2020-08-20: Brewers (Woodruff) at Twins (Berrios) [Brewers lose, 7-1]

[Eye Black]

What a great job by both Holt and Arcia on the relay and put out at home. Huge play to keep this a one run game for now.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Jose Berrios is a good pitcher. He's isn't THIS good, though.

 

Yeah the freakin Royals hit this guy around pretty good...twice.

 

I mean, the guy has 40 wins the last 3 years. He's a good pitcher. Never know when guys like him are gonna find it in a weird season like this. Unfortunately it looks like he's found it against the Brewers.

[brewers888]

Urias should be playing every night.

[brewers888]

Nothing embarrassing in struggling against Berrios. The issue is that its like this almost every night no matter who starts against the Brewers.

[Underachiever]

Is this team slow? It’s kind of a theme with me, but at some point, all the infield hits go beyond luck. Holt looked really bad running that ball down in the gap.

[PinaMadness]

What a great job by both Holt and Arcia on the relay and put out at home. Huge play to keep this a one run game for now.

But how about that tag by Pina?

[pacopete4]

Some awesome defense that last inning. Now let’s wake up the bats!

[Eye Black]

Some really nice defense that inning. I guess if you’re have trouble scoring it’s nice to at least keep potential runs off the board defensively.

[Eye Black]

What a great job by both Holt and Arcia on the relay and put out at home. Huge play to keep this a one run game for now.

But how about that tag by Pina?

Well of course, I just expect that level of exceptional ability from Piña.

[CheezWizHed]

Sogard breaks up two no-hitters during this series...

[pacopete4]

Sogard just beaks hope no-no’s.

[folly412]

35 mph exit velocity - NERD POWER!

[brewers888]

Well at least the no hitter is broken up.

[Eye Black]

This isn’t Brewers related, but thought this point regarding Jesse Winker of the Reds was apropos of the Brewers situation, and how quickly things can (hopefully) change when you’re so few ABs into the season:

 

Joel Luckhaupt: I still can't get over the fact that Jesse Winker had 2 hits in his first 25 AB this season and just 40 plate appearances later he leads MLB in OBP and SLG.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

You know ... I kinda like Eric Sogard, Brock Holt and Jedd Gyorko. I just wish that only one of them was on this team. In a utility infielder role. Having all 3 is simply redundant.

[jjfanec]

Pina'a bat sure has cooled off lately

[pacopete4]

You know ... I kinda like Eric Sogard, Brock Holt and Jedd Gyorko. I just wish that only one of them was on this team. In a utility infielder role. Having all 3 is simply redundant.

 

I’d settle for just 2 of them. Gyorko is nice to have the RH power-ish bat.

[pacopete4]

Pina'a bat sure has cooled off lately

 

It’s why this team desperately needs Narvaez to figure it out. Pina can be a black hole if he’s the main guy everyday.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Dead ball Brewers again. But every other aspect has beem good so far. Hopefully, the O shows up late.

[Eye Black]

Per Adam McCalvy:

 

The Brewers have collected their first hit of the game in the fifth inning or later in four of the first seven games of this long road trip.

 

Last Thurs. vs. Darvish: 7th (Smoak)

Fri. vs. Mills: 5th (Smoak)

Tues. vs. Maeda: 9th (Sogard)

Tonight vs. Berrios: 5th (Sogard)

[timpep]

This is probably all in my head and if I looked up the numbers I'd probably feel differently... But, it sure seems like we suck against right handers and once we bring in the pinch hitters we start to come alive.

[brewers888]

You know ... I kinda like Eric Sogard, Brock Holt and Jedd Gyorko. I just wish that only one of them was on this team. In a utility infielder role. Having all 3 is simply redundant.

 

Sogard and Holt are basically the same guy who remind Counsell of himself but Gyorko actually has some pop in his bat. I would keep Holt over Sogard but one of them has to go.

[brewers888]

Usually teams that strike out as much as the Brewers have the power to go along with it but we really lack in that department.

[jjfanec]

Pina'a bat sure has cooled off lately

 

It’s why this team desperately needs Narvaez to figure it out. Pina can be a black hole if he’s the main guy everyday.

 

Completely agree. I love Pina as a backup catcher. As the main guy he is just miss cast. He has way too many prolonged slumps.

[brewers888]

Are there any power hitting rentals on the market this year.