Dunn Rumor (Dead)

[chuckiehacks]

This site pwned by Doug Melvin.

[panthernick]

Wow the radio guy in Cinci backpeddled pretty quickly. What a piece of work.

[jwill535]

i have no idea why but even though the Brewers are winning i am still disappointed.

[BrewCrewForever]

But yes, we are freaking geeks.

 

And Im not ashamed one bit.

[zzzmanwitz]

Well, maybe they just wanted to show Wise's hitting ability before the trade went down.

[brettac1]

So was this ever legit at all? I was at work today.

[zzzmanwitz]

Right now it seems like it was just a bunch of smoke and mirrors. But, now I'm more confused by the way that Ned is handling Wise now. Its very odd.

[aracko]

Wise with a 32 pitch outing? That seems really strange to me. Granted we are up 9 runs but still - does wise ever hit 32?

[brewers255]

I agree why is Wise in there for 2 innings in a 9 run game? Maybe it's to have the fans watch Wise for the last time? Who knows Melvin has said those type of things before and the next day they happened.

[zzzmanwitz]

And he hit? This day has been ridiculously unproductive.

[MarquesJohnson2000]

Wise still pitching in the ninth?

 

Yikes.

[zzzmanwitz]

Wise has to be getting traded. This doesn't make any sense.

[ryanbraun75]

when doug melvin said that i believe even more that it might happen. It makes a crap load of sense if u think about it. I remember reading that the reds wanted a reliever, an outfielder and an infield prospect for dunn and thats what that would be

 

i would pronounce this dead yet

[B2k1121]

Why would pitching Wise a lot mean he is being traded?

[zzzmanwitz]

Because we've never used wise like this before. He's not a long guy. Its just a very odd situation. Maybe they wanted to get him into the ninth to pick up the save and get a standing ovation send-off.

[sheetswannabe]

Whens the last time he pitched 3 innings? Especially in a blowout. Its fishy. Trying to get trade value up!

[Brian the Automator]

They're stretching him out to put him into the rotation

[aracko]

I think there is a trade in the works, but I do not think that Matt Wise is involved. And if he is, perhaps he is being showcased as a long relief guy?

[Brian the Automator]

[ And if he is, perhaps he is being showcased as a long relief guy? ]

 

I don't know... if I'm a "seller", the last thing I'm "buying" is a long reliever.

[endaround]

Yost just wanted to make Wise a trivia answer:

 

Who was the last Brewer to get a hit and a save in the same game?

[monty57]

Maybe other teams' GMs have read some of the posts on brewerfan.net and believe that Matt Wise is made of glass, so Melvin asked Yost to throw him out there for three innings to prove that this wasn't true.

 

It is odd that they'd basically waste him for the next few days in a blowout game like this. If they weren't trying to showcase him, today would seem to have been a good game to get Parra a couple of innings.

[crewcrazy]

I don't think they were showcasing Wise...for whatever reason, it seems like they're trying to avoid using Manny Parra at all costs while Spurling is away, even if it means pitching Wise for three innings.

[Rorschach88]

Making him throw three innings today also stops people from saying "They didn't bring in Matt today, that must mean he's getting traded!" for a couple days. Plus if they really were trying to show him off, they probably wanted to show off more then him just coming in for an inning and giving up a homer.

[patrickgpe]

wouldn't it make more sense to say that because Parra didn't pitch something could be in the works for him. Is there a better scenario to make your major league debut than the 9th inning today? There isn't.

[BillScottCanRake]

wouldn't it make more sense to say that because Parra didn't pitch something could be in the works for him. Is there a better scenario to make your major league debut than the 9th inning today? There isn't.

 

If Spruling is ready to go, and if Parra is going back to Nashville's rotation, it's possible they didn't want to use him in an inning or two now because they want him to start Sunday.