If the Brewers don't get into playoff contention, they have to hope that the veteran starting pitchers get back and pitch relatively well. They could potentially pick up some nice prospects with a quick re-tooling.
I think the team missed an opportunity not signing or trading for a veteran infielder in the offseason. I also do not understand signing Woodruff if he wasn't going to contribute by now. I hope the medical team didn't miss something on Cortes otherwise the trade made some sense and it's just been unlucky.
Thank goodness the team signed Quintana. The Priester trade is too early to tell even though I probably would have preferred they used that kind of package on an infielder.
I don't know if the team should invest more resources into the team at this point. The NL is extremely strong so it will take a fair amount of wins to get into the playoffs. The good news is that the minor leagues is incredibly deep so they have options if they want to go that route.
Wilken is such a massive guy, is there any intimidation from pitchers? He looks like Barry Bonds up there. I know these guys are professionals but just a thought that came into my head.
Do I think Murphy is the cause of us being blown out so often? No. Do I think he could manage the bullpen better at times? Sure. But keep in mind that he gets information that we do not.
I'm sure Murph might be forced to retire at the end of the season if the team is really bad. However, the season is still very young and the team is almost .500. Phase 2 might happen but we aren't there yet.
This is what I posted:
A small market team that is near .500 firing the reigning NL manager of the year 34 games into the year? This is bad, even for Game Threads.