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Tim Anderson was 17th....and had a very disappointing sophomore season.

More Cubs' drama on the basepaths tonight...could suddenly be six games back with the Brewers streaking.

Imagine if Miguel Vargas hit that ball...alas Schiffren is not bros with Colson and his father.

Seen quite a few lists of FAs for next year and Civale is in the mid to late 40s and Houser's not even listed. Fedde might even get more...possibly.

That was like a McGwire Canseco Pasqua Borchard bomb...

Joe Rogan-sized?

https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/david-morgan-is-off-to-a-strong-start-but-can-he-keep-it-going-r2468/ Cool story about undrafted kid from a college nobody's ever heard of becoming a key member of one of the better bullpens in the game. Another guy who throws 97-99 in that pen, to go with Suarez M.Miller Morejon Estrada and Adam (soft tosser).

He's not a fast runner and will eventually grade out around average to slightly below at SS and likely a lower batting average due to selling out for power...but sure why not? It's going to be a period of adjustments for both pitchers and Colson. Nice to see a Sox hitter as a rookie getting some intentional bb's.

Montgomery > F.Thomas/Ventura

A lot of the same body language as Pollock and Benintendi before deciding he was no longer going to take losing every game the second half last year. The shoulder shrugs, slow jogs to first, head down, flailing away at low and outside sliders much like Robert…we can argue the Sox put the pressure on him to be the next leader and PR/community relations symbol, but he wasn’t really all that interested in embracing that role. Sox should have done more background on his psyche/personality at CAL. OFC winning solves 90% of clubhouse and so-called chemistry issues.

Weapons should be the movie everyone is water coolering over…

9/42 for Braden, one Xb hit (hr), 17 k's, 3 walks

214 .553 Braden, AA was always going to be

Slider Slider Slider. Don't change Luis. Looks like the Brewers are going to get to 47-16.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/sell-team-fed-fans-passionate-100453487.htm Ryan Noda quotes...about time with A's, Sox mentioned as well

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/rank-every-mlb-team-by-era-for-th-2025-season Very simple. They have fallen from 17th to 23rd and almost 24th in ERA during the last couple of weeks. Badly need someone like Martin Perez to step up with nobody left in the minors.

The way the Brewers run themselves and the research they do on people, personalities -- that goes into a lot of what we’re seeing right now. Power of friendship, right?” Trevor Megill told the newspaper. “We’ve got a college-minded coach at the helm and I think a lot of our guys are just that gritty, tough, and we go and get after it. I think that’s our biggest strength: A lot of guys that like each other and a lot of guys willing to put their body on the line every night.” Amazing what the Power of Friendship can do… pic.twitter.com/IbO48dN0vm — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 22, 2025 In a subsequent story about the Brewers’ success, again in USA Today but this time written by Bob Nightengale, Megill used the phrase again. “We’re going to start wearing 'Power of Friendship' T-shirts," he said. “Then people can start recognizing who we are. I mean, people were freaking out last year when we won 93 games. Maybe they didn’t think we could do it again." mlb.com

And look where the Mets are now... Acuna btw

Hard to have current pride in the White Sox after three years of historic losses and the much-ballyhooed rebuild totally imploding...meanwhile, Cubs for most of the season had one of the most exciting teams in baseball. There's a lot of historic pride and historicity...but certainly not with Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Look at the attrition rate for Millenials that made up the majority of the board from let's say 2016 through today. You're asking politicians to feel pride when they feel like the equivalent of abandoned Minnesota Twins' fans.

He would have to OPS 800 for almost the final two months just to get back to 700. Unless you think he can carry 900+ until the end of the year...

Didn't want to pay going market rates for a legit LH in the pen. All those guys like Bummer Hill and Banks were traded away...surely I'm leaving out another five lefties we'very gone through, DFA's or small trades.

The Sox yearly tease was nice while it lasted. August/September baseball is when the real teams show up...at least until the final week of the season like we saw with DET last year.

Can we bury the .500 thread once the streak reaches five losses in a row?? CLE is smelling blood in the water and could pass the Yankees in the WC race over the weekend.

That's just the thing. Milwaukee has the least amount of power for a future playoff team going back all the way to the 2012-2014 Giants. Kind of reminds me of the 2005 White Sox tbh...minus the homers. Chourio and a reivigorated Yelich are/were the stars, Rhys Hoskins a Tier B veteran before injury...but hardly the type of hitters/lineup that light up the fantasy add lists. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2025.shtml Just a bunch of guys collectively OPS+ 100-135. William Contreras into this season was the other top guy...but is dragging a bit this year. Other than Vaughn and Perkins, nobody is playing out of their minds. It's actually the pitching staff that makes the biggest difference by far.

"He has given Milwaukee’s productive, contact-oriented offense a much-appreciated injection of power, becoming a cult hero along the way. On Aug. 26, the first 10,000 Brewer fans at American Family Field will receive a “King Vaughn” giveaway T-shirt. In a month’s time, Vaughn has gone from afterthought to lynchpin. It has been a remarkable turnaround, the quintessential change of scenery story. “Putting guys in environments and situations that can allow them to express themselves, and they can handle it, is the difference.” Murphy explained. “And I think that us, giving Vaughn the chance, everything lining up, [Rhys] Hoskins going down, him getting that chance and being back in the big leagues in a new environment has kind of helped. I don't think it's too much more than that.” And so, from 2021 to 2024 Vaughn was essentially a houseplant, a capable, yet unspectacular big-league hitter. Then, this year, the wheels fell off. A former White Sox minor leaguer questioned Vaughn’s work ethic. Beneath the surface, there were encouraging signs in the batted ball data, but Vaughn’s overall body of work had become too unsavory to ignore. "At this point, though, we can't just rely on the expected numbers," White Sox general manager Chris Getz told reporters the day after demoting Vaughn. "The level of production that we need to see out of him and that position needs to be better. There's some physical adjustments that can be made, and we're going to dive into that." Two weeks later, Vaughn was a Brewer. It was a change in scenery that also brought a change in philosophy. As Getz mentioned, the White Sox were most concerned with Vaughn’s hitting mechanics. The Brewers, however, unspooled a completely different strategy, one focused primarily on Vaughn’s approach at the plate." https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/brewers-andrew-vaughn-went-from-mlbs-least-valuable-player-to-swinging-one-of-hottest-bats-in-nl-171615420.html