Brewers at Cubs; Thursday, August 21 @ 1:20 p.m.: Quinn Priester (3.48 ERA, 4.32 FIP) vs. Shota Imanaga (3.06 ERA, 4.32 FIP)

[Brian]

1 hour ago, Jake McKibbin said:

 

 

Lets knock him for about 4 runs in the 1st inning then. 

[Jake McKibbin]

Just now, Brian said:

Lets knock him for about 4 runs in the 1st inning then. 

I'm well aware that, having posted this, Imanaga may go seven shutout and dot the edges of the strike zone all day.

Hopefully the Brewers can tag him, especially if the wind is neutral

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

 

This is why I find baseball to be a good teacher. It is constantly forcing you to evaluate your subjective experience against things more objective. 

Gee, and all this time I thought it was simply a viable alternative when I've already seen the 'Gunsmoke' rerun😛.

 

[TURBO]

I'll be doing my part today.  I have Imanaga on a fantasy team that has been battling for 1st place the past several weeks.  The guy in 2nd place and I have been switching back and forth almost nightly.

I'll be starting him, so going by my recent luck, he should get rocked!

The forum is welcome!

[Jim French Stepstool]

There's been some wailing, railing & flailing about the offense the last couple days. But when the smoke clears, we've run out four starters this week. One was excellent while the other three were mediocre to downright poor. The results reflected that. Job one is for Priester to get ahead & throw ground balls.

Facing a LHP can be dicey but to me the ABs have been better than the overall results over the last two games. The bottom two spots in the order HAVE been a recent problem. When those guys can reach, that's when your chances for a 3-4 inning increase. Chourios' return bumps everyone back a spot which should help in that regard.

[Playing Catch]

Brewers are going to beat them by 6 or 7 today.

[Brian]

3 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

There's been some wailing, railing & flailing about the offense the last couple days. But when the smoke clears, we've run out four starters this week. One was excellent while the other three were mediocre to downright poor. The results reflected that. Job one is for Priester to get ahead & throw ground balls.

Facing a LHP can be dicey but to me the ABs have been better than the overall results, especially the last two games. The bottom two spots in the order HAVE been a recent problem. When those guys can reach, that's when your chances for a 3-4 inning increase. Chourios' return bumps everyone back a spot which should help in that regard.

Not sure if I misunderstood you but Chourio not playing again today. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

39 minutes ago, Jake McKibbin said:

I'm well aware that, having posted this, Imanaga may go seven shutout and dot the edges of the strike zone all day.

Hopefully the Brewers can tag him, especially if the wind is neutral

Yeah, like to see that rare, big first inning today.

Wind blowing in again, though not sure it's really going hard as it can be. Will be a factor, but probably not determine anything.

[BruisedCrew]

I see Tucker is back in the lineup today.

After clearing his head for a few days he would be my “pick to click”.

It appears that the wind today will be out of the northeast, which would be across the outfield from left to right. A help on balls hit to RF. Advantage Cubs and their LH power hitters. Even more imperative than usual for Priester to induce grounders. 

[Brian]

"Get three coffins ready. My mistake, four coffins."

A Fistful of Dollars

[Brian]

21 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

Brewers are going to beat them by 6 or 7 today.

Priester, Peralta, Woodruff, in no particular order our top 3 in my opinion. 

[adambr2]

Collins shouldn’t be hitting 2nd right now.

[BCF]

Another hard hit for a DP...

[BCF]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Collins shouldn’t be hitting 2nd right now.

He hit it 103 mph...

[BCF]

2 more balls over 100 MPH for outs...unreal bad luck for the Brewers this series 

[Roderick]

Collins 0 for 12 since coming back.

[MuckyFingers]

Yes, Contreras has mastered the 105 MPH ground ball right at the SS.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, BCF said:

He hit it 103 mph...

He’s 1 for his last 20.

Sometimes it’s about more than just the one last AB.

[BCF]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

He’s 1 for his last 20.

Sometimes it’s about more than just the one last AB.

You mean the 7-8 pitch AB he drew for a walk in the 9th yesterday and now a smoked groundball this AB? We're gonna go off a 4-5 game sample when he's been consistent all year?

[Underachiever]

I just don't think 102 mph off the bat is a big deal when it has a negative launch angle. I imagine it's not going nearly that fast when it ends up in a glove after bouncing three or four times in the grass.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, BCF said:

You mean the 7-8 pitch AB he drew for a walk in the 9th yesterday and now a smoked groundball this AB? We're gonna go off a 4-5 game sample when he's been consistent all year?

He had a few days off and clearly has been scuffling getting back into it since his return. One hard hit ground ball and a walk doesn’t change that.

It wouldn’t be that big of a deal for him to bat 6th until he starts picking things up again.

[tmwiese55]

A factor in that is being a switch hitter.  Turang is the obvious guy to move up but he and Frelick back to back L is the issue

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, Underachiever said:

I just don't think 102 mph off the bat is a big deal when it has a negative launch angle. I imagine it's not going nearly that fast when it ends up in a glove after bouncing three or four times in the grass.

Thank you. The reporting of EV on every single contact that we make isn’t all that telling. Hitting a ball 100 MPH with no launch isn’t a great result and we don’t need to act like every 100+ EV ball should have wound up in the outfield gap if it weren’t for the darned bad luck. 

[Brian]

Baseball is streaky 

3 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

He had a few days off and clearly has been scuffling getting back into it since his return. One hard hit ground ball and a walk doesn’t change that.

It wouldn’t be that big of a deal for him to bat 6th until he starts picking things up again.

You mean It wouldn’t be that big of a deal for him if we weren't playing the Cubs or someone else got hot. Vaughn cold also. 

[treego14]

Imanaga looks very vulnerable!