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You know, I've never seen a guy swing and miss, but there must have been one instance of a whiff some time in the past years, no? I googled it but couldn't find anything.
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Greinke: someone talk me off the ledge
Funketown replied to Bombers's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Does anybody have those "heat maps" for Greinke's recent starts, or could anybody tell me where to find them? It would be interesting to see heat maps of splits, i.e. with RISP vs. without RISP, just to see if there are any immediately obvious differences. To put his K-rate in a historical perspective, Greinke's 11.76 K/9 ratio would put him 10th all time for single season K/9. Above him would be Randy Johnson (x6), Pedro Martinez (x2), and Kerry Wood. He makes hitters look so foolish at times yet they are knocking him around the park at other times. What a confusing 68 innings from Greinke. -
Andrew McCutchen wins snub of the year. He's hitting just a couple points under .300/.400/.500/.900 with solid defense in center field.
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So because JJ Hardy, a 4+WAR shortstop for the previous two seasons, was unable to hit well in AAA over a span of 2 weeks, he didn't earn his way back? This is an organization that is still starting Yuniesky Betancourt, playing Mark Kotsay, and up until last week starting Casey McGehee.
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Escobar only "outhit" Hardy because of his .346 BABIP, which was completely unsustainable for someone like Escobar (in his ML career his BABIP is .283). Despite his struggles, Hardy still provided as much if not more value on the field than Escobar. I would be surprised if there is more than a couple cases where a player who fits all the following: (1) 3+ years as a starter, (2) 4+ WAR seasons in the previous two seasons, (3) still providing value to the ML team at the time of demotion. If they had just sent him down for 15 days or so to get his swing back or whatever, I wouldn't say he got shafted. They deliberately kept a player who could still help the ML team in the minors for the minimum number of days to extend his arbitration clock one season. If you don't think that's clear manipulation of the arbitration clock then I'm not sure what to say.
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Maybe you should replace Bill. Today's question was "If a player pinch hits and does not get a hit, does his hitting streak end?". Bills answer: "Absolutely yes". Somebody should introduce him to wikipedia.
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Greinke: someone talk me off the ledge
Funketown replied to Bombers's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Just food for thought, not trying to get into a clutch/unclutch argument, just putting this out there: Before today, with RISP, Greinke's batting line against is .333/.391/.667/1.058 with a 3.17 K/BB (70 PA's). Without RISP, it's .261/.300/.444/.744 with a 7.83 K/BB (150 PA's). He just seems to be getting knocked around the park at the worst possible times. Man is this guy confusing. -
Remember that thread we had for "if the Brewers were a beer"? I think Greinke is this one: http://www.ratebeer.com/b...d-enigma-55-2010/125693/ He's one complex case and always seems to leave a slightly sour taste in your mouth. His season has truly been enigmatic. One minute hitters are looking foolish and the next they're smoking him all over the park. Just goofy.
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That's odd, it's 86'F in Detroit right now. Mark Kotsay is now a double and a single away from the cycle. HUH?
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I thought I must have misheard BA. Could that be marked down as the worst HR call in recent memory?
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If he truly is Ryan Braun bad at third at this point, as some have said, he would be far worse than McGehee.
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It probably would have made sense to have Gamel play in LF or RF once a week or so in the minors. Who knows though, he might just be better than either Kotsay or Braun in the field.
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Weeks is 1st among NL 2B in WAR.Fielder is 1st among NL 1B in WAR. Braun is 4th among NL OF in WAR. Morons.
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Woohoo for MLB.TV Free Game of the Day! Time for Greinke to rebound from getting roughed up a bit. Gamel at 3B is really concerning. Every time Gamel has to make the long toss to Prince will be quite a scare.
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I, for one, would like to see 2 HR's awarded for each 450+ foot homer, and 3 HR's awarded for each 500+ foot homer. Then put Branyan, Dunn, and other guys like that in the derby.
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It's time we stop using "Mr.". The dude just earned his doctorate in Applied Plushdamentals. Happy birthday, Dr. Plush.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/20110702_Brewers_Twins_0_20110702211829_lbig_.png
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EPIC WIN! I stopped following at 7-0 (it was movie night in the funketown household, I wasn't supposed to be following in the first place). Turned it back on to see an 8-7 lead with two outs in the 9th. My man crush on Tony Plush just keeps growing. What a "dude" dude.
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When Hardy was sent down, he was still performing at a reasonable level to be starting on a major league roster. With the way Escobar hit in AAA there was really not much reason to expect him to outperform Hardy over the last two months of the season. It was a clear manipulation of the arbitration clock, all so the club could net Carlos Gomez in the off-season. In retrospect, the way Hardy was handled can be viewed as one of the failures of Melvin's tenure.
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For those who are interested, there's an article on Cameron's career on Fangraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/...r-of-the-90s-and-aughts/
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In Kotsay's defense, it's an OBP-heavy .582 (.231/.306/.277). Allowing Kotsay to earn that $100,000 bonus was pretty silly. That's obviously not a huge sum of cash for a major league team these days, but giving it to him is no more productive than using those bills to pick up dog poo. To put this in perspective, the Brewers now have three players with 100+ PA's who have performed below replacement level. In 2002, the Brewers had two players with 100+ PA's who performed below replacement level. From 2007-2010, the Brewers only had one player (Jody Gerut, 2009) post over 100 PA's below replacement level. So many people get annoyed at those of us who are frustrated with the back end of this team, claiming that even good teams have bad players. The truth is that good teams often have below average players, but rarely give this many plate appearances to horrible players like Betancourt and Kotsay.
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Casey McGehee's struggles: how much leash does he get?
Funketown replied to Robideaux's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
When players make decisions, I just don't think they give enough consideration to the marginal value of money. Think about it: McGehee can either (1) accept the $12MM contract and be very wealthy for the rest of his life, or (2) turn down the contract and have a 75% chance at being extraordinarily wealthy and a 25% chance at only making a couple million dollars in his career, which is not nearly enough to retire these days. I have no doubt which one I'd pick. Part of this is also probably players believing they won't be "that guy who loses it", although perhaps the guys who feel like they're breaking down are the ones who are more likely to accept these extensions, but that's another discussion. As for McGehee's leash, I don't see a reason to cut him with Kotsay, Wilson, and YuBet on the roster. Unfortunately I don't know if they have an option other than Green if they want to be serious about going for it this season. -
I'd say Yuni has fall-down range, but I don't want to exaggerate his abilities. I remember people joking about expecting to see the guy tripping on his shoelaces...If we only knew...
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These games suck when for us Eastern Time Zoners. Hopefully Gallardo lasts longer than I do!
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Don't forget his washed up glove! Did he get his bonus at 12:00 AM today or is it 12:00 AM tomorrow? Either way, I don't see them releasing him. Giving Kotsay another $100,000 makes about as much sense as giving the Chorizo a $100,000 bonus for losing another sausage race...