DuWayne Steurer
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It's easy to make up trade proposals, especially when you're making them one sided from your team's perspective. There's no indication that Florida is in a hurry to move Yelich, or is going to just give him away. I'm sure they want prospects, not a .590 OPS 2nd baseman, and an almost 28 year old CF who's putting up production roughly equal to what Yelich is already doing. It's easy to make these up and say "I'd do that in a heartbeat". If you can look at a trade and say you'd do it without hesitating, would the other team? I'd trade Nick Walker and a rosin bag for Bryce Harper in a heartbeat, that doesn't mean Washington would.
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I was curious, so I looked it up. Baseball-reference lists him at 5'10", which I feel is being a bit generous..... but that's what he's listed as. That would tie him for the shortest to ever accomplish the feat with Willie Mays and Bobby Lowe.
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I think the Peralta experiment needs more time. He's had 5 outings as a reliever, and since being moved to the pen, opponents are batting .219 off of him, and OPS-ing just .649. I know it's a small sample size (36 plate appearances), and he still needs to cut down on the walks, but he's been better in every aspect since being moved to the pen. I'd like to see CC limit him to one inning when he uses him, but I'm not ready to just cut bait with Wily yet.
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Time to Start Worrying About Villar?
DuWayne Steurer replied to Schmi755uwm.edu's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Good article. Thanks for posting. -
Why would Florida want to make this trade? Yelich has more value than that.
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Guy's wife is having a kid and you're grousing about him missing a few days of work..... Is this real life?
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Yelich would cost a fair amount of money (not a big deal) probably quite a bit in terms of prospects, (which is a big deal) and as others have said, probably just doesn't make them much more, if any better than they already are. I can't see, from the Brewers standpoint, giving up prospects of value to add a guy to a position we're already LOADED at. No, every prospect we have isn't going to pan out, but we need to see who out of Phillips, Brinson, etc, etc, etc can play before we start giving up valuable pieces for a guy like Yelich. If we could get a .775 OPS guy who's good for 3-4 WAR as a middle infielder? That would be a completely different story.
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Not many teams have a closer like jansen. Hes an absolute stud. We dont know if knebel can be a top flight closer. He certainly hasnt been given enough leash to find out.
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Attanasio's job isn't to sign players. His job is to sign checks.
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Really? Knebel has been lights out for 2 months straight, and blows one save and you want to ditch him as the closer? That's kind of a knee jerk reaction, isn't it? As one other poster said to me on another board - this was Knebel's 3rd blown save this year. Nevermind his first BS was in the 7th inning on opening day and he pealed off 11 straight holds before being named closer..... Blown Save is a janky stat, because any reliever that surrenders a lead is given a "blown save" even if they weren't in in the 9th inning. Technically a guy in in the 6th or 7th inning is (almost certainly) not going to be the closer, so giving that guy a blown save is kind of a misleading statistic. I'm not saying Knebel is perfect, but calling to remove him at this point is asinine.
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Really? Knebel has been lights out for 2 months straight, and blows one save and you want to ditch him as the closer? That's kind of a knee jerk reaction, isn't it?
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Who are numbers 9-10 on this list?
DuWayne Steurer replied to NYChez's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It's funny that people are dismissing Burnitz, but automatically include Fielder in their list Burnitz played 5 seasons and then a partial as a Brewer, and amassed 15.6 WAR. Fielder played 6 full seasons and a cup of coffee in a 7th season as a Brewer and amassed 16.8 WAR. As far as the value they provided the team, they were virtually identical. Fielder was below average (because of his atrocious defense) in 3 of his 6 full seasons, and yet he's accounted being one of the best Brewers of all time. I have nothing but fond memories of the big guy, but to dismiss Burnitz .... eh, I think that's a bit unfair (IMO) -
Bill Wegman was decent for a long time, and even had a couple nice years. Didn't have big K totals, but he was very average (Career ERA+ of 102), so just for being average, and having the longevity, he'd make the top 12 for me. Chris Bosio was likewise steady and unspectacular, but had seasons of 16, 15, and 14 wins, with an ERA+ of 107 while he was a Brewer, and 67 career wins as a Brewer. I guess it's hard for me to even consider Sabathia, when he was with the Brewers for barely half of one season. I mean, that was super fun, and something most Brewer fans will never forget, but .... eh.
