2011-08-07 Brewers (Greinke) at Astros (Norris) - [Brewers win, 7-3]

[jjgott]

Yeah I agree he may not be a Ben Sheets type but he was the Astros top pitching prospect I think and there was no reason to bring him up and get his arby clock starting now with such a waste of a team.

[Funketown]

For all the flack Greinke got earlier in the season, his ERA is now down to 4.24. It's not unreasonable to expect his ERA to be around the 3.50-3.75 level by the end of the season.

[The Truth]

Yeah I agree he may not be a Ben Sheets type but he was the Astros top pitching prospect I think and there was no reason to bring him up and get his arby clock starting now with such a waste of a team.

I think the point is rushed up, eating up service time for no reason and putting unnecessary wear and tear on his arm.

Got it. Thanks. Yeah it does seem like there is no point in wasting Lyles' service time and putting wear on his arm

[Polish Falcons]

Lyles was the 42nd ranked prospect by baseball america this year and number 1 in the Astros organization. Not on the same level as Sheets but still pretty good.

[Bernman23]

Good job by Greinke of throwing strikes after the walk but at the same time not making it easy on Martinez to cut the lead in half.

 

By the way, I don't think Coshun knows what ironic means. Greinke is undefeated AT HOME and much worse away. That's closer to what you would expect.

[The Truth]

By the way, I don't think Coshun knows what ironic means.

Coshun is easily one of my least favorite announcers of all-time. At least he's worked very hard in order to eliminate saying "uh" every 3rd or 4th word like he used to...

[The Truth]

That hit by Braun would've been a HR in Maryvale (thinking that many aspects of this game reminds me of a Spring Training game. I'm half expecting Eric Farris, Brendan Boggs and Martin Maldonado to make appearances in the late innings)

[sargennm]

YunE making a late run at Prince and Braun for MVP honors. (/half blue).

[liveforoctober]

The legend of Yuni Betancourt continues to grow...

[thablingster]

Yuni is absolutely on fire right now. Stay hot, Yuni!

[The Truth]

YunE making a late run at Prince and Braun for MVP honors

Like that?

[geddymd73]

Thank god Melvin ignored the haters and we kept Yuni. Probably one of the hottest SS in the league.

[The Truth]

I think at the very least Dale Sveum deserves a raise.

 

And I stand corrected for criticizing Roenicke's lineup. The Astros are that bad.

[fondybrewfan]

You have to go all the way to Page #4 of the Major League Forum to find the "what vlaue does Yuni bring to the club" thread.

 

Thats where I like it. He has been crazy good since the all star break

[The Truth]

Probably wouldn't want to mess with Greinke and give him 7 days rest but would it have been smart to start Estrada in this game and save Greinke for the Cardinals on Tuesday?

[liveforoctober]

I think at the very least Dale Sveum deserves a raise.

 

And I stand corrected for criticizing Roenicke's lineup. The Astros are that bad.

In retrospect ... giving Casey, Corey, and a few of the supporting fellas back to back days off for the big Cardinals series might be a genius move. Well done Ron. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[lbb020]

Thank god Melvin ignored the haters and we kept Yuni. Probably one of the hottest SS in the league.

He certainly is hot but there's about a zero percent change he keeps up this pace. Based on the 6+ year sample size we have to look at, he will most likely revert to being a poor offensive player...and...he is still a terrible defender no matter how well he is swinging the bat.

[Tailgat0r76]

Good lord; how many times did Coshun say the word "Cruising" that inning?

 

 

ETA: And now he starts the next half inning telling us how much we "Cruised" against Bud Norris...

[strawbossisevil]

A shame we didn't sit Betancourt like many were suggesting a week ago. We could have avoided all of these recent, horrible, horrible performances he;'s been having.

[jjfanec]

You have to go all the way to Page #4 of the Major League Forum to find the "what vlaue does Yuni bring to the club" thread.

 

Thats where I like it. He has been crazy good since the all star break

Is that farther back than the Greinke talk me off a ledge thread? We had some guys under-performing the first half of the year and they are picking it up now. Zach's ERA all the way down to 4.2. Since the start of July he has pitched 43 innings and given up 10 ER while racking up 53 K's. Those are ace numbers

[The Truth]

Good lord; how many times did Coshun say the word "Cruising" that inning?

Its still better than him saying "uh" once every 3-4 words like he used to

[COBrewerfan]

Yuni is absolutely on fire right now. Stay hot, Yuni!

 

He sure is. And just thinking about the folks here who had him gone and wanted guys like Barmes to replace him. Would have been a lateral move a few weeks ago and now it would just be awful. Just another example of just doing the opposite of what is talked about here works almost everytime.

[geddymd73]

Good thing we didn't base our decisions on 6 year sample sizes. Zero percent chance of keeping this up seems a bit low. He's been keeping it up for quite a while now.

[The Truth]

That 6 year sample size was before the genius of Dale Sveum started to settle in

[liveforoctober]

DFA Greinke.