2019-07-12: Giants (Anderson) at Brewers (Anderson) [Brewers lose, 10-7 in 10 innings -- Bullpen woes continue to start the 2nd half]

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[pre]Giants Lineup Brewers Lineup

 

1. Brandon Belt (L) 1B 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF

2. Buster Posey ® C 2. Christian Yelich (L) RF

3. Evan Longoria ® 3B 3. Yasmani Grandal (S) C

4. Alex Dickerson (L) LF 4. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B

5. Kevin Pillar ® CF 5. Ryan Braun ® LF

6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS 6. Eric Thames (L) 1B

7. Austin Slater ® RF 7. Keston Hiura ® 2B

8. Joe Panik (L) 2B 8. Orlando Arcia ® SS

9. Shaun Anderson ® P 9. Chase Anderson ® P[/pre]

 

 

Chase Anderson: Batter (Giants) vs Pitching Stats

[pacopete4]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!

 

It’s been too long. I’m headed to the game tonight to get my fix.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

All-Star week is always the longest week of the baseball season. Glad it's over. Time for a big second-half run to start. I predict that the rest of July is going to be a really exciting time to be a Brewer fan. A few of the guys having down years offensively were showing signs of breaking out going into the break, and the starting pitching has been solid. Grab a couple solid pen arms, and this team is ready to play with anyone.

[BrewCrewBlueDevil]

I wonder what the batting order will look like? Please, no Grandal leading off.

 

Cain CF

Yelich RF

Moose 3B

Grandal C

Huira 2B

Braun LF

Thames 1B

Arcia SS

Pitcher

[Pugger]

Let's hope we see more of the Anderson we saw the last time he started...

[stoutdude04]

I wonder what the batting order will look like? Please, no Grandal leading off.

 

Cain CF

Yelich RF

Moose 3B

Grandal C

Huira 2B

Braun LF

Thames 1B

Arcia SS

Pitcher

 

Why not? Do you dislike men on in front of Yelich?

[Roderick]

I wonder what the batting order will look like? Please, no Grandal leading off.

 

Cain CF

Yelich RF

Moose 3B

Grandal C

Huira 2B

Braun LF

Thames 1B

Arcia SS

Pitcher

 

I have no problem with Grandal leading off. He actually gets on base.

 

I definitely would not hit Moose before Grandal in your lineup. Why stack two lefties together when you can R/L and Grandal is better obp?

[pacopete4]

Cain

Yelich

Braun

Moose

Grandal

Thames

Hiura

Arica

Pitcher

 

Get after it!

 

Flip Braun and Grandal.

[BruisedCrew]

I think this is a big series for the Brewers. By any objective measure that factors in the teams hey played, the Brewers have stunk things up for the last six weeks or so.

 

Hopefully they will come out of the break and pick up some series wins. They have four of the next five series at home and then the schedule gets a lot tougher.

[Jopal78]

It's worth noting the Brewers really caught some favorable pitching match ups for the first two series after the break.

 

FRI: Shaun Anderson, a rookie who has struggled in his first ten starts, only lasting more than 5 innings four out of the six starts.

 

SAT: Bumgarner: 4.60 ERA, 1.34 WHIP on the road this year, 1.72 HR/9

 

SUN: Tyler Beede: has gotten beat around to the tune of a 5.64 era with a 1.5:1 walk to strike out ratio.

 

MON:Max Fried is probably the best pitcher they'll face coming out of the break, but he can be had.

 

TUE: Bryse Wilson is making his 4th major league start and has given up 10 earned runs in 14 innings of work.

[KeithStone53151]

I'd like to see

 

Cain

Yelich

Moose

Aguilar/Thames(preferably Aguilar)

Grandal

Braun

Hiura

SS

P

[BruisedCrew]

It's worth noting the Brewers really caught some favorable pitching match ups for the first two series after the break.

 

FRI: Shaun Anderson, a rookie who has struggled in his first ten starts, only lasting more than 5 innings four out of the six starts.

 

SAT: Bumgarner: 4.60 ERA, 1.34 WHIP on the road this year, 1.72 HR/9

 

SUN: Tyler Beede: has gotten beat around to the tune of a 5.64 era with a 1.5:1 walk to strike out ratio.

 

MON:Max Fried is probably the best pitcher they'll face coming out of the break, but he can be had.

 

TUE: Bryse Wilson is making his 4th major league start and has given up 10 earned runs in 14 innings of work.

 

The opponents get some favorable matchups the next four games too.

 

No Woodruff and the Brewers have had trouble scoring against just about everyone.

[KeithStone53151]

The opponents get some favorable matchups the next four games too.

