Game Thread (5/10/2022): Brewers (Peralta) at Reds (Greene) - 5:40 PM CDT

[BruisedCrew]

The last few days have exposed the Brewers bullpen as not nearly the strong point everyone assumed it would be. And if the starters keep laboring to go 5 or 6 innings it’s going to become a big problem. 

[NBBrewFan]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Great. Here comes Perdomo to save us. Where is Trevor Gott, Counsell?!

Gott is the SEVENTH inning guy.

[jason21nl]

If Hader is available he needed to be in the damn game.   

[Brewcrew82]

Game saving play by Urias there. 

[Eye Black]

Game saving play by Luis Urias…. Wow.

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, NBBrewFan said:

Gott is the SEVENTH inning guy.

No, Boxberger is. I get the point though. 

[jason21nl]

Huge catch!!   

[Eye Black]

Well this would certainly be a good time to add an insurance run or two. 

[SomewhereInTime]

3 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

WHERE IS HADER?

It's pretty ridiculous to have a closer who can't come into the 8th to get out of a jam.  I never thought we'd go back to the dumb 8th inning guy 7th inning guy 9th inning guy thing but here we are.

[folly412]

Wow. Does Adames even make that play?  

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

The last few days have exposed the Brewers bullpen as not nearly the strong point everyone assumed it would be. And if the starters keep laboring to go 5 or 6 innings it’s going to become a big problem. 

What starter routinely goes more than 6 innings nowadays? Maybe a Burnes/Scherzer type? That's it though. 

[Underachiever]

Imagine that a DL stint is coming for Devin 

[yourout]

2 minutes ago, bulldogboy0733 said:

There was zero chance of this version of Williams getting Naquin there. Too bad we don't have a hard throwing lefty to throw there.

It was a Vegas style light the size of the Belagio screaming....pull me.

That is a mistake a manager should make very rarely.

[Sixtolezcano]

Come on Craig 3 walks and 2 hits before you pull Williams. You have to be quicker with the hook to be considered to be a top notch manager.

[bulldogboy0733]

If Small is ready for the show let's see him already. Hoby and Suter are not the kind of lefty you go to in a big spot. I would like to see him get a shot or stop the Ashby yo yo and make him a lefty burner. They need help big time.

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, bulldogboy0733 said:

If Small is ready for the show let's see him already. Hoby and Suter are not the kind of lefty you go to in a big spot. I would like to see him get a shot or stop the Ashby yo yo and make him a lefty burner. They need help big time.

I could see this. Ashby has been much better in the pen this year. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

4 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

The last few days have exposed the Brewers bullpen as not nearly the strong point everyone assumed it would be. And if the starters keep laboring to go 5 or 6 innings it’s going to become a big problem. 

The league average IP per game started is 5.0

The Brewers are at 5.3 IP per game started. 

This is the new reality for MLB.  Not just the Brewers, but for everyone. 

[trwi7]

12 minutes ago, Eye Black said:

Sort of an interesting decision to continue to roll with Devin in this situation. 

Interesting is one way to put it.  Yostian would be the way I would put it.

[folly412]

Just now, Underachiever said:

Imagine that a DL stint is coming for Devin 

Doesn't seem right that he couldn't reach back and top 94 when the changeup wasn't working.

[willie key]

It’s probably time to go to Ashby as a reliever now.    The other guys aren’t doing their job.  We need someone else in there

 

im starting to worry when we start playing teams that can actually play baseball a little

[SRB]

I'd love to know if they are being extra careful with Hader due to his recent back issues, or if they just will never use him in a four-out role anymore. No better situation than there against Naquin with his extreme platoon splits.

[Brewcrew82]

I would like one of our esteemed beat reporters to ask Counsell why he can't go to our all-time lefty reliever to get one measly out against a lefty hitter, particularly when we have an off day coming up on Thursday....

[Eye Black]

6 minutes ago, bulldogboy0733 said:

If Small is ready for the show let's see him already.

I think one of the road blocks is simply that they haven’t added him to the 40-man roster and may not be eager to do so just yet. 

[SomewhereInTime]

1 minute ago, SRB said:

I'd love to know if they are being extra careful with Hader due to his recent back issues, or if they just will never use him in a four-out role anymore. No better situation than there against Naquin with his extreme platoon splits.

Well he hasn't pitched multiple innings in years.  If you have a guy like Hader and you use him like this he's only going to pitch around 50 innings a year.  It's just a waste.

[Sixtolezcano]

4 minutes ago, trwi7 said:

Interesting is one way to put it.  Yostian would be the way I would put it.

Best answer tonight.