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Brewers win, Cubs lose. Hopefully the next 6 cubs/cards games go extra innings too.
Lolllllllllll!
Dodgers gotta be thinking about plan B after watching Jansen blow another 9th inning lead. Since getting torched in the 2017 series by the Astros, he's been average at best. Can't imagine they'll let him cost the dodgers a deep playoff run this year.
Agree on all counts. Counsell has maximized this team's abilities, especially the shaky pitching staff. Jeffress was clearly an upside anomaly last year, Chacin is chewing innings in Boston, Knebel has been out for the season....and yet they seem to find a way. Clearly the clubhouse is on the same page, especially after losing Yelich for the year, and that has to be put down to the manager too.
In addition to outstanding sabermetrics and number crunching which Sterns and Counsell both embrace, and which has become the foundation for roster building and line up card filling in all of MLB, I think the brewers are early adopters of the next wave of data crunching, which will focus on personality profiling and its role in constructing a winning team. This is an area that goes beyond the numbers, an aspect of value-adding that hasn't been much discussed because it's somewhat more intangible than WHIP or OBP. Yet with computers able to process more types of data, it's certainly an area whose time has come. Finding the right fit for a roster is worth a certain number of RBIs or Ks...not sure how many yet, but I suspect we'll know all about it in a few seasons.
Just in time too. He's what you'll need to counter the Astros big 2. Unless you're counting on Happ, lol.
And looking great through 4!
Yup, while it's convenient to wring hands about the schedule late in the season, the Crew took the last 3 series they played against the Cubs and Cards.
Looks like the only thing they do well is battle. Woodruff starts on Tues, and while he'll be on a tight pitch count, it will hopefully boost morale to see him back.
Let's face it: in the NL, the wc race has been a dog and pony show. The fork just drove a bit deeper into the Mets, who can't win close games lately, so just as well they get blown out in Rockyville. The Nats looked like a lock for the #1 wildcard slot, but they too seem determined to blow it at the end. Phils? Their manager keeps talking up how good they're going to start playing. Tomorrow.
Only the Cubs and Brewers have risen to the occasion thus far. Now there's a lot of games left to be blown, and maybe the Crew stumble through the past couple of weeks and drop out of contention, but right now this is a damn decent team by the only matric that counts in the end: wins and losses.
Whatever the results of the regular season, IMO the Astros are going crush everyone in the playoffs.
Lol, I hear you. It is one ugly team in Milwaukee this year.
Brewers take 2 of 3 from the Cards in St Luigi! Even without Yelich this team bounces from getting destroyed to eeking out 1 run wins. I can't remember the last time the crew won a game before the 5th inning.
Hader still getting rocked, but slams the door again.
It would be quite a story if they could man an Oct spot.
2 strike bombilla into the corner. Raj knows how to get the big hit...if twice qualifies you for that designation.
Do you remember the share count when you were 17?
I guess we'll see if Brown's social media history sheds any light on the matter.
Fishy? Nothing fishy here to me. With upwards of 80 percent of rape cases going unreported, I see nothing here but natural process. You think a woman demanding money if she has been raped is fishy? Why else would anyone put themselves through such an unfair and brutal process? No doubt there are some false accusations made, but compared to the violent crime women have to suffer in silence, these false accusations are a drop in the bucket.
What's fishy to me is how quick society is to damn the accuser, whether it's because of money or some other perceived base motive.
Nothing funny at all. Looks like the Raiders knew a bit more than what was printed...the shouting match with the GM was the tip of the iceberg. Given, Krafty's recent sketchy legal history, it's no surprise he ended up in Beantown.
Brewers must be already planning for 2020. Grandal and Moustakas are gone, so that's the veteran backup for Yelich which will need replacing, and both those guys have earned their money this season. The bullpen will be counting on some arms coming back, like Knebel and Jeffress. And the rotation....it's already a train wreck so it can only get better.
It sucks being a small market team, one dud contract or one injury away from mediocrity, but that's the reality of big $$ sports.
At this point I'm cheering for ANYONE to chase down the Cubs. The Mets have as good a shot as anyone. Their SP is better the any rotation vying for the 2nd WC spot, including the Cubs. Their hitting stacks up pretty well and their bullpen is just as bad as the rest of the teams. It'll all come down to execution. And managers making the right moves. Madden has demonstrated that he can blow games with the best of them, but I'd have to agree that Mickey will most likely cost you at least a couple of games down the stretch. And that will be the difference.
This is the worst possible thing ever for the Brewers. It's so sad to yelich go out like this after what has been an amazing run. He can't be replaced...guess it just points out how lucky the Crew was last season, when the health and the magic clicked.
Well, hopefully he's fully recovered for next year. Watching the end of tonight's game, I was thinking "how far can you expect to go with Drew Pomeranz closing? " I suspect we'll find out right quick.
Chump change for Henry. Probably just couldn't afford Dumbo's hair products any more.
Any of those 6 names would be a quality choice for MVP. It's quite a large top -tier in the NL.
Brewers had a great weekend against the Cubs and have done their part to make the WC race close down the stretch. Cubs have a lot of games with St Louis left on the schedule, so it's still an open race. Mets have to pull their thumbs out this week to still have a shot. Still can't believe the Snakes have been playing this well and are right there too.
Brewers squeak out a huge W against the Cubbies. Yelich does it again! Hard to imagine a more valuable player to their team than Yelich is to the Brewers. I know he won't win the MVP again, but both his numbers and his worth are greater this season than last season.
