2014-05-19 Brewers (Peralta) at Braves (Minor) 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 9-3]

[Patrick425]

Let the batting practice begin. WCW has to go.

[DocLuna7]

Well that was.... predictable.

[yfinn6]

Yep. I was pretty certain that was going to happen; and now the inning continues anyway. Ugh.

[adamb100]

1 step forward, another step back.

[BuckyBrewer61]

Here's hoping he gives up 10 more so we can end the Wang experiment. In today's game of pitch count mania, you can't waste a bullpen spot, not if you're expiating to contend. Period.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

That was predictable... way to go RR... you gave away a run with that stupid 1st inning Sac Bunt, and now you just gave away another run

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

7-3... lovely....

[adamb100]

So is that more runs than the Braves have scored all year?

[The stache]

Could somebody please explain to me the situation with Wang? If he's not pitching at he Major League level, he can be claimed by another team? Did he use up his options with his prior team?

 

In the mean time, because we are so worried about losing him, he's getting rocked, and costing us games.

[yfinn6]

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[Daubs]

That was predictable... way to go RR... you gave away a run with that stupid 1st inning Sac Bunt, and now you just gave away another run

 

I'm pretty sure that was Segura bunting on his own.

[Daubs]

Could somebody please explain to me the situation with Wang? If he's not pitching at he Major League level, he can be claimed by another team? Did he use up his options with his prior team?

 

In the mean time, because we are so worried about losing him, he's getting rocked, and costing us games.

 

Wang was a Rule 5 pick. He has to be on the 25-man roster all year or offered back to Pittsburgh

[AZBrewCrew]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[BuckyBrewer61]

 

Wang was a Rule 5 pick. He has to be on the 25-man roster all year or offered back to Pittsburgh

 

Is there a precedent for this? Have other major league teams ever wasted a roster spot on an A-ball player for an entire year just to try and hold on to them and hope they realize some potential? Seems asinine.

[TooLiveBrew]

 

Wang was a Rule 5 pick. He has to be on the 25-man roster all year or offered back to Pittsburgh

 

Is there a precedent for this? Have other major league teams ever wasted a roster spot on an A-ball player for an entire year just to try and hold on to them and hope they realize some potential? Seems asinine.

THere's a fair amount of discussion about that in the thread on Wang in the MLB forum.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

We've done it before (kept the Rule 5 guy all year), but I think he never did amount to much, and it was a year where we basically were playing for 60 wins anyways

[yfinn6]

 

Wang was a Rule 5 pick. He has to be on the 25-man roster all year or offered back to Pittsburgh

 

Is there a precedent for this? Have other major league teams ever wasted a roster spot on an A-ball player for an entire year just to try and hold on to them and hope they realize some potential? Seems asinine.

 

The Brewers have done it in the past, but in those seasons, the team expected to lost 100 games. I believe Jeff Bennett was a rule-5 pick.

[Eddiehitsthefoulpole]

We need to make a decision. Either we play for the play-offs this year or we keep Wang. We really can't do both. We need that other arm.

[burnzy24]

Is there a precedent for this? Have other major league teams ever wasted a roster spot on an A-ball player for an entire year just to try and hold on to them and hope they realize some potential? Seems asinine.

 

Don't you remember Enrique Cruz from 2003?

[Fear The Chorizo]

Is there a precedent for this?

 

Johan Santana says hi...not that I expect Wang to turn into Johan Santana

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Would have been nice to force them to use Kimbrel. Even with a probable loss tonight, he's been used quite a bit lately and now he gets a night off.

[BuckyBrewer61]

Don't you remember Enrique Cruz from 2003?

 

I've tried to block those years out of my memory...

[yfinn6]

They haven't scored 7 runs in a month. haha. Get tossed RR; it's about time.

[Daubs]

 

Wang was a Rule 5 pick. He has to be on the 25-man roster all year or offered back to Pittsburgh

 

Is there a precedent for this? Have other major league teams ever wasted a roster spot on an A-ball player for an entire year just to try and hold on to them and hope they realize some potential? Seems asinine.

 

Well....Johan Santana was a Rule 5 pick (Out of Houston's system, picked by Florida, then traded to Minnesota) who didn't pitch above A-Ball before being selected.....

 

The asinine part is a potentially contending team wasting that spot, as the Brewers currently are. The Twins were terrible the year Santana needed to be stashed.

[AZBrewCrew]

4 runs in and now you trot out the pitching coach? Why?