Brewers (Rea) vs Mets (Verlander): 6/26/23, 6:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers squeaked out a series win against the pesky Guardians and now travel to New York to face what are once again the #lolmets. Possibly the most disappointing team in baseball, the Mets are seven games under .500 and may be sellers at the deadline given the strength of the division in Atlanta and the surprising (and possibly flukey) Marlins.

Still, the Brewers aren't exactly a powerhouse themselves and could easily lose a couple in Flushing; the team still has a ton of talent.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Weather looking a little sketchy for this series. Might see a double-header at some point. I'm thinking Thursday.

 

[Jake McKibbin]

So Verlander look see:

 

Isn't getting much swing and miss, but is getting a lot of chases outside the zone. His fastball has been very hittable despite the high spin/decent velo with an average of almost 94 mph exit velocity, and his curveball has been hit more than usual this season too (again despite above average movement)

Location wise, his off speed stuff is usually down and away to righties, and to lefties (Yelich's kryptonite in that zone)

Big difference so far this season is the quality of contact which has been very very good so far, and even well located pitches have been hit well

He's struggling to set things up with the fastball.

 

He's throwing significantly less first pitch strikes compared to last season (62% down to 53.5%) so be patient, wait on that fastball, and CRUSH it

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[BruisedCrew]

6 hours ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Weather looking a little sketchy for this series. Might see a double-header at some point. I'm thinking Thursday.

 

Looks like tonight’s game could run into trouble if it doesn’t move along quickly.

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[82brewcrew82]

Here's hoping for a repeat of the first series.

[Nola Beery]

Please please PLEASE let us not be the birth of a Mets revival. <pessimism alert>

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, Nola Beery said:

Please please PLEASE let us not be the birth of a Mets revival. <pessimism alert>

I was just thinking that they should probably stop talking about how bad the Mets are and how great the Brewers did against them two months ago.

[82brewcrew82]

Pathetic but predictable.

[jason21nl]

So frustrating 

[AKCheesehead]

I wish Yelich had been sent. 

[Nola Beery]

Is there a stat for "most useless at bats" with RISP? I'd bet we're in the top 5.

[Nola Beery]

2 minutes ago, AKCheesehead said:

I wish Yelich had been sent. 

Exactly. Were we waiting for Judge or Ohtani to come up?

[BruisedCrew]

2 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

Is there a stat for "most useless at bats" with RISP? I'd bet we're in the top 5.

I think if you looked up the numbers, you’d find that the Brewers bigger  problem is how few ABs they get with RISP, not necessarily what they do with them. Because they have so few opportunities the failures really stand out. 

[BruisedCrew]

4 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

Exactly. Were we waiting for Judge or Ohtani to come up?

Along those lines, is it really a scoring opportunity when you have the bases loaded with one out when the next two hitters are a combined 6 for their last 70? 

[82brewcrew82]

How good is the Mets bullpen?

[82brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I think if you looked up the numbers, you’d find that the Brewers bigger  problem is how few ABs they get with RISP, not necessarily what they do with them. Because they have so few opportunities the failures really stand out. 

Pretty sure the numbers are pathetic on both accounts.

[jason21nl]

Laughable 

[82brewcrew82]

I want to see Vogey and Rowdy race home to third.

[wiguy94]

21 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

Is there a stat for "most useless at bats" with RISP? I'd bet we're in the top 5.

Brewers are 22nd in wRC+ with RISP and 21st in BA with RISP if that's more your speed.

[Nola Beery]

14 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

Along those lines, is it really a scoring opportunity when you have the bases loaded with one out when the next two hitters are a combined 6 for their last 70? 

Well said!  I guess that's the point of my question.

[AKCheesehead]

I was really hoping Miller could clear Winker for us there. 

[yourout]

1 minute ago, AKCheesehead said:

I was really hoping Miller could clear Winker for us there. 

The Winker experiment needs to end.