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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Strike zone is same size in minors as it is in majors and if you can't hit that zone once in a while, well you can't pitch anywhere.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    "I'm confused about your point about LHP" What's confusing? It's a generalization to be sure, but most teams stack lineups with righthanded hitters vs. lefties, and they are much more likely to pull groundballs to third than lefthanded hitters, who if go the other way, do so in the air. Think about it this way, in the same number of games, Hall has 58 assists to 77 for Gamel. Brewers have one lefty starter. Not too many guys pull balls to left side on the ground vs. Sheets, hence defense at third with him on the mound isn't as important. If you go back to last year, none of Braun's errors occured with Sheets pitching. I reviewed the game recaps for Huntsville to date and this is what I've got on Gamel (these could be slightly off): 77 assists, 16 putouts, 10 errors (7 fielding, 3 throwing). That's a .903 FP. Not very good but Braun was at .895 last season. Three of the errors occured in one game. No other game did he record more than one error.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    "10 errors in 37 games" (1 error every 3.7 games). Considering that every game Huntsville has played has been started by a lefthanded pitcher, that's not really all that bad. That represents noticeable improvement over 2007 when he had 53 errors in 128 games (1 error every 2.4 games) and would translate into 35 errors over the same amount of games. Keep in mind too that Brevard had a preponderance of lefties last year too. I think they want to see continued improvement so they won't make that move this year. I think a Gamel/Hall platoon is likely in 2009 if he can continue to show progress defensively into a guy who is at least slightly better than Braun was last year. Then the Brewers could start Gamel vs. Righthanders, and replace him with Hall from the 7th inning on. They really didn't have the luxury last year with Braun, because the dropoff in offense to Counsell was so dramatic, that Ned if he did make a move, had to wait until the 9th. Sure Braun was a defensive liability in 2007. But his offense was so off the charts, that on balance in my opinion, he was definitely a net plus for the team. If Gamel is capable of putting up spectacular offensive numbers, I could live with him making 20-25 errors vs. the damage he could do in 400 or so AB's.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    Keeping with the odd theme here, Garrison isn't exactly stinking it up in AA either. A 4.30 ERA in 6 starts for a 21 year old in the Texas League (notorious hitters league) isn't bad. As for Inman, also just 21 and the same age as college juniors, leads the league in strikeouts, and is 3rd in ERA behind a 23 and a 25 year old. The Brewers would be extremely fortunate to get anything close to those guys in the draft.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    That bats can be painted black, or brown and not pink or other colors may be the dumbest rule in baseball.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    As I recall, once Melvin lost out on Cabrera, he pursued two available closers, Gagne and Troy Percival but he backed off Percival because he wanted (and got) a 2 year deal. It was a calculated risk that doesn't look good on May 12th but there's a lot of season left. The Turnbow contract was plain bad. The guy had one good year. He overpaid for Counsell too. He made a bad deal for Linebrink. Even in his better deals, he always seemed to take add-on guys (Chad Moeller) that teams wanted to get rid of, and that negated some of the good from those deals. It's a mixed bag overall. But to me, sooner or later a guy has to win. The longer a guy goes without winning, the less he deserves to stay around. To his credit (but with a huge assist from Jack Z) he has been able to turn the franchise from a bottom rung small market team to closer to a lower mid level revenue team. I'm not sure how long fans are going to stick with this bunch though. My hunch is not a whole lot longer as the price of food and gas rise, one area you can cut back is entertainment.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    I still think Villanueva, Bush, and Parra will throw in some decent starts if they can get some run support. McClung may take over a spot also. I think they will trade for a starter in July if they are close enough. Weaver doesn't seem like much improvement. DiFelice might be worth a brief look at some point. Don't count out Narveson either. He turned some heads this spring. Hammond may figure in their future plans, but not as a guy they count on to win this year. I only think we'll see him if the season goes totally in the tank.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Keeping in mind that no starting pitching is really available until July, should the Brewers manage to stay close enough and still need to add another starter, Washburn might be the kind of guy they could get. Mariners could be in big time sell mode if they continue to play poorly. With recent big time committment to Silva, and Bedard and Hernandez representing long term, Washburn would figure to be expendable. Washburn, is owed $9.75 million for 2009, but doesn't represent a long term committment and though he's thorougly average, he might benefit from a change of leagues enough to have value to the Brewers. In terms of WHIP , he's been remarkably consistent and decent his entire career.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    This is idiotic. Brewers are competing against Dodgers for NL wild card. Games against AL teams, while fun, aren't as important.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Not really. He's only has about half the ABs as the other two guys, so even though's he now at .403 which is amazing, it's just 72 ABs. He's certainly going to be getting a lot of attention.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Good call Lenny but I'm betting they plan on calling him up by June 1st deadline. But if Buchholz and Lester are lights out the rest of May, maybe they'd be interested in a deal. Kapler was popular guy there and maybe he'd be enough to get Colon.