6/15 Cubs (Hammel) @ Nationals (Strasburg) 3:05 WGN

[Vinestal]

Why is it that every time Baez gets to a ball 3 count it seems like he's determined to swing at whatever trash pitch comes next?

 

It's pretty frustrating.

and the pitchers know this and exploit it every time

[Agony and Ivy]

what is it that happened?

Miggy tried to tag from first on a long flyout to center by Almora. The results were predictable

 

You forgot that he also didn't do his one job, which is catch the pitch from Hammel, and allowed the game to be tied up.

[David]

Why is it that every time Baez gets to a ball 3 count it seems like he's determined to swing at whatever trash pitch comes next?

 

It's pretty frustrating.

and the pitchers know this and exploit it every time

 

it seems like something got lost in translation when they were teaching him to get into favorable counts and look for his pitch to hit lol

[Omar]

Why is it that every time Baez gets to a ball 3 count it seems like he's determined to swing at whatever trash pitch comes next?

 

Baez's career on 3 balls

I           Split  G GS  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+
     Three Balls    53  66  44  3  9  3  0  2   3  0  1 22  22 .205 .470 .409  .879 18   0   0  0  0   1   1  .350   188

[David]

what is it that happened?

Miggy tried to tag from first on a long flyout to center by Almora. The results were predictable

 

You forgot that he also didn't do his one job, which is catch the pitch from Hammel, and allowed the game to be tied up.

 

uhhh because that was neither his fault nor part of that play

[David]

see the danny espinosa/javy baez comps are spot on

[BigSlick]

Why is it that every time Baez gets to a ball 3 count it seems like he's determined to swing at whatever trash pitch comes next?

 

Baez's career on 3 balls

I           Split  G GS  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+
     Three Balls    53  66  44  3  9  3  0  2   3  0  1 22  22 .205 .470 .409  .879 18   0   0  0  0   1   1  .350   188

.205 is pretty damn low for a 3 ball count and lol compare that to the .350 BABIP

[Liam Neeson]

Miggy tried to tag from first on a long flyout to center by Almora. The results were predictable

 

You forgot that he also didn't do his one job, which is catch the pitch from Hammel, and allowed the game to be tied up.

 

uhhh because that was neither his fault nor part of that play

 

Yea they just put the highlight on Gameday. The wild pitch was Hammel's fault.

 

Trying to tag from 1st though.....

[Ding Dong Johnson]

leadoff hit! let's hurry up and get him out!

[BigSlick]

Strasburg has been extremely hittable. We should punish him, and forget all these meaningless foibles

[Omar]

leadoff hit! let's hurry up and get him out!

 

Clogging up the basepaths

[BigSlick]

I hate line outs

 

I hate them so much

[David]

pat had me convinced that was easily a hit, maybe a double

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Great ab by Hammel

[UMFan83]

Yeah Strasburg isn't impressive today. Makes me even more upset that we gave him 2 outs on the basepaths. We could have had him at 60 pitches after this inning.

[UMFan83]

pat had me convinced that was easily a hit, maybe a double

 

I thought it was off the bat :( But I'm watching on a grainy feed so, what do I know

[Ding Dong Johnson]

pat had me convinced that was easily a hit, maybe a double

'twas well struck

[Aaron_Kennelly]

For the record, I'm still Team Miggy. I might go down with this ship on this one. But, I'm Team Miggy for the foreseeable future, at least until I see something that irrefutably proves me wrong. But, I'm going to need several hundred more PAs to jump ship.

 

There's a lot of underlying stuff below the surface that makes me think he's been a little unlucky. For one, he's making way more contact than he was last year. He's also shown a great eye -- even better than he's ever been, despite always being discerning. I think his offensive line will come around and that he's on the verge of a little mini-breakout to correct things there.

 

Also, he's really, really good at pitch framing. So much so that I don't worry too much about anything else. It's so valuable for this team and this pitching staff. And with how good the staff is, I am not too worried about giving up extra bases, anyway. It's a problem, sure. But, it's almost like, "Sure, you can have the extra base. The next two guys are getting out anyway." It's an issue that is mitigated some by having elite pitching.

 

That being said, I won't make excuses for his arm or the other extra bases he gives up. His arm is embarrassing right now. The extra bases are inexcusable. It's definitely a problem. And it absolutely has to get better. It just has to. He can't keep throwing out base runners at a single-digit clip. And he needs to start doing the other catching stuff better, too. I don't think it can get worse, though. Hopefully? So I think he probably improves in this regard, too.

 

Long story short, Miggy'll get better. And I'm still aboard the Miggy Train, despite being a huge Contreras fan that is eagerly anticipating him joining the team at some point.

[BigSlick]

Make it a big inning boys

[UMFan83]

Strasburg is trying to nibble and his command isn't completely there which is a really really bad combination against this Cubs team.

[David]

For the record, I'm still Team Miggy. I might go down with this ship on this one. But, I'm Team Miggy for the foreseeable future, at least until I see something that irrefutably proves me wrong. But, I'm going to need several hundred more PAs to jump ship.

 

There's a lot of underlying stuff below the surface that makes me think he's been a little unlucky. For one, he's making way more contact than he was last year. He's also shown a great eye -- even better than he's ever been, despite always being discerning. I think his offensive line will come around and that he's on the verge of a little mini-breakout to correct things there.

 

Also, he's really, really good at pitch framing. So much so that I don't worry too much about anything else. It's so valuable for this team and this pitching staff. And with how good the staff is, I am not too worried about giving up extra bases, anyway. It's a problem, sure. But, it's almost like, "Sure, you can have the extra base. The next two guys are getting out anyway." It's an issue that is mitigated some by having elite pitching.

 

That being said, I won't make excuses for his arm or the other extra bases he gives up. His arm is embarrassing right now. The extra bases are inexcusable. It's definitely a problem. And it absolutely has to get better. It just has to. He can't keep throwing out base runners at a single-digit clip. And he needs to start doing the other catching stuff better, too. I don't think it can get worse, though. Hopefully? So I think he probably improves in this regard, too.

 

Long story short, Miggy'll get better. And I'm still aboard the Miggy Train, despite being a huge Contreras fan that is eagerly anticipating him joining the team at some point.

 

The main reason I'm coming off is that he appears to be playing through injury and I'm not sure it's going to get better. He has both bitched before about reduced playing time and has shown a willingness/desire to rush back from injuries last year, and I'm thinking that's what's going on. Doesn't want to lose his job...can't blame him. But if that's the case and he's going to play like this, might as well start getting Willson in the mix.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

yuck

[BigSlick]

I see.

[JonJayCutler]

Without looking Heyward has to lead the team in GIDP

[Andy]

A not-GIDP there would have been nice