What happens to Brewers if...

[nilodnayr]

I think if the Brewers miss the playoffs, Ned will be canned.

 

 

The truly tragic thing for Brewers fans is that they could have played the fourth game of the Philly series on Monday. If they had, Sabathia would have gone, and the Brewers would likely still be 2 games up right now.

 

But due to Ned, they decided to save CC for the Cubs series, and are now tied with Philly, who has by far the easier schedule from here on out.

 

So in an attempt to catch the Cubs (which wasn't going to happen anyway), Yost may well have cost the Brewers the WC. Now if the Cubs sweep or take 2 of 3 from the Crew with Philly headed to Atlanta, Milwaukee's season may be all but over.

 

Well done.

Did the Brewers really have a choice as to whether or not they wanted a doubleheader or extend the series AT Philadelphia? That sounds odd to me. And do you think it would have been a good idea for them to give up their travel day, a day of rest, before the cubs series, so they could line up Sabathia?

 

I find it hard to believe they actually had that choice. I also don't really disagree with trying to give his players an extra day of rest for the stretch run.

[biittner77]

They talked to Sabathia on XM 175. He had never pitched on short rest in his career and it had never crossed his mind to ask about pitching in the PHil series.

 

Moving Sabathia was a risky move anyway. If he had been ineffective and lost it would have been pretty demoralizing. Saving him for the Cubs gives them a better chance of winning that 1 start. In the end, the Brewers need simply to win games. While a 2 game lead looks better than a tie the reality is that they have an easier schedule than the Mets who must also hold off the Phillies.

 

The phillies have 6 left against the braves and 3 each against the Marlins and Nats. The Mets have 4 against the Cubs, 4 against the Nats, 3 against the Marlins and 3 vs Atlanta. Advantage Phils.

 

The Brewers have 6 with the Cubs, including 3 that they likely won't need/ will be resting players, 3 vs. the Pirates and 3 vs the Reds. I'd take that over who the Mets play.

[Jehrico]

While firing Yost seems to be the quick fix (well, that and guessing correctly which relievers are going to be good and which are going to be crap), there distinct possibility remains that the end up hiring someone even more incompetent than Yost. Milwaukee is never going to be a hot destination for big-name managers. They're going to have to rely on guys who were disgraced elsewhere, guys who are holding on way too long, or guys who have never managed before (promoting guys from the minors or hiring other team' coaches like they did with Yost). For a long time, that's why I was so hesitant to jump on the "Fire Ned!" bandwagon -- most of the time he seemed like an average manager, and most of the hate was coming from people who were just sick of seeing the guy in the dugout after 5 to 6 years. Potentially presiding over two late-season collapses should be enough to get the guy fired, though. I'm just terrified of them hiring Buck Showalter or something.

I don't know about that...when the Cubs were horrible, they couldn't get anyone but washed up or first time managers, and they're a big market. Even after loosing CC and Sheets, Milwaukee still has a good amount of talent on that team. If they miss the playoffs again, and lose their two best pitchers, expectations will be low, but there's a good core with many guys approaching their prime years that will make it an ideal situation to take over. I think they'd find a few good candidates. If big name managers shy from Milwaukee, it'd be for the same reason big-name ballplayers go to the big cities: Money. Not because it's not a big market.

[brinoch]

Given that they've already fired Yost, my guess is that Bill Hall will be sacrificed and fed to Prince Fielder, thus ending Prince's vegetarian-inspired power outage and ridding the Crew of Hall's abysmal play and attitude.

[XZero771679666304]

Did the Brewers really have a choice as to whether or not they wanted a doubleheader or extend the series AT Philadelphia? That sounds odd to me. And do you think it would have been a good idea for them to give up their travel day, a day of rest, before the cubs series, so they could line up Sabathia?

 

I find it hard to believe they actually had that choice. I also don't really disagree with trying to give his players an extra day of rest for the stretch run.

 

I heard (I don't remember exactly where, I think Brewerfan.net and somewhere else) that Philly wanted to do it, but the Brewers wouldn't agree.

 

And given their position at the time, I do think they should have given up their off day. I think getting swept by Philly was about the worst case scenario.