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The Brewers have an enormous team lead in stolen bases, entering today they have 39 more than the 2nd place team, which is about the same as the gap between 2nd and 12th. Yet they're only 7th in BsR, the Cubs are 5th despite stealing more than 100 fewer bases. -
Did he try to catch it? Nope, his motion had him facing first base on a line drive headed straight for his hip, so his instinct was to absorb it instead of moving his arm. http://m.mlb.com/video/v1171629783/detcle-carrasco-struck-on-pitching-hand-exits-game/?game_pk=449077
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Other games the week of 9/12
Transmogrified Tiger replied to bukie's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Pirates are well on their way to sweeping a double header against the Reds. Barring catastrophe on their end, a Giants win means the Cardinals are closer to the Pirates than the 2nd wild card. At the moment standings: SF +1 NYM - STL 2 PIT 5 -
I want terrible things to happen to Scooter Gennett
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Against LHP, yes, which is all he'd be asked to do in a short series. Soler hitting well and Baez's defense, flexibility, and offensive potential means the non-Baez portion of the bench is basically whoever they want to catch and various pinch hitters. Eh, I guess. I don't mean to diminish Szczur too much. I like him. But the idea of him being "pinch hit guy" is just a little gross to me. I also like the idea of an Almora/Fowler/Heyward late inning defense. I like that Almora has that one elite skill. It doesn't matter too much to me, though. We've got a lot of nice options. And they all fill various roles that make them each intriguing in different ways. That outfield is pretty great, but on the whole I think you get to a similar spot by bringing in Javy and moving Bryant(or even Zobrist) to the OF. I don't trust Almora's bat at all for this postseason so I don't think that dream outfield is worth punting the roster spot offensively.
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he missed his calling as a fast pitch softball player
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Because Szczur can hit and Fowler isn't going to get pulled for defensive purposes. Can he, though? Against LHP, yes, which is all he'd be asked to do in a short series. Soler hitting well and Baez's defense, flexibility, and offensive potential means the non-Baez portion of the bench is basically whoever they want to catch and various pinch hitters.
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Because Szczur can hit and Fowler isn't going to get pulled for defensive purposes.
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That would be difficult to suss out considering that Montero exclusively caught the early good-Jake starts. In the second half, Montero has caught Jake 5 times: 33.2 IP, 19 H, 8 ER, 28/9 K/BB, 2 HR Only start with more than 2 runs given up was the game at the Cell.
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That would be difficult to suss out considering that Montero exclusively caught the early good-Jake starts.
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I haven't been paying the closest attention, has anyone besides Braun hit the ball hard? I haven't seen any.
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how many looping doubles with a 50 mph exit velocity can one man hit in a series
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No, but I don't trust Montgomery the starter as much as the average I don't think. Also Puig killing the ball since his recall gives them a couple real lefty mashers along with Turner.
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He needs at bats to see if he can be a postseason pinch hitter and that's a way to get him those at bats without the mockery of putting him in the outfield or something. He's not going to start any meaningful games or fill in anywhere but 2B in case of injury. I think there's a chance with Joe's usage lately he's thinking of a seal start at 3B in the playoffs. Which is such a inefficient use of resources. That requires La Stella being a better option than both Baez and Soler, which strikes me as pretty unlikely given how well Soler has swung the bat and how great Javy is defensively.
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He needs at bats to see if he can be a postseason pinch hitter and that's a way to get him those at bats without the mockery of putting him in the outfield or something. He's not going to start any meaningful games or fill in anywhere but 2B in case of injury.
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He barely makes the bottom 20. EDIT: That's pure counting UZR, on a rate basis he's 6th worst. i'm dying to know who the other 5 are http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=150&type=1&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=24,a Wallace, Villar, Valencia, Peralta, Wright (!)
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He barely makes the bottom 20. EDIT: That's pure counting UZR, on a rate basis he's 6th worst.
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Ross, Montero/Contreras, Szczur, Coghlan, Baez, and La Stella are the only real candidates for the bench. They all make it if they go to an 11 man staff, but that would mean no Hammel, Cahill, or Smith, and only one of Montgomery/Wood.
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Montgomery isn't going to start any more games, so Zastryzny definitely isn't going to start any. He should get some middle relief chances though since the guys that do start are not going to be pushed very hard.
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3rd time facing Davies in a month. First two have resulted in 10 runs in 10.2 IP.
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The leverage thing is a symptom, not a cause. For example, in Javy's career: Innings 1-3: .769 OPS Innings 4-6: .656 Innings 7-9: .584 Or to really get to the problem, run values the last 2 years: v. Fastballs of all types: +5.6 v. Curves: -3.9 v. Sliders: -3.2 v. Changeups: -0.2 Javy is exploitable because he hasn't shown he can recognize off-speed well enough to lay off or hit it with authority, so he's exploitable by starters with the right stuff(hence Maddon shielding him from FB/SL RHSP, especially in the first half) and most relievers(who have a strong FB and one good off speed pitch). That's the true problem, it's a fixable problem but I certainly understand pessimism that he won't fix it.
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For this segment it's fine, but when you consider during that actual clip there was a double play groundout it's a bit problematic.
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Len is 100% packed up and ready to bolt the moment the camera goes off
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Poor Kelly Crull trying to interview these ESL players during the celebration, these answers are barely coherent
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Javy put himself in that spot by swinging at a ball out of the zone earlier, but I'm not going to fault him for swinging at that last pitch. It missed the zone by a hair and would've been a great take if he had done it.
