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  1. JohnBriggs12
    He isn't paying attention. A couple weeks ago when Gallardo was already making starts, he uttered something like "nobody knows how long Gallardo will be out". How on earth can he not notice that Turnbow is barely hanging on to a roster spot much less pitching in anything resembling a close game. He also predicted the Cubs would have comfortable lead by the end of April because of an easy schedule. As for the Cardinals, unless you believe journeymen like Eric Ludwick and Skip Schumaker are suddenly above average major league corner OF, or that Braden Looper and Kyle Lohse are All Star caliber starters, they still don't figure to be more than a 75-80 win team. I'm still not buying that bullpen either.
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    If Parra and Villanueva were established starters, nothing would be said after two shaky but not horrendous starts. Add in the Gallardo return hanging over their heads to pitching in a major league rotation from the beginning of a season for the first time and not much run support, and there is some added pressure. But if you don't commit to a guy after 3 good starts, you don't give up on a guy that quickly either. Both have stuff to get major league hitters out and over the course of the season are going to turn in a number of very good starts. That's not to say they won't send either of those guys down to make room for Gallardo. Parra in particular has very little experience at AAA so it might not hurt him to make some starts down there but I'd bet neither of those two (Villy and Parra) will get fewer than a dozen major league starts this season. They may rotate guys in and out of those 4th and 5th spots a few times even depending on teams they are playing.
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    Didn't somebody start a thread earlier in the week about the need for a 2nd lefty in the pen and specifically for use against lefty dominated teams? On those occasions where my posts are acted upon soon after, I always get the feeling I should be on retainer. Oh well I do miss more than my fair share too. If I had to guess, I'd say the moves to be made will be Parra back to AAA for time being once Gallardo is activated. It could be Villanueva, but I think they'll give him a slight edge just on experience for now. I think they'll stick with Bush in the rotation too. I think McClung might have bought himself time by throwing gas and controlling it today. The Gwynn move to rehab is indeed a time buying move. I hope Turnbow and Gross didn't sign long term leases this season. This move also indicates Kapler is healthy and will play every day in CF until Cameron is back.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    Off the deck win. Sheets goes tomorrow. All's right for now.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    Veggie burgers for everyone!
  6. JohnBriggs12
    I'd put in Bush to PR here. No need now.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    Well Kapler was hitting but couldn't stay clear of the wall in warmups. Gwynn was hitting too, before he was DL'd for 15 days, 10 of which he's been perfectly healthy.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    52 AB's and counting for Prince.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    How bad is it when Counsell is your best hitter?
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Time to shake things up. Next inning plant one in Pujols ribcage (not that I'm advocating it) and get a brawl started. Maybe that's whats needed to wake up this sleepy team.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Fielder is setting vegetarianism for athletes back by generations. The "competition" for the rotation is turning into attrition. Of course who can blame these guys with zero offensive support for trying to be too fine?
  12. JohnBriggs12
    I like the chances today, not just because of the lineup though. I've observed over time that teams that score late in games the night before, even if they come up short, will often follow that up with a good offensive effort the next day. Conversely, barely hanging on to win like the Cardinals did last night is often a precursor to a cold spell.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    I think it goes beyond numbers to a certain point. Molitor (aka The Ignitor) used to feast on first pitch fastballs. Just that aggressiveness especially in the first AB of a game often set a tone. Now Molly never had great walk numbers, but you can't argue that he wasn't a great leadoff hitter nontheless. He put the pitcher on the defensive, not the other way around. Now if Weeks' had no success going after first pitches I could understand, but as infrequently as he does, he does find success. He put the first pitch of the game from Ted Lilly on to Waveland in game 2 of season.
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    I'm thinking it's time to get Mike Rivera a start.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    tosabrewer's points are excellent. Hart should be batting 5th, and taking 88 mph fastballs belt high in the middle of the plate is not patience. I'm concerned and annoyed they are not hitting but not yet to the point of worry. It's a lot less enjoyable watching futility at the plate than it is watching a team that is hitting. But I look at days during the season as milestones. If by Mother's Day, a team hasn't strung a nice 10 day stretch of offense at some point, it's time to worry. The W/L record is only important now in relation to your opponents. You don't want this young team staring at a 5+ game deficit on June 1st.
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    I wasn't excited about the Cameron signing for one reason. They needed a left handed bat. Not a lefthanded bench bat like Gross (who looks to me like he's worthless even as a bench player at this point), but a bona fide threat from the left side. There were guys out there. Everybody laughed when I brought up Cliff Floyd. Floyd is hitting .333/.412/.800 and was available cheap. The value of having several lefthanded bats was shown last night when even though Bush was throwing fairly well, mediocre lefthanded hitters like Schumaker and Ankiel bit him. Of course the trade off was improving the defense. While it's improved, in the key position of SS, we still have a guy with no range.
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    Borowski's been awful. His fastball is being clocked at 83 and he's complaining of a tired arm. Their options are Betancourt, Kobayashi, Jensen Lewis, Rafael Perez, or Jorge Julio. Some decent arms there but nothing that stands out. Either way they go, if they put Borowski on the DL, they are going to have to do some shuffling near the back end.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Ash mentioned it's a one of those deals where if he's not called up in 2 months, he can walk. I see it as a low risk move and an indication that there is very starting pitching depth at Nashville.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I agree with rluzinski. HR's tend to come in bunches but I'm still seeing Braun swing at ball 4. He did it a lot last year (his only real weakness) and he's not goint to get pitches to hit even ahead in counts if he keeps expanding the zone.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    The trouble with McClung even as stictly a mopup guy is that he often doesn't throw strikes. If you're getting blown out or up by 7 or more runs and want to rest the other bullpen arms the last thing you need is for the game to drag on by putting guys on base.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Quality of the type you are referring too is hard to find for guys who cover the 6th and 7th innings. The Brewers have experienced quality arms in the pen, but they aren't lights out guys. The 8th inning situation where Mota was facing Delgado screamed for a lefty. Mota got out of it (barely), but I'd rather face a guy like Delgado (career .995 OPS vs. RHP; .787 vs. LHP) with a lefty. It goes without saying you want your lefty to be capable, but I think Stetter (who's now 27) has paid his dues and shown he's capable.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    The series vs. the Reds and the Mets exposed the weaknesses in the Brewer bullpen. Both of those teams have a lot of lefthanded thunder in their lineups. There are other teams out there that do too. On any given day, lineups like that can do what the Reds did to Bush and the Mets did to Suppan this week. But the Brewers have just one lefty in the bullpen and no true long man. They also have 2 guys filling slots that are not trusted right now in tight situations. Now the long man issue should be solved with the return of Gallardo, and the replacement of McClung as "long man" presumably by Bush. But on days when the pen needs to log 4 or more innings, it would make Yost's job a lot easier if he had a second lefty to counter a lefty laden lineup. I believe Stetter is ready to handle that role though Choate at some point could figure in as well. The problem is opening up the spot in the pen now held by Turnbow.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Shouse slipped and fell on a pitch. He got back up and retired the hitter.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Biggest win of season so far! Put Sheets back in his hermetically sealed bubble. Maybe now the national media will shut up about Gagne for now.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    If Hart doesn't pick it up by then, I could see Kapler getting time in RF once in a while.
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