2018-04-03: Cardinals (Flaherty) at Brewers (Anderson) 6:40 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4]

[Eye Black]

 

[pre]Cardinals Lineup Brewers Lineup

 

1. Dexter Fowler (S) RF 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF

2. Tommy Pham ® CF 2. Christian Yelich (L) RF

3. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B 3. Ryan Braun ® LF

4. Marcell Ozuna ® LF 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B

5. Jose Martinez ® 1B 5. Eric Thames (L) 1B

6. Yadier Molina ® C 6. Manny Pina ® C

7. Paul DeJong ® SS 7. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B

8. Kolten Wong (L) 2B 8. Orlando Arcia ® SS

9. Jack Flaherty ® P 9. Chase Anderson ® P[/pre]

[OldSchoolSnapper]

All the SP has looked about how I thought so far. Didn't expect much from Davies in the early going, but Chacin and Suter are about what I thought they'd be as starters. I think Chacin can settle in a little bit better but my main thought on the rotation is what it was before the season:

 

The Brewers need Chase Anderson to be the Chase Anderson he was last season at least until Jimmy Nelson comes back. There's a lot on his shoulders right now.

[TJH123]

Didn’t realize the Badgers football team threw out the first pitch yesterday, now I know why we lost

[MrTPlush]

Is there any Brewer starter in history with consecutive sub 3.00 ERA seasons. Higuera and Sheets both never did it...

[TURBO]

Didn’t realize the Badgers football team threw out the first pitch yesterday, now I know why we lost

 

Please explain...

[FVBrewerFan]

Excited to watch my first game this season, I haven't been able to watch a single inning yet.

[3and2Fastball]

Looking forward to watching this game... Hoping Domingo is starting in RF

[AKCheesehead]

Is there any Brewer starter in history with consecutive sub 3.00 ERA seasons. Higuera and Sheets both never did it...

 

No. Bill Wegman came pretty close though.

[topper09er]

Is there any Brewer starter in history with consecutive sub 3.00 ERA seasons. Higuera and Sheets both never did it...

 

No. Bill Wegman came pretty close though.

 

Higuera is the only Brewer SP ever to post 2 seasons with an ERA under 3.

 

Caldwell was kind of close, 2.36 in '78, 3.29 in '79.

 

Sheets was also close, but not consecutive, with 2.70 in 2004 and 3.09 in 2008.

 

Wegman posted a 2.84 mark in 1991, followed by 3.20 in 1992

[wildcat83]

Curious who sits today. Cain off to such a hot start that it would be tough not to put him in, but it kind of makes sense for it to be his "turn" for a rest day.

[TJseven7]

Braun can sit again. Save 1 huge hit he's been real cold. (yes also unlucky)

[TURBO]

Braun can sit again. Save 1 huge hit he's been real cold. (yes also unlucky)

Great idea, sit Braun every day, hell, let's just cut him and be done with it.

[wildcat83]

Santana sitting.

 

Cain

Yellich

Braun

Shaw

Thames

Pina

Villar

Arcia

Anderson

[wildcat83]

Found this site that I've been using to see lineups. I like it because I can see every teams lineup in one condensed spot. I like scrolling through.

 

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

[pacopete4]

Found this site that I've been using to see lineups. I like it because I can see every teams lineup in one condensed spot. I like scrolling through.

 

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

I use Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) on twitter too. They are nice to scroll through on there.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Looking forward to watching this game... Hoping Domingo is starting in RF

 

Nope, bench again. As much as they said there would be at-bats for everyone, I don't think that is going to be the case. Someone is going to get the shaft.

[adambr2]

Curious who sits today. Cain off to such a hot start that it would be tough not to put him in, but it kind of makes sense for it to be his "turn" for a rest day.

 

Cain is basically an every day guy. He's not really in the rotation of rest guys. Of course he'll get rest days occasionally but for the most part he's a guy who when available will always play.

[adambr2]

Braun can sit again. Save 1 huge hit he's been real cold. (yes also unlucky)

Great idea, sit Braun every day, hell, let's just cut him and be done with it.

 

This is kind of an overreactive response, isn't it? I don't think he was suggesting Braun be cut or never play. The reality is that based on our roster structure, both Santana and Braun are going to sit a lot more than we would like to see against RHP. I don't think Santana being his preferred choice right now is a super unreasonable thing.

[wildcat83]

Probably only making this connection because they're both on my fantasy team, but Happ seems to be in the same boat with the Cubs. Already his 3rd time not in the lineup, and he can play multiple spots.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Braun can sit again. Save 1 huge hit he's been real cold. (yes also unlucky)

Great idea, sit Braun every day, hell, let's just cut him and be done with it.

 

This is kind of an overreactive response, isn't it? I don't think he was suggesting Braun be cut or never play. The reality is that based on our roster structure, both Santana and Braun are going to sit a lot more than we would like to see against RHP. I don't think Santana being his preferred choice right now is a super unreasonable thing.

 

We can keep on trying to fool ourselves into thinking this roster construction makes sense, but it does not. Sure, it may in the future if someone gets hurt, but right now it doesn't. It makes me wonder which team backed out of a proposed Santana trade. Because that's the only way I can make sense of it. Stearns was stood up by someone.

[Greenleaf1]

I know people on this board aren't always the biggest fan of Haudricourt but I have to agree with him that Cain/Yelich weren't acquired to sit on the bench. Have to believe that unless there's a real reason that they need to be sitting (slump, nagging injuries) that they will be playing every day.

 

I think Braun is going to get playing time when healthy and then Thames/Santana are going to have to play less than they normally would (unless there's a major injury/slump). Thames has hit the ball very hard in both games he's played, so while Santana has played decently too, I think they're going with Thames today and see if his bat stays hot. Sucks for Santana in the short term but my guess is this will all balance out over the course of a long season.

[pacopete4]

The current roster construction doesn’t work because we have a good player on the bench and not Kirk Niewenhuis. Got it.

[MKEguy]

Outside of an injury, I don’t see this balancing out. I don’t like it.

 

Blow me up for this dumb idea... Would it better to drop Shomingo down to the Sky Sox to get him more at bats? Is his decreased playing time going to negatively affect him, or others?

 

I don’t like that idea, as it forces Braun to play more consistently, I like his days off to keep him fresh. It hurts our bench.

 

Will a drop to AAA help the progression of Shomingo and possibly help his trade value, as he’ll have full time stats?

 

During the off season, I thought it would work out, but I don’t like any of this. We either have an above average starter, who’s young and is great trade bait for us sitting, or we sort of hope for an injury, or we send him to AAA.

 

I keep telling myself to trust the process, and that it’ll all work out.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

The current roster construction doesn’t work because we have a good player on the bench and not Kirk Niewenhuis. Got it.

 

You don't really have anything. It doesn't work because they have guys that are everyday players on the bench, and guys that should be on the major league team in the minors. Sure, that is nice on paper, but it doesn't really help the team dynamic.

[pacopete4]

The current roster construction doesn’t work because we have a good player on the bench and not Kirk Niewenhuis. Got it.

 

You don't really have anything. It doesn't work because they have guys that are everyday players on the bench, and guys that should be on the major league team in the minors. Sure, that is nice on paper, but it doesn't really help the team dynamic.

 

Why? We constantly have good players playing... how doesn’t that help us win ball games?