Lyles was a money thing, right?

[folly412]

14 ER in 4.2 IP in two starts against the Cubs. That's one way to go from a good season to falling back in line with his career averages.

[Jopal78]

Oh, he stinks again? Shocker.

 

If he ‘stinks’ what does that say about Burnes, Wilkerson, Burch Smith, Jay Jackson, Alex Wilson, Petricka?

 

One of the bigger regrets I have is not posting, "in, before he is compared to our current pitching."

 

But that is the point. The Brewers dropped him (presumably over money), and it weakened the overall talent of the pitching staff. Lyles isn’t a world beater but he’s effective at soaking up innings and keeping his team in the game. The last couple spots that n the Brewers staff haven’t been able to do that

[MrTPlush]

Ha....these hot takes aren't aging to well it seems.

[bill hAll Star]

 

If he ‘stinks’ what does that say about Burnes, Wilkerson, Burch Smith, Jay Jackson, Alex Wilson, Petricka?

 

One of the bigger regrets I have is not posting, "in, before he is compared to our current pitching."

 

But that is the point. The Brewers dropped him (presumably over money), and it weakened the overall talent of the pitching staff. Lyles isn’t a world beater but he’s effective at soaking up innings and keeping his team in the game. The last couple spots that n the Brewers staff haven’t been able to do that

 

Going into when they decided this before the season, given that Lyles probably needed to/wanted to be on an MLB roster, would you have taken Lyles over Burnes, Woodruff, etc?

 

To start the year they had Chacin, Woodruff, Anderson, Davies, Burnes, Guerra, Hader, Knebel, Jeffress, Peralta, Albers, Claudio.

 

That's 12 pitchers right there with Nelson eventually coming back. Albers they needed to keep and Claudio was acquired later, but even one with a negative outlook on him wouldn't complain about a guy that could/should be a LOOGY being there.

 

So the problem has been injuries and minors depth. They ended up spending the money on Gio once injuries hit anyways who is probably functionally the same as Lyles other than the fact that he's dealt with more injuries this year.

 

They had roughly 13 MLB pitchers already. I don't know what Lyles' situation is but I'm not sure they wanted to just stash him in the minors for $2.5 million even if they could.

[KeithStone53151]

Going into when they decided this before the season, given that Lyles probably needed to/wanted to be on an MLB roster, would you have taken Lyles over Burnes, Woodruff, etc?

 

To start the year they had Chacin, Woodruff, Anderson, Davies, Burnes, Guerra, Hader, Knebel, Jeffress, Peralta, Albers, Claudio.

 

That's 12 pitchers right there with Nelson eventually coming back. Albers they needed to keep and Claudio was acquired later, but even one with a negative outlook on him wouldn't complain about a guy that could/should be a LOOGY being there.

 

So the problem has been injuries and minors depth. They ended up spending the money on Gio once injuries hit anyways who is probably functionally the same as Lyles other than the fact that he's dealt with more injuries this year.

 

They had roughly 13 MLB pitchers already. I don't know what Lyles' situation is but I'm not sure they wanted to just stash him in the minors for $2.5 million even if they could.

 

It's so easy to monday morning quarterback this stuff. Why'd we get rid of Garrett Cooper again? Why'd we let Sogard walk? Guys seriously questioning not keeping Lyles...please join my fantasy baseball league.

[Jopal78]

It’s all relative. 2017 they missed the post season by one game. One extra win here and there has the potential to be important in September. I don’t think there’s much doubt that a little better quality of depth on the 40 man would have resulted in a few more wins this year already.

[PeaveyFury]

Lyles seems like an odd hill to die on... the Brewers assumed that Lyles, at his career norms, wasn't worth the money owed. After a great start in a very small sample, he's reverted to his career norms. Seems like the Brewers made the right choice at the time based on that.

[AJOHNSON104]

I wasn't opposed to Lyles as a depth piece, but the guy I wanted to keep was Miley. In order I thought they should keep 1 of Miley, Gio, then Lyles. I guess we ended up with 1 of them, so we still need to see how Gio actually does.

[BruisedCrew]

In his last 7 starts, which were interrupted by a stint on the DL and include 3 starts against the Brewers, Lyles has an ERA over 10.