2013-05-12 Brewers (Peralta) at Reds (Arroyo), 12:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 5-1]

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[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2013/logos/brewers.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 12 | 12:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (15-19) | Reds (21-16)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2013/logos/reds.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2013/pitchers/brewers/peralta-08.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2013/pitchers/reds/arroyo-01.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]3-2, 5.54 ERA, 1.54 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Reds | Game Log[/h3][h3]Three of Peralta's last four starts have met the definition of "quality," including Tuesday's win over the potent Rangers. "This should be a great outing for him to get locked in like he can," manager Ron Roenicke said.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]2-4, 4.30 ERA, 1.17 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Not surprising is that Ryan Braun leads current Brewers hitters with four career home runs vs. Arroyo. On the other hand, Rickie Weeks struggles against him with a .170 average and 16 strikeouts in 47 at-bats.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away]

1. RF Norichika Aoki
   
2. SS Jean Segura
   
3. LF Ryan Braun
   
4. 1B Yuniesky Betancourt
   
5. C Martin Maldonado
   
6. CF Logan Schafer
   
7. 2B Rickie Weeks
   
8. 3B Jeff Bianchi
   
9. RHP Wily Peralta

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1. CF Shin-Soo Choo
   
2. SS Zack Cozart
   
3. 1B Joey Votto
   
4. 2B Brandon Phillips
   
5. RF Jay Bruce
   
6. 3B Todd Frazier
   
7. LF Donald Lutz
   
8. C Ryan Hanigan
   
9. RHP Bronson Arroyo

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[adambr2]

I like how we apparently find it necessary to get Gomez days off from time to time, but not Weeks.

[chickinbrickin]

Well I really like 1-3, but that's about it. If Wily wasn't pitching I wouldn't even bother tuning into this one.

[hawing]

Various tweets on my timeline this morning suggest that Carlos is banged up, so while that won't satisfy the Weeks part of your question, it does shed light on the Gomez part.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Hoping Wily has good stuff today. This team could use a win, if only for the morale boost.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

The only time I miss Bill Hall is when the Brewers play the Reds. Hopefully he gave someone one of his pink bats.

[adambr2]

The disparity between our RISP hitting and our opponents must be staggering.

[markedman5]

And the nightmare continues

[adambr2]

I'm not saying Peralta is a bum, but the fact that he is our best pitching prospect in 6 years is just very, very sad.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

This has been one ugly stretch of baseball.

[cnycerveceros]

Ah, who cares. What's the point of a negative pst? That's all I have to say about them right now.

[Brewnittle]

Peralta throws way to many fastballs currently about 70% of his pitches this year are FB......that is just insane

[markedman5]

On the positive side...at this rate our 2nd round draft choice next year will be really good.....

[Brewnittle]

Sometimes It hard for me to realize why this team isn't playing well at the moment we got 3 guys hitting well over .300 with 20 HR and 57 RBI over 34 games combined (Braun Segura and Gomez) then you throw in the extra production of Yuni and Aoki and we should be winning right?........but then I look at the pitching staff and go......."oh that's right.....that is why"

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Yeah, the pitching has not been good, especially with Gallardo struggling.

 

I'm trying to stay at least a little bit positive. The Brewers cannot be as bad as they've played over the last week and a half. Way too much talent here for that. Plus, four and a half months of baseball left and blah, blah, blah.

 

Still, for my own sanity it would be nice to win a game or two in the near future. Or maybe it's time for an earlier-than-usual Brewer vacation.

[adambr2]

On the plus side, Weeks is becoming a perfect fit to give infield grounder drills to the rest of the team.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Proud of Wily for pushing through six. He seems to have had issues putting big hits behind him, so it was nice to see him settle down after the monster home run.

 

I give him credit. Not like the offense has done anything to help out today.

[pebadger]

Weeks with a single. It's more like Christmas than Mother's Day.

[DHonks]

Bianchi's stance reminds me a lot of Hardy. The only differences I see are Hardy's odd thumb positioning (like a golfer, not a baseball player) and his swing looking like shoulders/upper arms. But in terms of stance, they look the same

[xisxisxis]

Glad I missed this series.....

 

Peralta throws way to many fastballs currently about 70% of his pitches this year are FB......that is just insane

 

That's about the same as Shelby Miller is throwing for the cardinals. He's an elite prospect, while Wily is a Brewers prospect...

 

Glad we woke up the Reds offense. They're a Votto as Votto away from making 3rd place the Brewers ceiling and if the Pirates finally don't fade, we are in for a long year as the 4th place NL Central team....

[The stache]

 

Peralta throws way to many fastballs currently about 70% of his pitches this year are FB......that is just insane

 

That's about the same as Shelby Miller is throwing for the cardinals. He's an elite prospect, while Wily is a Brewers prospect...

 

Shelby Miller is averaging 10.1 K/9 IP

Wily coming into the day was averaging 4.6 K/9 IP.

[The stache]

How was Peralta's velocity today? I'm wondering why his K rate is so low.

[brewmann04]

Well at least we know we still owned by the top teams in our division.

[trwi7]

How was Peralta's velocity today? I'm wondering why his K rate is so low.

 

94-96 from what I saw.

 

I'm still a big fan of Peralta. His LOB% is really low and the strikeouts aren't there right now but his sinker generates so many ground balls which probably isn't good with Betancourt and Weeks on the infield right now. If he can work high in the strike zone with his fastball and get players to chase the strikeouts will come, even if he still throws his fastball 70% of the time and the sinker will always generate ground balls.

[The stache]

So long as Big Wily's velocity is where it should be, I'm not at all concerned. Some pitchers take a while to adjust to the bigs.

 

I posted this a few days ago in the game thread:

 

From the March 5-19 Baseball America:

 

Best GOSO (ground out/strikeout) rate in all of AAA baseball:

Trevor Bauer 72.4%

Wily Peralta 72.3%

 

This is one of the main reasons why I think Wily will be effective, even pitching half his games at Miller Park. The strikeout rate hasn't been there really yet, but he's going to get a lot of ground ball outs. And he should have a good number of double plays, too.