Batter the Braves Part Deux

Elder just held the Brewers to 5 hits and 1 run in 6 1/3 last week.   Will need to do a better job against him tonight.

Pretty typical line up tonight:

I think it is kind of a shake up.  Mitchell 3rd when he has been 8th or 9th. Contreras at clean up instead of 2nd. Adames moved down to 5th.  And Hoskins all the way down to 7th.

6-0 Crew after 3, 2 Adames HR's, LOOKIN GOOD

Now 7-0 Crew after Turang singles one in

Crew has scored at least 1 run in each inning so far (now in the 4th), Elder relieved from his misery.

Colin Rea has a 3 hitter after 5, he's pitching pretty good tonight. And, only like 58 or so pitches so far.

Offense came to play tonight.

@Cheezers posted:

Elder just held the Brewers to 5 hits and 1 run in 6 1/3 last week.   Will need to do a better job against him tonight.

I'd say the Crew did a better job against Elder.  Good call Cheezers!!!!

And now Contreras drives in 2. 9 - 0 BREWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Contreras double makes it 9-0 Crew in the 6th

Bummer the new pitcher for the Braves

@DurangoDoug posted:

Colin Rea has a 3 hitter after 5, he's pitching pretty good tonight. And, only like 58 or so pitches so far.

If Rea can pitch like this in the playoffs, and make no mistake, the Brewers are making the playoffs one way or another.   But if can pitch like this then the Brewers have a punchers chance to advance , more than once.

(Beat you on the Contreras double.)   

2 out runs magic continues.

Trying to watch the Brewers from Western Wisconsin and this comes up when I go to TBS, where the game is supposedly being aired. How is that possible when the Twins are not supposed to be on, but are, due to their network(BS North) going bankrupt?

I'll never understand the MLB blackout rules. In Iowa there's six teams (SIX!!) that the blackout rule applies to. Some of these teams are like six hours away. Local market?!?

If MLB was a brand new league and your goal was to not grow in popularity this would be a key part of the strategy.

@ammo posted:

If Rea can pitch like this in the playoffs, and make no mistake, the Brewers are making the playoffs one way or another.   But if can pitch like this then the Brewers have a punchers chance to advance , more than once.

(Beat you on the Contreras double.)   

I don't see him being the type of #1 starter you need in the playoffs. Unlike previous years with Burnes and Woodruff, I don't see opposing teams being scared a series with the Brewers because they may have to face Rea twice.

I wonder if they'd have known they would be this good into mid-August, that they'd have made the Burnes trade? I doubt it.  I would trade Ortiz and DL Hall 100 times out of 100 for 3 months of Burnes at the deadline if I had the choice. It would be like the Sabathia trade in 2008. But the Brewers basically did the opposite before the season started.  

I think they thought they'd regress this year and traded Burnes early to get more value. As I've said before, it doesn't make sense to keep Adames and lose him for nothing yet trade Burnes. You are either all in or not.

Another 6:20 CT start for the Crew this evening.

Looks like the Braves are trotting out a pretty good pitcher in Chris Sale to go against Fastball Freddy:

Yikes, gonna need good Freddy tonight.

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

I don't see him being the type of #1 starter you need in the playoffs. Unlike previous years with Burnes and Woodruff, I don't see opposing teams being scared a series with the Brewers because they may have to face Rea twice.

I wonder if they'd have known they would be this good into mid-August, that they'd have made the Burnes trade? I doubt it.  I would trade Ortiz and DL Hall 100 times out of 100 for 3 months of Burnes at the deadline if I had the choice. It would be like the Sabathia trade in 2008. But the Brewers basically did the opposite before the season started.  

I think they thought they'd regress this year and traded Burnes early to get more value. As I've said before, it doesn't make sense to keep Adames and lose him for nothing yet trade Burnes. You are either all in or not.

And I think that you are rong, not that there is anything rong with that.  Rea's body of work though out the season is showing he can be a #1 starter. He's better than Freddie, that is for sure.   Atlanta is showing they are very beatable. If you would have told me the Brewers would have 3 more wins than the Braves in early August I would have said you are crazy.  Same if you had told me the Brewers would have a better road record than the Dodgers and the Phillies.  The way the Phillies are playing as of late, well there is no dominate team in the NL right now.

