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The Bring up Taylor Green Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to Bombers's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
a big no thanks on McGehee playing 2nd - probably the slowest position player on the Brewers roster playing a position that puts a premium on range? Um, no. I've posted it on other threads here, there's no way Greens on the PTBNL list - if he was, it would've taken about 3 minutes for the Mets to select him in the KRod trade. Green and Gamel are BY FAR the most MLB-ready prospects the Brewers have, no way they're on a list in a trade the Mets made for a salary dumping move. I also think Green has stayed down at AAA only because he's currently not on the 40-man - If the Brewers are trying to swing a trade for impact players at the deadline, keeping Green down there gives them a bullet to include in a trade. I would argue that Green is actually more valuable to the Brewers in the majors than as a trade piece, but I think Melvin's keeping him at AAA through the deadline to keep as many options open as possible for trades. I'd say Green's either traded as part of a big deal or in Milwaukee on August 1st. He's been too good not to think about calling him up, and it's even more glaring considering the positions he plays are now screaming for an upgrade. -
My thoughts exactly - Melvin may be keeping him down in the minors (and off the 40-man) to use as a primary trade chip for more of an impact player, if the right deal comes along. That's not saying he's actively looking to deal Green. I was thinking that once the deadline comes and goes, if Green isn't part of a trade he'll be called up to Milwaukee. For all the people on this board assuming that Green's a Met, if he was on the PTBNL list in the KRod deal wouldn't he already have been selected? I mean, wouldn't the Mets be foolish to even wait to select him when he'd clearly be the best player on that list? Also, if he's going to primarily play 3rd, don't they have David Wright locked into big dollars over there already?
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Why can't this team hit on the road?
Fear The Chorizo replied to Fear The Chorizo's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think this road trip is going to go a long way to determine whether the Brewers get on a roll to separate themselves from the division, or end up scuffling with 2-3 other teams to see who stinks the least at season's end. It's comical looking at the home-road splits of this team. Originally the offense was mostly to blame for their poor road performance, but now it seems like the pitching and defense have more than contributed to their problems away from Miller Park, too. At the end of the day if they don't play at least 0.500 ball on the road for the rest of the season it will be tough for them to win the division - they've been unreal at home to this point and it's gotten them no cushion. From a standpoint of improving their team, I think the timing of this road trip is actually pretty good - if their road struggles continue I don't see how Melvin won't do everything possible to trade for a decent shortstop, and maybe even get Green up to platoon at 3rd. -
Axford has "finished" 35 of the Brewers' first 92 games this season while being the team's primary (and essentially only) closer option. For the remaining 70 games this season, if the Brewers were to put KRod in that same role and the same percentage of games would need "finishing" by the primary closer, he'd "finish" 26-27 games. That would be enough for his vesting option to go into effect, but taking into context the fact that he won't be the team's primary closer and probably won't even get the majority of save opportunities, I see no way KRod gets close to 21 more game "finishes" no matter how hard RR tries to enrage fans with a longterm view for the Brewers. I say we start a vest-o-meter thread for KRod, much like the 2008 magic # threads. I can see it entering Yuni B threadlength territory if that magic # works its way into single digits as September rolls around!
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Does anyone know whether KRod's 55 games-ended vesting option includes playoff games, or is it regular season only? I ask this because, with KRod still needing 21 of those "games ended" situations to reach 55, along with being a setup guy for the current Brewers closer, if Axford does pull a Turnbow and start blowing save opportunities, the Brewers could switch KRod into that role later in the season/playoffs and still avoid that option taking effect.
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Cargo can't do much consistently at the plate, but damn he's fast
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Is it wrong for me to want Wolf hitting in this lineup instead of McGehee?
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Wolf showing CC how to really run a pitch count up
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Just think how much worse this would be if the Twins weren't having such an awful season...interleague stinks, and boy am I glad the Brewers aren't in the AL East!
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this is setting up to be not very pretty
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Why can't this team hit on the road?
Fear The Chorizo replied to Fear The Chorizo's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Brewers are 18 over 0.500 at home (0.725 win pct, best in majors) , and 10 under 0.500 (0.375 win pct, ahead of only KC and Oakland) on the road. They are by far the biggest outlier in MLB with how drastic their home/road splits are. Brewers have dropped to 3rd in the majors in home team OPS, and have moved up to 23rd in road team OPS - evening out a bit but still over a 170-point difference. Recently their pitching performances have seemed to mimic home vs road offensive performance, although I'd argue their recent schedule including Boston and New York on the road has alot to do with that. 82 games left on their schedule, so hopefully the road woes can be eliminated - getting to the point where it will take a drastic run for "things to even out" by the end of the year. With the starting pitching this team has, it's difficult comprehending how the Brewers continue to be so Jekyl and Hyde depending on whether they're playing in Miller Park or not. The remaining Brewer road trips appear to give them opportunities to get on a roll as long as they take care of teams in their division, aside from their upcoming trip out west to Colorado, Arizona, and San Fran right after the AS break. -
Nasty Loe that inning
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Typically you don't walk the go ahead run into scoring position, but with McGehee coming up in that spot, I'd probably have opted to put Prince on and make the guy who can't drive runs in make you pay.
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I'd rather have Loe face him than their LOOGY who can't get lefties out...and I can't stand Loe being "the eigth inning guy"
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Keep in mind that the last time the Giants had an urgent need for catching, their GM traded away Boof Bonser, Joe Nathan, and pre-injury Francisco Liriano for 1 or 2 years of AJ Piersynski (however that's spelled)
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Mr. Kottaras just put a stinky paper bag on COBrewfan's doorstep, lit it on fire, and rang the bell.
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Sure glad to have an awful defensive and no offense catcher back. So you'd rather have Lucroy playing for about the 18th straight game starting at catcher today? Because if Nieves is still in Milwaukee he wouldn't be playing anyway. I hope Kottaras goes yard in his first AB.
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boy, I'd hate to be the kid who got the thrill of unwrapping a brand new baseball bat for his/her birthday, only to find out it was the Will Nieves model
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Losses are team stats. For a starting pitcher, I completely agree with you - for a guy whose role on this team (correct or not) has been the "8th inning guy" who comes into games late that are tight or that the Brewers lead, I'd argue that losses on Loe's record are more concerning.
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Who are we kidding, it's going to be Loe - and Pena + Fukudome are going to end up getting AB's next inning
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Counsel would've been a terrible PH option there - no way he's catching up with upper 90's. That's one of the very few types of pitchers Yuni B's ok with - hard thrower with bad command in the strike zone.
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let's get a shutdown inning in the bottom of the 7th, please
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Carpenter's throwing gas
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7 walks in 2.5 games for Fielder so far this series - hopefully McGehee can make them pay again
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if Brewer pitching manages to walk Castro in consecutive at bats, I will believe the Mayan calendar, because hell's about to freeze over