also who in their right mind would sign a FA starting pitcher?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 23 March 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
if Braun can play 1B that would make things a bit smoother. then you've got Santana, Yelich, and Cain in the OF, with Broxton in reserve. but then, what to do with Thames? I guess you can platoon him or something.
and yeah signing FA pitchers is generally bad - that said the Brewers are under budget and clearly have a hole in SP, they could have picked up Lancy Lynn at least???
― frogbs, Monday, 26 March 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
FA pitchers never work out well for us, so I appreciate not overpaying. But Darvish and Cobb went for relatively reasonable prices. We could have afforded them.
The logjam in the outfield and at first (four possible players there!) aren't the worst problems to have, but I wish we could have gotten at least something for Santana (unlikely to get the playing time he deserves) or Aguilar (a possible DFA candidate). The roster is just ridiculously imbalanced right now.
Steans gave a less than inspiring interview with JS basically saying, "yeah I know people say we should have signed an ace but sometimes things don't work out and who can really predict how it'll all go anyway?"
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
ultimately I still feel like Sterns wanted to make some sort of trade but something must've fallen through. our rotation has the potential to be alright but it relies a lot on young pitchers without much experience who had decent, but not great years. we've seen how that's worked out over the years. feel like one solid, proven starter could help things a lot. cuz realistically, you look at the rotation now, probably 3 of those guys are going to work out. potentially 4 once Jimmy Nelson returns.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
No guarantee Nelson will be any good when he comes back.
I think the real logic—and it's unpopular—is that Stearns simply doesn't expect the team to really contend this year. Too many unknowns; he's still waiting for young players (mostly pitchers) in the system to work their way up. If the team over performs in April and May he can make a mid-season acquisition, otherwise he can keep the team on track for a big-scheme rebuild (Yelich slots to be a very good player for quite a while—the only piece that doesn't make a ton of sense in this equation is Cain, whose window is smaller, but I guess Stearns still sees him as a great player at a good price so you can justify the expense).
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
Anyone flipping between the Brewers and Bucks late last night went on a massive roller coaster
― frogbs, Saturday, 31 March 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
Thought it was too early in the year, too cold, too March to get excited for baseball but nope I’m stoked now
― Evan R, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
Heartbreaking game for SD fans. Glad they're battling your team at least!
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
jesus has this been an emotional rollercoaster of a week
― frogbs, Friday, 6 April 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
brutal. Four excruciating games in a row, if you exclude one incredible inning Tuesday. Pretty fucking petty of the Cubs to tweet that shit while we're still processing the horror of watching our closer go down in violent agony
🎶 Hey, Milwaukee, what do you sayHow ‘bout one more L today 🎶 pic.twitter.com/DuMTbQqGXE— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 6, 2018
Fuck these guys forever.
― Evan R, Friday, 6 April 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Kind of sick of this meme but lol
If you don’t then you don’t love me deserve me at my at my pic.twitter.com/ijhdWxua88— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) April 7, 2018
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 April 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
This season has been really rough. Could be fun when/if the offense breaks out, but all those scoreless stretches and zero-run games are a morale-killer
― Evan R, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
it's a good time to have a rough start, though - cubs and cards have also sputtered out of the gate. i'm not taking the pirates seriously (yet)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
I'm not too worried about it, this is a good offense and they shouldn't get shut out too often. being .500 after all that is kinda nice. plus, they were like 1-for-100000 with RISP over the homestand (the 1 being Orlando Magic's walk-off, of course)
― frogbs, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
4/4 saves blown, lol
― frogbs, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 04:05 (six years ago) link
yikes, bandy had a bit of a fit about that strike 3 call. i mean it may have been an inch or two low but it wasn't thaaaat bad. reminds me of a matt carpenter freak out. he's lucky he didn't get thrown out. aren't the brewers short on catchers right now, health-wise?
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 15 April 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
daaaang, josh hader
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/josh-hader-is-becoming-baseballs-most-valuable-reliever/
Hader has faced 34 batters. He’s struck out 22 of them, while allowing only two hits. He’s making high-leverage appearances, and in five of six games, he’s recorded more than three outs.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 16 April 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
And yet our closer is Matt Lolbers
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Brewers are short of everything now, health-wise. Last night we were getting blown out of the water and didn't even have enough position players available to let one pitch
― Evan R, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
we've definitely rounded into midseason injury form
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
Josh Hader is beginning to feel like a legend in the making
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
yea him and Thames being the heroes of the game reminds me why I love this team so much
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link
Jesus Aguilar!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 23 April 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
Davey Nelson :(
― frogbs, Monday, 23 April 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
years ago I saw some post-game segment where he and the Rock tossed a ball around to demonstrate... something. I don't remember what but it was charming as hell. That guy was so good on air, such a lovable presence. Can only imagine how much his absence will be felt by those who knew him.
