2019-08-13: Twins (Pérez) at Brewers (Anderson) [Brewers lose, 7-5 -- Grandal hits go ahead 3-run HR in 7th; Hader serves up first pitch 3-run HR in 8th]

[Brewcrewin07]

SMH...that's just...I was VERY nervous to see him come in, would have left Albers in. Let Josh start the 9th with a clean inning.

[pacopete4]

Should have sold.

[willie key]

Give me a break. Another home run.

[buckybrewer232]

The book is out on Hader, forsure.. Can't throw his slider for a strike so hitters just wait on his fastball, which is straight and misses his spot way too often.

[Bulldogboy]

Predictable actually. Overmanaging is as bad as doing nothing Would rather see Hader with nobody on considering he can't keep the ball in the park. Oh well.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Fork meet Brewers. Something is wrong with Hader and that'll be the last of many nails in 2019.

[TURBO]

Just a giant pile of steaming poop.

 

As much as I long for Brewer baseball in the offseason, I am pretty close to wanting this nightmare season to just end and put me out of my misery.

 

It's just painful.

[trwi7]

Hader has given up 7 homers in his last 15 innings.

[valpocrewsader]

Hader's been below average for like almost two months now, right?

[Fear The Chorizo]

Just look at Hader's location...he's down in the zone or middle/middle - and it's still at least 75% fastballs. It might still be deceptive but at some point MLB hitters can turn just about anything around when they know what's coming.

 

The velo might still be decent, but all the HR's make me think he's missing some late life or movement on his heater that helped him miss barrels alot more.

[wildcat83]

Hader with runners on just made no sense. He misses your down 2, which happened. Albers misses it most likely only a tie game. Stick with the ground ball pitcher with runners on.

[Ennder]

The league has figured out Hader. Should have sold high at the deadline. Yuck.

 

 

This statement is so awful that I have to call it out. Hader is not hitting his spots, the difference here is Hader, not the league. nobody figured him out, he just lost his control. By saying this it is just clear you aren't actually watching the games because nothing about this is about players adjusting to Hader, it is 100% about his control.

[adambr2]

This pen is going to keep us out of the playoffs. You can't compare to our last year position because this pen is nothing like last year. I mean we just have no good options. We're winging it every single night.

[yourout]

Right now the Brewers might have the worst bullpen in the majors.

Quite a change from last year.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Predictable actually. Overmanaging is as bad as doing nothing Would rather see Hader with nobody on considering he can't keep the ball in the park. Oh well.

 

Counsell had a lucky horseshoe when it came to strategic pitching moves last year. Seems like things are coming back around on him this year.

[treego14]

Hader is stubborn about throwing that fastball down the middle, isn't he? If he doesn't mix it up or refuses to, we need to trade him or adjust drastically how we use him ... what a downer!

[chickinbrickin]

43% of the hits he has given up are home runs. That is insane and not a a sustainable pace. Bad luck mixed with bad location. Tough year for him.

[Brewcrewin07]

Not sure how a guy that lived up in the zone(where he needs to be) before the all star break, now can't get the ball up to save his life. Really mystifying.

[markedman5]

[Fear The Chorizo]

At some point he's going to have to figure out that he can't live down in the zone. I mean... it's just not that hard to figure out.

 

True, but if he's physically not able to command consistently up in the zone it doesn't do him much good to know where he should be pitching in the zone.

[Eye Black]

As much as I am usually reluctant to get on Counsell’s case (I don’t typically think managers are that important) I really think he mismanaged the use of Hader in that inning. It seemed like they rushed getting him ready, almost like he wasn’t expecting to pitch when the inning began. Just leave Albers in and have Hader start a clean 9th assuming Albers holds the lead.

[yourout]

The league has figured out Hader. Should have sold high at the deadline. Yuck.

 

 

This statement is so awful that I have to call it out. Hader is not hitting his spots, the difference here is Hader, not the league. nobody figured him out, he just lost his control. By saying this it is just clear you aren't actually watching the games because nothing about this is about players adjusting to Hader, it is 100% about his control.

 

I think there is a coaching component to this because it's pretty much the whole roster.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

The league has figured out Hader. Should have sold high at the deadline. Yuck.

 

 

This statement is so awful that I have to call it out. Hader is not hitting his spots, the difference here is Hader, not the league. nobody figured him out, he just lost his control. By saying this it is just clear you aren't actually watching the games because nothing about this is about players adjusting to Hader, it is 100% about his control.

 

Gonzalez's HR was on a low-middle fastball with no movement. Gonzalez is a primo low fastball hitter. I mean, the dots are easy to connect.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Hader's been below average for like almost two months now, right?

It’s been more or less since the All Star Break. Hader’s ERA has gone up a full run since end of June.

[willie key]

Every low pitch shouldn’t be a home run though. Come on. This is terrible. He’s an embarassment at this point. It’s like bringing in Barnes