2014-06-20 Brewers (Estrada) at Rockies (Bergman), 7:40 PM CDT [Brewers win classic Coors slugfest, 13-10]

[jjkoestler]

Brew4U - Please PM me if you'd like to discuss this. He used a few "magic words."

[chickinbrickin]

For how much we all are frustrated with Marco at least we don't have to watch them run guys like Bergman out there.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I was wondering why scooter wasn't on the all star ballot. I wrote him in he is currently one of the top 2-3 2b's in the NL IMO

 

To me, the big flaw is that he has exactly 4 hits vs LHP. His numbers wouldn't be nearly as good if he played every day.

 

Not saying he's not valuable......just that his numbers look better than they should because he's shielded somewhat from his weakness.

[Thhhza]

Man Braun is in a slump right now. I know he's bad right now, but he will get hot and when he does, watch out!

[chickinbrickin]

I was wondering why scooter wasn't on the all star ballot. I wrote him in he is currently one of the top 2-3 2b's in the NL IMO

 

To me, the big flaw is that he has exactly 4 hits vs LHP. His numbers wouldn't be nearly as good if he played every day.

 

Not saying he's not valuable......just that his numbers look better than they should because he's shielded somewhat from his weakness.

 

RoCo, do you know how many ABs he has had against LHP? Just curious and to lazy to go look it up.

[phnxcrew]

I was wondering why scooter wasn't on the all star ballot. I wrote him in he is currently one of the top 2-3 2b's in the NL IMO

 

To me, the big flaw is that he has exactly 4 hits vs LHP. His numbers wouldn't be nearly as good if he played every day.

 

Not saying he's not valuable......just that his numbers look better than they should because he's shielded somewhat from his weakness.

 

Very true. I still think he could hit lefties however I get the platoon right now it's working very well

[DuWayne Steurer]

Man Braun is in a slump right now. I know he's bad right now, but he will get hot and when he does, watch out!

 

Davis has actually surpassed Braun in OPS on the season now. Didn't think that would happen.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I was wondering why scooter wasn't on the all star ballot. I wrote him in he is currently one of the top 2-3 2b's in the NL IMO

 

To me, the big flaw is that he has exactly 4 hits vs LHP. His numbers wouldn't be nearly as good if he played every day.

 

Not saying he's not valuable......just that his numbers look better than they should because he's shielded somewhat from his weakness.

 

RoCo, do you know how many ABs he has had against LHP? Just curious and to lazy to go look it up.

 

 

29 at bats. 31 plate appearances. .339 OPS !!! vs. lefties.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=gennesc01&year=2014&t=b

[phnxcrew]

what is gomez doing with his batting stance? so much movement tonight

[pacopete4]

Brew4U - Please PM me if you'd like to discuss this. He used a few "magic words."

 

 

Thanks but I've said all I need to say on it.

[WinkelsasVsSoriano]

It didn't happen last at-bat, but overall this year it seems like Braun has been down in the count a lot more than previous years. I'm curious if that's true? Is anyone able to find that information? Or what his average is down in the count compared to past years?

[DuWayne Steurer]

Great at bat by Gomez, and GREAT swing on 2 strikes to just get that base hit there.

[pacopete4]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

[DuWayne Steurer]

It didn't happen last at-bat, but overall this year it seems like Braun has been down in the count a lot more than previous years. I'm curious if that's true? Is anyone able to find that information? Or what his average is down in the count compared to past years?

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=braunry02&year=2014&t=b

 

At the bottom of the pitch/count section, there's stats for batter ahead, pitcher ahead, or even count when the ball is put in play.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

 

Michael Brantley leads the Indians in homers and RBI's, and sports an OPS well north of .900. :D

[chickinbrickin]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

 

I was talking with a coworker about Gomez today. Our discussion revolved around how two years ago We would cringe when GoGo came up to the plate, and now when he bats I expect him to do something productive.

 

He went from having no clue to being an MVP type player in the blink of an eye.

