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Put in the automated strike zone. Eliminates the arguing all game. But more importantly, now the hitters know that if that ball just touches the zone it's a strike. so they don't have as much incentive to bank on the ump giving him a ball. I suppose this isn't perfect, as there is a good percent of balls that get called strikes (lots in my head in this STL series) but I think the percent would lean in the direction I'm talking. Also, it eliminates the variable of "I probalby can't hit that well so lets just hope he misses the call" from the scenario.

If you have that info in front of you, how many runs were scored by MKE in those games after he pitches? I'd blame it on the O more than anything, it's impossible to have a reliever available every day. And if the BP pitches 4 innings and gives up 1 run they did their job. If the offense scores only 2 though you're in trouble. Just guessing of course, but that's likely the bigger culprit.

No lefties for the Cards for Santana when Braun is out either. As much as the team is struggling on O you can't afford to sit the 4 guys who look best so Santana is the odd man out for now. Once Braun is back I'd be fine with Santana going down for a bit and try to get some rhythm so he can step in and do well when another injury happens.

Certainly seems to get along well with everyone on the team from what we can see on TV.

I don't blame them for wanting to get a runner on in front of the two best hitters. Thames should keep a good OBP. I see both sides of course but I don't think it's anything to get too worked up about. For Braun, I know this is planned maintenance but I kind of thought they'd have done this again when he was on the DL. Of course IDK exactly how it works. Maybe it's not really useful until a certain point so it would have been pointless to do it a month ago.

Haven't seen any injury stuff for Braun. could simply trying to ride the hot hands and R/L as much as possible? Just like so many fans preemptively claimed he wouldn't do? He's been hitting it hard but results haven't been there. Can't really sit Jesus after last night and I've liked what Thames has looked like lately. Don't recall the results last night from him but thought I remembered some hard hits.

I’m obviously not making my point clearly enough. I don’t care if they bring him up and stick him in bullpen if it’s a long term move (long term being at least 6-7 weeks). I disagree that we need to start limiting his innings in June but whatever. I also disagree that this move has anything to do with getting him major league coaching but again whatever. And finally given that we are currently in a tight battle for first place now isn’t the time to worry about getting our prospects “experience”. That’s what September is for. My issue stems from (admittedly an assumption) the fact that if this does indeed happen he will likely spend a short time in Milwaukee’s bullpen and then go back to the rotation in CS. And it wouldn’t surprise me in the least bit if they then bring him back to Milwaukee’s bullpen if he pitches ok only to send him back down to the CS rotation. It’s what they do. I don’t like it. Others can disagree but I don’t think doing that it is in the best interest of the player. I think you either a) keep him in CS until/unless we need someone to start a game or b) bring him up and put him in the bullpen with the understanding that that’s where he’ll be for the remainder or the majority or the remainder of the year. You're making a lot of leaps though. The things you're talking about might happen but we don't know yet. I'm just saying wait and see instead of rushing towards a negative view before it happens. You're talking about September, that could exactly be what they're doing here. They know he's ahead on innings, so a bit of a break doing this right now while giving some relief experience, all so that he has innings available come September. Or it could be including him in the up and down rotation they're doing with the Housers, Woodruff, Peralta, etc. We don't know, so really nothing to get worked up about either way. And you asked about how's it good for development, I said why pitching in the bigs is good for it including the coach and you just dismissed it.

Pina has had 3 good games in a row now. It's probably not realistic to expect him to finish the year near his last year numbers like 275/330. But just going from the 220/280ish he's been this year up to 250/310 isn't outside the realm of reality and is 'good enough' along with how good of defense he plays. Assuming Kratz is back to reality though I'd prefer not to have a black hole out there the other two days each week so I'd be all for bringing up Nottingham if Kratz's crash continues. My eye test on Kratz's D is not good, has thrown some guys out but the blocking looks bad.

Small market team, can't knock the hustle to get that little bit of extra money. But yea other teams should do the same in return to them.

Good point, explained much better than I was trying to say. Unless you're true superstar type the variance seems so tough at C. I just don't think we should have to give up as much as being thrown out here by some.

Because it will limit his innings this year, which has to happen anyway. And he'd get out of CS and up to the big leagues under the coaching of what seems to a heck of a pitching coach. Plus, gaining major league experience (both in game but also just how everything works) so he's more comfortable next year.

If I'm Burnes, I think I am thinking -- 'Wow, this is cool. What an opportunity!? How great is it that my bosses recognize my talent even though I'm having a tough year in this Hell-for-Pitchers that they call Colorado Springs?' not 'Wow, they are jerking me around' Why do you say it seemed to set Peralta back? There are plenty of bullpen options, but Burnes is talented and they want to put the best players on the field. And don't forget the money from being on the big league roster. That's probably huge for guys at his point who've been making nothing so far.

And just think he could have been ours, so close.

