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Link Report for Games of Saturday, May 30th
tyguy20204 replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Do we have any info on Daniel Meadows? He's been very impressive so far, at least statistically. My internet connection doesn't allow me to stream audio, so if anyone has listened to the broadcasts and has heard the scoop on Meadows, it'd be cool to learn some more. Thanks. -
Angel Salome has 102 ABs in Nashville, with a .307 OBP. Given the small sample, it would take what, four of his outs turned into hits/walks in order to get his OBP up to the .342 neighborhood? It's really not worth speaking of. We all know Salome was playing with lingering injuries at the beginning of the year, give him a chance to get into a groove before you judge him. I'm not saying he's going to repeat his numbers from AA - the BABIP for that year suggests he ran into a bit of luck - but I do think he'll improve on his performance from this year.
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There's no offense to wake up. McGehee is probably going to be at best mediocre, Cameron is coming back down to earth, Hall stinks against righties, Hart has no pitch recognition, and Jason Kendall is a black hole.
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What is wrong with Jeremy Jeffress?
tyguy20204 replied to paul253's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
I haven't seen him pitch, but I'm guessing he doesn't repeat his delivery in a consistent manner. -
It's obvious from Macha's quotes that Hall has to prove to him that he can hit righties. If Hall doesn't hit them, which he won't, then Macha won't hesitate to PH for him in the future. It's a good clubhouse thing to give Hall the chance, though, and I think Macha understands that.
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Options to replace Weeks
tyguy20204 replied to fondybrewfan's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Can Ian Stewart play 2B? I see he's been shuffling around quite a bit in the Rockies defense, is that because he stinks on the field or is it because they feel they can get more value out of him as a utility player? If he can play 2B, he might be an option, although he'd be riskier than some others in that he doesn't have a storied background. -
Hopefully it wouldn't turn out to be a Billy Hall type of situation.
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There has been several articles now about Lawrie's solid defense. That's awesome.
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Sorry guys, but there's no way that they bring Gamel up and start him at 1b for the week. It would pretty much be a debacle as far as clubhouse chemistry goes. Yes, I know that you'll counter with the fact that clubhouse chemistry means nothing...but come on, you don't bring up a rookie that's never played 1b before and sub him in for your all-star 1b. Prince might not be good defensively, but he takes pride in being able to field his position. You won't see it happen. Zero chance.
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Why is Wooten still in Brevard?!
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Pretty good article from ESPN discussing the benefits of plate discipline and the difficulty in teaching players to have quality at-bats. Jerry Crasnick: Plate Discipline I highly recommend reading the whole article, but here's the bit from J.J. It's interesting that this year all the Brewers seem to be touting plate discipline, especially Dale Sveum's teaching of it, when Ned was harping on that same issue last year. Did Yost simply have problems communicating his message without being arrogant? I can see him telling the players they need to walk more, but not explaining the whole idea behind it. Maybe Sveum is a little more nuanced with his teachings. So what do you guys think? Can you teach plate discipline, and if so, how do you do it? Are some players simply going to learn it as a natural evolution of their ballplaying skills? Examples from the article would be Jose Reyes and Orlando Hudson. Are some players doomed to failure? Jeff Francouer, Corey Patterson, Brandon Phillips? Is taking walks a by-product of being a good hitter or is being a good hitter a result of being able to take walks? Should certain levels of the Brewers minor league system institute a policy where players must take pitches before they swing? In the article it says Oakland does this for rookie and Class A ball. Do you think Jeff Francouer will be able to "find it" ?
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It'd be nice to have a manager who would PH for their offensively-challenged catcher. Edit - I realize now that the bench is thin, anyway, so it wouldn't be an option even if Macha had wanted to. My bad.
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LaPorta hit his first major league home run in tonight's game against Toronto, putting the Indians up, at least for the time being.
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I don't necessarily agree with that.
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Yeah, you could definitely make those arguments (Wisconsin and pogokat), and you might be right, but I wouldn't mind seeing him transitioned in as a bench player to start, especially if the season wears on, we're in contention, and it's evident that the bench is a problem area.
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For what it's worth, I think Gamel will be called up when they're sure that he'll no longer qualify for Super 2 status. That way they'll have a quality LH pinch-hitter (Sorry, Brad) and someone to spell Billy Hall with from time to time.
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According to my calculations, Fielder is on his way to 129.6 walks.
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You know, Bill and Brian said that, but I think he was actually trying to get him out, he just couldn't locate.
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Good question, that was an absolutely doofus move by Macha, unless I'm overlooking something. The guy can't hit lefties, period. Don't set him up to fail. And I agree about the booing. Tasteless.
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Nelson is not even near being on the level of Hardy, Hart, and Fielder. Nelson's mediocre numbers came on the second go-around of AAA during his age 26 season. Do you think that if we left any one of those trio in AAA for four years they would only put up a mid .800 OPS? I'll be the first to admit that since you've seen Brad play 30+ times at Nashville, you likely do have a better grasp on what type of player he is than I do. I'm making an argument based on his minor league numbers and his at-bats this season. It is possible that he will be a "fine" bench player. TooLiveBrew: There's ample evidence that your point is a reaction based on a small sample. The chance that Nelson has suddenly forgotten how to have plate discipline is next to none. Fair enough, but my initial response was a mere fragment of my overall analysis, which I then followed up with.
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I know it's not much of a problem. What is a problem, in my mind, is that he only brings with him one asset, and that asset has yet to be proven at the major league level. I agree that theoretically Nelson should be decent against right-handed pitchers. But that's all he brings to the table, and since he has yet to bring even that to the table, it's fair-game to question him. Look, I like Brad Nelson, and I hope he succeeds, I'm just not as high on him as some of you guys are.
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Because playing in Triple A is a lot easier than playing in the majors.
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I've seen his minor league numbers, and they're not all that impressive. I mean, hitting .286/.380/.480 at Triple A Nashville doesn't translate all that well. The highest projection I've seen for him is from Marcel, and they have him at .345/.425 for an OPS of .770. The other projections have him at the lower .700 range for an OPS. But let's be optimistic and take the higher end. A .770 OPS from a bench player isn't terrible, in fact it's pretty good, but when that player lacks any other dimensions to his game, it's hard for me to get excited. And if you check out Nelson's minor league splits, he really can't hit lefties at all - .508 OPS against in 2006, .623 OPS against in 2007, and .686 OPS against in 2008. So if we're going to have a bench player that really can't field all that well, can only hit against right-handers (.308/.399/.525 last year in AAA), and has no speed, then Brad Nelson is your man. Not to mention that he doesn't have a major league track record at all. Many players with better, much better, numbers in AAA have failed at the major league level. So, for these reasons, he'll have to prove to me that he can hit. And from watching him play so far, all I can see is that he can't hit a breaking ball.
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Forget about small sample size, what has to be disconcerting is his terrible plate discipline. Anyone who has watched his at bats cannot honestly say that he has looked good up there. He's swinging at too many junk pitches for me to say that it's simply a product of small sample size.
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Anundsen has a pretty good game going through 7 2/3, if anyone's interested. Edit - Through 8, now.