Nationals (Williams) vs Brewers (Burnes): 9/16/23, 6:10pm

[tonyei31]

1 hour ago, willie key said:

Well.      Tellez has been getting a chance to prove himself lately.      
 

chafin Anderson and wiemer need to go.     Tellez I’m on the fence with.      But let’s face it.    He’s an out of shape first baseman who provides no other value unless he’s pounding the ball

The eye test on Tellez leads me to believe he gained a substantial amount of weight when on DL.  It's pretty easy to see.  My guess is an already big guy packed on 12-15 LBS.  

[tonyei31]

46 minutes ago, TURBO said:

One thing we need to emphasize, Wiemer was never in their plans to start the season with the Brewers.  He was only here due to necessity, and the sad thing is, we ended up needing him most of the season.

I am certainly not faulting him for anything, fact of the matter is, he probably could have used another year in the minors, but that just isn't what happened.

I really hope he starts the year in AAA next year, gets some things figured out with his swing, and can help us out in the second half.

Forget which poster said that Weimer being up this year will end up being a blessing in disguise.   The brewers got a year advancement on realizing that swing doesn't play at the MLB level because of injuries.  Ultimately might be a good thing.    

[wiguy94]

15 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

On May 22, Contreras should not have called for sinker down the middle 🙂

 

Burnes threw so many meatballs that day. Threw a cutter right down the middle to Maldonado that he hit out. Threw a hanging slider right down the middle to Dubon that he hit out. Threw a 93 mph cutter at the bottom of the zone but center of the plate to Alvarez that he hit out. Contreras wanted the backdoor cutter and Burnes drifted it over the center of the plate.

[edfunderburk]

1 hour ago, LouisEly said:

1) Because Abraham Toro isn't going to put up a .886 OPS over 100 plate appearances like Tellez did in March/April of this season.

B) Tellez put up a .991 OPS over his first 21 plate appearances in August after coming off of the DL. 

I love both points … 1 & B 😁

[Sugarrayray]

47 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I just looked it up. The last time Contreras caught Burnes was May 22nd against the Astros. Burnes gave up 4 HR in that game.

I remember that vividly and remember thinking maybe they should just use Caratini with him all the time. And that worked. But I’m also thinking, Burnes stuff just wasn’t right at the beginning of the year. Maybe Burnes now will be fine with Contreras. Let’s hope :)

Come to think of it….wasn’t Caratini Yu Darvish’s personal catcher for a couple years?

[Sugarrayray]

31 minutes ago, tonyei31 said:

The eye test on Tellez leads me to believe he gained a substantial amount of weight when on DL.  It's pretty easy to see.  My guess is an already big guy packed on 12-15 LBS.  

And when the season started this year I thought he looked bigger than last year! Now it’s kinda absurd.

I will never fat shame someone I just think when you’re as big he is it’s not conducive to playing well. I mean like how big his chest and belly are could maybe even be impacting his swing path. There are only so many guys like Prince Fielder and my guy Dimitri Young who can do it for sustained periods.

[markedman5]

 

[Brian]

Do pitchers even use pitchcom anymore? 

[LouisEly]

2 hours ago, TURBO said:

I know Rowdy is a fan favorite (or was) but outside of the sac fly he provided us recently, what has he done before his injury, and more importantly, after his return. 

Other than have an .830 OPS and be on pace for another 35 HR season as of June 1st?

Other than have a .991 OPS the first 21 PA's after coming back from the DL?

[willie key]

51 minutes ago, Sugarrayray said:

And when the season started this year I thought he looked bigger than last year! Now it’s kinda absurd.

I will never fat shame someone I just think when you’re as big he is it’s not conducive to playing well. I mean like how big his chest and belly are could maybe even be impacting his swing path. There are only so many guys like Prince Fielder and my guy Dimitri Young who can do it for sustained periods.

It’s ok to fat shame professional athletes.   Get in shape

[Sugarrayray]

I think Corbin wanted Lane Thomas to know he won’t be dominating the crew anymore. He looked angry after that strikeout.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Can’t start a game much better than Burnes did in the Top 1st. 

[Brian]

Burns Strikes out the side with Contraris behind the plate. 

[markedman5]

Well that went pretty well………

[willie key]

We didn’t give up a run in the first!!

[Sugarrayray]

I love that approach so much I really hope Turang keeps trying to do stuff like that more as he’s seeing how it works from Frelick.

[HarryDoyle]

Burnes isn't screwing around tonight. Maybe we can manage a run for him.

[treego14]

Canha is a jewel!

[Sugarrayray]

The crew hasn’t had a professional batsman like that in a while and damnit  I like it.

[Frisbee Slider]

Zach Davies facing off against Kyle Hendricks tonight. Two very similar pitchers. One with an ERA near 7, though.

[markedman5]

Pour it on!

[AKCheesehead]

Wow Rowdy clobbered the snot out of that one! 🙂

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Superb baserunning by Santana on Tellez’ looping liner. Great read.  Scoring from 2nd Base on that was a bit unexpected.

[HarryDoyle]

Fitting way to celebrate Robin Yount's birthday by hitting like an actual Major League baseball team.

[Sugarrayray]

For some reason I really enjoyed watching that guy throw warm up pitches with his hat off.