Oh, now you want to get a hit with runners in scoring position.
Also - why in God’s name would you be risking getting thrown out at home with nobody out when your run is meaningless?
We gave away the tying run I guess we figured hell, might as well give away the winning run.
(Also this is freaking absolutely pathetic and embarrassing hearing the stadium erupt for this)
His bat is not why they signed him and he was not hitting particularly well in Nashville.
Not saying he couldn’t develop that part of his game someday, but he’s not currently going to be a high end MLB bat.
When Bauers hit that long foul I thought he was going to end up walking it off.
Then when he took a hanging curveball right down the middle on 2-1 I knew he was going to chase a pitch out of the zone to K.
Because his name is Christian Yelich and he’s the face of the franchise for this era of Brewer baseball.
Not saying that’s a good reason. But that’s the reason.
Thing is he’s pretty useless on the bench, too. Can’t even play a position so it’s not like you can plug him in for defense. All you can do is bring him in late against a righty or PR him in the last inning or two for Vaughn or Sanchez.
Can’t remember where I saw it, but someone posted his numbers against sliders/sweepers this year and it’s downright horrific.
I think he’s pretty well cooked. I don’t know if he has enough left to justify him being in the regular starting lineup by next season,
I don’t know if he’s a clutch hitter yet, but he’s definitely available, which was the other qualification. And with the way the offense has been going, we need to try something to get a spark, just like we did with Pratt.