2018-09-21: Brewers (Chacín) at Pirates (Nova) 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 8-3 -- Offense explodes in 6th, with 3 HR]

[82brewcrew82]

No big deal losing to the Pirates........again. It's just random baseball stuff.

[PinaMadness]

Miley has passed Chacin in the SP power rankings. As of now I'd go with Miley in a Wild Card game, assuming they don't choke again.

[brewmann04]

I said this before this series that is scares me because the way the pirates own us this season and a big reason we are not in first

[pacopete4]

No big deal losing to the Pirates........again. It's just random baseball stuff.

 

I don’t know what you’re trying to imply here.

[PinaMadness]

Give Cervelli an error for that. I hate that guy.

[yfinn6]

No problems with this delay. Crew going to the BP anyway, and maybe this takes Nova out of the game.

[82brewcrew82]

No big deal losing to the Pirates........again. It's just random baseball stuff.

 

I don’t know what you’re trying to imply here.

I'm probably over reacting

[PinaMadness]

At least that'll chase Nova out of the game. Not sure how much good that will do though.

[pacopete4]

It stinks that Thames was announced as the PH because the Pirates can now just toss out a lefty.

[PinaMadness]

It stinks that Thames was announced as the PH because the Pirates can now just toss out a lefty.

Or CC can just pull Thames for a righty and we can avoid him making a sure out the rest of the game. Great thinking by CC there.

[pacopete4]

It stinks that Thames was announced as the PH because the Pirates can now just toss out a lefty.

Or CC can just pull Thames for a righty and we can avoid him making a sure out the rest of the game. Great thinking by CC there.

 

I get that he’s been bad lately but you don’t want to blow a guy than could pop one any at bat now.

[yfinn6]

It stinks that Thames was announced as the PH because the Pirates can now just toss out a lefty.

Or CC can just pull Thames for a righty and we can avoid him making a sure out the rest of the game. Great thinking by CC there.

 

I get that he’s been bad lately but you don’t want to blow a guy than could pop one any at bat now.

 

 

[Bulldogboy]

I'm trying to imagine another baseball market where the contending team can switch catchers in the middle of the season and the question is never even asked of management the reason. Unbelievable. Pina hits a huge homer last game. Team has the next day off and we still get Kratz behind the dish. Whatever happened to make him fall out of favor will be an interesting conversation when he signs with his new team in the off season.

[dlk9s]

Or CC can just pull Thames for a righty and we can avoid him making a sure out the rest of the game. Great thinking by CC there.

 

I get that he’s been bad lately but you don’t want to blow a guy than could pop one any at bat now.

 

 

[Ennder]

It is really hard to know if a team just has your number or if it is just bad luck. If we have a 50/50 chance to beat every team we play we should go 5-11 against 7% of the teams we faced over a 16 game sample. Doing it against one team on the season fits the 7% narrative. It also easily could just be a case of our hitting not matching up with their pitching. With 30 teams each playing that many games against at least 4 other teams we should see something like 8.5 teams with that type of stretch against other teams, which means more than 1 team on average per division. Since the real odds aren't 50/50 that number should be even greater.

 

What i'm saying is that kind of stretch is going to commonly happen without it really meaning anything every season. Hard to say if this is really meaningful or not.

 

The fact that the biggest struggles came during our toughest stretch of travel/games played on the season suggests it is probably just random to me though. It is just being heavily skewed by our worst stretch of baseball all season.

[RollieTime]

I'm trying to imagine another baseball market where the contending team can switch catchers in the middle of the season and the question is never even asked of management the reason. Unbelievable. Pina hits a huge homer last game. Team has the next day off and we still get Kratz behind the dish. Whatever happened to make him fall out of favor will be an interesting conversation when he signs with his new team in the off season.

 

Pina is still under Brewers control for 3 more seasons after this year. I am sure they won’t let him walk after this season since he is still productive and will be cheap for another season or two.

[yfinn6]

It is really hard to know if a team just has your number or if it is just bad luck. If we have a 50/50 chance to beat every team we play we should go 5-11 against 7% of the teams we faced over a 16 game sample. Doing it against one team on the season fits the 7% narrative. It also easily could just be a case of our hitting not matching up with their pitching. With 30 teams each playing that many games against at least 4 other teams we should see something like 8.5 teams with that type of stretch against other teams, which means more than 1 team on average per division. Since the real odds aren't 50/50 that number should be even greater.

 

What i'm saying is that kind of stretch is going to commonly happen without it really meaning anything every season. Hard to say if this is really meaningful or not.

 

[Eye Black]

It is really hard to know if a team just has your number or if it is just bad luck. If we have a 50/50 chance to beat every team we play we should go 5-11 against 7% of the teams we faced over a 16 game sample. Doing it against one team on the season fits the 7% narrative. It also easily could just be a case of our hitting not matching up with their pitching. With 30 teams each playing that many games against at least 4 other teams we should see something like 8.5 teams with that type of stretch against other teams, which means more than 1 team on average per division. Since the real odds aren't 50/50 that number should be even greater.

 

What i'm saying is that kind of stretch is going to commonly happen without it really meaning anything every season. Hard to say if this is really meaningful or not.

My favorite season series outlier this year is that the Reds have gone 6-1 against the Dodgers.

[pacopete4]

 

I get that he’s been bad lately but you don’t want to blow a guy than could pop one any at bat now.

 

 

that’s great.

[pacopete4]

I'm trying to imagine another baseball market where the contending team can switch catchers in the middle of the season and the question is never even asked of management the reason. Unbelievable. Pina hits a huge homer last game. Team has the next day off and we still get Kratz behind the dish. Whatever happened to make him fall out of favor will be an interesting conversation when he signs with his new team in the off season.

 

A team that keeps winnings games. And they didn’t switch catchers like you’re implying. Pina was god awful for a long time and has been banged up to say the least. He and Kratz are on a pretty obvious rotation because CC has determined it’s what’s best for the team.

[lukevan]

It’s not like he’s been benched and it’s not like he’s Johnny Bench.

[82brewcrew82]

It’s not like he’s been benched and it’s not like he’s Johnny Bench.

Has he been on Johnny Bench's bench?

[yfinn6]

Any updates on the start time?

[adambr2]

Any updates on the start time?

 

Rosiak said 10 minutes ago that it's still pouring.

[mtrebs]

If five innings aren’t complete and the weather doesn’t let up, would they actually just cancel this game and we’d do a doubleheader tomorrow? Or do they not really do that anymore, but instead resume where we are at?