MrTPlush
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No, starter cannot get the ‘W’ without going 5 innings. Doesn’t matter if he threw 4.2 innings of scoreless baseball striking out everyone. Almost surely will be Freddy Peralta.
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Boy, if we have Pomeranz, Freddy, Hader and Knebel back in 2020? Will be interesting what he costs. We also assume he will be a bullpen arm moving forward. That is no guarantee. If he does I’d guess the limited bullpen track record will tame his cost, but he has been a MAJOR arm so far. Like elite, 2.79 FIP and 15+ K/9.
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I thought PomPom would have a nice impact, but didn’t really think Lyles would be much of a meaningful starter. Glad I had half wrong on the right side of that.
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I hope he works on his defense this winter. Good luck, he is bad out there. Not like he hasn't known his defense has sucked for years.
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I mean, can't say you are wrong. They are so freakin' bad though they likely draft #1 again next year. They could certainly slide down ever so slightly and still be Top 10 while gaining valuable future picks. Maybe just draft a different player #1 not named a QB, Chase Young? The tank job is more about not spending all that cap space. I see them just taking the QB this draft, really don't see them trying to tank it two years in a row like that. At least not to the point they draft #1 and grab Lawrence.
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2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't get it, why? My personal take is the Brewers with 82 wins aren't going to have the mojo to overtake the Cardinals for the division. If the Cardinals go 5-5 the rest of the way they'll hit 90 wins. Likewise, with a 1.5 game deficit behind Washington, and with the Nationals having 3 games against Miami they're likely to get into that 88-89 win range which makes the Brewers odds of surpassing them very slim. The Brewers most realistic shot for the post season is slipping by the Cubs for the 2nd wild card. The Cubs are a strong hitting team, and they have a couple horses in their rotation . Thus, my comment above: situations where the Cubs/Cardinals games are low scoring and the outcome is decided with relief pitchers on the mound disfavors the Cubs with their rather average bullpen. Yah, but wouldn't slugfests technically be preferred? That uses even more of the bullpen when the starter exits early. You can have high scoring games decided by bullpens. I guess I don't see why they have to be low scoring...you just want close if your goal is bullpen utilization. Low scoring would hint at the fact those 'horses' are pitching more of the game thus reducing the number of inning the cardinals see the bullpen. -
Don't many players get busted for illegal drugs they wouldn't be able legally obtain? As in you aren't going to get access to it them even if baseball allowed them. Like the doctor ain't giving you a prescription for it to be better at baseball or to even stay "healthier" while playing baseball. HGH for example is highly illegal except for very rare exceptions...must like many other testosterone booster drugs. There is a reason Bosch and many others are in jail...the drugs are illegal, period. These players are committing a crime by possessing/using them. It is much more than player safety, the drugs are flat out illegal. It is like getting mad because MLB banned players from using cocaine. It is already illegal...they shouldn't even need to tell you not to do it. Lasik Surgery is a legal thing to do, the drugs these players get caught with are not legal to do. You could talk about over the counter stuff they outlaw, but that isn't what these players are getting caught with. Actually I think quite a few these days are only getting caught by testing for the cover up drug. They aren't taking masking agents to cover up the vitamin gummy bears.
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2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
We are 152 games into the year and sit 3.0 GB. 156 games into 2018 we sat 2.5 GB on the division. I think tonight is a potential turning point. If we gain a game tonight the division is very real, if you move back a game...I would say we are pretty close to toast. The faster we gain games the better. If we gain two games on the Cards in the next two days suddenly we only need to be one game better the rest of the way to force a tie. A little bit of bad luck can make a 10 game stretch go from 5-5 to 3-7 real quick. If they don't play that well and have some bad breaks they could lose most of their remaining games. But hey this Brewers team isn't really that good, we could go 3-7 ourselves and be doomed. Who knows. -
2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't get it, why? -
He returned 14 punts in 12 games in college from what I saw...all in 2017, no kick returns in college. His average on punts in college was 5 yards, not the greatest. Of course I won't pretend to know I watch any of them. I thought about Hill, but this year he has gotten zero punt returns, so not sure what to think of that. Also I checked the preseason. He took back punts twice, once in the first game and once in the last game. Now of course I assume fair catches don't count towards stats so other appearances may not be reflected in that. I think he could bring kick off value. He is dangerous enough to give the occasional mid field starting point...Davis was pretty useless. Maybe our blockers just suck, who knows.
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2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
And yet it still requires a Game 163 to figure it out. If we get close to the division it almost requires the Cubs to do good and keep pace with us (within a game I would imagine). Then it only requires the Nationals to do well down the stretch (who have 4 against the Marlins) to make that scenario possible. I would call it unlikely...but definitely possible. -
Okay, I didn't know if there was a reason he was only taking back kickoffs. I know some players can quickly get shunned from punts if they don't protect the ball with their life as a muffed punt is a disaster. He only averaged about 5 yards in his limited punting returning in college. I suppose Grandpa Williams could do the punt returning. They trusted him quite a bit last year with it.
