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Woodruff with a 4 run lead. Just throw strikes for a few innings and see where we're at. No BBs please. -
Pretty huge 2 out hit by Arcia to pick up Pina, grab a pair of RBIs and clear the pitcher.
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When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Why can't they plan to bring him up for a few weeks and then send him back down til sometime in the second half? The "Super two" cut-off only matters if the guy stays up permanently. And it doesn't add a year of control, it just cheapens one of his years of control. He's an extension candidate too, so it may not matter one way or the other. -
Nice. If he still bats Houser in the 9 spot I hope he gets more than 1 inning if the 1 goes fairly smooth. If the plan is 1 inning and 1 inning only, maybe slot him in the 4 spot and PH for him if we get a baserunner in the bottom of the 1st? I'm typing my thoughts out loud here (but this is the game thread so that's okay, no?) If Ender or anybody else has actually researched how this could/should be done I'd be happy to be corrected. It seems like there should be an optimal spot to bat the pitcher in the NL when one uses an "opener" and I'm not sure if that is the 9 spot. Not sure you'd want to burn a bench bat that quickly though. 8th with 2 innings from Houser, then Wooddruff to PH saves the bench early. I'd bump him up 1 spot so that only 2 need to reach by the bottom of the 2nd. You dont want to make pitchers bat twice though. If you plan on your "follower" to pitch longer than your "opener" it seems like you should move your pitcher up in the batting order. Start the game with a great defensive option but a poorer batting option (So, start Pina for Grandal at C and bat the pitcher 5th or so and Pina 9th- then PH Grandal and double switch for him in that spot--this would also give Grandal some rest and give our better defender a couple of innings). This seems like the smart thing to do, but I need some numbers to back it up.
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When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I saw someone recently comp Hiura’s career projections to Michael Young. I actually thought that was a pretty good baseline to use for an over/under type performance projection for Hiura’s career. Personally I think he’ll have a touch more power than Young with a bit lower OBP. Some will probably scoff at that baseline comp, but remember that Young was a solid player (and a 7-time All Star). Yeah, I'd scoff at that comp for an over/under, but I'm less optimistic about prospects. Young was awfully good. Weeks and Kolton Wong would be my O/Us. -
When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
A month or 2 seems excessive. Send him to Cabo San Lucas this weekend with his family and a gigantic Travis Shaw highlight reel, and tell his wife to make him wake up every day and watch it for a half hour over breakfast. Go sit on the beach and do whatever he wants to do until bedtime. Then make him watch it again until he falls asleep. Repeat for a couple days. Go to San Antonio and OPS 1.500 for a week or two then come back to MKE. -
Beautiful
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Nice. If he still bats Houser in the 9 spot I hope he gets more than 1 inning if the 1 goes fairly smooth. If the plan is 1 inning and 1 inning only, maybe slot him in the 4 spot and PH for him if we get a baserunner in the bottom of the 1st? I'm typing my thoughts out loud here (but this is the game thread so that's okay, no?) If Ender or anybody else has actually researched how this could/should be done I'd be happy to be corrected. It seems like there should be an optimal spot to bat the pitcher in the NL when one uses an "opener" and I'm not sure if that is the 9 spot.
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When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The minority is not always wrong. But more often than not it is. -
When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Who has a higher trade value right now, Hiura or Travis Shaw? -
The range of outcomes for this pitching staff is extremely wide.
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When Will Keston Hiura Arrive In Milwaukee?
Oxy replied to RollieTime's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't know about that. Having cautious optimism doesn't mean people aren't familiar with Hiura as a talent. Hiura is certainly doing everything a prospect of his caliber is expected to do at the AAA level, and his future appears extremely bright. But at the same time, it is so, so rare for a player to come up and immediately be a game-changing type hitter. Perhaps Hiura is one of those ultra rare talents. But yeah, this team has probably only had one or two of those types in its history. For the record ... I hope you are right, because that would be pretty dang terrific. At this point, if he ends up worse than Rickie Weeks, I'd be disappointed. He basically is Rickie Weeks circa 2005 right now (same caliber...slightly less power, Ks, and BBs, better contact). If his career clones Rickie's (but a bit healthier), I can't say I'd be happy, but I'd be foolish to not be satisfied. -
Score one for the contact play! For every score it makes, it needs to fail like 10 times. If it's the game tying/winning run, then maybe 20 times depending on how good your bullpen is.
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What a difference 4 games make. This was a big win-to beat Scherzer in the opener is huge. Although basically the Nats lost today and we played competent baseball--which is what good, playoff bound teams do.
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I know what you're saying, but Gamel is not a bench player. Agreed. In the NL, you don't really have bench players. You need think about and use your entire 25 man pretty much every game.
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Gamel and Perez are two almost perfect National League bench players--at least for what one could reasonably hope for.
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Not according to one or two posters, who think Guerra having a terrible year. Oh, he's having a great year--he's just lucky. Which is kinda true.
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I forgot about Guerra. Good choice.
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Albers/Hader?
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Who gets the 9th? Houser?
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Agreed--but that's against a Major League defense. This is the Nats.
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That Nats fan in the front row looks like I would look if I were a Nats fan tonight.
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Good things are happening for the offense when they put the ball in play.
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It's gotta be hard. He's paid to be an analyst, so he starts to say what naturally comes to his mind based on what he knows/has learned then catches himself... ("double play depth..."). I give him credit for acknowledging that that isn't the way it's played anymore and it's for the better. Oh, I get it, Schroeder just feels (to me) like right under the surface, he doesn't like the way the game is played these days. For as much as it's difficult to listen to Ueck at times, as he isn't really great at calling the action, he has rolled with the changes in the game over the year pretty seamlessly. Ueck never exactly analyzed the strategies of defensive positioning...the last 10 years we're lucky if we get the score, outs, count, and guys on base.
