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Wild.
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This would be the 6th. Most of the others have been games in which the Brewers fell far behind and made too little too, late rallies. That would include the 14-11 loss to the Reds and an 8-6 loss to the Nats.
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Not sure what you’re talking about, but because I got the link to that data I’ve been looking at some of the numbers for today as this marathon passes the 3 1/2 hour mark. On Brosseau’s double which was ripped into the gap, the stat cast number gives it an XBA of .270. I don’t have to see many things like that to tell me that this stuff can be pretty useless. Maybe it has value to a team’s analytic staff or a player’s agent to evaluate a player’s performance. But used to put more meaning into a game seems ridiculous. We can tell if a ball was hit hard or not, and quantifying with exit velocities, launch angles, and expected BA doesn’t add anything to my reaction to or enjoyment of a game.
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Anderson made this same statement the other day about the Brewers being exceptional when they go into the 7th inning with a lead. Recent developments have put the Brewers into the “league average”category in this measure, and the best teams in the NL are significantly better.
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Thank you for the link. Just glancing at this tells me that I wouldn’t want to be looking at this during games, and probably not that much at other times. Bloop hits, seeing eye grounders, and “atom” balls have been and always will be part of the game, and seeing exit velocities and expected BA isn’t going to make me feel better or worse about results. And things like Yelich’s hard hit ball percentage on grounders right into the shift tell me that those numbers can be misleading.
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So, when someone is able to make contact and hit it hard enough to get it through or over the infield maybe we should recognize that instead of classifying them as weak hits.
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OK. Thank you. That confirms my impression that just because those balls were not smoked, getting hits on balls hit like that is hardly unusual.
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The right field porch giveth (Friday) and taketh away (today).
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If all hitters are thinking about is applying the barrel to the ball and hitting it as hard as they can, then no wonder there are so many strikeouts and situational hitting is so terrible. Maybe more hitters should be thinking about putting the bat on the ball at all and hoping for a “weak hit”. Still waiting for someone who follows this data on a hitter by hitter basis to give me the expected hit percentage on those weak hits. Or tell me where you get them.
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Since you have exit velocities handy, do you have the expected BA on those hits? It seems to me that a pretty high percentage of hits aren’t hit any harder than those. Maybe obsession with exit velocities is why so few balls are put in play these days. Just getting the bat on the ball still has value.
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The fact that the ball was hit right at Adames is the point. Baseball by its nature is often decided by hitting ‘em where they ain’t instead of hitting ‘em hard, Balls hit like Blackmon hit that one, even if it was a relatively soft line drive, are often hits. To me the fact of whether or not a ball is a hit is more important than the fact of how hard it was hit or what it’s launch angle was.
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Renfroe almost one handed that one.
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The reliance on exit velocities to identify weak hits really puzzles me. I see sharp ground balls in the hole or up the middle and they are clean base hits in my book. I don’t know (or really care) what the expected BA was on those three hits compared to the balls hit by Blackmon and Urias, but grumbling so much about balls that aren’t hit 100 MPH to me detracts from the game.
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Not all of those were that weak, and the Brewers have gotten more than their share of breaks in this game: the line drive DP, Wong’s strikeout, Urias’ ground ball double, and the 400 foot fly out to end the top of the second. The real problem is that Lauer isn’t locating his pitches well.
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Just put Brosseau in already. Wong is obviously hurting.
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Yelich smoked that liner and Joe helped turn it into a triple.
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Lauer was continuing the string of rocky first innings but got a break on Blackmon’s liner.
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They have their moments, and are better than they were in April, especially the Reds. But they still are at best inconsistent. The Cubs lost 9 in a row just before the All Star break.
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The worst part of the last 7 starts were the first four, and 2 of his last 3 were quite good, though he got no run support. My hope is that he was already returning to form before the break and will continue that going forward.
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That game was exactly what the Brewers needed tonight.
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I was beginning to wonder if Yelich could even get his bat on a hanging slider. Apparently he can.
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Just what the doctor ordered.
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There’s a big break. A tailor made DP ball and they don’t get an out. Have to take advantage.
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Yelich has had a rough night.
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BTW, with Peterson on the IL I have to think Hiura will be back soon. Maybe they held off a day because of the heavy use of the bullpen yesterday.