― Evan R, Monday, 23 April 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
yeah I know someone who used to work on the Brewers' media team, he said Davey was just as friendly and affable as he came off on camera. really loved how he was always so positive about the team, even when they got their ass kicked.
― frogbs, Monday, 23 April 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
8 straight, baby !
yeah, I know who they've been playing against. but still
sucks to see Thames land on the DL. wonder if Braun is gonna see some time there now.
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
Hopeful the extra playing time snaps Santana from his slump. This is getting hard to watch
― Evan R, Friday, 27 April 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
just like last year at this point, i can't tell which team i want to win! the cubs are off to a slow start but still seem like the odds-on favorite to win by the end of the year. but then again i wouldn't be surprised to see the brew crew end up at the top either, especially if the pitching is decent.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 April 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
So some 21 year old fill in starter just struck out 13 in 5.2, god damn
Wonder if they’ll send him back down now
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
Even better, his family came to watch him pitch in Colorado Springs, wound up getting to see him in the majors instead
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 May 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
first NL team to 30 wins
didn't foresee
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
That's because you turned your back on Jesus (Aguilar)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
see, even by bumping this thread you've brought good tidings
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
"The Haderade...sweet and salty today, once again."
― Andy K, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
send him out for the 9th imo
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
man if you'd have told me in 2010 that 8 years later we'll have the NL's best record in June with our two best players being Lorenzo Cain and Jeremy Jeffress....
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 June 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
Aguilar's having a pretty good year huh
― frogbs, Saturday, 23 June 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Freddy tonight: 7 IP, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 Hit, 0 ER. guess he's probably gonna stay in the bigs now.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
running like crazy on the Braves early
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
https://media0.giphy.com/media/ZQm4fEHAsUrCw/giphy.gif
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 July 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
rough last week of the first half
― na (NA), Sunday, 15 July 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
yea today's game was a pretty hard gutpunch to top it all off
― frogbs, Monday, 16 July 2018 02:25 (five years ago) link
Josh Hader is in damage control mode over some terrible tweets:
https://imgur.com/aZXgJfy
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 05:47 (five years ago) link
Presuming he shows UNFAILINGLY sincere remorse, I suspect there should be a year or two of diverse community outreach in Hader's future.
https://deadspin.com/serving-up-a-three-run-homer-is-somehow-only-the-second-1827676441
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
it is kind of amazing that athletes don't scrub their social media after making it to the pros.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
wow those tweets are wretched. at first i thought they might be fake because they were almost too brutal to be believed.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
xpostor their agents
on the plus side for hader, he's extremely talented so the yankees or the dodgers will give him a nice contract in a few years, regardless of him being a terrible asshole
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
He's getting diversity training per MLB press release. We'll see perhaps if it was just a 17yo asshole phase.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
I played HS sports and yeah, it doesn't really surprise me to see this. difference is back in *my* day our dumb thoughts weren't posted to social media and archived for all of eternity (I'm 32)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
Heard this morning that two times against the same team in the same season is a first. There might be three firsts involved in this.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
Reds glad to help in the MVP race. I think Yelich is hitting like .500 against the Reds this year.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
counsell starts dan jennings and pulls him after one batter (matt carpenter). september baseball!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
LOOG-y starter then send in a Righty?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
guess so! carpenter has been slumping for about a month now so i'm not sure it was necessary for today's game, but still pretty interesting to see counsell do something like that in this final week.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
Huh, that's a scenario I never thought of before. If a starter comes out after one unretired batter and the 2nd pitcher throws 4.2 innings and comes out with 2 outs in the 5th, is the 2nd pitcher eligible for the win in relief even though he wouldn't have been eligible as a starter?
