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  1. JohnBriggs12
    He wouldn't be eligible for playoffs but as a Nelson fill in they could do a lot worse.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    He could well have been pitching with a small tear and aggravated it on the slide. Hopefully they don't go back to Garza.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    A lot of teams thought the same thing about Drew Stubbs. I think most learned their lesson. Broxton isn't young and he struggles making contact. His trade value isn't non-existent but it's pretty minimal.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    It would be nice if you didn't always use counting stats to make an argument, but since you did. Thames has 66 walks in 150 less plate appearances, so those are probably about even. Yes, he has 21 doubles to Carters 27...but he also has 4 triples to Carters 1. All of this is in 150 less plate appearances. To say that Thames is less productive than Carter last year is wrong in my opinion. Carter did bash a lot more home runs and drove in more runners, but is that Thames' fault that he had a black hole hitting in front of him for much of the year(Villar), especially in his hot April? Also, he was batting 2nd much of the year. So, he had Arcia(before he started hitting well),the pitcher, and Villar in front of him most of the time. So please, do not use RBI as a way to judge a players worth. Thames has also been batting 1st or second in the lineup for 98 of the 108 games he has started. With Villar's struggles this season, plus Arcia and the pitcher batting 8-9, I'm not surprised he's got a relatively low RBI-to-HR ratio. Nobody's on base when he connects. He's had 200 plate appearances with men on base, 112 with men in scoring position. He's hit 10 HR with men on, 9 of those with just one man on. He's batting .149 with RISP. Of his 28 HR, he has one 3 run HR, 9 2 run HR and 18 solo shots. Carter had 301 PA with men on, and hit 18 of his HR in those situations including one grand slam and 4 3 run HR. So while it's true Thames' opportunities have been somewhat limited, he's been awful in RBI opportunities that he has had.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    Barring a sudden turnaround starting this weekend, things are slipping away for this year. There's no reason not to give Wilkerson a look for a couple starts if the hopes for this year are dashed. Just wish he was a hitter.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    Release Garza already and give Wilkerson his spot on the 40 man after the AAA playoffs. He's earned it.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    There is a point in giving him his unconditional release. It frees up a roster spot for a deserving guy like Wilkerson to come up and make a start or two after they are effectively eliminated.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Totally agree. Walker turns 32 on Sunday. He's not going to command anything close to his current $17 million per year. Heck, he'll be lucky to get that over the 2 years. So that's $8.5 million per year. Villar is likely to still command $3 million in arbitration, so for an extra $5.5 million you get a much more reliable professional bat on a team that swings and misses way too much as it is. I wish they still had Gennett myself, but Walker as a bridge is a fine alternative, with Perez seeing plenty of action there too. If Walker signs elsewhere, I'd prefer a Sogard/Perez platoon over Villar. Sogard won't command much.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    You are overrating the talent with Villar. He was never a top 75 prospect as a minor leaguer. He swings and misses a lot. Defensively he's been a liability wherever he's been. He's not as good as he was in 2016 and probably not as bad as he's been this year but that leaves you with a mediocre 2B who'll hit around .250 with 15 HR and 175 K's and below average defense. They need to aim higher.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    For an actual prospect 23 is not exactly young in AAA. By comparison, Arcia, Villar and Perez had all seen considerable major league time by the time they were Dubon's age. His 2017 offensive stats were less then stellar. Dubon has approximately 2,000 professional plate appearances. At best he's a B level prospect. His fine half season at AA in 2016, looks more like an outlier. Think Luis Sardinas II.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Santana's problems on defense aren't physical. Way too many balls fall in front of him due to halfhearted effort. That won't change if he's moved to first. He'd be a statue there. Just leave him where he is.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    There are still Garza apologists? The real crime in Counsell's scheme is that Woodruff gets pushed back too.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Yup. His rotation manipulation was a signal to the team that this series didn't mean anything. It's subtle messages like that destroy a team's momentum.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    One pitch from being down 6-1 is not a short leash.