GDT Thurs, 7/5 vs Brewers

msstate7 said:
Which is what we need in an 8-hole SS. What we really need is FF to snap out of it. Since June 8th (not tonight), FF is .205/.295/.410 (88 PA) with k rate at 27.3.
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Entered tonight at .308, exited tonight at .305. At this rate, FF will leave the Brewers with an Avg under .300. I see little to base a turn around on quickly. Still going out around pitches mid to outside half of plate and pulling them to right side. Also pitch recognition is gone.
 
salmagundy said:
Entered tonight at .308, exited tonight at .305. At this rate, FF will leave the Brewers with an Avg under .300. I see little to base a turn around on quickly. Still going out around pitches mid to outside half of plate and pulling them to right side. Also pitch recognition is gone.
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He probably needed a night off with the elbow.
 
Ok, another question--how much of our current three game struggle is a function of quality opposition, regression, and/or just the ebb and flow of the season?

I'll take the answer off the air. :)
 
USMA76 said:
Ok, another question--how much of our current three game struggle is a function of quality opposition, regression, and/or just the ebb and flow of the season?

I'll take the answer off the air. :)
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Braves have a very good record against winning teams, no?

we're 4-3 on a very difficult roadtrip, afterall. And, as of now, the only team in the league who has not had a losing streak of more than 3 games
 
USMA76 said:
Ok, another question--how much of our current three game struggle is a function of quality opposition, regression, and/or just the ebb and flow of the season?

I'll take the answer off the air. :)
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I would say...when you have three crap starts by your pitchers in a row....you are very likely to lose those three games (unless you are lucky).
 
USMA76 said:
Ok, another question--how much of our current three game struggle is a function of quality opposition, regression, and/or just the ebb and flow of the season?

I'll take the answer off the air. :)
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All of the above. It’s mostly just baseball and the grind of an incredibly long season. Every team goes thru streaks where it just seems like basically everyone is struggling.
 
We're doing fine on this road trip, even if we lose 3/4 in MIL (which I don't think we will).
 
Just watched a post game interview with Inciarte. He was much more respectful of Jeff Kellogg than Kellogg deserved. One of the problem with umpires is baseball comes down so hard on players when they say anything negative about an ump that umps have no accountability. Lord knows MLB doesn't even attempt to grade them and weed out bad umps.
 
striker42 said:
Just watched a post game interview with Inciarte. He was much more respectful of Jeff Kellogg than Kellogg deserved. One of the problem with umpires is baseball comes down so hard on players when they say anything negative about an ump that umps have no accountability. Lord knows MLB doesn't even attempt to grade them and weed out bad umps.
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I have zero inside knowledge of this but it seems very true. Kellogg had a very poor night calling balls and strikes.
 
Freeman has had a few hard hit balls for outs the last few days. That said, when he’s so uncharacteristically struggling like he has been for such an extended stretch, I have to wonder if his eye sight is bothering him again.
 
jpack1 said:
I have zero inside knowledge of this but it seems very true. Kellogg had a very poor night calling balls and strikes.
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Yeah, but that whole time out thing was on Ender. And I thought Kellogg showed great restraint in not throwing him out. We need more of that out of umps as opposed to the antagonistic behavior we so often get.
 
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