Brewers at Braves; Wednesday, August 6 @ 6:15 p.m.: Jose Quintana (3.50 ERA, 4.84 FIP) vs. Spencer Strider (3.71 ERA, 3.88 FIP)

[treego14]

[treego14]

Jose will be a dispenser of Spencer!

Fastball, Sinker, Curve, Changeup, or Slider ...

We are ready for Strider!

[Frisbee Slider]

Joey Ortiz is above replacement level according to Baseball Reference 💪

[Brian]

6 hours ago, treego14 said:

Jose will be a dispenser of Spencer!

Fastball, Sinker, Curve, Changeup, or Slider ...

We are ready for Strider!

We will Censor Spencer to make things Tensor sit your laddie down.  Gitchy goomy, gitchy gaddy we will hit your laddie and be your daddy then put him to the ground. 

[Brian]

MLB-leading Brewers cap best 60-game stretch in club history.

https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-ride-big-3rd-inning-to-win-over-braves

 

[Frisbee Slider]

2 hours ago, Brian said:

MLB-leading Brewers cap best 60-game stretch in club history.

https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-ride-big-3rd-inning-to-win-over-braves

 

.733 winning percentage equates to 118-44 record over 162 games. Two wins better than the 2001 Seattle Mariners.

I appreciate our game threads never take a night off from encouraging Murphy to consider ways to improve performance which otherwise has been better than pretty much any team in the history of baseball since late May. 🚀 🙂

[sveumrules]

Jose Quintana versus Spencer Strider has got to be one of the better "different ways to the same spot" pitching match ups you could get.

Both are among 83 pitchers with at least 400 IP since 2022, here are some of their rankings...

Strider (405 IP | 81st)
159 K+ (1st) | 100 BB+ (64th) | 78 HR+ (14th)
83 AVG+ (2nd) | 84 WHIP+ (7th) | 101 LOB+ (48th)
68 FIP- (2nd) | 83 ERA- (16th)
11.4 fWAR (16th) | 8.9 rWAR (39th)

Quintana (499 IP | 44th)
84 K+ (69th) | 97 BB+ (59th) | 75 HR+ (13th)
100 AVG+ (39th) | 98 WHIP+ (47th) | 105 LOB+ (14th)
97 FIP- (47th) | 84 ERA- (17th)
7.0 fWAR (48th) | 10.1 rWAR (32nd)

So Strider strikes out more batters than anyone, and is the second hardest to get a hit off of, yet his run prevention is barely better than Quintana who is pretty much average or below at everything across the board except limiting home runs and stranding base runners.

Believe this largely a function of Strider being so much worse out of the stretch versus the wind up. Couldn't find specific splits, but for his career he's allowed an OPS 111 points higher with runners on versus bases empty. League average this year is an OPS 29 points higher with runners on versus bases empty. For Quintana's career he's allowed an OPS one point higher with runners on versus bases empty.

Put it all together and of the 83 pitchers with at least 400 IP on that 2022-now leaderboard Quintana's -0.52 gap between his ERA and FIP is tied for the best right way differential while Strider's +0.74 gap is the largest in the wrong direction.

[willie key]

It will be interesting what Quintana gives us tonight.   Sounds like he was really worried about trade deadline.   It would be nice for a starter to give us some innings.   We use our bullpen so much

[Underachiever]

1 hour ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I appreciate our game threads never take a night off from encouraging Murphy to consider ways to improve performance which otherwise has been better than pretty much any team in the history of baseball since late May. 🚀 🙂

Does it really matter, since Murphys decisions are always wrong? Lineups, resting guys, bullpen usage, even his choice of a pocket pancake over the far superior fanny-pack waffle are open for second-guessing.

[Turning2]

Will the Lord of the Rings pitcher end MIL's winning streak?   You shall not pass.....

[Frisbee Slider]

10 minutes ago, Turning2 said:

Will the Lord of the Rings pitcher end MIL's winning streak?   You shall not pass.....

For a very deep cut, I wonder if Strider ever pitched at Class A Dunedin. Probably pronounced differently.

[SRB]

2 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I appreciate our game threads never take a night off from encouraging Murphy to consider ways to improve performance which otherwise has been better than pretty much any team in the history of baseball since late May. 🚀 🙂

In between encouraging Freddy Peralta to work harder to remain in the rotation with a 3.03 ERA and an MLB-leading 13 Wins 😂

[tmwiese55]

1 hour ago, willie key said:

It will be interesting what Quintana gives us tonight.   Sounds like he was really worried about trade deadline.   It would be nice for a starter to give us some innings.   We use our bullpen so much

You're not wrong in general.   But lately the BP has been in much better shape due to all the easy wins.   Yea only 5 from Freddy last night but didn't have to use the high leverage guys, got two out of Ashby which is his role. 7 innings from Prierster Monday. Day off tomorrow.  Hopefully it stays like this going into the CHC series.

Mets announcers on MLB network just now had a gushing over how stacked the brewers pitching is 

[willie key]

Btw.   How fun has it been looking forward to the brewers game every night.   Probably should enjoy since it this kind of run won’t happen again 

[treego14]

1 minute ago, willie key said:

Btw.   How fun has it been looking forward to the brewers game every night.   Probably should enjoy since it this kind of run won’t happen again 

It can happen again!  Repeat 3 times!  You will feel better!

[Frisbee Slider]

111 pitches, zero hits allowed by Gavin Williams for Cleveland.

Guardians are 1.5 GB in Wild Card. They have 4-0 lead. I probably go to the bullpen but Williams is back for the 9th.

[formerlybis]

Darn, soto breaks it up with a homer after 8 and 1/3.

[ToolShed55]

2 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Does it really matter, since Murphys decisions are always wrong? Lineups, resting guys, bullpen usage, even his choice of a pocket pancake over the far superior fanny-pack waffle are open for second-guessing.

Shut  down the interwebz. Post of the day, right here!

[BruisedCrew]

Soto’s HR is Mets first hit in 14 innings.

Mets coming here cold after sweep by Guardians. 

[Brian]

3 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Does it really matter, since Murphys decisions are always wrong? Lineups, resting guys, bullpen usage, even his choice of a pocket pancake over the far superior fanny-pack waffle are open for second-guessing.

What would your lineup be? Just curious. 

[willie key]

Is the cubs pitching good enough to win multiple 1-0 games?      Maybe the wind is blowing in

[willie key]

2 minutes ago, Brian said:

What would your lineup be? Just curious. 

Siegler 1-9 if we could clone him 

[Brian]

4 minutes ago, willie key said:

Siegler 1-9 if we could clone him 

I would give give him about 5 hits tonight if we could do that. 

[willie key]

My lineup would be frelick Chourio yelich Vaughn. Contreras collins Turang.   Durbin Ortiz.    You can substitute the 5-7 hitters in any order 

[tmwiese55]

10 minutes ago, willie key said:

Is the cubs pitching good enough to win multiple 1-0 games?      Maybe the wind is blowing in

It has been blowing in pretty much every day on this homestand.  I've been checking it for fantasy baseball reasons.    today is in at 11-16.  yesterday was 8-14.      With them having the bigger boppers on O than us, hopefully its like that too for the 5 gamer