Bong sucks.
Albers sucks more.
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How is Albers still in MLB?!
So you beat me as i was typing Kiel. So I deleted mine and will add this:
Can someone please tell me why Fat Albers is still on the team? Does he have pictures of something or someone? Davies pitches 5 shutout innings and Albers comes in and gives up a solo bomb to Bellinger and then a 2 run shot to Muncy. Get him out of Milwaukee.
Albers has the 4th best ERA on the team this year (not counting Jeffress and Wilkerson who've only pitched once). He may suck, but it's a staff-wide problem.
Hader 0.90
Davies 1.53
Guerra 1.54
During the broadcast "Rock" kept saying "When Albers is right that's what your going to see- plenty of ground ball outs". I'm thinking, "When Albers is Albers that's what you're going to see- plenty of balls in the outfield bleachers".
Last night anyway, Albers looked eerily similar to last year - a train-wreck. He has looked decent in several of his appearances this year, but I'm not holding my breathe.
New Pitching coach has to be feeling a bit edgy thus far.
MichiganPacker2 posted:Albers has the 4th best ERA on the team this year (not counting Jeffress and Wilkerson who've only pitched once). He may suck, but it's a staff-wide problem.
Hader 0.90
Davies 1.53
Guerra 1.54
If you throw out those 2 he's 10th in ERA. Don't think I'd throw out Wilkerson though since he pitched 4 innings, as much as a couple of other guys.
My manager (a Dodger fan) was telling me they are moving UrÃas to the bullpen. Imagine being that deep in your rotation that you can take someone like that out of it.
MichiganPacker2 posted:Albers has the 4th best ERA on the team this year (not counting Jeffress and Wilkerson who've only pitched once).
Take his body of work from last season and so far this season, including last night and he sucks. I'd have rather seen Fat Albers gone and send Burnes to the bullpen where he was great last season.
Yelich goes yard again!!! A 2 run 2nd deck bomb in the 1st.
Hader throws a 0-2 fastball right up the pipe. Why ?
Hader is human after all.
Darn Dodgers.
Yelich does it again, only a solo shot on a 1-2 count.
Why is anyone pitching to Yelich right now? I'd walk him every time first base is open.
PackerHawk posted:Why is anyone pitching to Yelich right now? I'd walk him every time first base is open.
I'd walk him with first base occupied at this point. Braun is hitting behind him and is batting 174
OK, Cain is on second. Does Yelich see 1 strike?
Bucks on TV, Brewers on laptop. How is this going to work with the draft later this week?
Well so much for that strategy, LOL.
Once we warm up hitting-wise.
Look out.
MichiganPacker2 posted:PackerHawk posted:Why is anyone pitching to Yelich right now? I'd walk him every time first base is open.
I'd walk him with first base occupied at this point. Braun is hitting behind him and is batting 174
Boom.
Braun with a 3 run HR after a Yelich IBB.
Blair Kiel posted:Once we warm up hitting-wise.
Look out.
For the pitching?
So much fun watching both Milwaukee teams ON MY MINNESOTA TV. and theyâre both winning so far.
PackerHawk posted:Blair Kiel posted:Once we warm up hitting-wise.
Look out.
For the pitching?
Don't harsh my buzz, man.
At least CC left Albers in the bullpen, which is where he belongs. If he never pitches in a game again it will be too soon.
OOPPSSSS, posted too soon. 
Spoke too soon Ammo. Is a 5-run lead enough?
Albers closes it out.
Was at the game....place erupted when Braun knocked it out. Fun
Yelich is such a smooth athlete. Kid is on fire
Watching greatness in Milwaukee with Yelich and Giannis.
Think the Brewers probably win the âYelich / Brinson â trade.
By a whisker... 
Lewis Brinson has 16 total bases this season.
â Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) April 21, 2019
Christian Yelich has 34 total bases since Monday.
Easter, 1987
5:50 mark to watch Deer
Dodgers get to Hader again. Solo home run in the 9th.
Iâm sort of done with the Dodgers
They really donât have a lot of holes in their lineup and if the pitching is solid I expect they will be the team to beat in the NL yet again
Brewers hanging in there and competing but the pitching needs to get better. Not that itâs anything we didnât already know
Wouldâve been nice to see Yeli bat in the 9th but Cain got a couple of borderline strikes go against him. Nice rally from down 5-0 against that pitching staff.
17 of the first 26 against Cards and Dodgers. Looking forward to seeing some other teams after the upcoming Cardinal series.
Yeah, kind of quirky scheduling.
Tschmack posted:Iâm sort of done with the Dodgers
They really donât have a lot of holes in their lineup and if the pitching is solid I expect they will be the team to beat in the NL yet again
Brewers hanging in there and competing but the pitching needs to get better. Not that itâs anything we didnât already know
Yeah, kind of nice to have a 200 million $ payroll.
Every team in baseball has an owner that can afford a $200 million dollar payroll. They just choose not to.
You mean one time or consistently? You don't think the economics are different in different cities?
Honest question- why not bring Keuchel and Kimbrell in? I donât think either are unaffordable.
They need to get a lot more from the 3-6 parts of the lineup. The Yelich thing is going to ebb at some point... whereâs the rest of these guys?
No reason to panic, and a good point on the schedule- two deep lineups and a staff still working things out is going to crack some eggs.
Music City posted:Honest question- why not bring Keuchel and Kimbrell in? I donât think either are unaffordable.
They need to get a lot more from the 3-6 parts of the lineup. The Yelich thing is going to ebb at some point... whereâs the rest of these guys?
No reason to panic, and a good point on the schedule- two deep lineups and a staff still working things out is going to crack some eggs.
I agree. Especially on shorter term contracts.
They are 23 games into the season and their starting rotation has ERAs of 1.19 (Davies), 5.81 (Woodruff), 5.92 (Chacin), 7.13 (Peralta), and 10.13 (Burnes).
Even if Jimmy Nelson returns and is at least a league average guy, they need at least one more starting pitcher - if nothing else to move Burnes back to the bullpen. Keuchel at 3 years and 45 million seems a good investment for a team that has enough talent to contend.
Cain, Yelich, Moustakas, and Grandal have been outstanding. Braun isn't hitting for average but he's still driving in runs. Arcia is coming around and his defense is so good you can afford to have him hit .225 like he is now if you don't have a black hole in other parts of your lineup.
It's Shaw and Aguilar that they have to think long and hard about. Shaw is at 13 for 73 with 1 HR, but he's at least an average defensive player and has 4 years of production behind him. Aguilar is 9 for 66 with 2 extra base hits (both doubles) and he's not exactly a defensive standout. It's not clear why they aren't at least playing Thames at first against right-handers. The problem is that Aguilar is 1 for 20 against LEFT handers. You'd be better off playing Woodruff at first base at this point.
I also wonder if itâs about the coaching and development of the pitchers. We all wondered what the possible impact of losing Derek Johnson and to a lesser extent Lee Tunnell would be and so far it seems like the pitchers are not hitting their spots consistently. Hader acknowledged as much after the game.
I do think they need to strongly consider bringing in another arm and Kuechel or Kimbrell could certainly help if they would be open to shorter term deals IMO.