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Sort of depressing that while it took Arrieta 30 pitches to get through the first inning, he’s now through four innings on just 63 pitches. -
Now that we’re 1/8th of the way through the season it’s fun to extrapolate current WAR (using Baseball Reference) over the course of a full season (players currently “on-pace” for the following WAR totals for the season)... Corbin Burnes: 12.0 WAR Omar Narvaez: 9.6 WAR Brandon Woodruff: 6.4 WAR Josh Hader: 4.8 WAR JP Feyereisen: 4.0 WAR Freddy Peralta: 4.0 WAR Kolten Wong: 4.0 WAR Billy McKinney: 3.2 WAR Tyrone Taylor: 2.4 WAR Christian Yelich: 2.4 WAR Avisail Garcia: 2.4 WAR It gets considerably less fun after that (no one on pace for more than 1 WAR).
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Kolten Wong has been making some great contact since returning from the IL.
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I’d like to see more Tyrone Taylor as well, but I think he’ll get a start on Monday or Tuesday (or both?) when the Brewers are slated to face LHP starters both nights. Arrieta has a .114 percentage difference in his OPS splits (.736 vs .622) in favor of left-handed hitters for his career, so I certainly understand wanting McKinney’s LH bat in the lineup today.
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It wasn’t even among the top three bad calls in terms of causing a shift in run expectancy. Cory Blaser certainly hasn’t been very good this year though, and it was a bad call at a time everyone was paying attention.
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Through Arrieta’s first 4 starts the Brewers were the only team to score 3 runs against him (on 4 hits and 1 walk). That was his only loss this season.
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Brandon Woodruff: Batter (Cubs) vs Pitching Stats Jake Arrieta: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats Statcast Game Preview for Cubs-Brewers Statcast Game Feed for Cubs-Brewers
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Of course it comes down to Contreras versus Hader. Come on Josh!
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Walks Hoerner, sigh. Time to buckle up.
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Good play by Wong to finally get Sogard out after three lucky hits today.
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One of the biggest knocks on him in recent years is that he literally changes his swing (and pre-swing movements) constantly.
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Those air benders to Bryant were so nasty... Mercy.
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Big spot for Devin Williams. Good to see him back in “high leverage”, hopefully he’s right.
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Nothing to show for it there, but Wong has certainly gotten in some good swings since coming back.
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Same here, but I think the odds were unfortunately along the lines of hoping Ed McMahon and the Publishers Clearing House folks would be knocking on the door.
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Happy for Hiura, that has to feel great for him.
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They’ve certainly seen Chafin a lot this year (his 5th appearance against the Crew). Score some runs here and lets go into Sunday with “Big Woo” on the mound for the season series.
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With Luis Urias (hopefully) due up this inning these are the exit velocities of the past six balls he’s put in play: 97.2 mph 104.3 mph 105.3 mph 86.2 mph 98.6 mph 105.9 mph Seems like he could be on the verge of breaking out a bit.
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Obviously the error will be on Urias, but seems like that’s one you hope your first baseman is going to be able to handle most of the time. EDIT: The scoring ruling was a base hit, apparently?
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Alright here we go! This is why you put [checks notes]... Tyrone Taylor in the three spot!
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Ended up being a productive at bat for Ray, and chases Alzolay from the game. Would certainly like to not waste a leadoff double for the second time today.
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I honestly would’ve just stuck with Peralta if the alternative was Corey Ray. Now please prove me wrong, Corey!
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IGT when the Brewers make it to the 4th inning without scoring any runs...
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As much as I’d like to see the Brewers in the mix for a big fish like Trevor Story, I think a solid mid-rotation starter could make a huge impact. Peralta is great when he’s on, but he’s likely going to remain a wild card from start-to-start. I know nearly every team in baseball wants more pitching, but I’d feel a lot better with one more reliable arm in the rotation.