Yea I get having to give up one of Huira, Burnes, Peralta (basically our top 3) guys at this point. But these JT talks of giving up two of them plus more is too much for me. FYI-I just went over a few recent box scores for Biloxi and he is playing 2B now as opposed to DH or something else. So that's a good sign regarding his arm health. I mean, if we're willing to have a significant downgrade of D at SS when we bring up Miller. Would it be crazy to do it with Hiura down the line as well, or maybe in place of doing it at SS (obviously more important at SS). Such as, give Hiura more time and maybe a few weeks at AAA. Send Arcia down for a bit and try to fix himself when you give Miller his run. but down the line this year maybe both Hiura/Arcia come up and you fix your SS D and upgrade your 2B O.

It was impossible to do what they did through May all year long. The problem is still the offense making almost every game be on the backs of the pen so that one run given up here or there seems like a big deal.

Seems a bit of an overreaction to think having him play one game out of the pen means he's going to be in the pen from here. They might simply be looking at innings limits for the year already so this could be a break and gives him some experience in a role he might need to be in come September or playoffs (as he'll hit an innings limit by then).

I''m not aware of any anti-Aguilar people. Unless you consider folks saying he wasn't going to maintain hitting .335 as anti-aguilar.

I was suprised Thams in RF instead of LF. Anyone know which he was playing during his rehab starts? Obviously in the bigs for us he's just been in LF whereas Yelich has done a lot in RF

I don't see the rush as of right now. Guerra, Chacin, Anderson are pretty much locked into 3 spots. Suter hasn't been killing them. You have Woodruff and Peralta to fill in until Davies is back. Plus Jimmy coming back in the next month or so. Bullpen is well set. If something happens with injuries or guys completely losing it, sure that changes things but as of now I'd just keep the process going as a starter and likely get him a taste in the September call ups. If anything I'd like to see Woodruff given a bit more of a run if the situation calls for it. He has the stuff, might just need some time like Nelson did. It's tough being in a pennant race though to give him those reps like they could with Nelson.

Trout is really underappreciated and under talked about nationally. If he was on the Yanks or Sawx the coverage would like LeBron gets as far as best player ever talk https://deadspin.com/mike-trout-doesnt-deserve-this-****-1826949330

I'd call him and Luc about the same level. Luc was more established and more of a track record but that's balanced by Realmuto being younger and controlled I think a year more. Remember Luc wasn't a rental as he had 1.5 years left too. Me, I'd say Luc at time of trade vs JT now I'd pick Luc as the better player to play a game that day, but I see either way and consider it a toss up. But the general talk here is putting him in a whole class above Luc like some kind of star. They're essentially the same level of player and I don't think many of use were talking about Luc like he was this star and getting this big package back. That's all I'm getting at, he's a good quality starter but not some superstar like Posey, MAuer, Piazza, etc. He was essentially the same level of player as Pina last year. I'd love to find a way to get him but the packages being thrown around here involving Huera and Burnes just seems much. Especially when comparing to what we got for controlled good players like Gomez (with a proven starter) and Luc (along with a proven closer). As said, we won those as our guys flopped and seemingly picked our prospects well but trying to just keep time of trade and prospects at the time in mind. ETA: I noticed you included his current season in there at 892 which is only 50 games and over 100 points better than he's ever done. I'd expect a good correction down on that, but maybe he really wants out of MIA so he'll keep raking to make it happen (like being in a contract year haha). Luc had 3 years higher of an OPS than JT's current career high (4 if you include time of trade and the whole trade season).

I like Realmuto and would love to have him. But generally speaking I think he's getting a bit overrated or overhyped here. He's played 3 seasons in mlb with lines of this 259/290 with 10 HR 303/343 with 11 HR 278/332 with 17 HR (for comparison Pina was 279/327 with 9 HR and 751 OPS) That's his track record, of course good but not some kind of Posey or prime Mauer level good or anything. I'd say Lucroy was a more proven and a better player at the time of trade. Of course Luc was a couple years older though so that balances. I'd love to have him but Huera and Burnes I think is too much. It just seems like when we were the traders we had to realize that we're not getting the mass hauls we expected and to get realistic but now that we're the buyers we're expected to pay top price for everyone. Granted, we did win most trades due to our guys flopping after we traded them but looking at time of trades as much as possible.

What about Braun at leadoff? I know the OBP and all that isn't good now but hear me out. First, obviously we all see that he's hitting the ball hard and on line drives at about as high of a clip as he has in his career. So, once the luck corrects you'd like to get as much out of it as you can. Second, if/when that luck comes I still think he's going to end up much more of a line drive singles/doubles hitter than the traditional power 3 hole guy of his prime. Kind of like your 'classic' 2nd in the order hitter. Third, as said Cain/Yelich probably need to be down a spot or two to get max value from them and there isn't an obvious leadoff choice so it's a bit of just experimenting and hoping to jump start him. Also, you can then tell him (if you're not already) to be patient and take his walks as much as possible instead of feeling pressure to drive in runs.

but 260/300ish isn't a black hole. Going from true black hole of almost pitcher level incompetency from Sogard/Arcia to just basic mediocrity like Perez's hitting would give is a tremendous improvement. Is he or the situation good? Of course not, but compared to the options and what they've been doing it's a large step.

Using your weaker relievers when behind and your good ones when ahead is pretty basic strategy all over the league. It's just what has to be done to keep guys fresh for the year. He couldn't have known our normally pedestrian offense would keep on putting up runs.