Ron Robinsons Beard
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Pull him out! He is not fooling anyone Craig. -
Why put a power pitcher in the game with you can toss another junkballer in there. Come on Counsell!
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Sending Yardley back out shows a pretty big lack of trust in Knebel. I assumed that he was looking better judging by the reports of his performance in Appleton. It would be nice to get him some innings at some point to see if he can be an asset in a potential playoff series.
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His defense has been a very nice surprise. He's solid at least back there, if not a standout. He's really managed to defy the criticism that he wasn't a good defender. He'll probably struggle to give you a .240 batting average, but he's got a nice power stroke.
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He's a switch hitter who hits better from the right side.
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Black,has got about as much of a chance to pitch in this game as I do Only chance of it happening is if the Brewers hang a crooked number in the bottom of the 6th. So yeah, how's your arm?
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Sticking with Claudio here is a bold strategy. I don't know about good ... but it's bold.
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He put himself in that position. 100 pitches in less than 5 innings and you’re not going to get the best out of the bullpen to clean up for you. He didn't need them to clean it up. He was one out away from cleaning it up himself as he did in previous innings. 10 Ks and to that point had been scoreless yet again. You're not going to be super efficient every outing but he was still fantastic and I'll take Burnes every time to get that final out over Alex freaking Claudio. Counsell is super strict about not letting his starters get substantially more than 100 pitches. They get to the high 90s, and he gets super fidgety.
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Seems like every Cardinal but Molina can fly.
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Wow, for all the complaining about the big strike zone, Caludio got pinched on several pitches in that AB.
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Bummer that Burnes couldn't get through 5. Struggled a little more with his command tonight. Still, if Claudio does his job here, it's another 4 2/3 innings of no-run ball. Burnes been the biggest pleasant surprise of this season.
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Yelich was probably one of the most valuable trade pieces in MLB when he had 3 years left on a cheap contract. The minute the ink was dry on that deal, he lost considerable trade value. They're in it for the long haul on Yelich now. Hope he can turn it around, because it's going to be a long road ahead. He's the face of the franchise, and signed a deal to solidify that long term. 150 at bats isn't going to change that. I can't believe that idea is even being brought up.
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Jedd has a $4.5 million club option for 2021 ... which is what they signed Sogard for this year. I would say it is likely he'll be back. Having a really nice bounce-back season this year.
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Its so frustrating because he has elite bat speed and should be a great player for us. I still believe in him but we need a new voice to get the best out of him. He's a professional. He's gotta figure it out. It's on him. Hard to blame Andy Haines when Hiura can't hit a fastball right down the middle.
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I am so sick of watching Keston Hiura hit. What a disappointment he's been. If you want to get him out, just throw fastballs down the middle. He'll swing right through them I know this isn't 100% ... I'm just venting. I know he one the game 1 1/2 hours ago.
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One elite, Top 15 prospect ... like Lewis Brinson? Prospects are, for the most part, a crapshoot. That's why I understand what the Indians did, taking a quantity deal of high-upside, but perhaps a little more unheralded prospects rather than focusing on one guy that can make or break a big deal. Just because you may not recognize the players the Indians received, or they don't appear on some arbitrary Top 100 Prospect list, doesn't mean that those guys don't hold a lot of value, or they won't be solid Major League regulars, or even stars. It's about putting the faith in your pro scouts to recognize future major league talent, rather than focusing on the Keith Laws of the world. That said, Clevinger was special case, as he broke COVID protocols and lied to his teammates about it, losing their trust in the process. The Indians were backed into a corner. No Cleveland was not forced to sell low on a big time talent and they did not get nearly enough for a pitcher that good. They could have just waited till the offseason to move him. Never sell low on premium talent. This is very similar to the Reds moving Chapman for a bunch of spare parts and the Yankees a few months later trading him for Torres. The Indians were looking at a potential mutiny had they done nothing about Clevinger.
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One elite, Top 15 prospect ... like Lewis Brinson? Prospects are, for the most part, a crapshoot. That's why I understand what the Indians did, taking a quantity deal of high-upside, but perhaps a little more unheralded prospects rather than focusing on one guy that can make or break a big deal. Just because you may not recognize the players the Indians received, or they don't appear on some arbitrary Top 100 Prospect list, doesn't mean that those guys don't hold a lot of value, or they won't be solid Major League regulars, or even stars. It's about putting the faith in your pro scouts to recognize future major league talent, rather than focusing on the Keith Laws of the world. That said, Clevinger was special case, as he broke COVID protocols and lied to his teammates about it, losing their trust in the process. The Indians were backed into a corner.
