2014-06-25 Nationals (Strasburg) at Brewers (Estrada), 1:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 9-2]

[jjkoestler]

Brewers

CF Denard Span (L)

2B Kevin Frandsen ®

LF Ryan Zimmerman ®

1B Adam LaRoche (L)

3B Anthony Rendon ®

SS Ian Desmond ®

RF Nate McLouth (L)

C Sandy Leon (S)

P S. Strasburg ®

 

Nationals

2B Scooter Gennett (L)

SS Jean Segura ®

CF Carlos Gomez ®

1B Lyle Overbay (L)

3B Mark Reynolds ®

LF Khris Davis ®

RF Elian Herrera (S)

C M. Maldonado ®

P Marco Estrada ®

[yfinn6]

C'mon, Marco. Strikes with the lead..

[Bombers]

Glad to see Scooter's continued success. Keep it going Scooter

[JohnBriggs12]

Glad to see Scooter's continued success. Keep it going Scooter

 

I'm writing him in on my ballots.

[AZBrewCrew]

I know RRR likes the platoon but with the way Scooter is playing can we just keep him in against LHP too.

[JohnBriggs12]

Marco keeping them in the park....barely.

[JohnBriggs12]

Might need a couple of innings from Wang to get through this one with Estrada at 75 pitches through 4. So 6 or 7 more runs would help.

[folly412]

A nice 5 or 6 inning start to get to Kintzler. Hopefully Badger Mutual doesn't drop our policy, cause we need some serious Insurance Runs.

[AZBrewCrew]

KRUSH DAVIS!!!!

[JohnBriggs12]

There's one!

[JohnBriggs12]

Pretty good job by the JV team today so far.

[AZBrewCrew]

Is there no Robbie Uecker today? Ive only heard Block so far

[The stache]

Hmm, it's the Scooter and Krush show. You know, the two guys from our minor league system that was so devoid of talent.

[torts]

I would love to get a txt message from bob uecker

[Bombers]

I know RRR likes the platoon but with the way Scooter is playing can we just keep him in against LHP too.

I agree. Here is a fun stat per Joe Block - he now leads all 2nd basemen in SLG with .474 ... Not to shabby for a "singles" hitter who won't amount to much.

[AZBrewCrew]

Nevermind. Ueck is on.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Hmm, it's the Scooter and Krush show. You know, the two guys from our minor league system that was so devoid of talent.

 

 

Let's be fair. Neither were highly touted coming out of the amateur ranks. They both performed well in the minors, but showed enough warts to warrant that there were reasons they weren't highly touted. Davis is a corner outfielder with a terrible arm, and really only one plus tool (his power), and Scooter is a decent defender who's OBP is very highly batting average driven.

 

I like that both guys are successful, and contributing to our ML success. But hinting that they are proof that system isn't (or wasn't) devoid of talent is false equivalency.

[AZBrewCrew]

How close was Gomez's hit? Uecker was calling it out of the park initially

[chadomac]

Just got to the party... I am shocked we are somehow ahead (for now)

[yfinn6]

How close was Gomez's hit? Uecker was calling it out of the park initially

 

It hit about mid-way up the wall of that cut-out area in Left-Center.

[AZBrewCrew]

US Cellular call to the bullpen already. 7-2

[Abe525]

This is far from the doom and gloom I was expecting. It's been a fun one so far. (Though I am just casually watching, so not seeing Estrada pitch much)

[DuWayne Steurer]

Wow, the B squad just taking Strasburg to the woodshed.

 

Once again, I'm sure my perception is not the same as reality, but it just seems like the last year or so, every time RRR puts out these putrid "sunday lineups", he strikes gold more often than not and we strike it rich with 5 or 6 runs.

[JohnBriggs12]

Hmm, it's the Scooter and Krush show. You know, the two guys from our minor league system that was so devoid of talent.

 

 

Let's be fair. Neither were highly touted coming out of the amateur ranks. They both performed well in the minors, but showed enough warts to warrant that there were reasons they weren't highly touted. Davis is a corner outfielder with a terrible arm, and really only one plus tool (his power), and Scooter is a decent defender who's OBP is very highly batting average driven.

 

I like that both guys are successful, and contributing to our ML success. But hinting that they are proof that system isn't (or wasn't) devoid of talent is false equivalency.

 

Huh? That statement is proof that what qualifies as "talent" or deserving of "tout" is a bit too limited in it's scope. Gennett's BA driven OBP is a lot like Paul Molitor's was his rookie year when he walked all of 19 times, but I guess in this age, Molitor wouldn't be highly touted either.

[folly412]

Hill just up from AAA like Figaro, probably arrived this morning. Unlike Figaro, he didn't go two innings in AAA yesterday.