Brock Beauchamp
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Everything posted by Brock Beauchamp
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That was some sweet team baserunning right there. -
I was just going to log on and say "this team realizes it needs to score runs to win baseball games, right?" And that happened.
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It's the hardest job on the field. But Garver is still pretty bad at it.
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Garver is just... not good behind the plate.
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It's almost as if process doesn't matter in a game based on failure with large numbers of opportunities.
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SoCal taquitos (or rolled tacos) from a hole in the wall place with a menu in Spanish. Good luck with that.
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Flatly untrue. Rosario is a free swinger and the process of that at-bat matters... a lot. He laid off some tough pitches and hit some rather unhittable pitches. He worked the pitcher to a 7-8 pitch plate appearance. I'll take that from him once every night.
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I suspect there's a fair amount of smoke and mirrors going with Kepler against LHP right now. Lefties struggle against lefties, even the best LHB. It's likely the book will change and Kepler's numbers against LHP will decline. But that's no reason to be concerned... the fact that he's hitting LHP this hard likely means that he'll feast on lefty mistakes in the future and maybe he'll be a .750 OPS guy against LHP going forward. And lefties that can be average or better than average against same-side pitching are usually very good hitters.
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I think the confusion over framing stems from "stealing strikes" when in fact it's mostly "getting your pitcher the strike they threw". An errant, fast-moving glove with a lot of body movement distracts from the moment. The pitch should be a strike but the catcher moved violently and the umpire saw the ball drift out of the zone because exactly *where* did the ball hit the mitt? Whereas a steady, smooth hand with good visibility allows the umpire to see where the pitch was actually thrown. And it was a strike. Framing (mostly) isn't about 'stealing", it's about "being good at your job and letting your pitcher's ability shine".
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He's not even close to the same hitter he was against LHP last year. He was absolutely brutal and lost against lefties in 2017.
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I say Romero but the gap isn't large. Advantage to Fernando for velocity.
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That's the thing: if umpires actually realized it was happening, it wouldn't be happening. We have very accurate ball tracking technology. It's more accurate than the umpires. Some catchers, year in and year out, get more strikes called for their pitchers. Others are the opposite.
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Hey, after a rough two weeks, Rodney has been very good. And he was let down by his defense pretty consistently during those bad two weeks. He was also pretty bad himself but the defense cost him at least one game, possibly two.
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Also this.
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Injuries. Before 2017, he never pitched more than 90 IP in a season.
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I don't think the front office gets enough credit for seeing what they had in Romero and jumping him ahead of several other guys who easily could have been called up and it would have been a legitimate decision.
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It's a bummer that Castro is down. I think that actually hurts Garver, as it means one of the better framers in the league isn't there every day to teach him the nuance of the trade.
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He certainly has potential but this team is contending right now. They can give Mitch plenty of playing time to work out his kinks while also fielding better defenders to balance him out a bit. Catcher is the one position where that's really possible.
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No worries, it's something I noticed awhile back as well... but I've watched Garver catch. Maybe he calls an amazing game but he is not a good defensive catcher overall. I hadn't even looked up his framing stats until about 20 minutes ago but they confirmed exactly what I see from him behind the plate: lots of stabbing at the ball, loads of movement, and many missed called strikes. Maybe his offense carries the day as a poor man's Mike Piazza but he's going to need to hit a lot to make up for his defensive deficiencies.
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But who actually pitched those games? Because Garver is negative in framing. Maybe he calls a good game but he's not good at getting his pitchers called strikes. If you line up catching Berrios and Romero regularly, you're going to look pretty good... but that doesn't mean you are good.
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I wish this Romero kid was better at baseballing.
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Article: Why Isn't Mitch Garver Playing More?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Facts and reason have no place in this discussion. -
Just flipped on the game, didn't realize Sano was back!
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Article: Why Isn't Mitch Garver Playing More?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Alternative answer: because Garver is pretty bad behind the plate. Garver should be getting more starts than Wilson but in this situation, I wouldn't give him "full time" catching duties in his current state. I'd also be pursuing a catching upgrade ASAP. -
Article: Why Isn't Mitch Garver Playing More?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Statcorner has Wilson at +1.0 RAA in just 318 opportunities and Garver at -3.9 RAA in 1123 opportunities. I think the conversation pretty much starts and ends there in the eyes of this front office. (also, Wilson passes the eye test while Garver fails it)
