Diamondbacks at Brewers; Tuesday, August 26 @ 6:40 p.m.: Jacob Misiorowski (4.19 ERA, 3.24 FIP) vs. Brandon Pfaadt (4.95 ERA, 4.35 FIP)

[willie key]

4 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

Man are they playing some pretty crappy d lately.  Lot of little league mistakes.  

It’s so aggravating.    I get they are tired but you have to concentrate dudes

[markedman5]

Really Collin’s?

[kevinisaname]

Are they really calling that a double?

[wallus]

Gotta get back to doing the little things

[kevinisaname]

Phew. Got out of it.

[narwhalattack]

Hoping for more insurance runs when we've already scored 8 is wild

[edfunderburk]

I hope we don’t have to depend on Megill tonight to win this game

I may have unrealistic expectations … if I recall, we didn’t win many games last year if the opponent scored five runs

[yourout]

I'll be glad when these guys leave town. 

They're swinging some pretty hot sticks.

[kevinisaname]

Just score a bunch of runs here. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

[markedman5]

Defense has not been up to standard

[wOOgiE22]

Just such a grind for this team right now.  The last 2 nights you could have saved the bullpen during this long stretch of games, but the pitching just can’t keep their foot down. 

[yourout]

2 minutes ago, narwhalattack said:

Hoping for more insurance runs when we've already scored 8 is wild

On the plus side I feel more confident that we can actually do that.

[edfunderburk]

This is a good offense opponent, but our pitchers are toast 

 

[kevinisaname]

King Vaughn gets on for his t-shirt day.

[adambr2]

Not being able to feel great about a 5 run lead with 9 outs to play is problematic.

[sveumrules]

11 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

What happened at the break?

We have to be Top 5 in MLB in HRs since the All Star break

Can use a few different chronological dividing lines for the offense depending how one wants to do things to show their power growth as the season has gone on, using ISO which accounts for all extra base hits not just HR...

First 46 Games
229/306/346
.117 ISO (28th)
Last 86 Games
272/345/434
.162 ISO (16th)

or...

First 69 Games
234/313/361
.127 ISO (27th)
Sal to Lead Off
282/352/450
.169 ISO (15th)

or...

First 90 Games
247/322/381
.135 ISO (26th)
Vaughn gets Here
279/353/452
.173 ISO (12th)

or...

First 107 Games
252/325/387
.136 ISO (27th)
Bill & Brice HR Surge
281/359/475
.194 ISO (8th)
 

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I hope we don’t have to depend on Megill tonight to win this game

I may have unrealistic expectations … if I recall, we didn’t win many games last year if the opponent scored five runs

They almost certainly will, especially since Uribe closed last night.

Been a rough stretch for Megill but he was a rock for most of the year and they’re going to continue to trust him to get right for now.

[BarremlensTSSC]

2 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Not being able to feel great about a 5 run lead with 9 outs to play is problematic.

How about a 2 run lead with 6 outs to play?  haha?

[OldHeidelberg]

2 minutes ago, wOOgiE22 said:

Just such a grind for this team right now.  The last 2 nights you could have saved the bullpen during this long stretch of games, but the pitching just can’t keep their foot down. 

Yeah you just hope it settles down, bullpens can have a bad week or 2 but then get back to normal. Like you says grind…

[RobertCrawley]

6 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I hope we don’t have to depend on Megill tonight to win this game

I may have unrealistic expectations … if I recall, we didn’t win many games last year if the opponent scored five runs

He's our closer. Let the man work.

[AKCheesehead]

I'd love to see Seigler blast one here.  Forum would go nuts!

 

[Bulldogboy]

Just now, AKCheesehead said:

I'd love to see Seigler blast one here.  Forum would go nuts!

 

😂

[kevinisaname]

Just now, AKCheesehead said:

I'd love to see Seigler blast one here.  Forum would go nuts!

 

How about a strikeout instead? The forum might go nuts anyway!

[willie key]

Is it really 8-6.    My god.    This last month is going to be painful 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, AKCheesehead said:

I'd love to see Seigler blast one here.  Forum would go nuts!

 

So is the AKC because you are in Alaska or because you like dogs.