Ennder
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I just watched him pitch. When he came back from his injury his mechanics were off, he didn't have nearly as much power in his lower half and his command never recovered. He looked like a different guy. Injuries are part of baseball, all kinds of careers get derailed by them and it isn't always just career ending or nagging things. Regardless it is hard to say that Woodruff is the best since Sheets when he isn't clearly above Gallardo yet, it is too early. Gallardo was a success for the Brewers.
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I would quibble with this a little bit. They certainly have a bad track record, no issue with that. Gallardo was a good pitcher whose career was derailed by an early injury. He was never the same after that injury against the Cubs, never had close to the same command from that point on. He still posted an ERA+ of 108 or better for 9 of his first 10 seasons. He certainly is better than Woodruff at this point. I don't think the pen was a big weakness way back in spring training. Jeffress has been bad and Knebel got hurt which really diluted it. This was a really bad trade deadline to go for it hardcore, people don't like it but it is true. Not making big moves was the smart approach here. I still don't like what we did mind you. Aguilar is better than his stats suggest this season and Pomeranz is just not a good target even if Dubon doesn't turn out to be much.
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This statement is so awful that I have to call it out. Hader is not hitting his spots, the difference here is Hader, not the league. nobody figured him out, he just lost his control. By saying this it is just clear you aren't actually watching the games because nothing about this is about players adjusting to Hader, it is 100% about his control. Gonzalez's HR was on a low-middle fastball with no movement. Gonzalez is a primo low fastball hitter. I mean, the dots are easy to connect. If you think that is where Hader meant the pitch to be you are living in la la land. That pitch wasn't within 5 feet of where it was mean to be. His control is just completely gone at this point. This literally has nothing at all to do with the league adjusting to Hader, zero, zip, nada. He isn't getting his pitches where he wants them, he isn't hitting his spots anywhere like he has in the past, this has nothing to do with the league. -
This statement is so awful that I have to call it out. Hader is not hitting his spots, the difference here is Hader, not the league. nobody figured him out, he just lost his control. By saying this it is just clear you aren't actually watching the games because nothing about this is about players adjusting to Hader, it is 100% about his control.
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How does this loss column work in your mind? Explain, please. I, for one, look at the loss column as a secondary thing after record and games behind/ahead because those losses are games that you simply can't get back. It is Never too early to look at the loss column and games played because it gives a better view of how things actually are in a playoff race. The loss column doesn't start to matter until one team can realistically come close to winning out. Until that point the simple games back is all that matters. The Brewers have 45 games left to play and are 2.5 games back right now. Unless you think the Cubs are going to go like 40-5 over that stretch the loss column just has no meaning at all yet. The games back is all that matters. If this were still say April and the Brewers were 2.5 games back with 140 games to go nobody would be quoting the loss column so clearly at some point the loss column doesn't matter. Someone could probably do the math to find the perfect number but for me it is likely somewhere in the 20's for games left. If the Brewers are 2.5 games back with say 22 games to play, even if they play an insane 18-4 over that stretch the fact they are 3 games back in the loss column could still make them miss the playoffs. By the time we are at say 10 games to go the loss column is just huge. But at 46 games left to go it has no real meaning.
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Anyone bringing up the loss column doesn't get how this works, it is still way too early for that to matter. It isn't very likely that the Brewers take the central just because they are behind 2 teams. The Cubs are not a very good team though so not like they will be hard to catch. Just a matter of which team gets hot in a small sample.
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Sometime in the past 5-6 years a glut of uber pessimistic posters came to the site and it just makes it hard to take it stomach coming here. It is unfortunate but it is true. There is still a plenty good shot at the Brewers making the playoffs this year, saying it is over is just silly. They have to play well which in a small sample like 50ish games any team in baseball can do. They haven't put themselves in a great spot but if the season ended today they would be a wild card team, no reason that can't hold the rest of the season.
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Burnes alone has raised the entire teams ERA by 0.12. Just removing him makes things look a lot better. If Burnes hadn't pitched an inning all year we are at 4.52 which puts us 15th in baseball for team ERA. One other thing to keep in mind is runs are up league wide. The stats should look a little uglier this year.
