2021-07-07, Game 1: Brewers (Burnes) at Mets (deGrom) [Brewers lose, 4-3 in 8 innings -- Hader blows save for 1st time this season]

[brewers888]

deGrom is hitting .387

[markedman5]

Lots of hard contact

[brewers888]

Would degrom be starting at first base when he isn't pitching if he was on the Brewers.

[JET15]

Somebody should tell Bill that Burnes slider lost that downward tilt about the same time the crackdown started……..he seems befuddled by it for some reason.

 

BAs are up 7 points since the crackdown

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31746724/major-league-baseball-batting-average-jumps-7-points-june-amid-crackdown-foreign-substances

 

Burnes xFIP before June 3 was 1.89

After June 3... it is 2.76

[brewers888]

We are really making degrom work.

[markedman5]

With this pitch count Degrom is easily going to be able to pitch 7 or 8 innings if needed.

[sixtolezcano16]

Over/Under 70. Number of pitches deGrome throws this game.

[brewers888]

Hopefully Burnes has settled in. No idea how we score again but crazier things have happened.

[Simba2020]

When Burnes's spin rates on his cutter were nearly 2900 (through his 5/25 start), opponents hit .154 (14-91) on that pitch. Since that time, his average spin rate on the cutter is 2678 and they've hit .305 (25-82).

[markedman5]

Don’t recall Burnes ever throwing this many curveballs. Good for him to adjust to try and find something that’s working……..I would imagine the Mets will start to look for it though.

[JET15]

Yelich likes to look at 1st pitch strikes

[JET15]

When Burnes's spin rates on his cutter were nearly 2900 (through his 5/25 start), opponents hit .154 (14-91) on that pitch. Since that time, his average spin rate on the cutter is 2678 and they've hit .305 (25-82).

 

Yikes. Thanks for digging into the stats on that

[pacopete4]

Urias has shown a surprising amount of power this year. He just turned 24 last month. Could he be this team's 3B of both the present and future?

 

Absolutely. And they should be going in that direction. Urias-Adames-Wong-Telles/Hiura and away we go.

[brewers888]

Peterson continues to shock and awe.

[yfinn6]

Babe Peterson

[markedman5]

Jaceeeee!

[JET15]

Ha, ha... Peterson HR is on my card

[Eye Black]

Among current Brewers, Jace Peterson had by far the most at bats against deGrom coming into today (21 AB), and now has 6 career hits against deGrom (including 2 doubles and a home run).

[ThisIsMyCrew]

Babe Peterson!!

[mtrebs]

Jace?!?

[SeaBass]

Jace!

[SomewhereInTime]

Jace Peterson, what a guy. Never overmatched, never out hustled

[Underachiever]

To honor good play by Jace, and the unwavering support he has gotten from this board, I will call that home run a "dumpster drive."

 

Edit: In the time it took me to type that sentence, Hiura struck out.

[pacopete4]

Maybe Jace Peterson is actually a good ball player? I mean he was a 1st round pick. Maybe things have just clicked? That’s what I’m going with anyways.

[markedman5]

If you’re only going to get 2 hits they might as well be homers