2016-04-04 Giants (Bumgarner) at Brewers (Peralta), 1:10 PM CDT … Opening Day! [Brewers lose, 12-3]

[davego]

Scooter is a nice player for a team that is going to lose 90 games.

[DuWayne Steurer]

The results of Gennett's at bat here will either be proof that he now can or still can't hit lefties.

 

Based on a small sample....maybe he can?

 

 

I believe that's actually his first homerun vs LH in regular season in his career.

 

 

Can confirm.

 

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

[pacopete4]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every so often. I won't wet my pants over it. Glad we are all tied up!

[1992casey]

And...lest I forget - "Scooter Gennett is on pace for 162 Home Runs!"

Let's see another homer and Scooter on a pace for 324.

[sdcheezhd]

The results of Gennett's at bat here will either be proof that he now can or still can't hit lefties.

 

Based on a small sample....maybe he can?

 

EDIT: And...lest I forget - "Scooter Gennett is on pace for 162 Home Runs!"

 

Actually he's on pace for about 650.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Man, these guys are making Bumgarner throw a lot of pitches.

 

EDIT: 49 pitches after 2 frames.

[Thurston Fluff]

Scooter... swings at a curve above his head looking horrible.... belts a solo shot the next pitch. Talk about night and day on back to back swings.

 

A mini version of Cory Hart. Mini C.

[Thurston Fluff]

Man, these guys are making Bumgarner throw a lot of pitches.

 

EDIT: 49 pitches after 2 frames.

 

I think that is something we might see more of this season.

[Roderick]

The results of Gennett's at bat here will either be proof that he now can or still can't hit lefties.

 

Based on a small sample....maybe he can?

 

EDIT: And...lest I forget - "Scooter Gennett is on pace for 162 Home Runs!"

 

Actually he's on pace for about 650.

 

Nahhh. After he starts the season with 20 consecutive home runs teams will start walking him.

[rwa12]

Not much of a pitching duel so far.

[pacopete4]

Peralta is becoming one of my least favorite Brewers (not hat he cares). Maybe my expectations have always been too high for him to ever meet for me but he just stinks. He's really not that great. I hope some team is dumb enough to give us something for him.

[fondybrewfan]

Maybe our expectations for Peralta were to high. He was supposed to be the shining star when our minor league system was pretty bad. Maybe in reality his stuff was never that good and we just hyped him to much because there was no one else to hype.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Power from unexpected places.

[pacopete4]

Villar smacks one now. Our middle IF showing some power today.

[fondybrewfan]

Villar and Gennett homering on the same day will almost surely not happen again in 2016.

[Brian the Automator]

Today's power seems to be fueled by irony.

[Oldcity]

If he's sick, it's hard to see Bumgarner going more than three innings the way this is going. This will be a long game.

[MadScientist]

Villar!

 

And now I will have to re-learn the pronunciation of Villar. Didn't hear it all spring and with the first name of Johnathan, my mind used English, not Spanish.

[MadScientist]

Carter may be a 3TO type, but at least we are not seeing the K's of the 3TO rack up today.

 

Will he ever get to swing?

[MrTPlush]

Nice job Carter.

[DuWayne Steurer]

That's unfortunate. Hate to waste baserunners when Bumgarner is struggling to throw strikes.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I know this is one game (not even half of one game), but I absolutely don't care if we have 4-5 guys that strike out more than 150 times if the end result is we have a bunch of guys taking pitches, walking a lot, and making pitchers throw a lot of pitches. I like this. It seems like we had a team that just didn't do this much last year.

[Ennder]

Maybe our expectations for Peralta were to high. He was supposed to be the shining star when our minor league system was pretty bad. Maybe in reality his stuff was never that good and we just hyped him to much because there was no one else to hype.

 

I didn't think he was supposed to be much of a star though. I was hoping for a 3.50-3.70 ERA type guy, a solid #3 with maybe a chance to surprise if he could get the walks down. His career ERA is around 4.03 now so he is only one step below my expectations so far.

[reillymcshane]

Some bad fundamentals hurting the team. Error by Scooter, questionable baserunning by Carter, on two plays Santana looked like he didn't have a clue where the ball was going, walking the pitcher. Oh well.

[Outlander]

Can confirm.

 

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

Those splits don't seem to make sense. It indicates no home runs vs a lefty but then indicates Scooter has hit two home runs against left handed starters.