2013-04-12 Brewers (Lohse) at Cardinals (Miller), 7:15 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 2-0]

[TURBO]

Weeks couldn't look worse at the plate right now.

 

A very familiar statement...

 

Is it possible that this guy is just never going to live up to his hype?

 

I like Rickie, like him a lot, but my patience is running out. His defense isn't good enough to cover for the fact that he sucks with the bat as well.

[ELCABALLO45]

Braun looked distracted.

 

Are you implying he is about to be suspended

[Moose]

Shows how bad we miss AmRam right now. Adds insult to injury that he was on fire to start the year vs. his traditional .168 April Batting Average.

[xisxisxis]

Well we're a Braun suspension away from being the Houston Astros....

[Oxy]

What do Weeks' "clutchness" statistics look like? For some reason it seems like he is always terrible when it counts, but I'm probably misremembering.

[adambr2]

Is there a less clutch player in MLB than Weeks?

 

Also, I would love to see Molina get a fastball to the ribs tomorrow, but considering how gutless Roenicke is, I don't see that happening.

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Another clutch at bat from Mr.Clutch himself. At least Lohse put up another good outing. At least the rotation looks good. Yovani will be Yovani. Lohse looks like he's going to continue to be productive. Willy has shown a lot of promise. Marco is doing good. I think Fiers will be ok. As long as your #5 does alright, you're fine. The bullpen is bi-polar. The lineup is going to stink until Hart and Aramis return. Segura is really killing it right now.

[xisxisxis]

Rickie is fine in the clutch, but he is a head case about where he hits in the lineup.

[adambr2]

What do Weeks' "clutchness" statistics look like? For some reason it seems like he is always terrible when it counts, but I'm probably misremembering.

 

You're not. I don't have the numbers in front of me right now, but I know he's been pretty considerably worse in his career in clutch situations vs. his averages.

[topper09er]

Ryan Braun:

889 Career G, 33 with 3 Ks

 

Stan Musial

3026 Career G, 62 with.....2 Ks!!

 

1 with 3 Ks

[Gobias Industries]

0 for his last 19 with 10 k's.

 

Not to worry though, he finished last year strong!

[topper09er]

Weeks career, in these clutch situations he hits 80% as well as other times

 

 
Split G PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS tOPS+
2 outs RISP 356 455 382 82 15 4 7 103 64 103 .215 .341 .330 .671 74
Late Close 441 596 514 120 18 8 14 62 53 153 .233 .329 .381 .710 83

[trwi7]

Well we're a Braun suspension away from being the Houston Astros....

 

The Astros currently have a better record than us.

[FullMetalCardigan]

Jeff Passan is reporting that Bug Selig bought a bunch of old Genesis records today. The Lamb Lies down on Broadway, Abacab and Inivisible Touch.

 

Not sure how this would relate to a Braun suspension.

[The stache]

Rickie is fine in the clutch, but he is a head case about where he hits in the lineup.

 

No, he's really not. His numbers suggest otherwise.

 

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9665/weeksclutch.png

 

These are his career splits (not including tonight's game, of course, as Baseball Reference has not updated yet).

 

In his career, with two outs and runners in scoring position, Rickie Weeks is a lifetime .215 hitter with a .671 OPS.

In games that are late and close, Weeks is a .233 hitter.

In high leverage situations, again, Weeks is a .215 hitter.

 

Leverage defined by Baseball Reference.com:

 

Leverage Index

 

Within a game, there are plays that are more pivotal than others. We attempt to quantify these plays with a stat called leverage index (LI). LI looks at the possible changes in win probability in a give situation and situations where dramatic swings in win probability are possible (runner on second late in a tie game) have higher LI's than situations where there can be no large change in win probability (late innings of a 12-run blowout).

 

The stat is normalized so that on average the leverage is 1.00. In tense situations, the leverage is higher than 1.00 (up to about 10) and in low-tension situations the leverage is between 0 and 1.0.

 

Rickie Weeks is about as far from being a clutch hitter as is humanly possible.

[Lee16]

This is going to be a looooong season, isn't it?

[sdcheezhd]

The top LI (bottom of the 9th or extras, bases loaded, 2 out, down a run) is actually over 10, about 10.7 I think.

[TheCrew07]

That's so cute how Yuni fixes his batting gloves trying to make himself look like an actual hitter.

 

I knew this game thread would be comedic gold and you didn't disappoint, this has been an enjoyable read despite the outcome of the game.