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  1. JohnBriggs12
    He looks like he's locked in. Braun's still great at shooting outside half fastballs hard into RF. He need to forget about trying to pull hard stuff at his advanced age with that tree he uses as a bat.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Counsell needs to stop pulling starters at around 80 pitches or this staff is toast. Gio, Davies, and Chacin are all capable on good days of pitching into the 7th inning. Woodruff isn't quite as efficient but he too can handle 105-110 pitches. He's not a kid. He's a big strong guy.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    You always have to take pitching performances with a grain of salt when games go beyond 10 or 11 innings. Hitters become tired, and change their approach trying to hit HR. Advantage goes to pitchers the longer games go.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    If he can get his fastball to tick up to 97-98 out of the pen, theoretically he can get by with more mistakes in the zone.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    Gamel has more value to the Brewers than Santana would. He's the ideal 4th outfielder. He puts the bat on the ball, he can run and though he doesn't hit many HR, he's a double machine.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    Here's the deal. When you break in as a starter, you have to perform whether you're with a contender or a team rebuilding or they'll send you back to minors and try someone else. That's why proven starting pitchers make the big bucks. Burnes didn't have to be great out of the gate, but he needed to be better than awful. He needs to be shuffled back and wait for his next turn and when he gets it, he better be adequate because those opportunities aren't endless. If this proves anything, it's that spin rates are overrated.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    What's the story with this guy? Suddenly at 28, he's a right handed Josh Hader? Bio says he was Brewer 32nd round pick in 2012, but never pitched an inning in Brewer organization. Didn't get to affiliated ball until 2015? Price would be high if he keeps this up and I'm sure Marlins would ask the moon but will be interesting if he becomes available.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    I saw him pitch a perfect inning in Arizona. There wasn't any radar readings but he clearly showed a live arm but more impressive was his mound presence. If you didn't know better, you'd have figured he was a major league pitcher and not some fringy guy.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    I agree. Anderson is best suited starting. Unless the idea is to free up Woodruff to be a late inning high leverage guy, I'd leave the rotation as is for now.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Schoop is doing fine starting for a first place team in Minnesota. He was in Baltimore organization a long time. I think he wanted to succeed with Brewers, but it was a culture shock to be sure and the Brewers were not in a position to keep putting him out there until he got comfortable.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    "3 good pitchers(Hader Guerra Claudio) out of 8 not gonna cut it, imo." I'd love Kimbrell too. It's not my money. But they can still look at a Jay Jackson who's been perfect at AAA or Deolis Guerra, who has some decent major league experience too. And they can hope Taylor Williams finds his groove or have Burnes re-emerge as a bullpen arm. I think the Alex Wilson experiment should be over. Albers still scares me every time he's out there but he's less bad enough to stick around for a few more weeks at least.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    He does have an $11 million mutual option for 2020. Given his experience the last two years, both sides might be able to agree on that. But room has to be made for a consensus top 20 prospect who's tearing up AAA in the lineup.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    That’s 2-3 months away. Can we really go that long with zero high lev. Arms besides Hader? Guerra's been fine. I think he'll be getting a lot more high leverage innings. Cubs and Cardinals haven't played each other yet, and should beat each other up enough to keep the division within reach. More offense up and down the lineup would help as would starters capable of going 6 innings.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Freitas is an extremly weak hitting catcher. He looks to be either AA or AAA backup material. Actually Freitas isn't a bad hitter at all. He had a .955 OPS in 39 games in AAA last year and has a .996 OPS so far this year between Tacoma and San Antonio.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    I can't believe Petricka was the one DFA'd and not Wilson. Except for a couple outings in the first 10 days of the season, Wilson's been horrible, yet Counsel still throws him out there with a lead. Hoping Jackson replaces Wilson in the next couple of days.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    When I was in Arizona for spring training last year, I played golf at the course where Jim Slaton is a regular and lives off the 10th fairway. The guy at the desk in the pro shop seems surprised when I told him Slaton won more games than any Brewer pitcher and that I was disappointed he wasn't around that day. Davies has a shot, but it's a long shot.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Go back to that and if Aguilar gets hot and Thames goes cold, reassess. Right now they are getting nothing out of too many hitters. Aguilar isn't alone. Shaw's been almost as bad. Maybe the idea of playing Shaw primarily against LH batters in spring might have backfired big time. He can't hit either lefties or righties now.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Thames should be playing vs. RHP virtually every day until Aguilar starts showing he's out of his funk. Certainly they need to ride any sign that Thames is locked in. They might have to go out and get a bat at the deadline assuming they can hang in the race.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    It's obvious he's having to start his swing a click early to get to good fastballs. As a result, he's flailing at bad breaking pitches that he used to be able to lay off. He needs a lighter bat in his mid 30's or his career might be over. He's fine if he guesses off speed and the the pitcher hangs it a bit but hard stuff that isn't right in his happy zones and breaking balls when he's guessing fastball are making him look old.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Wilkerson doesn't fit the normal profile. He went undrafted and didn't get to affiliated ball until he was 25. Yet he's had considerable success at the upper levels of the minor leagues and in very small major league sample he's got a nice WHIP of 1.157. For a rebuilding team not wanting to rush prospects or spend money for mediocre veterans to be stopgaps, he makes a lot of sense. Because he's 30, you don't worry about him logging too many innings either. That doesn't add up to much trade value, but as an extra piece he can be used.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    The goal is winning a championship. You go with the guys most capable of delivering. Anderson is a proven major league starter. So is Nelson, assuming he's fully healthy and so is Gio. Peralta and Burnes to this point are works in progress and should be pitching in AAA until a need arises. Chances are, a need will arise. Because both Peralta and Burnes have relatively high ceilings, it was worth giving them a shot out of the gate to see if they were ready. Neither grabbed it but by no means does having them spend time at AAA mean the Brewers have given up on them.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Aguilar, Shaw and Braun haven't hit a lick. Two out of their three young starters stumbled badly out of the gate and they are still 3 games over against a very tough schedule in the opening month.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Source? Just an educated guess, with degrom at best out for extended period of time and Mets not with any depth in starters. I suppose they could go gio. Gio put himself in a good position no doubt and might get multiple offers, but Brewers should be able to be competitive with an offer.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    This is a no-brainer. Sign Gio, DFA Albers... Anderson back to the pen. I'd have Anderson and Gio in the rotation replacing Burnes and Peralta.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    To be fair to Counsell, not sure he expected Burnes to be THAT bad. Exactly and if the rest of the rotation had been stellar, they might have been able to be more patient, but they simply couldn't. He desperately needs to get his confidence back or figure out if he's tipping pitches because he's been getting hit hard and his head is spinning.
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