2011-05-25 Nationals (Marquis) at Brewers (Greinke) - [Brewers win, 6-4]

[jjgott]

Loving this first inning offense. I hope they can remember how to do that when the go on the road!

[rluzinski]

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Weeks	.259	.356	.440	.796
Hart	.273	.329	.483	.812
Braun	.296	.360	.535	.895
Fielder	.274	.394	.528	.922

Have the Brewers ever had a better 1 through 4 in the lineup?

[Dragonbait]

Uke got me really excited for that.... off the wall double... LOVE IT THOUGH!

[PrinceEatMeat]

There we go Prince! Taking the early lead!

[PrinceEatMeat]

ROS ZIPS Projections:

		BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Weeks	.259	.356	.440	.796
	Hart	.273	.329	.483	.812
	Braun	.296	.360	.535	.895
	Fielder	.274	.394	.528	.922

Have the Brewers ever had a better 1 through 4 in the lineup?

I don't think they have. That's about as good as it gets right there.

[rluzinski]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

[theavrock]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

But he is .375 lifetime hitter against Marquis. Gotta play the vet to keep him sharp.

[Raw Biz]

Greinke looks like he's getting squeezed on Gameday.

[StearnsFTW]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

And he's hitting 6th. I almost miss Macha.

[COBrewerfan]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

So is Carl Crawford. What's the point? Plush is out, Gomez is struggling. He is doing just fine for a fill in if you ask me.

 

[rluzinski]

So is Carl Crawford. What's the point?

 

Crawford has done well within the last half decade?

 

He is doing just fine for a fill in if you ask me.

 

If he was a backup catcher or SS, perhaps.

[theavrock]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

So is Carl Crawford. What's the point? Plush is out, Gomez is struggling. He is doing just fine for a fill in if you ask me.

He is not good. That's the point. He shouldn't be playing as much as he is. Gomez and Kotsay are about the same offensively with Gomez being far far superior defensively. If you want to it Gomez thats fine, I get it. But Boggs should be playing in those cases. Having an aging vet who doesn't play good D at one of the premier defensive positions is a bad idea.

Its not that RRR doesnt have options. Gomez and Boggs are both better options.

[Dragonbait]

Crawford did just hit a homerun so thats gonna push up his SLG

[PrinceEatMeat]

Yeah, Kotsay and Gomez both suck, but Plush is back Friday so it's ok. I can get over it.

[TheEndless7]

So is Counsell.

[rluzinski]

Kotsay's OBP now is below .340. His SLG is below .300.

 

That is all.

So is Carl Crawford. What's the point? Plush is out, Gomez is struggling. He is doing just fine for a fill in if you ask me.

He is not good. That's the point. He shouldn't be playing as much as he is. Gomez and Kotsay are about the same offensively with Gomez being far far superior defensively. If you want to it Gomez thats fine, I get it. But Boggs should be playing in those cases. Having an aging vet who doesn't play good D at one of the premier defensive positions is a bad idea.

Its not that RRR doesnt have options. Gomez and Boggs are both better options.

Without looking, I am guessing that Kotsay's bat again a righty projects to be better than Gomez.. I also am guessing that Gomez's defense more than makes up for that.

Boggs should be starting, IMO.

 

[theavrock]

Agreed. I was speaking more in generalities.

[Dragonbait]

Wow... Boston putting a whooping on CLE.... 13-0 in the 6th... (7 in the first)

 

 

K for ZacKKKKK.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Three solid innings for Zack Jack. Would really love to see 6-7 clean innings from him today. 5Ks through 3 innings! He's really mowing em down

[logan82]

Without looking, I am guessing that Kotsay's bat again a righty projects to be better than Gomez.. I also am guessing that Gomez's defense more than makes up for that.

 

I think Gomez has pretty neutral splits against RHP and LHP. I doubt that will continue but there it is.

[Oxy]

Love Weeks getting to third there. I assume it was pretty heads up to tag up on a line drive (from Provus' call) rather than play half way.

[rluzinski]

Yeah, Kotsay and Gomez both suck, but Plush is back Friday so it's ok. I can get over it.

I'm already over the Gomez batting 2nd fiasco. If Morgan gets 95% of the starts against righties, I will be over Kotsay as well.

[jjgott]

Love Weeks getting to third there. I assume it was pretty heads up to tag up on a line drive (from Provus' call) rather than play half way.

Yeah it was definitely hit hard, but Bernadina is pretty darn fast and was on it right away. Good call to tag up.

[Dragonbait]

Whooooot whoot... Nice agressive baserunning turingin into another RBI for PRince.

[TauPentaRei]

Greinke would make a great old school closer... going 2+ or 3 innings 3 times a week.

 

 

7 innings every 5th day as a starter = between 8 and 9 innings per week when normalized on a weekly cadence

 

versus

 

9 innings a week in shutdown relief