Game Thread #-2: Tigers at Brewers
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 2, 2010 6:00 PM CDT
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PrintIt's time, finally, for baseball in Wisconsin.
We're down to two games before they start counting, and the first one is at 7:10 tonight as the Brewers host the Tigers in exhibition action.
Follow the jump for tonight's pitching matchup and conversation on tonight's game!
Doug Davis (1-1, 5.40 this spring, 9-14, 4.12 last season) gets the start tonight. Since the Tigers are an AL and a Grapefruit League team, he hasn't faced them since 2006, when he pitched seven scoreless innings in a no-decision. Davis has allowed a lot of baserunners over the course of his career, and this spring has been no exception: He's allowed 21 hits and eight walks in 16.2 IP, good for a 1.74 WHIP.
For the Tigers, 25 year old Max Scherzer (1-1, 7.15 this spring, 9-11, 4.12 last season) will take the mound. Like Davis, he's had a hard time keeping runners off the bases this spring, allowing 15 hits and five walks in 11.1 IP. He gets more strikeouts than Davis, though: 9.2 per nine innings last season and roughly a strikeout per inning this spring.
I'll be honest - I scheduled this in advance and I'm on a flight to Vegas right now. So I don't have the lineup. If you do, post it in the comments so others can see it.
Enjoy the game!
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Is it typical
to have spring training at the actual home ballpark, or is this something new this year? Never noticed it before.
The Brewers have had a couple exhibition games at Miller Park the last few years, I think.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
It's not the home park for Detroit.
But generally yes. I know that the Dodgers/Angels have a freeway series at the end of each spring training, and that’s been going on a while.
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
It's probably more typical for teams in domes or in the south.
Or new stadiums, as the Twins are playing exhibition games in Target Field this year.
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I really wish this game was on tv
I’m at home sick otherwise I’d go
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
How do tickets for these games work?
I’m planning on going with a group tomorrow. I’ve heard there’s a special promotion going on for students too.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
not sure about student promotions
but I’ve heard all tickets are 10 bucks
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
There are tickets left, but not any in the really nice sections
You can either buy them online and print them or get them at the park before the game.
I haven’t heard of any additional discounts beyond all tickets being $10.
As Per McCalvey the Brewers line-up
Rickie Weeks 2B
Carlos Gomez CF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Gregg Zaun C
Corey Hart RF
Alcides Escobar SS
Jody Gerut DH
Yes there will be a DH in this game apart from that it looks close to the opening day line-up
Looks like gameday will actually be working today
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_04_02_detmlb_milmlb_1&mode=gameday
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
I sure hope Hart can stop his tailspin and regain the #5 spot, because McGehee hitting behind Fielder is a little bleh (Braun/Fielder/Dye would look pretty nice too, as long as I close my eyes really tight during the half-innings he has to play defense)
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Apr 2, 2010 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Dye's OPS(.793) was the lowest since 2004 last year
And he had a staggering -24.5 UZR/150 in RF. Hart’s OPS was only .040 points lower last year, he’s 30 years younger, and his UZR/150 was -9.1.
I’m no Corey Hart fan, but I would prefer to not have Dye.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Apr 2, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I wasn't necessarily advocating getting rid of Hart (I actually am something of a Hart fan)
Just that it would be a lot nicer to have Dye hitting behind Fielder than McGehee (or Hart, who has only posted an OPS significantly higher than .793 once in his career – his huge 2007 – and who wasn’t the victim of a significantly depressed BABIP last season like Dye was). Hopefully Hart can get back on track in 2010 though.
I wonder if they could just teach Dye/Edmonds to just cover half of RF – I mean, Gomez already gets to balls halfway across RF as it is.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Apr 2, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Good points
Just based on salary I think I’d prefer to let JEd get a shot if Corey’s not going to hit this year.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Apr 2, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Bleh?
I guess you’re one of the many expecting a regression from McGehee. Personally, I don’t expect quite that big of a slide from last season, so he’ll be fine behind Fielder.
I don’t think he’s going to collapse, like some people do, but I would be more comfortable with him #2 or #6 than as the guy who is frightening opposing pitchers into not pitching around Fielder (then again, I guess Fielder managed alright last season!)
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Apr 2, 2010 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't like McGehee in the #2 spot
but that’s due to how I’d arrange my lineup. I personally don’t like putting a decent power hitter without much speed in the #2 spot. I like having the option of playing small ball and sac bunting the lead-off guy over to setup the RBI hitters.
correction on post above
Might not actually get to Vegas anymore. Stuck in the Milwaukee airport. If any readers are here, first person to stop by gate d41 gets a free handshake!
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 2, 2010 6:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
because frontier airlines sucks
Flight was delayed 3 hours because they didn’t have a crew to fly it. I missed my connection to Vegas, so now I’m spending the night in denver, where it’s cold.
Also, they appear to have lost my luggage. And I’m currently #7 in line at the slowest moving hotel front desk ever. Have to be up in five hours to catch my flight to vegas.
From now on, I will only visit places I can drive to.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 3, 2010 12:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
::Jumps into the Aveo::
::begins driving feverishly::
::stops down the block & says fuck it, I’ll wait til the 16th::
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 2, 2010 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hmmh...
…first I’d have to drive down to Milwaukee…then buy a ticket (you don’t mess with TSA)…then get to the gate before you leave. XD
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will be there on 4/22
Hopefully it will be as awesome as seen on TV.
