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2020-09-21: Brewers (Woodruff) at Reds (Castillo) [Brewers lose, 6-3]

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Just a classic example of how awful the MLB product is right now.

 

Classic contact situation--2nd and 3rd, 1 out--and there's only a handful of hitters in all of MLB who could be counted on to get the run in there.

 

If only these scrubs would learn to hit 98 with 90 mph sliders.

 

Well, it is their job, so...

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Someone want to tell Lepay that Woodruff is NOT one of the hardest throwers in the majors.

I doubt he is in the top 15.

I'm having trouble finding stats, but I recall seeing stats shown on TV broadcasts that among starting pitchers he's in the top five.

He has run his fastball up over 99 mph on occasion in just about every start he’s had this year, that’s got to be near the top of the leaderboard for starters.

 

Maybe for Starters but there are quite a few bullpen guys that throw as hard or harder.

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Someone want to tell Lepay that Woodruff is NOT one of the hardest throwers in the majors.

I doubt he is in the top 15.

I'm having trouble finding stats, but I recall seeing stats shown on TV broadcasts that among starting pitchers he's in the top five.

Maybe for Starters but there are quite a few bullpen guys that throw as hard or harder.

It's hard to compare starters to relievers. A lot of guys add a few ticks to their fastball when they only have to pitch one inning.

 

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No kidding , can't imagine trying to hit that heat. But still, professional hitting is just lacking . Not just our team but everybody. Whatever happened to choking up and protect the plate , moving guys over. It's either strikeout or homerun lately.

With almost every pitcher hitting 95-99 , you would think these guys would try different ways of making contact other than swinging for the fences.

 

It doesn't really seem to help. The pitches have so much movement that you will still swing and miss a ton..and when you do make contact the defense is more likely to make a play. The exit velocity vs. hit probability relationship is so strong that under most situations you have to hit the ball hard. And when you do hit the ball hard, it jacks up your OPS which is the only number anyone is really looking at.

 

It's interesting to watch Vogelbach hit because he has a very compact swing and is pretty good at making contact. But even he ended up on the scrap heap after a relatively short period of struggling.

 

Maybe in the long run we'll see more contact hitters work their way up through the minors, but I suspect MLB will make hitter-friendly rule changes before that happens.

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Tonight was the game the Brewers had to have if they wanted to take 2 out of 3 in this series. The pitching matchups the next two nights are pretty unfavorable. At least Gray might be limited coming off the injury.
Note: If I raise something as a POSSIBILITY that does not mean that I EXPECT it to happen.
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No kidding , can't imagine trying to hit that heat. But still, professional hitting is just lacking . Not just our team but everybody. Whatever happened to choking up and protect the plate , moving guys over. It's either strikeout or homerun lately.

With almost every pitcher hitting 95-99 , you would think these guys would try different ways of making contact other than swinging for the fences.

 

It doesn't really seem to help. The pitches have so much movement that you will still swing and miss a ton..and when you do make contact the defense is more likely to make a play. The exit velocity vs. hit probability relationship is so strong that under most situations you have to hit the ball hard. And when you do hit the ball hard, it jacks up your OPS which is the only number anyone is really looking at.

 

It's interesting to watch Vogelbach hit because he has a very compact swing and is pretty good at making contact. But even he ended up on the scrap heap after a relatively short period of struggling.

 

Maybe in the long run we'll see more contact hitters work their way up through the minors, but I suspect MLB will make hitter-friendly rule changes before that happens.

 

I wish they would move the rubber back a foot.

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Just a classic example of how awful the MLB product is right now.

 

Classic contact situation--2nd and 3rd, 1 out--and there's only a handful of hitters in all of MLB who could be counted on to get the run in there.

 

If only these scrubs would learn to hit 98 with 90 mph sliders.

 

Well, it is their job, so...

 

I mean, it's the pitcher's job to get them out too. There's a reason strikeouts have been up every year since 2005 and records have been set every year since 2006. The harder they throw, the less time hitters have to react. When you have to make a decision on whether to swing a split second quicker, you're a lot more likely to swing at pitches that aren't strikes or just miss pitches that are just because of the pure stuff of pitchers now.

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