Chase Anderson

[Jopal78]

Anderson sure has gone from a guy who was left off the playoff rosters, bumped from the rotation to a guy whonlilely has punched his ticket to the rotation next year by being uber consistent in 2019.

[DHonks]

One thing to remember is that Chase has had 3 good years in Milwaukee now, including 2018. He was left off the playoff roster and didn't play a big role in Sept due to his propensity to allow homers and the Brewers' MUST WIN mentality.

[long ball]

Chase is solid. It's just hard to have a rotation of 4 guys who can only get 15 outs when the bullpen isn't as good or as deep as 2018.

 

Woodruff, Anderson, and Davies are all probably in the rotation for 2020 if we are forecasting today. Who knows about the rest.

[jjfanec]

Chase is solid. It's just hard to have a rotation of 4 guys who can only get 15 outs when the bullpen isn't as good or as deep as 2018.

 

Woodruff, Anderson, and Davies are all probably in the rotation for 2020 if we are forecasting today. Who knows about the rest.

 

I would be shocked if the Brewers didn't try to bring Gio back too. If Knebel can come back and they can add a couple bullpen arms this rotation could be fine. Part of the reason last year's rotation was better is because they only had to go 5 every time.

 

Also does Hook get any credit for Anderson and Davies' rebounds or Woodruff's jump or even Gio's success. Right now DJ is getting all the credit for Castillo and Gray. Castillo is similar to Woodruff - guys who are young and you could see making a jump and Anderson is similar to Gray.

[JimH5]

Curt Hogg pointed out on twitter last night that Anderson now has a better ERA+ as a Brewer (116) than Ben Sheets (115).

 

That's not to set off the Sheets fanboys (maybe), but to show how good Anderson has been.

[MrTPlush]

Also does Hook get any credit for Anderson and Davies' rebounds or Woodruff's jump or even Gio's success.

 

Chase Anderson isn't much different from last year. He just has a more realistic HR rate for himself. I am not really shocked he made it to the rotation this year and did well. I predicted before the season he would be one of our Top 5 guys...unfortunately he has arguably been the best. Which, no offense Anderson, is kind of sad.

 

Davies was injured last year, is in a complete free fall, and his supporting stats outside of ERA are all pretty much worse.

 

Gio Gonzalez was good for us last year too...and it has been a mere 9 starts.

[JohnBriggs12]

I hate how Brian and Bill keep bringing up Chase's issues with the 3rd time through the order when it was terrible defense by Moustakas that led to the just the 2nd run charged to him, not his pitching. How many times has Anderson or any other Brewer starter been staked to an early 4 or 5 run lead that would allow them the leeway to allow a run or two after the 5th inning?

[tmwiese55]

Also does Hook get any credit for Anderson and Davies' rebounds or Woodruff's jump or even Gio's success.

 

Chase Anderson isn't much different from last year. He just has a more realistic HR rate for himself. I am not really shocked he made it to the rotation this year and did well. I predicted before the season he would be one of our Top 5 guys...unfortunately he has arguably been the best. Which, no offense Anderson, is kind of sad.

 

Davies was injured last year, is in a complete free fall, and his supporting stats outside of ERA are all pretty much worse.

 

Gio Gonzalez was good for us last year too...and it has been a mere 9 starts.

 

Also, couldn't one easily argue that DJ is the one responsible for making Anderson good in the first place.

[sveumrules]

Curt Hogg pointed out on twitter last night that Anderson now has a better ERA+ as a Brewer (116) than Ben Sheets (115).

 

That's not to set off the Sheets fanboys (maybe), but to show how good Anderson has been.

 

That is a really interesting stat. I think most would agree with FIP which has Benny 19% better than league average as a Brewer compared to 8% worse than league average for Chase. At the same time...

 

From 2016 through now there have been 103 pitchers who have thrown at least 400 innings, chase is 46th with 550 IP.

 

Over that time Chase's FIP- of 108 ranks 85th (in the same neighborhood as Clayton Richard, Anibal Sanchez, Dylan Bundy), while his ERA- of 87 ranks 27th (in the same neighborhood as Patrick Corbin, James Paxton, Jake Arrieta).

 

His ERA of 3.71 has outpaced his FIP of 4.60 by 0.89 runs, the largest margin in the sample (Ervin Santana -0.77 & Kyle Hendricks -0.71 are next closest). For whatever reasons certain pitchers are able to consistently outperform their peripherals & I think the sample is large enough that Chase has shown he is one of those guys.

 

Most of this appears to be the result of him allowing a .297 wOBA with runners on base (in the same neighborhood as Gerritt Cole, MadBum, Carlos Carrasco) compared to a .325 wOBA with the bases empty (in the same neighborhood as Jason Vargas, Trevor Cahill, Dan Straily).

