Yankees (Schlittler) vs Brewers (Harrison): 5/9/26, 6:10pm

[jason21nl]

4 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Brewers are currently on pace to win 92 games

Which is incredible since half the lineup can’t hit

[markedman5]

5 minutes ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Kind of reminded me of that game we blew in Detroit versus Skubal, only this time we finished.

The eighth inning was beautiful. 2 outs. Single, SB, single, and a tie game. 

Frustrating as the MacMahon single was, getting that out on the bases to end the inning was big. 

Judge base running blunder got us off the hook in the top of the 10th too…….no way Mitchell was going to be able to throw out the guy at home so he didn’t need to draw a throw……

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

6 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

Which is incredible since half the lineup can’t hit

And the bullpen has struggled too. I know it's driven by a few blowouts, but the fact that Pythag has us on the unlucky side is pretty stunning when you watch this team every day and feel stoked to be 21-16.

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

Gutsyyyyy.........

I don't know what the reaction was on here when Perkins ran for Vaughn in the 7th, but I thought it was a gray-area type move. You're not a moron for doing it, and not a moron for letting Vaughn run either. Of course as luck would have it, it resulted in Perkins coming up vs a RHP.....ughhh.

Welcome back to the pen, Chad Patrick. Hopefully he'll be able to stay there, but it might've just been a byproduct of the days off on Thursday & Monday.

I'm sure Hill was thinking "I can't get two, so I'll get the lead runner". But wow. A bad decision & bad throw all in the same play is pretty rare at this level.

Nice to survive a horrible 0-2 pitch by Ashby.

Harrison is just a poised kid. Very impressed.

[Jim French Stepstool]

14 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Judge honestly played that pretty poorly. I think if he gets behind the ball better that he guns Rengifo at home there.

Moving to his left as a RH thrower gave us a little edge there, might've made him rush a bit. But I agree, he's more than capable of shifting & getting more on the throw than he did.

[willie key]

Ashby is going to make the all star team isn’t he.    He might be leading the nl in wins at the all star break

[Yaz19]

That was a very satisfying win.

[BruisedCrew]

32 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Gutsyyyyy.........

I don't know what the reaction was on here when Perkins ran for Vaughn in the 7th, but I thought it was a gray-area type move. You're not a moron for doing it, and not a moron for letting Vaughn run either. Of course as luck would have it, it resulted in Perkins coming up vs a RHP.....ughhh.

Welcome back to the pen, Chad Patrick. Hopefully he'll be able to stay there, but it might've just been a byproduct of the days off on Thursday & Monday.

I'm sure Hill was thinking "I can't get two, so I'll get the lead runner". But wow. A bad decision & bad throw all in the same play is pretty rare at this level.

Nice to survive a horrible 0-2 pitch by Ashby.

Harrison is just a poised kid. Very impressed.

I was at the game and I said as soon as he made the move to run for Vaughn that I didn’t like it. I wanted to see him in the lineup to bat in the ninth when that spot came around again. 

I also wanted to see Vaughn in the lineup as DH in the first place. I waited :6 weeks to see some of the team’s better hitters return, and instead saw Black totally overmatched against a quality pitcher. 

[Frisbee Slider]

1 hour ago, jason21nl said:

Which is incredible since half the lineup can’t hit

That’s fair. At the same time, Milwaukee is tied with the Dodgers averaging 5.2 runs per game. Fifth in MLB
 

[sveumrules]

2 hours ago, jason21nl said:

Which is incredible since half the lineup can’t hit

Ultimately it boils down to five guys on the active roster and seven guys on the season who have been negatives at the plate so far (all numbers before tonight's game)...

Rengifo (116 PA)
47 wRC+ | -7.1 runs

Ortiz (90 PA)
36 wRC+ | -6.7 runs

Perkins (53 PA)
15 wRC+ | -5.3 runs

Jones (22 PA)
-56 wRC+ | -4.0 runs

Hamilton (107 PA)
77 wRC+ | -2.8 runs

Frelick (133 PA)
82 wRC+ | -2.8 runs

Matos (21 PA)
25 wRC+ | -1.9 runs

Before tonight those seven players had combined for 542 of the 1,402 total team PA (38.7%) so more like a turd or two fits than fiddy percent.

[greenlawler]

Just got back home from a show.....So satisfying to win a series against The Yankees. They are all things evil to me. 

[StearnsFTW]

5 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

I was told the guy was clearly a great player who needs to make zero adjustments and is on the path to the hall of fame when I mentioned that he could pick it up a bit.

Wow.

 

 

[StearnsFTW]

3 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

I think we have a thread that covers this topic 🙂

Thank you for quoting that stupidity.

I missed it the first time. 

