2017-04-28: Braves (Colon) at Brewers (Anderson) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 10-8]

[adambr2]

Never a dull moment with this bullpen.

 

I've come to appreciate more how much a competent pitching coach can do for a team, probably more so than any other coaching position including manager.

[reillymcshane]

Who has a list of free agent starting pitchers for next year? It seems to me that if we can add a couple of frontline starters to this offense, we may be competing sooner than anyone thought. Why not, we should have a ton of cash to spend, right?

 

Off the top of my head I know Arrieta and Cueto are the best available .

Cueto needs to opt out - which he'll do if he plays well.

 

There's also Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka (assuming Tanaka opts out of his contract - not a given if he has a poor year).

[markedman5]

I don't see the Brewers outbidding big market teams for top of the rotation starters.

 

I don't think that fits Stearns plan of acquiring young controlable talent.

[yfinn6]

Keon gives me hope that he's snapping out, and then he has an at-bat like he had in the bottom of the 7th where he seemed completely lost.

[pacopete4]

Torres has basically sucked all season. Time to move on.

[markedman5]

Bullpen is just a joke right now

[yfinn6]

Great, so the Brewers will lose this game after leading for most of it because this bullpen is so putrid. I guess if we're going for another high draft pick, this is really the way to lose the game but damn it's frustrating.

[yfinn6]

Yep, this bullpen is turrrrible.

[markedman5]

About to be the worst loss of the year........ugly

[adambr2]

Congrats on pissing away yet another big lead.

[sdcheezhd]

2 big leads

[pacopete4]

How do you not address the pen with what they are seeing from this offense? To often Brewers management allows horrendous pitching for too much of the beginning of the season and before you know it, season lost.

[NYChez]

As a closer, the two things you can't do is walk guys and give up home runs. That's about all Feliz does.

[Surhoff5]

Can someone explain why CC pulled Knebel after 7 pitches? Why bring in Torres?

[yfinn6]

How do you not address the pen with what they are seeing from this offense? To often Brewers management allows horrendous pitching for too much of the beginning of the season and before you know it, season lost.

 

I agree. Rebuilding year or not, it's one thing to lose games, it's another to not give a crap when the reason you're losing is so blatant. Just a bit of pitching is what they need to at least stay competitive. Maybe we don't want that, but at this point I'd rather start winning if we're not far off (which I think we aren't).

[reillymcshane]

Feliz gave up 10 HR in 54 innings last year. That he's serving up taters again shouldn't be a shocker.

[adambr2]

More or less I've agrees with just about everything Stearns has done but Feliz just seems like a lousy signing. He stinks as a closer and the way he's looking he will have little to no trade value .

[yfinn6]

"Brewers bats went quiet" - but they already put up 8 runs. That should be enough to win the game.

[yfinn6]

That 1-2 to Shaw was a strike.

 

Pathetic pitching by this bullpen lately. Bunch of bums out there.

[adambr2]

My condolences to any fan who wasted their time and money to attend that disaster tonight .

[trwi7]

Great, so the Brewers will lose this game after leading for most of it because this bullpen is so putrid. I guess if we're going for another high draft pick, this is really the way to lose the game but damn it's frustrating.

 

It's pretty clear they haven't been going for a high draft pick since Stearns was hired.

[adambr2]

That 1-2 to Shaw was a strike.

 

Pathetic pitching by this bullpen lately. Bunch of bums out there.

 

Most of our pen -- Milone, Marinez, Drake, and Torres, is made up of guys that no one else wanted. It's just a lousy pen, and Feliz isn't good either. That HR he gave up tonight couldn't have been straighter and more centered in the zone.

[superfly]

For the love of God please find some pitchers that can hold massive leads against hideous baseball teams.

[BuckyBrewer61]

How do you not address the pen with what they are seeing from this offense? To often Brewers management allows horrendous pitching for too much of the beginning of the season and before you know it, season lost.

 

So what plan would you put in place to serve us well immediately while preserving the future? Welcome to rebuilding, I hate it too but if we had no weaknesses we would already be rebuilt.

[pacopete4]

How do you not address the pen with what they are seeing from this offense? To often Brewers management allows horrendous pitching for too much of the beginning of the season and before you know it, season lost.

 

So what plan would you put in place to serve us well immediately while preserving the future? Welcome to rebuilding, I hate it too but if we had no weaknesses we would already be rebuilt.

 

 

Bullpens can be built even in rebuilding years. Other than Barnes and Knebel, none of the rest are a part of the future. The weaknesses could have very well been inexperience and starting pitching. It didn't have to be the leftovers bullpen that we have right now. That was just being cheap to be cheap. And if I saw what my offense was capable of, I would be finding new arms, from somewhere. Give this team a shot already.