― WmC, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
It's up to the scorer.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:04 (five years ago) link
can't believe Counsell pulled Jennings in the middle of a perfect game
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
wasn't it an UltraOpener move?
anyway, looking good for the Brewers, and i hope they play the Rockies.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
yea given our history of getting knocked out by the Cardinals I'd be happy to not have to face them in a do-or-die game
gotta say I've liked the way Counsell has managed these last few weeks, as though every game is a playoff game. they're 23-10 since 8/20, back when their playoff chances were something like 30-40%.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
congrats brewers
destroy the cubs
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 27 September 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
apologies that the pirates are unlikely to pull off a sweep in chicago
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 September 2018 02:42 (five years ago) link
umm... go Cards !??
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
Works for me, but only if simultaneously go nats
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
apologies that the pirates are unlikely to pull off a sweep in Chicago
don't speak so soon
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
Hader seems... tired?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 29 September 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
Go Brew crew. I'm game for a Brewers vs. A's or Cleveland World Series.
― earlnash, Saturday, 29 September 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
Act like you want it, Jeffress.
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 September 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
Yelich is doing a pretty good '67 Yaz imitation.
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 September 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
After today:
Yaz '67 (Sept./Oct.) - .417/.504/.760, 9 HR, 26 RBIYelich (Sept.) - .360/.500/.826, 10 HR, 33 RBI
(It was an offhanded comment--didn't realize they were that close.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 September 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
He's two RBI's from a triple crown.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 30 September 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
Christian Yelich's last 14 plate appearances: Three-run homerWalkWalkWalkWalkWalkTwo-run homerWalkWalkStrikeoutWalkTwo-run homerStrikeoutSolo homer— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) September 30, 2018
So he’s just another Mark Reynolds really
― frogbs, Sunday, 30 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/9ZYGLSm75j— kluch53 (@kluch53) October 1, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
except the brewers had the lead for most of the first half but ok
― na (NA), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
immediate regret for nit-picking a meme
brewers are a good team, congrats to the ilx brewers fans
― na (NA), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
tbh I wasn't too bullish on this season b/c a lot of players had breakout years in 2017 and I didn't know how repeatable that was. Thames, Santana, and Pina all regressed this year (I thought Shaw did too, but apparently his increased BB% made up for it), while most of last year's starting pitchers were notably worse this year, and our top guy Jimmy Nelson didn't pitch at all. All those offseason moves really worked out.
― frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
current mood:
Eric Thames. Boss. pic.twitter.com/mMsWIHKvff— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) October 1, 2018
― frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
Since the break, Yelich is hitting .367/.449/.770 in 64 games, and down the stretch he has been nearly impossible to get out.
Over his last 13 games, Yelich is 21-for-43 with six home runs, five doubles and two triples. That’s 13 extra-base hits in just 12 games, and he’s driven in 21 runs while scoring 17 times. He walked 14 times, including all five times last Wednesday to finish off a sweep of the Cardinals, one of eight straight victories the Brewers finished the season with.
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/10/1/17919174/christian-yelich-triple-crown-red-hot-brewers-mvp-case
Impressive.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
lol
https://i.redd.it/5aalx0ievmp11.jpg
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
https://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/yelich-wrc-plus.png
very good time to be streaking
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lift-off-for-christian-yelich/
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
I don't believe there is a 2019 thread, so I'm placing this here:
Bob Uecker is going OFF pic.twitter.com/i3c9IXyIM6— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) September 26, 2019
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 27 September 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
we migrated over here this year:
NL CENTRAL PREDICTATRON 2019
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Oh, that makes sense.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
I didn't know till today they had a 29-year-old rookie pitcher named Jason Alexander. I wish I were a headline writer for one of the local papers--I'd have one for appearance.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 June 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
"every appearance"
Maybe we can have a rolling fake headline thread
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Brewers Twitter is calling this the Summer of George
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 June 2022 07:19 (one year ago) link
Over/under on how long till the first "Master of His Domain" headline.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 June 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
Another divisional leader without a thread (nothing since 2018)...Don't know if FB links work, but I'll post this for frogs.
https://www.facebook.com/BlueJays/posts/pfbid029JSxqQKn6j6daSsHtxFuQbqXsnDcSYzvKV5oPpNfUeo8NcT1ty8WujG3gDhBMfAXl
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 21:06 (ten months ago) link
at a certain point, team-specific threads started to seem unnecessary with the small number of regulars on ILB, and some people started just posting on the general season thread instead. but that isn’t a hard and fast rule and some of the team-specific threads are pretty popular. but that’s why you don’t see a 2023 thread for every single team.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 23:20 (ten months ago) link
Makes sense. I'm glad I started the Rays thread, though.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 23:58 (ten months ago) link