2019-08-06: Brewers (Anderson) at Pirates (Brault) [Brewers win, 4-3 -- Anderson with another solid outing; Faria pitches two scoreless in Brewers debut; Albers notches the save]

[Oxy]

Brault almost gave Grandal 3rd base there. slowly made his way toward the plate rather than back up his catcher who ran 15 up the line to dive for the throw home

[LouisEly]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

[timpep]

I predict a sac fly from our new sac fly master.

[Oxy]

Sounds like CC had a good response ready for sitting Yelich:

 

"Maybe he went 4-4 with 2 dingers cuz he knew he had the day off the next day?"

[Bulldogboy]

2 runs is more than I figured with this lineup. Tack on a couple more because we know our pen is cheeks.

[Brewcrewin07]

2 runs is more than I figured with this lineup. Tack on a couple more because we know our pen is cheeks.

 

What pen?? The way Chase is dealing he could finish this thing...or go 8 at least.

[PinaMadness]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

[Bulldogboy]

2 runs is more than I figured with this lineup. Tack on a couple more because we know our pen is cheeks.

 

What pen?? The way Chase is dealing he could finish this thing...or go 8 at least.

I would go that route for sure.

[homer]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

 

wut

[MDCrew]

I sure hope he lets Chase throw 90+ pitches he is doing well and our pen has struggled so much lately.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

 

wut

 

One might think that, judging by his user name, he might hold a little irrational thought when it comes to Manny.

[sveumrules]

Grandal ranks 2nd or 3rd in all available framing metrics.

 

Yasmani's wRC+ is 35 points higher than Pina's, that is more than slightly better.

[jjfanec]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

 

127 points in OPS is not slightly better. That is almost like saying Braun's offense is only slightly better than Arcia (139 point difference)

[adambr2]

How is that a hit? The ball was hit directly to Moose, he booted it, and the runner reached.

 

Not every ball in play is going to be completely routine. I don't know when they started scoring every single not completely routine play as a hit.

[Bulldogboy]

Brault can hit.

[adambr2]

Whew.

[Bulldogboy]

Nice work

[folly412]

I sure hope he lets Chase throw 90+ pitches he is doing well and our pen has struggled so much lately.

 

If any night makes sense to not give Chase the usual quick hook it's tonight.

[PinaMadness]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

 

127 points in OPS is not slightly better. That is almost like saying Braun's offense is only slightly better than Arcia (139 point difference)

Give Pina regular playing time and it's much closer.

[adambr2]

While I'm not as high on Pina as PinaMadness, I'm fine with going with a Pina/Freitas/Nottingham type trio next year and using the Grandal money to upgrade elsewhere.

[clancyphile]

The good news: Trent Grisham gets a run in from third with less than two outs.

 

The bad news: It was via a GIDP.

 

The ugly: He doesn't get an RBI. What a ripoff.

[jjfanec]

Give Pina regular playing time and it's much closer.

 

He got regular playing time last year and he was worse than he has been this year.

[Bulldogboy]

Cubs down 6-0

[Brewcrewin07]

For as bad as Pina started the year, he's now a 0.5 bWAR/0.8 fWAR player. Considering WAR is a counting stat and he's a backup, that's pretty good.

 

Backup catching, league wide, is pretty bad. We have one of the better ones.

We have the best one, and he should be starting. Another mistake DS made is giving ten times Pina's contract to Grandal for far worse defense and only and slightly better offense.

 

127 points in OPS is not slightly better. That is almost like saying Braun's offense is only slightly better than Arcia (139 point difference)

Give Pina regular playing time and it's much closer.

 

Nothing could be further from the truth...we've seen Manny "hit" as a full time Catcher, if you want to call it that. he can't carry Grandal's jock offensively. That's just silly to even think that.

[clancyphile]

While I'm not as high on Pina as PinaMadness, I'm fine with going with a Pina/Freitas/Nottingham type trio next year and using the Grandal money to upgrade elsewhere.

 

I'd try to keep Grandal here - get an extension. There's no better options in the minor league system other than David Fry, who is at full-season A.