Big Ten Team Surprises, Packers' Preseason Prep, Brewers' Hot Streak – Wisconsin Sports on the Go with Trag

Can you guess which Big Ten football team might surprise us all this season? On this episode of Wisconsin Sports Time with Trage and Autumn, we kick things off with heartfelt thoughts for those affected by Hurricane Debbie before diving into the pulse of Wisconsin sports. We dissect the Green Bay Packers' preseason strategy against the Browns and the Milwaukee Brewers' series with the Reds, setting the stage for a lively discussion on the Wisconsin Badgers football team. From ESPN's list of Big Ten contenders to the hurdles each team must overcome, we break down the prospects of Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Michigan, USC, and our Badgers, assessing their playoff chances and key factors that could make or break their seasons.

Next, we map out the landscape of Big Ten football, categorizing teams into three distinct tiers. Can Penn State and Michigan challenge the dominant forces of Oregon and Ohio State? And what about the potential of USC, Wisconsin, Washington, and UCLA to rise from the third tier? Alongside this, we express our excitement for the upcoming college football season and give a nod to Jelly Roll's new anthem. Shifting gears to the NFL preseason, we delve into Coach Matt LaFleur's preparation strategy for the Packers, with a focus on Jordan Love shaking off the rust against the Browns.

Lastly, we bring you the latest sports updates and fascinating tidbits, including Jackson Chourio's achievements with the Brewers and Aroldis Chapman's record-breaking fastball. We marveled at the Brewers' recent sweep of the Atlanta Braves and the exceptional performances from players like Sal Frelick. Our discussion also covers the challenges of managing the Brewers' roster, especially with the potential return of Christian Yelich. Whether you're a die-hard sports enthusiast or just looking for the latest updates, this episode promises an action-packed conversation that covers all the bases! Don't miss out on this engaging deep dive into Wisconsin's vibrant sports scene.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:10

Thank you how we doing everybody and welcome in to Wisconsin Sports Time to go with Trage. I'm your host, trage, it is Friday, finally Friday, a fantastic Friday here in the great state of Wisconsin or wherever you are listening right now. I hope it's a great day, wherever you are. We know Hurricane Debbie is currently heading up the East Coast right now. So hopefully, if you're listening out there, hopefully you are staying clear of any of the severe stuff. Everything is OK on your end.

Speaker 1: 1:03

First, anybody who's impacted by Hurricane Debbie. I wish they would come up with some better names for hurricanes. You know, like Debbie, you hear Debbie and it's like am I supposed to be scared of this thing or am I supposed to be hungry Little Debbie cakes? I don't know. You don't know how to feel when you got Hurricane Debbie coming at you. I feel like Hurricane Karen. You know, this thing's an angry son of a gun coming in, right, that's, that's, that's what, that's what they tell me, right, that's what they tell me. So I mean I anyways, anyways, hopefully everybody along that East Coast is safe and out of harm's way there. But like I'm, like I always say, it's a great Friday, great day to talk sports here. I got Autumn with me Autumn. We're getting ready for the weekend. How are we doing on this great Friday?

Speaker 2: 1:49

I'm doing really good, trajan. I am excited that it's Friday and I am excited for the weekend ahead.

Speaker 1: 1:57

A great weekend ahead there. We'll be down at the Clark County Fair down there in Neal'sville, wisconsin, so make sure you get yourself down there See the animals Ride some rides. I don't know. The Demolition Derby is going to be happening. Lots of great stuff happening down at the Clark County Fair, so get yourself there. But lots of good stuff happening in the world of sports, not just this week, because we got a lot to talk about about the week, but the weekend ahead here. We got the Packers coming up this weekend against the Browns. We have the Brewers having another series coming up this weekend here with the Reds. Lots of good stuff to get into today.

Speaker 1: 2:31

But right away I want to start with the Badgers. I want to start with the Badgers football team and I saw a list. Espn did a list of teams that are for sure locks in the Big Ten, pretenders in the Big Ten, that kind of thing for the college football playoff. So I wanted to go through that list. I wanted to give my contenders pretenders and well, they just think Big Ten teams heading into this next season here. So, looking at the ESPN list, now the ESPNn list, these first two, they're kind of givens right. You have ohio state, as the should be in number one. I mean, ohio state makes sense. Makes sense there in that number two spot. We see oregon coming in there in that number two. Dan lanning has done a very good job with Oregon. Now they get Dylan Gabriel in the room. I could see Oregon being the number two team in the Big Ten. I really could.

Speaker 1: 3:35

So we jump down to the teams that they have in the running right now. Penn State is in the running, as they say, drew Aller coming in. He's playing quarterback for them there. They're going to have good quarterback play, I believe. I think it's going to hinge on what does defense give them and the playmakers around, right? And can James Franklin actually figure out how to coach for a year? Can he figure out how to win a big game? Right, because they have a lot of big games on the schedule, so can he figure that one out? Michigan have a lot of big games on the schedule, so can he figure that one out? Michigan, that's a juggernaut for me. They did lose, like we know. Jj mccarthy gone right and quorum gone. Also jim harbaugh gone. Michigan to me in the running. That could change. That could change fast. I am interested to see what michigan looks like now without j Jim Harbaugh in the room.

