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Here's my attempt at a Brewers OOTP16 log. Don't hold me to sticking to this.
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My goals from owner Mark Attanasio this year are:

We ought to be able to hover around .500. Now I'm not a huge Khris Davis hater, but I guess we're supposed to find someone better than him. We'll see what happens. I like Gomez too so I have no issue signing him long term. And 5 years is a long time, so we don't really have to worry about that yet. But of course the goal is to win.


Pitching
Our pitching will probably struggle.




Depth Chart
We've got some solid players offensively, hopefully the likes of Braun, Gomez, and Lucroy can provide the star power to carry us.

OOTP logs are always fun.

Must be strange to see the Brew Crew down at the bottom with my Phils.

April 6, 2015- Colorado Rockies(0-0) @ Milwaukee Brewers(0-0)
Jordan Lyles(0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Mike Fiers(0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Rockies- 4 | 8 | 0
Brewers- 0 | 5 | 0

W: J.Lyles(1-0)
L: M.Fiers(0-1)
S: -----
HR: -----

J.Morneau: 2-4, 2B, R
T.Tulowitzki: 2-4, 2 R, SB
J.Lyles: 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

J. Lucroy: 1-4, 2B, SB
M.Fiers: 7.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
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April 7, 2015- Colorado Rockies(1-0) @ Milwaukee Brewers(0-1)
Jorge De La Rosa(0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Matt Garza(0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Rockies- 2 | 4 | 1
Brewers- 5 | 8 | 0

W: M.Garza(1-0)
L: J.De La Rosa(0-1)
S: F.Rodriguez(1)
HR: -----

C.Blackmon: 1-3, 2B, R
D.Stubbs: 1-3, RBI, R
J.De La Rosa: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

C.Gomez: 2-4, 2 R, 2 SB
A.Lind: 3-3, 2 RBI, R, HBP
M.Garza: 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
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April 8, 2015- Colorado Rockies(1-1) @ Milwaukee Brewers(1-1)
Chad Bettis(0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Wily Peralta(0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Rockies- 3 | 6 | 0
Brewers- 1 | 5 | 1

W: C.Bettis(1-0)
L: W.Peralta(0-1)
S: B.Logan(1)
HR: C.Gonzalez(1), K.Davis(1)

C.Blackmon: 2-4, RBI
C.Bettis: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

K.Davis: 1-1, pinch-hit solo HR in the 7th
W.Peralta: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
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It wasn't the best start to the season, losing 2 out of 3 to the Rockies at home. The offense struggled in the 2 games we lost. Garza pitched well however, and took a no-hitter into the 6th inning of his start. On April 6th, I fired our(now former) bench coach Jerry Narron, and hired Jose Pina to take his place on a 3 year, $400,000 per year deal.
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League News
April 8: Dodgers send 3B Juan Uribe to the Braves for LHP Luis Avilan and minor-league RHP Mauricio Cabrera.

Hope that means you're following.

Yesss, they've been awful and it makes baseball very boring when your favorite team is sucking it up.

yes, I'll be following.

but it makes a fun rebuild at least!

Good.

Um yeah... "Rebuild". I have no clue what I'm gonna do with these clowns, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done. I don't even know where to start.

following as well

how are you doing games? I like to manage ("play") games because it gives me more control over everything but I think most people prefer to sim

also, you might want to put someone as your backup 2B

Thanks.

I'm not sure what to call it, but I play the games, except I turn the managing over to the computer, and then I just simulate with the "Until RISP" button, half an inning at a time. So unless someone hits a solo homer or a homer with a runner on first, I watch the scoring happen. So I guess I sim the whole game, but I do it in pieces and watch the interesting pieces.

Yeah I'll prolly throw Hector Gomez in there when I get home. good catch.

April 10, 2015- Pittsburgh Pirates(2-1) @ Milwaukee Brewers(1-2)
Vance Worley(0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Tyler Thornburg(0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Pirates- 2 | 5 | 0
Brewers- 1 | 6 | 0

W: V.Worley(1-0)
L: T.Thornburg(0-1)
S: A.Bastardo(1)
HR: A.Lind(1)

G.Polanco: 2-4, 3B, RBI, R, SB
A.McCutchen: 2-4, 2B, SB
V.Worley: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

J. Lucroy: 2-4
A.Lind: 1-3, HR, RBI, R
T.Thornburg: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
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April 11, 2015- Pittsburgh Pirates(3-1) @ Milwaukee Brewers(1-3)
Gerit Cole(1-0, 1.13 ERA) vs. Kyle Lohse(0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Pirates- 6 | 8 | 0
Brewers- 0 | 5 | 1

W: G.Cole(2-0)
L: K.Lohse(0-1)
S: -----
HR: A.McCutchen(2), D.Navarro(1)

A.McCutchen: 2-4, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB
D.Navarro: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
G.Cole: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

A.Ramirez: 2-4
K.Lohse: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
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April 12, 2015- Pittsburgh Pirates(4-1) @ Milwaukee Brewers(1-4)
Charlie Morton(0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Mike Fiers(0-1, 4.70 ERA)

Pirates- 3 | 9 | 1
Brewers- 2 | 8 | 0

W: C.Morton(1-0)
L: M.Fiers(0-2)
S: M.Melancon(2)
HR: D.Navarro(2), A.Lind(2)

G.Polanco: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R, SB
J.Harrison: 2-3, 2B, BB
C.Morton: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

C.Gomez: 3-4, 2 2B, SB
A.Lind: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, R, HBP
M.Fiers: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
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Ugh, it was very nice of the Pirates to sweep us. Our offense has just plain sucked. We're last in the NL in runs scored(9) and team batting average(.198). Ouch.
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League News
April 9: Blue Jays received 2B Sean Rodriguez and 1B Jose Osuna from the Pirates, who got C Dioner Navarro and $3 million in exchange.
-Mets got RHP David Hernandez and minor league SS Isan Diaz, Diamondbacks got C Anthony Recker.

Quite interesting OOTP, BrewersFuzz. Do you plan to trade for prince fielder? All the time I play a franchise Mode, I trade for a player that played there before. Don't know why I do that.

Eh, no don't count on it.

Oh ok, just an idea I had. How about getting Zack Greinke back?

Ah, I loved Greinke but he costs mucho dinero.

Trade Kyle lohse, kris Davis, and some extra payroll. When I play a franchise mode, I take off payroll issue(so I can spend big time) and turn on force trades.

It's the struggle man, but if he cost to many Pesos, Don't do it! Think managerial.