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His plate discipline doesn't effect his K rate. He hits junk softly. To walk, you have to take at least 4 pitches. He's seen 5 total tonight. Braun's hard hit% the past 2 seasons are career highs, his soft hit% is the lowest of his career this season, this simply is not the case. He has hit the ball on the ground a little bit more which is an issue though. It isn't extreme and again it is just in the past year and a half. The concept that this is a long term trend simply is not true.
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Woodruff had a 5.81 ERA on April 21st, that is probably why people thought he struggled. The peripherals were better than that though.
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While it is easy to just say Lyles sucks the truth is he was quite good this year until he hurt his hamstring in late May, then he was just awful. There is actually a decent chance that he is an ok pitcher who just got hurt. He had a 3.64 ERA and 3.71 FIP before he got hurt. 11.50 ERA, 8.73 FIP since the injury.
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Braun's K% and BB% have been pretty steady over his career. They took a small hit last season and a much bigger hit this season. It is definitely more of a recent trend and not a long term one. This season has been a clear outlier for his plate discipline and my guess is it will stick and not just be a one season thing.
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Yeah but they are fat. I’ve never seen a guy with Hardy body type and who actually gets paid to play a sport be that fricking slow. I still don’t understand it It might not make you understand but go watch Jose Martinez play in the field for the Cardinals. So much body movement and so little progress. Some guys just aren't built to run for some reason.
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It certainly did not age well and I'm not saying that just because the remake was so bad~.
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Nobody was as slow as jj hardy This is true. Every member of the Molina family says hi.
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I find it really odd that you would blame the pitching coach. Davies and Anderson are as good or better than they were last season. Woodruff has been very solid. Peralta has been about the same. Hader has been about the same. Gio has pitched well. Corbin Burnes and Chacin being bad are really the two focal points of the pitching. Burnes had no real track record so I can't blame that on the coach. Chacin had one good season that the peripherals didn't support. There is just so little narrative to support any of this being the coaches fault. I will quote myself from March in this thread even though the first line makes me look really bad~. We either knew or should have known that the rotation was a weakness going into the season, has nothing to do with the coach.
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I think they said almost 70 players switched teams today, if you add in the few deals earlier in the week it is probably more like 90 this week.
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Defensive replacement for Schwarber late in the game if nothing else. Probably the only guy in baseball I can say that about~.
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Those prospects are all better than anyone in the Brewers system right now. I think this shows exactly why we had no chance at a true impact pitcher. Now maybe we could have gotten a Sanchez or Leake but those aren't going to change the season much.
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With all of the trades that came in late I don't think this was a bad deadline at all. I do think it makes more sense to move it back a week or two though if you get too close to september callups I think teams will be less likely to trade as well.
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Jesus Aguilar to Tampa, Jake Faria to MIL
Ennder replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Shaw already did. Just gives us a little more freedom elsewhere, probably the bullpen. -
That horse is still twitching. You keep on beating that thing until it's a pulp! Let me ask you, are you satisfied with the rotation right now?? Is it division winning quality to you?? I'll hang up and listen to your answer The rotational piece you want means trading Hiura. There really isn't anything else in the system worth enough. I do not want to trade Hiura. Basically you are asking for something that isn't possible.
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I think he fits much better in a pitchers park as well.
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Jesus Aguilar to Tampa, Jake Faria to MIL
Ennder replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Where is the upside? 5.73 FIP this year, 5.08 last year. Walks a ton of guys and isn't anywhere close to being a closer. Another hugely under-whelming move by Stearns. His stats have been so all over the place it is really hard to know what he is. His AAA stat line this season is pretty good and shows at least some upside. Not really going to judge him by 10 IP in the majors in 2019. He just looks like a failed starter who might be a good RP at this point. Considering we traded a guy who isn't even playing full time and is a negative defensively I don't see this as some sort of huge deal. I can't really give this trade anything but a C for a grade. -
Are you suggesting Tanner Roark was the solution? He really isn't very good either.