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Short leash? Gimmie a break.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    The fact that Neil Walker has been playing a lot of first base down the stretch tells me the luster is off Thames and that they could be looking elsewhere once again. Thames has been less productive than Carter was last year. Thames has 28 HR and 54 RBI with the season almost over. Carter had 41 and 94. Clearly Carter was doing more than just hitting HR too. He was hitting them with men on base. He had 27 doubles to 21 for Carter and walked 76 times. They could go the cheap route next year with a soft platoon partner to go with Aguilar, say Adam Lind? Thames might not be all that easy to move though even with his modest contract.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Gennett's career numbers: .283/.324/.447. He wasn't a bum as a Brewer. They fell in love with Villar based on one year. Neil Walker's career numbers: .273/.340/.437 They are essentially the same player only Scooter is 4 years younger. Walker has trouble vs. LHP too by the way (.694 career OPS vs LH). Walker's making $17 million this year. As to the argument he had zero trade value, that's on the Brewers who annointed Villar the everyday 2B. Nevertheless, the first team with a shot at claiming him off waivers did just that. The Reds were that team. No doubt at least 5 or more other teams would have put in a claim too.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    This is a forum for opinions. Because mine don't agree with yours shouldn't make me an object for personal ridicule. I argue facts and use my experience watching baseball since 1958. I don't degrade those who disagree. Gennett has been great. I saw his value. Stearns and 90% of the posters on here didn't. They were proven wrong. I haven't posted anything on it in months. Others brought it up apparently upset because I was right. Have I been wrong at times? Sure. But in this case I was right on the money. Gennett > Villar. It's pretty simple. Deal with it. Notice I didn't stoop to a "snowflake" reference?
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I don't think it's happening for de Jesus. With Sogard, Perez, Vogt and Aguilar on the bench most days, they have things covered from both sides of the plate pretty well with guys who have been productive at the major league level this year and that's a pretty experienced group.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Bernie Pleskoff has the Brewers in the lower half... of the top 3 organizations. It's not offensive prospects that have the Brewers in top 10 of most lists. It's almost all pitching. They've had a number of guys take big steps forward this year offsetting some less than stellar work by their hitters.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    I'm trying to figure out what would be so bad with Woodruff, Anderson, Davies facing the Cubs. Cubs have never seen Woodruff, save guys like Happ who saw him in the minor leagues and he mowed down the Nats. That being said, the Reds pummeled Nelson last time they saw him and Garza's been considerably better in day games throughout his career and noticeably lately. As bad as he was in August almost all the damage was done in night games (18 ER in 11 IP). In his 3 day game starts in August he was 2-0 and only allowed 5 earned runs in 16 innings. But saving Nelson for Wrigley where he's got a 5.45 career ERA?
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Since Ramirez is a minor league FA after this season if not added to the 40 man, have to believe he has one more promotion in the offing after AAA playoffs.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Even if the Brewers don't add an arm or two this winter, they go into 2018 with a pretty large group competing for the 5th spot. Foremost is Hader if they decide to move him back to starting. Then it's his job to lose. Suter, Guerra, Jungmann, Derby, Burnes, Diaz, F. Peralta...and on and on will be in Arizona. Guerra hit 95 yesterday in the 9th inning. If he's back with a mid 90's fastball, he's very much in the mix next year either in the rotation or the pen. I discount the HR he allowed to Zimmerman. Up by 7, and having walked Murphy, he made Zimmerman hit to get on and he did. He followed up by getting Rendon for the final out.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Never understood the love Hosmer got. Probably mostly the product of being a part of the Royals runs a couple years ago. Outside of this year, his offense is pretty average for a 1B. He's an actual run producer as opposed to Thames who's driven in a paltry 26 of his teammates on base this season? Even "pretty average for a 1B" is an improvement over Thames.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Deal one Eric this winter and sign a better one? Eric Hosmer will be a premier FA bat out there. With the Brewer rotation looking like a contending one, they could use a premier bat. Time to step up and make a big splash.
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