Game Thread (9/05/2022): Brewers (Houser) at Rockies (Feltner) - 3:10 PM CDT

[Robocaller]

sorry for this tangent; there was no good forum to put it, so I slide it in here.
Cardinals are 11-1 when Montgomery or Quintana start; Cardinals didn't just win the trade deadline compared to us, they won the trade deadline compared to every team.

 

[wibadgers23]

Still waiting for Craigtember to start…

[HarryDoyle]

The good news is Houser is almost through the first time through the lineup.

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

And sacrifice exit velocity?

Hey did you know that most of the best hitters in baseball are those with the highest average exit velocity....Now, you also have to make contact (which the Brewers lack), but quit acting like it's not important. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2022&position=&team=&min=q&sort=6&sortDir=desc

[HarryDoyle]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

Still waiting for Craigtember to start…

Craigtember died for good last season.

[Robocaller]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Hey did you know that most of the best hitters in baseball are those with the highest average exit velocity....Now, you also have to make contact (which the Brewers lack), but quit acting like it's not important. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2022&position=&team=&min=q&sort=6&sortDir=desc

If you don't make contact, your exit velocity is zero.

 

[NBBrewFan]

I guess the humidoor is broken.

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

Craigtember died for good last season.

It was on life support in 2020.

[Brewcrew82]

Great we're gonna get shut out by a guy with an ERA over 5.5 aren't we...This is getting really pathetic.

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, Robocaller said:

If you don't make contact, your exit velocity is zero.

 

Why I said you still have to make contact, but exit velocity is nevertheless a crucial piece of the hitting puzzle. 

[NBBrewFan]

2 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

If you don't make contact, your exit velocity is zero.

 

Do they measure exit velocity on a HBP?

[HarryDoyle]

Wong will score simply because he didn't earn his way on base.

[Brewcrew82]

The Brewers have experienced SOME bad luck during this stretch. Case in point: that last play. But still just playing awful baseball like not even catching the ball. 

[Nola Beery]

14 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

And sacrifice exit velocity?

And by "exit" you mean getting "out" rather than getting "exiting  the park."  

[Robocaller]

espn's gameday was showing Rogers sucks at hitting balls on the outside, yet the first 5 pitches to him were inside. Do Milwaukee pitchers rely on analytics at all?

[BruisedCrew]

11 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Hey did you know that most of the best hitters in baseball are those with the highest average exit velocity....Now, you also have to make contact (which the Brewers lack), but quit acting like it's not important. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2022&position=&team=&min=q&sort=6&sortDir=

The tone of this doesn’t seem to be within the spirit of respectful posting.  

[Nola Beery]

12 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Hey did you know that most of the best hitters in baseball are those with the highest average exit velocity....Now, you also have to make contact (which the Brewers lack), but quit acting like it's not important. 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2022&position=&team=&min=q&sort=6&sortDir=desc

It's just not THE most important factor.  This is trite because it's true: "Hit 'em where they ain't."  And the speed of the sac fly is irrelevant.    

[jason21nl]

16 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Great we're gonna get shut out by a guy with an ERA over 5.5 aren't we...This is getting really pathetic.

If you of all posters have lost hope, we’re doomed haha 

[Brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

It's just not THE most important factor.  This is trite because it's true: "Hit 'em where they ain't."  And the speed of the sac fly is irrelevant.    

It's intertwined with contact as the most important factors. With the velocity and spin rates of modern pitchers, "hitting 'em where they ain't" is better said than done. 

[CdrbrgMark]

I'm really not impressed at all with Mitchell.

[Brewcrew82]

15 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

The tone of this doesn’t seem to be within the spirit of respectful posting.  

I don't see what's not respectful. I responded to sarcasm with sarcasm. You say exit velocity is overrated. I say it's actually quite important (though, not the only important factor) and have stats to back it up. 

[Robocaller]

Mitchell's been 0-9 since his HR.  Can we swap him for Frelick now?

 

[jason21nl]

This team suuuuuuuuuucks

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, Robocaller said:

Mitchell's been 0-9 since his HR.  Can we swap him for Frelick now?

 

Frelick was the one who had actually earned the call-up. But Stearns and co. cared more about "time in the organization". 

[Robocaller]

6 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

It's intertwined with contact as the most important factors. With the velocity and spin rates of modern pitchers, "hitting 'em where they ain't" is better said than done. 

Yeah, unless the batter bunts, it's hard to go for the holes in the defense.

[wibadgers23]

3 minutes ago, CdrbrgMark said:

I'm really not impressed at all with Mitchell.

It’s been fun but how about we send him down and see what Frelick can do.