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Better than? He looked pretty good in the rotation two years ago. Last year he would have been a nice starter if his HR rate was down just a little bit even. Even last year he was a useful starter. Brewers were 16-14 in Anderson's starts. I get that management saw they had 3 potential young stud starters and wanted to give all 3 the opportunity to secure a spot. But so far, only one of the three has performed up to even the lowest of standards. What's Anderson doing in the pen, if they throw out washed up Matt Albers in a 0-0 game against the Dodgers instead of Anderson? Get Chase back in the rotation. At worst he's a better than average 5th starter, and if he reverts to his 16-17 form he's a mid rotation guy.
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When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
JohnBriggs12 replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
With Aguilar and Braun not hitting, they are extremely vulnerable against LHP. I'm about 10 days away from the point where I'd release Thames, bring up Hiura and move Shaw to 1B and let Aguilar earn his way back into the lineup in a platoon. -
I hated that trade when it happened and even called in and argued with Bill Michaels(the big unit) about it who touted it as a massive defensive upgrade over Logan Schafer(he was not in any way an upgrade). But moreover, I followed prospects more closely then and was a fan of Haniger. I didn't think much of Banda in particular and I certainly didn't expect Haniger to become a stud, I just thought it was a pointless trade. It looks so much worse in hindsight. Imagine our OF right now with Haniger in RF and Banda in our farm system. No Davies, but we could all live with that. That said, bad trades happen. Just ask the Marlins. Edit-For the record, I was a huge Clint Coulter fan and went to quite a few Appleton games just to watch him play....so not pretending to be some clairvoyant.[/quote Except for his injury riddled 2018, Davies has been a reliable middle of the rotation starter (and the ace so far in 2019). plus do you really think they'd have traded for Yelich if Haniger was here? Pointless? The Brewers were in 1st place when they traded away Haniger. They needed to upgrade the offense. Unfortunately, their core players all slumped down the stretch that year.
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He needs to "work through what is needed" in San Antonio. Right now he's lost confidence and throwing him out there 2 more times does him and the team no good. Chase Anderson is a proven major league caliber starting pitcher. There's absolutely no reason he shouldn't take Burnes' spot with Houser taking Peralta's for now.
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Time to get a deal done. Burnes/Peralta aren't the answers in 2019.
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Let Burnes work out his issues in San Antonio.
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Other than his hellish HR rate, Anderson's numbers in 2018 were fine. I think he's the logical guy to take the start and perhaps well more than one.
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My take on it is that they are worried that Pina isn't adjusting well to his limited playing time and Freitas has been productive in a limited role in AAA.
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I saw this guy throw in Arizona and he was quite impressive. He was very successful reliever for past 3 seasons in Japan. If Albers blows up at some point like he did last year or Wilson doesn't pan out, he's a logical guy to take a look at. At 31, he might be another Junior Guerra type story.
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With what they've invested elsewhere on this roster, they don't really have the luxury of waiting much beyond April for the 3 unproven guys to start showing some consistency. Yeah it might not be ideal for their development but this team is in it to win it. Anderson is waiting in the wings and if I had to bet, I'd bet he's in the rotation by Mother's Day. We'll see on Nelson, and the possibility of Kuechel.
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Agree wholeheartedly. When Knebel went down, it changed things in the pen. All the young starters are having trouble keeping hitters off their fastball. Their offspeed stuff just isn't up to par with top starters, and their breaking stuff is a mixture of hangers and pitches that are out of the zone out of their hand. I'd move both Burnes and Woodruff to the pen and insert Anderson and Houser until Kuechel is ready.
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I don't think this move quite falls into the merry-go-round category. Petricka missed making the team out of spring training by a razor thin margin. He's a veteran major league reliever. Williams struggled out of the gate. He didn't have that luxury. He'll have to earn his way back.
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That's quite extreme. And it's also why I'm not worried about him. Among the 76 starters with 10 IP that makes him 3rd in xFIP, just ahead of Scherzer and Cole. A 75% HR/FB rate is not sustainable to say the least; last year the highest among qualified starters was 18%. Burnes has a HR/9 of 5.40. In 2018, the highest was 2.15, and even that was quite a bit ahead of the 2nd highest at 1.67. I also wouldn't think a BABIP of .333 is likely to continue. What we're seeing early this season is a small sample of a notoriously noisy stat. K/BB numbers stabilize a lot sooner, and are much, much better indicators of future run prevention than ERA, HR rate or almost anything else. I know what I'll trust going forward. Except if he can't keep the ball in the park, or find a pitch he can get out LH hitters with, he's going to continue to have outings like his first two. Lefties are crushing him. His K/BB ration vs. LH hitters is 1 to 4. That won't work.