Speaker 1: 4:25

Usc, I could see them stinking. I really could. I could see that USC team being pretty pitiful to start the year. So USC, yeah, I mean Lincoln Riley's still there. This is still a solid team. Looks like Deontay Lynn is going to be on the staff there. I mean, yeah, they have a solid, they're solid. But to put them in there as in the running, I don't know. I don't know about that one.

Speaker 1: 4:53

Wisconsin comes in as a long shot. They have them in there as a long shot right now to make the 12-team college football playoff. Luke Fickle, he's had, I mean, a year of experience with these guys. Now the air raid offense has kind of been working in Seven and six in his debut season. They have a pretty like I say you know you like to say a favorable slate. Right, they play Penn State, alabama. They have Oregon on the schedule. I'm missing another USC. Usc is also on the schedule. If you can sneak out two of those wins and win the games that you should the Iowa game if you win that one, if you beat Minnesota, if you beat Northwestern, if you beat the teams that you should Nebraska. You win two of the games against Alabama, oregon, usc and Penn State. Say you win two of them, you end that season with two losses. You get yourself into a good spot.

Speaker 1: 5:47

The Badgers are now jumping spots. Right, they're jumping spots. They're in that in the running. Look then, so I don't know, in the running. In the running, to me you could almost slot the Badgers in there. You could almost slot the Badgers. There's a lot of unknowns with Wisconsin but I mean the schedule is favorable.

Speaker 1: 6:11

Tyler Van Dyke's coming in. I do like what I see out of Tyler Van Dyke and the defense. I mean you look at the secondary. That's a pretty good secondary. Holman and Wooler both coming back. They have some good transfers coming in there on the defensive side of the ball, in Puce Puce I believe he came from William and Mary there on the edge. Peterson on the edge also there. Barton up the middle. I mean that's a solid, solid defense for Wisconsin.

Speaker 1: 6:38

And look at the offense. You have a couple of good running backs there. Dillian Jones coming in as a freshman, but pretty good production I expect out of him. And then Chez Malusi coming back in the backfield there. Good offensive line. I think they're going to have a good offensive line and in the wide receiver room, like we've talked about, bryson Green, will Pauling, you have some good pieces. You have some good pieces. Can they put them all together?

Speaker 1: 7:09

Wisconsin's my in-betweener in the big 10. I think it goes. I think it can go two ways. You know, I think they could be a team that has, at the end of the year, two losses on the schedule and I could see them as a team who only wins eight or nine games right, I could see it every which way possible right now. So it is really it's really tough to gauge this badger team because there's a lot of unknowns with Wisconsin. I can't wait to see them out on the field they have.

Speaker 1: 7:25

I believe their last of their training camp is coming up this weekend and they're preparing for that game against Western Michigan on August 30th when they open up Big Ten play. I believe that's like an 8-20 start for that game. I think it's on a Friday, if I'm not mistaken. I believe it's on a Friday. They open up so kind of a weird, weird time, weird, just all kinds of weird, all kinds of weird with that one there. But I mean that's where I, you know, looking at where I would have the Big Ten kind of slated right now. I kind of agree with the top two Ohio State, oregon. Those would be your top two in the Big 10 in the running.

Speaker 1: 8:03

For me, like I said, I mean Penn state's in there, michigan's in there. I'm not putting USC in there until I see it. Without Caleb Williams I I'm not putting USC in there. I don't trust that defense. I don't trust Lincoln Riley and his staff to be able to put a defense together to play with the big dogs in the big 10. So I'm putting USC on the outside, I'm putting them in the long shot ranking there. I saw a lot of Fox Sports analysts putting Rutgers up. I don't know what they have with Rutgers right now, but no, I'm not seeing Rutgers putting anything together.

Speaker 1: 8:39

In that facet I would say right now the Big Ten is split up into three quadrants. You have your two top teams, which I believe will be Oregon and Ohio State. You have your second tier, which I believe right now is ran by Penn State and Michigan. Ucla is going to have a solid team too, but I just don't see UCLA in there and Washington they have a lot to replace. I don't know if Washington is going to be up there. So I don't include Washington in that, so I have Penn State and Michigan in there.

Speaker 1: 9:08

The third tier for me that includes USC, wisconsin, washington, ucla. You could even say Iowa's in there, nebraska's in there. You know just that. They're right on the cusp of being in that second tier, but they're still on that outside looking in. They're still on that outside looking in. Now I believe that's going to be some movement there. The top two I don't think are going to change much. But that second tier to third tier I'm going to see, like I said, wisconsin I could see them jumping up into that second tier of teams. I could see if USC somehow puts some kind of defense together, I could see them jumping up to that second tier. Ucla I believe they're going to have a solid team out there, so UCLA might be a team to jump out into there.

