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  1. Thurston Fluff
    When I am wrong I can admit it. I was wrong on how easy it is the circumvent the rules.
  2. Thurston Fluff
    If I was to look at this team and assess what it needs most I think a left handed hitting bench player who can contribute on both offense and defense would have been high on my list. Well done.
  3. Thurston Fluff
    Hart cannot play center or short. If you add in the defensive side I am not sure he is better than anyone on our 25 man roster.
  4. Thurston Fluff
    And if you added Hart, why wouldn't Reynolds be playing 3rd base instead of Herrera IF there was an injury? I'm not saying I'd pick him up, but I think it deserves some consideration. You can't get Hart on the roster and keep Herrera, Overbay and Reynolds. You can't remove Herrera because he is the backup shortstop. It makes no sense to cut Overbay for someone doing no better than he is and have two right handed hitters at first. It would be amazingly stupid to cut Reynolds for Hart because Reynolds is better. Simply put Hart just isn't a fit for this team. I don't really think you have to worry too much about Corey Hart causing chemistry issues. I agree. But nobody likes to see a well liked teammate get cut. They understand it when it makes the team better but that isn't the case here. So it has less to do with Hart and more to do with management/player relations. Assuming of course you don't have to give up anything and you have to pay close to the minimum for him. If Seattle isn't getting salary relief or anything in return why would they trade him?
  5. Thurston Fluff
    The Brewers have been pretty-much injury free, and have had a number of over-performers, with few under-performers. I guess that all depends on what you call over performing. I don't think Lucroy or Gomez are over performing for example. I think they are just very good and in the prime of their career. Maybe Gennett is but then again he has hit at every level and doesn't have to play against lefties. That he doesn't have to play vs lefties doesn't make his numbers over what he is capable of. It makes the team wise for not using him in a way that would make him worse. On the flip side I think Segura and Estrada are under performing as is Garza to some extent. Ultimately this team really does just have some very good players more than they have guys playing over their heads. The lack of injuries has been key. Especially considering depth is our biggest issue.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    Who does he replace? Overbay is left handed and has a better OPS in one less at bat this season. Reynolds in having a better year than Hart and a key backup plan at third. Neither of them have the injury issues Hart has.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    If he was just trying to pad his stats so what? Stats are what keeps players in the majors. They have a vested interest in making them as good as possible. Which is probably the real reason Lewis was upset. His WHIP got a little worse because of it.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    They were also well under .500 at the time. The only reason they were anywhere near contention was because of how terrible the division was. If the goal of baseball was to have the best farm system then by all means sell. Then again if that is the goal we might as well give up because no matter how much we trade the Cubs are too far ahead of us right now to catch up. They've been selling for about five years now. Just too much ground to make up for the coveted title of "possible contender in a couple years if all the prospects pan out." So we might as well just keep our players and settle for the less coveted but more attainable World Series contender.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    I planted emo grass in my yard. Now my lawn cuts itself.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    It would have been his normal day to throw a bullpen session anyway so I don't think that was the reason. He just didn't pitch well. I have always been a fan of Molina, I think he is probably the best overall catcher of this era. That said I think St Louis fans overrate his defense. They see how well he throws out base stealers and assume it means he is a great all around defensive catcher. Yet throwing out base stealers may be the most overrated aspect of catching. Pitch framing is far more important. I think digging balls out of the dirt might be as or more important overall. If a pitcher isn't worried about pitches in the dirt getting away it allows him to bury curves and sliders without fear. That has to help get a few outs over the course of a season.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    It is a flaw is the system for sure. Which is probably why Melvin took advantage of it. If you can get a guy in the system for what it cost the Brewers so far I think it's pretty much a no brainer. That said they should address that flaw.
