Durango Doug did not name the Phillies series thread, thread.

You would have had to go with Philly Cheesesteak. And we don't want any thread that puts down cheese.   Still don't understand Stinker Winker at clean up tho.

@ammo posted:

You would have had to go with Philly Cheesesteak. And we don't want any thread that puts down cheese.   Still don't understand Stinker Winker at clean up tho.

It may have something to do with anticipating pitching changes later in the game. Especially with the new rules (generally have to face at least 3 batters), you never want three lefties or righties in a row if you can help it?

Yelich - Left handed hitter

Contreras - Right

Adames - Right

Winker - Left

Miller - Right

Tapia - Left

Monasterio - Right

Turang - Left

Wiemer - Right

Does it matter that Winker makes outs to both lefties and righties?

Absolutely.  His OPS vs L is .581 and vs R only .579

@MichiganPacker posted:

It may have something to do with anticipating pitching changes later in the game. Especially with the new rules (generally have to face at least 3 batters), you never want three lefties or righties in a row if you can help it?

Yelich - Left handed hitter

Contreras - Right

Adames - Right

Winker - Left

Miller - Right

Tapia - Left

Monasterio - Right

Turang - Left

Wiemer - Right

An eight step march with a skip.

@Blair Kiel posted:

Does it matter that Winker makes outs to both lefties and righties?

How true.  .182 vs lefties,  .203 vs righties.   He stinks equally from both sides of the plate.    You could also bump him down the 8th where he belongs and not much would change.

And here is an even worse stat, when leading off an inning he is batting  .107.  So if the Brewers go 1  2   3 in the 1st you can rest assured he won't get a hit to open the 2nd.

@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:

Absolutely.  His OPS vs L is .581 and vs R only .579

I looked up some of the others. Wow, is Turang bad against lefties. He's not a star against right handers either (he's Wiemer-esque actually), but he's Bob Buhl-like against lefties.

Turang OPS R/L 614/245

You really have to bracket Yelich with right-handers because opposing managers can't afford to have him face a righty late in games. This year his OPS R/L is 912/673.

But the biggest difference is Turang and Wiemer are rookies. I expect them to struggle some at the plate, but they play good to great defense.  When all you can do is DH you need to be a .300 hitter.

@ammo posted:

And here is an even worse stat, when leading off an inning he is batting  .107.  So if the Brewers go 1  2   3 in the 1st you can rest assured he won't get a hit to open the 2nd.

ammo = ORACLE

little dribbler to first   

Tapia, can fly    Crew with 2 off  Nola in the 5th,  still down 3-2

Top of the 5th too.      Time to say  !!!!

  Thats it for Teheran, I'll take that effort         

Uribe looking good again tonight, Nola coming out to start the 8th, pretty stingy with the hits giving up so far only 3 thru 7 innings.   

well, well, Thats it for Nola, runners on the corners, one out top 8th...........

Yelich at the plate

Blair it was just a lame suggestion, thought you'd come up with a pithier title.

Not great but one run in, Phillies still up 4-3 , thru 8 1/2

They lose.

They need to trade for a bat or hope that someone they promote from Triple A gets hot. There are too many poor hitters in their lineup to score runs consistently. They played 10 position players tonight and 5 of them are hitting under 210 for the season.

Time to end the Wanker experiment.

Game balls for Perkins and Contreras.

Williams too.   Sure he gave up a couple of bloop hits but he threw only 11 pitches and everyone was a strike.   That, to me is very impressive.

@tsr86free posted:

Time to end the Wanker experiment.

Which one?
X4 is chock full of 'em.

Morning baseball in Philly.  Good pitching match,  Corbin Burnes 8-5.   3.73 ERA  vs  Tai Weezy Walker  11-3.   4.00 ERA.     First Pitch: 11:35 AM at Citizens Bank Park.

Yelich already has singled, doubled, and homered through 5 innings today. He's about as likely as any player in baseball to triple as good as he is running the bases.

4-0 going into the  top of the 8th.

Burnsey has been utterly dominant against two good teams over his last couple of starts. Assuming the bullpen holds a 4-0 lead for one inning, the last two from Burnes (Cincy and Philly):

14 IP, 0 runs allowed, 3 hits, 3 walks, 23 strikeouts.

And Yeli continues to roll. He was already producing runs, stealing bases, and creating really the best positive value with the bat since the broken knee.

The only thing missing was his power.

It’s certainly premature to speculate, but he’s knocking the cover off the ball right now.

The last five games, he’s 8 for 21 with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 8 RBI.

That’s a .381 AVG, and a .409 OBP/.952 SLG/1.361 OPS.

Things could get very interesting for the Brewers in the post season if those two can continue playing at a high level.

@MichiganPacker posted:

Yelich already has singled, doubled, and homered through 5 innings today. He's about as likely as any player in baseball to triple as good as he is running the bases.

I can’t see the game. What’s different with Christian’s hitting, MP et all? Anything that jumps out?

@lambeausouth posted:

I can’t see the game. What’s different with Christian’s hitting, MP et all? Anything that jumps out?

I don't watch a lot of the games, but it seems to me that he no longer drives the ball into the ground at the second baseman (like he seemed to do constantly over the last few years).

The bullpen has been outstanding lately, too.  I think they are over 20 scoreless innings in a row now.  Milner, Payamps, Peguero, and Williams and been great.  Now they are adding Uribe and his 102 mph fastball to the mix.   Just imagine if he becomes as effective as they other 4 have been.   It will become a 5 inning game for other teams.

@lambeausouth posted:

I can’t see the game. What’s different with Christian’s hitting, MP et all? Anything that jumps out?

There was an article in the JSO a week or two ago in which he explained the recent turnaround. Basically, the jist of it was he changed his batting stance, so that he used to lift one leg higher before planting it and swinging. Now he barely raises that leg before swinging. I'll try and go back and find that article.

Edit: the JSO article was on July 1st, but at least for me today it's now behind a paywall.

Just a great series against the Phillies.    I hope they can keep it up against an Atlanta team that has struggled a bit lately.  GO GET THEM BREW CREW!!!!!!!!!!!!