Twins at Brewers; Sunday, May 18 @ 1:10 p.m.: Freddy Peralta (2.66 ERA, 3.46 FIP) vs. Zebby Matthews

[treego14]

[treego14]

Freddy vs. TBD

Is this the recipe

to set us free?

We'll see!

We need a Yippee!

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers badly need good Freddy today.

[Brian]

32 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Brewers badly need good Freddy today.

Yes good Freddy needed today.  The Brewers have been shut out in four of their last five games. This is the first time in franchise history that the Brewers have been shut out four times in a five-game span, according to Sportradar. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Freddy has been good or great every start this year? I feel like Chourio should have caught that bases clearing fly ball last start against Cleveland.

[homer]

Zebby Matthews given name is Daniel Zebulon Matthews. Zebulon, NC is the home of the Carolina Mudcats - the Brewers' low A affiliate. Coincidence? Yes.

[HarryDoyle]

48 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Brewers badly need good Freddy today.

And that still might not be good enough.

[Brock Beauchamp]

11 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

And that still might not be good enough.

Also probably necessary to… um… score runs. Or something. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

18 minutes ago, homer said:

Zebby Matthews given name is Daniel Zebulon Matthews. Zebulon, NC is the home of the Carolina Mudcats - the Brewers' low A affiliate. Coincidence? Yes.

If your middle name is Zebulon you should be required by law to go by it. 

[Pugger]

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Brewers badly need good Freddy today.

Until this bunch starts to hit it won't matter which Freddy we get today.  :-(

[Playing Catch]

2 hours ago, treego14 said:

Freddy vs. TBD

Is this the recipe

to set us free?

We'll see!

We need a Yippee!

Perhaps the winning recipe includes a dash of Easton McGee?

 

Came up with the Rays, (of course), as a 6'7" kitchen-sink starter with decent movement and excellent control. The Brewers must be trying to convert him into a swingman with a little more swing and miss, as both his K% and BB% this season are the highest of his minors' career, while coming exclusively out of the pen. Here's his 2023 Statcast.

I think it's likely they need some innings in the short term, and they are prepared to simply option him back down, of course. But he's "only" 27.

(I'm not predicting anything, He's probably just roster churn, but this team is kinda boring at the moment).

[RobertCrawley]

Went to the game last night. Pretty awful. Can’t see doing that again anytime soon. 

[Bulldogboy]

I saw that after the game Murphy finally passed the buck to ownership by saying we didn't spend any money what do you expect? Now besides being a fact I like him at least calling a spade a spade. Now the fact his kids were sitting there is a whole other thing.

[wiguy94]

2 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Freddy has been good or great every start this year? I feel like Chourio should have caught that bases clearing fly ball last start against Cleveland.

95% catch probability so you thought right. Chourio could a horrible jump and read and even still could have caught it he just whiffed it.

[Samurai Bucky]

9 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Went to the game last night. Pretty awful. Can’t see doing that again anytime soon. 

I was there, too.  Our family of six went, so one could say the cribbage boards were very expensive.

One thing that I really don't like to see is bad baseball.  What I saw last night was bad baseball.  Bauers' two plays were trash.  I don't care if he's, "Not a left fielder."  If he shouldn't be in left, then that is on the manager and/or the ownership.  On the other hand, there is so much talent in the minors that a dozen guys can come up and fill the gap, right?

Ortiz on the defensive end was good.  The one play where he didn't come up with the diving play to his left would have been a ++ (plus-plus) play in any book.  Too bad he didn't come up with it.  He is still stuck in that wet paper bag that he can't hit out of.

Frelick -- what a play on the dive.  Too bad he didn't keep his glove on.  Then he comes up and hoses the runner out at home.  Unfortunately, he was in the same paper bag as Ortiz.  Yesterday's poor hitting was probably more to do with Lopez pitching well.

Yeah... but I think the Brewers should have done better hitting.  I am not a fan of the leg kick if people are not squaring up the ball and are not on time.  I think Chourio was the only one to make some type of adjustment.  I called the sinker on the first pitch of the at bat.  Chourio hits a frozen rope at 107mph that was caught.  Keep your head steady -- that can be done with a leg kick (or toe touch, or heel lift...).

Freddy is the ace.  Hopefully he does what an ace does today.

[liveforoctober]

I was at the game Friday night and left thinking "that was about as boring/bad a baseball game as I've seen in a good while". Then watched the game last night on TV and was really happy I got the Friday game instead.

Go Crew. 

[treego14]

I think Jeffers is on steroids!

[treego14]

And Freddy pitches a scoreless 1st inning!

Our turnaround is beginning!

[Brian]

Those elbow pads that are 4" by 6" should be banned. Why even bother getting out of the way. 

[Simba2020]

Barely have time to go number one when the Brewers are up.

[duewizard]

My god what an awful inning. To Zebby Mathews???? It's not like they're facing Skenes or Cole 

[HarryDoyle]

Pathetic.

What do these hitting coaches teach these guys, look at strikes and swing at balls?

[wiguy94]

I don't know how Al Laboeuf is still employed when it looks like multiple hitters on the roster are just completely broken

[treego14]

Triple A is now Triple K!

We need Lyle Overbay!

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Pathetic.

What do these hitting coaches teach these guys, look at strikes and swing at balls?

I mean, that was two pitches from an immaculate inning.