Also! There are seats available for the Brewers series…well, they’re all single seats, and I think there’s less than 100 per game, but they’re available. I’ll be there for the 5/21 Friday game.
I'm already here
The problem for me is getting home—there is OK, I can take the bus, but no bus back.
You’ll have no problem trying to sell the tickets if you can’t make it to Minneapolis, I imagine. The demand is ridiculous. (April day games being mostly sold out? O_o)
demand is understandable
It just sucks for people like me who make spur-of-the-moment decisions on attending games (or not) depending on who’s pitching. There were only so many Livan Hernandez and Carl Pavano starts I could stand watching in person. With my luck, I’ll be stuck watching an epic Pavano vs. Mitch Talbot faceoff in three weeks.
And it's 90 degrees on my condo.
oven to 450 for 5 hours + will do that. Why isn’t this game on TV or the radio? Gonna have to move a computer to the kitchen.
Shruggity
Also:
I’m thoroughly confused by MLB.com.
I can’t tell whether I want to use Gameday. At-Bat, Gameday Audio? Trying to figure out what I’m paying for.
Shruggity
Well gameday is free. so don't pay for that
At bat is new, an advanced version of gameday that was mlb audio integrated in it.
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
K, so I'm paying for at bat this year...
I’m paying for gameday audio, have been for the last few years, auto-renewing, so I had to figure out how to get to my product.
Shruggity
As far as I can tell,
If you’re an MLB.TV subscriber you now have to pay for audio for games that aren’t televised or are blacked out, whereas audio was free before today, with a video subscription.
Citgo hr count
Is gone.
1st base ribbon board has a problem. A section is out.
Ike is missing in strike on the score board.
Rober hack sign in left field is uglier then sin
club goodwill replace the left field bleachers family section.
by SgtClueLs on Apr 2, 2010 7:09 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
also
Don’t like the NYCE stadium club sign for old 300 club
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:11 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
worse
White background. Really stark
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Left field bleachers family section
was gone in 2009 already, relocated to club level, out toward right. We sat there one game and had an interesting view of the blue K strikeout counter.
But we can’t C IT GO anymore? Tear.
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
Seriously
That sign had a complete “fly by night operation” vibe.
Under the flag, just left of the batter’s eye, is a Hoffman banner showing his 591 saves, presumably counting up to 600. That looked nice.
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
And DD
Gives up a leadoff HR to airtran area
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:12 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
team intro music
Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:21 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Efficiency of flight > efficiency of running.
There’s no static friction from the ground.
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
Anyone using at-bat?
Can someone tell me how to interpret the little graph-like things in the line score?
Shruggity
Hart
earning back a little bit of goodwill there
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totally raining
Roof open fail. Its just a bit, but its still funny
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
they should've known
i mean you can’t run a major league organization without keeping a few wizards and soothsayers on hand to predict the weather.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Apr 2, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
also
As If there weren’t enough reasons to love gregg zaun – HE WEARS STIRRUPS
How has no one informed me of this yet?
by Nicole Haase on Apr 2, 2010 7:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
ooooooooooooooooo
I was not aware of that…wait, I don’t think he wore them in Spring Training…
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As a matter of fact, he did not
I hope he wears them regularly during the season, though
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Fair enough
Earlier in ST, however, he did not
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So how do we feel about Carlos Gomez hitting 2nd?
I know Macha did it a lot during spring training, but it looks like he’s going to do it a lot during the season…personally, I’m against it.
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this is just my completely uninformed opinion:
alcides should hit leadoff. short track record, but his ML level at bats + winter league + spring training lead me to believe he’ll have a relatively high OBP.
weeks has the OBP to hit lead off, but i think the power he can show will go to waste in terms of run production at the top. move him to the 2 hole.
until gomez can develop some better plate discipline, he should hit 8th or 9th.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Apr 2, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
The thing that keeps me skeptical about Alcides leading off
Is that his OBP is almost entirely batting average driven, and that’s almost entirely BABIP driven for him. Granted, he certainly seems like he has the skillset for sustaining a high-babip (lots of speed, seems fairly adept at hitting line drives), but I’m going to be skeptical till I seem him do it for a whole season. That said, I would bet on him having a higher OBP than Gomez at the end of the year, and, between the two of them, would rather see him in the two-hole.
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
the only thing that concerns me with that is alcides hasn't shown much power
at least, none that i recall in the major league level (though he did have a homerun right?)
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Apr 2, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Escobar has Counsell-like power
I don’t mind Weeks in the lead-off spot and either Gomez or Escobar in the #2 hole.
Once Weeks gets on base, it gives them the option of bunting him over.
I think Gomez/Escobar will probably have a similar OBP this season, but Gomez is probably a more polished baserunner and has a smidge more power at this point, so he makes sense hitting second to me (at least, over Escobar)
Not that it necessarily makes sense, but I imagine Macha’s reasoning might also have to do with taking some pressure off Escobar by letting him start the season at the bottom of the order.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Apr 2, 2010 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions
can anyone load Gameday?
Because I sure can’t. I’ll be over in the Detroit thread, as apparently it’s on locally for them.
i can
but it took acknowledging an ad-like thing (a popover that made me choose standard gameday vs gameday+audio)
mlb.com
in general is crawling right now.
by rootsmaneuver on Apr 2, 2010 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
a dingus day miracle
oh, wait.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Apr 2, 2010 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
dave johnson?
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
I thought about going to this game.. then decided it would spoil Opening Day.
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