[WinkelsasVsSoriano]

It didn't happen last at-bat, but overall this year it seems like Braun has been down in the count a lot more than previous years. I'm curious if that's true? Is anyone able to find that information? Or what his average is down in the count compared to past years?

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=braunry02&year=2014&t=b

 

At the bottom of the pitch/count section, there's stats for batter ahead, pitcher ahead, or even count when the ball is put in play.

 

Thank you! Wow, his 0-2, 1-2 and 2-2 counts are particularly bad this year. His 0-2 hitting was never good (well, 2012 it was .204), but it looks like 1-2 (.240-.250 and 2-2 (.260-.280) were a lot better the past two years than in 2014 (0-2: .087, 1-2: .186, 2-2: .136.) Even full-count he's only .167. Gotta believe he'll start turning some of those numbers around. I hope.

[adambr2]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

 

Michael Brantley leads the Indians in homers and RBI's, and sports an OPS well north of .900. :D

 

I'm not completely sure of this, but I'm pretty certain that Lucroy was a PTBNL option for the Indians in that trade too. So at least they didn't go that route.

[pacopete4]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

 

Michael Brantley leads the Indians in homers and RBI's, and sports an OPS well north of .900. :D

 

Really? Did not know that. Crazy. Still take CC though lol

[topper09er]

I was wondering why scooter wasn't on the all star ballot. I wrote him in he is currently one of the top 2-3 2b's in the NL IMO

 

Here are the NLers with 150+ PAs sorted by % of PAs with the platoon advantage (excluding switch hitters)

 

[pre]Hits

Name Tm PA Ptn% H

IkeDavis* TOT 217 90% 44

DerekDietrich* MIA 151 90% 32

SethSmith* SDP 237 89% 56

ScooterGennett* MIL 241 87% 67

LyleOverbay* MIL 153 87% 32

LuisValbuena* CHC 220 86% 54

WillVenable* SDP 226 85% 42

CoreyDickerson* COL 152 84% 44

CarlCrawford* LAD 157 83% 40

LucasDuda* NYM 242 83% 51[/pre]

[DuWayne Steurer]

It didn't happen last at-bat, but overall this year it seems like Braun has been down in the count a lot more than previous years. I'm curious if that's true? Is anyone able to find that information? Or what his average is down in the count compared to past years?

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=braunry02&year=2014&t=b

 

At the bottom of the pitch/count section, there's stats for batter ahead, pitcher ahead, or even count when the ball is put in play.

 

Thank you! Wow, his 0-2, 1-2 and 2-2 counts are particularly bad this year. His 0-2 hitting was never good (well, 2012 it was .204), but it looks like 1-2 (.240-.250 and 2-2 (.260-.280) were a lot better the past two years than in 2014 (0-2: .087, 1-2: .186, 2-2: .136.) Even full-count he's only .167. Gotta believe he'll start turning some of those numbers around. I hope.

 

 

I think you'll find that even elite hitters are going to show pretty crummy numbers when they're hitting from behind in the count. What he needs to do (and you hit the nail on the head) is get back to being more patient, swinging at balls in the hitting zone, and getting ahead in the count.

[dlk9s]

I'll say this for Estrada: his strike to ball ratio is outstanding.

[Lee16]

"Marco's on cruise control, we got this game in the bag!" - Nobody, ever.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I think if Marco gives up one more hit on an 0-2 count, Schroeder is going to go down onto the field and just throw some MMA style ground and pound on him, right on the mound.

[TooLiveBrew]

Francisco and Lawries hit their 12th homers each tonight.

 

Nice job Gomez. Amazing how he has become so good.

 

Michael Brantley leads the Indians in homers and RBI's, and sports an OPS well north of .900. :D

 

I'm not completely sure of this, but I'm pretty certain that Lucroy was a PTBNL option for the Indians in that trade too. So at least they didn't go that route.

I don't recall that at all. If anyone can dig up any info on this, it'd be interesting to see.