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Overbay double (duh)

Who do you put at second? Segura is cold right now, but he really hasn't been that bad. .220/.273/.293. He actually has been that bad and he's been that bad going back to the second half of last season. For a shortstop in a small sample size at the beginning of the season, that is bad but it is not catastrophic. Prince Fielder is hitting .159/.260/.205. I agree he has looked poor in this series though, and that a day off might help.

Who do you put at second? Segura is cold right now, but he really hasn't been that bad. Lucroy would be good hitting 2nd but that has nothing to do with Segura and more about getting him more PAs over the season. Won't happen because then Roenicke wouldn't be able to "make things happen" and have the #2 hitter bunt. Good point, I think Lucroy at #2 would work well. (Especially since he has the highest OBP on the team right now). But for today I wouldn't want any of Overbay/Schafer/Gennett/Maldonado hitting higher in the order.

Yikes, lucky that was a bad throw.

Who do you put at second? Segura is cold right now, but he really hasn't been that bad.

9-2!

Mark Reynolds, Gold Glover

He also had his eyes closed on the 3rd swing which would seem to make hitting the ball decidedly more difficult. "Use the Force, Khris"

To be fair, Melancon is very good. But yeah, looked like Davis was trying a little too hard there.

Two days ago against Philadelphia. Not his best game today and he hasn't been great this season, but I wouldn't say he's been terrible.

Luuuuuuuuuc

I think the problem was it was more of a line drive than a fly ball, so looked like it was going to be a hit and gave him less time to react (the crowd and announcers reacted like it was going to be a hit too). Still a mistake but not sure it makes Davis a "moron"...

Weeks did what he needed to, just a mistake from Davis.

Rope-a-dope bunt strategy there. Trick them with two horrendous bunt attempts and then drop one down.

Uh-oh... hope the old swing-at-every-first-pitch Brewers aren't reemerging.

Not bad for the best defensive CF in baseball.

Stuck with the Pirates feed. This one announcer is the most passive-aggressive homer ever. (Buddy, you can't make subtle jabs at Mark Reynolds for being an empty power hitter when your cleanup hitter is Pedro Alvarez)

I'd settle for 82-70 the rest of the way!

Looked pretty good. Aside from the HR (which he knew was a mistake right away), I think all of the hits were groundballs that just found gaps.

Credit to Lucroy on getting the called strike three on Alvarez there.

You do realize he is already under contract for 4/$14.25M? Or do you mean after the completion of that? I meant through his mid-30s, though I guess you are right that he would probably not agree to a new extension unless his current extension was superseded so he gets a higher salary. Something else to consider: if we buy into developing advanced metrics that say Lucroy is perhaps the best pitch-framer in baseball, is there another skill that is less likely to decline with age?

Did some anonymous GM tell Jon Heyman that behind-the-scenes, Lucroy is considered one of the top two most valuable catchers in baseball (along with Yadier Molina)? I know extending catchers is risky, but if they can lock him in even longer at relatively cheap then I think the Brewers have to do that deal. Molina got 5/$75M a couple years ago--but he is also more universally praised than Lucroy. I think something like 5/$50M would be a solid deal for the Brewers though.

3-for-5, 3 HR, 7 RBI? Looks like Braun finally took my advice and put a band-aid over that thumb. Problem solved.

If even surgery is not very effective that means what, Braun's career (at least as a star player) is over? I don't understand why padding wouldn't be effective. Hopefully it's something that he adjusts to or it just goes away.

I would agree, but it's much closer than you might think. If you look at who the Astros have in the minors, they have 4 top 50 prospects in Carlos Correa, Mark Appell, George Springer and Jonathan Singleton. They have another, Lance McCullers at #52, Mike Foltynewicz at #54, and DeLino DeShields at #66. Jarred Cosart, who got the win for them today, was the #31 prospect in 2011. He's 23. They also have a third baseman prospect I would KILL to have in Milwaukee named Matt Dominguez. He might only be a career .250-.260 hitter, and he needs to work on drawing more walks. But his bat is live, and he'll hit 25 to 30 home runs a year. And he's spectacular defensively. He won't be 25 until August. He was the #35 prospect in 2011, and the #1 ranked third baseman in all the minors. So, here's their future positional players and a comp to what we have now: C Jason Castro (advantage Milwaukee, Lucroy will be an All Star this year or next) 1B Jonathan Singleton (advantage Houston. Singleton likes the ganja, which could be a problem. If he can manage that, he's the #1 1B prospect in baseball) 2B Jose Altuve (Altuve has been an All Star. He has speed and can hit .280-.290 + Can Gennett match him in a full season?) SS Carlos Correa (edge Milwaukee for now. Correa is going to be a stud. He has real power, and a gun for an arm.) 3B Matt Dominguez (edge Milwaukee for now. But how long can Ramirez hang on?) OF George Springer (Braun is an MVP. Springer hit 37 HR and stole 45 bases last year. He's a top 10 prospect in baseball. Edge Milwaukee) OF Dexter Fowler (edge Milwaukee. Big edge Gomez) OF Delino DeShields (edge Milwaukee. But Khris Davis needs to show he can do it over a full season. DeShields will be an average + hitter, and an average + fielder. He'll also steal 60 + bases each year.) Their rotation is promising, too. SP Jared Cosart SP Mark Appel SP Lance McCullers SP Mike Foltynewicz Now, not all of those guys will live up to their billing. But none of these guys are over 26. And Singleton and Dominguez blow away any bookend young talent we have in the entire organization right now. The Brewers could win right now, but it's a smaller window than it used to be. The Astros have the young talent that we wish we had. The difference is that Milwaukee has a number of youngish (well, not ancient...) players who have actually proven their ability to play in MLB. Prospects are nice, but the failure rate is huge. Whatever happened to the Diamondbacks dream farm system from a few years ago (are any of them even on the team anymore?). Even Kansas City is looking pretty mediocre despite all the hype. I think the Brewers farm system is pretty poor right now, but at least the front office appears to be aware of this (for example, new highs in international spending recently). There's only so much you can do when you whiff on top draft picks a few years in a row.