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Milwaukee Brewers (66-52) @ Atlanta Braves (62-50)

Game 119: Friday, August 10 at 6:35PM CST

Freddy Peralta (RHP, 5-2 with a 3.54 ERA) versus Kevin Gausman (RHP, 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA)

Game 120: Saturday, August 11 at 6:10PM CST

Wade Miley (LHP, 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA) versus Julio Teheran (RHP, 8-7 with a 4.48 ERA)

Game 121: Sunday, August 12 at 12:35PM CST

Chase Anderson (RHP, 7-7 with a 3.81 ERA) versus Sean Newcomb (LHP, 10-5 with a 3.15 ERA)

This series would've felt so good coming into if we had basically the full bullpen available save for Knebel after yesterday. Peralta is a risk to only go 4 so this is probably where Lyles plays in. Have him pitch 3 innings and pray.

Two upcoming days off (Mon and Thur) will help.

Would of been nice to bring up an SP over the last year, having a guy you can count on to go out there and give you 7-8 good innings is something this team desperately needs. Has an mlb team ever made it through an entire season where an SP has not pitched a complete game?

livestrong4ever wrote:Would of been nice to bring up an SP over the last year, having a guy you can count on to go out there and give you 7-8 good innings is something this team desperately needs. Has an mlb team ever made it through an entire season where an SP has not pitched a complete game?

Kinda just how things are in baseball now. We've got pitchers that could go 7 or 8, but a lot of GMs have decided that utilizing a deep bullpen after 5 or 6 is important.

Example: Yesterday Guerra could've gone another inning or even 2. It wasn't his best game but back in the day, he's got a lead and he was at 92 pitches.

Of course we went with Moustakas for the kill shot and missed and knew we had Jennings who is great against lefty batters queued up for 3 lefties the next inning.

Unless it's Kluber, deGrom, etc. a team thinks it is better bringing in a pitcher that the batters aren't familiar with for situational matchups.

So point being, the only type of guy that we can bring up that "can go 7-8" innings is probably an ace. A Sale, Kluber, etc. Basically every other pitcher is now subject to the game situation. If we were up 10-2 they probably let Guerra go 7 or 8 and save the bullpen.

I don't think that anyone believes that someone like Guerra can't throw 120 pitches at times...it just barely ever comes up anymore.

13 teams have 0 complete games this year
9 have 1 complete game
4 have 2 complete games
3 have 3
1 has 5 (Cleveland) and that's probably a bunch of Kluber/Carrasco/Clevinger

Brewers havent had a complete game in years iirc

BUCKnation wrote:Brewers havent had a complete game in years iirc

Nelson had one last year.

trwi7 wrote:

BUCKnation wrote:Brewers havent had a complete game in years iirc

Nelson had one last year.

Ah, I figured if anyone was close it was probably him.

True story, this happened to me.

Ronald Acuña Jr. (LF)
Ozzie Albies (2B)
Freddie Freeman (1B)
Nick Markakis (RF)
Johan Camargo (3B)
Ender Inciarte (CF)
Tyler Flowers (C)
Dansby Swanson (SS)
Kevin Gausman (P)

At least the DL move doesn't sound that serious, should get him back in couple weeks. What's the word on the twink Zach Davies?

Hadn't realised how bad Aguilar has been lately. Could use a hot stretch from him.

CC getting exposed lately...poor pitching staff management and now Thames in RF in a big ballpark.

Offense first lineup doing well.

Ugly

blazza18 wrote:Offense first lineup doing well.

Yeah CC cannot manage a lineup properly.

Didn't watch. It's not looking good for the Crew.

SD beat the Phillies tonight after playing the Cubs real tight their entire series. The Brewers are certainly in a funk since that pre AS week. BUT, I also think they can reclaim a 15-20 game above .500 mark if they get back to solid relief pitching. They can’t afford to blow late leads and, for the most part, they haven’t done so for the majority of the season.

This all being said, we need more from Couns in the decision-making department. And, Stearns needs to rise to that next level. I feel they’ve hit the same plateau seen on the diamond.