Brewers at Nationals

What the heck is wrong with the Crew???  Damn.  😡

The Phillies are a sneaky good team.  The Nationals are flat out terrible so this is not a great way to start the series getting worked.

Time to make some moves.  1.)  DFA Cain. He's done. 2.)  Put Mark Mathias or Jonathan Davis on the 40 man roster and bring one of them up. Both are hitting over .300 in Nashville.  3.) Hitting coach.  I know we keep bringing somebody new in  almost every year but all the guys are hitting way below their historical averages.  Time for a change.

Christian Yelich is now 8 for his last 19 with 1 walk and a home run today (his only extra base hit).

450 OBP and and a 578 SLG for an OPS of 1228 is a good trend. Now if they can actually win a game.

Down 4-1 to the Nationals on Saturday afternoon.

Nope. That’s great news on Yelich, though.

Now down 8-1.

This will be the 8th loss in a row. If not for coming from 3 runs down in the 9th to beat the Padres on June 2nd, it would be 11 in a row.

In the 8 games, the Brewers have been outscored 57-15 and shutout 3 times.

Hey, Brewers get it from 8-1 to 8-4 in the 7th. Yelich with another hit. He's now 10 for his last 21 with a walk.

And then, just like that, down 8-4 with 1 on and no one out in the 7th, Adames grounds into a double play on the first pitch from a reliever.

Hey El-Ka-Bong, can this officially be called a June Swoon? 

Brewers win 4-1 to snap the 8 game slide. Alexander does just enough to get them to the 5th.

Adames getting going is almost more important than the win.

One game out of first on June 12th…all is well.

I was skeptical when Yelich was moved to leadoff.  Seems to be having a positive effect so far.

@Cheezers posted:

I was skeptical when Yelich was moved to leadoff.  Seems to be having a positive effect so far.

I think just the change in his approach batting leadoff (even if it's subconsciously) will be a positive.

When he signed the extension, it was to be a guy that with an OPS of 900 or better and to be a 30 HR/100 RBI type of guy for the foreseeable future. That guy is probably not coming back, but it isn't helpful to have him hitting third when he just isn't that type of guy anymore.

If he can hit leadoff and have an OBP of 400 and steal some bases, that has value Not 26 million a year in value, but it can still help you win.

I'd rather have the OBP of 400 with 12 HR/60 RBI type numbers, than have him hit third with an OBP of 300 by trying to hit 30 HRs for the year.