TooLiveBrew

Here's one from this season for you -- http://i.minus.com/ifqzLZEwlgqWI.gif

Hi Troy, & welcome to the Brewers!

He looked pretty bad through like the 4th, & then really seemed to find his A stuff.

Speaking of Weeks... oof That ball has to be caught

Not my ideal either.. I think Roenicke really wants Gomez hitting 4th though and then who is your other option? Especially in today's lineup... Weeks

I think you mean Jared Gartner.

Woohoo! And if the number is correct, colbyjack nailed that call.

He has an OPS north of .800 against RHP, and it's right around his career split. He'd have been a significant upgrade over Overbay, but likely not worth what PIT were asking.

Congrats Tyler!

Good.

From Mike Vassallo:

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Then we can all feel even better about the selections!

Or you can point to Coulter, Taylor, Nelson, Lopez, and even the resurgent Bradley & Jungmann... and others. I don't think Seid's job is in any danger at this point.

'Yep, it's a huge reach & would be a really bad pick for the #12 overall... which is why I made that call in my Expert Mock Draft™.' What a knob.

Nelson wouldn't be able to accrue a full season of service time if he was called up today. He's only currently listed (at Baseball-Reference.com) as having 27 service days, and by my count he wouldn't be able to notch more than ~115 or so service days the rest of this regular season. For anyone unfamiliar, a full year of service time is defined as 172 days (with a full MLB regular season typically having around 180-185 service days) There is a possibility of him becoming a Super Two player (meaning, eligible for arbitration before notching a full three seasons' worth of service time), but I'm not sure how well that can be predicted this far out. This MLBTR piece cites the following: "As MLBTR's Tim Dierkes wrote in October, qualification [for Super Two status] has landed between 2.122 and 2.146 years of service in recent years." If Nelson were called up tomorrow & stayed up the rest of the way, he'd finish with 142 service days by my count. So it could well be that the Brewers are waiting to call him up until he'd likely be safe from earning Super Two status. If this is the motivation, I wouldn't expect to see him up (barring an injury in the rotation) until July.

Genneeks?

Man, Maldonado's mask is freaking awesome

Not holding my breath on that one...

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If only they had the foresight to use a nickname that starts with "m." Biloxi Moxie? Biloxi Millers? Seriously, if it's all about merchandising they really should have done this. Just change up the color scheme. EDIT: the "Mullets" doesn't count. Biloxi Mississippians?

Garza's results finally matched up better with the eye test for me tonight, too. I honestly haven't felt like he's pitched badly overall so far, & I think his contract will look just fine when all is said & done.

Hat tip to Roenicke for his bullpen management tonight for me, honestly. Gave Kintzler a shot to get his groove back with a fairly safe lead... pulled the plug before it was too late, & then played the matchup v. Mauer instead of sentimentally trying to let Wooten get his first MLB save. I'll take more of the proactive 'pen management, please, Ron.