Game Thread (5/18/2022): Braves (Fried) at Brewers (Burnes) - 12:10 PM CDT

[Pugger]

2 hours ago, yfinn6 said:

Catch the ball Hiura. Pathetic. 

That was a crappy throw from Wong.

[CdrbrgMark]

6 minutes ago, Pugger said:

Are you sure??  ?

Yup. You have to know that at least 75+% of his AB's will be automatic outs.

[Pugger]

2 hours ago, magnoliacrew said:

I know Keston is a AAAA player, but was he allowed to ring the bell?

Someone else did but I didn't see who it was...

[Eye Black]

One low key benefit of today’s win is the Brewers went 3-3 in the season series against the Braves. So in the unlikely case the teams finished the season with identical records fighting for playoff positioning at least the tiebreaker goes beyond the head-to-head category. 

[yfinn6]

14 minutes ago, Pugger said:

That was a crappy throw from Wong.

Come off the base and catch it. It was a crappy throw for a double play, but it's a ball that needs to be caught. 

[areacodes]

1 hour ago, CdrbrgMark said:

Yup. You have to know that at least 75+% of his AB's will be automatic outs.

Most MLB players make an out over 75% of the time.

[CdrbrgMark]

40 minutes ago, areacodes said:

Most MLB players make an out over 75% of the time.

I probably should have said 95%

[areacodes]

6 minutes ago, CdrbrgMark said:

I probably should have said 95%

C’mon, you’re not even being fair now.

Even last year when he was pretty terrible, he had a .256 OBP.

[markedman5]

3 hours ago, damuelle said:

Mr. Small was just scratched from today's AAA start, so hopefully he's actually getting his call-up to The Show.

He’s not…..non Covid illness

[CdrbrgMark]

18 minutes ago, areacodes said:

C’mon, you’re not even being fair now.

Even last year when he was pretty terrible, he had a .256 OBP.

Sorry, I'm probably not being fair. I just find the guy useless wh

[Nola Beery]

Sorry to have not been on the board for this one. But my hands were off the steering wheel and clapping for Keston's walk off.  Anything but joy and gratitude for this game is unacceptable. EDIT:  I should say joy &c. is all I can feel about it.   

[sveumrules]

They mentioned on Quick Pitch that the Brewers are now an MLB best 101-60 (.627 W%) in one run games going back to 2018, with no other team over a .600 W%.

[Robocaller]

7 hours ago, areacodes said:

Most MLB players make an out over 75% of the time.

Maybe 65% Though this year it might be closer to 69% of the time.

[Robocaller]

10 hours ago, Outlander said:

What a surprise, Hiura does well against a RHP.

Not sure if that was meant to be sarcastic. He's hit RHP better than LHP in his major league career.

[Outlander]

Yes he does but the Brewers don't play into that strength against RHP and then pretty much the first couple of pages of this thread are dump him, time to move on, strike 1,2,3, etc. when he doesn't hit Max Fried 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 hour ago, Outlander said:

Yes he does but the Brewers don't play into that strength against RHP and then pretty much the first couple of pages of this thread are dump him, time to move on, strike 1,2,3, etc. when he doesn't hit Max Fried 

To be fair, those criticisms weren't solely based on how he looked against Fried yesterday. Coming into yesterday's game, Keston was barely above a .200 average and was striking out at a nearly 50% clip. Granted it's been a small sample, but he really hadn't shown anything to make it a larger sample. Perhaps yesterday's heroics will flip a switch, and Counsell will be more inclined to get him regular ABs now. I really wish he could play 3B, because that would make it much easier to find ABs for him. As it stands, you can't sacrifice Rowdy's ABs. I wouldn't mind giving Keston a few more starts at DH against righties, though. Give Cutch all those ABs against lefties. 

[CdrbrgMark]

2 hours ago, Outlander said:

Yes he does but the Brewers don't play into that strength against RHP and then pretty much the first couple of pages of this thread are dump him, time to move on, strike 1,2,3, etc. when he doesn't hit Max Fried 

Fried is a left hand pitcher, Hiura shouldn't have been playing.

[CdrbrgMark]

18 minutes ago, CdrbrgMark said:

Fried is a left hand pitcher, Hiura shouldn't have been playing.

Go to page 4 of this thread and look at Eye Black's splits for Hiura vs LHP's in 2022. They're horrible.

[Outlander]

1 hour ago, CdrbrgMark said:

Fried is a left hand pitcher, Hiura shouldn't have been playing.

Exactly my point. The Brewers don't play enough into his strenghts. He had good at bats in the 9th and 11th against RHP but many posters including yourself are ripping into him when facing LHP Fried. Based on history he was going to fail early in in the game.