2016-06-19 Brewers (Garza) at Dodgers (Maeda), 3:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 2-1; 6 shutout innings for Garza]

[1992casey]

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers.png[/logo][game-info][h1]June 19 | 3:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (31-38) | Dodgers (37-33)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/dodgers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_garza-matt-10.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/dodgers_maeda-kenta-03.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]Matt Garza[/pitcher][h2]0-0, 2.25 ERA, 2.25 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Dodgers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Garza is finally back in the rotation after missing the first 10 weeks of the regular season with a strained right lat muscle. He looked good in his debut (one run, five strikeouts, one walk) despite lasting only four innings and 87 pitches.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Kenta Maeda[/pitcher][h2]6-4, 2.75 ERA, 1.08 WHIP[/h2][h3]Game Log[/h3][h3]Maeda was driven from his last start in Arizona after being hit by a Paul Goldschmidt line drive off the lower right leg in the sixth inning. He has a 1.96 ERA over 18⅓ innings pitched in June.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away]

1. SS Jonathan Villar (S)
   
2. 2B Scooter Gennett (L)
   
3. LF Ryan Braun ®
   
4. 1B Chris Carter ®
   
5. 3B Aaron Hill ®
   
6. CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L)
   
7. C Martín Maldonado ®
   
8. RF Ramón Flores (L)
   
9. RHP Matt Garza ®

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1. 2B Chase Utley (L)
   
2. SS Corey Seager (L)
   
3. 3B Justin Turner ®
   
4. 1B Adrian González (L)
   
5. RF Trayce Thompson ®
   
6. CF Joc Pederson (L)
   
7. LF Howie Kendrick ®
   
8. C A.J. Ellis ®
   
9. RHP Kenta Maeda ®

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[1992casey]

Gennett's first inning homer was the first one hit off of Maeda since May 11. On that day, Kenta gave up two homers to Noah Syndergaard.

[trwi7]

LOL Garza. That was the funniest thing ever.

[1992casey]

Dude can't throw to first.

 

We got the out back on a great throw by Flores, getting Maeda trying to go from first to third on a single.

[jjkoestler]

Hell of a throw by Flores.

 

How does Garza look?

[1992casey]

Garza looks fine… 44 pitches through four innings, 29 for strikes.

[1992casey]

Maldonado's powder blue catching gear deserves note. Sorry about the small blurry picture, but it's the best I can get right now.

[Polish Falcons]

I was expecting to see Garza get shelled. Maybe he will prove me wrong. That would be cool as the Brewers rotation could use something positive.

[CheezWizHed]

Maldonado's powder blue catching gear deserves note. Sorry about the small blurry picture, but it's the best I can get right now.

 

More like turquoise. I'm not a fan. At all.

 

But the shiny blue with charcoal gray on the hats and uniforms is really sharp.

 

Happy Father's Day!

[trwi7]

Maldonado's gear is for Father's Day.

[CheezWizHed]

Nice outing by Garza

[BarneyStinston]

Yeah, we all knew that Garza wasn't going to get a win that easy. Looks like the bullpen will let another one slip away.

[BarneyStinston]

Bullpen chokejob. Thornburg cannot throw a strike.

[adambr2]

Found yet another way to lose. Great road trip.

[Austin Tatious]

I liked the unis as an alternative. I don't claim to be a color expert but it looked like the Carolina blue. In general, I like our assortment of jerseys and caps.

[Boomer5]

I think everyone has blue in their unis. For Father's Day.

[adambr2]

I was expecting to see Garza get shelled. Maybe he will prove me wrong. That would be cool as the Brewers rotation could use something positive.

 

I think it would be even more positive if he lights it up enough before the deadline for us to dump him to someone else.

[BarneyStinston]

It seems as if it will be difficult to cleanly dump Garza with such a costly 2017 salary attached to him as well as a checkered injury history.

[1992casey]

I think everyone has blue in their unis. For Father's Day.

Yeah, Maldonado's gear the same shade as the socks worn by the Dodger's hitter in the photo in [a=p989545]post 7[/a]. Maybe we should call the color Father's Day blue.

[LouisEly]

It seems as if it will be difficult to cleanly dump Garza with such a costly 2017 salary attached to him as well as a checkered injury history.

Take a look at what other free agent starting pitchers have signed for the last two offseasons. For someone with his track record (8 good seasons, one bad season), $12.5M/year for 1.5 seasons is cheap and low risk. If he can show over the next month that he is healthy (no recurring injury issues, no issues going 6-7 innings, ERA under 4.00) there will be no shortage of teams asking about him.

 

As for his "checkered injury history", he's only had one full season in the majors with less than 24 starts and only two seasons with less than 150 IP (and one of those was 148.2 IP).

[endaround]

It seems as if it will be difficult to cleanly dump Garza with such a costly 2017 salary attached to him as well as a checkered injury history.

Take a look at what other free agent starting pitchers have signed for the last two offseasons. For someone with his track record (8 good seasons, one bad season), $12.5M/year for 1.5 seasons is cheap and low risk. If he can show over the next month that he is healthy (no recurring injury issues, no issues going 6-7 innings, ERA under 4.00) there will be no shortage of teams asking about him.

 

As for his "checkered injury history", he's only had one full season in the majors with less than 24 starts and only two seasons with less than 150 IP (and one of those was 148.2 IP).

 

Its actually better than that. The contract is a bonus. Since there is no way Garza's contract for 2018 vests at $13 million (assuming he gets another 16 starts this year he would need 40 starts in 2017 for it to vest) this now really becomes a 2 year contract for $17.5 million with $2 million deferred (with even some more injury insurance on top of that). That's #4 starter money for a guy with high level stuff. If he can show last year was mostly due to dealing with an injury he could be heavily in demand. Is there enough time for that to happen before the end of July is an open question.

[superfly]

Tyler Thornturd.

[jerichoholicninja]

Obviously this team wasn't built to contend this year and quite honestly the shellacking of the first month were what most were expecting the whole year. However, they've played very well since and even though they are losing rarely do they get blown out and look totally overmatched. Having said that it's really frustrating to watch them piss away games like they did in this series. Easily could have taken 3 of 4 instead of losing 3 of 4.

[brewmann04]

Losing 6-7 on the road not good the team seems to be playing hard but unfortunately losing.