Sure, Burnes has a very good record right now, but remember, he is pitching against a bunch of AL players who have never seen him before. If he was facing NL hitters who have batted against him for a few years his record might be different.   You talk about getting nothing for Dames if you keep him for this entire season, well wouldn't the same thing have happened if you kept Burnes for the 2024 season?  You can't have it both ways. 

@PackerHawk posted:

I'll never understand the MLB blackout rules. In Iowa there's six teams (SIX!!) that the blackout rule applies to. Some of these teams are like six hours away. Local market?!?

If MLB was a brand new league and your goal was to not grow in popularity this would be a key part of the strategy.

Yep. I subscribed to MLB last year. When I found out the 1st Brewer game which was on the road was being blacked out I called them to see why.  I was told I was in the home Brewer area so I would be able to watch any games. Not only the Brewers but Cubs, White Sox, Twins, Cards, and Royals. They did give me my money back so there is that.

@ammo posted:

Sure, Burnes has a very good record right now, but remember, he is pitching against a bunch of AL players who have never seen him before. If he was facing NL hitters who have batted against him for a few years his record might be different.   You talk about getting nothing for Dames if you keep him for this entire season, well wouldn't the same thing have happened if you kept Burnes for the 2024 season?  You can't have it both ways.

I was just saying why keep Adames for the whole year and get nothing in return, but not do the same with Burnes? Ortiz may be a major plus player in a few years, but he's just another guy this year (1.7 WAR).

In 2008, the Brewers had a chance and went for it giving away a very good prospect in LaPorta for 3 months of Sabathia. This year, the Brewers received a decent prospect (Ortiz) and DL Hall for a whole year of Burnes to allow the Orioles to have a serious go at going deep in the playoffs.

My point was that you'd have a much better chance of advancing in the playoffs with Burnes as your #1 starter than what Ortiz and Hall are going to give you this year.

We don't know that. We have not really seen Hall pitch yet. We don't know what Hall might do in the playoffs.  And I think Ortiz is better than 1.7 WAR.  We didn't really have a 3rd baseman when the season began. Frelick was being looked at to play 3rd. His WAR  would have been worse than Ortiz.

Rea, Freddy and Myers would at least give some hope in any playoff series.   That and the full arsenal of bullpen arms.

One thing is for sure, they will need the bats. If they don't hit it will be a repeat of their last 4 trips to the playoffs.

Turang with another day off.

Bad Freddy starts and gives up 2 in the first, Crew answers with 1 in the 3rd, currently 2-1 Braves.

Ortiz singles in a run, now 2-2 in the 5th

Perkins singles in another, now 3-2 Crew

Now 2-2 with 2 RBI from Ortiz. Wait An RBI by Perkins makes it 3 - 2 Crew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beat ya that time Ammo

Bases loaded, 2 outs, Mitchel at the plate. And it fizzles out.

Braves now lead 4-3 after a 2 run HR, after 5

Bad Freddy gives the lead right back.  I miss Good Freddy.

@DurangoDoug posted:

Beat ya that time Ammo

I don't think so.   Anybody can edit and make it look legit.   

Sanchez knocks in Chourio. 4 - 4

Bases loaded Perkins up , 2 outs. Gets a single 6-4 Crew

Bases loaded again Haase hitting for Perkins, an that's the end of the Crews 6th

Hard to believe Atlanta walks a .191 hitter 3 times.

I think we'll see the Air Bender tonight unless things get weird.

Williams gives up a homer in the 9th but the BREWERS WIN 8 - 5!!!!   Going for sweep tomorrow. Game time is 11:20 CDT.  D D will have to get up early!!! 

Great job by the offense (again) and the bullpen - 4 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 9 k’s.

Hoping for the sweep today starting at 11:20 AM

Pitchers:

Turang back, Haase catching and Contreras is the DH:

Bauers is right where he needs to be in the lineup -no more batting 3rd!   I'm not against him since he brings pretty good defense and some pop - just don't like him hitting near the top.

Let's get the sweep!

Chourio with a bad at-bat in the first for the first time in a while. Swung at a ball in the dirt a good 8 inches out the strike zone on what would have been Ball 4.