2018-09-12: Brewers (Anderson) at Cubs (Hendricks) 7:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-1 -- Granderson 3-for-4 including 3B, HR]

[ThisIsMyCrew]

Granted Shaw had a sac fly... but it gets old seeing him have defensive swings on 2-0 counts.

[clancyphile]

If Hader and the best relievers are available... 2-0 may be enough...

[shanedog19]

The top of our lineup is just awesome. The middle of it however...

[jason21nl]

Not going to survive all night getting behind batters

[wallus]

Defense matters, who knew?

[yfinn6]

Thank you Granderson!

[PinaMadness]

Have a game, Granderson.

 

I agree. Gotta get him in the lineup more.

[shanedog19]

I think Granderson deserves more starts in RF. Really like what he is providing to the team.

[clancyphile]

Getting lucky...

 

Just need three more innings of luck, then hand it to Hader and Jeffress for the shutdown.

[MoreTrife]

Zobrist is our nemesis. Always does well. Yikes, Grandy barely grabbed that.

[PinaMadness]

Thames would still be running after that one.

[AKCheesehead]

So I'll go ahead and ask...If Chase's spot comes up do you PH?

[pacopete4]

Man I am enjoying this stuff. No one even pictured that these games would matter and here we are competing with one of the best teams in the league for the division. How awesome is this?!?

[FVBrewerFan]

Not THAT great of a catch, but no way Thames or Braun make it.

[MoreTrife]

Not going to survive all night getting behind batters

 

Nope. Scary to watch.

[MrTPlush]

Everyone is going to call that a great catch, but in reality that was a terrible route and he just about botched that.

 

Great speed to get there...but wow...bad bad route.

[shanedog19]

So I'll go ahead and ask...If Chase's spot comes up do you PH?

 

No, need to get him through five innings.

[FVBrewerFan]

So I'll go ahead and ask...If Chase's spot comes up do you PH?

 

Depends on how many outs, runners on, etc. Example, runner at 1st with 2 outs, keep him in.

[pacopete4]

Everyone is going to call that a great catch, but in reality that was a terrible route and he just about botched that.

 

Agree. One that Yelich makes if Braun is in left too. But still great to come up with it.

[KeithStone53151]

So I'll go ahead and ask...If Chase's spot comes up do you PH?

 

Not quite yet. But man he's been lucky to post 0s to this point.

[jason21nl]

I don’t want this season to end. It’s just so much fun watching some of these guys

 

Can only imagine their record if the bottom half of the order wasn’t a black hole

[KeithStone53151]

We can look at Burnes/Woodruff to bridge the gap. I would say if we have 2 on with his spot up, probably should go for the offense.

[buckybrewer232]

Not THAT great of a catch, but no way Thames or Braun make it.

 

Yea, this is why I really struggle trusting defensive stats. The metrics say Granderson is even worse than Thames in the OF, but there is zero chance Thames makes either of those catches by Granderson.

[PinaMadness]

Not THAT great of a catch, but no way Thames or Braun make it.

Braun might. He's made quite a few nice catches lately, and he'd probably be positioned different from Granderson.

[pacopete4]

Did Thames play in north or South Korea?