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  1. Stratos
    I'm with you, except I blame more Tom than Jed. What i would like Jed to finally do is stop wasting tens of millions on old washed up vets and go get some real talent or find our bench and pen guys off the scrap heap. We wasted a bunch on Pressly, Brasier, Berti, and Turner is barely useful. Take all that money and you could easily upgrade to an impact SP.
  2. Stratos
    I've learned this series that the Brewers and their fans really, really hate the Cubs and Cubs fans. I get it though. The fans I get but the team trolling is a bit low, unless it's all just a coincidence, which I doubt.
  3. Stratos
    They also led the MLB in runs in August. They just scored 9 on us without a HR. Maybe they took the pedal off the gas a bit in Sept and cruised because of their lead in the standings, who knows. My point would be they're 3rd in the MLB in runs.
  4. Stratos
    The argument against Assad might be that low K rate and putting the ball in play isn't a great match up vs the Brewers who are the best baserunning team in the MLB this year according to FG. Ks, lack of walks, and lefties who can control the running game make sense. Thus Brown on the roster and Boyd game 1.
  5. Stratos
    Issue is that the Brewers aren't strictly a wRC+ offense, they rely on baserunning, pressuring the defense and forcing errors etc. 3rd most runs scored in the MLB and 9th in wRC+
  6. Stratos
    Maybe they're not good, and all year have just been opening their dome in a position where their opponents get all the sunlight over their dugouts and play 80s soft rock during their opponents' batting practice. I've suspected the Brewers of all sorts of shenanigans over the years. But I guess Counsell would know....
  7. Stratos
    Since Ashby is the opener they could just load the top of the lineup with their RHB and hit Busch 5th or 6th or something. I dunno.
  8. Stratos
    Personally I would not pitch Boyd again this series. Starting Imanaga Game 2 is fine.
  9. Stratos
    Unless Boyd had a good start in Game 1. And he threw like 10 innings against them this year. They were a bad 10 IP but it's also a very small sample size, and he was going to start Games 2 & 5 anyways so this isn't even a factor. Your manager is a genius if a move works out and he's an idiot if the moves don't work out. They start Rea Game 1 and he gets shelled and everyone is on Counsell about starting their 4th best active SP and not starting Boyd. People are going to b*tch and complain about everything when the Cubs lose. Honestly it's best to just avoid the Game threads when the Cubs are trailing or after a loss unless it's to complain and blow off steam, it's unbearable.
  10. Stratos
    Luckily the Brewers don't hit many HR and Shota keeps men off the basepaths. Don't have a ton of confidence in Shota right now but we'll see how it goes. The hook needs to be short and someone like Rea or Assad needs to be able to step in.
  11. Stratos
    It's just one bad start from Boyd. We pitched well vs the Padres, but their offense wasn't as good. Rea, Taillon, Shota, Assad aren't bad pitchers. At worst a couple of them are a below-average and Shota has been struggling lately. What sucks is we now have to win 3 of the next 4 games and we'll be seeing Peralta again.
  12. Stratos
    Reality is we're down Horton and Steele and Shota hasn't been good lately and Boyd also spotty the last month or so and possibly just regressing to the mean a bit. Our rotation isn't terrible, we have some depth, but we lack any dominant arm. The defense, hitting/running, and pen need to carry this team and the rotation needs to keep us in ballgames the first 4-5 innings, which unfortunately it didn't today. We either need to get some good fortune out of our rotation this series or the offense needs to come alive, especially a guy like Tucker.
  13. Stratos
    Yes exactly.. It's hard to know exactly why Boyd got knocked around. He also got knocked around by the Brewers throughout the season (7+ ERA) and throughout September by other teams on normal rest. If it worked out CC would have "made a bold move" and yeah the Brewers were rusty from the week off. Who knows really. We have seen the stats about SP starting on 3 days rest vs 4 in the playoffs, but Boyd was pulled after around 50 pitches the previous start so it changes the calculation a bit. Honestly I just tip my cap to the Brewer hitters, it is what it is. I don't think Boyd should pitch again this series, looks like they may have his number.
  14. Stratos
    Hindsight is 20/20. He threw 50 pitches last start. Brewers had all week to watch and analyze Boyd and pick up any typing he might have done or sequencing or whatever.
  15. Stratos
    Ian Happ doesn't give 2 effs about HR celebrations he's just doing what they do after every HR. Not sure i've ever criticized Happ yet this decade, he's such a baller, seems like a great teammate and person, plays the game the right way and wants to win. You can't ask for much else.
  16. Stratos
    Mo has been working on catching all season in AAA. I'm sure they want him to be a catcher. He'll have to wait until an injury or Kelly walks after next year in order to get much time there though. He's probably going to be our DH next year at least against RHP so it is what it is.
  17. Stratos
    Yea, 9 runs sucks but we have 2.
  18. Stratos
    Civale the Game 4 SP haha.
  19. Stratos
    LOL Tucker.
  20. Stratos
    Brewers have scored 9 runs with no HR. I guess this is how they do it.
  21. Stratos
    My expectation for this offseason is that Tucker walks and they fill his spot in-house with Seiya and Mo/Caissie/Alcantara/Long and maybe a FA RHB platoon bat. I don't see any major position player acquisitions happening. They'll need to bank on improvements from young guys like PCA, Shaw, Amaya and the rookies to help make up a bit for losing Tucker. I think they do the usual with the pitching by grabbing bargain pen arms and try to acquire a good value deal at SP like Imanaga/Boyd were. Some people won't like me saying this but I think this is what's most likely to happen. Hoyer surprised us with the Tucker trade so maybe he does something bold again. We have a guy like Conrad they could deal.
  22. Stratos
    Agreed. And same with any decision. Including starting Boyd on 3 days rest. It was a gamble and Counsell lost.
  23. Stratos
    Yup the Cubs SP had an average xFIP in the 2nd half. The entire staff were 23rd in xFIP for the season. Our pitching is at best average and helped a ton by defense and Wrigley wind. However, I think some of this is by design as Jed seems to not put much money into the rotation and pen but towards the position side.
  24. Stratos
    Technically we can bring in Palencia and start beaning all of the Brewer hitters on the knee and wrist and throw stink bombs in their dugout.
  25. Stratos
    The 2nd inning was an improvement on the 1st inning at least. We're getting better. The goal is only giving up 1 run per inning.
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