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  1. Playing Catch
    When will we know the fate of Javy Guerra?
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    Luke Voit saved runs in this game, scooping two tough throws from Willy late.
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    ESPN? Are we sure that wasn't an article from The Athletic? I think some of the quotes from Arnold and Counsell further illustrate the organization's commitment to avoiding negative WAR. Just have depth at every spot on the field and compete with every pitch, and you'll win a lot of games. I also agreed with the author's point about this team being more balanced. They aren't so pitching-dominant, bullpen-dominant, but they're very good defensively and competitive offensively as well. And yes, a lot more fun to watch.
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    Bizarre. I'm guessing we all just read the same FanGraphs article on how bad the White Sox are, as I came here specifically to ask what Giolito would cost in a trade. He's not some kind of world-beater. I would guess it would cost someone like Robert Moore and a couple of kids.
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    All of the minor league sticks are pretty cold to start the year
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    Only 3 teams, the Yankees (7-5), Blue Jays (4-2), Brewers (6-3) have winning records vs. teams above .500. Meanwhile, the darlings of baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays are 1-2 in such contests, and the Atlanta Braves have yet to play a game against a team currently over .500.
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    Another great win. Kudos to Trueblood. This series is well-conceived and features excellent writing. Granted, I look forward to it more when the Third Bucket Winning Percentage is 1.000.
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    That's my belief as well. I have no doubt that changing up his timing and weight shift could make him more consistent as a power threat, but I agree that I'm not sure it will change his strikeouts. He can't catch up to high heat.
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    I haven't seen any video, but I really hope that he makes some significant changes that will keep a more-level bat in the zone for longer, because I just can't accept that he doesn't have the talent to hit .300.
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    Not sure about Devanney, but I'm not worried about Chourio's strikeouts... yet. I read some scouting thing somewhere that really has stuck with me. They mentioned that good young hitters are rewarded for swinging a lot, and that they don't necessarily learn swing discipline because they've never needed to. Even in last night's game after twice striking out on Perez's breaking balls, he comes back and homers on a hanger. I expect that as he climbs the ladder, he will learn that he can't swing at breaking balls in MLB because they rarely hang them... or I certainly hope so. In addition, he covers the outside of the zone amazingly.
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    I'm on Brewerfan(atic) all the time. I know everyone has different thresholds of what they are willing or able to pay, but the ad-free experience is awesome. Now that the minor league seasons have started, I'm feeling the article-overload again, just as an observation. With that said, I LIKE the articles, I think they are well-written most of the time, but yeah, I'm not always sure which thread has the conversations going.
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    Is there a "pitching efficiency," metric of which I'm unaware? Something that attempts to qualify low pitch counts?
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    I think there's an interesting topic here. I think I've been conditioned during the 3TO era to believe that K-rate is the most important pitching stat, and that bigger is always better, like hitting more HRs is almost always better. We celebrate, and rightly so, the dominance of the "immaculate inning," but conversely constantly worry about pitch counts. Perhaps, if our defense continues to be as good as we think it is, having a lower K-rate will allow our best pitchers to rack up what I believe is the most overlooked counting stat for pitchers... Innings Pitched. Or as Counsell likes to say, "getting outs".
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    Fair point. The Brewers, by wOBA, have been much better against RHP (4th in MLB at .368) than LHP (18th in MLB at .322). Upon further reflection, you may have me convinced. The Brewers have gone with Brosseau/Miller (w/Anderson in RF and Wiemer in CF) in favor of simply playing Mitchell and Turang against lefties. And beyond the hitting platoon, playing Mitchell and Turang would be a superior defensive scheme. I would maintain, though, that the Brewers need to find out if Voit, Brosseau, and Miller can be counted on to mash lefties. If they don't play, we won't know. If they CAN'T hit lefties, than they have extremely limited value to the team, and the team will need to look at making changes, because it would be unfair to simply throw Mitchell and Turang to the wolves as rookies, and NEED them to produce in that role. Voit, Brosseau, and Miller need to lefties THIS season. There is plenty of time to find out if Turang and Mitchell can hit lefties.
