Ron Robinsons Beard

Overreaction and negativity are IGT staples. If you only read the IGT to follow this team on a day-to-day basis, you'd think the team is competing with the Orioles for the #1 pick in 2020.

What was your thoughts in Xavier cedeno last year? I wasn’t that impressed with him as a loogy either To be honest I’m kind of done with loogys in general in this new era I thought Claudio would be an improvement on Cedeno. He hasn't been.

The Amazon Music commercial with the floating lips singing Whitney Houston with no background music is super creepy. I don't know why, but it gives me chills.

The difference between watching Will Smith and Alex Claudio pitch is mind boggling.

That is one of those takes where you kinda nod your head while sighing. Kinda like everyone knows this, but it sucks to admit it. It's depressing to read it, and as fans, it's nice to put on blinders once in a while, even when most know what is going on. Every week for 3+ years? Again, what's the point? I agree with you. Completely.

That is one of those takes where you kinda nod your head while sighing. Kinda like everyone knows this, but it sucks to admit it. It's depressing to read it, and as fans, it's nice to put on blinders once in a while, even when most know what is going on.

You have one job, Claudio. Get lefties out. Our LOOGY can't LOOG

Yep, that was pretty sad. No excuse for laziness on defense.

Petricka's recent performance in AAA means nothing IMO. In 2018 he posted a 0.78 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 23 AAA innings. He first got to AAA in 2013 and over his career is a pretty amazing 1.36 ERA/1.04 WHIP AAA pitcher. He seems to be the textbook example of a AAAA player. Just has never been able to find solid success at the MLB level. At 31 years old, he have to be a heck of a late-bloomer to finally find it but it's happened before. I don't mind that the Brewers dealt him and he seems like a pretty reasonable pickup for the Rangers. The Rangers shouldn't really be in it, but here we sit mid-June and the Rangers are in the second wild-card spot. Would be way too risky for them to make a big move now because they probably still think the potential to go down is much greater than the potential to go up. But make 2 or 3 cheap moves like this early, perhaps strengthen the bottom of the roster a bit, and if the team keeps playing well over the next month and is in a good position mid-July, then maybe go out and add and reward the players and please some fans. The Rangers are working way below payroll levels that they have had in the past, so they should be in pretty good shape to add if that's what they elect to do. By definition, AAAA players would be solid big league contributors if they had ample opportunities I don't think most people see the definition of a AAAA player that way. According to Baseball Reference, a AAAA player is a player who is an outstanding player at the AAA level but always has trouble succeeding at the major league level, either because of a lack of one of the five major tools or bad luck. Yeah, the opportunity thing can be luck, but there is more to it typically. Guys like Brad Mills and Aaron Wilkerson are great examples of AAAA players. Petricka might actually have too much MLB time to be considered a AAAA type.

It has turned into a numbers game. There are simply too many talented pitchers in the system who should be pitching in AAA. They released two guys last week who were formerly in the AAA pen as well. This is not a position that the Brewers have typically been in.

Starting caliber players are imminently replaceable. MVP-caliber ones typically are not. Yeah, the Brewers seemingly gave up good value. They got back incredible value. Still, it appears that all 4 of these guys stand a chance of being at least MLB regulars. That is pretty rare in a quantity for quality deal like this. Kudos to the Marlins for identifying four possible/likely future contributors for a guy they needed to deal. Kudos, too, to the Brewers for having a solid and deep enough system to be able to make this deal. Makes both teams look good. Im not taking one side or the other on the trade but to say starting caliber players are replaceable is not true. Just look at some of the well below replacement level crap we've run out there over the years. And superstars mean next to nothing in baseball if there aren't quality players and depth to surround them with. Perhaps this is correct if the goal isn't to be competitive. But there are always starting role player types available if a contending team is willing to pay for them.

Starting caliber players are imminently replaceable. MVP-caliber ones typically are not. Yeah, the Brewers seemingly gave up good value. They got back incredible value. Still, it appears that all 4 of these guys stand a chance of being at least MLB regulars. That is pretty rare in a quantity for quality deal like this. Kudos to the Marlins for identifying four possible/likely future contributors for a guy they needed to deal. Kudos, too, to the Brewers for having a solid and deep enough system to be able to make this deal. Makes both teams look good.

