2018-10-16 (NLCS Game #4): Brewers (González) at Dodgers (Hill) 8:09 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 2-1 -- 13 Innings]

[Eye Black]

Freddy Peralta looks the part right now.

[pacopete4]

Freddy!! Has answered the bell many times this season. Futures bright with that one. Well done kid!

[dlk9s]

Breaking: the ump's kid babysat Peralta years ago.

[SRB]

The other thing to remember about Schoop is that it's not like he's a lefty killer. He strongly favors RHP like most of the rest of the team, but he's been forced into the role of lefty specialist because Shaw is so much better vs. RHP. Not an easy position for him to be in.

 

Which is a fail on Stearns part for acquiring a player who didn’t really fit on the roster.

 

I fully agree. Villar fits this team much better on paper, which I why I think there was clubhouse issues and Stearns decided to deal him for a 2019 starting 2B.

[KeithStone53151]

Can’t believe Rich Hill tried to knock that ball out of the air on the throw to 1st. I bet A-Rod loves it.

 

Hard to be too critical...it's the pitcher and watching him do anything but pitch is comical.

[PinaMadness]

Are people really complaining about schoop after he just hit our hardest ball of the night? I get he has been bad but that ball was smoked. Just unlucky. Just like Braun's an inning ago

I saw him hit into a double play.

 

Then you saw what you wanted. Yes that is what happened but he also hit an absolute rocket. He looked bad before that but seriously sometimes you just get unlucky.

No, I didn't want to see him hit into a double play.

[jjfanec]

Wide zone all night. Which makes all the walks by the Brewers pitchers even worse but hey only 1 run

[SomewhereInTime]

Stearns and Counsell have done a lot of good and hopefully they are both around for a very long time, but starting Schoop in a game of this magnitude is borderline Kotsay in CF bad. He is one of the worst hitters I've seen in my entire life, and I've seen a lot of bad baseball players over the years in Milwaukee.

[Bulldogboy]

Freddy 6ks. If we don't win this it's a damm shame cause the kid did everything you could have asked for.

[topper09er]

I would have to check but I believe every single ab Schoop has had since becoming a brewer he has been in an 0-2 count.

 

Not sure about Brewer/Orioles,but overall he got in 108 0-2 counts in 501 PA, 22%

 

The entire NL was at 21% in 92,885 PAs

[lcbj68c]

That will do Freddy!

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Man, keep dealing, Freddy. Can’t ask much more of him. But if he has it, keep bringing it.

[pacopete4]

The other thing to remember about Schoop is that it's not like he's a lefty killer. He strongly favors RHP like most of the rest of the team, but he's been forced into the role of lefty specialist because Shaw is so much better vs. RHP. Not an easy position for him to be in.

 

Which is a fail on Stearns part for acquiring a player who didn’t really fit on the roster.

 

Yes. Fire Stearns.

[MrTPlush]

Now can the offense do something or will his stellar day be just forgotten in the script of a loss.

[MrTPlush]

The other thing to remember about Schoop is that it's not like he's a lefty killer. He strongly favors RHP like most of the rest of the team, but he's been forced into the role of lefty specialist because Shaw is so much better vs. RHP. Not an easy position for him to be in.

 

Which is a fail on Stearns part for acquiring a player who didn’t really fit on the roster.

 

Yes. Fire Stearns.

 

Why would you do that?

[AKCheesehead]

To be fair, I don't blame Taylor for not liking that call.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I am very happy to look like an idiot regarding Freddy. He's been nails tonight. Makes me wish they just would have started him. That's a stupid hindsight wish, though.

[YelichPosse]

If nothing else tonight... I love what this does for Freddy’s confidence as well. Basically just gave us another weapon for down the road in this series....

[phnxcrew]

This series is ridiculous. I feel like Albers could even throw 0's on the board. Should we test that theory?

[pacopete4]

 

Which is a fail on Stearns part for acquiring a player who didn’t really fit on the roster.

 

Yes. Fire Stearns.

 

Why would you do that?

 

It’s just as nuts as many of these hot takes any time something goes wrong in our game, so why not?

[jjfanec]

No, I didn't want to see him hit into a double play.

 

You know what I mean man. He hit the ball hard. Obviously it was a double play but not every good hit finds a hole. No need to debate it anymore. I am not a huge schoop guy. Wouldn't have started him tonight. But he got unlucky that didn't find a hole

[SomewhereInTime]

Are people really complaining about schoop after he just hit our hardest ball of the night? I get he has been bad but that ball was smoked. Just unlucky. Just like Braun's an inning ago

 

It's a ground ball, not a lineout, not a warning track shot, a grounder.

[folly412]

Freddy's tough when he's throwing strikes.

 

Now someone please get a hold on one of Rich Sharapova's 74 mph up in the zone curves.

[FVBrewerFan]

Stearns and Counsell have done a lot of good and hopefully they are both around for a very long time, but starting Schoop in a game of this magnitude is borderline Kotsay in CF bad. He is one of the worst hitters I've seen in my entire life, and I've seen a lot of bad baseball players over the years in Milwaukee.

 

Yet hes looked better than Cain or Yelich so go figure.

[tmwiese55]

The other thing to remember about Schoop is that it's not like he's a lefty killer. He strongly favors RHP like most of the rest of the team, but he's been forced into the role of lefty specialist because Shaw is so much better vs. RHP. Not an easy position for him to be in.

 

Which is a fail on Stearns part for acquiring a player who didn’t really fit on the roster.

 

All true. Just have to remember they thought they needed a SS for this year at the time of trade. That ended up not being the case, just saying at the time of trade you could see what was going on.

 

even as a general Schoop defender. I was still not a fan of it and to me my general not liking of it stems from the low obp free swinger type in general. preferred targeting the contact Walker type like the year before, Daniel Murphy, etc. I just chalk this fall off up to circumstance, not judging off results. He is not as bad as he's looked, that's where my defending comes from