 

No Woodruff and the Brewers have had trouble scoring against just about everyone.

 

The sky is not falling, if you don't believe me you can go outside and check

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

The opponents get some favorable matchups the next four games too.

 

No Woodruff and the Brewers have had trouble scoring against just about everyone.

 

The sky is not falling, if you don't believe me you can go outside and check

 

"Let me tell you something, friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."

- Red, Shawshank Redemption

 

Probably better to ignore the pessimists than try to argue.

[KeithStone53151]

"Let me tell you something, friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."

- Red, Shawshank Redemption

 

Probably better to ignore the pessimists than try to argue.

 

Fair point, I just don't understand being so pessimistic(not just directed at any one poster or person). I'd so much rather hope for the best and have it not work out than constantly have a "welp we suck and nothing will ever work out" and then be pleasantly surprised when it does work out. What's the point in even being a fan of a team if you're constantly dunking on them and expecting the worst?

 

To each their own I guess, I personally prefer the positive approach.

[BruisedCrew]

It is possible to have hope while paying attention to what is happening.

 

And one thing that has been happening is the Brewers losing a lot of games started by mediocre opposing pitchers. Part of the reason for that is that the Brewers throw mediocre pitchers out there themselves more often than not.

 

When I think of favorable pitching matchups I think of one team having a clearly better starting pitcher than the opponent. I don’t see that in any of the next 4 games.

 

I don’t see how Anderson vs Anderson is a favorable matchup when their records are so similar.

 

Or how Bumgarner vs Davies is a favorable matchup in light of how Davies has pitched lately and how the Brewers typically do against lefties.

 

Or how Chacín vs anyone is a favorable matchup given how Chacín has pitched this season.

 

Lefty Fried vs Hauser, who has not done well as a starter, is not a favorable pitching matchup.

 

The Brewers should be able to win a home series against the last place Giants, but I thought that against the Marlins and Mariners too. It’s time for the Brewers to give some cause for optimism other than blind hope.

[BruisedCrew]

I wonder what the batting order will look like? Please, no Grandal leading off.

 

Cain CF

Yelich RF

Moose 3B

Grandal C

Huira 2B

Braun LF

Thames 1B

Arcia SS

Pitcher

 

Why not? Do you dislike men on in front of Yelich?

 

Grandal has not really been successful at getting on base in front of Yelich. As a leadoff hitter his OBP is .333 (16/48) but since 3 of his hits have been HRs they don’t give Yelich anyone to drive in. His effective OBP in terms of putting someone on base for Yelich is just 13/48, or .271. Even a slumping Cain gets on base in front of Yelich as often than that. Since June 1 Cain’s OBP has been .310 with just one HR.

 

I’d rather have Grandal batting behind Yelich where he might be able to drive Yelich in and leave Cain (who rarely homers) in front of Yelich.

[willie key]

The opponents get some favorable matchups the next four games too.

 

No Woodruff and the Brewers have had trouble scoring against just about everyone.

 

The sky is not falling, if you don't believe me you can go outside and check

 

 

The sky doesn’t fall when they brewers go 72-90 either. I know because it’s happened before

 

in essence the brewers being bad or good has nothing to do if the world implodes. So we can throw that out as a relevant harbringer of future brewers performance

 

We will just have to keep going by actual play

[PinaMadness]

A quick 6 pitch first inning. I'm impressed.

 

Soak it in, boys. You won't see it again until next season.

[Zad Fnark]

6 pitches. Good start.

[PinaMadness]

That was a sweet catch by Braun.

[PinaMadness]

Anderson on pace for 72 pitches. Ideal for a perfect game.

[adambr2]

 

Grandal has not really been successful at getting on base in front of Yelich. As a leadoff hitter his OBP is .333 (16/48) but since 3 of his hits have been HRs they don’t give Yelich anyone to drive in. His effective OBP in terms of putting someone on base for Yelich is just 13/48, or .271. Even a slumping Cain gets on base in front of Yelich as often than that. Since June 1 Cain’s OBP has been .310 with just one HR.

 

I’d rather have Grandal batting behind Yelich where he might be able to drive Yelich in and leave Cain (who rarely homers) in front of Yelich.

 

Wait, so you're not only not going to credit the HRs that Grandal hits to his OBP, you're actually going to penalize him for it? Yelich's OBP would drop to .227 if you do that with his HRs. That's how little sense that makes to do that.

 

Cain has 4 HRs leading off this year, shouldn't you do the same with his OBP then?

[PinaMadness]

Not that I expected it, but I can see the break hasn't improved the umpires ability of calling of the strike zone.

[yourout]

Today we have the super macho el Grande strike zone