Thurs. 7/20 - Crazy Eights (as in 8-game schedule)

[brewmann04]

Zamora error open the flood gates and Cam can’t get it done 

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh hey the Shuckers bullpen is trying to blow another game. Man, they are in dire straits with that Pen. It's not a good picture down yonder.

[Joseph Zarr]

6 minutes ago, brewmann04 said:

Zamora error open the flood gates and Cam can’t get it done 

Not shocked. Zamora is an erratic defender. He is entirely undependable at shortstop. It's absolutely maddening given how smooth he can make it look. But then he'll absolutely botch the most routine of plays - like just last night when they somehow chose not to record an error on an absolute routine dribbler to his right he biffed casually off the heel of his glove. It ended up scoring the Biscuits' first run.

[wibadgers23]

17 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Frelick starting to heat up and inch his way toward "call-up territory".

Yeah and I don’t think it will take much for the Brewers to call him up. Maybe within the next week or two if he keeps this up.

[Ro Mueller]

Serious back and forth affairs for Carolina and Biloxi tonight.

Carolina eked out a 9-7 win.

Biloxi coughed up 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to fall behind 7-5, but now scored 3 in the top of the 9th inning to snatch the advantage back at 8-7. Tyler Black 2-run triple, then Jackson Chourio knocked him home with a single. Hold on Shuckers!!

[wibadgers23]

Crazy back and forth game in Montgomery tonight. The Shuckers retake the lead in the 9th after Montgomery rallied in the 8th. Black and Chourio contributed to the comeback with hits in the 9th.

[Ro Mueller]

Patrick Dorrian’s 3rd error of the night prolongs Jacksonville’s life. 12-10, Nashville still needs to get one more out to escape. The Dorrian-SS thing was cute in an emergency or two. Not necessary now with Devanney in-house.

Good, they brought in Clayton Andrews to K the final batter. 

[Joseph Zarr]

What a wild n wooly 5-0 evening. Sheeeesh. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

3 hours ago, sveumrules said:

“What?!?!?! Only #18 on the bee eff dot com Top 20?!?!? I’ll show those internet message board posters a thing or two” -Luke Adams, probably 

😁 I had ya higher, Luke😁.

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Frelick starting to heat up and inch his way toward "call-up territory".

Chances are they'll do *something* before the deadline regarding adding a bat. But if they don't it'll be real interesting to see what decisions are made.

Black is on every Brewer fans' radar.

As you said, Frelick is warming up.

Then there's everyones' favorite soap opera, As the Hiura Turns.

Urias could even hit his way back here.

[wiguy94]

I absolutely cannot wait for the Saturday minor league slate. Might be the best pitching day of the season.

AAA - Gasser

AA - Misiorowski

A+ - Woodruff on rehab

A - Henderson 

[Jim French Stepstool]

Tayden Hall walked 3 more times tonite for Carolina, bringing his OBP up to a slowpitch-like .465. Also getting his hits. Hall is a big boy, if he can start to generate some power to go along with the approach that would be fun.

[CheeseheadInQC]

43 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Chances are they'll do *something* before the deadline regarding adding a bat. But if they don't it'll be real interesting to see what decisions are made.

Black is on every Brewer fans' radar.

As you said, Frelick is warming up.

Then there's everyones' favorite soap opera, As the Hiura Turns.

Urias could even hit his way back here.

Don't forget Toro, who is sporting a .333 ISO in July and can make a convincing case to be the hot hand.

[Jim French Stepstool]

12 minutes ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

Don't forget Toro, who is sporting a .333 ISO in July and can make a convincing case to be the hot hand.

He's been productive down there, no denying that.

This is just a guess but I'd say the decision-makers don't trust his defense.

[Jim Goulart]

Article at the link with quotes from everyone but the man himself - good stuff and reminds us we're never patient enough:

 

[Jake McKibbin]

And THAT is the Sal Frelick of last season. More pop than you realise, gap to gap power. He's more than someone who just puts wood on the ball

[Jim Goulart]

VIDEO: Tyler Black's big night

[Jake McKibbin]

https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-prospect-sal-frelick-drives-in-career-high-six-runs?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

 

Also a quick chat with his hitting coach, and what's been coming around for Frelick. Really promising signs

[Joseph Zarr]

8 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

He's been productive down there, no denying that.

This is just a guess but I'd say the decision-makers don't trust his defense.

Here's a take:

He's actually been reallllly good at 1B.😝 (I'm serious).

[wibadgers23]

2 hours ago, Mass Haas said:

VIDEO: Tyler Black's big night

Didn’t realize how built Tyler Black is and they also updated his height to 6’1” on MLB Pipeline. 

[Playing Catch]

 Pretty fun run of boxscores lately!

To my untrained eye, Frelick looks just a tad more upright than in the past. I suspect the Brewers have been doing their thing with him, in terms of trying to coach power (I guess LaBoeuf suggests that a little in the article).

Also, Luke Adams is on a track to be #18 in all of baseball, not just on BF. I'm exaggerating, but not by much.

[shanedog19]

It sure feels to me a Frelick call up is imminent. My only question does he play RF or CF and move Weimer to RF?

[Playing Catch]

2 minutes ago, shanedog19 said:

It sure feels to me a Frelick call up is imminent. My only question does he play RF or CF and move Weimer to RF?

If he got called up, it would be a tough call. I guess they could move Wiemer, but Joey is probably the superior CFer. Frelick in left, Yelich to DH? Taylor/Tapia platoon in right?

[Jake McKibbin]

11 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

If he got called up, it would be a tough call. I guess they could move Wiemer, but Joey is probably the superior CFer. Frelick in left, Yelich to DH? Taylor/Tapia platoon in right?

He could play either realistically, I think with Yelich performance in left this season, it's more likely they'll option Perkins or DFA Tapia. I'd maybe play Frelick CF and Joey in right but either would cover a lot of ground, some great outfield defense there

[shanedog19]

28 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

If he got called up, it would be a tough call. I guess they could move Wiemer, but Joey is probably the superior CFer. Frelick in left, Yelich to DH? Taylor/Tapia platoon in right?

I think I'd leave Yelich in LF and not mess with him right now. I think we should call Frelick up now and give him 10 days or so before the trade deadline to see how he acclimates. If he looks the part, then maybe we only need to add an infield or DH bat at the deadline.