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    On May 10th with 120 some games left, it makes little sense to me to want to run a guy out of town. I wanted them to sign Troy Percival (8 for 9, 2.08 with the Rays), but I realize they are going to need Gagne at some point and to write him off now is counter productive. They lost the game yesterday because the veteran catcher (another FA signing) who has proven not to be such a savior in helping the pitching staff either, couldn't pick up a sign from the 3rd base coach. That to me is inexcusable. Lack of hitting is killing this team followed by poor starting pitching. Gagne isn't do his job but he has plenty of company.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Hardy gets a pass? I'm all for finding some playing time for Dillon but it should come at the expense of all 3 under achievers, Hall, Hardy and Weeks. Hardy's "slugging" .294. That is totally unacceptable. At least Hall is a threat to go deep. Move Hall to SS and play Dillon at 3rd.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Ender, what makes you think it's not Bush who would just trade places with McClung? I tend to agree with you about Villanueva and Parra. Parra should gain confidence out of his outing last night. We know Villanueva's capable of good games. We've seen him do it. Both these guys need a confidence boost and some run support to get their heads on straight. McClung is a horse. He threw 72 pitches against Cubs. I have no doubt he could go 90-95 pitches. If he had decent control, he should get 5 to 6 decent innings. It's certainly worth a try . By the way, is starting McClung any different than what the Cardinals have done with Wellemeyer? Wellemeyer was always one of those hard throwing relievers who never quite got his act together. Now he's making one quality start after another. Not to mention are there two guys more similar physically than Wellemeyer and McClung? How they chose baseball over football is beyond me.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Kudos to Yost from an unabashed Yost basher. For the first time I can remember, Ned actually got a young pitcher out of a game an inning early instead of an inning late. Most veteran managers realize you build confidence in guys who need it by taking them out before things fall apart. Yost has never seemed to grasp that. Either he's learning or another voice (Simmons?) is giving good advice.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    I see more opponents that take advantage of the Brewer defensive alignment than I see Brewer hitters doing. I wish I had a nickel when watching from the center field camera I see what looks like off the bat to be a routine out to short or second only to see the Brewer infielder pulled drastically one way or the other and incapable of making the play. I also see Braun too deep when lefthanders are hitting and Hart too deep when righthanders are hitting and way too many bloop hits to the opposite field dropping in.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    The team's lacked offense from virtually day one of the season. Couple that with loss of Gallardo, failure to this point of 3 starters that we had hopes would be at least average, and some untimely blown saves by Gagne, and the clouds are all over this team right now. Are they capable of righting the ship? We think so at least we hope so, but we want to see signs that it's happening. In the meantime, we are reacting like we should, like fans.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    I'm guessing Parra and Villanueva each get one more start, then either or both could be replaced by DiFelice and Weaver. The 3rd move could be McClung swapping roles with Bush. Of couse good starts by all of those guys could postpone any move. I don't see a hitter move. Gwynn isn't the problem and Branyan isn't the solution. They have a team full of guys who are supposed to be able to supply power.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Let's see. Colorado was in World Series in 2007 under Clint Hurdle. Detroit was in World Series under Leyland. Bud Black won 89 games in his first year with Padres. Did I miss something? Yost is in his 6th year, has never been to the playoffs much less the World Series, and has never won more than 83 games. How does that compare to those 3 teams?
  20. JohnBriggs12
    This losing streak has everyone going bonkers but come on, Roger Clemens? If this team is going to remain in the tank, I'd rather they do it out of the glare that would come along with this idea.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    The 2009 draft is starting to get my attention.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    What? Kapler and Rivera have as many HR combined as Fielder and Hart.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Hall is on pace for 35 HR and 95 RBI. Hardy is on pace for 5 HR and 45 RBI. Don't see how the two compare. Hall is struggling too but his swing looks fine to me wheras Hardy looks a bit lost up there.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    I'd flip flop roles for McClung and Bush. I'd send Parra down until he makes 5 solid AAA starts and regains his confidence. The first guy I'd replace him with is DiFelice who I'd give 3 starts before I'd look at either Weaver or Narveson. I'd also find ways to get Dillon in the lineup 3 days a week batting him 2nd. some at 3rd, and some at 2nd. I'd move Hall to short occasionally and let Dillon play 3rd. I'd play Rivera a little more. Kendall is already wearing down. He's soon to be 34 and should not be playing day games after night games. I'd leave Counsell on the bench. Other possible moves. Flip flop Hart and Cameron in the batting order. Cameron is not disciplined enough to hit 2nd and Hart is not protecting Prince right now.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    jakesdaddio, That 82 team was a veteran bunch. If not for the stupid strike in 81 and the dumb idea of split seasons and an extra tier of playoffs, they would have been in ALCS the year before, and most likely the World Series. Most were also part of teams that won 93 and 95 games in 78 and 79. This group is young and has done nothing even approaching what that group had done prior to 82.
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