  12. Thurston Fluff
    I don't really like the rule, as I don't think it helps the player from a development standpoint, but it can be successful. I thought the article you posted was on target with some of their suggestions. I like the idea of it but not how it is currently set up. I think if done right it helps good prospects advance their careers and helps teams who are rebuilding get rebuilt faster. Much like the pre-free agency era allowed teams to hoard players, the way rule 5 is set up now helps the deep farms hoard too many prospects. (though I reserve the right to change my mind when the Brewers have that problem again) The major problem I have with it now is I think it penalizes the player to much. What makes it worse is that they are the only ones who didn't have a choice in the matter.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    I somehow missed this and was about to post the link. Definitely a worthwhile read. A few year back the JSonline had an article where Melvin talked about how he had the organization do a study into developing pitchers and avoiding injuries. While much of it was propitiatory he did mention they learned some things about pitching mechanics along with player build as significant. My guess is this is part of, or a byproduct of, that. It was shortly after that when our pitching development started to outpace our hitting. One of the things I love about Melvin is he admits to himself his deficiencies, in this case developing pitching, is willing to look into what the problem is and addresses them accordingly.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    Meanwhile Nelson and his sub 2.00 ERA with a ton of strike outs and minimal HR's is rotting away in AAA. Working to become a better pitcher is hardly rotting away. If he is needed he will be there whole and unrotten.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    Most players often get days off that coincide with pitchers they don't do well against. Knowing that I just don't think him playing more against lefties is going to impact his numbers so much as to suddenly make him a below average hitter. Maybe not but it would definitely take him out of All-Star consideration. So do we have to take everyone out who doesn't play against the really good same handed pitchers? I don't remember who it was off hand but an all star (who played for Denver I believe) always sat when they played Randy Johnson. Should he have been excluded from all star consideration? If you have the numbers to be an All Star then you should be an All Star.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    Most players often get days off that coincide with pitchers they don't do well against. Knowing that I just don't think him playing more against lefties is going to impact his numbers so much as to suddenly make him a below average hitter.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    I couldn't care less if the 2 runs came from 2 homeruns or a couple bunt singles. It was a solid outing against a very good offense.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    Doing nothing can certainly be a mistake, not just in baseball but many times in history doing nothing was a mistake. Sure not doing something can be a mistake if there are better options than doing nothing. But considering the options I don't think this is one of them. I guess you could call relying on one of Gamel, Green, Halton or Morris to step forward a mistake. But I think things not working out and actual mistakes are two different things. I understand if some don't but it is hard to call two MCL surgeries derailing a career a mistake on the part of Melvin.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    The funny thing is listening to the criticism Votto gets for 'taking too many walks' from the fans (and some posters), and not driving in enough runs. A guy who gets on base at over .400 clip (as he's done for each of the last 6 years is ultra-valuable, and producing runs, regardless of what the RBI stat might tell you. Being valuable and being a value are two different things. OBP costs more than it used to. Votto at $12 million is still a deal but you expect more than just getting on base for that much. What is weird about his case is he still does more than just get on base. I think what is happening is his overall production went down the last couple seasons and his SLG went down more than his OBP has so it became the focal point.
  20. Thurston Fluff
    I wasn't trying to compare the two as all around players. Just that since one learned to take more walks after a few years in the majors it is possible the other can as well. A guy doesn't need to be a superstar talent to get better. He may not be able to learn how to run faster or hit for more power but that doesn't mean he can't learn the strike zone better, improve his defense a little and maybe even learn how to steal a few more bases. Even if he learns all those things and still isn't as good as Gomez that doesn't mean he didn't improve. Considering his production now I am fine with that.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    Do you really think the team isn't aiming for that?
  22. Thurston Fluff
    Belgium v USA in world cup soccer. Being a Belgian American I am very conflicted on what to think of this match. While the Belgian side of me roots for the Belgians the American side of me doesn't care.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    I was a huge Gomez supporter because he had all the physical tools and I was just waiting for him to put them together. With a guy like Scooter, he doesn't have the natural ability/tools that a guy like Gomez has. As such, I don't know how much more room there is for him to develop, we may be seeing his peak. Does he really have to run fast, field well or have the ability to hit for power to learn to take more walks? You don't need to be a five tool player to do one specific thing better.
  24. Thurston Fluff
    Hopefully. Never really showed up in his time in the minors. Gomez was like that. I don't know what his minor league numbers were like but he sure has grown as a hitter since he's been here. Sometimes it just take some players longer to figure out how to take walks. Just my opinion, not backed up by much, but I suspect naturally good contact hitters have more problems learning to take pitches because they think they can hit them.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    1B is a mistake except for the part about not giving Prince Fielder astronomical money. So I'd say he's batting .500 with 1B I think we also have to differentiate between a mistake and not having good options. Doing nothing instead of something stupid is not a mistake.
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