Joey O

[Playing Catch]

16 hours ago, MNBrew said:

Worst of all, it's uncanny how many times Ortiz comes up with the bases loaded -- especially with 2 outs

I have no data to back up my personal hypothesis...

The Brewers lineup is usually pretty "deep" in the sense that even most of the poor hitters take professional ABs (Perkins, Collins from last season, etc.). They are pros enough to make the pitchers execute in multiple ways, which is hard to do consistently. Ortiz isn't one of these guys, for whatever reason. So, when opposing pitchers fail to execute, or even choose to pitch around a guy like Perkins, they can relax and just pitch to K, which most pitchers are comfortable trying to do. Or even pitch to contact with 2 down, because compared to the #8 hitter, Ortiz just isn't much of a threat.

Against Ortiz, pitchers can just use their best one or two pitches over-and-over because Ortiz is EASY to execute against. He is always a battery's plan B, which they are pretty comfortable using.

So basically, my hypothesis is that the Brewers' #8 hitters just take really professional ABs.

edit to p.s. - So basically, Ortiz is the least hitter in the lineup. Brilliant analysis.

[shanedog19]

Would anyone else love to see the Brewers promote Pratt and make him the starting SS and slide Ortiz over to 3B in a platoon with Rengifo? While we are at it, promote Made to Nashville and make him the everyday SS there.

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19 minutes ago, shanedog19 said:

Would anyone else love to see the Brewers promote Pratt and make him the starting SS and slide Ortiz over to 3B in a platoon with Rengifo? While we are at it, promote Made to Nashville and make him the everyday SS there.

Let’s not overlook David Hamilton. He might go the entire season without an extra base hit, but he is walking 17% of the time. 0.5 WAR through 59 PA is acceptable.

[beekay414]

The man struck out vs a catcher lol. He should be demoted for that alone.