Atlanta (Winans) vs Brewers (Houser): 7/22/23, 6:15pm

[bensheeps]

How many Frelick shirts are being sold tonight at AmFam?

[LouisEly]

Heck of an outing by Houser, just one bad pitch to a loaded lineup.

[BruisedCrew]

You couldn’t write a script like that.

Just the fact that Frelick had two CHANCES like that in one inning is pretty bizarre. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Yep but two and we're right there.

Oh for sure, this thing is far from over. 

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, LouisEly said:

Heck of an outing by Houser, just one bad pitch to a loaded lineup.

Wasn't even a bad pitch. It was a sinker low and out of the zone. Riley is just on another level right now. 

[HarryDoyle]

Frelick has already contributed more to the team than Tapia did.

[yourout]

A pitcher walking Winker has to drive a manager nuts.

[82brewcrew82]

Cement it kid.

[LouisEly]

Legend

[jason21nl]

Lmao. Just unreal

[Simba2020]

About time Frelick.

[Brewcrew82]

Unbelievable. 

[folly412]

Rookie of the Year!

[yourout]

Of all the young guys I've seen come up lately at first glance Frelich has the best mechanics and it's not close.

[duewizard]

OH YES

[HarveysWBs]

He cannot be stopped!

[HarryDoyle]

What, you can't hit a home run?

[82brewcrew82]

Frelick

Contreras

Yelich

Adames

 

[young guns]

9 minutes ago, bensheeps said:

How many Frelick shirts are being sold tonight at AmFam?

Unfortunately zero, they don't have rookie shirts for months.

[tonyei31]

2 minutes ago, yourout said:

Of all the young guys I've seen come up lately at first glance Frelich has the best mechanics and it's not close.

From a pure hitting standpoint he is the best our system has had in decades.  Hoping it has longterm translation at the big league level.

[HarveysWBs]

I’ve seen enough. This kid can start in center and be our lead off for the next twelve years. Ink him. (Half blue…)

[BruisedCrew]

11 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Wasn't even a bad pitch. It was a sinker low and out of the zone. Riley is just on another level right now. 

Not picking on this specific situation, but just commenting on one of my pet peeves.

You often hear “he just made one mistake” or “two bad pitches” with the  implication that pitches that are hit are mistakes and mistakes are hit. Neither part of that equation is true. 

You’re right, the pitch Riley hit was not a bad pitch in a bad spot and he went down and got it. But Houser might have gotten away with some bad pitches  too. 

As an example, the pitch Yelich fouled off just before his long fly out was a big mistake. A high pitch on the outside part of the plate that Yelich would often drive to left or left center, possibly out of the park. He was right on it but fouled it off. 

[mohlmonster]

Let's not jump the gun on Frelick, don't forget about a guy named Garrett Mitchell

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

Not picking on this specific situation, but just commenting on one of my pet peeves.

You often hear “he just made one mistake” or “two bad pitches” with the  implication that pitches that are hit are mistakes and mistakes are hit. Neither part of that equation is true. 

The pitch Riley hit was not a bad pitch in a bad spot and he went down and got it. But Houser might have gotten away with some bad pitches  too. 

As an example, the pitch Yelich fouled off just before his long fly out was a big mistake. A high pitch on the outside part of the plate that Yelich would often drive to left or left center, possibly out of the park. He was right on it but fouled it off. 

Goal is to execute the pitch. Houser executed the pitch. Riley just got it. 

Mistakes aren't always hit, but they're a lot more likely to be hit than executed pitches. 

[duewizard]

1 minute ago, mohlmonster said:

Let's not jump the gun on Frelick, don't forget about a guy named Garrett Mitchell

A guy who was pretty solid? Being injured is his thing but at the plate, he has been great so far, Frelick doesn't even have the injury problems. As far as I know, his only big IL stint was the thumb issue