vegasbrewcrew1993

yeah i really dont see why this kid is considered a future ace. you aren't going to last long in the majors relying on the fastball 80% of the time. the majority of those fastballs are in hittable spots. brewers hitters are stupid and unlucky. they should be crushing this kid right now. I think both of you are missing the point here... you don't need pitches 2 and 3 if you can get outs with your FB, and he moves his FB all over the zone. He also works up in the zone like Sheets did getting many hitters to swing at FBs just out of the strike zone that they can't catch up with, I've harped on that concept for a long time, it bothers me that few pitchers attack hitters up and/or up and in anymore. We have no one with an arm like Miller who can locate like Miller, give the young man his due. Yes he'll have to develop his secondary stuff at some point, but we'd take him in a heartbeat if we could. He painted a couple of FBs at 96 MPH at the knees on the outside corner without Molina having to move his glove but he's not impressive? Come on... I wish any of our young arms had that much gas and control, our best pitching prospect in the last decade in Gallardo has never even been able to locate like that which is why he gets into way too many 3 ball counts, and his arm was never that good. Ohh and both his curve and change flash plus potential when he actually uses them, he was one of the best prospects in baseball for a reason and he learned some hard lessons in AAA last year which he's obviously applied and is better off for. It irks me how well the Cards do consistently developing talent, their 2 recent world series wins, I hated TLR, dont' care for Molina, not a big of fan of their sanctimonious fanbase whining about HR stuff when no one admired a HR like Pujols, I dislike and/or am jealous of everything they've done. However, at the same I believe we should at least be realistic and give credit where credit is due. It's a fantastic organization with a ton of history that continues to do just about everything the right way from a talent standpoint and while I certainly don't like it, I'm not going to spin their success in a way that belittles their accomplishments. They've been better than us at MLB, they've out scouted us, and they've out developed us in the minors, and they've made better moves from a talent perspective... we've simply just been worked. We don't have to like it but we should acknowledge and appreciate their success... other than getting lucky with Suppan nothing was an accident, they are just very solid and well run organization through and through. Any team that sustains MLB success and yet has a loaded farm system is obviously doing something right... hopefully some day we can reach that point as an organization. We're just going to have to agree to disagree on Miller. In the end the guy is probably going to end up kicking the Brewers @ss regardless of whether he ends up living up to the hype. That's just the Cardinal way lol. Don't get me wrong man, I hate the damn Cardinals but I'm not crazy either. They're an excellent organization. There's a reason why they've won 11 World Series championships. There's a reason why year after year they field a competitive team and have a stocked farm system. They know how to win. They've got more A rated prospects than we could dream of having. We as Brewers fans hate them, but we're lying if don't wish for a second that we could trade places with them. I don't care for their annoying fanbase or their stupid players. I do respect their organization. They're a good model for what small market franchises should be. If they get favorable treatment its probably because that organization has earned that kind of influence.

He has other pitches, you know. He's not throwing them because he doesn't need to. Why throw other pitches that will put strain on his arm? Why show the other pitches in your arsenal if a team can't hit your fastball? Miller is a damned good young pitcher. Better than anything we have. He's 4-2 with a 1.96 ERA, 38 Ks in 36 2/3 IP, a 1.06 WHIP. Another one of their young studs, Carlos Martinez, came out and threw a scoreless eighth. Wacha's not up yet, but he's going to be outstanding, too. How do we know that his other pitches are good if he doesn't throw them? Minor league success doesn't always translate to major league success. Well either way knowing how lucky the Lardinals are, Miller will end up winning 3 Cy youngs, and have record 50-1 against the Brewers. Everything the Lardinals touch turns to gold. So we better get use to this one dimensional kid owning the Brewers.

He is good, there is a reason he was a top 10 prospect. I would give my left nut to have arms like his in the brewers system. not all top 10 prospects end up living to the hype. i wouldnt want a pitcher that throws nothing but fastballs. eventually he's going to get smacked around. give me the breaking ball master with control over the flamethrower anyday. He throws 73% fastballs and the off-speed just enough to keep the hitters honest. He does exactly what people have been begging Yo to do for years. Trust your stuff and throw strikes.... He also controls that fastball well. Doesn't leave too many over the heart of the plate in obvious fastball counts. To me 73% is too much. I'd much prefer it if Yovani worked on perfecting his curveball. That thing is a beauty. Imagine a Gallardo that had complete control of his breaking pitches? He could compliment that with the fastball. My preferred strategy is to rely on various breaking pitches and then surprise hitters with some heat. Curveball, slider, changeup, then BAM heat! Like him, but still hate him because he is a Cardinal.

