Brewers (Gasser) vs Marlins (Rogers): 5/21/24, 5:40pm

[BlightyBrew]

Good win.  Thought Gasser pitched better than his line score.  Clutch from Yelich.

Now lets win tomorrow and take the series.

[Jim French Stepstool]

16 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

 

I’ve liked most of their managers in the last 50 years - Macha & Murphy being the exception 

 

 

I think manipulating the timeline just so you can omit Dave Bristol is grossly unfair.

[KeithStone53151]

On 5/21/2024 at 4:20 PM, sveumrules said:

Turang career vs LHP (93 PA)
198/293/210 (48 wRC+)

Monasterio career vs LHP (106 PA)
278/377/400 (118 wRC+)

Brice isn't going to play every inning of every game, so best to give him an occasional rest when there is a lefty on the mound.

This is flawed. Check his AAA and aa splits. Also, we should want turang facing lefties to get better as an all around hitter. Not giving the chance is just stupid and a disservice to the player and the Brewers long term. Imagine if the Nationals didn't let Bryce Harper bat against lefties...

[sveumrules]

11 hours ago, KeithStone53151 said:

This is flawed. Check his AAA and aa splits. Also, we should want turang facing lefties to get better as an all around hitter. Not giving the chance is just stupid and a disservice to the player and the Brewers long term. Imagine if the Nationals didn't let Bryce Harper bat against lefties...

Bryce Harper has a .913 career OPS in MLB and .941 in the minors.

Brice Turang has a .642 career OPS in MLB and .740 in the minors.

Both are left handed hitters named Bryice, but the similarities pretty much end there.

[KeithStone53151]

19 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Bryce Harper has a .913 career OPS in MLB and .941 in the minors.

Brice Turang has a .642 career OPS in MLB and .740 in the minors.

Both are left handed hitters named Bryice, but the similarities pretty much end there.

In 2022, in over 600 PA in the minors, Turang posted a 781 OPS vs LHP and 767 vs RHP. In 2021, in around 500 PA, he posted a 705 OPS vs LHP and 711 vs RHP. These numbers certainly aren't great, but it shows 1100 PA of him hitting LHP roughly equally as well as RHP. And the point regarding Harper is, you don't just platoon your best prospects. Turang was a first round pick, a top prospect in our system, clearly we thought enough of him to bring him to the major league level. And now we're platooning a guy in the midst of a breakout year despite the fact that he hasn't shown a specific inability to hit lefties. It's checkers for simpletons, and is a disservice to the player and the organization long term. The team will be better off next year if Turang sees 150 PA against LHP and continues to maintain that skill or improve it. If he never starts against LHP, he'll inevitably see LH relievers and be less likely to be good against them as he doesn't see LHP nearly as often.