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  1. Eye Black
    Here is a Composite MLB Draft Rankings spreadsheet created using a combination of both mock drafts and rankings lists. This spreadsheet list was created by an SB Nation writer for Talking Chop.
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    [pre]Indians Lineup Brewers Lineup 1. Francisco Lindor (S) SS 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B 2. Christian Yelich (L) LF 3. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B 3. Jesus Aguilar ® 1B 4. Michael Brantley (L) LF 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 5. Yonder Alonso (L) 1B 5. Domingo Santana ® RF 6. Tyler Naquin (L) RF 6. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B 7. Bradley Zimmer (L) CF 7. Manny Pina ® C 8. Roberto Perez ® C 8. Orlando Arcia ® SS 9. Carlos Carrasco ® P 9. Junior Guerra ® P [/pre] *Reminder: For those out-of-market today’s television broadcast is going to be on MLB Network in addition to the typical Fox Sports carriers.
  3. Eye Black
    The Brewers have the second lowest total runs scored and third worst offensive OPS in the National League and they are on pace to win 95 games based on their win percentage. I know they’ve played some bad teams, but that still seems bizarre.
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    One negative here is Hader has been sitting on the bench quite a while. Hopefully it won’t matter.
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    I know Hader is coming back out in the 9th and looks like he is in absolute beastmode right now, but I would still feel better if they can scratch across an insurance run or two here in the 8th inning.
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    Brent Suter doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression! Maybe Suter can be the extra left handed bat instead of Franklin or Sogard.
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    Nick Franklin batting 6th in this Brewers lineup doesn’t really feel a whole lot less hopeless than just keeping Sogard.
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    That Suter play was so great! I think that’s the early leader for my favorite defensive play by a Brewers pitcher this year.
  9. Eye Black
    The Matt Harvey thread in the Transaction Rumors / Proposals forum is now locked, but for those interested in furthing the Harvey conversation feel free to discuss here if you’re so inclined. MLB Trade Rumors Link...
  10. Eye Black
    The draft speculation thread has been a little slow this year. The first round is just four weeks from today. I haven’t been able to follow amateur baseball as closely as in the past, but it doesn’t appear to be a bad year to be drafting in the early 20’s. Outside of Casey Mize there isn’t really a consensus among the top five. I am normally a strong proponent of taking bats in the early rounds, but this year the depth of high school righthanders seems really strong. It might be worth taking a chance or two on finding a future rotation arm among their first three selections (#21, #60, #73). One intriguing high school hurler is RHP Grayson Rodriguez who seems to be steadily climbing draft boards. Sounds like the physical conditioning and velocity both saw significant spikes in the right direction over the past year. Some high school righthanded pitchers that have dropped down the board due to injuries and have an outside chance to fall to the Brewers first pick are Ethan Hankins and Mason Denaburg. HS pitchers (especially injured ones) are a risky demographic, but also a risk that could pay off in a big way. I am also curious to see how far Brice Turang falls in the draft. He has been one of the most publicized players in this class, but now looks likely to fall outside of the top ten. Regardless, I doubt he has a chance to fall into the 20’s at this point.
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    From Adam McCalvy and Tom Haudricourt...
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    More bad news from Adam McCalvy...
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    From Adam McCalvy...
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    Today was the 7th shutout for the offense this year. One more and they will tie the number of goose eggs they had all of last season.
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    Pirates 2B Adam Frazier (L) RF Gregory Polanco (L) CF Starling Marte ® 1B Josh Bell (S) LF Corey Dickerson (L) C F. Cervelli ® 3B Colin Moran (L) SS Jordy Mercer ® P Chad Kuhl ® Brewers CF Lorenzo Cain ® LF C. Yelich (L) 1B Ryan Braun ® 3B Travis Shaw (L) RF Domingo Santana ® 2B Eric Sogard (L) SS Orlando Arcia ® C Jett Bandy ® P Chase Anderson ®
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    He currently has 6 hits this season and his xwOBA credits him with 9.5 hits, so he has been a little unlucky. Even with those extra hits calculated in his on-base percentage would still be below .265.
  17. Eye Black
    Among the 13 hitters with the most at-bats this season, 9 of them are currently hitting at a lower OPS than last season. It is nice to see Santana’s bat show signs of life, but he still sits more than 200 percentage points below last year’s OPS. Villar is somehow also below his poor 2017 season marks. If the bottom half of these hitters don’t collectively start to improve it is going to continue to put too much pressure on the top half of the lineup to produce each night. Here is a comparison of each players 2017 OPS with 2018 to date (through May 5th): [pre]Player 2017 2018 Thames, E .877 .976 Aguilar, J .837 .937 Yelich, C .807 .832 Cain, L. .803 .832 Shaw, T. .862 .788 Braun, R .823 .761 Santana, D .875 .672 Villar, J .665 .654 Pina, M. .751 .602 Bandy, J .636 .596 Perez, H .704 .587 Arcia, O .731 .577 Sogard, E .770 .361[/pre]
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    It is getting ridiculous. As you mentioned the role he is being utilized in has become a burden on the team. It seems strange they continue to place a player in the lineup with regularity that is going to provide a lack of production on par with batting a second pitcher.
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    Same here. I have some concerns about Mejia, but none of them center around his ability to hit the ball. I would gladly do that trade. It would provide an opportunity to add a potentially significant offensive piece which in my opinion would increase the likelihood of building a future championship caliber roster.
  20. Eye Black
    Cerveceros Day is Saturday, July 7th this year (theme nights link).
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    [pre]Pirates Lineup Brewers Lineup 1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF 2. Christian Yelich (L) LF 3. Starling Marte ® CF 3. Jesús Aguilar ® 1B 4. Josh Bell (S) 1B 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF 5. Domingo Santana ® RF 6. Francisco Cervelli ® C 6. Hernán Pérez ® 2B 7. Colin Moran (L) 3B 7. Manny Piña ® C 8. Jordy Mercer ® SS 8. Eric Sogard (L) SS 9. Jameson Taillon ® P 9. Jhoulys Chacín ® P[/pre] Hope everyone has a great Cinco de Mayo!
  22. Eye Black
    Haha, that is great! This is what most of the Brewers at-bats in the last three innings felt like (especially Arcia’s)...
  23. Eye Black
    How I envisioned the start to the home series against the Pirates... Versus reality...
  24. Eye Black
    Wow, were there ever some really disappointing at-bats in this game tonight.
  25. Eye Black
    A Christian Yelich 3-run walkoff homerun to end it could work for me.
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