Speaker 1: 9:46

Washington you never know. Right, deboer is gone Down in Alabama now and you lost Michael Penix and you lost Roma Dunze. How do you replace that production on the offensive side of the ball? That's going to be something we got to watch out for in now playing in the Big 10. Now, right, the defense for Washington. They played pretty well against Michigan, but Michigan was able to outlast them there. How does that defense look now? That's going to be the question marks there with Washington. There's a lot of question marks with Washington right now. That's where my third tier is, is there's a lot of question marks with USC, with Wisconsin, with like I was just talking, there in Washington. There's a lot of question marks across that board. So how does it look when we get into things? I think that's going to be something that I can't wait to watch. I can't wait to watch. I cannot wait for college football to be back.

Speaker 1: 10:34

I saw Jelly Roll. He's got the anthem for college football now. I saw that. Now, jelly Roll, okay, okay, you know, I guess. So now, jelly Roll, okay, okay, you know, I guess. So, I guess. So Maybe I don't know, I don't know. I just I saw it. If you haven't seen it yet, look it up. Jelly Roll they did the. It was on the Pat McAfee show. I believe they did the full intro. They debuted it on there. So interesting stuff in that one there.

Speaker 1: 11:02

But, like I was saying before, the Packers will be in action, coming up this weekend here taking on the Cleveland Browns in the opening preseason game. We saw the preseason actually open up. It was last night. There I saw a couple games. Patriots and Panthers were playing, giants and Lions were playing. I mean not much to really talk about in those two facets. But Packers will be opening up Saturday 325. Start for that one on NFL Network, nfl Plus, I believe there. Otherwise, local TV may have them for you. Maybe pop out the antenna, I don't know, you might be able to get to watch them there. But a good game there, I'm expecting a good game. We will see Jordan Love Now. I thought that was interesting.

Speaker 1: 11:48

But if you look at what Matt LaFleur had to say, he said I think just going through kind of reevaluating the last couple years, from when we've had guys not play and last year having them all the guys play, I thought it was beneficial for us early on, especially week one, just to kind of knock some of the rust off. I think there are a lot of value of going through getting your mind right to get ready to play football. Obviously we're going to be smart with those guys. The last thing we want to do is put those guys at risk. I mean there's an inherent risk, right, every time you go out on the field, bo will be smart with it. But at the same time I do think just the preparation of getting ready for a game is invaluable, and why not use those opportunities? I agree with that. You know getting your feet wet, getting guys out on the field, and we know if Jordan loves playing the offensive lines playing right. We're going to see Rasheed Walker. We're going to see Ellen Jenkins. We're going to see, you know, like Matt LaFleur said, anybody who's healthy, right, the healthy starters will be playing. Josh Jacobs would be a question mark in that.

Speaker 1: 12:50

One I do expect to see. I honestly I think it's going to be a drive. You know, maybe a drive or two, but I think two is stretching it. I'm going to say a drive. We're going to see Jordan Love. We're going to see the main offense out there. We're going to see probably AJ Dillon in that one. We're going to see Romeo Dobbs, christian Watson, those guys for a drive and then I think they take. I would think they pull most of it. They pull the plug on most of those guys and get some of the second stringers in there. Clifford will probably go out. We'll see Heath in there. We'll see Torre. We'll probably see Bo Melton in there a little bit more. I don't expect the starters to stay in there long, especially because it's week one of the preseason, but I mean, I'm excited. I'm excited we're going to see the number one offense you know the number ones on Saturday.

Speaker 1: 13:41

Can't wait to get back into some football here, because, man oh man, have we missed it? We've missed it. It's been, you know, the dog days of summer. You're just got baseball going on. It's one of those times of year where all you got to really talk about is baseball. You got the tidbits here and there about some Packer news, some Badger news, you know that kind of thing. Buck news maybe going on, but finally back into some football here. So great stuff.

Speaker 1: 14:02

They're going to see some Packers taking on the Browns coming up on Saturday. They're 325 start. I don't think. I don't think we'll see Jordan Morgan and I don't think we'll see Tucker Kraft. I think those two will sit out. Zach Tom might be a question mark. He just returned to practice. He might be a question mark, but if he feels ready to go, I think we will see Zach Tom out there, for the Packers Got to get in that offensive line going. You know Sean Ryan has done well. Sean Ryan has done well out there for Green Bay. Rasheed Walker is still I mean, we watched him last year. He's solid. He's a solid solid in there. Ellen Jenkins, like we know.

