The Fiers that could burn during Milwaukee’s postseason run

Mike Fiers must have some nasty shit. In today’s 6-2 Brewers victory at Wrigley Field, Mike Fiers struck out 14 Cubs in six innings. This has to go down as one of the most impressive pitching performances of the season, and I can’t wait to see the BBREF game score with how it stacks up to Max Scherzer’s 14 strikeout performance on the same afternoon against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The one thing the Brewers lack is any type of ace with shutdown stuff. They have a nice staff compiled of guys you would consider two’s, three’s, and four’s. But prior to today you wouldn’t think there was anyone in the group capable of this – Fiers was only getting a crack at the rotation because Matt Garza is injured.

But this is something to keep an eye on we would suggest. Fiers has done stuff similar to this before; in 2012 he struck out 10 on three different occasions. Milwaukee has to keep a guy like this in the rotation and consider him being one of the fellas they roll out should they sneak into the postseason. They lack a stopper and even though it was the Cubs, they’re not a bad offensive team. This is something to keep an eye on as baseball heads towards October.