Thurston Fluff
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Everything posted by Thurston Fluff
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He looks a lot like Brian Turang to me.
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I'm happy he's back. If he wants to have a major league career it has to start now. I hope he doesn't just go to AAA and do the same as he's always done. Even if his production goes down because he's working on a new approach it's not as much of a problem as if he goes down and rakes but not change a thing.
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AM I the only one who just doesn't care about the NCAA basketball tournament?
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I get it has to be done but it is annoying to have the house shake every morning at 8am as they tear down the old school across the street.
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I took an order to do a delivery to a kid in the stands at a hockey game. This is the conversation that followed. Mom: How will you know where we're sitting. ME: When I get there I'll text you so you can show me where she's sitting Mom: How will I know who you are? Me: (after a bit of a pause) I'll be the unicorn holding balloons.
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This falls in the category of not learning from experience. A team like ours should hardly ever sign players to long, pricey contracts. Certainly not more than one at a time. We'd have to fill the roster full of minimum wage guys just to field a team around Yelich and Adames.
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Tyrone Taylor out for the first month of the season
Thurston Fluff replied to Outlander's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
IIRC Turang played some center last season. They could move Anderson to right, Urias to third and have Turang play 2nd and have him backup center field. He might not be great in center but he's a gifted athlete and probably better than any of the other veterans we could put there. -
If the batter takes to long to get set he's taking time away from the pitcher. Having the pitcher just throw the ball without the catcher, batter, and umpire knowing what's being thrown, or where it's being thrown in the case of the catcher, is a recipe for missed strike calls, passed balls, wild pitches and hit batters. Not the way to penalize the batter.
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I'm curious as to what Burnes thought was going to happen. The brewers weren't going to go in and point out all his good qualities. I'm a nobody on a fan page and I knew years ago how the process worked. If he didn't understand the Brewers were going to talk about the negatives that's on him and his agent.
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Lack of depth was probably the most significant reason we failed to make the playoffs last year. Seems to me fixing the most significant problem is the best way forward. Getting younger and deeper does that. An allstar closer, two of the top starters in baseball, an allstar catcher, and no actual weaknesses at any position seems to be enough to go toe to toe with any team in the playoffs. As long as they're healthy in the playoffs I like our chances. We need the depth so they remain healthy in the playoffs and to keep us from face planting if a rash of injuries occur like they did last season.
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I wondered the same thing. Pretty sure he mean Bob Wickman.
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I owned one so you know how old I am. Biggest piece of garbage I ever had although I never owned a Yugo.
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I owned one so you know how old I am. Biggest piece of garbage I ever had although I never owned a Yugo.
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I kind of wish Stearns would leave so the speculation would stop. I'd also like to see what he does with another team. He did very well here but wasn't perfect. If he's given the keys to a Corvette instead of a Chevette the expectation go up as well. He's earned the chance to play with big boy money if he wants but there are reputational risks with doing that as well. Overall Arnold seems to be off to a good start here so I don't really care.
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I kind of wish Stearns would leave so the speculation would stop. I'd also like to see what he does with another team. He did very well here but wasn't perfect. If he's given the keys to a Corvette instead of a Chevette the expectation go up as well. He's earned the chance to play with big boy money if he wants but there are reputational risks with doing that as well. Overall Arnold seems to be off to a good start here so I don't really care.
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Brian Anderson to Brewers!!!! Yes!!!
Thurston Fluff replied to DR28's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yea, but I heard he stopped drinking. Possible come back player of the year candidate? -
Brian Anderson to Brewers!!!! Yes!!!
Thurston Fluff replied to DR28's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Before this signing we were going to have to rely on four rookies covering three positions. Now we only need to rely on them to cover two. The added flexibility of Anderson to cover either third or right means one of those rookies doesn't NEED to be Turang. While I didn't have a problem with going with the rookies, not needing to rely on 3/4 of them to produce right away is nice. -
Sad to see Jeff Beck passed away.
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Free agency is used by teams to make up for failing in other areas.
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Lauer has been kind of critical of the way the team operates and doesn't strike me as the type of player that ages well. I don't think he's going to sign a team friendly deal and I don't think he's the type that will play up to the value he'll get as a free agent.
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Lauer has been kind of critical of the way the team operates and doesn't strike me as the type of player that ages well. I don't think he's going to sign a team friendly deal and I don't think he's the type that will play up to the value he'll get as a free agent.
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Getting a starter who is under control of 4+ years would be a smart move this year. We could trade Lauer this season and still be set up for the eventual departure of Burnes and Woodruff.
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Getting a starter who is under control of 4+ years would be a smart move this year. We could trade Lauer this season and still be set up for the eventual departure of Burnes and Woodruff.
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I have mixed feeling about him. He was a good defender with one of the sweetest pivots on double plays I ever did see. He was decent hitter overall. On the flip side he was not good on the bases. He's the only guy I ever saw get picked off first on a fake throw to third then first. He got picked off like that more than once. Overall he ran into way too many outs on the base paths. He was also one of the many guys found to be using steroids.
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The biggest problem we had last season was too few quality starters. It makes some amount of sense to start with seven capable starters and let the chips fall where they may. If everyone is healthy to start the season then Hauser and/or Ashby goes to the pen where they've had success before and the relief corps depth improves. An outside the box thought is they move Peralta to the pen to shore up the back end. It reduces the workload after an injury plagued season and addresses a need.