Speaker 1: 14:43

I expect the Packers, like I said, most starters will play, most starters on both sides of the ball. I think we'll see Rashawn Gary, I think we'll see Jair Alexander, whoever McKinney will be out there, I believe anybody who's healthy, both sides of the ball. We will see them week one and then from there I think it's a question mark Will we see them week two of the preseason? I don't know about that one. I think he just wants to knock the rust off, see what it looks like. Maybe, if it doesn't look good, if it looks kind of goofy, maybe we will see them out there week two or possibly week three of the preseason, just for a final tune-up before we get into the regular season here.

Speaker 1: 15:22

So good stuff there Coming up this weekend. Other action happening and happening in the nfl over the weekend texans and steelers they play today here. They're gonna play today. Falcons and dolphins play today. Eagles and ravens will play today. Saturday, packers, browns, commanders, jets, bears, bills, raiders and vikings, buccaneers and bangles, chiefs and jagu, 49ers and Titans, seahawks and Chargers, saints and Cardinals, and then on Sunday it will be the Broncos and the Colts, and then the Cowboys and the Rams will be the second one. So there is your opening week slate of the preseason. It is great, football is back.

Speaker 1: 16:00

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Speaker 2: 17:57

Some short and sweet tidbits. Today, jackson Cherio from the Milwaukee Brewerswers passes hank aaron for the youngest milwaukee player to have a two home run game and became the first in the mlb to accomplish this before his 21st birthday. Jackson holiday is the youngest player in the american league history to homer in three straight games, and also in the headlines is our, our old, our oldest chapman threw a 104.7 miles per hour fastball last night, leaving even manny machado speechless. I kind of looked at to see who was the fastest like who has a record for it. He also holds the record for the fastest pitch ever thrown back in 2010 at 105.8 miles per hour. And moving out of baseball in to some nfl, uh, former super bowl, super bowl mvp nick falls from the philadelphia eagles announced his retirement from the nfl some great tidbits right there.

Speaker 1: 19:04

Jackson, I mean Jackson Cheerio, right now it is a I just tweeted it before but it is a crime that he is not on list for the rookie of the year. I don't understand how he's not on a list at this point. I really don't. If we want to look at, we look at Paul Skeens and we put him in the all-star game over like a month or a month and a half. Maybe two of you know he's pitching well. I'm not saying Paul Skeens is a pitcher. Well, paul Skeens is one of the best pitchers in baseball right now. But Jackson Turio in the last two months has lit the world on fire and yet we don't talk about him in any rookie of the year conversations. That is a crime. That is a crime and we need to have this thing figured out because it is ridiculous in that standpoint there.

Speaker 1: 19:50

Jackson Holiday great to see he's finally doing something with the Orioles Came up, was kind of a dud, went back down, came back up. Apparently he plays some arcade game. Autumn, could you find the arcade game that Jackson Holiday plays? They said that it contributed to his hitting. I don't know how, but he find the arcade game that Jackson Holiday plays. They said that it contributed to his hitting. I don't know how, but he plays some arcade game. Who had it? Somebody had it in their clubhouse and he was able to play.

Speaker 2: 20:17

It's called Golden Tee.

Speaker 1: 20:19

Golden Tee. It's a golf game, isn't it? I think so. Apparently, he's pretty darn good at it. I can't remember who they were playing when they had it in the clubhouse. There, the Guardians, guardians, there we go, cleveland Guardians. They had it in the clubhouse. He ended up playing it, ended up hitting a home run, that game, and apparently it's helped with his hand eye, it's helped with everything. It helped him relax, be more confident. Whatever you got to do, whatever you got to do that is the definition of whatever you got to do to make it work. Excuse me there, but awesome stuff there. The number one prospect in baseball finally hitting, finally hitting right. Arola Chapman. We've known this guy throws gas. I didn't know he still had that much in the tank, right. I mean, like Autumn said there, I mean back back in the day, through the fastest pitch that's been recorded. Now we see this still out of them. I mean he dotted two. You know autumn mentioned the one there. I'm pretty sure it was two in a row. He dotted that. He had 104 twice.

Speaker 1: 21:18

I don't know if it clocked in at 104.7. They rounded up, so the one clocked in 105 and the one before it probably clocked in 104, but he chucked two straight to manny machado that were just complete gas there. So that's impressive stuff. Roldis still still giving her, still giving her, still got the hot stuff. And nick foals I mean basically did absolutely nothing to get to the super bowl and then won a super bowl mvp, like Like Carson Wentz was the quarterback. Nick Foles was just there. Carson Wentz gets hurt, nick Foles jumps in, wins the Philly Special wins the Super Bowl, gets the MVP. Good for Nick Foles. Good for Nick Foles there. That's great stuff. That's great stuff there for Nick Foles somehow making it in there.

