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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Great. I've been saying the NBA was fixed for years only half joking.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Twins are now 9 back, 7 back in Wild Card. They might not quite be ready to throw in the towel but another bad week just might do it. Castillo would be the perfect rent a player.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    Games like yesterday, where he goes 6 relatively stress free innings with 89 pitches are one way to limit stress on his arm without focusing entirely on innings totals. Build him a nice lead, get him out of there an inning earlier and you save some wear and tear.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    Morris has been getting shelled as of late. No thanks. The title of this thread makes this a good place for my annual mention of another starting pitcher who in the past month has been considerably better than Morris, is considerably cheaper, and certainly available for the right price (which isn't much): Jamey Wright. Yes, that Jamey Wright who is 2-0 in July with an ERA of 1.38. I promise this will be my one and only post regarding JW.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    I would send down Weeks at this point before I'd send down Gross. Gross at least has the excuse of not seeing regular AB's most of the year. Let Rickie get his stroke against AAA pitching and then bring him back.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    The loss of Izturis helps their team chemistry. The Cubs got it going when they brought up Fontenot. Fontenot, Theriot and De Rosa have all been key components of their recent charge. Izturis was never close to being a team leader on this team. There's one more element to this deal. It makes room for Ronny Cedeno. Sure Cedeno struggled last year, but he had a stretch where he hit, and he's been scorching AAA this year: .362/.430/.559, .989 OPS.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    "Your entire post was about Hardy" Not exactly And That. I said in first post "right now our middle infield is terrible". That was right before I made a suggestion (just a suggestion mind you) about Hall as an infield (not specifically SS) solution. Besides, there's already a thread about Weeks. As for your saying the Brewers are committed to Hall in OF, I couldn't agree more. But the fact that Graffanino played LF last night shows the wheels are turning in management's heads right now trying to find solutions. It's nitty-gritty time now. Long range plans go out the window. It's what they do from now until October that counts.
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    Who said Hall would replace Hardy? I said IF, not necessarily SS. As for Hardy "hitting it well but right at the fielders", I must be watching a different game. I see a ton of routine groundballs and popups in the infield. And as for "undisciplined" hitting, I think that's true but not to the extent that he's up there just hacking at everything. Look, no pitcher in his right mind is going to nibble with Hardy and have to face Braun and Fielder back to back. So JJ has to look to be swinging. But I think he's up there trying to get that high fastball that he can drive all the time and he's not getting it so he takes thigh high and lower pitches early in the count that he could smash up the middle, then he gets behind and becomes undisciplined.
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    I only suggest Hall to infield because it's a lot easier to find an OF with some pop at the deadline than it is finding a middle infielder.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    .217/.299/.326. Ugh!. That hitting in front of two of the most dangerous hitters in baseball. We all knew JJ would cool off after his hot start but to this extent? I think we are seeing the effect of Hardy not playing full seasons. He seemingly "hit the wall" 200 AB's into this season. Right now our middle infield is horrible. Anyone thinking Bill Hall has perhaps not played his last game in the infield?
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Even in best case scenario, I don't expect Sheets back until September. If his finger is fully recovered in 4 weeks, it will take 2-3 rehab starts to extend his arm again. You can't sit around that long and not lose stamina in your arm.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Weeks is not going to snap out of it sitting on the bench, especially in favor of a guy who's just 2 for 16 himself this month. No, to win, they need the real Rickie Weeks. I thought he looked ready to break out a bit Friday and Saturday when he had a hit, 2 walks, and a SB. But having Graffanino hit for him and then having him sit Sunday seemed to have negated what confidence he might have gained in those two games.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Having snared a pair of outstanding tickets for tonight's game for well under face, I will be making the drive up from Cubdom to closely observe Mr. Vargas. I expect to be calling for the ML debut of Manny Parra around the 4th inning. Hopefully, Yost will have Gabe Gross in the lineup tonight who I have a strong hunch is ready to breakout against a pitcher who has allowed 11 HR in 43 2/3 innings. On the ROY tracker, for this series you might want to include Mark Reynolds, .277/.335/.529, 7 HR, 26 RBI. Yes his numbers don't quite measure up in this group but most years would have him contending. Besides, after his bomb last night, he might be trying to earn his way on the list so why give him more incentive?