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Think this is something that will work itself out as the year goes on. I think at this stage Taylor is more prepared to help as a serviceable guy in the outfield. He doesn’t have the flash, power, and ceiling of Ray but he has less work to do in order to produce at MLB level. Ray has more to prove in terms of ability to make contact. On a competitive team like this, I want to go with a guy who has better chance to give good at bats and put ball in play. Narrative can change if Ray gets hot, hes taking walks like he did in game 1, and his K% is much improved. Ray has the ceiling to be electric! Just not ready to be impact right now Taylor's gotten a lot stronger as he matured and he's certainly more a power threat. It would not shock me if he hit 25 HR at AAA this year.
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The Brewers really could use a lefty in their rotation with big game experience. I like Woodruff and Burnes but either have the stuff to be high leverage relievers. They both have promise as starters but are likely to suffer growing pains getting through lineups multiple times.
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Just perused the prospects list. The Rodney Dangerfield "no respect" award goes to: Tie: Eddie Silva and Nate Greip, who both started the season in style.
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It's one thing to talk strike, it's quite another to get a majority of players (and their wives) to agree to surrender tens of thousands of dollars on the 1st and 15th of every month or get rookies and marginal players who finally are collecting big league checks (and may not for very long) to give them up after scraping by as minor leaguers for so long. With all that at stake for both owners and players, I'm confident they'll tweak the present system enough to avoid a strike. Talking about it two years in advance as if it's inevitable is silly.
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2019 Minor League Roster Forecast
JohnBriggs12 replied to And That's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
I have to think Nate Griep makes the San Antonio roster. The guy has 87 saves in last 3 seasons, looked good in big league games this spring and the major league roster is down two late inning relievers. At some point this season, he's a likely candidate for time in the Brewer pen. -
Need to get this Burnes to bullpen stuff out of your head. Besides a performance issue, he ain’t leaving the rotation. Maybe not Burnes, but Woodruff has the ideal stuff for late inning relief.
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They've lost a dominant closer and have an All Star setup guy who's velocity is down 6-8 mph. They've chosen to start the year with 3 talented but unproven starters. It's only natural that the fan base is feeling a little uneasy, especially after practically their entire staff couldn't keep the Cardinals off the board. We've seen this act before. What makes anyone expect Barnes and Williams to be anything but the inconsistent guys they've been in the past? Can they afford to keep both Burnes and Woodruff in the rotation? Does anyone really think that if they knew a couple months ago they'd be without Knebel for an entire year and Jeffress would feel the effects of a long season that they wouldn't make a stronger push to keep Miley or sign another veteran starter and leave either Burnes or Woodruff in the pen? Maybe Zach Brown needs to be groomed to relieve this year as did Burnes last year?
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Put in poker terms, the Brewers are already pot committed. Now's the time to unleash some of the profits they made in low payroll seasons of 16 and 17. They aren't locked in to paying Grandal or Moose beyond this year. One or both may have to be sacrificed in future years, but right now this pen is lacking.
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Bottom line is that if they don't sign Kimbrel and Knebel is out for the year, they have a huge hole in what was an area of strength last year. Given that I'm left to wonder if they'll stay committed to keeping both Woodruff and Burnes in the rotation. I don't have faith in Albers, Williams, Barnes etc as reliable late inning relievers. Remember it's not just Knebel and Jeffress who are gone. Soria got a lot of huge outs last year too. Having moments or some stretches of quality is fine but rolling the dice on these guys in a division as competitive as this one might cost them dearly.
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Exactly. Taylor Williams could be that guy. Think of some of the best closers we've had in the last decade. The Turnbow, Axford types. They weren't guys you were really counting on when they burst onto the scene. Williams has as good of stuff as just about anyone. And you can't afford to take Hader out of the role he's in now. What hurts the most about losing both of those guys is that you could count on one of them to come in and put out a fire earlier in a game....in the 5th or 6th inning and then the other was still there to close after Hader got you 4-5-6 outs. Taylor Williams has given no indication he's earned a high leverage late inning slot. He's got good but not great stuff by today's standards and his command wasn't good enough to stay in the big leagues much less handle the 7th or 8th innings. A -0.2 Career WAR doesn't get it done, and neither does 4.2 BB per 9 innings.
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I would be shocked if he doesn't get claimed by some team before the Brewers got a crack at him.
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It's understandable for a Packer fan to think that way because they've had such a rash of injuries particularly on defense the last couple seasons and they've parted ways with some veterans who were beyond their prime. But the fact is it's stars that get teams over the hump and they added solid but unspectacular veterans in FA to bolster overall talent on that side of the ball. I don't think they'll get a shot at Bosa at number 3, but if they think he's an impact All Pro disruptive defensive linemanm it might be time to roll the dice and hope that finally one of these years the core of the defense will stay intact an entire season.