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If you have guys in your lineup for defense only, and are basically automatic outs against top of the line pitching, bunting seems to me like a reasonable strategy. Counsell had 57 career sacrifice bunts, and was on two World Series champions. I know the game has changed but it's not changed for the better.
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Stearns Rumored to be Promoted to Club President?
JohnBriggs12 replied to Greenleaf1's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Seems an odd time to promote your two highest paid baseball execs after the worst offseason in Stearns tenure and the loss of revenues incurred this year. He should be lucky to still have a job. -
Sore shoulder. Hope it's just fatigue, but forget this crazy year, it's next season that's the concern.
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What a complete and utter disaster So, basically, the Brewers have lost their top starter and top reliever just prior to the playoffs. Yeesh! It's more like two of their top three starters and their top reliever all lost in the last 6 days. Time to institute the slaughter rule. Why not take a chance on Ethan Small? He was supposed to be the most polished college pitcher in last year's draft wasn't he?
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Those Brewer teams had a much higher contact rate. Nilsson was a line drive gap hitter with one of the most beautiful swings of any Brewer player in history. His HR were accidental. Jaha had big time power but he also used the entire field and didn't strike out like power hitters of today. Cirillo and Loretta were line drive hitters as well. The 96 team was an offensive juggernaut with 304 doubles and 178 home runs. They had eleven guys with at least 15 doubles. Only two guys fanned over 100 times. They even hit 40 triples. They hit .279 as a team and scored 894 runs, even after dealing Vaughn at the deadline. Talk about fun to watch. Imagine what they would have done in Miller Park. Unfortunately the pitching staff was awful, and allowed 899 runs.
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Look, chances are pretty high for a Dodgers sweep. Brewers need a Woodruff start similar to Saturday in game 2, but his history is that he produces starts like that every 4th or 5th time out and following up with another gem is a big ask. If Dodgers jump out in front in both games, chances are Williams and Hader won't see any action at all. Why not make sure your two best weapons see action when the game isn't already decided? So I'd start game one with two innings from Williams, then go to Suter for innings 3 through 6. That might give the Brewers a reasonable chance to either be ahead or within a run heading to the 7th. Get through the 7th and 8th with some combination of Peralta, Yardley, Knebel, I'd also be tempted to start Hader for two innings in 2nd game then rely on Woodruff to pitch the last 7 innings resting the rest of the pen for a possible game 3.
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When is it time to worry about Keston Hiura?
JohnBriggs12 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Overlooked about Burnes is that he got Lasix surgery in the offseason. Maybe the entire Brewer lineup should call the guy that did it. They sure looked like they couldn't see the ball this season. -
It's a no-brainer to start Suter isn't it? The guy just threw 4 scoreless in a pressure game, has a 1.38 ERA starting and would be facing a Dodger team that hasn't seen him in two years. The other alternative is to start Williams, have him go 2 innings and bring in Suter to pitch 3 through 6. The longer they stay in the game the more pressure on the favorite.
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Well if you have a shift on, the corner infielders can play tighter to the lines and take away the hard groundballs that get down the lines. Now it takes balls just inside the line to get into the corner. Margin has been taken away. I think teams use "no doubles defense" a lot more with outfielders deep and lines taken away too.
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I look for the Brewers to focus on guys needing a rebound season to re-establish value. Prime example is Joc Pederson. He's had a nightmare season but in 2019 he posted a career best .876 OPS. Given the lack of power from Garcia, seems a platoon in RF makes sense. C.J. Cron is a very good fit at 1B/DH too and shouldn't break the bank.
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He's 23 years old. Very few 23 year old players have not proven they can play. Sometimes you just have to give a guy the job and hope for the best when you're a small market team and you have multiple holes to plug. Generally the good ones show something when they get to the big leagues. No way he's earned an every day job for 2021. He certainly hasn't shown he's better than Arcia either defensively or offensively and a .321 career slugging percentage doesn't play at 3B. He's more likely to start next year in San Antonio. I think Sogard is a better hitter right now.
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Very true. That trade might haunt this franchise for the next 5 years.
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Here's a novel idea. How about drafting a 1B? In the Stearns era, the highest round the Brewers drafted a 1B, was in 2016 with 23rd rounder Ronnie Gideon.
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2020 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
JohnBriggs12 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Pretty much. There are scenarios where they could win 2 and still get in or win 3 and still not get in but in both cases they are pretty remote. -
Brewers control their own faith
JohnBriggs12 replied to brewmann04's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
In a normal season, a young player struggling would be addressed by sending him down for a few weeks to get his confidence and stroke back. Generally that's all it takes. They don't have that luxury this year with Hiura. -
a $2.55M option is really cheap for what he provides. Don't forget that two starters in the OF are right-handed, and Yeli needs protecting with bubble wrap. Even if we decline his option, we can still offer him arbitration (we own his rights for several more years) Every penny counts with revenue losses this year and the potential that crowds could be still be restricted to less than capacity at the start of 2021.
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I know Fangraph doesn't have tonight's performance into Burnes' stats yet ( As of this post) but before this start, he wasn't considered a qualified pitcher, if there is ever such a thing in this season. To "qualify" a pitcher needs one inning pitched for every game his team has played. Prior to his start, he was short of that. Unless he goes less than 4 innings in his last start, he will qualify at season's end. He needs a total of 60 innings. Darvish got lit up a bit last night, and he was a prime Cy Young contender so that helps Burnes' chances.
