2011-04-19 Brewers (Wolf) at Phillies (Halladay) - 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 9-0]

[DHonks]

PrinceEatMeat...I hate it when the milb.com boxscores do that! It showed Greinke, then they revised it and added the other relievers for the 4th and beyond.

[ilovebeer]

Wolf's pitch count is only at 75 after 4 innings. I think he can make it to 6

[Hammer]

Also from twitter:

 

Haudricourt Tom

Report from Brevard County was that Greinke "felt great" and his velocity was 91-94 mph. The one hit was an infield hit.

[PrinceEatMeat]

PrinceEatMeat...I hate it when the milb.com boxscores do that! It showed Greinke, then they revised it and added the other relievers for the 4th and beyond.

Yeah, it happens. He still did well though, which is all that matters.

[DHonks]

If he can throw 60-70 pitches, I'd consider him ready. Shoot for 4-6 innings the first 2-3 times out before getting him to around 100 pitches.

[Ennder]

I thought the problem was with Lucroy, but why does Wolf look like he has problems getting on the same page with catchers.

Wolf has a really complicated set of signs for some reason and he pitches sort of backwards compared to most pitchers so it is harder for him to get on the same page as the C.

[Gobias Industries]

Roenicke should really give Weeks the day off tomorrow. He's hit like 2 balls hard since the Braves series.

[PrinceEatMeat]

If he can throw 60-70 pitches, I'd consider him ready. Shoot for 4-6 innings the first 2-3 times out before getting him to around 100 pitches.

He'll probably go 50-55 pitches next start, then 65-70 the last one. That way he should be good for 80-85 pitches in his first MLB start.

[jason21nl]

Gomez looked silly in that ab

[PrinceEatMeat]

Update: Gomez .203, Kotsay .200, Betancourt .200

[ilovebeer]

That was a nice inning there Randy, I think he can go one more inning.

[PrinceEatMeat]

That was a nice inning there Randy, I think he can go one more inning.

I think he should go 2 more to save the bullpen. He can go 110 or so pitches I would think. Into the 7th at least.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Well, Kotsay and Betancourt coming up. Rally over.

[theavrock]

Well, Kotsay and Betancourt coming up. Rally over.

Spoke too soon!!

[JET15]

kotsay! Hits a mistake pitch. It happens

[Ranier]

Prince needs to get the third on that single.

[ilovebeer]

nice job Mark with that rbi hit.

[davemakovec]

Well, Kotsay and Betancourt coming up. Rally over.

You shut your dirty mouth, PEM! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

All joking aside, it was really nice to see Kotsay work that count, and a nice swing to punch it into right field.

[Hammer]

Prince needs to get the third on that single.

Ball was hit too hard...

[endaround]

It isn't pitch count that's Wolf's only problem its his command is bad. And its not likely to get better as he tires.

[Ennder]

Prince needs to get the third on that single.

Ball was hit too hard...

Nah, that is a ball that 90% of baserunners end up on 3rd on except for big slow 1B and C. I'm not saying he should have gone on it but his lack of speed certainly cost a run right there.

[theavrock]

It isn't pitch count that's Wolf's only problem its his command is bad. And its not likely to get better as he tires.

Agreed, the walks are killing Randy again.

[HOF4canrake]

That's a ball, with one out, a runner needs to take a chance and get to 3rd base. The ball was relatively deep, the right fielder was moving away from third base and he ended throwing the ball toward home plate.

 

That is where aggressive base running is needed. One out, bottom part of the order coming up...especially with the lead. That was poor. As a coach, that would be unacceptable on my team.

[Ranier]

The ball was obviously going to drop and the right fielder was ranging to his opposite side. He should have made it to third.

[Hammer]

Prince needs to get the third on that single.

Ball was hit too hard...

Nah, that is a ball that 90% of baserunners end up on 3rd on except for big slow 1B and C. I'm not saying he should have gone on it but his lack of speed certainly cost a run right there.

I should have been more clear as you said what I was thinking. It was hit too hard for a man w/ Prince's speed/lack of.