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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Good for Gabe. He's a solid bench player. His problem was that in those brief times he got regular playing time, he didn't do enough to convince anyone that he's an everyday player. He should take Cliff Floyd's role with Tampa for now, dhing and extra OF. Maybe he can show more for them. I hope the Brewers reward him with a nice playoff share despite his brief stay in 2008. He'd also be a guy you could go after late in the year if a need arises. The bottom line is the Brewers couldn't keep holding Gwynn back. He might not ever be more than a 4th or 5th outfielder too, but it wasn't doing him any good to play more in AAA.
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    Com'n Prince
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    What hair I had left is now gone.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    That was about as shaky a 5 inning stint as can be and still have a lead. Barring a complete turnaround in his next start, I think the decision who goes down when Sheets is back healthy is pretty well made.
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    Counsell had 3 hits of Lohse last week subbing for Hall. Makes sense to me for him to be in there. Braun showed signs of snapping out of it last night. If they could have got a guy on for him in the 9th I had a feeling that game might have ended spectacularly. Lets hope he goes on a tear and others follow.
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    Last night was horrible. It was if an 8 year old was directing.
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    The Turnbow of 05 and early 06, regularly worked at 97-98, occasionally 99 with his fastball. These days he's 95-96. That doesn't seem like much, but when hitters can sit on it, it's night and day. So it's more than just control with him. He's lost just enough velocity that combined with a lack of command spells trouble.
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    Gagne missed nearly all of 2005 and 2006. He was not used more than 2 days in a row in Texas or Boston last year. He was in uncharted territory for him since his surgery. It is in fact, similar to the Wood situation. He's getting close to having his pre surgery velocity back but not quite there. Riske and Torres are veteran relievers who were rested, well paid, and have saved games in the past. It's not like they would be putting a raw rookie out there to close. In fact Riske or Mota will have to close tonight if the situation arises. Teams need an alternate closer from time to time when they get on a streak of close games. Yost did not need to press the issue.
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    Weeks is an enigma. In my mind, he's more talented than any guy on the roster but except for a month here and there, he's yet to produce anywhere near the level of his ability. If he ever starts producing relative to his ability, the Brewers run away with it.
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    I agree with you FTC. Roster management is a prime task of the GM. Granted having a guy on suspension is a unique circumstance, but never should a team be put in the position of having 14 pitchers on their roster. I understand Yost's reluctance to be burned a 3rd straight year by the same guy. What I don't understand is why this wasn't addressed in the offseason. It was completely foreseeable. This regime's reluctance to admit mistakes and move on baffles me. It was a mistake buying out two of Turnbow's arby years after one big year, especially considering his rather checkered career up to that point. But this team now has a lot of middling salary guys. When you have as many as they do, occasionally you are going to have to eat some salary if you can't deal a guy. Now I'm not sure I'd give Turnbow regular work in close games at this point. What would it prove? Either he'd do well, which would not erase the memory of him failing down the stretch in 06 and 07, or he'd do poorly and cost games now. I don't think his trade value can be rebuilt in a week. Just release him, add a bat to the roster, and get on with it. Maybe that's the plan come early next week when Cameron returns.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    A better sign that a pitcher is injured (rather than just a little sore) is loss of command. Most pitchers have some soreness during the season and pitch right through it. He showed great command in his last 2 starts. Given his history and the time of the year, the Brewers are being cautious and no doubt Sheets is a little paranoid too. Anybody else, I doubt he even comes out of that game early.
