2018-09-10: Brewers (Miley) at Cubs (Lester) 7:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 3-2; Hader dominates over 2 IP, & JJ slams the door]

[treego14]

Granderson here and not Thames says a lot.

What about Shaw?

[ThisIsMyCrew]

Granderson here and not Thames says a lot.

 

Thames is now like option 7 off the bench. Hard fall for the guy.

[jjfanec]

Granderson has had some really nice at bats as a Brewer. That was not one of them. But they got the lead and have the top of the order coming up next inning.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Who had Eastern Mennonnite University as even having a baseball team, much less producing a major leaguer?

 

Edit - they have two! Larry Sheets is the other!

And who had Larry Sheets putting up a .921 OPS in 1987? And hitting .316 with 31 HRs and 94 RBI? And not getting one MVP vote for doing that?

 

To be fair, a .921 ops in 1987 is like a .650 ops in any other season.

[adambr2]

Liked what Granderson has brought to the table since he came here but that was probably his worst AB as a Brewer.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I hope I'm wrong, but this feels too tenuous - the Brewers should actually be up by 3-4 right now. Hoping the fact the Cubs are already into their bullpen is a good sign for the Brewers scoring more, because I don't think 3 will be enough.

[MoreTrife]

Edwards has been terrible for a few weeks now - he's almost guaranteed at least one walk or wild pitch per inning

 

Good call.

[dlk9s]

I hope I'm wrong, but this feels too tenuous - the Brewers should actually be up by 3-4 right now. Hoping the fact the Cubs are already into their bullpen is a good sign for the Brewers scoring more, because I don't think 3 will be enough.

 

Well, you're not wrong about a 1-run lead against a good-hitting team being tenuous. Hopefully it at least stays tenuous.

[Jenkins5]

Burnes comes in pumping 97. Coming up through system, I honestly did not know he could crank it up as much as he can. Out of pen he 95-98. Can’t wait until he is in rotation next season!

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Burnes comes in pumping 97. Coming up through system, I honestly did not know he could crank it up as much as he can. Out of pen he 95-98. Can’t wait until he is in rotation next season!

 

I love the young power arms in Burnes, Woodruff and Houser. Zach Brown and Trey Supak are no slouches in the power arm department, either.

[josh]

The Cubs offense scares me enough that it’d take maybe a 6-run lead to feel comfortable.

[LouisEly]

To be fair, a .921 ops in 1987 is like a .650 ops in any other season.

24 players got an AL MVP vote that year, including Kirby Puckett (3rd, .900 OPS), Tony Fernandez (8th, .805 OPS), Gary Gaetti (10th, .788 OPS), Jeff Reardon (11th), Darrell Evans (12th, .880 OPS), Doyle Alexander (13th), Wally Joyner (.894 OPS, 13th), Robin Yount (18th, .862 OPS), Kevin Seitzer (20th, .869 OPS), Ruben Sierra (20th, .771 OPS), Jose Canseco (23rd, .780 OPS), and Matt Nokes (24th, .880 OPS).

 

Quite a few guys with a lower OPS got votes that year.

 

Trivia - who had the highest OPS that year among vote-getters?

[pacopete4]

Burnes comes in pumping 97. Coming up through system, I honestly did not know he could crank it up as much as he can. Out of pen he 95-98. Can’t wait until he is in rotation next season!

 

I love the young power arms in Burnes, Woodruff and Houser. Zach Brown and Trey Supak are no slouches in the power arm department, either.

 

 

Peralta says hello.

[HarveysWBs]

I thought peeking at the catcher violated the “spirit of the game”

[PinaMadness]

So it's Hader, Hader and Jeffress the rest of the way?

[TURBO]

I thought peeking at the catcher violated the “spirit of the game”

 

The Cubs can do it, the Cards would never dream of doing such a classless act.

[MoreTrife]

Schoop with some big plays on D. Wow.

[homer]

I thought peeking at the catcher violated the “spirit of the game”

 

yeah that's weak sauce

[Jenkins5]

Peralta I’m guessing was left off because he’s not a power arm. 90-92 but with mechanics and life it just seems like 96-97

[MoreTrife]

Burnes comes in pumping 97. Coming up through system, I honestly did not know he could crank it up as much as he can. Out of pen he 95-98. Can’t wait until he is in rotation next season!

 

I love the young power arms in Burnes, Woodruff and Houser. Zach Brown and Trey Supak are no slouches in the power arm department, either.

 

 

Peralta says hello.

 

Not quite a power arm, but yes, arm of the future.

[Lathund]

Let's add on a few runs to lower my blood pressure a bit.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Burnes comes in pumping 97. Coming up through system, I honestly did not know he could crank it up as much as he can. Out of pen he 95-98. Can’t wait until he is in rotation next season!

 

I love the young power arms in Burnes, Woodruff and Houser. Zach Brown and Trey Supak are no slouches in the power arm department, either.

 

 

Peralta says hello.

 

When Freddy hits 97, he will get included in the power arm discussion. That's not who he is, though. And that isn't a bad thing. His arsenal is more based on movement and deception. I think I saw him consistently at 93-94, with a few 95s maybe mixed in. Not bad at all, but Burnes is hitting 97, and Houser and Woody get close to triple digits. It doesn't seem like it would be much of a difference, but it is.

[DuWayne Steurer]

To be fair, a .921 ops in 1987 is like a .650 ops in any other season.

24 players got an AL MVP vote that year, including Kirby Puckett (3rd, .900 OPS), Tony Fernandez (8th, .805 OPS), Gary Gaetti (10th, .788 OPS), Jeff Reardon (11th), Darrell Evans (12th, .880 OPS), Doyle Alexander (13th), Wally Joyner (.894 OPS, 13th), Robin Yount (18th, .862 OPS), Kevin Seitzer (20th, .869 OPS), Ruben Sierra (20th, .771 OPS), Jose Canseco (23rd, .780 OPS), and Matt Nokes (24th, .880 OPS).

 

Quite a few guys with a lower OPS got votes that year.

 

Trivia - who had the highest OPS that year among vote-getters?

 

My comment was mostly hyperbole...

 

I would suspect Sheets got ignored because he was on a 6th place team and appears to have been a really bad defender.

[TURBO]

Cain 4 for 4... Just another night at the yard.

[LouisEly]

Peralta I’m guessing was left off because he’s not a power arm. 90-92 but with mechanics and life it just seems like 96-97

He releases the ball I believe closer to the plate than any other pitcher, and with the shorter distance it's the equivalent of throwing 96-97.