2021-06-09: Brewers (Anderson) at Reds (Gutiérrez) [Brewers lose, 7-3]

[DuWayne Steurer]

Uh...when your next best option is a Daniel Robertson/Jace Peterson platoon until Wong comes back and Urias can play 3B. Peterson as a strong side of a platoon is a lot worse than Shaw.

 

My guess is your Daniel Robertson/Jace Peterson platoon is about just as productive as Shaw has been.

 

While Shaw has been struggling he still has been coming through in the clutch to drive in runs. I don’t see the Robertson/Peterson platoon being as clutch. Shaw also has been solid on defense.

 

 

Shaw had 19 RBI in April, and has 9 RBI in May and June combined. He's at a -.04 WAR, and no amount of clutch is going to overcome that amount of bad hitting.

[wibadgers23]

A Peterson/Robertson platoon is as about as gross as it gets. Stearns needs to go out and get a legit 3B.

[brewmann04]

I think you might see Lauer and Anderson battle for that last spot.

[yourout]

This one is going to get ugly before it's over.

[adambr2]

Eric Leuer had people fooled into thinking he was good not that long ago.

[OldHeidelberg]

At least we won’t want to talk about run differential for a while again

[yfinn6]

What a combo: Anderson and Lauer. YUCK

[folly412]

2020 Lauer is back. I guess Godley has been pitching well for Nashville.

[BruisedCrew]

A preview of what it’s going to be like as the Brewers go to their 6 man rotation from now until the All Star break. Anderson and Lauer aren’t going to produce many wins for a team that doesn’t score much.

[roadcrew3]

Feel bad for Shaw as I never want to see a guy get injured, especially with something that seems pretty severe. Glass half full for him though is he might end up collecting a big league pay check a little longer now that he will be going to the IL. Not sure how much time left he had on the team with his current production

[Jopal78]

This is classic Brewers right? An all time great starting rotation and they’ll completely waste it because players like Peterson and Robertson are going to each get 400 at bats. With Cain down indefinitely JBJ is going to get 500+ at bats. What a joke for a collection of hitters.

[brewmann04]

I still think Shaw is better than a Robertson and Peterson platoon. But I have to think Urias will get the bulk of the 3rd base playing time. But without Shaw you also lose another option at First.

[brewmann04]

I think the brewers thought JBJ would be batting more than A buck fifty

[mtrebs]

My guess is your Daniel Robertson/Jace Peterson platoon is about just as productive as Shaw has been.

 

While Shaw has been struggling he still has been coming through in the clutch to drive in runs. I don’t see the Robertson/Peterson platoon being as clutch. Shaw also has been solid on defense.

 

 

Shaw had 19 RBI in April, and has 9 RBI in May and June combined. He's at a -.04 WAR, and no amount of clutch is going to overcome that amount of bad hitting.

 

I guess it just seemed like he was driving in more runs than that, or at least the runs he was driving in were important for wins in those games so they stood out. I still think you are going to get less out of that platoon somehow.

[PeaveyFury]

This is classic Brewers right? An all time great starting rotation and they’ll completely waste it because players like Peterson and Robertson are going to each get 400 at bats. With Cain down indefinitely JBJ is going to get 500+ at bats. What a joke for a collection of hitters.

 

Well, the pitchers DID give up seven runs tonight.....

[brewmann04]

Yep our weakest link of the 5 Starters

[Jopal78]

This is classic Brewers right? An all time great starting rotation and they’ll completely waste it because players like Peterson and Robertson are going to each get 400 at bats. With Cain down indefinitely JBJ is going to get 500+ at bats. What a joke for a collection of hitters.

 

Well, the pitchers DID give up seven runs tonight.....

 

Well, they can’t all be killers. Anderson is a finesse lefty starter; I assume he’s going to pitch well half the time and get hit the other half.

[TURBO]

Anderson wouldn't be such a killer if our bats could make up for his badness, but they can't, so every 5th day there is probably a 15% (random number, obviously) chance of winning that game.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I think the brewers thought JBJ would be batting more than A buck fifty

 

That's a good bet.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Anderson wouldn't be such a killer if our bats could make up for his badness, but they can't, so every 5th day there is probably a 15% (random number, obviously) chance of winning that game.

 

 

The Brewers are 6-3 in Anderson's starts.

[TURBO]

Anderson wouldn't be such a killer if our bats could make up for his badness, but they can't, so every 5th day there is probably a 15% (random number, obviously) chance of winning that game.

 

 

The Brewers are 6-3 in Anderson's starts.

 

ok, let's see where that number is a month from now, but correction noted.

[OldHeidelberg]

Not to pile on JBJ too much but in hindsight maybe that money should have just been spent on more pitching. I mean Corey Ray or Broxton could hit .150 and play good defense

[DuWayne Steurer]

Anderson wouldn't be such a killer if our bats could make up for his badness, but they can't, so every 5th day there is probably a 15% (random number, obviously) chance of winning that game.

 

 

The Brewers are 6-3 in Anderson's starts.

 

ok, let's see where that number is a month from now, but correction noted.

 

 

All things aside, if Anderson is our number 5, I think we're doing ok. SOMEONE has to be your de facto worst starter. If we can win half the games he starts (which is reasonable), I think we're doing ok.

 

We had a season where we went like 18-14 or something like that in Wayne Franklin's starts, despite the fact that he was brutal. Run support is random, and Anderson honestly isn't that bad. He's also not that good, but he's our #5 so it kinda is what it is.

[adambr2]

Not to pile on JBJ too much but in hindsight maybe that money should have just been spent on more pitching. I mean Corey Ray or Broxton could hit .150 and play good defense

 

No doubt. It was a bad signing, there's no sugarcoating it. Obviously they expected more but yeah, bad deal.

[adambr2]

Anderson is fine as a 5. A lot of the stuff he gave up tonight was just obnoxious infield contact that found a hole. We've been spoiled by our big 3. We need to score more runs.