LouisEly

Personally, I'd rather use them up during a 19 games in 18 days stretch that includes 5 games in 4 days against the Cubs.

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Exactly. In no way, shape, or form do the Brewers want to put Henderson on the 15-day IL when they are about to embark on 19 games in 18 days.

I'm not talking about composite wood. I'm talking about composite plastic/synthetic material. Commercial airliners have composite material and fly at 38,000 feet where it is -45F. All manufacturers would need to be approved by MLB, just like all wood bat manufacturers need to be approved by MLB. The umpires don't inspect any wood bats before plate appearances.

One of the things I have been thinking about for a while is the long-term viability of wood bats. A number of times this season and in recent seasons I have seen bats splinter with parts just missing players. I recall one earlier this year where a Brewers player (Yelich I think) splintered a bat and missed the pitcher by about a foot. I think it's only a matter of time before a catcher/hitter/umpire gets a splinter in the eye/face or part of a bat into exposed skin. You didn't see this 30-40 years ago - bats just mostly cracked. Some of that is due to pitchers throwing harder than ever, but 30-40 years ago batters swung hard enough to hit 40-50 HRs per year despite lower velocity from pitchers. I know from other wood products that the quality of wood is going down. There just isn't enough "old lumber" to meet demand, so trees are rapid-grown and the wood just doesn't get the time to solidify. Then there's the sustainability element. Louisville Slugger goes through 40,000 trees per year making bats. I don't think that is sustainable. I think that composite bats are in the near future. I'm NOT talking about aluminum, we know that isn't viable. I'm talking about composite materials, think more plastic-like. They use composite materials to make commercial airline fuselages, so they won't splinter. I don't doubt that they could make a composite material with close to the weight/density of wood if they wanted to. Bonus if they could utilize recycled materials. Obviously rigorous testing would need to show the distance/exit velocity to be within 5% of a wood bat. They can make adjustments to the ball to get closer to the current distance/exit velocity if they want/need to. Obviously they'll need to use them in the lower levels of the minors for a few years first to test in real conditions. But I think that composite bats, at least in the minors, are within the next 10 years. Unfortunately, I think that something bad is going to need to happen first to accelerate the development.

But what they could do is have Yelich play LF more often to get Hoskins in the lineup. We don't want Yelich playing the OF every day, but it was clear last night that Frelick is not 100% yet. Giving Yelich more games in LF and moving Collins to RF to give Frelick more rest is something that could easily and realistically happen.

I'd say there's a good chance that Mis ends up there before the end of the season. He'd likely replace Anderson or both in the pen and call up another starter on 9/1.

Don't underestimate the "frugalness" of Wisconsinites. And if it's on a Sunday and the Packers are at home...

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There are 227 pitchers with at least 20 IP who have started at least three games this season. The Brewers have 10 on that list, so call it 217 that they could have faced. Assuming that the ESPN list used is the same as Fangraphs (unlikely, but we'll roll with it), the chances of facing one of those top 23 pitchers in any one game is about 10% (10.6% to be precise). The Brewers have played 112 games so far. Assuming random assignment of any one of those 217 pitchers for any of their 112 games, the expected number of times facing one of those top 23 pitches is 12 whereas they have faced them 15 times. So, statistically, they have faced top 23 pitchers more times than expected so far this season. This jibes with what I looked at earlier this summer, where the of the first 20 or so games the Brewers played after they started to get "hot", only 3 of them were against SPs with an ERA >4.00.

Cubs lose, starter they acquired at the deadline went 2 IP, five relievers have to cover 7 IP.

If he's not 100% he shouldn't pitch. The last thing we need is him over-compensating for something that doesn't feel right and subsequently hurting his arm.

And the only players with an OPS >.800 have a total of 129 PAs - Vaughn, Black, and Perkins.

For a guy who sucks, this Lockridge guy sure has been productive.

As someone who is also tall, I can say that tibia contusions are a common thing. Bed frames, coffee tables, park benches, etc., I've had a few doozies that have drawn blood.

With the Mudcats leading in the 2nd half standings and fighting for a playoff chance, and the T-Rats... not, those guys are probably going to stay in Carolina.

Yeah, but exit velocity and stuff... How about those starting pitchers the Cubs got at the deadline?

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Do you have any stats that show that the other top scoring teams in the league don't have huge scoring games and consistently score a lot or runs every single night? Because I disproved that earlier this season, but that was earlier this season and maybe things have changed over the last 6 weeks or so.

My guess is that they sent down Myers to stretch him out for the 19 games in 18 days, specifically the double-header on the 18th, when they will need an extra starter maybe two. They will need one or both of he and Patrick to start games during that stretch, depending on how many innings Mis is allowed to go. My guess is DFA of McGee (with a nice incentive to stay in the org if he clears waivers for wearing this one) and add someone to the 40.

Salary expense is likely deductible. Cash transfers likely not deductible.

Saw a Tweet that he had 80 grade speed (and 60-70 grade defense). His role, if any, will be as a pinch runner in the playoffs

There are some people around here who think that relievers should be perfect and never give up any runs. The reality is if you told these people what our relievers would be at this point in ERA/FIP/WPA/etc., they would have taken it in a heartbeat.

37 players have at least 200 PAs at 1B this year. Rhys Hoskins is 16th in wRC+. He's not the best, but he sure as hell doesn't "suck".

There's an old saying, "Dance with who brought you."