2021-08-25: Reds (Castillo) at Brewers (Woodruff) [Brewers win, 4-1 -- Avi Garcia shines both at the plate and in the field]

[markedman5]

Way to go Woody!

[LouisEly]

Huge inning by Woody. Guts.

[jason21nl]

Hell of a job Woody!

[adambr2]

Reports of Woodruff's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

High effort start by Woodruff, pitching out of some trouble early and late.

 

Score a couple runs here and turn it over to the bullpen.

[wildcat83]

Wild bottom of the 9th in the Giants-Mets game. Belt drops a pop foul, the LF and CF collide and drop and easy fly. Mets have runners on 1st and 2nd with one out; Lindor pops up the first pitch and get roundly booed. Nimmo works a 8-9 pitch walk. Now Alonso up with the bases loaded against the LHP McGee.

 

Lindor paid $43.3 million this year to hit .224.

[Eye Black]

Would’ve liked to see them make Castillo at least throw a few more pitches that inning. He’s now setup to possibly last two more innings.

[markedman5]

It just doesn’t feel like 1 run is going to be enough……Hope I’m wrong

[BruisedCrew]

Another easy inning for Castillo. He could be going 8 tonight.

[markedman5]

Box continues to impress

[jjfanec]

Boxberger has been so big for us this year.

[Eye Black]

Box continues to impress

Yeah, he has been so incredibly reliable this season.

[LouisEly]

Wild bottom of the 9th in the Giants-Mets game. Belt drops a pop foul, the LF and CF collide and drop and easy fly. Mets have runners on 1st and 2nd with one out; Lindor pops up the first pitch and get roundly booed. Nimmo works a 8-9 pitch walk. Now Alonso up with the bases loaded against the LHP McGee.

 

Lindor paid $43.3 million this year to hit .224.

Baez right there with him at .190/.261/.381

 

Makes JBJ look like a steal.

[BruisedCrew]

I blinked and Boxberger was in and out of the inning.

 

Something pretty dramatic is going to have to happen to stretch this one to 4 hours.

[wildcat83]

Box continues to impress

Yeah, he has been so incredibly reliable this season.

 

He didn’t make the team out of camp even did he? I thought he was sent down in the first week for a bit. Maybe I’m thinking of someone else, but either way he’s been a very pleasant surprise.

[BruisedCrew]

It’ll be a miracle if Garcia can make it through the season without a broken bone in his hand or arm.

[BigDaddy1974]

Come on Rowdy. He’s been scuffling.

[adambr2]

I think the Tellez honeymoon is over. We still need a long-term solution at 1st IMO.

[yourout]

Castillo is the one guy that could give the dodgers a problem in a one game wild card.

[wallus]

I think the Tellez honeymoon is over. We still need a long-term solution at 1st IMO.

 

Had an .879 OPS going into this game which is still pretty decent. I have been satisfied with his defense over there too.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Long at bat from Urias pays off.

[wildcat2237]

Huge AB by Urias.

[LouisEly]

I think the Tellez honeymoon is over. We still need a long-term solution at 1st IMO.

I don't think anyone expected him to maintain that 1.000+ OPS or thought that was even remotely realistic.

 

But he still has an OPS of .850 since joining the team, and given his age I don't think it's unrealistic to expect a .800 OPS from him. They've faced some tough pitching lately, and like most players he will feast on bad pitching and not do as well against good pitching.

[wildcat2237]

Add me to the list of people not thrilled with the idea of Tellez/Vogelbach as the long term 1B solution.

[folly412]

On Base Jace!