thebruce44

I'm not sure which side I fall on, but the logic is you are less likely to see hittable pitches with an elite pitcher and there is always the chance you can walk into one. With less changes, a HR has more value than normal against a regular base hit because rallys are unlikely.

He of course should be looking at the base, but also the sound of the base being compressed should have been able to be heard. Just a bad call all around from a guy who has no business being on the field any more. I didn't realize he hasn't umped since.

More like Rengtfo, am I right?

This doesn't seem difficult to me on what is best for the sport without getting into the minutia: 1. Salary cap and floor to mathematically keep overall player compensation consistent. 2. Revenue share so that all teams can hit the floor without losing money while also being incentivized teams and players to stay with their original team. 3. Pay prospects earlier but still reward teams that properly develop talent. I wish the owners and players could agree on these overall goals before getting into detailed proposals. A work stoppage would be bad for both parties.

I assume it was always the plan to send him back down even if he threw a no hitter through 6.

If Woody and QP get healthy, I think you have to move one of the young SPs to a high leverage bullpen spot. Its not going to happen, but I'd love to see Sproat come out and throw gas.

Fair enough response. I am sure if they thought it would give them a competitive advantage (better health) they would do it. Do we know if there are MLB guidelines that they have to follow in this regard? It just seems like we, as fans, are doing a lot of speculating here.

I'm sorry, but the idea that MA is too cheap to pad the entire wall it a little ridiculous. I don't know all of the reasoning behind it, but it seems pretty common to have a gap in padding at the ground in all ballparks around the league. I assume this is because of rain water / mold and so the grounds crew don't snag the pads when raking the field. With how smart the Brewers org is from top to bottom and always making moves to perform better than the competition, I have to think they are looking anything and everything they can do to keep their players healthy.

This is an interesting debate, more interesting in my opinion than discussing locking Miz up. I would put Burnes and Sheets above Miz personally in terms of overpowering pitching prospects. Burnes combination of velocity and spin was off the charts. Sheeter had the best hammer curve I've ever seen. Miz can hit 103 and looks relatively low effort in his delivery. His length and leverage gives him velocity, but also can cause control issues if his mechanics get out of sync.

I'd prefer they target guys like Logan Henderson. With Mis, sadly, I hope we get to enjoy 5 injury free years and I think that's the best we can hope for.

I'm curious what you guys expected of Mis to list him as overperforming. An ERA around 3 and trending towards 160 IP is what I thought was a reasonable expectation given his talent level. Maybe I was being too optimistic.

Interesting, thanks for sharing the data.

I haven't been able to watch as much of the games this year as I would like, but from what I've seen Sal has been outstanding in the field. His first step on that catch last night had to have been a play that 90% of other RFs don't make.

Seriously, Me?! That's not a name. Lets get after this guy.

Fixed for you.