Josh Lindblom signs with Brewers - 3 years / $9.125 mil [Latest: Lindblom DFAd]

[djoctagone]

right . . . and giving him three innings last night would've been a great way to start stretching him out for insertion into the rotation.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

right . . . and giving him three innings last night would've been a great way to start stretching him out for insertion into the rotation.

 

Perhaps ... unless they have him pegged for a multi-inning role today as backup for Houser, or they have him slated to start one of the games in Chicago this weekend.

[xisxisxis]

right . . . and giving him three innings last night would've been a great way to start stretching him out for insertion into the rotation.

 

Perhaps ... unless they have him pegged for a multi-inning role today as backup for Houser, or they have him slated to start one of the games in Chicago this weekend.

I get the idea about reducing the overall innings for the starters, considering last year, by going to a 6-man rotation, but the bullpen is not in any shape right now to go with 6 starters, many of whom can't get past the 5th (lindblom/Houser) or 6th (Peralta) innings. That's a lot of innings of cringe-worthy relief pitching. They might want to just roll with a few Houser/Lindblom tandems until they can find some replacements for Yardley and Rasmussen.

[markedman5]

Or they rethought the plan and will stay with 5 for the time being........

[wildcat2237]

Or Counsell wanted to get crappy Yardley an inning in pitcher friendly Petco.

 

Boxberger and Rasmussen also needed work.

 

If Houser is crummey today I'll bet Lindblom mops it up so they dont blow the pen going into Chicago.

[SRB]

Perhaps ... unless they have him pegged for a multi-inning role today as backup for Houser, or they have him slated to start one of the games in Chicago this weekend.

I get the idea about reducing the overall innings for the starters, considering last year, by going to a 6-man rotation, but the bullpen is not in any shape right now to go with 6 starters, many of whom can't get past the 5th (lindblom/Houser) or 6th (Peralta) innings. That's a lot of innings of cringe-worthy relief pitching. They might want to just roll with a few Houser/Lindblom tandems until they can find some replacements for Yardley and Rasmussen.

 

I'd take our chances now with a depleted bullpen if it meant moving Lindbloom back into the rotation. We need a six-man rotation because our two aces simply cannot pitch a regular top-of-the-rotation full season workload if we want them to survive into the postseason and/or not be destroyed in the future due to overwork. Just look at the career innings totals for both Woodruff and Burnes.

[Jopal78]

Perhaps ... unless they have him pegged for a multi-inning role today as backup for Houser, or they have him slated to start one of the games in Chicago this weekend.

I get the idea about reducing the overall innings for the starters, considering last year, by going to a 6-man rotation, but the bullpen is not in any shape right now to go with 6 starters, many of whom can't get past the 5th (lindblom/Houser) or 6th (Peralta) innings. That's a lot of innings of cringe-worthy relief pitching. They might want to just roll with a few Houser/Lindblom tandems until they can find some replacements for Yardley and Rasmussen.

 

I'd take our chances now with a depleted bullpen if it meant moving Lindbloom back into the rotation. We need a six-man rotation because our two aces simply cannot pitch a regular top-of-the-rotation full season workload if we want them to survive into the postseason and/or not be destroyed in the future due to overwork. Just look at the career innings totals for both Woodruff and Burnes.

 

You've seen Lindblom's stat line for the Brewers? He's been awful so far in 2021, and in every start but two in 2020he gave up multiple runs and failed to finish more than 5 innings along the way. In other words, if the Brewers went to a six-man rotation, I'm not so sure Lindblom would even be the first one out of the chute for the sixth spot.

[trwi7]

a public service announcement that josh lindblom is on the brewers' 26-man roster. with a five run lead last night, i was surprised that he wasn't put in for a three-inning save attempt.

 

They didn't want to have to bring in Hader again.

[adambr2]

There's other ways to protect the arms of Woodruff and Burnes without going to a 6 man rotation. I trust Counsell will be monitoring them both closely. He is not going to just ignorantly run their arms into the ground.

 

We want less innings out of Lindblom, not more.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Please do not let Lindblom anywhere near this rotation.

[young guns]

Please do not let Lindblom anywhere near this rotation.

This did not age well.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Please do not let Lindblom anywhere near this rotation.

This did not age well.

 

Well, Lindblom is doing everything he can to keep it accurate.

[tggibby55]

Not every move you make as a GM is gonna hit, Stearns needs to cut his losses

[adambr2]

I thought this was a great deal when we signed it. I was dead wrong.

 

I only looked at the upside and didn't ask myself why the KBO Cy Young was available for just over 3 million a year on a multi year deal. I guess there was a reason.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Actually it aged perfectly. This loser should be DFA’d. Problem is, what are the alternatives?

[Outlander]

Actually it aged perfectly. This loser should be DFA’d. Problem is, what are the alternatives?

Absolutely, don't understand why anybody would think otherwise.

[adambr2]

Right. If Lindblom came into the rotation and pitched like Corbin Burnes, that would be it not aging well.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

In young guns defense, the wheels hadn't quite come flying off the Lindblom bus at the moment he posted that. I would imagine today's result may have changed some things, but at the beginning of play today, Lindblom was the logical "next man up" in the rotation.

[KCBrewerfan34]

Ok I figured out. I think he commented on my statement basically saying there’s 1 injury away from Lindblom possible promo and it didn’t take long for a starter to possibly go on the IL. That makes some sense

[Sixtofan]

I admit it. I thought it was a good low risk signing at the time.

[xisxisxis]

The Problem is what role does he have? If he can't even go more than 3 2/3 innings when he's put in as the mop up guy, what role can he possibly have. We will still need 4 YES FOUR innings out of the pen today even after throwing in the long-man in a game we were behind by 11 (when the decision was made to pull him). The way Lindblom pitches he could go 140-150 pitches and not put a strain on his arm. Jamie Moyer could pitch both games of a double header without breaking a sweat, Lindblom should be able to go a week straight pitching.

[JohnBriggs12]

Actually it aged perfectly. This loser should be DFA’d. Problem is, what are the alternatives?

 

My guess is Suter takes the rotation spot (assuming Anderson's injury requires the DL) and Hardy comes up to replace him in the pen as the middle inning lefty. Later in the year it would be Ashby. Hopefully somebody will put a waiver claim in on Lindblom and Brewers can save a little but I seriously doubt it. Hardy isn't on the 40 man so he'll need s spot and Lindblom basically just handed one to him today.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Wasn't Lindblom a BSOML guy this camp?

[umphrey]

What is Eric Lauer up to? I’d take his 2019 production in a second as a #5

[patrickgpe]

Actually it aged perfectly. This loser should be DFA’d. Problem is, what are the alternatives?

every team needs a mop-up guy that can eat innings. I'd hope he doesnt pitch any high leverage innings, but he's fine for the role he is in for the money he makes.