Speaker 1: 22:01

But in NBA news well, you had a little bit mlb there, just an mlb tidbit. Uh, the white socks finally got rid of pedro griffle, so great stuff. I mean you lost 21 straight games. At some point. Something's got to change, right. I mean you might suck, you might suck, but there's levels to sucking. There's levels to sucking 21 losses. There's the level that you need to. Yeah, something needs to change. So they let go of their manager. Well, not really breaking news, right? We kind of expected something like that. Now we got it. Now we got it. I'm surprised Lubav just hasn't quit. If I was Lubav, I would just quit, I would just walk away. I'd just be like dude, I'm quitting baseball. I might be still under the contract, but I'm quitting, I'm walking away. I'll go play handball in the Olympics for all I care. I don't want to deal with this. So there's your MLB tidbit right there In NBA talk.

Speaker 1: 22:54

Serbia was actually kicking the crap out of the United States for about I don't even know what you would say. I mean, imagine the Packers 49ers game divisional round last season. I mean imagine the Packers 49ers game divisional round last season. Outside of two minutes, packers had it in hand. Outside of five minutes, serbia had it in hand and the United States was carried back. They actually had a 32-15 comeback there. Steph Curry I mean Curry was phenomenal 36 points for him, one shy of actually the American Olympic record for men's basketball held by Carmelo Anthony. That's about the only thing Carmelo Anthony has to his name is this record right? Hasn't really done anything else, he's just got this to his name. So that's great stuff. Great stuff, I mean an outstanding game by Curry, jason Tatum and Tyrese Halliburton did not play in the game Doesn't surprise me, right? I believe that was the game Tatum didn't play before, but that was because Serbia has such a big front line that Tatum didn't play last time.

Speaker 1: 23:54

I think, as we know, steve Kerr likes to work matchups. He knows you have a lot of stars. Some guys will not play. We heard this many times. There's a lot of stars on that team, so Jason Tat not play. We heard this many times. There's a lot of stars on that team, so jason tatum and tyree saliburn do not play in this game. I saw a the memes out there. I saw a meme and it was a, a chair with like a sweat stain on it and said jason tatum's highlight reel from this game against serbia, and it was like I just laughed. I just laughed. I was like I I didn't get it right away, right, because I didn't look at the box of this game. I wasn't able to watch, right, I didn't look at the box of this game. And then I saw the meme and I was like, oh God, he didn't play again, right? So then I went and looked at the box did not play. So Team USA will actually have France now on Saturday in a rematch of the 20,. Is it 2020 Olympic final 2021?

Speaker 2: 24:46

According, is it 2020.

Speaker 1: 24:47

Olympic final 2021?. According to ESPN.

Speaker 2: 24:52

Isn't it every four years?

Speaker 1: 24:53

I just went off ESPN. Espn's either lying to us or I'm confused. One of the two, One of the two there. But they will face France in a rematch of the last Olympic final. There we're going to see a very good matchup, a very good matchup. France has got a very good team put together right now and the US I mean they're flying, but Serbia almost knocked them out. So this is going to be a star-studded matchup.

Speaker 1: 25:18

When it comes to the final here in the Olympics for the gold medal, Can the United States bring home a gold medal? We'll wait and see. We'll wait and see, wait and see. I'm expecting the women's to bring home a gold medal. I would honestly think anescu would have to. They they would have to poison the entire team for them not to win that. So I imagine the women's will bring home the gold. Can the men's bring home the gold here on saturday? We cannot wait to find out. I'll probably be watching the Packers, if anything, but we will wait and find out here together. So with that we got to get over to Autumn. Autumn's got our fact of the day. The fact of the day is a blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant.

Speaker 2: 26:15

Another weird fun fact with that is that an adult elephant can even fit on the tongue of a blue whale.

Speaker 1: 26:33

She always comes with some weird facts of the day right there. How much does the average baby elephant weigh? Like I need to know. Like you just gave me a generic like weighing as much as a baby elephant. I've seen a baby elephant. I don't know how much it weighs. An adult elephant can even fit on the tongue of a blue whale. That's big tongue.

Speaker 2: 26:56

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Elephants weigh at birth 200 to 250 pounds.

Speaker 1: 27:03

The tongue of this thing weighs about 250. About 250. Probably a bigger one would thing weighs about 250. About 250. Probably a bigger one would probably be about 300. That's a big old licker. That's a big old licker on that thing. That's all I know. Wowza, wowza. That is a big old tongue. Man.

Speaker 1: 27:17

Man, oh man, oh man, didn't you? Wow, that's crazy, that's craziness right there. That was a great fact of the day. I I don't think anybody out there would have known that would have known that if they hadn't heard it here, if they hadn't heard here first. So with that, we gotta get some brewer talk. The brewers, I mean. Man, oh man, autumn's over here telling us the other day that they need their big bats to show up. We need the big bats right.

Speaker 1: 27:44

The big bats broke it out in Atlanta. They swept the Braves and this was the craziest stat I saw. I saw a lot of crazy stats coming out of that series, but the Braves were swept at home for the first time since May 11th through the 13th in 2021. That's a lot of baseball. That's a lot of baseball. That's a lot of baseball has been played since then. First time they've been swept at home since 2021, in may in may, that's a long time. So that is impressive in its own right there. But we see a lot of other stats coming out of this one here the Brewers. They scored 34 runs in the series, 34 runs in a three-game series. 21 of those runs came with two outs A lot of the runs in Brewers game. Three of the series came with two outs, but 21 of those runs come with two outs in the inning. That's wild. That's wild there. And they had 52 hits in the three-game sweep 52 hits in a three-game sweep. That's a lot of offense.