[BruisedCrew]

5 hours ago, sveumrules said:

Ultimately it boils down to five guys on the active roster and seven guys on the season who have been negatives at the plate so far (all numbers before tonight's game)...

Rengifo (116 PA)
47 wRC+ | -7.1 runs

Ortiz (90 PA)
36 wRC+ | -6.7 runs

Perkins (53 PA)
15 wRC+ | -5.3 runs

Jones (22 PA)
-56 wRC+ | -4.0 runs

Hamilton (107 PA)
77 wRC+ | -2.8 runs

Frelick (133 PA)
82 wRC+ | -2.8 runs

Matos (21 PA)
25 wRC+ | -1.9 runs

Before tonight those seven players had combined for 542 of the 1,402 total team PA (38.7%) so more like a turd or two fits than fiddy percent.

Of course, Black is not on this list, but I’m still not convinced that he is likely to be a positive contributor. 

I realize that my opinion is based on an eye test drawn from a relatively small sample of PA’s. But, my impression is that a disproportionate portion of his successful AB’s have come in the lopsided wins against lower tier pitchers, or pitchers who are having bad games who are being hit by everyone. He looked completely overmatched with defensive swings last night.

its a vicious circle, and maybe he needs more ABs to show he’s more than a replacement level player. Even against a RHP I’d rather see those ABs going to Vaughn.

 

[Outlander]

Regarding Caballero and the pitch clock he has been doing that for a while, I know they don't see the Yankees much but somebody on the Brewers staff should know that. It was the correct call, everything is very technical now, umps are getting calls reversed by less than .1 inches so they will call something like that every time, no ump show there. Contreras did a good job adjusting after.

[adambr2]

1 hour ago, BruisedCrew said:

Of course, Black is not on this list, but I’m still not convinced that he is likely to be a positive contributor. 

I realize that my opinion is based on an eye test drawn from a relatively small sample of PA’s. But, my impression is that a disproportionate portion of his successful AB’s have come in the lopsided wins against lower tier pitchers, or pitchers who are having bad games who are being hit by everyone. He looked completely overmatched with defensive swings last night.

its a vicious circle, and maybe he needs more ABs to show he’s more than a replacement level player. Even against a RHP I’d rather see those ABs going to Vaughn.

 

I think they may be deciding whether Perkins or Black is the odd man out when Yelich returns.

Black can force their hand if he hits well enough, but he needs to be impressive since he doesn’t offer much else. Just alright won’t keep him up.

Not that Blake has really done anything to earn a spot but unfortunately for Black, he can’t afford many days like yesterday.

[adambr2]

Just now, Outlander said:

Regarding Caballero and the pitch clock he has been doing that for a while, I know they don't see the Yankees much but somebody on the Brewers staff should know that. It was the correct call, everything is very technical now, umps are getting calls reversed by less than .1 inches so they will call something like that every time, no ump show there. Contreras did a good job adjusting after.

I was saying this during the IGT. We can say it’s bush league, we can complain about it all we want, but it was the correct call and within the rules. I am never going to fault anyone finding small advantages within the rules and the league will adapt and close loopholes from there. 

In the meantime, the onus is on our coaching staff to be scouting up the other team and preparing our players for things like that. 

[Brian]

11 hours ago, folly412 said:

[homer]

2 hours ago, Outlander said:

Regarding Caballero and the pitch clock he has been doing that for a while, I know they don't see the Yankees much but somebody on the Brewers staff should know that. It was the correct call, everything is very technical now, umps are getting calls reversed by less than .1 inches so they will call something like that every time, no ump show there. Contreras did a good job adjusting after.

Looks like the Brewers were aware of this and didn't tell Harrison? I wish I knew who was representing "the Brewers" in the sentence below:

Harrison felt Caballero had begun to make eye contact with him before dipping his head back down, something the Brewers were aware of heading into the game.

“I can’t tell you. They didn’t really make that clear to me,” Harrison said of the situation. “That whole thing was kind of BS. But oh well, it is what it is. It’s the guy’s game and I got to know that. Got to give it both ways. I remember times I was waiting to be sure. Just a tricky thing I’ve never run into, someone trying to exploit that.”

[Brian]

27 minutes ago, homer said:

Harrison said of the situation. “That whole thing was kind of BS. But oh well, it is what it is.

I agree 100%,  Its Karma, we won. 

I still remember in 2024 when Judge was sliding into second, raised his hand and blocked a double-play throw from then shortstop Willy Adames, which was deemed a "missed" call because it wasn't considered a "natural part of his slide. Yankees play dirty baseball just like Buck Showalter's Mets did years ago. 

[da swedish german]

13 hours ago, wallus said:

Most bottoms of team's lineups suck but ours is the suckiest group of suckers to ever suck

I gotta go. My damn wiener kids are listening.