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Braun ahead of Molly? Safe to assume you have Yount as #1. It's extremely close, and an argument can be made either way. Molitor missed almost one full year due to injury in 84. Braun has missed time due to suspensions, and nagging injuries the last 3 or 4 years. Sad part is Braun is still a very dangerous hitter and if he were able to log 500 plate appearances, and while he might not be a bargain at $15 million, it would not be a big overpay either. He just can't play more than 3-4 games a week. If he wants to play, hopefully than can agree on a deal as it's going to be hard to replace even his part time production.
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I don't buy the nothing for nothing just because the Rays gave up on him after two months. Aguilar wasn't bad in Tampa. He put up a respectable .760 OPS as a Ray. He wasn't released by the Rays because of his performance, he was released because they wanted to avoid his arbitration salary because Rays are the most cash strapped team in baseball. Splitting time between 1B and DH, he's been a key member of the Marlins drive to a possible playoff berth this year. Gyroko's having a nice year, but I'd take Aguilar over him in a heartbeat.
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We have no idea what the market will be. Brewers aren't the only team that will have lost a lot of money this year. I can't imagine the market will be anywhere near as robust as it was last year. Keeping Braun would cost them an extra $11 million. He's still a very dangerous hitter even if he can only play about a 110 games or so. Vogelbach has been a revelation so far, and is still cheap. I'm thinking they have a nice player in Taylor too. Everyone focuses on Yelich's struggles but relative to his career, Narvaez has been equally as disappointing. Both players returning to close to their normal production would boost the offense too. Bottom line is offense can improve without major investments. Woodruff and Burnes are a great 1-2 but the rest are 4th and 5th type starters at best. I don't think they'll pay Bauer. Can't see it happening. But I'd be looking for a better option as a number 3 starter. Quintana?
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Hey this odd season and all that's going on affects people differently. There's obviously less passion about the game with a 60 game season, no fans in the stands, and political stuff taking center stage in the clubhouse at least at times. Winning anything this year comes with glaring asterisks. It will not take long for players to turn the page after this season ends. Yelich with his contract had leadership thrust upon him and he didn't have time to grow into that role. Cain opting out didn't help. We're all hoping things return to normal next year with the virus and all the extraneous stuff going on in sports and the country calming down. That and time for players to start a season after a full 6 weeks in spring training will help the stars struggling this year. Baseball is hard. Focus matters. This "season" is proof. Good hitters struggling, almost every day one or two games with ridiculous lopsided scores, etc.
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Hey this odd season and all that's going on affects people differently. There's obviously less passion about the game with a 60 game season, no fans in the stands, and political stuff taking center stage in the clubhouse at least at times. Winning anything this year comes with glaring asterisks. It will not take long for players to turn the page after this season ends. Yelich with his contract had leadership thrust upon him and he didn't have time to grow into that role. Cain opting out didn't help. We're all hoping things return to normal next year with the virus and all the extraneous stuff going on in sports and the country calming down. That and time for players to start a season after a full 6 weeks in spring training will help the stars struggling this year. Baseball is hard. Focus matters. This "season" is proof. Good hitters struggling, almost every day one or two games with ridiculous lopsided scores, etc.
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Hey this odd season and all that's going on affects people differently. There's obviously less passion about the game with a 60 game season, no fans in the stands, and political stuff taking center stage in the clubhouse at least at times. Winning anything this year comes with glaring asterisks. It will not take long for players to turn the page after this season ends. Yelich with his contract had leadership thrust upon him and he didn't have time to grow into that role. Cain opting out didn't help. We're all hoping things return to normal next year with the virus and all the extraneous stuff going on in sports and the country calming down. That and time for players to start a season after a full 6 weeks in spring training will help the stars struggling this year. Baseball is hard. Focus matters. This "season" is proof. Good hitters struggling, almost every day one or two games with ridiculous lopsided scores, etc.
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That's only true if you truly believe that Houser's last 6 games pitching during this weird pandemic year is truly who he is as a starter. I'm not convinced yet that that's the case, although the evidence is beginning to mount. Yeah, he was lights out as a reliever, but I think you'd find that a lot of MLB starters have put up better numbers out of the pen than in the rotation. I think it's likely that he starts 2021 as the team's #3 or #4 starter, but will likely have a bit of a shorter leash based on the inconsistency he's shown this year. He's pitching about as well as he did a season ago as a starter. We seem to want to make excuses for him and his poor results. At what point is it enough data? He wasn't very good in the minors as a starter. He hasn't been good as a major league starter. He has shown to have elite stuff in the pen and on a good team, could be a difference maker back there. Right now he's just a "guy" in a rotation that happens to be able to throw enough pitches to get to 4-5 innings. Why not maximize what he is? If he was a younger guy, I might think differently but he's not. I think we'd all be happy if he turned into the next Chase Anderson, but he's yet to prove he's even that reliable. Part of the frustration is that we see what Davies is doing in San Diego and we wonder what if they had a big 3 of Woodruff, Burnes and Davies?
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Taylor held his own as a 20 year old in the Arizona Fall League, so there's talent there. His career stalled at AA in 2015 and 2016, then he was set back by injuries in 2017, but he had a solid year albeit at Colorado Springs in 2018 which seemed to have boosted his confidence. Started a little slow last year but really came on in August flashing Grisham like numbers the last month. He's got good tools, and seems to have figured it out. No reason he can't be a solid major league player. He wasn't ready at 22 but he sure looks like he is at 26. Got to like guys that have overcome struggles in the process. One big thing in his favor. He never was a big strikeout guy in the minors and he's only fanned 4 times in his first 26 major league PA. Impressive.