Speaker 1: 29:01

That's a lot of offense. We got to get into the offense. We got to get into the offense that happened in this series. So, as we know, 10 to nothing, they won game offense we got to get into the offense. We got to get into the offense that happened in this series. So, as we know, 10 to nothing, they won game one. We talked about that game a little bit. Game two, that was the eight to five finish. There we saw Freddie go in that one for the Brewers. A good, a good outing out of Freddie I don't know, autumn, you be the judge here Five innings, eight hits, four runs, six strikeouts, one home run given up. I don't know if you call that a good outing by Freddie. I think you call that an average outing, I would say average.

Speaker 1: 29:32

That's an average outing by Freddie, but the bats picked him up, the bullpen was solid. I mean, look at the bullpen there. An inning out of mirrors there Zeros across board with two strikeouts. P there zeros across board with two strikeouts. Piams for an inning one strikeout. Caning for an inning there one hit three strikeouts. Devin Williams for an inning there one hit one earned run three strikeouts in his appearance. So that earned run, not a good one, there gave up a home run but outside of that got it done.

Speaker 1: 30:07

Eight to five finish for the Brewers in that one. 16 hits in that game there. Looking at the bats for the Brewers Churrio three for five in the leadoff spot. Hoskins goes three for five, sanchez two for five, one for six for Contreras, and then we see Ortiz go one, three for four, perkins three for five. The offense was flowing. I mean six for 22 with runners in scoring position. You just always want to see that number higher, but six for 22 is nothing to shake your head at either. 14 guys left on base. Eh, maybe you want to see some guys, you want to see a little bit more of a lower number in that category, but 16 hits, 14 guys left on base. There's a lot of guys getting on base there.

Speaker 1: 30:40

So you got to put that one into perspective in that game there. And they were able to get to in that game. They were able to get to Chris Sale and chase him early in this game. Four and two-thirds, nine hits, two earned runs, ten strikeouts. But they chased Chris Sale out of there and then they got to the bullpen. Three runs against Johnson there coming out of the bullpen and then two runs against Dodd late in this one in his two innings of work there. So Brewers get it done. Game two and that led up to the big series finale there Going for the sweep right 16-7. 16-7. They had 20 hits. 20 hits in that one there, autumn, I mean you had your big performers in that one who were your? I mean you looked at that game, who were the big performers you saw in that game for the Brewers taking on the Braves there in game three of that series.

Speaker 2: 31:32

Yeah, some of the big performers I saw was Contreras, who went three for five with three RBIs, sal Freelick was four for five with two RBIs and Garrett Mitchell, who went two for four with an RBI and three runs.

Speaker 1: 31:47

It was a big game. It was a big game we saw. I mean, churio went deep twice in the game. That already tells you you're setting yourself up for great stuff. Churio's got that batting average up to .277. Now I don't you know, you say that and it's like .277, that's not that great. You got to put it into perspective where this guy started. I 277, that's not that great. You got to put it into perspective where this guy started. I mean where this

Speaker 1: 32:09

guy started. We're talking about a guy who was down in the 240, 250 range at some point. Here he's hitting 429 over the last seven games, 394 over the last 15. And over the last 30 games, 352. 352 over the last 30 games there. He has six home runs over the last 30 games there. He has six home runs over the last 30 games, five in the last 15 and two over the last seven games. There. I mean man, oh man, that's what I'm saying. It's a crime that you're not talking about this guy for rookie of the year. This is completely lights out stuff in the last couple in the last month

Speaker 1: 32:44

or two. For Jack Centurio man, it is something you know. You listen to Pat Murphy. He calls him Jack Jack that's his nickname is Jack Jack, and you listen to Pat Murphy talk about him, and this is a guy who, you know, everybody talked about early on. What's going on? What's going on with Jack Centurio? It doesn't seem right right now, you know. And this's going on. What's going on with with jack centurio? It doesn't seem right right now, you know, and this is supposed to be his

Speaker 1: 33:08

top prospect. A lot of people calling it for him to be, uh, sent down. I was even, you know, considering it myself, was saying that, hey, maybe sending him down wouldn't be the worst thing. Get him some at bats, get him right, bring him back right. He. It's like pat murphy said it's a simple game but it's complex, right, it's like Pat Murphy said it's a simple game but it's complex, right, it's simple Bat the ball, hit the ball. It's simple, right, it seems simple, but it's a confidence thing that it's from putting yourself in the right positions. It's everything like that. And that's where Jackson Churio, I believe, has progressed the most is his confidence, his, you know, understanding of the game, his getting used to the game, getting used to the speed of it, getting used to some of these better pitchers. He has done fantastic getting to this point. So I love that. I love that. Jackson Churrio a

Speaker 1: 33:57

great game. Mitchell goes deep in this game for the Brewers. Fantastic Fantastic Contreras goes deep. Game for the Brewers. Fantastic Fantastic Contreras goes deep. Churrio goes deep. I believe Adamas went deep in this one. Bowers goes deep in this one. Wow, just wow, wow. This Brewers team is on. I mean, what have you got something?

