FVBrewerFan

As of today you can. Hopefully that changes soon. There is a difference between a rumor and a joke. Also, this. We get already you're excited about Cobb. Please wait until something legit comes out one way or the other. Please?

They have two of those in the 2018 recruiting class. The Badger way, they're both 3 stars.

I second the motion.

If old thinking is having Knebel close a tight game in the 9th instead of Guerra or Miley....yea I'm old. Anyhow, that's my last word. As Wildcat said, this is the ST thread, so he's right we shouldn't be discussing this here.

Yea, it's possible. Way too many variables. Namely, Nelson, Anderson, Suter, Woodruff, Miley, Burnes, Ortiz, Peralta. I mean if you have stable, predictable guys in Davies/ Chacin and then Anderson/Nelson pitch really well again this year, they probably don't go out and buy a FA. And/or two of Woodruff, Burnes,Ortiz,Peralta have big years. Then there's always the possibility of a trade instead of signing one of those FA. But yea, if they have the money or not, I don't see DS getting into a bidding war for any of those guys.

Fully expect Jordy to be signed by someone in the division

Now go get Wilkerson and one of the CBs out there, then find a WR with speed via trade or in the draft. That doesn't fill all the holes, but on the right track.

Per source: 3 years/$42MM

Really don't think it's fair to Vogt to say he's gaming the system. If he's about to be cut and suddenly has a mysterious arm injury, sure. But that's not what happened here, he was going to make the opening day roster.

Jennings looked great. Just one game, and vs Memphis, but still fun to watch a true PG. You get no defense whatsoever, but off the bench I'm fine with that. Giannis needs to get his mojo back, he's looked lost for the most part since the AS break. Of course his "lost" is still pretty good.

Do they both have options? If Bethancourt keeps hitting in ST, I would just bring him up. I realize it's just ST, but if they're basically equal I would start with Bethancourt and see if he can stay hot for a month or two. Who knows you can get lucky and get a decent season out of him. I could sleep well at night never seeing another Susac or Bandy AB again.

With your plan, I think you beat up the bullpen even more. You say the piggyback starters would average 8 innings? That wouldn't happen. If the game is close you would still use 2-3 more relievers. A LOOGY maybe, set-up man, closer. Plus, what happens when starter#1 or #2 can't get through an inning or two? That's going to happen. Just no way those piggybacks would average 8. So basically what you're doing is cutting the bullpen from 8 to 6 arms, and they will be more over-worked. Plus, it still doesn't make sense to me why you would take a Suter or Miley out if they're cruising through 4 with a 6-1 lead. Yes, yes, they're not as effective 3rd time through the line-up. But with a 6-1 lead, 4-0 lead, etc. there's room for error. Sorry, just makes no sense to me to pull out a starter who could easily eat up 2-3 more innings just because it's time for the piggyback guy to come in. Lots of other reasons I don't like this idea, that's just some of them. Why make it so rigid? Maybe those piggyback starters are needed in other games started by Anderson, Chacin, Davies. I think the key is having at least2-3 guys who can pitch multiple innings, and we'll have that.

Due respect, THEY'RE not making it sound like that, the BF.net world is making it sound like that. A lot can happen in the next couple days, and all CC is doing is stating a fact that they won't need a 5th starter immediately. He didn't say for a month or even two weeks. This is probably overly nitpicking, but he says because of "off dayS"...meaning multiple. We will in fact have 1 off day before a 10 day stretch of games where we will need a 5th starter twice. Maybe haudricourt misquoted, but referring to multiple days and looking at when our 2nd offday is clearly implies a more significant stretch of time than a week. You're right, it is probably overly nitpicking. I'm sure CC wasn't approaching this as a State of the Union speech or something. It was a general comment, and I don't think we should take dayS so literally. And I wouldn't even give too much thought to starting with 4 SP period. It's the kind of thing that just gets tossed around at this point in ST. So any comment gets overly scrutinized. But I get it, it's a detour from talking about Cobb all the time. ; )

Yes it does. It proves a team had an entire season where they hit much better w/RISP than they did otherwise. And in the case of the Brewers it was the opposite. Those "all or nothing" hitters were actually very good, expect w/RISP. People keep wanting to dismiss that just because it can't be explained.

