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Definitely seeing shades of bad Joey habits lately. He needs to nip that.

Ideally, you have better balance in the lineup between the contact bats and the power bats, so those 5 more HRs aren't solo shots. Obviously, acquiring that lineup is easier said than done. Small ball is fun, entertaining no doubt, Just would prefer a better balance. Yes, they have several guys with the capability to hit 20+HRs, but they don't. Currently, they have 2, one of which is reaching it for the first time in a career year. Turang might get them 3, and Contreras gives them a slim chance for 4. Can't wait until Burke and Fischer arrive and hopefully bring their hammers to the big league.

Interesting artical in USA today highlighting the Achille's Heel of the playoff contenders MLB playoff contenders' flaws, issues that could derail title hopes The intro included this bit about the Brewers, and it sounds a little too familiar again. "The Brewers had the best record in baseball in 2025 then scored one run a game and hit .128 in a four-game National League Championship Series sweep by the Dodgers. It was the lowest batting average in a postseason series of at least three games in MLB history. Their power outage was not a fluke. Milwaukee finished the year in the bottom third of the majors in home runs, covering for it all season with contact and speed. The flaw was there, buried under 97 wins, and it was exploited once the bright lights came on. The actual "flaw" discussed about MIL later in the article is about the starting pitching. Not telling us anything we don't already know as daily followers of the team. Just sounds a bit like a broken record from last year.... not enough power, built for the regular season with speed, defense and contact against pitching that runs from the aces to the bottom of the order, the same bottom of the order type of pitching you don't face in the playoffs. Hope the contact bats don't crap the bed again when it counts most, especially with the pitching drop off after Henderson.

That’s the exact right plan for Yeli, Burke and Fischer. Doubt it will play out that way though.

Really hope the brain trust proceeds with their heads and not their hearts or out of some sense of loyalty, a need to justify his salary or appealing to fan sentimentality. And I hope he is truthful to them in how his arm feels rather than lying just for a chance to ride the ride with them. Would be great if he could be available to work a few bullpen innings effectively, and that would add to the lore if they reach the show.

He needs to go back down for this year. Seems like the consistent mechanics reach a failure point, and then the pressure mounts and it goes sideways quick. Too good of arm to give up on though. Get him more quality time with the pitching staff in the offseason. They need to find some mechanical device, the tidal tube or something similar, to get him trained into a repeatable motion.

It’s easy for fans to look ahead and salivate about the staff next year. Truth is we have question marks with both Harrison and Priester being more than a flash. And if Sproat will ever get consistent command

Really hate position players lobbing to close a blow out. Don’t know what a better solution would be though.

Doesn't it pretty much go without saying that Romero will be the added pitcher? I would really like to see Adams to attempt to add some power, but it is probably going to be Lockridge. An aside ... Isn't Adams in danger of getting plucked via Rule 5?

Probably a mild overreaction, but I'm largely indifferent to it. Perhaps Murphy has been seeing little things from multiple players that have been gnawing at him and pulling back on the bunt just was the final straw. Murphy is about my age. We could be siblings. Probably some of you here as well. I can identify with his mindset more than younger coaches. I like that he is more old school in an era that is closing fast for managers and coaches with that generational wisdom.

Yep... molehills and mountains.

The sustained regular season success of "the little engine that could" has become too big for them to ignore. Winning essentially without any "stars" besides Mis (nobody outside of Brewer nation cares about Turang or Chourio) has indeed forced the industry to spend time on them.

It doesn't feel like a "best record in baseball" offense that's for sure. And yet, there they are by way of great pitching and defense and very little power. Seems unlikely that they can win like this in the playoffs.

Oh, it was just some brief drama, a storyline. Every media source from the pros to the social media DIY'ers need material to milk.

I have low expectations for any backup / utility infielder. With that in mind, Hamilton has exceeded my expectations. The article seems unjustifiably harsh, surprised me.