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    Let me make a correction here. Gallardo logged 155 innings in 2006, not 145. That's a pretty significant difference. Bumping him by 20-25 innings would put him at 175-180. He's at 106 for this season. If he were inserted into the rotation and kept there the rest of the way, he'd make 14 more starts. At 6 innings per start, that's 84 more innings for a total of 190. To get to the "desired range", he'd need to skip 2 of starts, which could be easily done when Sheets returns just by moving guys up when there are off days or by moving him back to the bullpen for 2-3 weeks. As for the postseason, heck we don't know now if there will be a postseason. If there is, hopefully, it will be clinched with a week to 10 days left, and he can be saved some then. Remember this too. Innings totals do not tell the whole story. Pitch counts are a little more telling.
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    It's not bad news if the "further tests" don't find any additional damage. I would assume if he popped a tendon like Zumaya, it would have shown up in an MRI and he would have been in more pain than just when he was supplying pressure on an object like a baseball. As for Gallardo taking his starts, my guess is that when Sheets returns, Gallardo will go back to the pen for 2-3 weeks and his permanent return to rotation will get pushed back to mid August. Nationally, this news will prompt all the pundits to write off the Brewers. If Parra and Balfour perform well, it could end up being a net positive. If all goes well and Sheets returns in 2 weeks, he'll be that much stronger and fresh for the stretch.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Ash was quoted as saying Dessens would spend most if not all of the 30 days allotted for rehab in Nashville. They have to pay him anyway so I would assume he's just an insurance policy/AAA pitching coach who will work with the guys in Nashville.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Melvin didn't even bring up the Spurling (Sparky did later) situation. He said Parra is waiting in Nashville until Sheets MRI results are known. Sounds to me like they are indeed concerned that Sheets may end up on DL.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    A lot has to do with how he played last year which was awful. For what he is, he's been okay this season. Not great. Not bad. Just OK. He's gotten some key hits. He can look real bad defensively from time to time though and that doesn't endear him to fans. There's probably nobody out there available who would be much of an upgrade unless Jermaine Dye would suddenly turn back into the player he was last year.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    "A decade of having a true ace v Kerry Wood/Mark Prior." Nice that you and Ned have such a clear crystal ball Chio. Withholding 20 innings insures exactly what? Answer: Nothing. Not one extra year, certainly not 10. Kerry Wood was abused as a high schooler. Furthermore he has a delivery that would have likely hurt his arm no matter how many innings he pitched. Everyone thought Mark Prior had the perfect body and delivery (compared to Tom Seaver). No baseball experts predicted he'd have serious arm problems. Look, saving some innings for a young pitcher is a good thing but it's a luxury for a team that may not be able to afford a such a luxury if their current ace goes down for a length of time. Besides, all innings are not the same. Gallardo threw fewer pitches in 4 2/3 last night than Sheets did in 3 1/3. If his innings were properly managed, you could protect the strain on his arm.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Why is Yost more concerned about 20 or so innings for Gallardo (which may make absolutely no difference to him) rather than a franchise's first playoff appearence in a quarter of a century?
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Big time gut check win. Definitely in top 5 of the season. I kind of wish Ned would have let Weeks bat there. He's been doing some good things the last two nights and I had a feeling he was going to be the one. But I'll take Graffy.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    I know the reason Yost gave. That doesn't make it the correct one. You just cannot ignore the recent form. Bush would have been a better choice off recent form.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Peaveyfury, Capuano isn't "struggling a bit". The Brewers are 0-9 in his last 9 starts, just 2 of which were quality starts and in which 5 of the 9, he hasn't gotten past the 4th inning. That's struggling big time. Stick him in the pen. Go with the guy who is 3 for 3 in quality starts, and worry about preserving his innings after the division is clinched.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    With 7 guys to choose to start the first game after the break, Yost opts for the guy who hasn't started a Brewer win in over 2 months. As for Maddux, in what has become almost laughable for it's frequency, another visit to the mound was followed up almost immediately by a home run. From my perspective, the bloom is off the rose for Maddux. Stan Kyles where are you?
  25. JohnBriggs12
    There's an old baseball axiom. When a pitcher gets in trouble he needs to throw softer not harder. Capuano is a bulldog type. He gets mad and tries to throw harder. That takes away movement and control. Last night he was hitting 90 frequently. When Capuano is at his best, he tops out at 86-87. As for Villanueva, well if a changeup pitcher can't get strikes called on knee high fastballs, it totally negates the effectiveness of his change. Hitters leave alone anything down in the zone. Also working against Villanueva is that he's on pace for 110 relief innings. That's an awful lot of bullpen innings in this age of baseball.
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