It's so on-brand that Loveland and Burden are basically gonna be starting from scratch, having missed all of camp with bs injuries and still quibbling over guarantees in the contract. The draft does not seem like one that will provide immediate impact. Maybe Trapilo. Poles better hope so. Right now it looks like a terrible draft.
Of course the Brewers got to Skenes and Misiorowski was basically perfect again. The kid has allowed 3 hits in 16 IP, he might be pretty decent. It feels like the NLC will have 2 of the top 5 pitchers in the NL next year. We'll see if Burns joins that group.
The disappearance of the walks has been particularly glaring. Seiya, PCA, Nico, Swanson, and Shaw are all under 5% for the month.
What the hell happened to Seiya? He's become slug or nothing.
9 teams have scored 370+ runs this year. 4 of them play in the NL Central. Each of those teams also has a top 10 run differential. It's not a watered down division. It's probably the best in baseball. The reason the Cubs haven't won is multi-pronged and the Brewers consistent excellence at extracting value should probably be credited accordingly. They've run laps around us for the better part of the last 7 years. Half the payroll and they still win each year.
I have been really disappointed by his approach and swing decisions, and these have heavily influenced his god-awful contact quality. He swings at too much crap and hardly squares anything up. An awful lot of his hits were mishits.
Long-tem I still believe in him but I am definitely in the "maybe he needs to be replaced this year" camp.