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  1. liveforoctober
    Frelick strikes out once every 8.5 at bats... It is the 8th best k% in all of baseball. Of all things to pick on him for... Strike zone awareness is not it.
  2. liveforoctober
    I was going to comment after the first out that his pitch count might limit Harrison to 5 ... But that was a quick inning.
  3. liveforoctober
    What am I watching. I know Miz is our best pitcher but ...
  4. liveforoctober
    Babe Bauers strikes again. That contract next winter just keeps getting bigger.
  5. liveforoctober
    I don't have a horse - just adding data. This season.. Yelich batting: 1st - .308/.379/.346 OPS+ 102 3rd - .289/.325/.316 OPS+ 74 4th - .244/.333/.622 OPS+ 152 Turang batting: 1st - .271/.402/.500 OPS+148 2nd - .259/.375/.770 OPS+99 3rd - .289/.441/.511 OPS+ 156 To be fair, Yelich has only been leading off for a week (7 games I think) so his numbers there are super volatile still.
  6. liveforoctober
    Ironically the best hitter this year against LHP between Ortiz, Hamilton, and Rengifo has been Hamilton (albeit less than 30 at bats thus far). We don't need to continue to go back and forth .. a lot of posters here have been lumping Hamilton into the same convo a Rengifo/Frelick/Ortiz/Perkins as far as disappointments go and it has really confused me so I trigger on it. Like I said I appreciate your contributions to the board. I would just offer if we are very open to someone being the long part of a straight platoon at a season's start as implied then we are not asking him to replace an everyday player. I'll let you respond and have the last word and then we can both watch Bunty go 2-4 tonight w/ 2 runs scored without having the ball leave the infield.
  7. liveforoctober
    This part can't be true because then signing Rengifo doesn't makes sense. Rengifo has played 11 total innings at SS now over the last 2+ seasons so he wasn't brought in the be a realistic utility guy. If the Brewers thought of Hamilton as their everyday 3B they wouldn't sign Rengifo to be the backup and then only play him at 3B. If they brought in Rengifo to split time with Hamilton at 3rd then they didn't get Hamilton to replace our everyday 3B.
  8. liveforoctober
    I appreciate the article and your effort but Hamilton has been everything he was supposed to be from the start of the season. Your very first sentence is inaccurate -> "even though he’s been far from the Brewers’ most productive position player" ... Hamilton has the 4th highest bWAR of any Brewers position player. Besides our two MVP candidates in Brice and Bill and the semi surprise run from Bauers ... he actually has been THE most productive position player. As a backup. As a light hitting backup. As a bottom of the order light hitting backup. He isn't a power hitter so his OPS numbers are always going to have a ceiling. It isn't his fault he has had to play 25% more than he is supposed to because our 3B and SS have struggled so much offensively. His BA, OBP, and OPS would all look better if Rengifo and Ortiz didn't both slump out of the gate and he could be protected more often like half of the roster. He gives up at bats too! Selflessly, almost to a fault, he is advancing runners every chance he gets for the top of the order to drive in. He causes absolute chaos on the basepaths... more so than anyone we have had since probably Gomez. If anyone is expecting .300/.400/.500 from David Hamilton you are mistaken on what he is built to do. He was brought in to be an upgrade to Monasterio and he has been that and so much more. An absolute asset to the team... just need to allow him to play his role and not force him into the lineup 4-5 times a week because of deficiencies ahead of him.
  9. liveforoctober
    Rengifo wincing? Did he pull something stretching for that single? Did he just force a call up himself?
  10. liveforoctober
    Ortiz must be losing his mind with all of these bases loaded opportunities and he is on the bench.
  11. liveforoctober
    They are not going to give Brice a chance at the cycle. 8 straight balls since his triple.
  12. liveforoctober
    FRELICK OPS OVER .600 ALERT.
  13. liveforoctober
    They made Roupp eat that whole thing. Tough for him.
  14. liveforoctober
    Also, Rock mentioned Erickson and I realized I haven't had a "why are we sending him?!" moment yet I don't think? Have any of you hiccupped at a Matt Erickson move yet?
  15. liveforoctober
    Good opportunity for Drohan. Don't think... just throw.
  16. liveforoctober
    Off the wall I thought Turang was going to score standing up..
  17. liveforoctober
    Cycle watch.
  18. liveforoctober
    Top of the lineup survives another day.
  19. liveforoctober
    Right. Tongue in cheek here a bit. I don't think Hamilton should hit in front of Turang ever. I can edit that comment to be in blue if needed.
  20. liveforoctober
    You know in high school basketball when the starters are all not showing effort/energy - then the 2nd string comes in with some fire - the 2nd half of the game the coach will start the backups to send a message to the starters to get their heads out of their ... ?? If we score less than 3 tonight Hamilton should lead off tomorrow. Yeli, Chourio, Turang 9, 8, 7.
  21. liveforoctober
    Rock just said Yelich wasn't in the original starting lineup... he was a late add. Did I miss something? Is someone not feeling great?
  22. liveforoctober
    Probably can't re-sign him for what he will get elsewhere. Probably can't get much in value in a trade at the deadline that will outweigh what he provides in value to this current team for the remainder of the year. We ride with Jake until the year is over and hopefully he gets his first World Series swings with us. Then tip of the cap and let him go make life changing money.
  23. liveforoctober
    I'm a value guy through and through. I think trading ahead of decline or at peak value is how we have to operate for the most part BUT I do not think that is the case with Contreras. He feels like a Yadi to me in terms of his importance to the pitching staff. I would like him here as long as it makes financial sense. I could be wrong and I'm not saying we should be dishing out a 9 figure contract to him... maybe he even leans into QO territory. Who knows. I just think he should be handled differently than most other positions. I know we will have to lose him sooner rather than later - but I'm low key nervous of what life after Contreras looks like from a pitching/game handling scenario.
  24. liveforoctober
    Kind of wish we still had Suter so we could have both the vulture and the raptor in the pen.
  25. liveforoctober
    Ideally you would have all arms in the bullpen be quality and usable at all times .. but then Miz goes 7, Harrison goes 7, Henderson and Drohan combine to go 9, etc etc ... and half of your bullpen doesn't throw for a full week. Keeping those guys on a regular schedule is such a difficult task ... so as much as every fan base rolls their eyes at the long guy in the pen - I imagine part of that reason is so that the young guys like Gasser/Crow/Henderson and to a lesser extent Rodriguez can all still throw regularly as they develop their arms and add innings. It does suck in the seldom times when the long guy is needed in a close game and the inevitable happens. With all of that said, with this team when you have the other MLB arms ready (Koenig, etc) and you don't need to 'save' the young guys by keeping them on schedule in AAA - Woodford would be done. Even though his numbers are not good - he still will have served his purpose and helped develop our young guys by holding that role up here for a 1/2 season.
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