2018-07-03: Twins (Odorizzi) at Brewers (Guerra) 3:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 2-0; Reminder: Facebook Watch Game]

[phnxcrew]

Not Jesus too.... wow

[OnaBadger58]

That high fastball is killing this lineup so far.

[OnaBadger58]

3-0 pop up from Shaw with a runner on 3rd and 1 out... This stuff stings.

[PinaMadness]

This free swinging is nothing new. They've been doing this for about 25 years.

[pacopete4]

Good 3-0 hack by Shaw there, yikes.

[YelichPosse]

Did Shaw just pop up a 3-0 pitch.... my god

[istanbultaye]

It was at least a good pitch to take a rip at. Just unfortunate that he missed it.

[OnaBadger58]

I hope the shadows or sun are affecting some of these AB's.

[YelichPosse]

That was PATHETIC

[82brewcrew82]

Incredibly frustrating

[markedman5]

Hard to have 3 worst at bats from the heart of the order.

[istanbultaye]

3 straight low outside sliders though, each one a little further out. You'd think Braun would have figured it out by the 3rd one that it's not a good pitch to swing at

[MrTPlush]

Haha wow the great fall of Ryan Braun. A bat 3x as long would have missed that pitch. Get him an eye doctor appointment real quick.

[adambr2]

There's our $20M man with a rookie-like AB.

 

And Shaw...swinging 3-0 you better do better than that weak sauce. My God.

 

These 2 deserve to bat 8th and 9th for a game tomorrow after their embarrassing last 2 ABs.

[pacopete4]

3-4-5 pitiful. Gotta be the shadows. I hope.

[nate82]

Braun sucks. 3 pitches nowhere near the strike zone and he flails at all of them. Braun needs to be delegated to a bench bat and nothing more.

[trwi7]

So what happens if during this interview Guerra gives up some base runners and Johnson wants to have a mound visit? Does he postpone it or does he say screw you guys, I'm going to the mound.

[jvrocksaz]

Comical. Hopefully Guerra can keep the Twins off the board.

[Brewce]

Braun never used to get himself out by only swinging at pitches outside the zone. I can't wait until we are healthy enough to put him back on the bench.

[phnxcrew]

My three year old thinks "we should get rid of these bad hitters and get good ones". I agree. Or shock therapy for swinging at garbage.

[istanbultaye]

I'm not going to criticize Shaw for swinging at the pitch. It's not like he swung at a borderline strike on 3-0 and made weak contact. It was a pitch you want a slugger to rip at. Sometimes you're just not going to make the kind of contact you're hoping to make, even on a meatball pitch.

[pacopete4]

Here is our reminder on here that Braun has been at .281/.303/.547/.850 over the last month.

 

Shaw on the other hand: .200/.342/.283/.625 [sarcasm](he will fit right in at 2B)[/sarcasm]

[buckybrewer232]

Braun never used to get himself out by only swinging at pitches outside the zone. I can't wait until we are healthy enough to put him back on the bench.

 

When Cain and Yelich are back, it should just be a straight platoon in LF for Braun and Thames. Aguilar starts everyday at 1st.

[adambr2]

I'm not going to criticize Shaw for swinging at the pitch. It's not like he swung at a borderline strike on 3-0 and made weak contact. It was a pitch you want a slugger to rip at. Sometimes you're just not going to make the kind of contact you're hoping to make, even on a meatball pitch.

 

Sure you can criticize him for it. Yes, it happens, but if you swing away 3-0 with RISP and pop up a pitch you deserve to be criticized.

[istanbultaye]

Over the course of his career, the low outside slider has always seemed to be Braun's main kryptonite. That said, he has been getting a little worse at laying off of it over the last couple years from what I've seen on TV.