Cruz really isn't at that point yet. He has what, 3 months in AAA? Hart has around 11. The Brewers openly spoke of holes in his swing in spring training. It's quite possible that Clark takes on a role similar to Helms a last year. Of course, I think teams would rather acquire Clark than see Milwaukee not play him.
it's really interesting, because if guys keep this up, the Hurricane, Braun, Salome, etc could deserve midseason bump-ups to the next level. That's not even talking about the pitching
Another name of a pitcher....Brandon Webb And finally, there's a decent pitcher out there by the name of Kerry Wood who makes plenty of money, with rather iffy career numbers
bucksman, those intangibles are what make Cappy arguably a #2. He was great in '04 until the two ill-fated starts while hurt, he was great last year till September. He's at least a #3. Sheets a legit #1.
Great throw by Hall. He has one of the strongest arms of guys in CF today in the majors I like Ned's decision to keep Li'l Ben out there. We have uncertainty with Ohka, they were already talking about bringing Bush back on 3 days rest, and why mess with what's working. If Sheets were still in, they'd have let him lead off there. So try to keep the pen as fresh as possible
Li'l Ben hit 91 a few times. Sheets averaged about 92, with a few hitting 94 (3 or 4) and a few hitting 90. So that shows Sheets didn't have his best stuff
Huh? He's been throwing a ton of 2-seamers the last few years. Nope. The only park he regularly throws 2-seamers is Coors Field. He almost exclusively has thrown the 4 seamer the last 3 years, hence why his fastball has jumped from 92 to 98
yeah, but peavey his velocity is 3-4 mph down. And he hasn't been hitting his spots. He's probably fine. His knock in the early years was he had the tendency to come out throwing softer. Could also be just some dead arm time
they pointed out that his velocity was down all start long. So maybe he had some tenderness today, and it just never went away, possibly worsening I'd imagine Hendrickson would take the turn on Saturday with Fernandez joining the pen. Although it's possible Eveland to the rotation, Hendrickson stays out there
Hopefully this isn't something where Okha is going to miss any starts. We really can't afford that. If he does miss a start or two, maybe he can be kind to us and skip only the ugly starts