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  1. JohnBriggs12
    I agree with Rluzinski. This team has to play a lot better for Yost to start messing it up. Question I have for everybody. Isn't Melvin in trouble too? He put this underperforming team together. He hired Yost. He extended Yost. He hired Skaalen. He hired Maddux. He signed Suppan. He signed Gagne. He signed Turnbow to a multi year deal. If things continue down this path and this team loses 90 games, I want them all out the door including Melvin.
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    Eleven straight unscored upon games covering 16 2/3 innings for Patrick Ryan!
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    You might have to get in the way back machine for the 1972 Brewers for this kind of offensive futility. That team collectively hit .235/.302/.328 and my guy J. Briggs led the team with all of 21 HR. They had the immortal keystone combo of Ricky (the reindeer) Auerbach who mashed at a Hardy like .218/.277/.269 and Ron (the little general) Theobald who posted Weeks like .220/.342/.256. That team used to go 3 up and 3 down so fast that Merle Harmon didn't have time to urge fans that there was still plenty of room at County Stadium. They went a glorious 65-91 but the scary part was they had much better pitching than this team has.
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    Jones hit .346 in August and September last year and drove in 37 runs in those two months. He might have been the difference that got the Cubs past the Brewers. Granted he was off to a very slow start in Detroit but the guy has always been streaky. I've always defended Gwynn, but I'm not so sure I wouldn't prefer Jones. It's hard to believe he's lost it that fast.
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    I don't see how they would bypass DiFelice for Hammond. DiFelice's numbers are just too intriguing not to give him a shot if something opens up. That being said, it's good to see Hammond re-establishing himself. Lefties always have some value and often take until 26 or 27 to really hone their skill to be major league assets. Should he continue to shine at Huntsville, I would think a promotion to Nashville has to be in the offing at some point and from there who knows, maybe a September callup.
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    They're "toolsy" guys rather than great natural hitters. It's not all that surprising when guys like that struggle to hit. Many before them have fallen by the wayside.
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    "how many RBI's should the guy have"? Well, it's not that surprising but it is illustrative of how weak a hitter he really is. He's 0 for 9 with a man on and 2 out. He's 0 for 3 with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs and hasn't got the runner in each time. The Brewers would be much better off when they give Hardy a day off if they moved Hall to SS and inserted Dillon at 3B. "we knew Kendall would get most of the starts....he has 4 in last 3 years" All true, but again it's a stark illustration of the lack of sock from one of 8 positions. I don't think any Brewer team ever, had such a lack of power from the catcher position. Now if Rivera played once in a while, that might not be, but I last saw him on a milk carton. As for Fielder, I just tried to include something that was positive. But it also illustrates why they need the guys behind him to start driving the ball.
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    Only Mota's stuff is far superior to that of Shouse. I wouldn't worry about his WHIP. I was at the game he lost allowing 3 runs to Florida in the 10th inning. He walked some guys and they got two hits, one on a swinging bunt and the other on a dying quail in the OF. He hasn't really been hit hard all year. Mota will make fine trade bait at the deadline unless the Brewers are still in it.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    With roughly 20% of the season completed, here are some stats that probably nobody would have predicted. 1. The Brewer catchers have not hit a home run yet this season (Rivera was filling in at 1B when he hit his in Chicago). 2. Craig Counsell has 1 RBI in 46 ABs. He's 1 for 12 with RISP. 3. Gabe Gross had just 2 RBI in 43 AB's when he left. 4. Gabe Kapler still has more RBI than Hardy, Weeks and Kendall. 5. Mike Rivera has the same amount of HR as Corey Hart and JJ Hardy. 6. Kapler has as many HR as Fielder. 7. Ben Sheets has as many hits as Gallardo, Villanueva and Suppan combined. 8. Prince Fielder has more walks than strikeouts. 9. Rickie Weeks has just one "official" error. 10. Mike Cameron in 6 games has more HR than Hardy and Hart combined in 60 games.
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    It's not the record I'm concerned with. The record given everything is pretty good. But playing the way they are (not hitting, below par starting pitching, spotty relief), there is no way they are going to sustain even a .500 record much less contend. Forget the Cubs and the Cardinals, Houston looked much more poised to make a run than the Brewers did over the weekend. They have the best lineup in the division.
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    There is no minimizing the Gallardo injury. It is devastating. But there are plenty more signs of trouble like: Gabe Kapler has as many HR as Prince Fielder. Mike Cameron has more HR in a week than Hart and Hardy combined for the year. 22 of the 31 games played have been started by a pitcher with an ERA over 5, and one of the two who's started under that number is out for the season. Our soon to be 34 year old catcher, who the manager thinks is impervious to fatigue catching every day, is batting .200 over his last 75 AB's showing signs of fatigue less than 6 weeks into the season.
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    We don't need another closer and the arms we have in the pen are sufficient. The Twins are in 1st place. Why on earth would they trade their All Star closer now? The problem isn't the bullpen. It's a combination of starting pitching and lack of offense. The starters aren't shutting down opponents and hitters aren't scoring a lot of runs. You aren't going to win anything if you don't blow teams out either with stellar starting pitching combined with scoring 5 or more runs, or 8 or more runs with decent starting pitching. Leaving it all on the pen day after day isn't going to get it done no matter who you have out there. You think the 82 Brewers relied on the pen 5 days a week? No they usually only needed Fingers a couple days a week. The rest of the time they blasted teams. As for Gagne, he may have "blown" 5 saves in the record book, but he blew one game which happened to be the one he was in his 4th game in a row. In the 4 other "blown save" games, he left the game with the score tied. Three of those, they later won. Yesterday they lost. He's saved 9 others. I don't think you give up on him when you are paying him $10 million and there is 80% of the season left.
