00:00Now I think it's time for the Boston Red Sox and Wilson Contreras.
00:03There was a fascinating back and forth on Monday night
00:07when the Brewers were in Boston to take on the Boston Red Sox.
00:11Wilson Contreras, longtime member of the National League Central.
00:15Wright came up with the Chicago Cubs
00:17and then signed a big deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.
00:19He was traded to Boston over the offseason.
00:22Wilson Contreras was hit by a pitch,
00:24and he had some choice words after the fact.
00:28Wilson Contreras was plunked by the Milwaukee Brewers,
00:31which has happened a lot,
00:32and he effectively said the next time he gets hit,
00:36I'm going to take one of them out.
00:38This is the direct quote from Wilson Contreras.
00:40Quote, next time they hit me again,
00:42I'm going to take one of them out.
00:43That's a message.
00:45Christian Yelich was asked about the Brandon Woodruff,
00:48Wilson Contreras hit by pitch after the fact by Kurt Hogg,
00:52who does a great job covering the Brewers.
00:54Yelich said on Wilson Contreras, quote,
00:56we've seen that skit for the last 10 years.
00:59It's nothing new.
01:00Before we get into the anecdotal, opinion-based,
01:05personality-based point of this conversation,
01:07I do want to lay out some stats real quick.
01:10Wilson Contreras, over the course of his career,
01:13I believe has played 106 games against the Milwaukee Brewers.
01:17Yeah, 106 games against the Brewers.
01:19It's his most common opponent.
01:20In 106 games, he has been hit by 24 pitches.
01:25He wasn't lying about that.
01:26It was the 24th time that he has been hit by a pitch
01:29by the Milwaukee Brewers in 106 games.
01:31For context, last year's hit-by-pitch leaders,
01:35Randy Orozarena was hit 27 times.
01:37It took 160 games for that to happen.
01:40Caleb Durbin was hit 24 times.
01:42It took him 136 games for that to happen.
01:45Now, more context.
01:47Wilson Contreras in 135 games last year was hit 23 times.
01:52It's not just the Brewers.
01:54Wilson Contreras is hit by a lot of pitches.
01:56And that is setup, that is approach,
01:58that is cold zones on the inner half of the plate
02:01and off the inside edge,
02:03maybe a prevalence of chase off the inside part of the plate.
02:06But Wilson Contreras has been objectively hit
02:09by a lot of pitches and more pitches
02:10than you should be hit by in 106 games against an opponent.
02:14But also, it has been going on for a decade.
02:18Wilson Contreras has been a very, very vocal villain
02:21in the National League Central for quite some time.
02:24He made sure to get out of good graces
02:27with the Chicago Cubs very, very quickly
02:29after he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals.
02:32He has made sure to, I guess, isolate the Cardinal fan base
02:35after the trade to the Boston Red Sox.
02:38And I guess it's kind of understandable
02:40that the Milwaukee Brewers wouldn't like him
02:41because he's been a very good player
02:43on a couple other divisional opponents and some rivals.
02:45But Wilson Contreras, this saga is fascinating.
02:49And it's funny because it carries with the individual
02:52more so than any team-based drama.
02:55Yeah, I mean, they do have a common ground here
02:59where they could probably just talk this out, right?
03:02They have a diplomat on the other side, another Contreras.
03:06Why can't we get to the bottom of this thing?
03:08I don't understand.
03:09That's the part that blows my...
03:10Does William just say, I don't know, brother?
03:13I don't know what's going on?
03:15Like, I think clearly it's unintentional,
03:18but I think their game plan has never really changed
03:21for Wilson Contreras, which is, you know,
03:24work it hard up and in.
03:26And I just...
03:28I think there's obviously some frustration
03:30in their inability to execute there.
03:32I think we saw Mike Trout.
03:33You know, he's vocalized similar things
03:35with his frustrations there,
03:36and I think it goes both ways.
03:38You know, like, I get it.
03:38You have to understand that if you have
03:39a very clear blue zone,
03:41like, you got to be able to cover it.
03:43I don't know if Contreras is that clear.
03:48I get it.
03:49I understand his frustration.
03:51I also feel like now he has no choice.
03:53He does have to charge the mound
03:55if he does get hit.
03:56Because not only did he say he's going to do it,
03:59that's what I assume he means by take them out.
04:02Yeah, that would be the best guess.
04:05Yellich basically said you won't.
04:06So now he has to.
04:08If he gets hit and just goes to first base,
04:11not going to be good optics for him.
04:14He has to do it.
04:15So he just made his bet.
04:16So if you're the Brewers,
04:17you call his bluff and hit him again
04:20and get him ejected, basically.
04:21I think the pitcher would then get ejected, too.
04:25Or you just see what happens.
04:27Obviously, I don't think they're ever
04:28going to intentionally hit him,
04:29but there's a chance it'll...
04:30Playing the odds here,
04:32it's probably going to happen again.
04:35So what's it going to look like?
04:36Exactly.
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