MLB 2018 Season

[jsglow]

Think if the Crew have any chance of catching the Cubbies, this next set of series is critical. Brewers have to sweep the Reds and hope the D-backs can right the ship and take the series against Chicago. After that, I have a hard time seeing the Cubs losing enough for the Crew to catch them.

Slim.

[GGGG]

Yelich just hit for the cycle again.  Against the same team too.

[wadesworld]

MVP

[jsglow]

Yelich just hit for the cycle again.  Against the same team too.

Absolutely amazing.  1/25/18 may go down as one of the greatest days in Brewers history.

[jsglow]

Yelich just hit for the cycle again.  Against the same team too.

Third time in modern baseball history that a player did it twice in one year.  Many of the greatest hitters ever hit it once or twice in their entire career.

[Benny B]

This is all I can think of right now:



Let's go, Snakes. 

[wadesworld]

This is all I can think of right now:



Let's go, Snakes.

Fact.

[Anti-Dentite]

Obscure but also the first player ever to cycle twice in same season against the same team.

[wadesworld]

Hader's last 13 recorded outs have been Ks.

[MUEng92]

Hader's last 13 recorded outs have been Ks.

So you're saying he's one dimensional

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Hader's last 13 recorded outs have been Ks.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Doing something only two other players have done before...one of them being Babe Ruth...that has to move the needle in the MVP vote right?

[Dr. Blackheart]

[Skitch]

Doing something only two other players have done before...one of them being Babe Ruth...that has to move the needle in the MVP vote right?

Babe Herman and it's been done 4 times before.  Only twice in the "modern era" though.  Apparently the 1920's are modern.

Still incredible, though.

[jsglow]

An overlooked addition to the Crew has been Granderson.  Dude can absolutely still ball.  And still has a helluva set of wheels.  He's going to provide outstanding leadership during the playoffs.

[4everwarriors]

How's his neck, hey?

[WI inferiority Complexes]

I agree hitting for the cycle is quirky and neat, but 5 players have had a 3 home-run game this season.  Each of those is more impressive than a cycle.

Basically what I'm saying is Matt Davidson has had a better offense game this year than Yelich had last night.

[Benny B]

I agree hitting for the cycle is quirky and neat, but 5 players have had a 3 home-run game this season.  Each of those is more impressive than a cycle.

Basically what I'm saying is Matt Davidson has had a better offense game this year than Yelich had last night.

Stats can be deceiving, context is everything

Player hits for the cycle vs. 3 home runs... if the guy hits for the cycle knocks in six runs and leads his team to a win yet the guy hitting the HR's has three solo shots but struck out with two down in the bottom of the ninth with runners on 2nd and 3rd in a one-run game, I would argue that the guy hitting the cycle had a better offense that evening.

[rocky_warrior]

An overlooked addition to the Crew has been Granderson.  Dude can absolutely still ball.  And still has a helluva set of wheels.  He's going to provide outstanding leadership during the playoffs.

Going by the stats, he's exceeding any performance with previous teams.  Not "can still ball", but "is batting better than ever so far with the Brewers".  He's a career ~0.800 OPS guy, 1.333 is crazy.  I'd be surprised (and suspicious) if he keeps it up.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml

[Shaka Shart]

Going by the stats, he's exceeding any performance with previous teams.  Not "can still ball", but "is batting better than ever so far with the Brewers".  He's a career ~0.800 OPS guy, 1.333 is crazy.  I'd be surprised (and suspicious) if he keeps it up.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml

steroids?

[buckchuckler]

Going by the stats, he's exceeding any performance with previous teams.  Not "can still ball", but "is batting better than ever so far with the Brewers".  He's a career ~0.800 OPS guy, 1.333 is crazy.  I'd be surprised (and suspicious) if he keeps it up.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml

Ummm, a 1300 OPS is super prime Babe Ruth territory.  I don't think anyone was suggesting that the type of play to be expected of Granderson.

[buckchuckler]

I agree hitting for the cycle is quirky and neat, but 5 players have had a 3 home-run game this season.  Each of those is more impressive than a cycle.

Basically what I'm saying is Matt Davidson has had a better offense game this year than Yelich had last night.

While the cycle is a gimmicky thing, Yelich has been just great with the Brewers.  You could have gotten pretty good money on him leading the NL in SLG% and OPS at this point in the season.

[jsglow]

I agree hitting for the cycle is quirky and neat, but 5 players have had a 3 home-run game this season.  Each of those is more impressive than a cycle.

Basically what I'm saying is Matt Davidson has had a better offense game this year than Yelich had last night.

I will argue that far fewer guys are able to hit for the cycle simply because of the triple.  Of course a 3 homer game is more valuable.

[jsglow]

Going by the stats, he's exceeding any performance with previous teams.  Not "can still ball", but "is batting better than ever so far with the Brewers".  He's a career ~0.800 OPS guy, 1.333 is crazy.  I'd be surprised (and suspicious) if he keeps it up.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml

Whatever, I'm glad he's on our team.  Guys like that can carry you for a month.  Between Grandy, LoCain, Yeli at the dish and Hader striking out 27 batters a game we might actually win this thing!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

All in on cheering for the Dodgers this series. I'd much rather face Kyle Freeland than Clayton Kershaw in a 1 game playoff.