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they lost a 4 game series and only gave up 9 runs. thats a heck of a series! bats will come around, this pitching has been outstanding! Chance to end the month with a 14-13 record, I BREWLIEVE IT CAN HAPPEN!

Posted: July 10, 2014, 12:30 AM

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If the Brewers don't win the division I should be banned. However, they will.

 

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17-13 through April, 1 game out of first place...put that in a vacuum without knowing how we got there after facing the Cubs 8 of those games and not having Jimmy Nelson starting games and we're pretty much all happy campers.

 

Another reason for an optimistic May...no games against the Cubs! They might go 24-3!

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It's literally gotten to the point where if Hader records an out and it's not a K I am disappointed.
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On pace to win 92 games but I think they will win 100 or so.
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all it took was the reds and some haderade to right the ship! Hader is absolutely incredible to watch pitch!

Posted: July 10, 2014, 12:30 AM

PrinceFielderx1 Said:

If the Brewers don't win the division I should be banned. However, they will.

 

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When Knebel gets back, you could literally pitch Hader to close out games one night, and follow up Knebel the next 2IP the next night. Taylor Williams can mop up on the not so close games. Freddy Peralta in waiting to be the next 2IP RP stud.

 

Cain, Yelich, Braun, Shaw, Thames/Aguilar duo. That's 5 legit bats with Santana's bound to turn around. 17-13 with only 2 of those being blowout wins. (19 last season) So we've got a lot of fun games coming to go.

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Does anyone have a list of non-closer relievers who have made an all-star team? What is the precedent?

 

If Hader continues on it will be hard not to send him to the all-star game I would think..

 

It happens, Betances as mentioned, Will Harris, and Tony Watson are recent. There are likely a few more, I'd have to guess KC's WS RPs were in the running. Knebel made it last year with half the time being closer up til AS game. You'd think at this point Hader will have a lot more Saves coming to him. So where's the cutoff on Saves total before AS game to not be considered a closer?

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Does anyone have a list of non-closer relievers who have made an all-star team? What is the precedent?

 

If Hader continues on it will be hard not to send him to the all-star game I would think..

 

It happens, Betances as mentioned, Will Harris, and Tony Watson are recent. There are likely a few more, I'd have to guess KC's WS RPs were in the running. Knebel made it last year with half the time being closer up til AS game. You'd think at this point Hader will have a lot more Saves coming to him. So where's the cutoff on Saves total before AS game to not be considered a closer?

 

With Knebel due back next week, I'm guessing Hader's save chances are going to nosedive. It actually wouldn't surprise to see his appearance lengths decrease so that he can be used more often.

 

That is actually a good thing, because ALL-STAR CLOSER RETURNING!!!

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I am extremely pleased with how things are going. They are sitting 18-13 with an offense that has played pretty terribly for stretches and the SP has been better than anyone could have hoped. I expect the SP to regress and the offense to get better as the season moves along. If they get decent production from Nelson they should be playing meaningful ball at the end which is all I really wanted out of this season.

 

It's a long season, nothing has me panicked right now. This team has been exceptional against everybody but Chicago and I don't think they're going to score 0 or 1 run every time they play them. They're getting very battle tested in a lot of close games too.

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5-4 road trip, 19-13 overall. YOUR FIRST PLACE MILWAUKEE BREWERS!!
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Arcia and Santana are starting to hit. I noticed Arcia is not as active pre-pitch as he was earlier this season. Always looked like a whole lot of timing movement with the big open stance, etc.

 

Anyhow, optimistic we get more production from those two moving forward and a good reminder that players aren't robots who produce identical numbers every month. Some guys start slow, some are Babe Ruth in April.

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Arcia and Santana are starting to hit. I noticed Arcia is not as active pre-pitch as he was earlier this season. Always looked like a whole lot of timing movement with the big open stance, etc.

 

Anyhow, optimistic we get more production from those two moving forward and a good reminder that players aren't robots who produce identical numbers every month. Some guys start slow, some are Babe Ruth in April.

Arcia since the Cincy series April 16th -- .295 /.311/.409/.720

 

Santana's uptick started with this most recent road trip, starting in KC -- .333/.370/.417/.787

 

Both are very small samples, but it's encouraging to see them both start to get going.

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21-16 after 37 games. Run differential is -3.

 

10-9 at home. 11-7 on the road.

 

I think this team is better than they've played, and they're still 5 over. Hard to complain about that. Plus, Colorado will wake up the bats!

 

right, starting pitching has been mediocre as expected. BP has been great, as expected but better than could be expected. Offense way less with no one overperforming except Jesus. Get some bounce back from Santana, Braun, Shaw and some movement from awful to respectable from Arcia/Pina and this team could rack up some wins.

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A quarter of the way through the season and the Brewers have the 2nd best record in the NL. Behind only the Braves?!? Brewers only have a +6 run differential and are 8 games over. I think that says a lot about the bullpen (which we already knew).
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