Game Thread (5/08/2022): Brewers (Ashby) at Braves (Morton) - 12:35 PM CDT

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, SomewhereInTime said:

You see this is another reason why you don't use Luis Perdomo as a 7th and 8th inning setup man yesterday in a one run game.  We need an innings eater today and this would be a perfect situation for him to come in and pitch three or four innings.

Not this again......

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Not this again......

LOL I was literally going to post the exact same thing.

[willie key]

16 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Braves don't even have to put the ball in play to score runs. If Ashby keeps this up he'll find himself the #6 starter behind Woodruff.

Who knows who the #6 starter is.    It’s not like we win much when burnes pitches either

[markedman5]

Renfroe crushes it to center for an out…….Braves getting lots of soft contact hits……..randomness of baseball……it’s the walks that kill you.

[Brewcrew82]

Guess it's just going to be one of those days where the Braves get all the luck, and we get nothing to show for our hard-hit balls. 

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, markedman5 said:

Renfroe crushes it to center for an out…….Braves getting lots of soft contact hits……..randomness of baseball……it’s the walks that kill you.

Thing is....Morton has been just as wild as Ashby in the early going here.

[Brewcrew82]

Good god. .930 xBA on that Renfroe shot. Screw MLB.

[SomewhereInTime]

I am in absolute disbelief.  How did that ball not leave the ballpark?

[BruisedCrew]

8 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Renfroe crushes it to center for an out…….Braves getting lots of soft contact hits……..randomness of baseball……it’s the walks that kill you.

And not being able to put the ball in play with the bases loaded. 

[DuWayne Steurer]

I don't know who else is listening to the radio, but Lane Grindel with this Josh whatever-his-last-name-is is a seriously bad radio team.  Like, really bad.  

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, BruisedCrew said:

And not being able to put the ball in play with the bases loaded. 

Cain yeah. That was terrible. But Peterson hit the ball hard with a .630xBA. The Brewers lead the Braves in hard-hit balls 5-2 right now, with Renfroe's being 104.2 mph off the bat with a 27 degree launch angle, yet somehow staying in the ballpark. 

[Brewcrew82]

And then the hardest hit ball of the day ends in a double play....

[titletownking]

Lo Cain man.. guy cannot elevate the ball at all right now. 

[adambr2]

Cain could literally not be more useless.

[yourout]

Not sure how long they can continue to put Cains name in the lineup.

Bottom line it's time to put the old horse out to pasture.

[Brewcrew82]

This has turned into a frustrating series. First series loss since the opening one against the Cubs. I'm definitely ready to go back to facing the Reds.

 

[young guns]

Looks like we are going to need some serious mothers day magic to pull this one out.  Paging bill hall.

[HarryDoyle]

Ashby is just eating innings at this point.

[82brewcrew82]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

This has turned into a frustrating series. First series loss since the opening one against the Cubs. I'm definitely ready to go back to facing the Reds.

 

It was gonna happen.  Happens to every team.

[BruisedCrew]

5 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Cain yeah. That was terrible. But Peterson hit the ball hard with a .630xBA. The Brewers lead the Braves in hard-hit balls 5-2 right now, with Renfroe's being 104.2 mph off the bat with a 27 degree launch angle, yet somehow staying in the ballpark. 

When they change the game to “who hits the ball hardest” I will care more about these things.

But, I’m old fashioned, and a ball like Peterson’s looks like a sharply hit easy out. 
 

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

This team has 5 terrific starting pitchers. At what point do they stop trying to shoehorn a 6th into the rotation, and just let the 5 they have shove? Ashby ain't ready for this yet.

[Brewcrew82]

6 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

When they change the game to “who hits the ball hardest” I will care more about these things.

But, I’m old fashioned, and a ball like Peterson’s looks like a sharply hit easy out. 
 

 

Again, it's a probability thing. Balls that are hit harder have a much greater probability of turning into hits and, over the course of a season, will produce more hits. It's always been that way, too, so not really about "new" vs. "old" either. 

[Brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

This team has 5 terrific starting pitchers. At what point do they stop trying to shoehorn a 6th into the rotation, and just let the 5 they have shove? Ashby ain't ready for this yet.

You're right. He's going to have to work on his control issues in the bullpen at the very least. Ethan Small deserves his shot, too. 

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

This team has 5 terrific starting pitchers. At what point do they stop trying to shoehorn a 6th into the rotation, and just let the 5 they have shove? Ashby ain't ready for this yet.

It doesn't help that he's used out of the pen too. Either start him full time or leave him in the pen.

[Pugger]

49 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Braves don't even have to put the ball in play to score runs. If Ashby keeps this up he'll find himself the #6 starter behind Woodruff.

Why didn't Woody start today?