Ron Robinsons Beard
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Matt Albers has been the steady influence in the pen lately. He's been really, really good. Good thing we didn't DFA him as several were pushing for a while back. -
It isn't like the alternatives are a heck of a lot better. sadly, true. I would have expected Hader for the 8th and 9th though... Hader against this homer-happy lineup is also very scary.
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It isn't like the alternatives are a heck of a lot better.
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Ugh ... Hiura! I think that was an out.
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2-3 tonight now with two singles to go with his GIDP. Our major league catcher and 1B are both having better nights.
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I only brought up Gattis as a 1B type similar to Aguilar who is available for free. I never advocated him coming to the Brewers. The point was simply that there are literally hitters valued similar to Aguilar available for free.
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Off the top of my head, Evan Gattis and Jose Bautista. Danny Valencia. Matt Holliday. Brandon Phillips. Ryan Rua. In essense, replacement-level 1B options, like what Aguilar is. Some of those guys are 75 years old Jesus only runs like he's 75 LOL
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Wow, just when I bash Grandal!
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Off the top of my head, Evan Gattis and Jose Bautista. Danny Valencia. Matt Holliday. Brandon Phillips. Ryan Rua. In essense, replacement-level 1B options, like what Aguilar is.
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Then they get Lucroy for free. It's been a rough year for Stearns. He needs to self reflect. He needs to be better. He has done a great job but this year has been a disaster. Well, Lucroy was free for a reason. He's just not good anymore. Also, how was Stearns going to do anything about that? Lucroy wasn't going to sign with the Brewers to be the #3. Kinda funny that the Cubs have cycled through the Brewers 2012-2016 catching depth chart. I wonder what Nevin Ashley and Matt Pagnozzi are up to?
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When a team like the Rays is willing to give you one of their pitchers for a struggling, non-versatile 1B, be very suspicious. I'm sort of surprised a struggling, non-versatile 1B was worth much of anything, actually. Faria may not be much, but there are guys Aguilar's caliber out there for free.
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I had very high hopes for Faria. They are dwindling. Getting a big Wes Obermueller vibe from him. And that is not good.
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The guy was a legit star last year. If they can get his bat back to league average, while maintaining his elite defense, it's a good contract. That is a big if though.
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But was Freitas catching? Yes, and obviously has done a terrible job pitch calling, but he is 1-1, ave up to .385 now. 1-2, just hit into a double play. He'd fit right in tonight!
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Captain Obvious: This team struggles with station-to-station baseball.
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Somewhat surprisingly Piña and Grandal have had identical caught stealing percentages this season (coming into tonight) at 29%. Grandal has actually been solid in that part of the game. He's a good framer as well. Was the upgrade worth the cost, though?
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There's just too many streaky and platoon-types for that to be realistic.
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This is the same guy everyone wanted to see called up to make a start last week...smh Yep .. good thing they got Jordan Lyles. Pretty dang deft move.
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Man Manny has a terrific arm back there. If this team had more offensive consistency, I'd have no problem with him being the #1 again.
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Trey Supak tonight ... 2/3 of an inning, 8 ERs. Woof!
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Sunday was rough, but I could at least understand it against Minor. He's been good a long time. But scuffling against a junk pitcher like Perez? Yeah ... Once rosters expand in a couple weeks, the Brewers may not face many righty starters. The scouting report says they can be neutralized by any junk lefty.
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Moose is doing a great job lately of dropping his price into the Brewers' 2020 budget. Grandal too.
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I would have gladly given up Grisham and Turang. Even Zack Brown if the Angels picked up half his salary. Corey Ray's trade value is still good, right?
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I brought that up earlier and was lambasted. It's 100% the truth, though. This lineup may have been balanced in theory, but it has never advanced beyond theoretical. They are facing a guy who has struggled for two months right now, and are looking horrible. Two days after being shut-out by an actual decent lefty. Yeah, that's an issue.
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I would like to see Freitas up ... but you pretty much made this point, almost verbatim, in this thread 2 1/2 hours ago.
