Mets (Scott) vs Brewers (Henderson): 7/22/26, 1:10pm

[TURBO]

Henderson stays healthy up to the playoffs, he's our #3, no question.

[owbc]

2 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Why does Joey stay at the bottom and Yelich stays at the top.

Joey is hitting like a leadoff, and Yelich is hitting like a #9.

Wouldn't really want to mess with Joey right now myself, but I could see a lot of managers reading the situation, and doing something to get Yelich out of that leadoff spot.

 

Yelich has a .378 OBP over the last 14 days...that's not going to get him moved out of the leadoff spot. (yes, that's only 8 games, but still...)

Meanwhile, Joey hit the .650 OPS mark! 

[Simba2020]

I would love to know how many homers have been hit over that shortened wall in right between the Brewers and opponents. I would swear we are deep in the hole in that regards.

[TURBO]

16 minutes ago, owbc said:

Yelich has a .378 OBP over the last 14 days...that's not going to get him moved out of the leadoff spot. (yes, that's only 8 games, but still...)

Meanwhile, Joey hit the .650 OPS mark! 

Lets' see a comparison between Joey and Yelich in that same time frame...

[owbc]

3 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Lets' see a comparison between Joey and Yelich in that same time frame...

.343 OBP for Joey, so Yelich takes that one. 

Joey's actually slugging too much for the leadoff spot. 

[adambr2]

I am really really glad that in MLB these days, we can fix bad calls. 

[Simba2020]

2 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Lets' see a comparison between Joey and Yelich in that same time frame...

Coming into today, Yelich was .628 over the last four weeks while Joey was at .886. The gap has only grown wider today.

[Team Canada]

Mitchell for the salami?

edit: C'mon Vaughn, please no GIDP.

[Simba2020]

1 minute ago, Team Canada said:

Mitchell for the salami here?

With one career homer versus a lefty, that was probably a little too big of an ask.

[Fear The Chorizo]

gotta blow this one open this inning, or I don't like how this game would be feeling

[adambr2]

22 minutes ago, owbc said:

Yelich has a .378 OBP over the last 14 days...that's not going to get him moved out of the leadoff spot. (yes, that's only 8 games, but still...)

Meanwhile, Joey hit the .650 OPS mark! 

He has a .319 OBP in his last 15 games and .299 in his last 30.

I bet I can make a certain stat for any player in the lineup look impressive if I can cherry pick the referenced time frame. 

[adambr2]

I love what Mitchell has done lately, but you absolutely cannot be guessing with two strikes with the bases loaded and nobody out. You’ve got to shorten up and at least look to put the ball in play.

[adambr2]

That may be the worst at-bat ever. Vaughn struck out twice and then grounded into a double play.

[owbc]

3 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

He has a .319 OBP in his last 15 games and .299 in his last 30.

I bet I can make a certain stat for any player in the lineup look impressive if I can cherry pick the referenced time frame. 

The original question was whether Joey's recent hot streak should cause us to pull Yelich out of the leadoff spot. My point was that Yelich isn't playing himself out of the leadoff spot vs. Joey, at least not yet. I agree with everyone else that Yelich has generally sucked lately but there's no way I would bat Joey leadoff because he's been hot for a couple weeks. 

Why do 30 days? If we go back a year, Yelich is outperforming Joey. 

Meanwhile in the game...ugh. 

[Team Canada]

Sigh. The literal worst outcome.

[Yaz19]

Man, I swear the Brewers offense will let them down in October again.   Watching the top of the order struggle like this is crazy infuriating.   

[Daubs]

Just now, adambr2 said:

That may be the worst at-bat ever. Vaughn struck out twice and then grounded into a double play.

3-D Chess by the umpire there to keep Vaughn at the plate.....

[edfunderburk]

Bases loaded, no outs, playing at home … zero runs 

We deserve to lose

 

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, owbc said:

The original question was whether Joey's recent hot streak should cause us to pull Yelich out of the leadoff spot. My point was that Yelich isn't playing himself out of the leadoff spot vs. Joey, at least not yet. I agree with everyone else that Yelich has generally sucked lately but there's no way I would bat Joey leadoff because he's been hot for a couple weeks. 

Why do 30 days? If we go back a year, Yelich is outperforming Joey. 

Meanwhile in the game...ugh. 

I agree that I wouldn’t have Joey leading off. 

There are many other better options, than him or Yelich, however. 

[rccola42]

We just need at least two power bats, an impact starter, and another bullpen option to beat the Dodgers. No worries.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

at $7M already this year... I think Vaughn may become a non-tender candidate for next year.   No way do I want to pay $10 million for a part-time streaky hitter who can't play defense other than 1B.

[MadScientist]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I love what Mitchell has done lately, but you absolutely cannot be guessing with two strikes with the bases loaded and nobody out. You’ve got to shorten up and at least look to put the ball in play.

With that pitch, starting way inside and coming back for a strike, he needed to be guessing curve to expect that it would come back over the plate and swing at it. 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

at $7M already this year... I think Vaughn may become a non-tender candidate for next year.   No way do I want to pay $10 million for a part-time streaky hitter who can't play defense other than 1B.

… a mediocre 1B

[adambr2]

We’re a really bad defensive play in right field from being shut out for the last 16 innings. 

[BruisedCrew]

This offense is in such a funk that it can’t even take advantage of gifts.