6/30 Brewers (Sheets) vs CUBS (Marshall), 2:55pm, FOX, XM188

[otis89]

i seriously don't see a lineup weakness for the brewers right now. possibly when mench starts, but that's it.

 

Their pitcher is their weakness.

[98navigator]

Jones out to start the inning

[Sarcastic]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

See above post.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Jacque really likes to swing at crap, doesn't he?

[Sammy Sofa]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

[otis89]

Shocking. Jones K's.

[Hacking Out Machine]

9 outs = 9 hits, 9 runs...

 

I'll tell you what...I've never seen a team foul off as many pitches as these guys have the last couple days in the early innings. It killed Hill yesterday, and it's done the same to Marshall today. Hill had 93 pitches in 3 innings yesterday. He threw something like 63 strikes. They just bludgeoned him with all the foul balls. I'll have to check how many they've fouled off in the first three innings of the past 2 games...amazing.

[Magnetic Curses]

i seriously don't see a lineup weakness for the brewers right now. possibly when mench starts, but that's it.

 

Their pitcher is their weakness.

 

i'd disagree, their pitching is good enough. not great, but good enough.

[Magnetic Curses]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

 

doesn't make him a crappy pitcher, either? i wasn't the one making those kind of statements.

[otis89]

i seriously don't see a lineup weakness for the brewers right now. possibly when mench starts, but that's it.

 

Their pitcher is their weakness.

 

i'd disagree, their pitching is good enough. not great, but good enough.

 

No. I meant the weakness in their lineup. That's what you were talking about.

[Omar]

Why didnt Pie sub in for Pagan?

 

Gah. Not like it matters anymore.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Soriano gets a walk.

[otis89]

Hey! Surprise! Surprise! A walk! Are you watching, Jacque?

[illiniguy]

fielder gets one off the end of the bat, high and into a heavy gale and it's off the top of the wall. we have no one on this team capable of something like that.

 

brewers are winning the division, and they deserve it.

Right, if you really believe that guys like Estrada, Hardy, Jenkins, Hart will continue to way outpeform their career numbers. I think they come back to the pack in the second half big time. Hell even Prince Fielder is having a career year.

 

Estrada is actually having a below average year right now, other than his injury plagued 2005 he's been a .770+ OPS catcher. Hart projected as a .900ish OPS player so he could keep it up. Jenkins is doing exactly what would be expected of his 3 year average against righties. Hardy I'll give you though. This team is not playing over its head for the season.

Who in the hell predicted a 900OPS for Hart? Find me one publication that did.

 

His PECOTA 75th percentile is 904. His weighted mean is 870, so yeah, the most accurate projection system predicted it. He did OPS over 800 in the majors and over 900 MLE in the minors last year.

Ok, I guess I will have to concede some thought he would be pretty good. Just curious what did they project Murton as?

[Sammy Sofa]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

 

doesn't make him a crappy pitcher, either? i wasn't the one making those kind of statements.

 

I'm making the statement that Marshall is a crappy pitcher today, just like Hill was yesterday. Am I wrong?

[98navigator]

Sori walked

[Magnetic Curses]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

As much as he has been good before today, Sean Marshall is not projected to be a front of the rotation starter in the MLB. He is a decent starter who pitched an awful game. That happens. If you were watching him pitch, then you saw that he was unable to get his curveball below the belt for the whole game, and it cost him.

 

i never said he was. again, i wasn't making the hyperbolic statements about him.

[98navigator]

This Fox guy is really annoying

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

 

doesn't make him a crappy pitcher, either? i wasn't the one making those kind of statements.

 

I'm making the statement that Marshall is a crappy pitcher today, just like Hill was yesterday. Am I wrong?

 

Yes. Both Hill and Marshall are good pitchers who sucked in their most recent starts.

[98navigator]

Fontenot out 3 unassisted

 

2 down

[Sammy Sofa]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

As much as he has been good before today, Sean Marshall is not projected to be a front of the rotation starter in the MLB. He is a decent starter who pitched an awful game. That happens. If you were watching him pitch, then you saw that he was unable to get his curveball below the belt for the whole game, and it cost him.

 

i never said he was. again, i wasn't making the hyperbolic statements about him.

 

Who was? I think I saw one saying send him back down to the minors.

[otis89]

This Fox guy is really annoying

 

It's Vasgersian. He has his facts mixed up. Before the game started, he said something that implied that Milwaukee was south of Chicago.

[Sammy Sofa]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

 

doesn't make him a crappy pitcher, either? i wasn't the one making those kind of statements.

 

I'm making the statement that Marshall is a crappy pitcher today, just like Hill was yesterday. Am I wrong?

 

Yes. Both Hill and Marshall are good pitchers who sucked in their most recent starts.

 

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

 

Jesus Christ.

[Magnetic Curses]

i think the brewers, after yesterday, have decided to stop screwing around.

 

Or they just get the lucky break of facing Eyre. Teeing off on him really isn't that impressive.

 

eyre started the game and gave up 7 over 2?

 

OK, they faced two crappy pitchers today. As we saw yesterday, good pitching shuts them down, just like anyone else.

 

marshall pitched exceptionally this year, wouldn't you agree?

 

Which doesn't magically make him a good pitcher today.

 

doesn't make him a crappy pitcher, either? i wasn't the one making those kind of statements.

 

I'm making the statement that Marshall is a crappy pitcher today, just like Hill was yesterday. Am I wrong?

 

the brewers certainly made him look crappy.

[Hacking Out Machine]

9 outs = 9 hits, 9 runs...

 

I'll tell you what...I've never seen a team foul off as many pitches as these guys have the last couple days in the early innings. It killed Hill yesterday, and it's done the same to Marshall today. Hill had 93 pitches in 3 innings yesterday. He threw something like 63 strikes. They just bludgeoned him with all the foul balls. I'll have to check how many they've fouled off in the first three innings of the past 2 games...amazing.

 

 

To answer my own question, 34 fouls in the first 3 innings yesterday, 28 today.