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Also wouldn't be shocked if they saw Smith and decided to upgrade the return game...then just turning to whoever would give something for Davis as he was pretty worthless then. Smith is also probably more valuable on the depth chart as a CB than Davis is as a WR. Smith has 26.8 yards per kick return to his resume....Davis had 22.6 to his name on kick returns. Pretty dramatic difference as Davis arguably hurt us taking returns out. Davis also had a long kick return of just 34 yards in his career while Smith took one back 97 yards last year. The later probably inflates the overall average a touch, but he definitely better historically. Smith has never taken punts back, so that should be interesting. Not sure the punt return experience on the current team...they may prefer it in trustier hands if that is the concern.
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2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Haha it would be great...but I think even the most optimistic would predict a 3-1 NLDS loss. Anything can happen, but they are miles better than us in almost every facet of the game and our entire September run consists of terrible teams and the sinking titanic known as the Cubs. I think the Brewers best case scenario is to get on a different side of the bracket and hope the team on the other side gets rid of them first. The Cardinals would be the best bet in my opinion to take out the Dodgers in a 5 game series. Cardinals have the pitching to tame the Dodgers bats. I can't see our Dollar Store pitching staff stopping them. -
This dude is a total dumpster fire away from Petco Park. His last start messed up the numbers a bit, but his ERA is 6.19 on the road. He pitched against us well back in June at Petco...I would expect different results this time out.
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2019 Standings and Playoff Races Discussion
MrTPlush replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think a Brewers fan would hope for a 3-1 weekend and then either the Cubs/Cards winning that series 3-1. That would put the Brewers 1 game back in the division and tied for a WC spot. Or if the Cardinals dominated that would put us a major 2 games up on the Cubs....though likely sealing the division for the Cardinals. Regardless, too early to give up on the division. The Brewers could easily go 4-0 the next four days and the Cardinals go 1-3...that would make a three way tie atop the division. There are of course a few ways to be 1 game out going into Monday too. Very far from over, for now. I don't think we want the Cubs/Cards to "beat up on each other". I think we really just need one to beat up on the other. The risk adverse may cheer for the Cardinals, but I don't want the WC game where we will be at a huge disadvantage or even if we win getting the Dodgers right off the bat where we get ran out of the postseason embarrassingly. I would rather take a shot at the Braves first. -
Really wasn’t a bad inning either. Kinda got screwed by his infielder on the bunt. Easy to say throw it a little harder, but then our little league infielder misses it at first and the run is probably scoring...making a real big mess. Crazy to really blame Guerra for that mess.
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So a ball that was called a strike (borderline, actually a strike on MLB.com) caused him to swing at two pitches in the dirt? Lol..... On another note correct call. Sucks, but correct. Yes of course it does. Sorry I watched the pitch and saw the display on the screen, it was low. It was borderline which is why I said tough to be an ump but it was a ball. The next pitch they went even lower which is a smart thing to do and he checked his swing because in his head he is thinking about the fact they are calling the low strike. The final pitch is downright in the dirt but again he swings at that low pitch to protect himself like a rookie tends to do. Everything in that pitch sequence changed the moment they called the low pitch a strike. This is pitch sequencing 101 here. That was just a rookie struggling all game swinging at more junk like he has done a lot so far this year. Not sure if the TV graphic was different, but just skimmed the zone on MLB.com. Can’t say I was paying attention on the TV though.
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So a ball that was called a strike (borderline, actually a strike on MLB.com) caused him to swing at two pitches in the dirt? Lol..... On another note correct call. Sucks, but correct.
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When the slider is working Jackson is a nice piece.
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5 innings 3.60 ERA .600 WHIP 9.0 K/9 Zero Walks Could we please get some more of these “not a starter” types?
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Yup, he admitted to doing it. Hopefully the idiot saves us all tax dollars and just pleads guilty...end of story. Send him back to Venezuela.
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Brewers should learn to not throw 0-2 strikes let only 0-2 meatballs.
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Zach Davies is not a 4-5 inning pitcher. These guys seem that way because it is the Brewers belief to pull starters early. Lance Lynn, for example, isn’t coming here and consistently pitching 6+. 1-3 innings: 4.15 ERA 4-6 innings: 3.26 ERA 7-9 innings: 1.50 ERA Yes, his more in depth stats are equally impressive as the game goes on...and yes his entire career is similar where he is better as the game goes on. Davies tends to struggle specifically in the 5th which leads to him getting pulled often with a short leash. Lance Lynn struggles mightily in the 4th (5+ ERA). He historically is a terrible 1st inning guy. So would he really be any better? These guys simply do not get the opportunity to go deep into games with how they are coached. It is not the philosophy of the organization.
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I’d love to get PomPom to come back if he is willing to let go of being a starter...that could be a big question mark with him. I think he could be a great value add.