our first must win series of the second half
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Fiers is pitching like an ace. Parra is hitting like a man possessed.
Are we really considering this team as a winner?
Every bad team has good stretches. Maybe this nice stretch (players playing well) isn't too late to get value for their numerous trade chips.
Originally Posted by ammo:
Fiers is pitching like an ace. Parra is hitting like a man possessed.
Trade them both.
Word is the organization is open to trading Gomez now (not that word means much).
I love watching Gomez. How he makes difficult plays look easy (watch his first step sometime and then compare it to Parra, who is a good defender, but does not move initially at all like Gomez) and ever since coaches stopped making him hit for contact he's become an excellent hitter. But I don't see him as a Brewer in two years, so he has to be on the trade block just for the talent he could bring back. If the Crew had any shot of contending in '16, I wouldn't trade him for anyone (well, maybe Goldschmidt).
This team is dangerously moving to middle of the pack status (which is what I predicted at the beginning of the season). They need to trade some of these guys so they can make that top 5 pick happen next year. Rebuild the franchise, now, I don't think being a contending club would really be that far away. Hold on to these guys, and you just push back growth for years and maintain being a .500 club.
Me heart GoGo as well. He is also the only semblance of personality on the club (well, maybe except for Garza who seems goofy).
One of the best aspects of that last playoff club was the personalities. Cocky Braun before PEDs and tail between legs, Prince, Nyger, Yuni's smile knowing the dough he is making by sucking, oddball Zack, Axman, etc...
Man, you trade Gomez you better get a Herschel Walker-like return. One of them better be a 1B that they control for 4-5 years.
other than shortstop, I would shoot for the best talent I could get regardless of position
Not a huge fan of Luc at first
So typical of what we have seen far too much of this season.
What a comeback. 6 unanswered runs to now lead 6-3.
Jonathan Broxton pitches a 1-2-3 eighth inning. #Brewers still lead 8-5.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) July 19, 2015
:jawdrop
Great post Bong
This is what I worry about with the Brewers. They get on a roll and build up artificial hype and don't make deals and even worse end up out of the top 10 in the draft.
It looks like a good year to have a high draft pick and they have a few players to trade that should fetch a decent return so they have to do it. Short term pain for long term gain. If they continue the "staus quo" they are just pushing back the clock and creating even more distance between them and STL and Pittsburgh and Chicago.
This is what I worry about with the Brewers. They get on a roll and build up artificial hype and don't make deals and even worse end up out of the top 10 in the draft.
It looks like a good year to have a high draft pick and they have a few players to trade that should fetch a decent return so they have to do it. Short term pain for long term gain. If they continue the "staus quo" they are just pushing back the clock and creating even more distance between them and STL and Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Gomez working at making a market for Segura
I have more concerns with free agency than I do with draft position.
If the Brewers finish in the area of 77 wins Attanasio might see the ~100-game stretch of poor play as just a fluke and proceed with business as usual. Considering the money the Brewers have coming off the books this off-season it could be scary how much Attanasio would be willing to pay mediocre free agent talent.
The fans are only stuck thinking "what could have been" if the Brewers mess up their draft position. However, the fans get stuck watching Jeff Suppan for four seasons if Attanasio decides that his "mid-level free agency" approach is the way to go.
you spelled "Herb Kohl" wrong
been impressed with Jungman
Jungman doesn't smile much. I liked the emotion Jeffries showed!
Pirates looked like a mess, but really it was one shot of the pitchers glove that turned the tide.
Great way to start the second half of the season Crew !
Still trying to figure out if I am happy or bummed that the Brewers kicked away two games in the Dodger series just before the break.
August might be an interesting month... They have 2 more at home, 6 on the road out west ARZ/SF, then 14 of 17 at Miller Park- and the 3 away are at Wrigley. 17 games with no real travel. If you're going to do the unthinkable, that would be the time to do it.
good point
they won't