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Avisail Garcia starting in CF for the first time this season (made 42 starts in CF last season). -
2021 MLB Draft Thread (Pre-Draft Discussion)
Eye Black replied to Eye Black's topic in MLB Draft & International Signings
It’s really shaping up where there are 5-7 pitchers expected to go in the middle of the 1st round. I’m a much bigger fan of using a 1st round pick on a hitter you believe has 1st round talent, but unless the Brewers use their extra bonus pool money to leverage an over-slot deal at #15 for someone like Frelick or McLain, I am not sure there will be any great options at #15 in terms of college position players. I do wonder if any of the high school position players might be intrigue them enough to select over the college pitching options at that pick. Regarding the over-slot bonus idea, here is how the bonus pools of the teams drafting #9-#15 stack up: 9) Angels ($9,295,900) 10) Mets ($9,026,300) 11) Nationals ($8,770,000) 12) Mariners ($8,526,000) 13) Phillies ($8,295,000) 14) Giants ($8,070,600) 15) Brewers ($10,063,400) Add in the fact that teams can go 5% over their bonus amount and the Brewers have between $1-$2 million more to spend on their draft class than any of the five teams drafting ahead of them. I doubt they’ll go too crazy with an over-slot deal for a player in the 1st round, but if they really liked someone a projected to go a few picks earlier it could at least be a possibility. It’s obviously easier to deploy such a strategy with high school picks that have more leverage due to the threat they can go to college if they don’t get what they want. Probably a little tougher to manipulate with college players, although there are reports the Red Sox and Jack Leiter are attempting to do just that. -
Freddy Peralta: Batter (Reds) vs Pitching Stats Tyler Mahle: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats Statcast Game Preview for Reds-Brewers Statcast Game Feed for Reds-Brewers
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Using Hader in the 9th tonight turns out to be a waste and now he’s pitched 4 of the past 5 days. I still maintain that I’d rather they saved him for a potential 10th inning in these late inning tie games.
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I think I’d be okay with Tim Lopes not swinging the bat and just seeing what happens.
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Vogelbach was pulled from the game on a double switch earlier.
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Will be curious to hear why they didn’t stick with Anderson for another inning when his pitch count was still at 82.
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Castellanos with quite a misplay on that Robertson hit. Gives Urias an opportunity to drive in a run with a base hit.
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Could’ve done without Jace chasing ball four.
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Could be a rough night on the Milwaukee sports scene.
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Boxberger’s command and control not looking very good so far, unfortunately.
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Agreed, they really needed him on 2B to have a chance for a hit to win the game.
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There’s mounting evidence supporting the theory that you may well indeed be the jinx.
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He’s had five 1-2-3 innings this year. Seven if you count innings with baserunners that had a double play.
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Well that one was clearly a ball, so I’m not going to hold it against JBJ.
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Wow, JBJ had a pitch to hammer on 2-1. What a HORRIBLE strike three call. Makes it hard to enjoy when strike calls in crucial situations are that brutal.
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Anderson throwing maybe his best game in half a decade or more and the Brewers can’t scratch across a run. Seems fitting enough.
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Ten consecutive innings without a hit for the Brewers going back to last night, I believe.
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It’s only one inning with a long way to go, but Anderson getting through a low-stress, clean inning is certainly a nice start. He was locating well to Aquino and repeatedly hitting the bottom of the zone.
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I know they are resting him and avoiding the lefty/lefty matchup, but it feels like a break to avoid having Winker (3-for-7, HR vs Anderson) in the starting lineup tonight. Of course the flip side is he’ll likely come to the plate in some high leverage situation if the game is close.
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2021 MLB Draft Thread (Pre-Draft Discussion)
Eye Black replied to Eye Black's topic in MLB Draft & International Signings
The Athletic did profiles on four rising draft prospects that are going to get selected, but aren’t necessarily 1st round talents. One of those players was Noah Miller, SS, Ozaukee High School (Fredonia, Wis.). Article: MLB Draft Heat Watch 5.0 They included this Tweet with Video from our very own Patrick Ebert (colbyjack). The article mentions Wisconsin has recently been home to elite draft prospects such as Gavin Lux and Jarred Kelenic. Regarding Miller specifically, he hit .667 in 50 plate appearances this spring and also pitched for Ozaukee HS. He is a switch hitter with above a average speed and plus arm strength. His older brother, Owen Miller was drafted by the Padres in 2018 and made his major league debut in May for Cleveland (he had been part of the Mike Clevinger trade). Noah is committed to Alabama, but is also expected to get drafted. -
Brett Anderson: Batter (Reds) vs Pitching Stats Luis Castillo: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats Statcast Game Preview for Reds-Brewers Statcast Game Feed for Reds-Brewers
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Hunter Strickland Acquired From Angels
Eye Black replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It’s possible this is one of the things Stearns was referring to when he said “we have some ideas”... Via Will Sammon: In his first inning with the Brewers, Hunter Strickland threw more sliders than fastballs. That happened once with the Angels. For Strickland while with Brewers, that could be the pitch to watch. He threw a scoreless inning.