Speaker 2: 34:20

I think Adamas I saw was at 20 home runs this season 20 home runs.

Speaker 1: 34:24

I mean it's like you know you want to knock a Domus, right, because the average doesn't look great. But 20 home runs leads his team in RBIs, gets the job done, plays a good shortstop great at times at shortstop. It's hard to completely put this guy's game and say that you could live a day without him. You could live a day without him. You could live a day without him. The guy that you know to me People don't talk about enough.

Speaker 1: 34:54

I have two guys right now. Number one is Sal Frelick. Not a lot of people are talking about Sal Frelick. Over the last seven games, he's hitting 381. Over the last 15, he's hitting 277. Right Over the last 30 games he, over the last 15, he's hitting 277, right Over the last 30 games, he's batting 284. Over the last 30 games.

Speaker 1: 35:11

Not a lot of people are talking about Sal. I think a lot of people need to start looking at Sal, because Sal is he doesn't do the big things right. He doesn't get the extra base hits. He doesn't hit the long ball right. That's what people love to watch. They love to see that. You know Jackson trio going deep, that's great. You know everything's great with that. I'm not knocking anything that those guys are doing. But Sal Frelick is doing the little things right, putting the ball in play through the left side, whatever he's got to do to get himself on base I. It's an under no-transcript. Now, some of that has to do with you know. You look at Bryce Durang hasn't been getting on as much. Bryce Durang was a big catalyst in the stolen bases. So the Brewers getting back to that, I think that's going to be huge. I think that'll be a big thing for this Brewers team. Moving forward is putting pressure on opposing pitchers like that. They haven't been doing it as much as of late. I can't really knock it in the Brave series right, because they got the job done. But doing it as much as of late I can't really knock it in the Brave Series right, because they got the job done. But I'd love to see the Brewers start to get more aggressive on the base pass once again there.

Speaker 1: 36:20

But you look at Mitchell, you look at Churro. I thought the coolest two things that I saw in those two home runs was the pitch before they tried to lay down a bunt and they failed, right. I mean, jackson Churro followed his off. I believe Mitchell did too. Next pitch, or even it might have been a couple pitches later, but turios was next pitch. I know that goes yard, right, I love that, you know it's. It wasn't designed that way. No, it wasn't designed that way. But they tried something. Didn't work. They got back at it. They had the confidence like, okay, I saw that pitch, now I followed it off, I'm gonna step back in there, I'm going to do my thing. Gone, you got to love that, you got to love that there.

Speaker 1: 37:00

But an underlying guy that not a lot of people are talking about and I think it's going to be hard to get this guy out of the lineup. Eric Hayes has done impressive things with the Brewers this season, with the Brewers this season. Is he flashy? No, he's not a big, flashy guy like Contreras. You know he's not the big, not a real big, but you know a name like Sanchez, gary Sanchez, but Eric Case. In 36 at-bats he's hitting .333, three home runs, nine RBIs, and he always seems to put the ball in play and do good things for the Brewers when he plays. You know, I know Sanchez is back. You have Contreras

Speaker 1: 37:42

right. I would just hate to send Eric Hayes down because, well, you have to designate him for assignment. You don't have any more options on Hayes. So the second you send him down teams, have? You know? It's free market then, and I believe another team's got to come in and swoop him up. I would hate to lose Eric Hayes in that way, because I believe he could be a good bat off the bench for the

Speaker 1: 38:00

Brewers. So what do you do then? Right, do you keep three catchers? That could get a little crazy, that could get a little. You know, it all hinges on, I guess, if Christian Yelich comes back. I think it's an if, it's a hope, but it's an if. If Christian Yelich comes back, then what Then? Do you move on? One of these catchers has got to go right. Eric Hayes would probably be the odd man

Speaker 1: 38:24

out. Or do you keep Sanchez as your backup first baseman? I don't like that because I don't think Sanchez is a good first baseman, right, I mean, he can play first base, but he's not a great first baseman. So do you carry three catchers? Then I don't know if you can, I don't know if you can afford to right, you need to have roster spots open. You need to have infielders on the bench. You need to have outfielders on the bench. You can't afford to be carrying three catchers. It doesn't seem like now. You're gonna hope that maybe the rosters expand by then and you can keep pace and you can bring Yelich back and everything's good on that end. It's going to be something to

