{"id":6131,"date":"2025-10-14T03:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:08:03","slug":"brewers-announce-aaron-ashby-as-starter-for-nlcs-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6131","title":{"rendered":"Brewers announce Aaron Ashby as starter for NLCS Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"


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MILWAUKEE — The Brewers were able to bullpen their way through two of the five games of their NLDS triumph over the Cubs thanks to off-days between Games 1 and 2, 2 and 3 and 4 and 5. Such is the current state of Milwaukee\u2019s pitching, even coming off a first-round bye.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now the club faces an entirely different challenge against the Dodgers in the NLCS. It\u2019s a best-of-seven series this time, with only two days off. It presents \u201ca huge challenge,\u201d said manager Pat Murphy, and that\u2019s before you even think about the hitters in L.A.\u2019s lineup.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Asked how they would get through it, Brewers starter Quinn Priester<\/a> simplified things.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cJust by pitching and playing baseball,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can go into it with a plan, and then something happens in the first inning and that plan is out the window. We\u2019ll play the way we played all year: pitch to pitch, out to out.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That\u2019s fine for a player, but the coaches and staff have to build out a plan.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cBecause we\u2019re basically going in with three starters,\u201d Brewers pitching coach Chris Hook said, referring to Priester, Freddy Peralta and Jose Quintana<\/a>, \u201cwe have to be able to cover things if things go south, if we have to make a right turn. Like I\u2019ve said before, this is just the norm for us. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything like, \u2018Oh, God, how are we going to do this?\u2019 We do this every day and we find a way.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For now, here\u2019s what we know and don\u2019t know about the starting pitching in this NLCS.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Brewers will go with a bullpen game on Monday, announcing left-hander Aaron Ashby<\/a> will get the start against a Dodgers lineup that usually features two lefties (Ohtani and Freddie Freeman) among the first three hitters. Priester is likely to follow at some point of Game 1, Murphy said, playfully pegging those odds at \u201c71 percent.\u201d Milwaukee plans to start Peralta in Game 2 on Tuesday night and is \u201cto be determined\u201d beyond that.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI expect to be a starter,\u201d Quintana said. \u201cI don\u2019t know a plan yet, but I expect that. Whatever role they think they want to use me, I\u2019m going to be available. But I expect to be back to starting.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not in play for this series is veteran starter Brandon Woodruff, who is sidelined by a right lat strain<\/a> and not yet playing catch, meaning he is not ready for the NLCS. But the World Series, if the Brewers find a way?\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maybe it\u2019s a long shot. But then again \u2026\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m not quite ready to answer that question yet,\u201d Woodruff said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to get ready,\u201d he said. \u201cEach day is better and better for me. I don\u2019t know what tomorrow looks like. But these past two, three weeks have been good for me and we\u2019ll see what happens. It\u2019s too early to make a call on anything.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So, the Brewers will have to do some mixing and matching with their plethora of \u201clength\u201d options. Jacob Misiorowski made two huge relief appearances during the NLDS, including a four-inning outing in Game 5<\/a>, and an NLCS start hasn\u2019t been ruled out, Murphy said. Right-hander Chad Patrick can go multiple innings, like his electric, five-out outing in the late innings behind Misiorowski in Game 5. Left-hander Robert Gasser was knocked around in his only NLDS appearance, but he was stretched out to the three-inning mark at season\u2019s end after returning from Tommy John surgery.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then there are the pitchers who didn\u2019t make the NLDS roster but were candidates to come into play in the NLCS. Right-handers Tobias Myers and Erick Fedde and left-hander DL Hall all traveled with the Brewers during the Division Series and stayed on a throwing program that included mound work every 2-3 days. Of those three, Myers wound up making the NLCS roster. Rookie Logan Henderson, recovered from a right elbow injury<\/a>, did not, although he was on a similar plan in Arizona. Henderson re-joined the Brewers on Sunday and will remain as a backup.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Less a length arm than a matchup choice, left-hander Rob Zastryzny was another option to make not only the roster for the NLCS, but make a start against the Dodgers’ lefty hitters at the top of the lineup. The Brewers ultimately opted against that because he\u2019s typically a one-inning guy.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAll of those guys are doing things.\u201d Hook said. \u201cThey\u2019re all \u2018built up,\u2019 but it\u2019s really hard to replicate the intent of when you\u2019re on the mound [in a game].\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It sounds like a jumble, but don\u2019t count the Brewers out. They ranked third in the Majors this season with a 3.56 ERA from the starting rotation, as many moving pieces as it included. And it was a similar situation for Murphy & Co. against the Dodgers in the 2018 NLCS, when Jhoulys Chac\u00edn and Wade Miley were the only steady starters. And that series went seven games.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt feels similar,\u201d Peralta said. \u201cI know that for some reason this team feels different. It’s like, way better feelings, how we manage everything in the clubhouse, talking about players, it’s different. And I know that Murph and the coaching staff, they are doing what they think is best for the team.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI can’t remember how often we used the relievers [in 2018 against the Dodgers] but I remember that Woody, me, we came from the bullpen multiple times. I can remember it was fun. So let’s keep it that way.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like the NLDS, the Brewers will carry 12 pitchers and 14 position players in the NLCS, despite the added stress on the pitching staff and given the needs of the position-player group.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe can’t shed a position player right now,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cOur options and what they are, we don’t feel like we can probably shed one. If we’re only going to keep 12 pitchers, then we have to have a bunch of guys with length, so that opens the door for others that might not have been on the roster the first week. We’ve got to look at that.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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