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"He's been missing for a while" TBH, Wallner has been MIA for longer than a while.... like the last 1 1/2 years, while also missing on defense.

The BP doesn't inspire much confidence.....and yet some how it doesn't matter much when you can't score runs and field. It's not that difficult of a game if you have legit talent on the roster.

Yeah, paying extra because the better half is a brewers fan and had to add on brewers.tv living in Wisconsin.

The collapse starts in April.... about 2 months early. There was a two week stretch where they had good AB's making SP work and driving up pitch counts, played better than average defense, ran the bases with a few SB's sprinkled in.... for the most part the starting pitching has done the job..... than back to reality the last week and a half. MLB subscription could be cancelled by early June this year.

I hate to point out that I have been saying for 18 months that Wallner is not a MLB player, at minimum a MLB level outfielder. The stats say it all, throw in his awful defense and it’s borderline criminal to have him on the 26 man roster. Looks like there’s a legit replacement… it’s time to start making changes to players that aren’t helping the team and are actually detrimental to, which Wallner has been for some time.

Brookes Lee..... meet Mr. Pine, get to know him because you should be sitting on him more than knot.

100%, the defense will cost Bradley another inning …at least and possibly runs if he can’t get out of here.

Good defense wins games, Clemens not helping much at 1st.

I will never use , well almost never, umpires, refs as excuses for losses…. however next season it’s time to implement the ABS … the strike zone is the strike zone, not what the home plate ump of the day feels it is. That sequence on ball calls that were strikes are how things can unravel …. no place for that many missed calls…. it goes for both teams, pitchers and batters, they deserve better.

Observing this team for the first three weeks before posting, too much..... however the flaws/ concerns with the lineup coming out of the winter appear to be genuine. If any of the talent at St. Paul get off to a quick start they should be elevated.

Was holding out some hope that we could be competitive until mid August. Even with the Lopez injury I still believe that the SP is going to be good enough to compete. Here's my issue and why I think 75 wins is probably the ceiling. An emphasis is being placed on defense, yet we have Lee at SS, Wallner and Larnach in the OF. We seem to think 1st is irrelevant defensively... it's not. It's certainly a position you can put someone with limited range,, however it's critical for scooping bad throws from the IF, accurate throws to start DP's, throws to the plate, you just don't throw a extra body there.... especially one that isn't a above average hitter. We will once again leave outs on the field, giving up runs that should end innings and will be actually extending them leading to higher pitch counts in high leverage situations. Throw in the catcher position that is average at best defensively and just how did we improve on this new emphasis placed on defense and speed.. It's looking like a month to month subscription to MLBTV.

Running back Wallner and Larnach is possibly the most incompetent front office strategy any GM could deploy. How many seasons of data is needed to move on..... apparently the eyes will get another season of ineptness at the plate with a dose of pathetic defensive play.

Duran was given the ball in the 9th when Balldelli was managing like a normal manager.... which wasn't all the time. So glad he's gone. The BP is sketchy, not a fan of closer by committee, but this could be the best approach to see who can handle the role.

If Ober can return to the '23 version of himself the starting rotation won't be the reason I will be tuning out by late. August. More concerned about running out the same lackluster outfielders and a BP that has a lot of questions. But, yes... this sucks.

They should have one of the strongest rotations in all of baseball. Without that there is little chance of doing anything. I am in favor of going young, the energy, optimism, brings some degree of hope that there could be a major change on the offense and getting back to sound fundamental baseball. The first month, six weeks may bring more losses than wins, but with this rotation a run is possible come June.