Not to mention the fact the baseball was carrying an absurd amount in that game. On a normal weather day, no way Taylor or Farmer’s HR carry out of the park. Taylor’s was 46 LA which tied the season high LA HR and Farmer hit a 97 EV, 35 LA ball into the CF side of the Brewers bullpen lol.
Yeah 29 of DW’s 42 appearances this season he has entered with a 1-run lead, needing 4+ outs, or the tying run at the plate. Think this is less how Counsell has used DW and more just the fact the Brewers have had so many 1 run leads given to DW. DW could have a much lower leverage index if Brewers gave him more 2 or 3 runs leads in the 9th
Once Reds get through those games their schedule eases up quite a bit with only 3 more games the rest of the season against a playoff team after the Mariners series. The damage could be done by then if they don’t start playing better though.
If we can go 4-2 to close out the month with a series win against the Cubs, I would feel pretty good about our playoff chances. We already have the tiebreaker over the Reds and winning the series against Chicago at the end of this month would leave us needing 1 win in the final series of the season to have the tiebreaker over them as well.
The fact they have like 4 players who have played every game this season makes me at least somewhat hopeful they will still have good lineups in the 2nd to last series of the season. I imagine those 4 guys all want to play every game this year.
Will Atlanta have to worry about setting up their rotation for the playoffs? Regular season ends on 10/1. NLDS starts on 10/7 which is a full 5 days off. I don’t think they would need to do that.
I think a better way of looking at the schedule comparison is by number of series left against potential playoff teams/not playoff teams rather than win%. Cubs have 7 series vs potential playoff teams and 4 vs not playoff teams. Brewers have 5 series vs potential playoff teams and 6 series vs not playoff teams.
Stroman missing even more time is pretty huge.
Every start Steele is setting a new career high in IP. Wonder if he can maintain this level the further he gets over his previous career high in IP.
Hendricks has been a steady mid rotation starter.
Taillon and Smyly haven’t been good.
Assad’s underlying numbers are horrible.
They really need that offense to continue playing lights out the rest of this year and so many guys on that team are screaming for regression.
That's technically correct, but both teams play the same amount of games, so it doesn't really make sense to talk about it that way. Both teams will finish the season with 162 games played. The Reds will need 1 more win than us to be in front of us at that point which also means 1 fewer loss hence 5 GB.
Well that’s total fiction. Also correcting your continued misinformation isn’t me being emotional it’s just being tired of you lying to make your agenda look better. I’ve never once said Misiorowski should be called up this year. I don’t think he should, but not because he doesn’t throw a curveball good or effective enough because that’s just made up nonsense
You’re still going with this nonsense? Stop saying his curveball isn’t a good or effective pitch.
Here’s a quote from Just Baseball about Misiorowski’s curveball.
“The go-to out pitch for the big right-hander is his sweeping curve in the mid 80s. He has a decent feel for it, landing the pitch for a strike just shy of 60% of the time while holding opponents to an OPS below .400. The downward action of the pitch off of his lively fastball makes for a tunneling nightmare for hitters when Misiorowski is able to hit his spots.”
Why you’re so insistent that you know more about his pitch mix and the quality of his stuff than the actual professionals is pretty illogical.
Edit: Also just because Thyago Vieira throws hard doesn’t mean his stuff is close to as good as Misiorowski. His FB and SL bell are comparable but his pitch shape, release point, and extension are all much worse than Misiorowski.
Because Brian Anderson plays good 3B defense and Toro is a terrible defensive player. Neither are getting AB so might as well keep the guy who is a good defensive 3B than a guy who sucks everywhere defensively.
Jackson ChourioJeferson QueroJacob MisiorowskiSal FrelickTyler BlackRobert GasserLuis LaraCarlos F RodriguezCooper PrattEric Brown JrBrock WilkenJosh KnothAbner UribeLuke AdamsMike Boeve Boeve has already moved up a few spots on my list with his early returns showing some legit power potential. He could move up even further by the end of the season if he continues to show out well in A+.Logan HendersonYophery Rodriguez I generally don't put DSL players above 20, but Yophery has earned a bump. I think he could rise up my list very fast next season.Eric BitontiDaniel GuilarteBradley Blalock Blalock could rise up this list pretty quickly as well if Brewers push him to AA and he fairs well. I haven't had a chance to watch him just yet, but the most recent Fangraphs scouting report was pretty glowing on Blalock's potential.
None of Peguero, Chafin, Uribe should be pitching back to back days. Peguero and Chafin have been terrible on 0 rest and Uribe isn’t used to it.
6th and 7th innings should be pitched by Peguero, Chafin, Uribe, Milner based on rest/matchup. Not locked in inning role for any of them.
Again the offense was good last season. They made moves to improve the 2021 offense in season and that overall was a solid offense. This is the first year the offense has been a disaster. It hasn't been a trend.
Yeah I am going to agree with Fear the Chorizo here. Since the All-Star break Adames has a .306 xwOBA in 86 PA with a 31% K-rate and from the All-Star break to the end of July, he had a .311 xwOBA with a 31% K-rate. Him having a great start to July doesn't mean that much considering he's been bad since the All-Star break both on the expected side, on the results side, and on the eye test. He's consistently putting up some of the worst AB on the team right now. I certainly hope you are right that the slump is finally ending, but nothing I am seeing from a stats perspective or eye test perspective leads me to believe the slump is ending.