Brewers (Patrick) vs Padres (Cease): 9/24/25, 3:10pm

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

 

Another runner stranded by Ortiz.

Oops.

Joey isn’t the only guy who is having trouble hitting right now but I’m not going to shed a tear that he’s not in the lineup for a day. 

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

Joey isn’t the only guy who is having trouble hitting right now but I’m not going to shed a tear that he’s not in the lineup for a day. 

Right. But if Mona doesn't go 3-4 Ortiz nation will be like SEE!!

[HarryDoyle]

Cease trying to do his best Matt Garza impression.

[Underachiever]

Such a Brewer inning. Walk, FC, Bunt hit. Keep it going, guys.

[Frisbee Slider]

5 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Right. But if Mona doesn't go 3-4 Ortiz nation will be like SEE!!

Listen, just because Ortiz has zero put outs today doesn’t mean his defense hasn’t already saved us multiples runs 🙂

[HarryDoyle]

How do you miss that call? 

[Underachiever]

2 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Such a Brewer inning. Walk, FC, Bunt hit. Keep it going, guys.

Infield hit.

 

[Underachiever]

Come on Vaughn. Do it for me.

[RobertCrawley]

Crap 

[HarryDoyle]

Predictable.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Another empty inning despite runners on base.

[adambr2]

Most predictable GIDP of all time.

[HarryDoyle]

The offense needs to adopt the George Costanza philosophy for hitting. Do the opposite of your instincts.

[Underachiever]

Can't do a lot when you don't get a ball out of the infield. Damn, this has been a frustrating road trip.

[RobertCrawley]

18 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

The very interesting article about Ortiz on this site is so simple and exactly what I've been saying. You cannot afford to play a defense first player if nobody else is hitting. It was refreshing to read common sense. Play the best players at this point. Stop hoping the guy is going to suddenly find it. He's been horrible from game 1 to game 155. Hoping this is the day.

Batting numbers are easy to see and quantify. You can quantify defense to some extent, but there's no single stat that works.  Also, defense is often more team than individual. So if you put a really good defense behind a Priester or Quintana, who get lots of ground balls, your winning percentages over the course of games will be pretty good. 

Ortiz has been a key to our success this season. But I hope that in playoff ball, when each game is so important, Murph will sub out Ortiz for Mona in critical hitting situations. Mona is hitting .288 right now, and he's proved he's really good in clutch situations.

[HarryDoyle]

Good to get Patrick through the inning. Fedde time.

[RobertCrawley]

Sal is swinging it.

[ecjimg]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Good to get Patrick through the inning. Fedde time.

Please, no.

[sveumrules]

26 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

He's been horrible from game 1 to game 155.

Ortiz was horrible for the first 50 games with a .441 OPS  (25 wRC+) over 166 PA.

Then from game 51 to game 124 he posted a .728 OPS over 257 PA (104 wRC+), that is not horrible.

From game 125 through yesterday he has posted a .500 OPS (38 wRC+) over 74 PA.

He's been horrible for 240 PA and slightly above average for 257 PA this year.

[HarryDoyle]

Here comes the double play.

[RobertCrawley]

Mona and Jansen did not look good against hard cheese.

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Ortiz was horrible for the first 50 games with a .441 OPS  (25 wRC+) over 166 PA.

Then from game 51 to game 124 he posted a .728 OPS over 257 PA (104 wRC+), that is not horrible.

From game 125 through yesterday he has posted a .500 OPS (38 wRC+) over 74 PA.

He's been horrible for 240 PA and slightly above average for 257 PA this year.

I was waiting for a stat head to come back with a defense of Ortiz. 😆 What is he hitting on days that end in y? By this logic is a half season all star I guess. Incredible 

[RobertCrawley]

7 minutes ago, ecjimg said:

Please, no.

When Fedde has control of that sweeper on and off the plate, he can be really effective. 

[RobertCrawley]

SAL!

[Underachiever]

My Fan Duel is so far behind. ESPN told me Jansen struck out before he even came up to bat on my tv.