2019-07-05: Brewers (Davies) at Pirates (Brault) [Brewers win, 7-6 in 10 innings -- Bullpen blows 5-run lead in the 9th, offense answers in the 10th]

[Eye Black]

 

 

Zach Davies: Batter (Pirates) vs Pitching Stats

 

Steven Brault: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats

[Brew crew 92]

Is there anyone else sick of the unbalanced schedule? Facing the Pirates what, 13 times in the last month and a half is ridiculous. I could do without the cubbies in MP 8 or 9 times a year. It gets old, same teams, same starters. I could do without watching Hurdle destroy his jaw, chomping on that gum, over and over again. Besides, just it being more fair and balanced, it would be less monotonous, like it used to be, when the schedule was balanced.

[willie key]

I wish we played the pirates 162 games. It’s the only team we can beat

 

And the only reason our head is above water at this point.

 

Scrolling through last night it seemed like people were enjoying their holiday too much.

 

This team is the definition of mediocre. They are below league average in runs given up and runs scored per game. The have a negative run differential. And they are four games over. They are probably lucky to be even that good. And we can’t make an excuse about the schedule anymore. It’s pretty bad right now

 

And then screaming about hiura? He has over 200 points ops better than the guy he replaced. That’s why people wanted him here. If we could replace everyone of our starters with someone 200 ops better we’d be in damn good shape

 

Considering the competition this team has played beyond crap for a month and now it’s trickling over into July. You can only play the pirates so much

[sveumrules]

This team is the definition of mediocre. They are below league average in runs given up and runs scored per game. The have a negative run differential. And they are four games over. They are probably lucky to be even that good. And we can’t make an excuse about the schedule anymore. It’s pretty bad right now.

 

The Dodgers & Braves have been the only better than mediocre teams in the NL to this point.

 

The Mets, Marlins & Giants have been worse than mediocre.

 

That means three of the remaining ten mediocre teams will make the postseason.

 

Hopefully the Brewers will be one of them.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If the Brewers can play well this weekend going into the break, it will curb a lot of this "mediocre" and "this team is bad" talk. Davies will hopefully pitch another gem today. The fact is the whole devision isn't played super great, so the opportunity is prime for the Brewers to step up and take control.

[willie key]

This team is the definition of mediocre. They are below league average in runs given up and runs scored per game. The have a negative run differential. And they are four games over. They are probably lucky to be even that good. And we can’t make an excuse about the schedule anymore. It’s pretty bad right now.

 

The Dodgers & Braves have been the only better than mediocre teams in the NL to this point.

 

The Mets, Marlins & Giants have been worse than mediocre.

 

That means three of the remaining ten mediocre teams will make the postseason.

 

Hopefully the Brewers will be one of them.

 

That’s true. And why there is hope. It can be turned around. It’s not trending that way but who knows

 

I was just making the comment that it’s not out of line to call it what it is. Taking everything into context the brewers are playing bad baseball. I don’t think that vitriolic or over exaggeration.

 

The part I get aggravated with is that I don’t see a lot of reasons for this to change other than counting on other teams to lose. That probably won’t last

[willie key]

If the Brewers can play well this weekend going into the break, it will curb a lot of this "mediocre" and "this team is bad" talk. Davies will hopefully pitch another gem today. The fact is the whole devision isn't played super great, so the opportunity is prime for the Brewers to step up and take control.

 

 

Winning two out of three or one out of three doesn’t change their outlook. They have to play 6 over .500 to make 86 wins. Will that make the playoffs? That will be tough. They have to play 14 over .500 to make 90 wins which is usually on the edge of playoffs most years

 

The way they were scoring runs at the beginning of the year was unsustainable and now it’s biting them in the ass when they finally get some pitching.

 

I’m just holding out hope the cardinals and cubs are fricking terrible. We have a lot of games against those two and that will probably decide who’s still playing

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If the Brewers can play well this weekend going into the break, it will curb a lot of this "mediocre" and "this team is bad" talk. Davies will hopefully pitch another gem today. The fact is the whole devision isn't played super great, so the opportunity is prime for the Brewers to step up and take control.

 

 

Winning two out of three or one out of three doesn’t change their outlook. They have to play 6 over .500 to make 86 wins. Will that make the playoffs? That will be tough. They have to play 14 over .500 to make 90 wins which is usually on the edge of playoffs most years

 

The way they were scoring runs at the beginning of the year was unsustainable and now it’s biting them in the ass when they finally get some pitching.

 

I’m just holding out hope the cardinals and cubs are fricking terrible. We have a lot of games against those two and that will probably decide who’s still playing

 

That may be. Obviously three games is not going to matter much in the whole scheme of things. But the optics would be nice to go into the break on a high. The good thing is, even though they are not playing well right now, they have played well enough in the first half to keep themselves in prime contention for a playoff spot. I guess I'm just going to continue to hold out hope that this rough stretch is just that ... a stretch ... and not a true representation of what this team is and what they can do.

[Pugger]

If the Brewers can play well this weekend going into the break, it will curb a lot of this "mediocre" and "this team is bad" talk. Davies will hopefully pitch another gem today. The fact is the whole devision isn't played super great, so the opportunity is prime for the Brewers to step up and take control.

 

I'm truly not worried about the pitching. It is the HITTING that has me concerned. When we don't hit homers we really struggle to score runs. I question the approach our hitters take and this has been a concern of mine for a while.