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    The Brewers aren't the only ones who have been targeted by this umpire crew. Ozzie Guillen swears up and down that Cuzzi in particular has it in for him. They are by far the most unprofessional of what is without a doubt a very poor crop of umpires in general. The umpiring the last couple of seasons has been horrendous. The strike zone varies by hitter. I don't know where they are getting these guys but they are bad. I commend players in general for keeping their cool but the league needs to do something.
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    Not exactly. The Brewers won 3 of the 5 where he recorded blown saves. Last I checked had the Brewers won the two of those they lost, they'd be 18-13 and still behind the Cardinals. Gagne has only allowed the opponent to score the winning run against him one time. That's not to say he's been great, but blowing the save, and blowing the game are two different things. In one of his blown saves, Weeks spiked a relay throw that would have ended the game. Yesterday, the umpires gave Houston a minimum of 4 outs in the 9th. Brewer offense has been terrible. Hart and Hardy have 2 HR between them after combining for 50 last year. Braun and Fielder are way, way off their HR pace of last year also. The season is 1/5th over. No way the closer should have 14 save opportunities this early. That's a pace for 70 save chances. Nobody can be expected to be sharp when every win requires a save. Blow some people out.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Corey Hart has one, count em, one HR in 116 AB's. He has to produce more power than that. I'm also not convinced he can play CF. So with LaPorta coming, and the need to possibly move Gamel to a corner OF spot, I would certainly not view Hart as untouchable.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    While most of the threads are focusing on how to replace the irreplaceable Gallardo, realism suggests we look at what can be done in July to turn the Brewer assests, namely quality veteran bullpen arms and a top of the line starter, into a huge haul of top tier young talent, particularly starting pitching. It may turn out to be long term a very productive year despite what is shaping up as a disappointment. Melvin did a very shrewd job of collecting guys this offseason, who even if they can't help get them to the playoffs, will be in demand from teams that are fighting for playoff spots. Torres, Riske, Mota, and Gagne are all types that teams routinely overpay for like the Brewers did for Linebrink last year. Throw Sheets into the mix and you really make things interesting. Add to all that is the salary relief that could be used to lock up some guys or be active in the FA market this offseason.
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    I think we have to come to terms with the fact that given the loss of Gallardo for such an extended period and the likely departure of Sheets after this season, that the young core of Fielder, Weeks, Hardy, Hart, Braun, and Hall may not stay entirely intact beyond this year if that long. Fielder and Braun are clearly in a class above the rest and should be held on to as long as possible. All the rest are fair game as trade bait to obtain starting pitching. That includes Corey Hart. That he might be able to replace Cameron in CF is still speculation. I'm not entirely convinced he'd be very good in CF. Even if they have to outside the organization and they do have in-house candidates in Gwynn and yes Iribarren, it's easier to get a stopgap CF than it is quality starting pitching. There's also nothing preventing them from bringing Cameron back. LaPorta is going to play somewhere very soon. Hardy and Weeks aren't doing much to enhance their trade value. Gamel isn't ready defensively to play 3rd. Hart may be the most logical guy to deal.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    "Who, other than Prince or Braun brings a #2 starting pitcher in a trade?" Hart, Hall, Weeks, and Hardy all have significant trade value and replacements working through the system. Whether they could bring an established #2 is problematic, but all could bring a pretty good arm from the right team.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I think the assumption that Gallardo will be back as good as ever next season is dreaming. ACL surgery takes 10 months on average to recover fully. What kind of throwing program can he be on while he's rehabbing his knee? Once he gets on a mound will he have the confidence to drive off that knee? How long will it take for him to get his arm strength back to what it was after so many months of down time? All these questions won't be answered for another year. We also won't have the body of evidence to prove that Gallardo is indeed the next ace. I think it does make bringing Sheets back more likely. If not Sheets certainly they would have to go after a trade or another FA like Lowe.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Mulder hasn't pitched effectively since 2005. Carpenter was out all of last year. If a team has a year or 3, they can recover, but the Brewers don't have that luxury. I've said it a million times, you can replace 4th and 5th starters easily but no matter how much "starter depth" a team has if a one or a two goes down, you are in trouble. They are the most irreplaceable guys on the team. Nobody has aces or number 2 starters ready to take over. Not only do the remaining guys have to be sharp, the offense needs to start clubbing people, not playing all these nail biters.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Inman was the closest thing to a legit starting pitching prospect above A ball in the system. A check of the latest power 50 finds none in the top 20, and just a handfull, all lefthanders in their mid 20's, anywhere in the top 50. That's not saying he'd be ready to step in, but he is doing well so far in a very hitter friendly AA league.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    But seriously, I think I read somewhere on this site that Bill Hall is a pretty good pitcher. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif Who said I wasn't being serious? We know he can throw hard.
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    He's here in San Antonio. I know and pitching quite well too.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    I've got the answer! Bill Hall!
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    I thought PECOTA gave him a very generous projection. Their weighted mean projection for him was 4.15/1.25 as a long reliever/spot starter (they guessed 8 starts). Does anyone think he's actually capable of that? I'm curious as well, what does he throw? Could we use him in a pinch? Would he be better than Jeff Weaver (please)? Well his minor league numbers were quite good last year and so far this year in limited action. In fact, they are about the best among the staff now at Nashville. But he's in his 30's and has never made even a token major league appearence. Guys have come out of nowhere, but it's asking an awful lot. Then there is one Seth McClung, who has started 37 major league games but without much success (6.17 ERA) thanks to poor control and a lot of HR allowed. Man this is depressing. Where is Will Inman when you need him.
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