Reds @ Brewers Series Thread: Yelich Activated, Gomez Sent Down

Post #1 » by **humanrefutation** » Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:45 pm

Cincinnati Reds (2-13) at Milwaukee Brewers (8-8)

Game 17: Monday, April 16 at 6:40PM CST

Luis Castillo (RHP, 0-2 with a 7.31 ERA) versus Brent Suter (LHP, 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA)

Game 18: Tuesday, April 17 at 6:40PM CST

Sal Romano (RHP, 0-1 with a 5.87 ERA) versus Junior Guerra (RHP, 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA)

Game 19: Wednesday, April 18 at 12:40PM CST

Tyler Mahle (RHP, 1-2 with a 5.63 ERA) versus Zach Davies (RHP, 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA)

Wisky4life · Post #2 » by **Wisky4life** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:43 am

Better sweep them.

Post #3 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:29 pm

Red and Marlins at home this week. Need to go at least 5-2

Post #4 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:31 pm

Jacob Nottingham gets the call up.

Post #5 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:45 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Jacob Nottingham gets the call up.

Counsell was saying earlier that he thought Pina could catch today. I wonder if his injury is more significant. Send him to the 10-day?

ReddRum · Post #6 » by **ReddRum** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:57 pm

Why does it always feel like the Brewers are driving a bus with Square wheels? This team along with the Bucks makes me want to pull my hair out!!

StickeeFingaz · Post #7 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:37 pm

Any news on Yelich?

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WeekapaugGroove · Post #8 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:45 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Jacob Nottingham gets the call up.

I'm curious to see him play. Chances are his stay is a short one and nothing he's done the last couple of years suggests he's ready for MLB pitching but man or man would it be nice if he somehow got hot and was good.

Post #9 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:34 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #10 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:33 pm

Josh Hader is becoming baseball's most valuable pitcher.

Hader has only one save to his name, and, like it or not, we still tend to give extra credit to closers. And since a lot of relievers have this nasty habit of being unpredictable, you might prefer to look to the long-standing track records. When you think of the most valuable relievers around, you might think of Chapman, or Kenley Jansen, or Andrew Miller. But not only has Hader been maybe the best per-inning pitcher in the game — he costs about the minimum, and he has six years of club control. Chapman’s expensive. Jansen’s expensive. Miller’s in his contract year. When you fold in the contract situation, too, alongside the performance, Hader could very well be the most valuable reliever. Green is right there. He has five remaining years of control, but that’s less important for pitchers than it is for position players. Pitchers should mostly be considered valuable in the short-term, and unknowable further out. So Hader’s service time matters, but he’s not exactly Ronald Acuna.

If Josh Hader isn’t baseball’s most valuable reliever, he’s close. He could get there soon, elbow willing. Plain and simple, he does everything right, going multiple innings at a time and pitching well independent of batter handedness. You could think of him as peak Dellin Betances, another non-closer who racked up strikeouts over 70 or 80 or 90 innings. Betances made four consecutive All-Star Games. Maybe his control is starting to go, but nothing is forever. Hader is that good, and he’s only improved since basically doubling the size of his repertoire.

Maybe Hader would be more valuable still as a starter. I honestly couldn’t tell you. Neither could the Brewers. Perhaps they haven’t closed the door on that possibility. But, what Josh Hader is today — he’s not a pitcher who needs to be changed. He gives the Brewers a massive advantage from exactly where he is.

dbrodz7 · Post #11 » by **dbrodz7** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:51 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:Any news on Yelich?

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He's out of the lineup again today along with Braun, Thames, and Pina.

Kerb Hohl · Post #12 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:09 pm

This is one of those games where you look at the lineup and see issues. Shaw, Cain, maybe Santana are the only guys I expect to do anything at all today against Castillo.

LuckyLoydWalton · Post #13 » by **LuckyLoydWalton** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:26 pm

Final score prediction for Monday, April 16, 2018: Brewers 8 Reds 6

Turk Nowitzki · Post #14 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:59 am

Our overall hitting with RISP has got to be near the bottom the MLB right now. Just out after out whenever someone gets on base.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #15 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:10 am

I'm sure glad we keep finding ways to keep Drake on the roster. What a shame it would be to give up on a talent like him.

Iheartfootball · Post #16 » by **Iheartfootball** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:11 am

Just came to say God’s plan for Drake is to get DFA’d.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #17 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:17 am

This is **** amazing. Counsell leaving Drake in there to get absolutely murdered.

StickeeFingaz · Post #18 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:17 am

If this doesn't get Drake DFA'd, I don't think anything will.

Post #19 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:28 am

Holy ****, I flipped over to the Sixers-Heat game when it was 3-0 at the end of the 5th, got a notification on my phone that the score was 9-0.

I thought to myself "bet you it was Drake who got murdered."

And yup.

Post #20 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:28 am

Counsell's penchant for pulling his starters too quickly is burning us.