[Brewcrewin07]

I touched on this in another thread...but part of the problem with the LU right now(in my opinion) is exactly what you see in today's LU :

 

Cain

Yelich

Grandal

Moose

Hiura

Aguilar

Saladino

Arcia

Davies

 

This is the problem, he has the WORST bats all stacked together, you can't do that and expect to be successful. When I was Coaching an Amateur team a few years ago, I made the decision to try and "hide" my lessor bats between some of my better bats rather than stack them up 7-8-9 and basically give the opposing teams "free" 1-2-3 innings every time the bottom of my order came up..Tonights LU you can't really make it work the way I would like to see it optimally but against RHP's and with Thames and either Braun or Gamel in the Lineup it works much better, and I would lead Thames off. His other problem is, he worries too much about playing match ups and puts Aguilar in against LHP's(like tonight). Sometimes you have to ignore the splits and just run your best hitters out there regardless of match up. Aguilar should never be in the LU ahead of Thames even against a LHP. Thames is a better hitter...period. You're just giving up outs that way.

[adambr2]

I touched on this in another thread...but part of the problem with the LU right now(in my opinion) is exactly what you see in today's LU :

 

Cain

Yelich

Grandal

Moose

Hiura

Aguilar

Saladino

Arcia

Davies

 

This is the problem, he has the WORST bats all stacked together, you can't do that and expect to be successful. When I was Coaching an Amateur team a few years ago, I made the decision to try and "hide" my lessor bats between some of my better bats rather than stack them up 7-8-9 and basically give the opposing teams "free" 1-2-3 innings every time the bottom of my order came up..Tonights LU you can't really make it work the way I would like to see it optimally but against RHP's and with Thames and either Braun or Gamel in the Lineup it works much better, and I would lead Thames off. His other problem is, he worries too much about playing match ups and puts Aguilar in against LHP's(like tonight). Sometimes you have to ignore the splits and just run your best hitters out there regardless of match up. Aguilar should never be in the LU ahead of Thames even against a LHP. Thames is a better hitter...period. You're just giving up outs that way.

 

It seems like you really know your stuff. I wonder if there is anyone who can get you in touch with Counsell and DS to share your insights and wisdom and thus fix the problems with this team right now.

[markedman5]

[adambr2]

 

So rather than IL him and call someone up with the AS break coming up anyway, they are going to roll with a man down in two consecutive series just to ensure he is available on the 12th and 13th?

[Brewcrewin07]

I touched on this in another thread...but part of the problem with the LU right now(in my opinion) is exactly what you see in today's LU :

 

Cain

Yelich

Grandal

Moose

Hiura

Aguilar

Saladino

Arcia

Davies

 

This is the problem, he has the WORST bats all stacked together, you can't do that and expect to be successful. When I was Coaching an Amateur team a few years ago, I made the decision to try and "hide" my lessor bats between some of my better bats rather than stack them up 7-8-9 and basically give the opposing teams "free" 1-2-3 innings every time the bottom of my order came up..Tonights LU you can't really make it work the way I would like to see it optimally but against RHP's and with Thames and either Braun or Gamel in the Lineup it works much better, and I would lead Thames off. His other problem is, he worries too much about playing match ups and puts Aguilar in against LHP's(like tonight). Sometimes you have to ignore the splits and just run your best hitters out there regardless of match up. Aguilar should never be in the LU ahead of Thames even against a LHP. Thames is a better hitter...period. You're just giving up outs that way.

 

It seems like you really know your stuff. I wonder if there is anyone who can get you in touch with Counsell and DS to share your insights and wisdom and thus fix the problems with this team right now.

 

I don't know why you had to make such a condescending comment, but ok. You do you.

[adambr2]

Sorry, was meant more as more of a tongue in cheek jab than condensation. I feel like when you're criticizing our MLB manager's strategies, telling us his strategies won't work to be successful, and speaking of the strategies you employed as an amateur manager, you kind of open yourself up to that kind of thing. Are you really suggesting we slap Saladino in the lineup around #3 and Arcia around #6 just to split up the weak bats?

 

I also totally disagree with you that Thames should ever start vs. LHP, and if Aguilar can't go against lefties he has no business on the roster.

[adambr2]

If our OF situation is this dire, I would rather give Carlos Gomez a call than continue to see Tyler Saladino out there every day. Really.

[Beer Out West]

Shoot. Why not just put Gamel out there. IL Braun until he's better.

[PinaMadness]

I would say the bottom of the order looks pretty terrible but the fact is the entire lineup has been pretty terrible.

[PinaMadness]

Predictable pop up.

[PinaMadness]

Is it possible to post a scoreless inning counter on here?

[willie key]

Is it possible to post a scoreless inning counter on here?

 

 

The record is 48 innings by 1968 cubs. Let’s go for it!!!!

[Brewcrewin07]

Davies is so maddening to watch...not only is he a soft tosser, but he is constantly trying to hit the corners like he's Greg Maddux/Tom Glavine, and he's just not very good at it. Nibble, nibble nibble. That's why he rarely goes deep, his pitch counts are always so high.

[willie key]

How many outs to the pitcher have we had in the last week. God

[markedman5]

Our offense is more maddening to watch then Davies...

[PinaMadness]

Is it possible to post a scoreless inning counter on here?