Speaker 1: 38:59

watch. But I mean I've loved what Eric Case has done with the Brewers. I loved what he did in spring training. I actually thought he was going to break camp with the team. Didn't end up breaking camp with the team because of the acquisition of Gary Sanchez there. So that is going to be one of my guys. That is going to be interesting to see what they do with him moving

Speaker 1: 39:18

forward. But another guy over the last seven games who's been on a tear, who was a little bit cold there Joey Ortiz. Over the last seven games, .308 is the average there for Joey Ortiz. This is a guy who started out the year hot for the Brewers, kind of fell off. You look at his last 30 games. He's batting 212 over the last 30 games there. Over the last 15, 232, but 308 over the last

Speaker 1: 39:41

7 there. This Brewers team I mean we talked about the offense the other day and they needed to step up. They definitely stepped up in this Braves series here and it was the young guys Turrio, frelick, mitchell getting the job done, contreras stepping up, adamas with a couple he had two home runs the other night for the Brewers. Just, I mean an all-around effort by this offense over the last week here against the Braves that sets them up for a big weekend series. I always say big, but it seems like every series from here on out is going to be a big weekend series. I always say big, but it seems like every series from here on out is going to be a big series, a big weekend series here with the

Speaker 1: 40:20

Cincinnati Reds. So, as Autumn told me earlier here, I mean we got Aaron Savali is scheduled for Friday for the Brewers there. Man, I wish they could find a way to get him out of that rotation. I really wish they could, but I don't know how to get him out. I really don't know how to get him out. He's going to have the Friday night start. Saturday looks like it's going to be Tobias Myers for the Brewers and then Sunday Sunday, it looks like we have a to-be-decided right now. So Autumn's telling me DL Hall might be in that spot. I had another job for DL Hall might be in that spot. I had another job for

Speaker 1: 40:58

DL Hall. Now I don't know if this is going to be what a lot of people want to hear, but we have a lefty in the bullpen right now who I'm going to tell you this now. I don't trust him. That's Hobie Milner. I don't trust Milner, I don't, I've lost. You know I hate to say it because I, like Kobe Milner, I do. I really wish he could find it. He hasn't found it. You know, early on this year he was solid, right. Last season was solid. He can't find it. We keep throwing him out there. And you know, you look at the Brewers pitching lab and you look at, like Colin Ray, and it's like they figured him out. You know the Brewers know how to work with pitchers. Hobie Milder is one of those guys who, like it almost, is like he needs a break

Speaker 1: 41:41

right now. And DO Hall, stepping into the bullpen, he's got some electric stuff. We've seen him with the Orioles touch up near triple digits. So we know he could throw the ball right. Would putting him into a bullpen role bring that out of him? I wouldn't hate to see it right. I don't know. You know, the biggest thing with the Orioles was. They did not know how far they could extend DL Hall. Could he go three innings, could he go four innings, could he even make it to five? Right, you put him in the bullpen in a Hobie Milner spot, have him pitch two innings right. A long reliever, two innings, that's what Hobie Milner is to you right now. I wouldn't be opposed to that. But if you need, like we know, if they need that help in the starting rotation, you might have to throw him

Speaker 1: 42:26

in there. But I'm just saying I would not be opposed to the Brewers attempting to put DL Hall into the bullpen for that Hobie Milner spot, because right now I just don't trust him. I don't trust him. I don't. Autumn's over here shaking her head because she told me early on she's like this isn't the guy, this isn't the guy. I don't trust Hobie Milner, she'd always tell me, and then he'd get a save or something. I'd be like see, he's fine, he's fine. Well, I'm flipping script now I'm flipping script. I'm right

Speaker 1: 42:52

with her. You just I don't know what to expect out of Hoey Milner. You know, I don't know what to expect. It's like you owe a pie-ups. I don't know what to expect out of pie-ups. He's had a couple good outings. Right, he's had a couple good outings. I'm not going to shoot him down right now because he had a couple good outings and some Braves, but pie Brian Hudson came in and just was pitching lights out. Trevor McGill has been good. Jared Koenig has been good. We've been able to find guys that have

Speaker 1: 43:20

been good. I just don't know with Hobie Milner. I don't. I really don't. He has struggled and I would honestly be okay if we found another left-handed arm like DL Hall to fill that spot for the foreseeable future, until maybe let's just throw him on the IL. That's what they do. Guy gets roughed up. They throw him on the aisle. Throw him on the aisle. Send him down to Arizona, let him try to figure it out, then bring him back. We'll see if Obi and Milner is ready to go then. That's where I'm at right now. I would not be opposed to seeing DL Hall End up in shape or form there, but with that Autumn we got anything else. We got anything else here. To wrap it up for the day Nothing. Autumn's telling me nothing. So it was a great, great

Speaker 1: 44:02

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Speaker 3: 45:11

Deuces Hoping for the light of day. Down to the river, I have held the devil's hand, felt the weight of my own sin Buried by the heart of man. Down to the river, down to the river.