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    Platooning is the way you avoid having "black holes" in the lineup. Platooning rookies in the first month(s) of their arrival to the big leagues simply makes sense, both in terms of their development and in terms of team success. You want them to experience success, maintain confidence, have opportunities to "catch their breath," and not have to be in positions where they feel pressure to carry an offense. Let's wait until June before we start questioning lineups that, to date, have been deep and dynamic, and have scored a lot of runs. Also, Yelich is getting on base at a strong clip. Nothing wrong with his leadoff production (granted yesterday helped his numbers quite a bit).
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    Highlighted above, and evident with the eye-test, has been the improvement of the defense. The Brewers might be better at every position sans the holdover starters. Turang and Wiemer look like gold glovers. That kind of defensive impact wins games.
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    It's funny to me that your examples are exactly what is making me feel more confident that Wiemer can stick! Opposite field, putting the ball in play with his speed. My guess is that the Brewers have already done their due diligence with other clubs that have interest in one or more of the Brewers' young OFers. So as others have mentioned, no reason to make a move until you have to, and as Wallus implies, optioning Wiemer is very much a possible scenario, as I'm sure the Brewers want him playing nearly every day. But if Mitchell and Wiemer (and Turang) continue to perform with reasonable success, and the Brewers feel comfortable with them playing in a possible playoff series, I think easing the "logjam," and finding a depth SP or reliever is a likely scenario using Taylor to find it. Tyrone Taylor is 29... Wow, where does the time go?
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    Basically what Sveum said... I think what would make sense was to find a confirmed good to very good big leaguer that only has 3-4 years of control remaining, so the Brewers would be exchanging the extra team control and development risk of Chourio for confirmed production for 3-4 years. Austin Riley? I think that there's a strong argument for trading players like Chourio, as so often happens, those players never quite live up to the sky-high expectations of being the top prospect. Although, in recent seasons, many of those players DO turn out to be great. Since this is a hypothetical. Why not package Chourio with Yelich (and his waived no-trade clause), and use the savings to extend Woodruff?
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    Yikes... Happy for Ashby to have signed his future-securing contract, but shoulder issues can have long-term implications that may be a pain-point for the organization going forward. Hopefully, this was all done with all parties on-board, and about helping Ashby realize his potential.
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    I just watched it. Admittedly, I'm not a big Machado fan, but I didn't think the ump looks bad for tossing Manny. Manny was making himself bigger than the game, and continued with the narcissistic routine after strike 3 was called. It also looked like he used a few choice words just before the tossing. Admittedly, these days, with the challenges of youth sports and referreeing, I tend to side with umps a lot. I mean, don't get me wrong, when I'm at the game, I yell at the umps about balls and strikes and "bad" calls too. But mostly just for fun.
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    If he's better than Voit, he has a funny way of showing it. Especially if we're considering the prospective role. I want Keston to become an every day player too, but he just isn't a prospect anymore. He's got 1000 MLB plate appearances. He is what he is, which is exactly why he needs a complete overhaul, because he's got too much talent not to try and fix it.
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    So fun to watch!
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    I think, though, that there will be a trickle-down affect to how this affects the value that players can provide in future seasons. Hopefully, more runners on 2nd and 3rd with shifting restrictions makes having high contact hitters more valuable then they have been in recent seasons. Swinging and missing is worthless with a guy on 2nd. Even soft contact in that situation is much, much better for teams. Also, teams won't be able to count on K's and double-plays to get out of innings as often. And it's not just SBs, but baserunning overall. Going 1st to 3rd would presumably be in play more often as well, especially if teams are incentivized to roster good baserunners.
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    Are there many examples of guys totally revamping their swings at this stage of their career and it working? J.D. Martinez? Luis Gonzalez, maybe? And with those guys revamped to add power/loft. I know we've had this discussion about 10,000 times, but I just really want Keston to have success. I find his issues kind of baffling that he can't seem to make the significant changes he would need to make. With this said, I suppose he's made, or will make, millions of dollars to keep doing what he's done.
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    I will predict Hiura gets picked up by some bad team. His prospect pedigree paired with his somewhat limited roles makes him a good pickup for some team that isn't trying to compete in the hopes that he "clicks". He's worth a flyer, even at $2M, IMHO.
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