Brewers sign Darin Ruf

[ClosetBrewerFan]

I like the Ruf signing.  He's at the twilight of his career but seems like he could do better than Voit at this point.

Just don't understand the Trevor Megill promotion.  Was his 9.95 ERA too hard to pass up?  I could think of 9-10 other pitchers more worthy of a promotion.

[Jopal78]

11 hours ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

I like the Ruf signing.  He's at the twilight of his career but seems like he could do better than Voit at this point.

Just don't understand the Trevor Megill promotion.  Was his 9.95 ERA too hard to pass up?  I could think of 9-10 other pitchers more worthy of a promotion.

The Brewers are a pitching and defense team who fooled people the first month, before injuries and ineffectiveness caught up with them.

Their bullpen is leaky (30 relief innings so far have come from pitchers with ERAs of over 8) so they’re shuffling people through trying to find a few plugs. 

[Jake McKibbin]

 

 

So I had a little look into him for anyone interested, but shortly summed up, he's really strong against pitches away but struggles when pitched inside. When facing lefty sinker/change-up heavy pitchers, he's in his element. He's also absolutely ripped the ball so far this season, a surprising DFA if i wasn't for how god LaMonte Wade Jr has been at getting on base and his declining fielding ability making him almost a DH only option (and they have Pederson + rotating others in).

Last season as well as moving to the Mets from his much loved San Francisco home, he was also dealing with the death of his father, but I do think there's a potential diamond here hitting wise, even though the age and bad defense do bring risk

 

[Samurai Bucky]

I'm sure he will keep the K/Game ratio high.  I know the Brewers' goal is to lead the league in that category.  They need to sign some more guys to keep that number high.  They are not quite at the top, yet.

Voit probably has a stiff neck from swinging out of his shoes each time he takes a cut.