Yelich gets a single in the first to clinch batting at least .200 for the year.
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Brett Anderson gets a blister and has to leave in the 3rd. Two on, no outs.
4-0 and not out of it yet. But the Padres are up 2-1.
@PackerHawk posted:4-0 and not out of it yet. But the Padres are up 2-1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBoM6MrKWwI
Brewers get a run back in the 4th despite not getting a hit. Had guys on 2nd and 3rd with no one out (two walks and a wild pitch) and managed only 1 run on a ground out.
They're killing me.
Peralta serves up a HR to open the bottom of the inning. This is one is close to getting out of hand.
Keston Hiura has struck out 84 times in 60 games. That's 227 over a full season.
Yelich has struck out 76 times. That's 205 times over a full season.
The major league record for strikeouts in a full season is 1595 by the 2018 Tigers.
The Brewers are on pace for 1,555 strikeouts over a full season.
@Timpranillo posted:Giants strand men on 2nd and 3rd to end the 6th.
Phillies down 5-0 to the Rays.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Keston Hiura has struck out 84 times in 60 games. That's 227 over a full season.
Yelich has struck out 76 times. That's 205 times over a full season.
The major league record for strikeouts in a full season is 1595 by the 2018 Tigers.
The Brewers are on pace for 1,555 strikeouts over a full season.
They had 1563 strikeouts in 2019 and went 89-73
1571 in 2017 and went 86-76
1299 in 2015 and went 69-94
1183 in 2014 and went 74-88
@Timpranillo posted:They had 1563 strikeouts in 2019 and went 89-73
1571 in 2017 and went 86-76
1299 in 2015 and went 69-94
1183 in 2014 and went 74-88
I didn't realize it was so high recently. I guess having guys like Thames and Moustakas will do that for you.
I'll have to look at their other stats, but if they are striking out at the same rate it must be some reduction in BABIP that's reduce the offense?
Padres lead the Giants 5-1. Giants down to 9 outs.
Rays lead the Phillies 5-0. Phillies down to 6 outs.
I don't even want to think about it.
Phillies down 5-0 with 3 outs left.
Brewers about to lose to finish 29-31.
It's all coming down to the Giants needing to come back from a 5-3 deficit in the 8th inning.
Giants get within one with a HR in the bottom of the 8th.
Honestly, the Brewers don't deserve to make the playoffs, but it'd be great to have Yelich finally get hot and steal a series.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:I didn't realize it was so high recently. I guess having guys like Thames and Moustakas will do that for you.
I'll have to look at their other stats, but if they are striking out at the same rate it must be some reduction in BABIP that's reduce the offense?
Here's some data 2014-2020. Not really sure anything is a really clear correlation here. (number to the right in each metric is rank vs MLB)
Clearest thing that pops is that the 3 best SLG years were the 3 most productive offenses. Extra bases hits cover up a lot of other sins.
| SO | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | R/G | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | 572 | 2 | 0.314 | 21 | 0.392 | 22 | 0.706 | 22 | 0.279 | 22 | 4.15 | 25 | |||||
| 2019 | 1563 | 5 | 0.329 | 9 | 0.438 | 12 | 0.767 | 12 | 0.296 | 17 | 4.75 | 15 | |||||
| 2018 | 1458 | 7 | 0.323 | 12 | 0.424 | 9 | 0.747 | 9 | 0.302 | 8 | 4.63 | 12 | |||||
| 2017 | 1571 | 1 | 0.322 | 17 | 0.429 | 16 | 0.751 | 15 | 0.308 | 6 | 4.52 | 20 | |||||
| 2016 | 1543 | 1 | 0.322 | 12 | 0.407 | 20 | 0.729 | 18 | 0.304 | 11 | 4.14 | 26 | |||||
| 2015 | 1299 | 10 | 0.307 | 25 | 0.393 | 25 | 0.700 | 25 | 0.303 | 9 | 4.04 | 22 | |||||
| 2014 | 1197 | 20 | 0.311 | 19 | 0.397 | 9 | 0.708 | 10 | 0.293 | 22 | 4.01 | 15 |
Brewers lose, Phillies lose.
Giants down 5-4 going to the 9th.
@Timpranillo posted:Here's some data 2014-2020. Not really sure anything is a really clear correlation here. (number to the right in each metric is rank vs MLB)
Clearest thing that pops is that the 3 best SLG years were the 3 most productive offenses. Extra bases hits cover up a lot of other sins.
SO OBP SLG OPS BABIP R/G 2020 572 2 0.314 21 0.392 22 0.706 22 0.279 22 4.15 25 2019 1563 5 0.329 9 0.438 12 0.767 12 0.296 17 4.75 15 2018 1458 7 0.323 12 0.424 9 0.747 9 0.302 8 4.63 12 2017 1571 1 0.322 17 0.429 16 0.751 15 0.308 6 4.52 20 2016 1543 1 0.322 12 0.407 20 0.729 18 0.304 11 4.14 26 2015 1299 10 0.307 25 0.393 25 0.700 25 0.303 9 4.04 22 2014 1197 20 0.311 19 0.397 9 0.708 10 0.293 22 4.01 15
So Yelich and Hiura's HR numbers were pretty decent (would have hit about 70 combined over a full season). It's the lack of doubles and singles that appears to be the problem for them.
Appears to be over in San Fran. Giants LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brewers in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prior to 2017 the Brewers had made the playoffs 4 times in their history.
They've now made it 3 straight years.
Amazing.
So a team that would have gone 78-84 over a full season (Milwaukee) is set to play a team that would have gone 116-46 over a full season (LA Dodgers).
The Brewers will open against the best pitcher of this century (Kershaw) and the Dodgers will pick two other starters from 3 other guys with WHIP less than 1.10.
The Brewers best two players hit 205 and 212 for the year and the Dodgers would have hit 313 home runs over a full season.
Also, the Brewers best starter is out.
Sounds like we have them exactly where we want them.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Brewers lose, Phillies lose.
Giants down 5-4 going to the 9th.
Phillies game was meaningless today for Milwaukee. It only mattered for Philly and the Giants if things ended up in a 3 way tie.
Man, if a season ever deserved a big old asterisk it was this one. Especially if one of these 8 seeds get hot and make a WS run.
It ain't over until the fat lady sings. Walker Buehler is reportedly starting game 1 with Kershaw hurling game 2.
If they can avoid a no hitter that will be a positive. 
There will be only two games. There will be blood. They drink our milkshake.
At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
If you haven’t watched the critically acclaimed “There Will Be Blood”, then of course you didn’t understand my feeble attempt at humor. Allow me to be brief. The Brewers are a bad team, do not belong in the playoffs, and will be dispatched quickly. How’s that? 
And if you haven't watched the critically acclaimed Billy Madison, you don't get what I meant! 
If this were college football it would be a 5 win team making a bowl game
If this were the NFL it would be a 7-9 team making the playoffs
It’s weak sauce that any sub .500 team should make it into postseason. Any sport.
Dodgers are going to kick the living shit out of this team
We're #8...We're #8....
The Brewers pieced together this roster with rubber bands and wire tires and a shoestring budget. They continue to hedge their bets that all the moves will work out but as we all know obviously they did not. That’s why they are an average (at best) team.
Burnes stepped up but Houser regressed big time. But then of course Burnes gets hurt. Knebel looks like the closer version of Jimmy Nelson. Lights out then gets hurt and never recovers to previous form. Then there’s the hitting. If they weren’t going to resign Grandal or Moose then Hiura and Braun and Narvaez and Yelich had to step it up and it didn’t happen. The guys they picked up off the scrap heap, well, they are picked up off the scrap heap.