Cubs (Imanaga) vs Brewers (Wilson): 5/29/24, 6:40pm

[RightFieldCoder]

10 minutes ago, Brian said:

Thank God 1/2 you guys don't judge the Brewers like the Packers because it is night and day. 

I don't know what this means. But I do know the Packers could also go 30 straight innings without scoring a run on the Cubs starting pitchers.

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

 

After a forgettable day at the plate Tuesday & a now a tough lefty throwing, I expected Turang to give way to Monasterio tonight. I'm not complaining though. Murphy might be settling into a philosophy of putting a strong defensive team on the field & if it leads to L vs L matchups, it hopefully only goes a couple times through the order (tomorrow afternoon would be a possible outlier of course, with no days off this week).

Hoskins being out kinda exacerbates this.

[SomewhereInTime]

Looks like they listened to my complaints and stopped platooning turang and bauers.  I'm not sure it will matter today though

[yourout]

Not sure if I should tune into until at least the 6th inning.

 

[markedman5]

1 hour ago, wiguy94 said:

Why not just let him catch both? Contreras has been slumping with the bat. His xwOBA over his last 50 PA is .307. Maybe shown signs of fatigue 2 months into the year. He's on pace to catch almost 240 more innings than last year.

I don’t know…..my guess is they want to keep the option of pinch hitting/running  for Sanchez without losing the DH at some point later in  the game..

I’m not necessarily defending it but that is my guess……..I’m not sure he is wearing down……guys go through periods where they aren’t swinging well…..or just run into some good pitching. 

I think WC and the staff need to monitor how he is feeling…… it would be a good question for both Murphy and Contreras to address.
 

 

[edfunderburk]

Nice play by Ortiz 

[edfunderburk]

We are due to break out against a Cubs starter 

Their new ace is due for a dud too

I hope both take place tonight 

Brewers 8-2

[edfunderburk]

So glad Dunn didn’t start tonight 

Ortiz is the real deal

[kevinisaname]

I weirdly have a good feeling about this game for some reason. I hope I'm actually right.

[markedman5]

Yesssss!

[kevinisaname]

YELICH!! That'll raise his ERA.

[edfunderburk]

Yeli finally has his homer after returning from injury 

[Brewcrew82]

Finally!

[markedman5]

441!

[edfunderburk]

Imanaga has troll-like hair

[kevinisaname]

And finally, the scoreless streak against Cubs' starters is over.

[yourout]

Now that Angel Hernandez has retired Laz Diaz moves up a step in the list of worst umpires in the MLB.

[yourout]

5 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

441!

That thing was hit so far it could have been mile marker 441.

[kevinisaname]

Got him down 0-2 and threw two uncompetitive pitches. That'll bite you.

[edfunderburk]

The ump blew the 2-2 pitch call to run the count full before Happ homered 

Sanchez got hosed on his 3-2 pitch - first base ump saying he went around 

[yourout]

Would be interesting to know the percentage of times the Brewers give up a run the immediate half inning after they score and how they compare to the rest of MLB.

Seems to happen a lot.

 

[kevinisaname]

Well, Bryse is going to have trouble going five if he doesn't throw strikes (and he's getting squeezed too).

[yourout]

Wilson looks like crap tonight.

[yourout]

Man he's is throwing some watermelons up there.

[Vgmastr]

2 minutes ago, yourout said:

Wilson looks like crap tonight.

Both Happ and Swanson would have struck out looking if the ump gave Wilson the same strike zone he gave Imanaga in the first.