Baez is a HUGE loss for the Cubs. Hate to see it, especially at this time of the season.
With Diaz, I can't believe the drop off this season. Cano? This I understand: the guy's a drug cheat whose numbers were no doubt inflated for years. Same story with Braun. Add in the bloated contract and you have an extremely overpaid, average or below average player with little spark or incentive to work hard. But Diaz? I didn't see many Mariners games last year but the dude's numbers were off the charts! This season he still seems to have the heat. Why do you think he's flailing so much? Is this a Sonny Gray situation or what?
No argument here. The guy has been scary bad. Couldn't blow it any worse bad. Nice day for the crew too. Cards lose, crew beats the cubs.
Snakes could be the best managed NL team this year. Not many teams trade away their best bat and ace pitcher and still have a shot in September.
Crushing loss to be sure. I can't see the Mets mustering a playoff run this Sept. Up 6 in the 9th, you gotta win, plain and simple. Blame is irrelevant.
Unbelievable how much better the Metties have been without Cano and Diaz.
Brewers have to take at least 2 out 3 against the Cubs to make the rest of Sept meaningful. A sweep would certainly heat up the race a bit, which has gotten a tad stale with the Mets dropping 6 straight after churning through the AAA MLB teams and the brewers losing series after series against contenders.
I'm not ready to start watching football yet.
Yup. Tough time for a shonky outing. They needed this series. More importantly, the Crew needed them to handle the Cubs. It's getting late to be hovering around .500
Hard to lay it on Stroman. You've touched home plate 11 times in the last 4 games, including 5 in one game. And Darvish has been improving exponentially.
simple answer: because they don't play for New York
Definition of pain: watching Braun shy away from Fowler's 2 out, 3 rbi double in the 8th against the dreaded cardinals. Could be the fork in the Brewers already thin chances. The ball was his to catch: you could see it in the replay and on Braun's lame facial expression after he pulled up and the ball dropped. Total lack of commitment in a big moment.
Wow, what a stomach churner for the Crew! Don't know what was worse: watching Hader blow another save or Hiuras error in the last inning on a throw most 6 year olds could make. This would have been a hard game to bounce back from had they lost it.
The wc and the nl central are so up for grabs. How can the cubs be so bad with that line up and rotation?
I thought wrong.
Maybe. Yes this season was horrible for Cano. The good news is that Mets fans have 4 more seasons to see if he can return to form...No, wait... that's the bad news....sorry....
Agree on Calloway. Some teams.. you see the lineup and wonder how the team is doing as well as they are. That's certainly the case in Milwaukee this year. I gotta give their front office a lot of credit, but Counsell in the dugout is worth at least 10 wins per season IMO. The guy's a chemist.
Then you have teams that underperforn, for a number of reasons. I remember how the Red Sox flat out refused to play for Bobby V. Or, in the case of the Mets, the manager has the strategic capacity of Napoleon in a Russian December. No doubt the latest hot streak saved his job, but for how much longer? If Brodie had a hair on his azz he'd act now, while the season is still redeemable.
It's just another normal day on the Mets schedule. No biggie. Plenty more games to mis-manage ahead.
And don't forget that now you're not playing AAA teams anymore. The Braves have a really good line up. And in today's game, there's no such thing as a lockdown bullpen.
Meanwhile the Crew has quietly won 5 in a row without Yelich. It's still wide open in the NL, which should make for a September of worthwhile baseball....and some serious heartache.
Astros still the cream in all of baseball. And as much as MLB likes to pump up a story every time Vlad Jr ties his shoes, Yordan Alvarez is the runaway rookie of the year AL winner and should get a slug of MVP votes as well. Imagine a 22 year old rookie being the best hitter on THAT team. Unbelievable! And to think the Dodgers traded him for Josh Fields!
HUGGGGGGGE!!!! And against Strasburg too. Definitely a big boost to comeback like that. Doesn't hurt my Brewers either to see Washington drop a close one.
And as an aside, NL teams looking up at the Dodgers gotta love the way Jansen has been getting hit hard in LA's save situations. Since giving up the dinger in game 2 of the 2017 series, he's been completely hittable late. Then again, so has Hader lately....
SRTS- good to see the company back on track, especially with that big customer that caused the 1q grief.
Hopefully the AH price of $6 is a base for a big day tomorrow!
CLF
bought a slug this a.m. to stash away for a year. Excellent insider purchases and strong buybacks. Looks like the bottom may be in.
Looks like the O's need to get Davis back on the adderall:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27343717/o-davis-clashes-manager-hyde-dugout
Dude's making 17 large for the next 4 years, batting a buck 83, and he gets his strap in a twist because the manager pinch hits for him. Wow. One of the worst contracts ever, especially as it's a small market club.
Good to see the O's getting some return on the 11 million they're paying Trumbo: he held Davis back in the dugout!
And after that can you come to my place and wash the car? TIA
They are indeed on a wicked tear. Hate to be the next 20-games-below-.500 team that faces off against Mickey and the boys.
They are doing what they need to do:
1. Kick the losers when they're down and build a cushion for harder times.
2. Make the faithful forget about the early season bungles and generate some excitement in new Shea.
3. Pretend Calloway's flaws as a tactician and decision maker don't exist and that he'll not flub a massively important late September game and crush the fans' spirits yet again.
But Randy Savage had a chin. A couple more HBPs and Voit might be collecting his as it rolls to the backstop.
Sounds like a real tough guy... or a surefire candidate for a Darwin award ...