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  1. Harold Hutchison
    The Crew's bullpen has the following: Knebel (9th inning/closer) Asher and Jennings (one-inning guys pitching well) Hader (Andrew Miller-type pitcher) Jeffress (multi-inning capable/closer capable) Taylor Williams (very promising K/9 ratio, multi-inning capable) Jacob Barnes (good one-inning pitcher) Knebel has the highest ERA at 5.23, but was arguably the best closer in baseball in 2017. Jennings has posted a 2.19 ERA that in most years would have people excited to see him come in - but when Asher, Hader, and Jeffress have ERAs of 1.17 or below, he's understandably seen as a letdown. Barnes went down for "struggling" to a 2.84 ERA, and Taylor Williams is pretty much the guy the Crew would call on to fill "garbage" innings - while whiffing 13.5 hitters every 9 IP. Top to bottom, a lead is extremely safe with this bunch. If the 2018 Nasty Boys aren't the best bullpen Major League Baseball has ever seen, show me who beats them. That list is good... however you're missing Matt Albers ... and just like in your list, I think he is too often overlooked (even by CC)! He is a much better pickup than Boone Logan, and who'd of thunk it? I meant Albers... where did I get Asher... Not enough Mountain Dew, I guess...
  2. Harold Hutchison
    Wade Miley did pretty well until he was hurt. Suter's rebounded some. Playoff rotations DO shorten in the NLCS and World Series. So, you really need four. Plus, the Brewers have a very deep bullpen. If a very good deal comes, I'll take another starter, but I'm not breaking the farm system bank to do so.
  3. Harold Hutchison
    Trivia: Brent Suter has the lowest BB/9 rate (2.0) and highest K/BB ratio (3.50) among Brewers pitchers who have started a game.
  4. Harold Hutchison
    Not disappointed at all. The guy was an All-Star shut-down closer last year, and arguably the team's MVP. It wouldn't surprise me to see Jeffress and Hader continue to get multiple-inning save chances, though. Maybe just not as frequently. The way that Counsell handled the pen during Knebel's injury was masterful, so it would be a shame for them to scrap that entirely. The Crew's bullpen has the following: Knebel (9th inning/closer) Asher and Jennings (one-inning guys pitching well) Hader (Andrew Miller-type pitcher) Jeffress (multi-inning capable/closer capable) Taylor Williams (very promising K/9 ratio, multi-inning capable) Jacob Barnes (good one-inning pitcher) Knebel has the highest ERA at 5.23, but was arguably the best closer in baseball in 2017. Jennings has posted a 2.19 ERA that in most years would have people excited to see him come in - but when Asher, Hader, and Jeffress have ERAs of 1.17 or below, he's understandably seen as a letdown. Barnes went down for "struggling" to a 2.84 ERA, and Taylor Williams is pretty much the guy the Crew would call on to fill "garbage" innings - while whiffing 13.5 hitters every 9 IP. Top to bottom, a lead is extremely safe with this bunch. If the 2018 Nasty Boys aren't the best bullpen Major League Baseball has ever seen, show me who beats them.
  5. Harold Hutchison
    After thinking about this, I think it makes sense to a degree. Having the 38th, 39th, and 40th slots "flexible" (i.e., players you can cycle through) has two benefits. 1. There is always a chance that you can pick someone up on waivers who will really catch fire and have a huge hot streak. See Perez in 2015-2017 and Sogard in 2017 for a examples of this, as well as Saladino and Choi this year. On the pitching side, see Dan Jennings. That may make a win or two of difference over a season. The Crew was within one game of the playoffs last year. Perez has gone, IMO, from one-year wonder to a crucial piece on the bench. 2. When you have a very hot prospect you need to bring up, like Josh Hader, Freddy Peralta, etc., it may not be a bad idea to have someone you don't mind jettisoning.
  6. Harold Hutchison
    Dallas Carroll delivers the line I like to see from him: 2-for-4, a double and a walk. Can he play shortstop? :D
  7. Harold Hutchison
    I'd like to make Adames from Tampa Bay happen. Same age (roughly), but better OBP skills than Arcia. Maybe Arcia/Bickford to the Rays for Adames.
  8. Harold Hutchison
    Logan had 12 years in the majors and cost $2.5 million. He's 33, albeit with an uptick in his K/9. Williams is 26, he is still a rookie. He has the second-best K/9 ratio on the team (13.8), behind Hader's 18.4. He profiles like Derrick Turnbow: Lots of strikeouts, lot of walks.
  9. Harold Hutchison
    Dallas Carroll continuing to be an OBP machine. Can we move him to shortstop?
  10. Harold Hutchison
    We could be paying Wei-Chung Wang $650,000 for better results.
  11. Harold Hutchison
    It's really quite nice having Williams, Lopez, and Jennings/Logan as the mop-up type guys...with Jeffress, Hader, Knebel, and Albers to some degree as the back end guys. I think many teams would feel great about having Williams as their setup guy. I've also noticed and generally like how CC has been using Williams in the 9th inning of a 4 or 5 run game. He's done it at least a few times, gives him the mentality of finishing a game at the mlb level. The nice thing about such a deep bullpen is you can deal from it to fill some other needs... or re-load the farm system. When our mop-up guys can be someone else's set-up guy, and there is a nice pipeline from the minors, this could be a huge area of strength to deal from.
  12. Harold Hutchison
    He's climbing my list. My question is...How close is he to Suter? Well, he's a 22nd round pick, not a 31st rounder... but this is definitely looking like a steal.
  13. Harold Hutchison
    Put it this way... I don't think the Brewers did him any favors by putting him into Brevard County. The injury also hampered him. I will see how 2018 goes in Biloxi. I do think Stokes is a better bet as of now. If Stokes and Ray force the issue... Yelich could move to first. Lots of time.
  14. Harold Hutchison
    Stokes has been a walk machine, though. OBP's .344. Hard to decide if he, Burnes, or Roegner will have the top spot in my next Top 25 ballot.
  15. Harold Hutchison
    Concur. I'd rather try to get Greinke for a song and cover his ENTIRE salary than to get Archer.
  16. Harold Hutchison
    And Nasty Boys 2018 strikes again to close it all out.
  17. Harold Hutchison
    But every time I'm seeing Arcia's name in a box score, it's a flashback to the 1980s, where I see Jim Gantner at second base EVERY GOSH-DARN DAY - when the Crew should have been getting more offense from Riles or someone else. Juan Castillo didn't hit much better, but added some steals, and Mike Felder played some second base. But it was Gantner. EVERY DAY. I just worry it's costing the team wins.
  18. Harold Hutchison
    The Nasty Crew?
  19. Harold Hutchison
    How about finding an offensive upgrade at short? Arcia's had another 0-fer, and the batting average is .212.
  20. Harold Hutchison
    Can the Brewers now trade Arcia? I really am tired of a .216 batting average and .566 OPS. I mean... can't we get some offense?
  21. Harold Hutchison
    No way. No freaking way. Hader, Jeffress, and Knebel are the 2018 version of the Nasty Boys. This is the trio that wins us Game 7 of the World Series against the Red Sox.
  22. Harold Hutchison
    Jeffress, Hader, Knebel. Nasty Boys 2018.
  23. Harold Hutchison
    Saw the DP Suter turned... I'll say this... Guyer had NO business being that far from the bag. Wasn't even close.
  24. Harold Hutchison
    If India slips down, I'd take him as a bat-first SS. Maybe he can be MLB-ready by 2020-2021.
  25. Harold Hutchison
    Guess Suter's back in the rotation.
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