 

Add it all up & by FIP based WAR Chase is 81st in MLB since becoming a Brewer (about where I think most would expect, still a solid #3), but by runs allowed based WAR he comes in 31st (a healthy #2).

[long ball]

I hate how Brian and Bill keep bringing up Chase's issues with the 3rd time through the order when it was terrible defense by Moustakas that led to the just the 2nd run charged to him, not his pitching. How many times has Anderson or any other Brewer starter been staked to an early 4 or 5 run lead that would allow them the leeway to allow a run or two after the 5th inning?

 

I mean he did struggle in that inning. It was made worse by the play Moustakas failed to make that was scored a double, but Fraizer hit a towering smash down the RF line that hooked just foul before he grounded out, Reynolds homered to straightaway center, and Marte smoked a single at 101.7 MPH.

 

I agree that the Brewers rarely jump out to big leads and when they do it feels like the pitching staff really "plays to the score".

[Roderick]

Chase is solid. It's just hard to have a rotation of 4 guys who can only get 15 outs when the bullpen isn't as good or as deep as 2018.

 

Woodruff, Anderson, and Davies are all probably in the rotation for 2020 if we are forecasting today. Who knows about the rest.

 

How many chances has CC given Anderson to get more than 15 outs? Last year it was wise to pull a starter after five. This year if the starter is going well, I would rather him go through the third time in the lineup, versus an extra inning from the bullpen roulette we have.

[long ball]

Chase is solid. It's just hard to have a rotation of 4 guys who can only get 15 outs when the bullpen isn't as good or as deep as 2018.

 

Woodruff, Anderson, and Davies are all probably in the rotation for 2020 if we are forecasting today. Who knows about the rest.

 

How many chances has CC given Anderson to get more than 15 outs? Last year it was wise to pull a starter after five. This year if the starter is going well, I would rather him go through the third time in the lineup, versus an extra inning from the bullpen roulette we have.

 

Anderson has made 18 starts this season. He's face more than 18 batters 13 times. I know it's only 53 batters, but numbers confirm that he's significantly worse the 3rd time through.

[torts]

Also does Hook get any credit for Anderson and Davies' rebounds or Woodruff's jump or even Gio's success.

 

Chase Anderson isn't much different from last year. He just has a more realistic HR rate for himself. I am not really shocked he made it to the rotation this year and did well. I predicted before the season he would be one of our Top 5 guys...unfortunately he has arguably been the best. Which, no offense Anderson, is kind of sad.

 

Davies was injured last year, is in a complete free fall, and his supporting stats outside of ERA are all pretty much worse.

 

Gio Gonzalez was good for us last year too...and it has been a mere 9 starts.

 

I think Brandon Woodruff would disagree about Chase being the best for the team this year, as he has almost a 1 run higher WAR than Chase, on top of pretty much every other stat/metric

[MrTPlush]

Also does Hook get any credit for Anderson and Davies' rebounds or Woodruff's jump or even Gio's success.

 

Chase Anderson isn't much different from last year. He just has a more realistic HR rate for himself. I am not really shocked he made it to the rotation this year and did well. I predicted before the season he would be one of our Top 5 guys...unfortunately he has arguably been the best. Which, no offense Anderson, is kind of sad.

 

Davies was injured last year, is in a complete free fall, and his supporting stats outside of ERA are all pretty much worse.

 

Gio Gonzalez was good for us last year too...and it has been a mere 9 starts.

 

I think Brandon Woodruff would disagree about Chase being the best for the team this year, as he has almost a 1 run higher WAR than Chase, on top of pretty much every other stat/metric

 

Chase Anderson has arguably been more consistent and has been more healthy. Of course Counsell constantly pulling him early probably helps Anderson a lot. I didn't say he was...just that there are multiple ways he has arguably has been....which no matter how good Anderson has been is pretty sad on Stearn's part.

[Roderick]

Chase is solid. It's just hard to have a rotation of 4 guys who can only get 15 outs when the bullpen isn't as good or as deep as 2018.

 

Woodruff, Anderson, and Davies are all probably in the rotation for 2020 if we are forecasting today. Who knows about the rest.

 

How many chances has CC given Anderson to get more than 15 outs? Last year it was wise to pull a starter after five. This year if the starter is going well, I would rather him go through the third time in the lineup, versus an extra inning from the bullpen roulette we have.

 

Anderson has made 18 starts this season. He's face more than 18 batters 13 times. I know it's only 53 batters, but numbers confirm that he's significantly worse the 3rd time through.

 

That 6.55 ERA reminds me of our bullpen though.

[RollieTime]

Anderson has always been that steady guy. He will give up a homerun seemingly in every start, but they don’t usually score much more beyond that. He’s a solid mid rotation option that will keep you in the game most of the time.