Don't know the ERA, but the Brewers' 6th inning pitching stats are very bad compared to the rest of the NL. National League.266 BAA, .336 OBP, .429 SLG, .765 OPS Milwaukee Brewers .336 BAA, .404 OBP, .531 SLG, .935 OPS
Of all of his AB's in his career to criticize for plate discipline, that was not one of them. Ten pitch AB, where he happened to swing at one pitch out of the zone. Unfortunately, it was the last one.
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In his defense, the pitch was right down the middle. He wasn't going to get anything better to hit. Oh, and they have us right where the want us. Bases loaded.
That's being results oriented. I mean, a guy could tag from third on a pop to short and be safe at home because of a terrible throw, but that wouldn't mean tagging was a good decision. Similarly, just because we won most of the games Gagne has blown doesn't mean him blowing them wasn't bad. Plus, in some of those games, our bullpen had to be used more than it should have been.
If MLB.com's Gameday is accurate (which it is not always), none of Gagne's "balls" were obvious strikes. Almost all of them were right on the edges of the zone, though. Chances are, at home, several would've been called strikes.