Brewers @ Rockies

Nice win.

Williams losing some velocity.

Cue the commercial with Frank Thomas and Doug Flutie.

Please don't

Padres lost to Snakes. Brewers only 2 back in the wild card.   

Doable, boys!

@ammo posted:

Padres lost to Snakes. Brewers only 2 back in the wild card.   

Two back of both the Padres and the Phillies.

10 of the Brewers last 16 games look absolutely brutal on paper, but perhaps some of those teams will have clinched everything and be coasting into the playoffs. Those 10 games are against teams that are on pace to win over 97 games this year.

at Cardinals (2)

vs. Yankees (3)

vs. Mets (3)

at Reds (4)

vs Cardinals (2)

vs Marlins (2)

Get the starting pitching rotation  healthy and it’s doable.

But they have a double header with the Giants at home and 3 with the Reds before that brutal stretch.  You also missed the 5 October games, 2 at home with the Marlins and 3 at home to close out the season with the D-backs.

The Yanks are only 5 up on the Rays and the Mets are only 1 up on the Braves. Both of those teams are fighting for their lives to win the division.

Ain’t no stopping us now!

At this point who knows?  If they pitch well and the offense can at least not be a total liability they have a chance.  Having the 3rd WC slot helps and it’s not like Philly is doing well at the moment.

ATL is on fire and they may end up repeating again.   20-5 record in last 25 games.

Yelich starts out game 2 with a crushing 499’ home run to the 3rd deck.   Longest hit of the season in the league per the announcers.

Yelich with 499 foot homer leading off the 1st inning!!     

And Renfroe follows with 2 run homer after an Adames walk.  3-0 Crew!!!

Now Renfroe with a 2 run homer. Nice start to the game.

Ammo and I are the only 2 watching the game. 😀

I watch Judge Judy reruns until the 7th inning.

Woodruff follows it up with a 9 or 10 pitch inning, retiring the side. Nice start!

So, the fat lady has not started to warm up yet? Hope they can pull off a playoff spot. Not overly optimistic however.

where the hell did that come from

.@ChristianYelich leads off with the second-longest HR in the history of Coors Field (499 ft).

Only Giancarlo Stanton (504 ft on 8/6/16) beats that distance. #ThisIsMyCrew

— Mike Vassallo (@MikeVassallo13) September 7, 2022

Yelich hit a 87 mph change up that was right down the middle of the plate. Just like batting practice.

@ammo posted:

Yelich hit a 87 mph change up that was right down the middle of the plate. Just like batting practice.

3 years ago, he was hitting everyone's best stuff that far.

Perdomo comes in and immediately gets lit up for 4 runs. Now 6-5. Time to get the first-string bullpen guys in.

That turned ugly quick

Tie game. This would be one of the worst losses of the year. Up 5 runs in the 8th.

Stick a fork in this one.

I’m done.

This loss is on Perdomo

Gut wrenching.

@Thunderbird posted:

This loss is on Perdomo

God dammit, Jaymo!

16 runs given up in the last 6 innings.  5 1/3 actually.  Perdomo on to save the day.

Now the Brewers are down 7-0 within the first 3 innings of the get-away game.

Perdomo back in today to try to keep it a 7 run game (LOL). I mean, it is Colorado, so big comebacks are possible, but this smells like a team that has almost given up for the year. They could easily be 4 games back in the wild card race after today.

I thought Brewer pitchers can't go back-to-back?   Williams threw 21 pitches to get four outs on Monday, yet he sits last night as Rogers gives up 4 runs to lose the game.   But it's ok for Perdomo to go back-to-back?   Craig is managing like it's June.   At least Williams will be good and rested for the DH tomorrow.  One game of it anyway.

About to be 14-20 since the trade deadline.

The Cardinals have gone 26-8 in that time frame.

The Cardinals just have a lot more talent and they all got healthy. The Brewers are who they are at this point - a poorly constructed team. It seems like everyone of their position players are similar. They have 11 guys that are threats to hit a home run each at bat (9 guys with double digit HRs and two others with 8 and 9 right now), but a bunch of guys with OBP hovering in the low 300s that strike out a lot. The result is a lot of solo or 2-run HRs without other ways of scoring.

Perdomo shuts out the Rockies for 2 and a third when the Brewers are down 7 runs. He can't get an out when they are up 5 last night.

McCutcheon and Urias stat pad in the 9th with solo home runs with the Brewers down big. Come arbitration time, all those HRs count the same.

ANd now Lauer will miss his next start due to an elbow strain.  If they don't get back in the wild card he may just be shut down for the year.

STL has an elite Goldschmidt and Arenado and a decent Pujols leading their offense.  Milwaukee does not.  

Yelich was in that category in 2018-2019 but not now.

Milwaukee has pitching assets to deal for hitting.  

@Tschmack posted:

STL has an elite Goldschmidt and Arenado and a decent Pujols leading their offense.  Milwaukee does not.  

Yelich was in that category in 2018-2019 but not now.

Milwaukee has pitching assets to deal for hitting.  

And the main deal they made was to deal one of their main pitching assets at the deadline for nothing that helped them this year. They probably would never admit it, but maybe the front office saw the writing on the wall in terms of being truly competitive to advance in the playoffs, figured they weren't going to be legitimately competitive with the offense they had this year, and decided to plan for the future. If the two prospects they got for Hader pan out, then the deal will look a lot better in the future.

The writing on the wall was the fact he would never be retained in 2023 for an arb value of 15M+

The Brewers just aren’t willing to do what it takes financially to truly compete.  

To that extent, they should have dealt him before the season when more teams may have had interest.  The fact they got nothing back offensively now in return is just shocking and indefensible.  

Making matters worse is the impact it had on morale.  Do it in winter so you have time to check and adjust.  

The clock is ticking on Woodruff and Burnes.  They really have to think long and hard about trading one of them in the offseason because you sure as hell know they won’t be extended.