He is good, there is a reason he was a top 10 prospect. I would give my left nut to have arms like his in the brewers system. not all top 10 prospects end up living to the hype. i wouldnt want a pitcher that throws nothing but fastballs. eventually he's going to get smacked around. give me the breaking ball master with control over the flamethrower anyday. He throws 73% fastballs and the off-speed just enough to keep the hitters honest. He does exactly what people have been begging Yo to do for years. Trust your stuff and throw strikes.... He also controls that fastball well. Doesn't leave too many over the heart of the plate in obvious fastball counts. To me 73% is too much. I'd much prefer it if Yovani worked on perfecting his curveball. That thing is a beauty. Imagine a Gallardo that had complete control of his breaking pitches? He could compliment that with the fastball. My preferred strategy is to rely on various breaking pitches and then surprise hitters with some heat. Curveball, slider, changeup, then BAM heat! Like him, but still hate him because he is a Cardinal.

He is good, there is a reason he was a top 10 prospect. I would give my left nut to have arms like his in the brewers system. not all top 10 prospects end up living to the hype. i wouldnt want a pitcher that throws nothing but fastballs. eventually he's going to get smacked around. give me the breaking ball master with control over the flamethrower anyday. He's got a 1.96 ERA, he's doing something right. I disagree with taking the breaking ball master over the flamethrower. Ideally you want someone who can do a little bit of a couple things, but I'll take a Kershaw over a Zito any day. i doubt he finishes the year with an era under 3.3. Fiers looked pretty good his first year too. Teams started figuring him out and now he's in the minors. It won't surprise if teams figure out Miller by the end of year. Barry Zito is an extreme. He's a soft tosser. I'm not a fan of soft tossers. I prefer a pitcher who only throws 90-92 mph fastball and has an assortment of breaking balls. This Miller kid is one dimensional. Strasburg is a flamethrower but he's got other pitches. Michael Pineda was once a highly touted prospect. He hasn't done squat so far. Time will tell on this Miller kid, but I'm not a fan. I'm not saying this either because he's a Cardinal. I'd have serious doubts about him even if he was a Brewer. I just don't think that a fastball heavy pitcher is the key to success. Just my opinion. Look at our own John Axford. In 2011 he had a sick breaking ball to go with the heat. He was a big success that year. Now he can't locate his breaking ball to save his life. That has led to him become reliant on the fastball. Axford now sucks..

He is good, there is a reason he was a top 10 prospect. I would give my left nut to have arms like his in the brewers system. not all top 10 prospects end up living to the hype. i wouldnt want a pitcher that throws nothing but fastballs. eventually he's going to get smacked around. give me the breaking ball master with control over the flamethrower anyday.

yeah i really dont see why this kid is considered a future ace. you aren't going to last long in the majors relying on the fastball 80% of the time. the majority of those fastballs are in hittable spots. brewers hitters are stupid and unlucky. they should be crushing this kid right now.

yeah i really dont see why this kid is considered a future ace. you aren't going to last long in the majors relying on the fastball 80% of the time. the majority of those fastballs are in hittable spots. brewers hitters are stupid and unlucky. they should be crushing this kid right now.

well something is better than nothing

alright luc now would be a good time for you to break out. may the force be with you luc lol

what the hell are you swinging at weeks?

holy smokes what a miracle

lol and another damn liner at the cardinal defender. jesus christ. why even bother playing st.louis? they get all the lucky breaks. bloops end up scoring runs for the cards, whereas hard hit balls end up in mitts for the brewers.

i dont see what is so special about this miller kid. he relies too much on the fast ball. the guy just throws the fastball in the zone. a smart hitting team is going to crush him. he may surprise hitters his first year because of a lack of game tape. hitters will figure him out. lol just not the brewers...

shouldn't that be in blue? edit: lol now i see the edit haha

cards as always getting the favorable calls. lohse no longer gets protection since he's a brewer.

great at bat luc...not

stop screwing around at first

well well well about time gonzalez. alright luc here we go!

bad luck for rickie. almost had a hit. why on earth is gonzalez hitting here? thumbs down for RRR

yes indeed. its nice to see the team show some resiliency

no steal attempts please. dont mess with yadi's arm

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