Brewers (Burnes) vs Mariners (Flexen): 4/17/23, 8:40pm

[Joseph Zarr]

As to these trade package ideas, I personally think our best options for any short-term Burnes issues are to maximize what we already have. Treat Houser and Gasser as your piggy-backers. Houser needs to build up his innings - fine. Let him do it at the MLB level. Send down a field player in the short term. We have plenty of worthy bullpen arms we can work up and down, to boot. It's too early, by my book, with no diagnosis.

[BruisedCrew]

3 minutes ago, homer said:

It was glove side, not throwing arm side. that's a good thing

I’m no kiniseologist, but it seems like a pitcher is using his entire chest to rock back and follow through

[Joseph Zarr]

I absolutely love pokes and walks. Call me old fashioned. Just love cheap hits.😅

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

As to these trade package ideas, I personally think our best options for any short-term Burnes issues are to maximize what we already have. Treat Houser and Gasser as your piggy-backers. Houser needs to build up his innings - fine. Let him do it at the MLB level. Send down a field player in the short term. We have plenty of worthy bullpen arms we can work up and down, to boot. It's too early, by my book, with no diagnosis.

Yes, but you still need some innings from your starters. Maybe if it’s a 2-3 week injury. We’ll see. Right now we’re down to Peralta, Lauer, Miley, Rea, and ??

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Yes, but you still need some innings from your starters. Maybe if it’s a 2-3 week injury. We’ll see. Right now we’re down to Peralta, Lauer, Miley, Rea, and ??

I hear you. It's already a problem at Nashville. We'll just have to wait and see what the prognosis is.

[Joseph Zarr]

Good fight, Joey. Great AB even with the missed slider. Fantastic work.

[Joseph Zarr]

You know who pitched a key inning during the Mariners 1-0 win yesterday? Justin Topa. he's had a really nice start for the Mariners.

[RobertCrawley]

Christian Yelich is hitting .217 with an OBP of .316.

Also, he hit the ball in the air again. That's twice tonight.

[willie key]

8 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Yes, but you still need some innings from your starters. Maybe if it’s a 2-3 week injury. We’ll see. Right now we’re down to Peralta, Lauer, Miley, Rea, and ??

That’s just an ugly pitching staff.       Jeez

[RobertCrawley]

ruh roh bush

[brewcrewdue80]

Man 2-0 pitch I know the pitcher hasn't located great but I wish Yelich would be aggressive there vs taking a called 1st strike. Up 4. Swing for the fences. Pitch 4&5 were great inside pitches he missed his chance again this early season with bases loaded.

 

Man that's his 7th PA with bases loaded I figured it was 5th. 1 single single 2 ks 3RBI.

[Joseph Zarr]

Bush just couldn't help himself. LOL. 

[Joseph Zarr]

That wasn't a bad pitch. Hell of a swing.

[wiguy94]

Just hard to see how Matt Bush will be able to make it through the season. Dude is a HR machine.

[willie key]

Bush just can’t help himself.      He loves the gopher ball

at least it’s solo

[nate82]

25 minutes ago, clancyphile said:

Uh-uh.

None of Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick, Black, or Wiemer.

I'll consider one of the shortstops outside Brown: Zamora/Garcia/Guilarte and package with a second-tier OF (Lutz/Perez/Mendez) and maybe someone from Nashville for help.

One thought: See if a smaller deal - Hedbert Perez for Brent Suter can be worked out. I'm sure there are similar options.

I wouldn't trade Yelich for Suter. 

[willie key]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Bush just couldn't help himself. LOL. 

You beat me to it

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

That wasn't a bad pitch. Hell of a swing.

It was a hanging curveball. The location wasn't bad but it was a terrible pitch. He threw another hanger to France and was bailed out by Anderson on an amazing play.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, willie key said:

Bush just can’t help himself.      He loves the gopher ball

at least it’s solo

Yeah, the solo shots don't bother me. That was a fine pitch too. Better swing from an uber-talented player. BUT, all this being said, as others have alluded to over the past couple days: he still gives up way too many long balls for a set-up man. 

[RobertCrawley]

Devin Williams is warming up.

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

It was a hanging curveball. The location wasn't bad but it was a terrible pitch. He threw another hanger to France and was bailed out by Anderson on an amazing play.

I agree with you on the France pitch. Either way, for a guy with pretty much two pitches he absolutely has to execute better. I think what history reveals is: he's not really a set-up caliber guy. Which, well, that's a pickle.😅

[wiguy94]

I just don't get using DW. 33 pitches yesterday. Using him today makes him unavailable for the rest of the series if he throws 20+ pitches today.

[brewcrewdue80]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

It was a hanging curveball. The location wasn't bad but it was a terrible pitch. He threw another hanger to France and was bailed out by Anderson on an amazing play.

Was a HR to an elite hitter in game. A Curveball where he located it, he must think Noone swing at that so high before drops on top outside corner. But to a HR derby hitter that's served on a platter.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

I just don't get using DW. 33 pitches yesterday. Using him today makes him unavailable for the rest of the series if he throws 20+ pitches today.

It's a save opportunity. That's his job.

[RobDeer 45]

21 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I’m no kiniseologist, but it seems like a pitcher is using his entire chest to rock back and follow through

Yes I was initially relived it was his left peck but a pitcher does use that muscle quite a bit ripping their glove hand through on the throw.  Fingers crossed.