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Hopefully Thames readjusts to how he's been pitched to. He hit .203 and slugged .351 in May. Taking the walks is fine, but the team needs him to do more than OPS .700 and trot down to first base now and then.
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I think that is much more realistic. It would be great if the Brewers produced a Kershaw or Verlander or Sherzer.... but we have to look at the likelyhood that guys like that just are outliers and not every team has a guy like that. Last year the NL avg was 5.6 IP per start. The Cubs were the only team that averaged more than 6 IP per start, at 6.1. Having a few back to back starts of 7 IP is nice, but the absolute reality is, you have to have a bullpen that can be expected to pitch 550 innings now. And not just 550 innings, but 550 quality innings, and some teams (the recent Royals come to mind) have 3-4 absolute shut-down guys in their pen. That's just the nature of the game.
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Except for one season in his career, Teheran averages almost exactly 6 IP per start. This season he's been averaging less than 6 IP per start, and he's been really bad. For his career CHris Archer averages 6.11 IP per start. This idea that there's a guy out there that will go 7+ IP every time out is just a Unicorn. There's Clayton Kershaw, and there's everyone else. 7 IP starters don't exist anymore. That isn't the way the game is played anymore. I think there's probably a handful of teams (if that) that have rotations that average 6 IP per start. The answer isn't finding something that doesn't exist (7 IP starters)... it's building a quality bullpen.
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Postponed Game 5/20: Only for the weather?
DuWayne Steurer replied to wildcat83's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Maybe after this stunt the league will change the rule so MLB has the final say. I'm willing to bet it gets talked about. -
Brewers were 2nd in the NL in walks last year. Not to dismiss Coles role in what the team is doing, but I also think it's a type of player that Stearns actively pursues.
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Kinda hate that Sogard went after the first pitch there. Montgomery just struggling to find the strike zone. Really bailed him out.
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Brewers' Pitching- Why is it so bad?
DuWayne Steurer replied to FVBrewerFan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It's very possible (possible.... not probable) that if the Brewers are still in the thick of things in July *AND* Garza is still pitching well (that's only TWO *if's*) that Garza will have more value to the Brewers pitching out the rest of this season for the Crew than as a trade piece being flipped for a marginal prospect. -
While true most of the time, it is not an always. Thames is a perfect example of why someone should never be written off if they are willing to continue to work extremely hard at their craft. Not saying Sogard is another guy that we'll catch lightning in a bottle, but you just never know. As long as we're talking about the last spot on the bench, I don't really care. This isn't a developmental spot, or a position that should (hopefully) get more than 150 - 200 plate appearances, so I don't really care who's getting the at bats, really. Sogard is basically Neftali Perez, and he's having a very nice hot streak. If this was the 4th outfielder, or the main backup infielder (Perez), I'd have a bit more of a beef with carrying a guy like Sogard long term, and expecting him to suddenly be something he's not, based on 13 plate appearances.
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The problem here is playing the extreme small sample/hot bat game. Sogard has 1300 plate appearances in MLB, with a .615 OPS. He's had a great week, but if he gets 200 plate appearances and puts up a .700 OPS going forward, I'd be supremely shocked. That's not so much I'm saying Franklin should stay as I'm just saying Sogard is what he is.
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Every year it seems we complain about having a terrible bench. Let's enjoy the luxury of having a really good bench for once. Most teams don't have the luxury of having 3 .800+ OPS players on the pine to plug in on a daily basis as spot starters or pinch hitters when needed.
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J Villar 2B K Broxton CF H Perez LF J Aguilar 1B D Santana RF M Pina C O Arcia SS E Sogard 3B J Nelson P Pads.... M Margot CF C Spangenberg 3B W Myers 1B Y Solarte 2B A Hedges C E Aybar SS H Renfroe RF M Szczur LF C Richard P
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It wasn't going to be Feliz regardless. He was on a one year deal, and probably wasn't going to be a Brewer next year. There's no reason Knebel shouldn't be expected to be the closer. Give him the job until he can't do it. Then try someone else.
