Dodgers (Wrobleski) vs Brewers (Henderson): 5/22/26, 6:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, here we go, a chance for the Brewers to test their mettle against the Dodgers.

	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	TOT
Trevor Megill	0	0	15	0	0	15
Shane Drohan	0	42	0	0	0	42
Jake Woodford	19	0	0	0	0	19
Grant Anderson	29	0	0	0	0	29
DL Hall	21	0	0	27	0	48
Chad Patrick	0	0	3	0	0	3
Abner Uribe	0	0	14	0	0	14
Aaron Ashby	0	0	26	0	0	26

[igor67]

Title need an edit, unless Harrison has recently discovered Nolan Ryan is a long lost uncle

[adambr2]

9 minutes ago, igor67 said:

Title need an edit, unless Harrison has recently discovered Nolan Ryan is a long lost uncle

1 day rest is pretty aggressive even for the Cy Young era.

[Team Canada]

Updated. :)

[long ball]

Perkins has been more useful as a right handed bat this year. Approx league average in 30 PA. I’d guess he’s probably in CF. 
 

tough to sit bauers right now though because he’s been hitting righties and lefties. 
 

Personally, I would either sit Yelich or play bauers in LF and Chourio in CF. 

[Frisbee Slider]

The Dodgers send a tough lefty in Justin Wrobleski, whose 2.49 ERA and 1.03 WHIP look intimidating until you notice he rarely misses bats. Wrobleski posted zero strikeouts over six innings against St. Louis earlier this month and is sitting at 4.8 K/9 on the season. He's been allowing plenty of loud contact, and is due for regression.
 

Logan Henderson gets the ball for Milwaukee. Henderson has done a terrific job limiting walks and striking out batters this season. Interestingly, his ground ball rate is among the worst in baseball at 17.8%.

[Frisbee Slider]

Milwaukee has been an equal or better regular season team since 2024

[sveumrules]

15 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

 his ground ball rate is among the worst in baseball at 17.8%.

Out of 339 pitchers with at least 250 IP in the minors since 2023, Henderson’s 34.0 GB% ranks 326th so he’s always gotten a lot of airborne contact.

With a 32.2 K% (4th) and .198 average against (10th) he’s managed a 1.01 WHIP (2nd) on that same leaderboard.

Flip it over to MLB and Logan is one of 223 starting pitchers with at least 40 IP since last year. Some of his ranks there…

121 LOB+ (1st) | 150 K+ (3rd) | 68 FIP- (8th) | 61 ERA- (10th) | 78 WHIP+ (18th)

His 20.6 GB% is 223rd on that leaderboard, six percent lower than Eric Lauer in 222nd at 26.8%.

[willie key]

That cubs sweep was huge.    We could lose the lead this weekend but that wouldn’t be disastrous 

ao much better going into dodgers series up a game and a half then if we were down 3 games

[tmwiese55]

Right, going into this week you'd have taken a 3-3 week as 'fine'.  So you're basically on house money this weekend. 4-2 is a good week so only need 1/3 here since you got that sweep.  Obviously you still want at least 2/3 here but getting the sweep was a huge help 

[adambr2]

2 hours ago, long ball said:

Perkins has been more useful as a right handed bat this year. Approx league average in 30 PA. I’d guess he’s probably in CF. 
 

tough to sit bauers right now though because he’s been hitting righties and lefties. 
 

Personally, I would either sit Yelich or play bauers in LF and Chourio in CF. 

Bauers in LF and Chourio in CF was the (correct) call. 

I cannot really justify Perkins in the lineup at all. I can’t really justify him on the roster given the guys knocking on the door in Nashville, but that’s a different conversation.

[Frisbee Slider]

[Frisbee Slider]

[Frisbee Slider]

Today’s Dodgers starting lineup has over $1.7 billion in contract commitments. Last season, Los Angeles paid nearly $170 million in luxury tax penalties. Go Brewers!

#	Player	Pos	Contract Total	Years
1	Ohtani	DH	$700M	10 yrs
2	Betts	SS	$365M	12 yrs
3	Freeman	1B	$162M	6 yrs
4	Tucker	RF	$240M	4 yrs
5	Pages	CF	$0.8M	1 yr
6	Muncy	3B	$10M	1 yr
7	Hernandez, T.	LF	$66M	3 yrs
8	Rushing	C	$0.79M	1 yr
9	Kim	2B	$12.5M	3 yrs
P	Wrobleski	SP	$0.79M	1 yr
Total			$1,717.88M

[yfinn6]

Cubs lose and it's 6 in a row. 

[wiguy94]

I hope we don't regret playing Bauers in LF with an extreme flyball guy on the mound

[cragi]

25 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Bauers in LF and Chourio in CF was the (correct) call. 

I cannot really justify Perkins in the lineup at all. I can’t really justify him on the roster given the guys knocking on the door in Nashville, but that’s a different conversation.

i dont think it helps him or the club to be up here looking lost at the plate. he needs to recalibrate in the minors and give someone else (Lara/Black) some ABs

[Frisbee Slider]

Dodgers have 5.27 times the salary commitments compared to the Brewers.

#	Player	Pos	Contract Total	Years
1	Chourio	CF	$82M	8 yrs
2	Turang	2B	$4.15M	1 yr
3	Contreras	C	$9.4M	1 yr
4	Yelich	DH	$215M	9 yrs
5	Vaughn	1B	$7.65M	1 yr
6	Bauers	LF	$2.7M	1 yr
7	Rengifo	3B	$2.78M	1 yr
8	Frelick	RF	$0.78M	1 yr
9	Ortiz	SS	$0.78M	1 yr
P	Henderson	SP	$0.78M	1 yr
Total			$325.82M

[Jim French Stepstool]

31 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I hope we don't regret playing Bauers in LF with an extreme flyball guy on the mound

My thoughts too, after seeing the lineup. After Tuesday's result you knew Bauers in LF with Chourio in CF is something we were going to see again. I Certainly don't want Bauers sitting vs anyone right now until he needs a blow, which tonite either puts him in left or Yelich on the bench as you know Vaughn is playing. 

I'd have leaned toward Perkins in CF w/him probably getting pulled for Mitchell at some point & Yelich's bat available on the bench. it's a tough call.

[willie key]

I can’t believe we are paying pratt more than Ortiz this year and he’s going to sit in the minors all year.    Just the weirdest contract I’ve ever seen

[Jim French Stepstool]

41 minutes ago, cragi said:

i dont think it helps him or the club to be up here looking lost at the plate. he needs to recalibrate in the minors and give someone else (Lara/Black) some ABs

If Perkins were to return to Nashville it pretty much has to be Lara, and even if he gets 3-4 starts a week in Milwaukee I think they feel much better about his getting regular ABs in AAA. For now I'd try to limit Perkins to hitting vs LHP & see if he can contribute from that side until Lockridge is good to go.

[adambr2]

1 hour ago, cragi said:

i dont think it helps him or the club to be up here looking lost at the plate. he needs to recalibrate in the minors and give someone else (Lara/Black) some ABs

He just strikes me as someone who has reached a point where he needs a change of scenery, a new perspective from a different hitting coach, etc.

If Arnold can get cash, a low level lottery ticket, anything at all, I think it would be a good thing for both sides. 

My only guess on Lara is with him being 21 and possibly having a bright future in Milwaukee they don’t want him coming up here to take on a minor role right now and would rather him continue playing every day in Nashville.

[yourout]

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