A good lineup will have a higher OPS with RISP because the pitcher is in the compromised position. Simply put, if the pitcher can't find the strike zone, a disciplined hitter will wait for his pitch or take the walk the pitcher is giving him. Taking the walk just compromises the pitcher more. Eventually he'll have to throw in the zone. Lineups full of undisciplined hitters will let a pitcher off the hook in these situations by swinging at bad pitches. As the lineup fills out with more ABs from disciplined hitters (Cain, Yelich) and less ABs from the free swingers (Broxton, Perez, Thames), teams will be forced to come in the zone more often which will result in better hitting with RISP. Strikeouts matter. Opposing teams were fully aware that you didn't have to give in versus many of these guys. Even with runners on, we had too many guys who would get themselves out. But as Homer just proved, that's not necessarily true either. Baltimore didn't have a very good line-up but was 4th in RISP. Wow! They were really good in the clutch. Which leads to the question...if they were so good in the clutch why can't they do that when not in a clutch situation? Different approach? Luck? That's the thing, impossible to prove why it happens. Probably more luck/randomness than anything. But it does seem there has to be something else in play when the spreads are that large one way or another for an entire season in the case of the Brewers/Os.

Due respect, THEY'RE not making it sound like that, the BF.net world is making it sound like that. A lot can happen in the next couple days, and all CC is doing is stating a fact that they won't need a 5th starter immediately. He didn't say for a month or even two weeks.

Appleton North with back/back titles. They looked like the Globe Trotters vs Arrowhead and Mukwonago for the better part of those games.

Wow! They were really good in the clutch.

can you tell me where you found this? I find it hard to get splits on team stats. Hate to say it, but the mothership. ESPN.

Roll with Villar/Sogard/Perez. If they need a Walker type at the AS break they can go out and get one without giving up much.

There is also adrenaline, levels of confidence, concentration, etc. I think "clutchness" or whatever word you want to use, can exist. "In the zone" is a phenomenon many basketball players claim is real whereby performance is elevated. It's possible, but I think the fact that some players simply aren't as nervous as others in critical situations is a much simpler explanation. Being nervous is observable if you watch closely, and there are measurable physiological differences. Being money in the clutch lacks that. As for confidence and concentration, the same thing that makes you great in the clutch should make you great in other situations. Also, the guys who get credit for being clutch aren't the same from year to year. They've studied this quite a bit. There's not really such a thing as a clutch hitter. The guys you want in those situations are just great hitters who stay cool, but there appears to be nothing special about the situation that brings out the best in them. There are other things, like being more aggressive with RISP, but that's not clutch - that's just good strategy, because fly balls and ground balls often advance runners in those situations. Again, you just have to be a good hitter to execute, which "clutch" guys are in the 2nd inning or the 9th. As for being in the zone, I don't think that has anything to do with "clutch" situations. It's just from being really good and putting in tons of practice hours, and it's no more likely in the clutch than in any other situation. It's possible there is such a thing, but at this point there's basically no statistical evidence supporting it, and limited theoretical/logical explanations at best. But there is statistical evidence, I just posted it earlier. Is it due to nerves, changing your approach at the plate, etc.? Or is it just random? I agree THAT part of it can never be proven one way or the other.

Brewers were 15th in OPS last season, 26th in OPS W/ RISP. That stat is not false, it happened.

No stat is false, it's how they're used. You asked why they didn't score more runs, and avg with RISP was a huge reason why. But its deemed an anomoly. You are late for work on April 3rd due to snow storm. You tell your boss it's an anomaly. That doesn't change two things: 1) You were late 2) It was due to the snow.

Davies 5.8 Anderson chacin 5.6 4-5 even if you think 5.2 is possible. (Suter woodruff or miley cuz guerra can't go past 4) 71.2 ip per bp arm with an 8 man pen. Jeffress Barnes Albers look like 60 ip guys Logan looks like a 40ip guy Knebel hader 2 long men average 87ip? Ouch. Knebel at 72... hader 2 longmen average 92.5? Ouch. What you're missing is they will have far more than 8 guys who will be in the pen over the course of the year.

No stat is false, it's how they're used. You asked why they didn't score more runs, and avg with RISP was a huge reason why.