Mil 🔕 Phi

Time to kick ass and chew bubblegum and all out of bubblegum 

Once more for folks in back:

If you think #Brewers are changing their deadline plans based on past week, you never understood their plans.

— J.P. Breen (@JP_Breen) July 21, 2017

I agree. Stay the course.

For the most part, the Brewers massively overachieved during the first half. Eric Thames almost singlehandedly kept them afloat during the first month or so (1.276 OPS, .345 with 11 HRs and 19 RBIs in 23 games)  when a lot of other guys started slow. Since them .213-11 HR-23 RBIS in 55 games. Pitchers figured him out and he became Rob Deer instead of steroid-Barry Bonds.

The Cubs have Hendricks/Arrieta/Lester fronting their rotation. We have Jimmy Nelson/Guerra/Anderson/Garza. The Cubs could hardly have played worse if they tried and were only 4 games back.

If someone wants Braun (or even Thames) I'd move them for pitching prospects. We need a lot more good, young pitchers.

I hope and pray this was the last game that Torres is a pitcher for the Brewers.  release him when they activate Peralta. 

Who is going to trade for Braun?  His value peaked last year but they didn't pull the trigger.  Not much of a market for an overpaid and busted up injury prone former PED guy. 

This team looks like it's cashed it in and this bullpen flat out sucks.  

Bottom line,  they are more than 1 player away from contending so I would not deal for anyone.  See how they finish up.  

I tried to come up with a good slumpbuster gif, changed my mind midcourse.  These guys need to get back on the bike after the AS break

Who is that?��

Them.

El-Belichick-Landry posted:

I tried to come up with a good slumpbuster gif, changed my mind midcourse.  These guys need to get back on the bike after the AS break

Not real...the dude walking down the street never turned around to gawk and the goof on the scooter isn't trying to catch up for a better look.

Judge is almost as cool as Russell Branyan

AARON JUDGE HIT IT OUT OF SAFECO FIELD ����pic.twitter.com/Txu1iHda29

— Baseball King™ (@BasebaIlKing) July 22, 2017

Hope it works as well as it did last time.  

A little surprised we didn't just DFA Sogard

INF Eric Sogard (left ankle strain) has been reinstated from the 10-day disabled list. OF Keon Broxton optioned to Triple-A @skysox.

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 22, 2017

El-Belichick-Landry posted:

I tried to come up with a good slumpbuster gif, changed my mind midcourse.  These guys need to get back on the bike after the AS break

Was going to post about how much I hate Torres. 

I no longer care. 

El-Belichick-Landry posted:

Hope it works as well as it did last time.  

A little surprised we didn't just DFA Sogard

INF Eric Sogard (left ankle strain) has been reinstated from the 10-day disabled list. OF Keon Broxton optioned to Triple-A @skysox.

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 22, 2017

That is what Doug Melvin would have done. Are you 2 related? 

Hoping the mojo of starting Phillips in CF is enough to offset Sogard leading off

Here is tonight's #Brewers lineup for game 2 of #MILatPHI! #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/9DKDc2qSYD

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 22, 2017

If Phillips can get on base Sogard will drive him in. 

That bike better have fat tires and maybe trainers.

I would want to go to a Suter game

Middle relief still sucks.

So what was the rationale for pulling Suter after 6 innings and 85 pitches?

More bullpen suckage 

Early dinner reservations?

Here we go again.  

Brutal.

Brewers pen making a crap Phillies team look like the 1929 Yankees 

Ugh 

Lead off double and we ****ing bunt.

**** you sogard

Is Knebel's consecutive game strikeout sreak still intact?

Whew......

That's how you break a losing streak without really getting the monkey off your back.

antooo posted:

Is Knebel's consecutive game strikeout sreak still intact?

 

I think it is. This from last nights recap from MLB.com:

Knebel slammed the door on the Phillies after they plated seven runs over the seventh and eighth innings. The right-hander has compiled six saves and 17 K's over his past 10 appearances to keep a firm grasp on the closer's job in Milwaukee.

Since his record was still intact before the break it must still be ongoing. 

He didn't strike anyone out when he blew the save in Pittsburgh 

Guerra getting into trouble in the 5th 

cannot wait for the bullpen!! 

What happened to Guerra. He's a mess. All over the place. 

Guerra did not have good control today 

Then Blazek comes in and gets shelled 

Hader and Knebel are the only relievers worth a damn 

2017 Brewers appear to be toast. Upcoming series against real teams like the Nats and Cubs should leave us in the rearview mirror and out of buy mode

WolfPack posted:

2017 Brewers appear to be toast. 

10 days of bad baseball > two months of really good baseball.  

toast = 1st place

Real teams?  

Phillies ain't no stopping them now 

We are who we thought they were 

So Sogard comes off the DL, starts and Brewers win.  Today he sits and they lose.  Any correlation here? 

No.