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McKinney is a former Top 100 prospect and is 26 years old. Mostly a corner OFer, although he has played a little 1B too. Not a bad guy to take a look at to see if something clicks. Surprising about Supak. He's the Brewers' new Moonlight Graham, as he was active for one game this season, but never saw the mound.
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Not as many as probably should have. And those who haven't, for the most part, are considered major disappointments. A few have remade themselves as relievers and have managed to recoup some value. I'd say of all those guys, the ones who have managed to meet expectations of being that high of a pick include Price, Minor (barely--he's another Braves pitcher that hasn't lived up to expectations), Wheeler, Strasburg, Harvey (for a little while at least), Bauer, Cole and Nola. Of course the jury is still out on several of those guys as well.
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There's no such thing as a can't miss prospect. If there was the Braves would have a rotation full of at minimum #3 starters. The Brewers would have Corey Ray in the outfield and they wouldn't have made the trade for Urias because Arcia would have shortstop locked down. That is true, but when a pitcher is drafted #7 overall, it would be considered a major failure if he were to not develop into an upper-rotation starter. I know, plenty have flamed out over the years. But unless Fried develops into a #2-#1-type, it's going to be very hard for him to meet expectations.
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They got Fried in a terrible deal with the Padres for Justin Upton. He was the 7th overall selection. Good trade for the Braves, but I don't know if they deserve the credit for developing a guy who was already a blue-chipper. They got him when he was in A ball. Of course they deserve credit. They get credit for not (yet) messing up a guy who was considered a can't-miss pitching prospect. Gotcha.
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He did? This is the first time you've mentioned it. If the Brewers weren't asking for a huge return on Hader, he wouldn't be a Brewer any longer. You can question the moves that Stearns made this offseason, but the guy is far from an idiot. He know what he has, and he knows what it's going to take to get him. And no, it isn't going to be for the prospect poo-poo platter. That idea can be put to bed. Your issue is that you seem to have this notion that it's "Gavin Lux or bust" on a return for Hader, when in reality there are plenty of other prospects out there that would likely provide the value needed by the Brewers as part of a package in a Hader deal. I get the feeling that you are trying to set yourself up to be disappointed with any return the Brewers were to get back, though, if that return is not Lux.
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They got Fried in a terrible deal with the Padres for Justin Upton. He was the 7th overall selection. Good trade for the Braves, but I don't know if they deserve the credit for developing a guy who was already a blue-chipper. Soroka and Anderson are solid prospects (as 1st round pitchers should be), but they are FAR from the only pitchers that system has had that have been hyped up over the years (Sean Newcomb, Julio Teheran, Kyle Wright, Luiz Gohara, Kolby Allard ... others as well).
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This isn't close to being correct. Not even a little bit. Which part was incorrect. Hader was at his highest value last offseason when he was considered to be the best reliever in baseball and he came with an extra year of control. The last thing I want to see is him moved in a deal like Cleveland took for Clevenger which was quantity over quality. I would rather just keep Hader and hope we can get a dominant version of him going forward than accept a package without any headline prospects. Yes we are in deperate need of young position player talent but that talent needs to be top notch and not a package of mediocre players. How you are incorrect: 1. They didn't deal him last offseason or at the deadline this year because they rightfully saw themselves as a competitive team. Also, if he was on the block, as rumored by several insiders, the asking price was so astronomically high that no team jumped up to meet it. That indicates that the Brewers are looking for high-end talent in any Hader deal, because if there were willing to accept a "quantity over quality" type return, he wouldn't be a Brewer anymore. 2. The idea that his value is no longer very high is absolutely and undeniably insane. He is 26 years old, and still has three more seasons of team control. The Brewers were asking for the moon for him, and rightfully so. That's why he's still a Brewer. He had a bad outing on Saturday. He's human. I get that this season hasn't gone as well as we were all hoping, but your doom and gloom schtick regarding the team's play on the field and the front office's moves off it is getting incredibly old.
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It was a beautiful day yesterday, and for the first time this whole abbreviated season, I didn't watch one pitch of this game. I believe I made the right decision. On to the Cardinals!
