The Milwaukee Brewers are down several starting pitchers. Brandon Woodruff is still recovering, plus losses of DL Hall, Aaron Ashby, Aaron Civale, and Nestor Cortes have put the rotation in a perilous spot.
That perilous spot is what led the Brewers to give up a massive haul to acquire Quinn Priester from the Boston Red Sox in early April. Yophery Rodriguez plus a Comp A pick in this year’s Draft and a PTBNL is a steep price to pay, but the Brewers have believed in Priester.
In Priester’s latest outing on Friday night against the Cubs, things got out of hand quickly as Priester allowed seven runs in the 2nd inning and put the team in a massive hole, leading to a second straight blowout with a final score of 10-0.
When asked about the mood of the team after such a deflating 10-0 loss to a division rival, Pat Murphy had a simple three word message.
“It’s not good” Murphy said.
Murphy went on to add, “No one’s giving up hope on May 3rd. We’ve had this happen to us before , when you have that many starting pitchers down, what would other teams do?… When you have Civale, Cortes, Woodruff, Ashby, DL Hall, you have all those guys down, you’re going to run into some games, it happened to be tonight, where you’ve gotta kind of pitch guys that aren’t quite ready for that situation.”
It’s hardly a ringing endorsement of the Brewers current situation. The injuries have decimated the rotation, it’s true. It’s the sixth blowout loss the Brewers have suffered in just 33 games so far this year.
This has led to the Brewers relying on guys like Priester, Tyler Alexander, Elvin Rodriguez, and others to patchwork the rotation and they just haven’t been able to find the kind of success the manager is looking for.
While Murphy added that there are signs that Priester is showing that he can be very good, he’s still not there quite yet. The tough part for the Brewers is they can’t let him develop in Triple-A right now, they need him to fill out their rotation.
The Brewers are 0-11 this season when their opponent scores first. They’re the only team left in MLB that hasn’t won a game after allowing their opponent to get the first run across.
After an 8-0 loss on Thursday to the lowly White Sox and a 10-0 drubbing at home to the rival Cubs, the mood is not good and rightfully so. They’ll need to right the ship on Saturday and they’ll have Jose Quintana on the mound to help do it.
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The Milwaukee Brewers are down several starting pitchers. Brandon Woodruff is still recovering, plus losses of DL Hall, Aaron Ashby, Aaron Civale, and Nestor Cortes have put the rotation in a perilous spot.
That perilous spot is what led the Brewers to give up a massive haul to acquire Quinn Priester from the Boston Red Sox in early April. Yophery Rodriguez plus a Comp A pick in this year’s Draft and a PTBNL is a steep price to pay, but the Brewers have believed in Priester.
In Priester’s latest outing on Friday night against the Cubs, things got out of hand quickly as Priester allowed seven runs in the 2nd inning and put the team in a massive hole, leading to a second straight blowout with a final score of 10-0.
When asked about the mood of the team after such a deflating 10-0 loss to a division rival, Pat Murphy had a simple three word message.
“It’s not good” Murphy said.
Murphy went on to add, “No one’s giving up hope on May 3rd. We’ve had this happen to us before , when you have that many starting pitchers down, what would other teams do?… When you have Civale, Cortes, Woodruff, Ashby, DL Hall, you have all those guys down, you’re going to run into some games, it happened to be tonight, where you’ve gotta kind of pitch guys that aren’t quite ready for that situation.”
It’s hardly a ringing endorsement of the Brewers current situation. The injuries have decimated the rotation, it’s true. It’s the sixth blowout loss the Brewers have suffered in just 33 games so far this year.
This has led to the Brewers relying on guys like Priester, Tyler Alexander, Elvin Rodriguez, and others to patchwork the rotation and they just haven’t been able to find the kind of success the manager is looking for.
While Murphy added that there are signs that Priester is showing that he can be very good, he’s still not there quite yet. The tough part for the Brewers is they can’t let him develop in Triple-A right now, they need him to fill out their rotation.
The Brewers are 0-11 this season when their opponent scores first. They’re the only team left in MLB that hasn’t won a game after allowing their opponent to get the first run across.
After an 8-0 loss on Thursday to the lowly White Sox and a 10-0 drubbing at home to the rival Cubs, the mood is not good and rightfully so. They’ll need to right the ship on Saturday and they’ll have Jose Quintana on the mound to help do it.
Related: 5 Bold Predictions for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025
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