2017-08-12: Reds (Feldman) at Brewers (Suter) 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers win 6-5 on a 10th inning wild pitch walk-off.]

[MrTPlush]

Could use a 2011 flashback Braun. You always came through then.

[Ennder]

I still have no good grasp on what Eric Thames is. His hard contact is great, his K% and BB% are just all over the place. I can't tell if he is a terrible player or a good one and the sample is getting pretty large at this point.

[PinaMadness]

What a way to walk off!!!!

[topper09er]

Excellent there from Sogard being extra aggressive on an 0-2 count

[OnaBadger58]

YES!!!!!!!!

[DuWayne Steurer]

Any way you can get it.

[topper09er]

Within 5 years a play like that will be automatically reviewed even though it would be pointless

[superfly]

SLUMP BUSTER!

[adambr2]

Holy smokes did they ever need one of these kinds of finishes to finally go our way.

[PinaMadness]

I want to see the Brewers palyers give Adelman the pie in the face treatment.

[MrTPlush]

Another offensive packed day. Can they keep it going?

[sauveb]

Will this game be known as the Sogard Swan Song?

[rickh150]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

[MrTPlush]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

 

Jonathan Villar, acccording to BR.com, is a .333 hitter as a sub with an OPS+ of 157. I imagine sub=pinchhitting.

[OnaBadger58]

Rodney trying to give the Cubs a win.

[OnaBadger58]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

I know I'm in the minority, but I'd take Sogard over Villar this year. I love his approach, he is a Brady Clark-like hitter that this team really lacks.

[OnaBadger58]

Cubs lose! Bryce Harper looks like he messed up his knee pretty badly tonight, not good.

[rickh150]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

 

Jonathan Villar, acccording to BR.com, is a .333 hitter as a sub with an OPS+ of 157. I imagine sub=pinchhitting.

 

Strikes out waaaaaaay too much, doesn't take pitches or walk much, not a defensive upgrade anywhere...... common'

[MrTPlush]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

 

Jonathan Villar, acccording to BR.com, is a .333 hitter as a sub with an OPS+ of 157. I imagine sub=pinchhitting.

 

Strikes out waaaaaaay too much, doesn't take pitches or walk much, not a defensive upgrade anywhere...... common'

 

Well just saying statistics say Sogard is not a MUCH better pinch hitter.

[rickh150]

Well just saying statistics say Sogard is not a MUCH better pinch hitter.

 

Braun is a much worse pinch hitter than Villar, by that logic. Statistics say Braun is hitting .000 this season.

[pacopete4]

Well just saying statistics say Sogard is not a MUCH better pinch hitter.

 

Braun is a much worse pinch hitter than Villar, by that logic. Statistics say Braun is hitting .000 this season.

 

Uh, it's not logic. It's math. It's factual that Villar has been quality as a sub this season. Not sure what you're debating.

[Yaz]

The Brewers look like they want to start winning again. Hiring the Brewer ASSASSIN Neil Walker!

[Lathund]

Sogard is a MUCH better pinch hitter....... but he probably is gone when Walker gets here. Villar and his huge upside stays...... vomit.

I know I'm in the minority, but I'd take Sogard over Villar this year. I love his approach, he is a Brady Clark-like hitter that this team really lacks.

 

The issue is that the choice isn't just about this year. Sogard is a free agent, Villar has team control. Villar has no options and will get claimed by another team for sure. Which will sound controversial to some, but he's a guy with years of control remaining and who has the ability to have a season like his 2016 season. It may be unlikely that he has it again, but if you can get that upside for free (Or well, $50k), you do it. So a non-contender with aplayer who they can option to AAA to make room, will claim him for sure. If he doesn't pan out, they lose nothing.

 

So basically moving Villar to make room for Walker means that in 2018 we won't have either Walker, Villar or Sogard, and get nothing for any one of them. Moving Sogard to make room means we have Villar to either trade or give another shot, and we might well have Sogard in AAA still.

[rickh150]

Well just saying statistics say Sogard is not a MUCH better pinch hitter.

 

Braun is a much worse pinch hitter than Villar, by that logic. Statistics say Braun is hitting .000 this season.

 

Uh, it's not logic. It's math. It's factual that Villar has been quality as a sub this season. Not sure what you're debating.

 

Villar is hitting .167 as a pinch hitter this season..... and yeah, it is logic that you are using. If you say Villar is better or as good as Sogard based on avg in limited pinch hit ABs, then Braun is waaaay worse than either. His avg is .000