5/29 Gameday Thread: Kutter is on, but Scherff's off today

The Scherff game is the suspended game from the 20th. But he just pitched four days ago on the 25th. I’d think they would do a bullpen game or something along those lines. Crawford and Diaz should technically come up in the lineup before Scherff again.

MiLB has had Scherff on there consistently from yesterday through early this morning. So I rolled with that without any info from the Drive website/game notes.

Now MiLB had Angel Padron.


ADD - So nobody shot the Scherrf, he's just not pitching today.

Why doesn't everyone focus on correcting and maximizing their launch angle?

Sam Travis, launch angle extraordinaire of spring training, has hit three homers in 13 games (51 PA) since coming off the disabled list a couple weeks ago. But he's also struck out 23 times, a rate way, way beyond what he's ever done at any level. It started even before the injury - he has 32 K's in 71 PA since five games before the DL trip. In his last 18 starts, he has struck out in all but one of those games. So, despite a 50% increase in his ISO, his batting average and OBP have cratered, leaving him a much less productive player.

Now, I'm not trying to hate on the idea of a player working on improving his launch angle - I'm just pointing out that we shouldn't act like it's a panacea when we get reports in spring training that a player is doing so.

EDIT: And of course it's possible that Travis comes out on the other side a better player - with his contact skills close to his 2017 version, but with added power. But we've got a ways to go.

Both games in Greenville rained out today. Suspended game will be made up on Wednesday with a doubleheader on Thursday.