What we're seeing from Moose is exactly why they have been interested in him for quite a while. We actually first heard scuttlebutt about him when he was a free agent during spring training in 2018. Everyone laughed off the idea at the time because we had Shaw, but Moose has shown that he is quite passable at 2B. Now imagine if the Brewers had signed Moose in March 2018. I'm thinking we never deal with the poo-poo platter of 2B play we dealt with in 2018, and probably never make the Schoop deal. Of course, there's probably a good chance that Moose would have had a better statistical year last year, and may have had more interest on the free agent market this past offseason, so he may not have even been a Brewer this year. But if he were on this team the whole season last year, I'm betting there is no game 163. and the team would have probably approached 100 wins. Moose's power and hitting profile is a perfect fit for Miller Park.

I just read through the last 9 pages of this IGT after turning off my computer last night and just watching the game. Holy crap! This board needs some Prozac is a serious way.

It bothers me that this team got Osuna for basically nothing.

Watching Woodruff go pitch for pitch with a Hall of Famer is pretty awesome. Other than his one frame hiccup, I think he's looked better than Verlander.

Why don't you keep your opinions on what I say to yourself? I don't comment on your knuckle head takes. You work in a machine shop dude. Stop acting like you are Peter Gammons. Ignore me if you don't like it. It's simple. Probably should take your own advice their bub. Just pointing out how easy it could be for you to possibly change your own opinion on how terrible our players are. I totally agree with you. Utilizing the Foe button on a few IGT posters was one of the best decisions I've made in awhile. There are a few here simply to complain.

I think a better stat would be to see where the team ERA sat on June 12 of last season, if you want to make an apples to apples comparison.

Recency bias.

His "no trade" list is not representative of where he wants to or doesn't want to go. He included pretty much every playoff contender on it. It's a ploy that gives him a little power over his next destination. He included probable playoff teams become those are the only ones who would theoretically be interested.

Has there been any word on Brett Lawrie? I would have thought he'd be assigned to an affiliate by now. There is some dingus on Twitter saying he's been released, but it doesn't look like it's a legit Twitter handle.

Do we even need one is the best question I think. If we could get 4-5 guys putting up similar results and numbers to what Woodruff and Davies have done, that would be pretty great. Now if by "ace" you mean a guy with the confidence to take the ball in Game 7 of the NLCS and give you a chance to win ... I don't know. I'd like to think so. History would tell you, yes....yes we do. Look it up, past World Series winners have aces. It hasn't happened since 2005 that a team really had no one considered an ace...that is pretty bad and a long time ago. The 2015 Royals might have a weak case as one of those teams, but they had Cueto. He may have pitched poorly at times, but when it came to the World Series he threw a gem in Game 2 for the win. You pretty much have to hope and be an exception like the 2015 Royals...who had an absolutely ridiculous pen. One of which, sorry, we aren't even close to having. Wade Davis had a sub 1 ERA....almost impossible to fathom. The thing is, the term "Ace" is pretty subjective. A lot of people saw Nelson as an ace in 2017, and he was 12-6 with a 3.49 ERA. Brandon Woodruff is sitting at 8-1 with a 3.87 ERA (skewed by a few poor early season starts) and is among the top strikeout pitchers in the league. Zach Davies is sitting at 7-0 with a 2.41 ERA. If both those guys continue to pitch well this year, how would they not be considered "aces"? We may possibly be witnessing two pitchers budding into that echelon.

For instance........................ What are you talking about? That was your response to me when I suggested that perhaps the Brewers were holding Nelson back for the Giants to avoid him having to face a tough Astros lineup. Yeah, kind of a "hindsight is 20/20" deal, but you get the point. That "AAA" lineup just put 10 up on the Brewers. It's a well-built team. Their backups and minor leaguers can hit, too. The Giants aren't nearly as deep top to bottom, and perhaps the team's analytics department crunched the numbers and made the determination that it was a better bet to give Nelson his second big league start in 18 months against the underwhelming Giants. Would Nelson have pitched better than Freddy tonight against the Astros? Well, I sure hope he would have, but it's a moot point now. It would have been crappy to see Nelson get baby sealed in his hometown with a bunch of his family watching. So I totally get it.

Do we even need one is the best question I think. If we could get 4-5 guys putting up similar results and numbers to what Woodruff and Davies have done, that would be pretty great. Now if by "ace" you mean a guy with the confidence to take the ball in Game 7 of the NLCS and give you a chance to win ... I don't know. I'd like to think so.

I've always thought Pina was a solid catcher both offensively and defensively, so having a next-level hitter like Grandal in that spot is pretty special.