2019-04-08: Brewers (Chacín) at Angels (Cahill) [Brewers lose, 5-2 -- Middle of the order struggles as Braun, Shaw, Aguilar combine to go 0-for-12 with 8 strikeouts]

[Fear The Chorizo]

This one has all the makings of a dumpster fire game...hopefully the tide turns quickly

[topper09er]

By the end of this year looks like the top 2 active WAR leaders will be on the same team, Pujols and Trout. Not sure if that has ever been true before

[adambr2]

Sheesh Aguilar, if you're going to argue adamantly for a challenge in the 3rd inning, at least be right.

[wallus]

Grandal has been...pretty darn bad behind the dish. Dude couldn’t make a play back there to save his life.

 

There you go...

[xisxisxis]

This team loves to play to the competition... Three games against the Reds all decided by 1 run... Come into LAA and look like the bad news bears...

[topper09er]

Grandal has been...pretty darn bad behind the dish. Dude couldn’t make a play back there to save his life.

 

There you go...

 

That throw was not good

[MrTPlush]

Grandal has been...pretty darn bad behind the dish. Dude couldn’t make a play back there to save his life.

 

There you go...

 

Hardly, it was a terrible throw and he got gifted by the call on the field. The umpire called a tag he couldn’t even see and on reply looked like he missed.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Grandal has been...pretty darn bad behind the dish. Dude couldn’t make a play back there to save his life.

 

There you go...

 

That throw was not good

 

In his defense, that was a pretty tough pitch to throw on.

[Eye Black]

This game has had glimpses of good mixed with moments of a team that looks like they have jet lag.

[wallus]

He was out right?

[brooks_quichenick]

Grandal has been...pretty darn bad behind the dish. Dude couldn’t make a play back there to save his life.

 

There you go...

 

Hardly, it was a terrible throw and he got gifted by the call on the field. The umpire called a tag he couldn’t even see and on reply looked like he missed.

 

It was a good enough throw after catching a slider down and away.

[MrTPlush]

I’m more shocked they even had a chance and he would have been out by a mile with a good throw. Calhoun must be slow as molasses because he got one heck of a jump.

[phnxcrew]

Can Jesus not be anywhere near the middle of the lineup if he starts? Are the advanced stats telling us he hasn't been as awful as meets the eye?

[wallus]

MOOOOOOSE

[FVBrewerFan]

The Moose is loose

[young guns]

At least moose doesn't have to worry about first base this time!

[brooks_quichenick]

MOOOOOOOOOOOSE

[Ennder]

What do Shaw's numbers look like?

 

xAVG is .194 and generally has been in the .250 range for his career. Also has only one barrell and a low launch angle. His xwOBA is .301 which is about league average and is mostly due to the good BB percentage.

[xisxisxis]

Can Jesus not be anywhere near the middle of the lineup if he starts? Are the advanced stats telling us he hasn't been as awful as meets the eye?

I don't think there's a single stat that says he isn't awful. I defended him last year during his horrible stretch, but he has been abysmal this season. He should be batting no higher than 7th, yet every game he's in at #4 (or #5)...

[MrTPlush]

They have Justin Bour at #3 in their line up who, at best, is as good as our #8 hitter.

[xisxisxis]

If Cain comes up this inning I hope he looks like it isn't way past his bedtime... No worries, Arcia with the GIDP...

[MrTPlush]

With regular playing time I would venture to argue that Thames should start over Aguilar.

[wallus]

Wow the ball is really carrying tonight.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

With regular playing time I would venture to argue that Thames should start over Aguilar.

 

That's probably going to happen

[xisxisxis]

With regular playing time I would venture to argue that Thames should start over Aguilar.

I think you could make an argument that 3 of our pitchers should start at 1B instead of Aguilar...