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Thames has been really disappointing for awhile now.

I would say i wish we would have saved some of those 13 runs from yesterday for today, but we needed them all yesterday.

Great patience Hernan.

His lack of effort has been on display all year. Home runs and clutch hits cover up a lot of those moments. Now that he’s back to average, this is more evident. Pretty sure you’ve been on this all year....and now it’s on full display. It was so noticeable when you go to the games. Hard to watch at times. I don't remember him being this way last year. Maybe the great first half has been a curse. Now feels his roster spot is safe, success has gotten to his head, and he's gotten lazy and complacent. Not saying that's definitely it but it's a plausible theory.

Me too. Has Jennings entering in a critical spot worked once since like, June?

Billy freaking Hamilton, because why not.

Unbelievable. This is a freaking pennant race, Aguilar. Do you get that?

Safe or out?

No pitching yesterday, no offense today. Frustrating.

Nope.

I'm not watching, just Gameday, we got a shot at winning this?

*Sigh*

Damn. Well, got one.

I thought when you bunted foul with 2 strikes you get one more chance.

Brooks is an interesting choice. Pitched well this year, but not sure why now with the 40-man shuffle over just recalling Wilkerson. They must see something with Brooks. Don't know much about Brooks, but Wilkerson has been pretty terrible whenever recalled and he doesn't have great stuff or potential to at least fall back on. He's frankly pretty lucky it was Hernandez getting the DFA today and not him.

This. Exactly this on top of I love a good redemption story. People mess up. We are all humans. Braun was an individual who was so insecure with himself and that is sad considering he was one of the best baseball players on the planet at the time. He messed up, he's paid his dues and he has done everything in his power to be a good teammate and citizen in the MKE area. What else could he be doing? To me there is an enormous difference between making a one off mistake, a guy makes a bad choice on one particular night and takes something he shouldn't, and a guy who is just a shady individual who says all the right things but won't hesitate to get away with anything he can. I think Braun is clearly in the latter category. Do you believe that if Braun were able to go back to the beginning of his career, he would say, "I'm not going to do that again." ? I don't believe that for a second. I believe he would say, "I'm going to do it again, but I'm going to be a lot more careful this time."

I was readjusting my screen to see if you put that in a blue font... Nope not at all. I'll clarify though, I'm certainly not suggesting he be a trade candidate anytime in the near future, it would have to be the right situation for it. For example: Suppose after 2020, we haven't really taken that next step that we had hoped. Our pitching prospects haven't given us any high end rotation starters, Cain is regressing, and we're hovering around an 80 win team, with an ok farm. Similar to 2009-15, with a better farm. Yelich would be almost 29, with 2 more years of control, and hopefully still very productive. Our options at this point would be A) Spend every last dime we can afford and trade every prospect to add as much talent as we can around Yelich for 2 more years and hope we can make a run. This is sort of the route we went with Fielder in 2011. B) Extend Yelich, which would take a massive investment, knowing full well we're investing in his 31 and older seasons, and while a decline isn't imminent, the risk is certainly elevated. C) Trade him for a massive haul and look at a 2015-2016 type rebuild. Which would you do? I guess its honestly hard to even say without having more information, I'm just saying there are plausible potential scenarios. I'm sure the idea of trading Lucroy sounded ludicrous at one time.

I don't disagree with the others that Dino didn't do his job properly, I just don't really understand how it relates to what Braun did. If I embezzle from my company and don't get caught because the company has shoddy security measures, then when I finally do get caught the police botch the investigation and all the evidence is inadmissable and I get off, I am no less of a sleazeball for what I did. Unless it's just to say he should be no more or less hated than any other PED user. The most bothersome part to me is him signing a 9 figure contract under false pretences almost 5 years in advance, knowing his performance that led to that contract was artificially boosted. He's obviously not the first, I get that, but being a fan of a small market club, that's certainly the part I dislike him the most for.

Just wanted to put the actual post being called out because I believe Reilly’s post to be a bit misleading. Could the above post been worded differently? Probably. But it’s only asking a poster to not use BA as their only source of information. And in the context of the “argument” to not cherry pick stats to try to make a point in which the poster admitted doing after two posters discussed with him. And on top of that, when a mod said that’s enough, it stopped. I get that mods are using this thread to vent a bit too but this really wasn’t much of anything. Probably a better course of dialogue than the 15 other pages of “Brewers suck” this or that player sucks, yada yada yada. I personally don't think Reilly's point was misleading or that mods are looking to vent here. Just my opinion here Brew, but here's the way I look at that. "Oh man" wasn't really needed at all, just shows exasperation with the poster. The rest of it could have been worded: "His batting average may be low, but his OPS indicates he's doing just fine, and those numbers are in line with his career lows. I think OPS is a far more modern evaluation and better indicator of offensive performance." Exact same message, but doesn't come across negatively and isn't likely to escalate things with another poster. I don't mean to single you out (heck I don't even know if the dialogue above is even yours), because I've been guilty of this stuff myself many times. We can all do better. I'm just pointing out how easy it generally is to get points across in a respectful way just by looking for a different way to say it. We could probably prevent 99% of the confrontations by doing this. I don't think the "batting average" dialogue was brought up because it was that bad or anything - we've all seen and many of us posted worse. I think it was just brought up because it's the kind of thing that often puts the other side on the defensive and snowballs and we can and should avoid -- and again, I know I personally can do better.

I'd love to see Schoop get hot. He already has. 7 for his last 19 with 3 HR and a 1.295 OPS.

Can we stop with this misinformation... While it was true that the Brewers were on Hamel's no trade list, it is also true that he said multiple times that he would waive the no-trade clause to go to a contender!!!!! The second part negates the first part... Johnathan Lucroy said something similar. "A" contender does not always mean "any" contender.

for those promotions, you need two spots to open up on the 40-man. who is jettisoned? Orf is an easy call. For the other, Hernandez or Thompson. I wouldn't miss Lyles either.

Heck, I'd consider trading him around offseason 2020/21 depending on our situation at the time. (ducks)

Haha I love your hatred for the umpires. It's usually over the top, I'll admit, but it's more than well-deserved tonight.

My only regret on tonight is the umpiring crew will not get the negative attention they deserve.