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Syndergaard and deGrom
KeithStone53151 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I don't think it's as simple as an innings limit with Peralta. He's on pace for 200 innings when he only threw 120 last year. I don't think something as simple as shifting him to the pen and letting him pitch into the playoffs is a good idea. You need to protect such a young arm, I think he needs to be shutdown sometime in September no matter how many innings(unless he has a non-arm injury and misses a month or something). -
How did Shaw look at the plate yesterday? I didn't catch any of the game. I did see his 0 for 4 line though.
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I'm hoping for the best with shaw, but I'll be super critical if he has bad at bats right away... and even more critical if he injures himself. I do hope I'm wrong and he does well today.
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Houser down, Zagurski called up
KeithStone53151 replied to OnaBadger58's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
If the guy is on right now, I can understand the decision. In reality, he's likely only going to be used in a mop up role anyways. Nothing to get overly upset about here... -
Syndergaard and deGrom
KeithStone53151 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Not to go too far off-base, but you make an excellent point that having 3 or 4 shut-down arms in the pen that can go multiple innings is the best way to win an all-in playoff game. Going that route, you never waste an AB on the pitcher and a hitter never sees the same pitcher twice. We can line up starters to go 1-2 innings and have guys like Jeffress, Hader, Knebel hopefully go 1-2 each as well. I believe you get 2 days off between the wildcard play-in game and the actual start of the playoffs, so anyone who pitched should be ready for game 1...just have to make sure you save 2 starters for games 1 and 2. And considering we at the beginning of the season we were far more likely to get into the playoffs via wildcard than win the division, putting more resources into the bullpen and position players than starting pitching makes a ton of sense. -
Syndergaard and deGrom
KeithStone53151 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I don’t think many people complain about the Brewers not being able to develop “talent”. I think they complain about the Brewers not being able to develop pitching. And four quality starts from Peralta not withstanding they’ve mostly been right. I generally don't think Brewers fans would struggle as much as you think. I personally was frustrated when we traded for Yelich and signed Cain. They weren't BAD moves in my opinion, but those moves weren't the types of moves I wanted to make. Despite not liking the moves, I quickly embraced them and tried to view them in a positive way. Those moves meant we were going to be much better this year than we would have otherwise, and it would be a fun season. I assume I'm not the only one that had a similar thought process on the Yelich/Cain moves, or really any other moves we've made. Whether we like specific moves or not, we are all still brewer fans and can easily adjust to being hopeful about a move versus negative and pessimistic. -
Syndergaard and deGrom
KeithStone53151 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
ESPN naturally wants a big market to get all our best prospects, typical wishful thinking article by them. Maybe we should trade Braun for Ike Davis... -
I really think you are overestimating the cost. There will be plenty of similar options available. I don't think many teams look at him and see a regular in the OF or at 3b on a contender. He'll probably be valued as a guy to get a couple starts a week and PH.
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Even if he can't play 2b all that well, that's not a huge deal. Eventually I would think Villar, Miller and Saladino would play ss and 2b most of the time...I don't think we'd need Dietrich there much. If his arm plays at 3b, I imagine he'd be fine in RF as Braun/Yelich prefer LF. The LH bat brings more balance as well, and we'll be able to really stack lefties against RH starters. The problem is, you make it sound like Villar, Miller, and Saladino are consistent options that we can feel good about. If we're trading any type of good prospect, I want it to be at a position of need. I'm willing to explore this as a low cost move only. Maybe Gatewood or Grisham + a flier arm. If someone else offers more, so be it. Even that offer might be more than I'm willing to pay, but I look at Dietrich as a low cost bench replacement. If someone values him as a regular, we likely won't get him. I'll add, if Stearns instead explores making an acquisition for a regular SS like Mercer or Iglesias on a rental...maybe that precludes this move. That would shift Saladino and Miller into likely utility roles getting a couple starts a week. It definitely doesn't hurt to do the leg work and explore the option.
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Even if he can't play 2b all that well, that's not a huge deal. Eventually I would think Villar, Miller and Saladino would play ss and 2b most of the time...I don't think we'd need Dietrich there much. If his arm plays at 3b, I imagine he'd be fine in RF as Braun/Yelich prefer LF. The LH bat brings more balance as well, and we'll be able to really stack lefties against RH starters.
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He can play multiple positions and is a LH batter. Based on his physique, he looks like he works hard at his craft. I'm open to it depending on cost. The acquisition of Miller and continuing to look at someone like Dietrich tells me we are looking to move on from both Perez and Sogard. I like the idea of having 2 of Miller, Dietrich, Villar, Saladino starting on a given day with the other 2 coming off the bench.
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Was Braun out at 1st? announcers made it seem bang-bang.
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Braun is due for about a dozen more of those...
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Arcia getting on base could really help our cause. I hope he swings at the first pitch. Hopefully get a hit and rattle the SP a bit. And then we have our big bats due up.
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It looks like Suter had a terrible start, and that's entirely not the case.
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I don't really care for this move. I'm guessing Hader will be pitching multiple innings here, and Jeffress will be available tomorrow now...but I still don't really like it. Also on a flyball, our outfield defense got a lot worse.
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Why is there a mound visit? Please tell me we aren't pulling jeffress...
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Please tell me Jeffress is coming in...
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I really hope Jeffress is warming in the pen right now.
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Royals are 3 for 4 the 3rd time through on Suter. Might be time to get the bullpen involved.
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I'm gonna be that guy that jinxes us I guess, but the Brewers are tied with the Cubs for the 2nd fewest runs allowed in all of baseball. Not a perfect measure of SP success, but a usable one. We've also played 1 more game than the Cubs, the only team with less runs is the Astros. I do think some of our SP are pitching a bit above their heads, but on paper it looks like we could benefit more from a bat at SS or C than from a SP.
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Jeez Aguilar, that guy is something else.
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For those watching, does more credit go to Broxton for the throw or criticism to Merrifield for trying to stretch it?
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Even if it were to end the way you predicted, it really isn't that terrible for Shaw to get a bit of rest. The argument is better used for Braun because he tends to come off extended layoffs and hit the ground running, but a few extra days to rest and make darn sure that wrist is 100% seems like the wise move. If this was the middle of August and we were chasing the Cubs in the standings...I can understand your argument a bit better. I don't like the idea of adding a risk of an extended absence by not getting Shaw's wrist back to 100%.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but this lineup looks very very weak. I get that we are stacking RH bats against a lefty, but this is still probably one of the weakest lineups we've posted all season. It's fairly telling regarding Pina/Arcia that Broxton generally struggled in AAA and still hits 6th in his first start...ahead of both Pina and Arcia.