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    Not sure I buy the Fielder isn't good down in the count. Most hitters are better ahead in count. Most HR's are hit off mistakes. But you don't hit 50 just off mistakes or just ahead in counts and he's pretty tough on lefties. Braun was a rookie last year. He acts confident because he has the ability to back it up. That he's not gregarious to opponents is no big deal to me. If he was beating the brains out of the pitching staff on my team, I'm not sure I'd be too fond of him either.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    "Let Maddux make ALL pitching decision". What makes you think Maddux wasn't involved in yesterday's decision? Maddux often gets a pass. If he had qualms about using Gagne he should have spoken up. Obviously he didn't. The Brewer line seems to be: "we ask all our relievers whether their ready that day". That's the problem right there. In my opinion, if you have to ask a guy that means you are not sure so don't use him. Never go by what a guy tells you. Rarely are players going to tell a manager they can't go. It goes against their nature as competitors. As far as Fingers goes, he was primarily a one inning guy as a Brewer. He did go more than that occasionally if the situation dictated, but usually that meant coming in the 8th with men on base. The year the Brewers won in 1982, many games weren't close. If they won say 4 straight, generally at least 2 of those were blowouts.
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    Overlooked was the fact that after the game was tied, he left Gagne in to face another batter. Now I would assume he would never have used Gagne had the game stayed tied in extra innings, so there was no reason to leave him in there after the first two batters scored. Unless of course, you fail to get anyone else up for that possibility. But today's game wasn't the only bad move of the series. Keeping the shift on vs. Griffey in Friday's game with a 5-0 lead was ludicrous too. Any hitter's job in that situation is to get on base. Period. Inviting a guy to bunt for an easy base is a stupid move.
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    Ned's excuse (and we've heard this one before): "I asked him before the game if he could go and he said yes." So Ned deflects the blame off himself and back on to his reliever. He makes me sick. What do you think a closer or any competitor not named Sheets is going to say Ned? It's your job to know that 4 days in a row is a recipe for disaster.
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    Brewer record: 11 wins, 6 losses, 1 Yosted. Only surprise is it took until the 17th game of the year for first official Yosting.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    It's not like we weren't thinking it was a mistake before hand or that he didn't have rested options either.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    14 man pitching staff and Yost still can't manage it properly.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Yost should be fired for putting Gagne out there 4 days in a row. He's got nothing today.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Something tells me Stetter isn't going anywhere.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    DFA Turnbow already and eat the contract. It's not like he's earning his salary anyway. Buys a couple extra days for Sheets too.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    I think it's actually encouraging that they knew about the pain all week and still sent him out there. He said he felt the pain worst in the 3rd inning and not all that bad in innings 4 and 5. He clearly was able to pitch through it. He ended up with an easy night, got them a lead and they could afford to get him out early.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Frankly, sore or not sore all week he certainly looked fine throwing the ball. There's a lot in play here. Sheets doesn't want to jeopardize his next big contract, so the slightest soreness is going to get his attention. The Brewers on the other hand need him on the mound, and quite bluntly, don't really care if his arm falls off at the end of October. Back in the days of contract sanity, pitchers pitched with pain all the time. Most will tell you they were afraid if they didn't somebody would take their job.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Keeping the shift on in the 9th inning vs. Griffey almost cost them the game. That would have been on Ned. It's comparable to walking a hitter intentionally up 5 runs in the 9th. In other words, it's really, really dumb.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    The rotation pecking order beyond Sheets and Suppan to begin the season was Bush, Villanueva, Parra, in that order. The results of all 3 have been inconclusive. None has stepped out and made a strong case that he belongs above the other two. Therefore, assuming it's a starter that goes, my money is on Parra being optioned. That makes sense because Parra has the least major league experience of the three, and less AAA experience too. The Brewer website lists Villanueva as the starter on Monday, and "to be determined" Sunday and Tuesday. I figure they'll go with Yo Sunday, and just move back Bush to Tuesday. Before yesterday, I would have thought McClung was going to go. But 3 shutout innings saved him for now in my mind (and put Turnbow in real jeopardy). Stetter may or may not be a temporary callup, but I think they'd be a lot more comfortable sending down Parra if they had 2 lefties in the pen. That way Yost can have a quicker hook in games with teams having a stacked lineup of lefthanded hitters. Remember though it's still April. If either Parra or Villanueva goes down to Nashville, it's quite likely, even probable that whoever it is will be back at some point, sooner rather than later.
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