2019-04-15: Cardinals (Hudson) at Brewers (Peralta) [Brewers win, 10-7 -- Christian Yelich gives away a puppy, hits 3 home runs, tallies 7 RBI, makes sliding and diving catches, sheepishly obliges to curtain call]

[markedman5]

What's wrong with Dakota Hudson... He has pitches of different speeds and different movements... What is that?

 

Apparently quite a lot......lol

[Montezuma]

Yard... VERY fun game to watch

[mtrebs]

Come on Yelich, let’s make it a crooked number!

Uh, it's already a crooked number.

 

REALLY Crooked

 

Like that!

[FVBrewerFan]

Come on Yelich, let’s make it a crooked number!

Uh, it's already a crooked number.

 

Now its crookederer!!!!

[yfinn6]

Thing of beauty from Yelich. Freddy needs to put up a few zeros now. Of course, this offense could score another half dozen in this inning and that would be cool, too.

[adambr2]

Now it's a crooked number.

[folly412]

Which starter did we trade to the Cardinals?

[dlk9s]

So Peralta is net-zero on the night so far. Gave up 2 runs, drove in a run, scored a run. I'll take it!

[82brewcrew82]

Like that!

Touche!

[FVBrewerFan]

If I remember right, 8 runs through 3 innings isn't piling it on, so still some work to do here.

[pacopete4]

Am I going to have to even hate our own fan base? “Wooo-ing” has begun. Ugh.

[Oxy]

Not cool to walk the leadoff guy after getting a 4 run lead... but being that it's Goldschmidt who just hit one 500 feet against you, I'll give him a pass.

[pacopete4]

Part of Pina’s job is to get his pitcher in a rhythm. Peralta is not in one. Just brutal pace right now.

[Montezuma]

Message to Freddy P... Hey Freddy, you cannot keep pitching from behind

[Oxy]

Somebody up in the pen yet?

[sveumrules]

So I guess it's bad Peralta again.

 

This pitching staff is going to set all kinds of homerun records this year.

 

Yes, a pitching coach matters.

 

Brewers pitchers 2019

 

9.45 K9 3.66 BB9 1.86 HR9 5.27 ERA 5.07 FIP 4.28 xFIP

 

Reds pitchers 2019

 

9.41 K9 4.09 BB9 0.80 HR9 3.21 ERA 3.70 FIP 4.21 xFIP

 

Pretty much the only thing separating the Brewers pitchers from the Reds at this point is HR9, which is by far the flukiest & shows up in our near identical xFIPs. I'll go out on a limb & predict we won't allow 162 more HRs than CIN at season's end.

 

The most important number at this early juncture is still IP though. The Brewers have 140, the Reds 123. Far too early to draw any meaningful conclusions about pitching coaches & the effectiveness (or lack) thereof.

[Oxy]

Message to Freddy P... Hey Freddy, you cannot keep pitching from behind

 

Ozuna says he can

[adambr2]

I get the desire to give the young starters as much leash as possible this year, but boy the results have been just miserable so far. Our record is actually pretty amazing this year considering that 80% of our rotation has been a total train wreck.

[FVBrewerFan]

I get the desire to give the young starters as much leash as possible this year, but boy the results have been just miserable so far. Our record is actually pretty amazing this year considering that 80% of our rotation has been a total train wreck.

 

60%

[Brew crew 92]

Just yet another horrible home plate umpire. Laser strike zone can’t get here soon enough.

[adambr2]

I get the desire to give the young starters as much leash as possible this year, but boy the results have been just miserable so far. Our record is actually pretty amazing this year considering that 80% of our rotation has been a total train wreck.

 

60%

 

Chacin, Burnes, Peralta and Woodruff all have ERAs of 6+. That's 80%.

[MrTPlush]

I get the desire to give the young starters as much leash as possible this year, but boy the results have been just miserable so far. Our record is actually pretty amazing this year considering that 80% of our rotation has been a total train wreck.

 

60%

 

Chacin, Burnes, Peralta and Woodruff all have ERAs of 6+. That's 80%.

 

ERA doesn’t equal train wreck. Woodruff has had pretty solid peripherals. I’d say he has been solid despite his ERA. Certainly not a train wreck.

[adambr2]

Peripherals are a much better indicator of future performance than ERA, but when you're referring to "has been" I'm talking about performance to date which obviously is reflected in ERA.

[MrTPlush]

Peripherals are a much better indicator of future performance than ERA, but when you're referring to "has been" I'm talking about performance to date which obviously is reflected in ERA.

 

Still disagree...but I guess our definitions of a train wreck differs.

[PinaMadness]

Just yet another horrible home plate umpire. Laser strike zone can’t get here soon enough.

It's Ron "I can do anything I want" Culpa. Born and bred in St. Louis.