-side and doesn't have reverse splits. To me, the perfect fit here would be Ramon Laureano from the A's. Currently sporting a 1.4 bWAR and slashing a sublime .300/.340/.520/.860 against LHP. 2) Designated Hitter: We also need to figure out DH, a position that has really been holding us back offensively this year. Winker is currently on rehab and hit his first HR of the year today, but it's still a major question whether he can return to something close to his career norms. Ruf was a great add from the right-side and an improvement over Voit, but he banged up his knee pretty bad the other night. Who knows how long he'll be out for and how that will affect him. And then you have the true wild card, Keston Hiura. Hard not to be inspired by his contact gains in AAA, but, again, he's mashed there before and is currently on the IL. Perhaps a reunion w/ Andrew McCutchen in in store? Having a resurgent season with a .816 OPS and getting on-base really well. Would cost less than Laureano as a "rental". 3) High-leverage Reliever: Obviously, every contender is always in need of more relief pitching. We're clearly set at closer w/ Devin and Strzelecki/Payamps/Peguero have been really solid in their opportunities in high-leverage. Still, we could probably use one more reliever with great stuff to serve as a bridge to Devin. Abner Uribe could potentially fill this need without having to look to outside the organization. However, if Uribe doesn't prove ready for prime-time or one of our high-leverage guys gets injured, it might be worth getting involved in the Aroldis Chapman sweepstakes. Overall, I think these are pretty clearly our three biggest priorities right now. Starting pitching depth could still become a need, but we've had pretty good news on that front lately with Miley, Lauer, and Woodruff. Gasser is spinning the ball better these days, too. In terms of prospect capital, I think we should be willing to discuss all players not named Chourio, Quero, and Misiorowski.... Thoughts?

I have an idea: let's substitute Uribe for Sousa on the active roster tomorrow...

I think it's time to promote Uribe to AAA...or to the big league club...

Come on Sousa. We need to improve our RD and Pythg!!