Game Thread (4/20/2022): Pirates (Keller) at Brewers (Woodruff) - 12:40 PM CDT

[SomewhereInTime]

Great to see!

[magnoliacrew]

YESSSS!!!!!! HIURA!!!!

[SeaBass]

Send him down.

[dlk9s]

Things that aged poorly: this thread.

[owbc]

YES KESTON THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR SAYING YOUR CAREER IS OVER

[Underachiever]

Gamecast says "Renfroe doubled to first." What happened?

And as i type this, Keston goes yard!

[treego14]

Just now, homer said:

Hiura!!!

He has a bright future in Milwaukee!?

[homer]

Just now, Underachiever said:

Gamecast says "Renfroe doubled to first." What happened?

And as i type this, Keston goes yard!

Cue ball down right field line. Not sure I'd call it "to first" though

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, brewers888 said:

The team finished last season with an overall battling line of .233/.317/.396 good for 23rd in baseball so you should be concerned.

You have quite possibly the worst case of sports-induced Stockholm Syndrome I think I've ever seen.

[willie key]

Hiura is like Graham mertz to me

 

i really want the both of then to be good.   Both are good people and they take a beating from fans but I’m rooting for them

[Eye Black]

Just now, owbc said:

YES KESTON THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR SAYING YOUR CAREER IS OVER

Yeah, shame on you [says the guy who just traded him to the A's]

[BruisedCrew]

11 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Looks like we may need to start having the small sample size discussion again....Literally everyone besides Tellez is hitting well below their career averages. Unless the entire team has started a massive, coordinated decline, I refuse to believe that the sky is falling. 

This HR notwithstanding, my comments about Hiura are not based on a small sample size. 

[SomewhereInTime]

Just now, Underachiever said:

Gamecast says "Renfroe doubled to first." What happened?

And as i type this, Keston goes yard!

ground ball exit velocity of about 3 mph down the right field line away from the shift, died in the outfield grass about 8 feet past first base.

[SeaBass]

1 minute ago, dlk9s said:

Things that aged poorly: this thread.

All I can do is shake my head. Sometimes I wonder why I even come here. He had 14 ABs going into today's game.

[AKCheesehead]

On my lunch break I was catch-up reading this thread as I started the radio broadcast off mlb.  I was in the middle of reading the Hiura bashing right as the broadcast kicked in and he hit the 3run HR. 

I found it hilarious anyways.

[treego14]

2 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

This HR notwithstanding, my comments about Hiura are not based on a small sample size. 

The past is past ... enjoy the blast ... watch it again on GameCast ... that ball left the yard fast! 

[Eye Black]

I think there is a universe in which Hiura can basically replicate Chris Carter's 2016 season. Unfortunately that feels like his 70 or 80 percent outcome at this point. 

[Brewcrew82]

18 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

The team finished last season with an overall battling line of .233/.317/.396 good for 23rd in baseball so you should be concerned.

Notice how I said "AS" concerned, which literally means I'm concerned. You must have poor reading comprehension, because I've stated on several occasions (even on this very game thread) how, while this lineup is plenty good enough to get us to the playoffs with our elite pitching (as demonstrated last year), we almost certainly need to add a piece or two to go any deeper. You should try a different schtick. Because the one you have going on right now clearly ain't working. 

[owbc]

I'll half-jokingly say that nothing we saw today disproved the notion that Hiura can only hit minor league pitching. 

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, SeaBass said:

All I can do is shake my head. Sometimes I wonder why I even come here. He had 14 ABs going into today's game.

It's funny how, as a long time lurker, these sorts of comments have had the exact opposite effect on me! lol 

[Underachiever]

4 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

ground ball exit velocity of about 3 mph down the right field line away from the shift, died in the outfield grass about 8 feet past first base.

Thanks, I was at a game (2018?) where Arcia bunted for a double down the first base line.

[Harold Hutchison]

.235/.350/.412 for Hiura after that rocket.

You know, maybe he is turning it around. I wonder what the advanced metrics (HHB, exit velocity, etc.) are saying.

[Eye Black]

34 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

Even last night when they scored 5 runs the team had only three hits. You really have to be wearing rose colored glasses to think this lineup is good enough with this cast of characters.

I think the lineup bashing would be better received if either (1) it wasn't included in nearly every thread you participate in, or (2) it occasionally didn't come across as the sky is falling and everything is hopeless. 

Of course there is another option (3): Funny Memes...

[Joseph Zarr]

I LOVE IT! Keston, show us what. is. up! 

In Appleton, Sal Frelick just launched an opposite field bomb and is 5-5 on the day. We have ourselves a lead-off weapon, gents. This kid is electric.

[Brewcrew82]

11 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

This HR notwithstanding, my comments about Hiura are not based on a small sample size. 

But that sample size also doesn't take into account his recent mechanical adjustments at the plate. He's always had the talent and the exit velocity, the question has just been whether he can make contact at a reasonable enough rate for it to matter.