2018-07-24: Nationals (Hellickson) at Brewers (Guerra) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4 in 10 innings -- Saladino Sacrifice Fly Walk-Off]

[yfinn6]

Nothing like the "In play, run(s)" comment on gameday when there's a runner on 1st and the pitch comes in.

[Eye Black]

That feels good and makes this game infinitely more watchable, thank you Christian Yelich!!!

[The stache]

Do any of you know where I could find historical split info on team seasons filtered for the lowest AVG with the bases loaded? Baseball Reference is my usual go to, but unless I'm missing something, I don't see an option for bases loaded performance.

 

We're hitting .187 total with the bases loaded.

Hitting .222 with the bases loaded and zero outs.

Hitting .143 with the bases loaded and one out.

Hitting .200 with the bases loaded and two outs.

 

That's depressing, especially with one out. That's slightly better than one hit every at bats.

 

As mentioned, our OPS is putrid. I'd love to see which teams have been worse.

 

Just for comparison, some top Brewer offenses of the past:

 

The 1979 Brewers (95-66) hit a whopping .333 with the bases loaded (35-105, 109 R, 2 HR, .872 OPS)

The 1982 Brewers (95-67) hit .274 (29-106, 100 R, 2 HR, .733 OPS)

The 2011 Brewers (96-66) hit .261 (31-119, 83 R, 1 HR, .605 OPS)

[wildcat83]

Yankees pulling trigger tonight meanwhile crew continues to just bleed out. There is a difference between hoping to win and making it happen. The combination of bad play on the field and a paralyzed front office is tough to take

 

"Paralyzed" front office? What does that even mean? We didn't trade for Britton, therefore our FO is "Paralyzed"? I don't find it tough to take at all that we aren't giving up top 10 prospects for rentals.

 

Totally agree with this.

[adambr2]

Yelich is good.

[FVBrewerFan]

Stupid Counsel should have had Yelich up with bases loaded.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Dbacks and Mariners worse than the Brewers this season. Some of those bad Braves and horrible Astros teams a few years ago, and oddly the Dodgers around 2013-2014 ish OPS in the low-mid 0.400's as a club.

 

Some of that depends alot on who's hitting in those scenarios, particularly in the NL where I'd guess pitchers are up quite a bit with bases loaded following IBBs and such.

[The stache]

Yelich has had some pretty good seasons before this one. I'm surprised he'd never been an All Star until 2018.

[Jeff-B]

Just curious. With everyone talking about having to give up a ton of prospects to get help now, what changes in the off season to bring in help?

[jjfanec]

Yelich has had some pretty good seasons before this one. I'm surprised he'd never been an All Star until 2018.

 

Well there were a couple fans here who didn't think he deserved it this year.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Good job by Guerra stranding the leadoff double. Chance to take the lead and turn the game over to the bullpen.

[wildcat83]

Just curious. With everyone talking about having to give up a ton of prospects to get help now, what changes in the off season to bring in help?

 

More options. Some of our own prospects can be ready to take over spots. You can just sign a FA.

[jjfanec]

Guerra did a nice job getting some innings for us after his brutal start

[wildcat83]

Yelich has had some pretty good seasons before this one. I'm surprised he'd never been an All Star until 2018.

 

Well there were a couple fans here who didn't think he deserved it this year.

 

Lol, yea, he’s nothing special, no where near elite. That conversation baffled me. Imagine his number now if he didn’t miss time.

 

The ONLY non elite part of his game is throwing arm.

[topper09er]

There are 11 clubs with a bases loaded team OPS north of 0.800 in MLB this season, 4 of which are over 0.900 and 2 of them are over 1.000.

 

18 teams are at least north of 0.700 OPS as a club, meaning the Brewers are terrible in this scenario compared to most of the league.

 

You can use the handy tOPS+ for each split to see that even though we are 14/15 in bases loaded OPS, there is a wide spread in the stat and we are way off the average.

 

Our OPS+ with the bases loaded relative to our normal OPS+ is 51. That is bad

[adambr2]

Guerra did a nice job getting some innings for us after his brutal start

 

The thing is he wasn't even really that bad. Really shot himself in the foot with a couple walks and an error.

 

Hope we can pull this out because it would definitely fall into the category of a game we probably should have won.

[topper09er]

Do any of you know where I could find historical split info on team seasons filtered for the lowest AVG with the bases loaded? Baseball Reference is my usual go to, but unless I'm missing something, I don't see an option for bases loaded performance.

 

 

Do you have a play index subscription?

[Bulldogboy]

Brad Miller seems to be 0-2 every ab. I was hoping he could be Walker from last year but nope.

[Bulldogboy]

Nothing like Manny swinging 2-0!!

[jjgott]

Miller's ready to get DFA'd. Saladino is getting close to needing to get out soon too. Hopefully we can get some MI reinforcements. Arcia 3/4 tonight down in AAA.

[markedman5]

Arcia 3-4 tonight

[KeithStone53151]

Hey we are using a good reliever in a close game to try and keep it close! Love it, I like the decision from CC.

[adambr2]

Don't understand why Arcia isn't back up. Even if he still doesn't hit, it's not like anyone is really getting it done in his absence, so at least get the good D. Best case he brings the bat he's been swinging lately too. He's been down long enough.

[KeithStone53151]

I really like how Pina calls the game. He isn't obvious like Lucroy used to be, does a good job of keeping hitters guessing.

[markedman5]

BABIP sucks sometimes