2019-04-12: Brewers (Burnes) at Dodgers (Urías) [Brewers win, 8-5 -- Burnes gives up three more HRs, but Grandal and the offense come to the rescue]

[HarveysWBs]

Pitcher ABs should never be shown in slow motion, at least not without a parental discretion warning. I mean, Burnes hit that well enough I guess, but man that process wasn’t pretty.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Burnes needs a changeup or a curve ball, something offspeed. And while I'm not advocating for just intentionally hitting guys, he really needs to work inside more consistently to both righty and lefty hitters - with misses being off the plate inside. Just looking at the Dodger hitters' approaches, they're mostly standing right over the inside corner of the plate - so basically anything even on the outside corner is a meatball. Gotta take that half of the plate back - I'd rather see him hit a guy an inning than give up a HR an inning.

[Oxy]

Perez is not the hero we deserve, but he’s the one we need right now.

 

MOAR Herodotus

[Fear The Chorizo]

That's Bellinger's 8th HR this season. to 7ks. What is he juicing on? 151Ks last year 25HRs in 632 PAs. He's on pace for 80 now in comparison if sees the same amount of PAs this season.

 

I forgot to say. why pitch to him at this point? He's scolding hot wait til he's cooled off later in the season with a runner on base.

 

He's juicing on bad pitching and high altitude to start the year - 4 of his HRs are against the Dbacks, 1 against SF, 2 at CO, and 1 against Burnes. He's still got the same holes in his swing that led to the crazy strikeout totals if pitchers actually work to those spots

[brewcrewdue80]

[quote="topper09er"

 

Can you name the Brewer single season record holder?

 

I'll take a couple guesses. Ricky Bones? Mike Fiers. Oh a 3rd. Steve Woodward...Woodard? The knuckleballer being an obvious HR giver.

[PinaMadness]

At what point is enough enough?

[adambr2]

Burnes is going to need to go go the pen. This is insane.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Come on Corbin ... stop it.

[Bulldogboy]

You have got to be kidding me. I've seen enough. You cannot keep running this guy out there at this rate. My goodness.

[John Jahahaha]

wow. don't really know what to say, for as much as I think corbin (and freddie and brandon) need to work out the kinks in the rotation, this is just brutal.

[PinaMadness]

That's nine home runs in 13 2/3 innings.

[yfinn6]

It's his third start.

 

I don't like the idea of punishing him this early when the rest of the pitching staff hasn't exactly been good. Quitting in him this soon into his career is probably not the best idea. The season isn't going to be lost in April.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Corbin needs a changeup - badly. Without it lefties are just going to tee off on his stuff. You can also tell that by trying to be too fine with the pitches he has, he's pressing.

[topper09er]

Come on Corbin ... stop it.

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

You have got to be kidding me. I've seen enough. You cannot keep running this guy out there at this rate. My goodness.

 

I'm all about not looking too closely and small sample sizes, but at some point this is going to negatively effect his development. I mean, he's looked fine when not giving up long balls, but unfortunately those long balls count.

 

I know he's facing some pretty tough lineups, but that really only goes so far. Every pitcher is going to give up HRs, but you gotta keep the ball in the park for the most part to have success.

[Oxy]

Well, Burns can still get the win... We will score more.

[yfinn6]

I'm all about Aguilar figuring it out but him batting fourth is a killer. He's missed a TON of hittable pitches this year.

[John Jahahaha]

Grandal!!! These bats won't let us lose tonight

[topper09er]

Yaz didn't miss that one

[HarveysWBs]

You have got to be kidding me. I've seen enough. You cannot keep running this guy out there at this rate. My goodness.

 

I'm all about not looking too closely and small sample sizes, but at some point this is going to negatively effect his development. I mean, he's looked fine when not giving up long balls, but unfortunately those long balls count.

 

I know he's facing some pretty tough lineups, but that really only goes so far. Every pitcher is going to give up HRs, but you gotta keep the ball in the park for the most part to have success.

 

I’ve seen professional hitters in batting practice not hit homers at this prodigious rate. I mean, it’s tempting to still call it statistical noise, but it’s some pretty deafening noise. I still maintain Burnes is not pitching as poorly as his results indicate, but his command issues are real, as is his lack of confidence in his secondary offerings.

 

He’ll either figure this out soon, or he’ll get yanked, but the status quo cannot be allowed to stand.

 

PS—I hope the Grandal signing starts paying dividends soon...

[pacopete4]

Man, these Dodger pitchers don’t know how to keep the ball in the park. Doubtful they return to the series. Probably sellers at the deadline.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Aguilar belongs in about the 6 or 7 spot when he does play, so the guy who just dropped a bomb can hit cleanup where he belongs!

[lukevan]

Grandal baby! Good thing you were hitting 5th tonight

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Man, these Dodger pitchers don’t know how to keep the ball in the park. Doubtful they return to the series. Probably sellers at the deadline.

 

Watching Urias, who is a much more highly touted prospect than any of the Brewers Big 3, get slapped around makes me feel better about our young starters. Grass is green, water is wet, young starters are inconsistent. We're just going to have to roll with it until they get it figured out, for better or worse.

[Fear The Chorizo]

If Burnes is still in the game, I'd like to see the 1st pitch go behind Bellinger - or move his feet with a down and in slider. too bad if he aimed for those spots it'd probably wind up right down the middle again right now.