2020-09-25, Game 2: Brewers (Lindblom) at Cardinals (Ponce de Leon) [Brewers lose, 9-1]

[adambr2]

Keston just needs to be done for the year. He is terrible.

 

He is 4 for his last 9.

 

They are all terrible this year. Other than expectations, I don't know why Hiura gets singled out.

[Eye Black]

We don't need to cut him but it's a far cry from your he seems ok to me take. He's been in Appleton because he sucks. That's all I'm saying. Nothing I have seen tonight makes me think bringing him back was a good call.

He has a .455 BABIP against this year, something tells me that will improve.

[yourout]

I don't get what anybody sees in lauer.

Way below average stuff and poor control.

It would be one thing if he had an electric arm or crazy movement but he has neither.

[brewers888]

Lauer is about as fun to watch as Manny Parra used to be.

[adambr2]

I swear every week I see a Brewer game on the MLB.com scoreboard with the little red "No Hitter" alert on it.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Keston just needs to be done for the year. He is terrible.

 

He is 4 for his last 9.

 

They are all terrible this year. Other than expectations, I don't know why Hiura gets singled out.

 

It's optics. It's seems like every time I see an at-bat from him, he is K'ing on a high fastball.

[adambr2]

Keston just needs to be done for the year. He is terrible.

 

He is 4 for his last 9.

 

They are all terrible this year. Other than expectations, I don't know why Hiura gets singled out.

 

It's optics. It's seems like every time I see an at-bat from him, he is K'ing on a high fastball.

 

No doubt he's been disappointing. We definitely need a big return to last year's form in 2021 for him next year because we are absolutely counting on him and Yelich to be the heart of our offense for the next 5 years.

[yourout]

Keston just needs to be done for the year. He is terrible.

 

He is 4 for his last 9.

 

They are all terrible this year. Other than expectations, I don't know why Hiura gets singled out.

 

It's optics. It's seems like every time I see an at-bat from him, he is K'ing on a high fastball.

 

Unless they tweak his mechanics a little bit you're going to see a lot more of it next year as well. You can't have that extreme of a launch angle without creating a hole at the belt

[Bulldogboy]

I don't get what anybody sees in lauer.

Way below average stuff and poor control.

It would be one thing if he had an electric arm or crazy movement but he has neither.

Agreed. It's way different watching Corbin Burnes or Freddy Peralta struggle than a guy like Lauer. Brewers got robbed in my view.

[adambr2]

I am not saying that Haines is to blame for Hiura's poor hitting, but it bothers me a lot that he cannot find any adjustment that an obviously uber-talented hitter in Hiura needs to make to get it going again.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

Unless they tweak his mechanics a little bit you're going to see a lot more of it next year as well. You can't have that extreme of a launch angle without creating a hole at the belt

 

It's like he's sold out with his swing to try to make himself into a 40 HR guy. Yeah, in a full season he will probably do that, but he's also going to bat .210 and K 200 times.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I don't get what anybody sees in lauer.

Way below average stuff and poor control.

It would be one thing if he had an electric arm or crazy movement but he has neither.

Agreed. It's way different watching Corbin Burnes or Freddy Peralta struggle than a guy like Lauer. Brewers got robbed in my view.

 

The optics certainly aren't good right now, but in the end this is probably the type of trade that can't be judged for a good 4-5 seasons.

[brewers888]

I don't care if I am beating a dead horse here but they need a new voice. Whatever Haines is doing is just not working.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

LOL Orlando with the stat-padder

[adambr2]

Yay.

[brewers888]

Congrats Arcia on breaking up the no hitter.

[Bulldogboy]

Manny Pina can rest easy. Nottingham may not be the answer.

[yourout]

Manny Pina can rest easy. Nottingham may not be the answer.

He would be okay as a backup if your Frontline guy could play 95% of the games.

[BruisedCrew]

Marlins beat Yankees to clinch a playoff spot.

[Bulldogboy]

Ryon Healy instead of Mathias?? That dude must have been Counsell at spades or something.

[TURBO]

This game was gross.

 

Tomorrow is a new day.

[yourout]

Brewers have scored three runs or less in 16 of the 24 games so far this month

[TURBO]

Brewers have scored three runs or less in 16 of the 24 games so far this month

 

But they have scored 18 or more twice.

 

[Eye Black]

Well at least the Padres have come back to take a 3-1 lead on the Giants in the second game of their double header.

 

Moose with two home runs this evening, looks like the Reds are going to clinch a playoff spot tonight.

 

Edit: Now down to a 3-2 lead for the Padres and Dinelson Lamet appears to be leaving with an injury.

[wibadgers23]

I have absolutely no faith we’ll be able to score off Wainwright tomorrow. Even with Woodruff pitching, I think we lose and that’ll do it for 2020.