We're Brewers fans living in Arizona. My kid had the idea to make a poster asking Jacob if he wanted to open some Pokemon cards with him. We made a poster, arrived when the gates opened, and he found some time for my boy.
Distracted Memeshby FTW
With the relative inexperience of the team's staff, the crunch on IP is going to get real over the next 75 games.
75 regular season games; with a standard 5-man, 15 starts each.
At minimum (5 IP/ start) that's 75 IP needed from each SP, or more accurately 375 total SP innings- anything less and that bullpen is going to be in absolute tatters (and it would be stretched hard at that rate). Better would be a total of ~400-410 IP from SP. Then there are the playoff starts...
Assuming an organizational target of 30% IP increase over previous season, which saves some IP for playoffs:
Miz- career max 141 IP. Target would be 185 regular season. He is at 104 IP; perhaps they let him go 80 IP over 13 starts (close to his current pace of 6.1 IP/ start)
Harrison- career max 124. He's going to have to hold up, and looking at 165 IP. He's at 79.2; has 85 IP left. Maybe he makes all 15 starts and gets 75 IP.
He's averaged 5 IP/ start thus far.
Sproat- 142 last year; target similar to Miz at 185 IP. He's at 75; this is the guy that could be a linchpin if he could provide depth into games reliably, a theoretic 110 IP left, more realistically maybe he takes all 15 starts and gets 75 IP.
Henderson- he threw 113 IP total last year, at 47 this year. But with the injury woes, let's say he's not on track for a significant increase. 70 IP left... 12 starts, 60 IP?
Gasser threw 48 last year; he's already at 62. Pre-TJ he'd been at 135, twice.
Drohan topped at 130 IP before injury erased 2024; he threw 54 in 2025, is at 70 already this year.
Between those two, maybe 18 starts and 90 IP?
Puts them both at 110-115 IP. Maybe too aggressive.
That's 73 starts, 380 IP... close to the minimum target, and achieved if Crow and/or Hall take the ball a few times. BUT that's if absolutely nothing goes wrong, and the bullpen doesn't turn into a pile of goo. Under that scenario the pen is being asked to throw four+ innings almost every game, and one should assume somebody is going to miss some time.
In my mind it would be helpful to add a veteran SP who could take the ball every fifth day and give them 5+, and sometimes 6+ innings. They don't have to be all-star innings, just efficient, "good enough" innings, so that Miz/ Harrison & co. have a lot more left in the tank headed into the playoffs. And then bring Woody back.
Worried for him. Can't keep going 2-3 starts then 6 weeks on IL
Seems like we need more offense.
He’s not looking that great so far.
I have a hard time believing that Yeli is better as a DH than Vaughn at this point, even against righties. Since 6/9, his average has fallen 41 points and he has only hit ONE homerun since 5/25 - a serious extended slump. I know he's an all-timer, and his contract is the largest on the team, but perhaps he should be used more situationally and is no longer an everyday player. His clubhouse leadership is too valuable to ignore, but I think he's got to sit for a bit and let the Brewers figure out their ideal lineup.
The Brewers keep finding ways to win despite (a real credit to them) the RISP hitting being pretty awful lately. And it's hard to complain too much with the 2nd best record in baseball, I'm just thinking about how to maximize this window. Truthfully, Mitchell has been the one carrying this team over the past week - and it's been awesome to see him really come into his own.
Also, HBD America.
what can’t this guy do??
I’m more of a casual viewer, so I’m not 100% in tune with how our SPs and relievers are doing. Obviously I know Miz is having the season of his life, and Harrison is doing really well as well (besides that one A’s game and this most recent outing). What are your takes on everyone else?
91 pitches, 58 strikes. ERA sits at 6.52
Not great, Bob.
I’ve been thinking about the recent Wisco jerseys for this season and at first I didn’t like them but now they’re growing on me a bit. At the same time I feel that we have plenty of blue fitted jerseys, why not create some yellowish colored brewer jerseys. I know we’ve had the gold jerseys which isn’t fairly liked but I feel that we need to give the brewers some yellow vibes out here. Which is why I created a rough idea of what the brewers should be bringing to the table! Created a gradient style and just a solid light yellow beige jersey. Let me know your thoughts and what your honest opinion is, don’t be shy. Go brew crew!