Brewers at Cubs -- Monday, August 18 @ 1:20 p.m.: Freddy Peralta (2.90 ERA, 3.74 FIP) vs. Cade Horton (3.07 ERA, 3.74 FIP)

[Brian]

2 minutes ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

I have a likely irrational wish that Haase was still our backup catcher.

He is in Nashville. 

[BCF]

I can’t stand watching Freddy pitch 

[Brewluver]

8 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Chicago is forecasting heavy storms basically all night. That game is almost definitely getting called no matter whose job that is. 

Our pen could use it. 

Not they are not.

It's possible some moron told you that, but it's not true.

The weather I see on the radar might effect today's game b4 it ends, but tonight's game will definitely be played.

[kevinisaname]

Three straight walks by Freddy. He's suddenly just lost it.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Just now, Brian said:

He is in Nashville. 

I know.  I wish he was still on our MLB roster.  I'll acknowledge that this is likely irrational.

[nate82]

The Freddy I have no idea where my pitches are going has entered the game.

Such a frustrating pitcher.

[adambr2]

Ball 5 to Kelly.

Freaking A, Freddy. What a dandy time you picked to lose it. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

Not they are not.

It's possible some moron told you that, but it's not true.

The weather I see on the radar might effect today's game b4 it ends, but tonight's game will definitely be played.

What a bizarrely aggressive post when it very easily contradicted.

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/4c9ff75840c6ce23fa10812d0f14b605af47896e9ca3fd59abdb9edd1b9d486a

 

[kevinisaname]

Wow, Freddy got lucky there.

[wildcat83]

What an awful AB there, thanks rook!

[Brian]

Just now, kevinisaname said:

Wow, Freddy got lucky there.

Yes that was a ball by 2"

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Big strikeout of the rookie for Peralta with the bases loaded.

[adambr2]

That was Ball 4 and a run, so he got mighty lucky that he chased.

[Turning2]

This situation is exactly why i’ll never be comfortable thinking of Freddy as an ace

[HarryDoyle]

Freddy didn't throw one strike to Cassie and still struck him out. A bad AB for him after Freddy walked the bases loaded.

[owbc]

1 minute ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

I do enjoy the fact that part of the reason he left was because Chicago has more financial resources to build teams with and yet they've mostly sat on those resources and have struggled to catch the Brewers in the standings.

Exactly. Counsell is hyper competitive. He didn't think Milwaukee had the resources to win it all. And he's clearly bothered by losing to the Brewers. 

Personally I don't hate the guy, I just think the whole situation is poetic justice. Hopefully we'll get our trophy and Counsell will eventually come back to Wisconsin with his tail between his legs after winning jack squat with the Cubs. 

[kevinisaname]

PHEW. Let's get some runs, boys!

[wildcat83]

The uncompetitive pitch count is quite high.  Thankfully he got out of it.

[Brian]

Wheew! Maybe he is warmed up now. Lucky lucky lucky.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Escape job by Peralta!

Big momentum swing if the offense can push a few runs across right after. 

[torts]

That's the Freddy inning that other seasons ends up with 2+ runs scoring, so I'll take it!

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, owbc said:

Exactly. Counsell is hyper competitive. He didn't think Milwaukee had the resources to win it all. And he's clearly bothered by losing to the Brewers. 

Personally I don't hate the guy, I just think the whole situation is poetic justice. Hopefully we'll get our trophy and Counsell will eventually come back to Wisconsin with his tail between his legs after winning jack squat with the Cubs. 

He was given way too much credit for organizational competence that had zilch to do with him, and it shows. The competitive imbalance in baseball is simply too drastic for a manager to cause the kind of success the Brewers have enjoyed with their limited resources.

[adambr2]

That was painful to watch. I will take the end result, however. But make no mistake, Caissie bailed him out in a huge way.

[wildcat83]

Freddy has had innings like that this year and then came out the next inning and looked great.  Hopefully that’s the case today, but I’d get the pen moving around just in case.  Probably should be a short leash the rest of the way.

[owbc]

3 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

That was Ball 4 and a run, so he got mighty lucky that he chased.

Lucky, perhaps. But it's also what you do when you see a batter itching to swing.