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EnergizedLib

(2,232 posts) Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:28 PM Aug 2022

The Brewers are down bad

Boy, it seems like these teams that made deadline moves (Seattle being an exception) aren’t doing too hot.

Since dealing Hader, neither the Friars nor the Crew are showing much, and the Yankees lost again to Toronto.

While I’m happy my Cubbies won today, the Brewers have lost 11 of 17 and really on a slide, and it wasn’t just that Milwaukee lost, but how.

The Brewers had the ninth, 10th and 11th innings to get three outs. They were a strike away, and Yelich couldn’t field a transition.

I mean, Cub relievers had a really tough time locating pitches, and somehow, this team still celebrated a walk off.

We’re definitely seeing some collapses, folks. The dog days of summer seem to really take their toll.

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The Brewers are down bad (Original Post) EnergizedLib Aug 2022 OP

And my beloved Cardinals have turned it around so much GreenWave Aug 2022 #1

Your GM went and got help at the deadline. Stearns sealed the Brewers fate by not aquiring a yourout Aug 2022 #3

What has happened to Yelich? GreenWave Aug 2022 #4

Curse of the big contract... yourout Aug 2022 #5

Outside of 3 weeks in the spring the train has been off the tracks the whole year. yourout Aug 2022 #2

That makes Farhan Zaidi a genius! The Giants are sinking like a stone. usonian Aug 2022 #6

Giants need a major rebuild Auggie Aug 2022 #9

It should be noted that Hader True Dough Aug 2022 #7

That's true EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #8

So tired of the same big money teams dominating the picture, buying the playoffs. Ziggysmom Aug 2022 #10

GreenWave

(9,445 posts)

1. And my beloved Cardinals have turned it around so much

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:35 PM

Aug 2022

I am thinking of getting a shirt done up with SLANIDRAC on it and somehow I need ULA on it and show the redbird morphed into a vampire.

yourout

(8,136 posts)

3. Your GM went and got help at the deadline. Stearns sealed the Brewers fate by not aquiring a

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:40 PM

Aug 2022

Centerfielder.

The pitching trades were basically a wash.
This team has needed hitting for the last 3 years.

GreenWave

(9,445 posts)

4. What has happened to Yelich?

Reply to yourout (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:57 PM

Aug 2022

yourout

(8,136 posts)

5. Curse of the big contract...

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:59 PM

Aug 2022

Giving him that deal before you knew he was completely back from the broken knee cap was a great way to "kneecap" a small market team for a decade.

yourout

(8,136 posts)

2. Outside of 3 weeks in the spring the train has been off the tracks the whole year.

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 06:38 PM

Aug 2022

They can't hit, They play bad defense, and this year the Pitching has been injured and is way below the last few years.

Rebuild is right around the corner lust like 2014.

usonian

(14,619 posts)

6. That makes Farhan Zaidi a genius! The Giants are sinking like a stone.

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 07:15 PM

Aug 2022

without spending anything at the deadline.

F---ing money ball. Hate it.

I remember they used to call Dick Stuart "Doctor Strangeglove". How about a whole team that forgot how to pitch, hit and field? How many bases loaded with no runs produced, botched running .... Oh, never mind.

From the old days, look up a John Miller call "That's the worst base running in the history of baseball"

Painful

Auggie

(31,908 posts)

9. Giants need a major rebuild

Reply to usonian (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 21, 2022, 05:28 AM

Aug 2022

What little trade bait they had in the minors is part off that rebuild.

True Dough

(20,858 posts)

7. It should be noted that Hader

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 07:53 PM

Aug 2022

was pitching terribly before the trade and has been just as bad or worse since being shipped out.

EnergizedLib

(2,232 posts)

8. That's true

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 20, 2022, 08:05 PM

Aug 2022

But it seems like Milwaukee has, maybe coincidentally, been on a slide, too, since that time.

Ziggysmom

(3,635 posts)

10. So tired of the same big money teams dominating the picture, buying the playoffs.

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Mon Aug 22, 2022, 06:27 AM

Aug 2022

Most definitely, it is time for the MLB to realize that the inequalities between small and large market clubs are perpetuating competitive imbalance in the league.

And yeah, Yelich has been a huge disappointment for the Brewers. Brewers leave too many men on base that don't score, and except for some home runs, we are not hitting well.

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