2009-04-09 Brewers (Parra) at Giants (Cain): 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 7-1]

[crewcrazy]

Solid contact for Rickie again, but he still doesn't have much to show for it.

 

Even if this series ends up being a loss, there are a lot of things I feel good about going forward. Hopefully some of the things that have gone wrong get ironed out in front of a home crowd.

[pebadger]

The question is. how much of a home crowd will it be?

 

This series really hasn't been all that fun. It's too early to draw any conclusions, but it does appear that the questions that were posed, and the issues that were raised, about this team seem to be on point.

[brewmann04]

So far this set of games has been lack of Pitching at crutical Points and poor Defense ,Hopefully The defense will Improve since our Starters are not The best.

[BrewCrewForever]

I like Parra A LOT But dude has to learn to quit nibbling and throw more strikes. And walking the pitcher on four straight is inexcusable.

[trwi7]

Brian has just been awful announcing tonight.

 

"Kendall pops it up."

 

The ball goes about 150 feet further than the one he said he hit well.

 

"Duffy has homerun power."

 

He has 31 homers in 2,243 at bats in the minors and 6 in 681 at bats in the majors His career SLG% in the minors is .420. In the majors, .361.

 

I looked that up in about three seconds Brian. You should do that sometime.

[nate82]

Very bad defense and some bad pitching will not win you many games.

[PeaveyFury]

"University of Milwaukee-Oshkosh?" Painful, Rock.

[PeaveyFury]

If Riske's not healthy, he needs to be on the DL. He clearly can't pitch effectively through whatever he's dealing with right now.

[danzig6767]

Riske is yet another example of the risk in signing non-special relief pitchers to multi-year contracts

[1992casey]

Tavern of the game: Pitt (sp?) Stop in Pittsville.

[Ennder]

That looked painful.

[brewdude15]

The game or the injury?

[Ennder]

The injury http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.

 

I don't worry much about the April games so some sloppy play generally doesn't bug me that much. Better teams than the Brewers are playing poorly right now too~.

[rluzinski]

Being that our rotation doesn't stack up 1vs1 2vs2 and so on with other teams, this is brilliant. Why not throw Suppan out as a sacrificial lamb against the other teams ace? It gives every other starter a better chance of winning being that our staff is facing 1vs2 2vs3 3vs4 4vs5 5vs1.

 

As far as I can tell, it makes little difference how you match up the starting pitchers. The overall expected wins are pretty close. You are better off just trying to maximize the starts of our best starting pitchers (although the Brewers aren't really in position to do so).

[Fatter than Joey]

I know the casual fan thinks he is a moron for starting Suppan first but it really does make sense. Being that our rotation doesn't stack up 1vs1 2vs2 and so on with other teams, this is brilliant. Why not throw Suppan out as a sacrificial lamb against the other teams ace?

 

You may be right that this move this move might not make sense to the casual fan -- but I find this approach anything but brilliant.

 

1.) Macha himself said that he had Suppan start because of the pressure it would put on Yo and Parra. I don't agree with this, but it is a reasonable option.

 

2.) If Suppan ends up getting more starts that Yo, Parra or even Bush --- that puts us at a distinct disadvantage.

 

3.) If Macha would have started Yo against Lincecum, we would have had a better chance of winning that game, and getting 2 of 3 from SF.

 

Like Russ said -- we are better off making sure our best pitcher gets the most starts, and our worst starter gets the least amount of starts.

[brewmann04]

I think Yo has shown he can handle the Pressure much More than Parra Right Now. Macha has got to realize that Yo is strong enough to handle the Job as #1 starter. Parra still seems tentative while on the mound.

[logan82]

Macha himself said that he had Suppan start because of the pressure it would put on Yo and Parra.

 

It is all well and good that Macha said he wanted to come in without expectations of our players, but this is one case where I think it would have been very beneficial to look at the history and realize that Suppan is our worst pitcher and Yo can handle pressure just fine.

 

If Suppan ends up getting more starts that Yo, Parra or even Bush --- that puts us at a distinct disadvantage.

 

I agree on Bush. There is some sense to skipping a start or two of Parra and Gallardo to keep their innings down.