JimH5
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Travis Sawchik wrote an interesting piece for 538 on how new training systems are developing players. It raises the question if traditional minor leagues are even necessary. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/do-we-even-need-minor-league-baseball/ Since so many minor leaguers are essentially background extras for the handful of legit prospects, do teams need to scout and employ them? Couldn't a training center-where a team's top talent develop individually and together-work better than having teams of guys busing around the country, playing with lesser talented guys? -
Clint Hurdle = Ruddy.
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I LOVE that guy!
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Well, for one, you make judgements about people based on your perceptions of how someone should behave in a given situation. For another, you have no idea what is in Arcia's head. He may the type of person that shows something outwardly but he may very well be harder on himself than anyone behind closed doors. Maybe your an expert on reading body language but unless you are, you are just making a judgment about another person based on your opinion. You can decide what that says about you. My judgment of Arcia is contextual. I am not critical of him because he seems happy. I am critical of him because he appears happy and indifferent while being the least productive player given as many opportunities as he has been given. Since Arcia's debut, he's one of 185 players in MLB to amass 1500 plate appearances. His wRC+ ranks 183rd. In the history of the Brewers franchise, he's dead last in wRC+ among Brewers with 1600 PAs. This year--one of very few in the history of the franchise when they have a chance to make the postseason--he is having a historically bad season. He hasn't had a 2 hit game in nearly a month. His wRC+ is 58, the lowest of a qualifier in the history of Miller Park. If any of us were the lowest performer in our industry, it wouldn't be unreasonable for others to find a happy-go-lucky spirit to be a little off-putting.
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I agree. Life is so much bigger than this game. The guy has new baby twins if I'm not mistaken. I honestly think that kind of attitude says more about the person saying it than it does about the person it was directed at. What does it say about me? I love emotional, demonstrative players. Carlos Gomez is my favorite Brewer in recent memory. But Gomez's body language was aligned with his play and the team's play. And Gomez produced. Arcia has been an easy out for 2 years and my read of his body language has me thinking that seems not to bother him.
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I'm glad he's happy. I just wish his play justified it. The belief that a player can’t express happiness without results is bewildering to me. He has results. They're the least productive results in baseball among regulars. I'm not asking for a Paul O'Neil meltdown everytime he makes an out, but a little balance might be merited.
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I'm glad he's happy. I just wish his play justified it. He's been below replacement for 2 years with no indication that he's learned a thing about hitting. Stearns can find a minor league free agent to fill that spot.
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Cherry Starr is diminutive.
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I will be happy when Arcia is off the team. When a player struggles as badly as Arcia, I'd like a little less playful enthusiasm and a little more grouchy self criticism. But Arcia plays with the looseness of a productive star, even though he's an easy out.
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Andre the Giant is afraid of what Ray Black brings.
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Ladd's hair seemed perpetually curly/shaggy. I don't remember seeing him with any product in it. Tonight, Black appeared to be wetted with a mixture of sweat and oil. Like he could front a rock band or be a pro wrestler with that hair.
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Ray Black's hair is tremendous.
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We didn't build Miller Park for Bud Selig, we built it for ourselves to see major league baseball. The same way that taxpayers did in building County Stadium. The team would have been sold for a similar price and moved to a different city had we not built the park. Selig got wealthy on the sale of the franchise the same way that the Attanasios will and every other owner has. There was nothing crooked about the Selig sale.
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He may not run them, but that's by his choice. He still bears the responsibility for them. He's the President of Baseball Operations, so he's accountable for the roster, the draft, the farm system, contracts, coaches...everything.
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Wow, they are seemingly quick on the trigger. But with a high payroll come high expectations. That's where I think the Brewers Front Office has a built-in excuse. Payroll limitations can be used to explain away losing. Not so in Boston. At least now we know what will be dominating the baseball media over the days and weeks ahead.
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Agreed. He's been a good organizational guy for a long time. Nice for him to get the MLB treatment and salary, if only for this month. He can say he was a major leaguer.
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Arcia is currently posting a wRC+ of 60 for the season. Going back to 1969, among all hitter seasons, for those who had enough PA to qualify for the batting title, Arcia's 2019 would rank tied for 3rd worst in franchise history. Tim Johnson had an astounding 40 wRC+ in 1973. Marquis Grissom had a 59 in 2000. Ted Simmons also had a 60, in 1984. A cold streak over the last 3 weeks of the year could drop him below Grissom. To put his 60 into perspective, some of the guys who finished their careers at 140 wRC+ (just as far from the mean as Arcia) are Mike Piazza, Larry Walker and David Ortiz.
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I still have confidence in him. He's smart enough, and I think flexible enough to see what works and what doesn't, and to act accordingly. It's a shame that Yelich's historic season was wasted by being surrounded by so many under achievers, but they're not tied to any regrettable long term contracts, so he can rebuild or retool with freedom. Unfortunately, his farm system is very unproductive, and there doesn't appear to be any impactful players ready to arrive soon, so there might be some lean years ahead. The Brewers have a lot of 30+ year olds while the rest of baseball is getting younger.
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That is more likely. But I like to think they really liked Villar.
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I saw one tonight in Brookfield that said FAN4VR. Is this someone who was a fan of Jonathan Villar? The duration of Villar's goodness and career with the Brewers was so short that this driver had remarkably unlucky timing.
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Kenosha's Gavin Lux made his MLB debut tonight. The Brewers drafted Corey Ray several spots ahead of Lux, and Ray looks like a bust, while Lux looks like a potential star. And he's 3 years younger than Ray.
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The Carolina League has a .683 OPS as a league. So his stats are nice, but it's a league that suppresses hitting, so I wouldn't get overly excited. He's already 24 and still in A-ball. I don't think there's much risk in leaving him exposed.
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Wow.. That's a shocker. Though it's as much a move about the 2020 contract as it is about the rest of this year. If this is it for him with the Brewers, he'll be 5th in franchise history with 301 appearances.
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It's ridiculously irresponsible to speculate who supplied what, what Skaggs knew, and then to cast blame and responsibility for stuff none of us knows anything about.
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The possible connection to an Angels employee is the real surprise. It could be a teammate or coach, or a lower level person...I guess we'll find out. I hope this serves as a wakeup call for the rest of the league.
