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  1. liveforoctober
    Man that hand guard Chourio wears has to be annoying...
  2. liveforoctober
    Durbin can stay.
  3. liveforoctober
    I dunno, if they want to give Ortiz the day off the 2b/SS/3b combo is going to be Turang, Capra, and Durbin no matter which way you place them. Unless there is a glaring hole defensively in one of those combos .. why ruffle the feathers of multiple guys? Keep Brice and Durbin in their spots and just play Vinny at SS. That would be my thought.
  4. liveforoctober
    The usual suspects will probably run with that headline/quote but is almost assuredly nothing. His agent and the Brewers certainly chatted throughout the year and they gave a ballpark of where they were going to be and so when the off season came there was nothing to discuss. Was Arnold and Co supposed to reach out in November and say "Hey I know you said a few months ago you were looking for 7yrs and between $180-200 mil but now that the time is here I was wondering if you would consider 4yrs and $65m?"
  5. liveforoctober
    ..and I guess that is my question. Relative projection vs. Specific projection. If we are just looking at college pitchers in the middle rounds and saying "I think Player A could add some command, I think Player B could minimize the noise in his wind up and increase length, etc" that is very case by case specific. Is it plausible that a better strategy to maximize value in those rounds COULD be looking at the Craig Yoho prototype and saying "we need to find every guy that throws at least xx mph that has glove side spin rates at xxx and, after reasonable scouting, he has never tried/we think he can develop a counter pitch with similar spin rates... and just draft that same guy 4 times in the draft? I'm just thinking out loud, if it is a crap shoot as much as it is already ... Yoho makes me stop in my tracks and say "well what happened here and how can we do that again?"
  6. liveforoctober
    ...and I know any scout reading me asking these elementary questions would roll their eyes. But selfishly I am curious what their scouting process is in more detail. When I hear someone say a draft pick "has a live arm" .. ok. Does that just mean he throws 96? Or does it mean we think he has the ability to manipulate a baseball in 3 separate directions? What kind of arm is most worthy of a mid round pick?
  7. liveforoctober
    As a fan, I much prefer lottery tickets over minimal cash - just because it continues to story arc of the transaction. Welcome to the system Cesar!
  8. liveforoctober
    If one week ago I told you that the Monday after Easter Rhys Hoskins would have the 3rd highest batting average on the Brewers behind Sal and Brice amongst regulars...
  9. liveforoctober
    Smith has been great and the White Sox are so flippin' bad there is just so little chance he sees a demotion this year to become available again.. I'm looking forward to the next 10 years of his name being a reference point here in arguments :/
  10. liveforoctober
    dang, that was a really good at bat from Brice.
  11. liveforoctober
    Dang, I see Devin imploded again.
  12. liveforoctober
    Interesting, Mississippi State is where we just got Hardin from. I've read that from release, Yoho's changeup and curve will end up nearly 2 ft from each other on opposite sides. I don't know Mannell, but I guess this formula is exactly what I'm pondering, so great pull. If he were to have one plus pitch with movement but nothing to counter it .. is that more moldable than just grabbing every guy that throws 97/98 and hoping they can develop a 2nd pitch?
  13. liveforoctober
    So what happened and how can we identify his type again moving forward? Mid round college arm. His peripheral '23 college stats at IU were good but not special (his K% was great). Injury filled career in college. He lasted 8 rounds in the draft ... now here we are less than 24 months later and he is poised to be working high leverage innings for us soon. What home run value at that draft slot. I've seen the Curt Hogg article from spring about his wrist flexibility ... but other than that has there been any front office chatter about why this transformation happened? Is it truly just about one pitch being that special or can we identify other arms who have the makeup to create such contrasts in movement if we can develop a counter pitch with them? The fast start from Tyson Hardin this year with Wisconsin has me wanting to dive into mid grades on college pitchers and find the guys who have + arms but are at treading programs... What great value to the organization if you can find middle round arms and develop them into trade pieces... the Yoho thing on top of it is just a wild outcome.
  14. liveforoctober
    Hardin was a 12th Rd pick for us last year... It won't take too many more starts like he has had to open the year before he gets bumped up. Nice little surprise for the TRats thus far. Inflated trade value currently ;)
  15. liveforoctober
    Excited to see him, congrats Logan!
  16. liveforoctober
    Of note re: McMahon ... he is 4-59 (.068) in his career hitting at AmFam Field. That isn't a typo. Ryan McMahon Career Batting Splits | Baseball-Reference.com
  17. liveforoctober
    Typically a platoon is a left/right combo so you can match against pitchers. Capra/Durbin isn't much of a platoon save maybe late inning defense. If Durbin hits, he is going to be the everyday 3rd baseman. If he doesn't .. we start window shopping with other clubs.
  18. liveforoctober
    I wonder if Boston will give us back our PTBNL for Dunn? :)
  19. liveforoctober
    I'm still struggling with the thought of moving Turang from 2nd. He was just named the best defensive player in baseball there last year. Are we sure his defense at SS is similar? Reminds me of when the Packers had no ILB so they moved Clay and effectively eliminated their own pass rush. If our issue is at 3B we should be solving this issue with a 3B? Not putting a bandaid on it and creating an issue elsewhere - ESPECIALLY when the band aid involves eliminating our greatest strengths defensively. If Turang is a Gold Glove SS then fine ... I'm just leery.
  20. liveforoctober
    That pitch to Elko showed 90 on the gun, is that a slider for Mis? It didn't slide anywhere.. :/
  21. liveforoctober
    That Carolina lineup is just so fun to look at on paper. Selfishly can't wait for them to get to Appleton in a few months.
  22. liveforoctober
    A little tough luck for Peek getting pulled with the bases loaded and having all 3 of them then score and he was charged with all of them. He wasn't happy getting taken out either, when the mound visit started he put his hands up in the air asking why and did they same thing walking off the field to the pitching coach ... then went straight to talk to the PC when he got to the dugout. It wasn't in a show up way.. I think he really wanted to work through that himself though.
  23. liveforoctober
    Crazy to watch Quintana not have his best stuff, not have the usual command ... and here we are through 4 and they are scoreless. Professional pitcher this one.
  24. liveforoctober
    Hoskins suddenly hitting .240
  25. liveforoctober
    Shut us all up Rhys. Get hot man.
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