Is it time to transition Patrick to late inning reliever?

[JohnBriggs12]

Patrick was dominant as a short reliever in the playoffs.  The Brewers have young starters waiting for opportunities (Henderson, Gasser, Crow, etc) that could replace him in the rotation where he's just another guy.  Bullpens need to be refreshed every year.  Injuries and performance can vary widely with bullpen arms as we are now seeing.  Patrick is a guy who's shown he can handle big time pressure situations and get outs.

[patrickgpe]

Gasser is hurt. Henderson will be up at some point, but I think he needs to be stretched out more. His start during the DH wasn't great. I think the Brewers just need to let Uribe close and let Megill pitch more less stressful innings to get his confidence back. The Brewers don't really have great bullpen options. Zerba has struggled too. Honestly, if the brewers don't want to give the job to Uribe, I'd give it Ashby. 

[Frisbee Slider]

If given the choice between 150 IP with 3.50 ERA or 50 IP of 2.50 ERA, I’d choose the 150 IP. I’m not sure if those are the two choices, though.

[CheezWizHed]

I'm not sure Patrick is "just another guy" in the rotation.  And I'm not convinced that Henderson is better than Patrick.  Both have some issues getting through a third time in the rotation, so I can get the interest in moving to the BP, but I'm not sure this is the time. 

[SF70]

6 hours ago, patrickgpe said:

Gasser is hurt. Henderson will be up at some point, but I think he needs to be stretched out more. His start during the DH wasn't great. I think the Brewers just need to let Uribe close and let Megill pitch more less stressful innings to get his confidence back. The Brewers don't really have great bullpen options. Zerba has struggled too. Honestly, if the brewers don't want to give the job to Uribe, I'd give it Ashby. 

Gasser pitched on April 10th and threw 60+ pitches so unless he didn’t recover well, he’s not injured anymore and is likely to pitch again for Nashville in the next day or two.

[Playing Catch]

8 hours ago, JohnBriggs12 said:

Patrick was dominant as a short reliever in the playoffs.  The Brewers have young starters waiting for opportunities (Henderson, Gasser, Crow, etc) that could replace him in the rotation where he's just another guy.  Bullpens need to be refreshed every year.  Injuries and performance can vary widely with bullpen arms as we are now seeing.  Patrick is a guy who's shown he can handle big time pressure situations and get outs.

This is basically my thought as well, except that I'd keep Patrick in the rotation, and put the kids in the 'pen. Push Ashby/Hall up the pecking order, and let the kids piggy-back with Harrison/Sproat/Miz.

[adambr2]

He’s a top 2 pitcher in our rotation and at times I’m not sure he’s #2.

Weakening our rotation isn’t the answer to our bullpen problems.

I'd much rather take the bullpen first path with Gasser, Henderson and Crow rather than the guy who looks like a really good starter and at times gives us the most length of our starters.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

1 hour ago, adambr2 said:

He’s a top 2 pitcher in our rotation and at times I’m not sure he’s #2.

Weakening our rotation isn’t the answer to our bullpen problems.

I'd much rather take the bullpen first path with Gasser, Henderson and Crow rather than the guy who looks like a really good starter and at times gives us the most length of our starters.

Chad Patrick feels like a starting pitcher to me too. We've got quite a few fringe types in the system, as well as some decent relievers on the IL. Patrick was awesome in the playoffs last year. He's earned his spot.

[torts]

That ended that discussion🤣 rotation it is

[CheezWizHed]

10 hours ago, torts said:

That ended that discussion🤣 rotation it is

Patrick (trolling BF.net): I'll show those arm-chair no-nothings a thing or two! 😏

[patrickgpe]

17 hours ago, SF70 said:

Gasser pitched on April 10th and threw 60+ pitches so unless he didn’t recover well, he’s not injured anymore and is likely to pitch again for Nashville in the next day or two.

OK, i was going off of this, but thats from the 8th

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/milwaukee-brewers-announce-robert-gasser-injury-after-just-1-start-at-triple-a/ar-AA20rvZD

[Outlander]

Actually think Patrick in the bullpen would really help stabilize the bullpen. However, too many question marks right now in the starting rotation. Have to see if this is really a short term injury for Harrison, Sproat has a lot to prove and never know with Woodruff. Don't think the Brewers can count on Henderson and Gasser to come up and start every 5 days with their injury history as well.

[Underachiever]

48 minutes ago, Outlander said:

Have to see if this is really a short term injury for Harrison, 

I was out of town last weekend and pretty much out of contact, so I didn't know anything about a Harrison injury until I read this. Was holding my breath as I searched for info. Whew. 

Other than that, how did the series with the Nats go?

[Frisbee Slider]

20 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Other than that, how did the series with the Nats go?

Milwaukee must have really worn out the Nationals over the weekend because the Pirates are looking to sweep Washington today. 🙂

[CheezWizHed]

1 hour ago, Underachiever said:

I was out of town last weekend and pretty much out of contact, so I didn't know anything about a Harrison injury until I read this. Was holding my breath as I searched for info. Whew. 

Other than that, how did the series with the Nats go?

Confusing... Both teams had "Ws" on their hats so it was hard to tell who to root for...

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Henderson is really the pen arm out of the two if we have to pick. He'd be a really good one too.