Ron Robinsons Beard
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Everything posted by Ron Robinsons Beard
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Man, should be two outs. Moose has to handle that. Great work Chacin! -
Chacin back out. Gutsy move.
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He is losing himself some major money in this series.
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I think Bellinger thought it was gone.
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Now Shaw gave that one a ride!
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I’m happy with what we got, time for the pen. If we do that, I only hope that the Brewers' pen is the BREWERS' PEN again.
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Hit pretty hard, but only to medium center. Routine fly out.
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Great work form Chacin tonight. Absolute clutch outing.
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Gregorious is likely down for most of next year, if not the whole season. Manny and the Yankees are made for each other.
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Let's stop with the over the top hyperbolic negativity right now. That. I was trying to be nicer.
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Wow, you just cannot help yourself, can you?
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This was gold. Love it! I've never seen that before, but that is just about perfect! Kinda puts a lot in perspective doesn't it?
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Exactly. I don't want to be grouped in with anyone suggesting they bench him or that he's all of a sudden not a good reliever. I didn't call for JJ to come out of the game after the walk to Barnes, for example. Not even in hindsight. He had the right to finish that inning and he's a great ground-ball pitcher. But when a reliever sits for half an inning and you bring him back in against the top of the order after he labored like that, you're asking for trouble. He may have worked multiple innings on many occasions this year, but not against the best hitters from the best offense in the NL when he's been struggling a lot in the playoffs already. I am very confident that the statistics on relievers in their 2nd inning of work are similar to stats on starters working their 3rd time through the order. I think the plan was for Burnes to have the full 7th, and for Jeffress to pitch the 8th. I doubt that the initial plan ever called for Jeffress to pitch multiple innings. The surprisingly bad outing by Burnes threw a monkey wrench in the plan, though, and there apparently wasn't a solid Plan B in place.
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This lineup would be my guess as well. Effectively splitting up the RH and LH hitters. That's the route they've gone lately against righties. I think Granderson is the first bat off the bench tonight.
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The argument is playoff teams need to ride their best players, and the blame needs to be placed on them if they struggle and the team loses. That is all. It's the same argument regarding Jeffress and Yelich. If Jeffress doesn't pitch well, this team doesn't move on, in my opinion. If Yelich doesn't start hitting, this team doesn't move on, in my opinion. I mean yeah, they might have a slight chance to do it if one of those happens, but I don't think there is any way they make the WS if both Jeffress and Yelich continue to struggle. Neither is replaceable. I saw and continue to see posts blaming Jeffress for the loss. Very rarely is only one player to blame for a loss. That idea is far from a reach.
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Pretty sure Kratz always catches Chacin. I'd also flip Cain and Yelich in your order in an effort to put Yelich in a better run-producing spot. That said, I am 99% sure we'll see Braun in the lineup. Huge game, huge spot. He's going to want to be in there, and Counsell isn't going to mess with that.
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It's not really like that, in my opinion. Relievers are supposed to be utilized that way. And regardless of how many times JJ successfully worked over multiple innings this year, I'm sure there's plenty of evidence showing that, like most relievers, he's best in his first inning of work and against the first few batters he faces - let alone against a team like LAD and the top of their order. That's just how bullpens go. And the accumulation of innings and appearances throughout the year is a factor, too. He's got a ton of miles on him right now. It's not the same as pulling Yelich at all, in my opinion. Also, hitters had a BABIP of .249 against him this year. He was good, but more of a candidate for "luckiest good reliever" than "best reliever". There, I fixed your quote for you. There is plenty of blame to go around. Does Jeffress deserve some? Yep. But so do Burnes and the middle of the order, especially our MVP. You stick with the guys that got you here. That means pitching Jeffress in key spots, and expecting Yelich to get key hits. This pen has been great, but it is not good enough to overcome Jeffress suddenly becoming Oliver Drake.
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Yep, in all this hand-wringing and second guessing, few are mentioning that the Dodgers are just a really good team and are gonna get theirs regardless. As for Jeffress, I look at things this way. How ludicrous does it sound if I say "Yelich just doesn't look right, and he's choked so far against the Dodgers. Maybe he should take a seat on the bench, and maybe take the Domingo Santana '4th inning pinch hitter' role." See how dumb that sounds? Hitters and pitchers go through slumps. When they are your stars, you stick with them, and let them work out of it. You sink or swim with your stars. Yelich is a star. So is Jeffress.
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I agree that expecting near perfection from Chacin every time out is asking a lot. However, he also hasn't given us any reason not to expect it. The key now is finding some offense. Scoring some runs would take a lot of pressure off of a pitching staff that feels obligated right now to go out and put up zeros. They need #2-3 in this lineup to wake up. Yelich and Braun are holding the keys to the World Series. If those two continue to scuffle, it's going to be ugly.
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That is my point basically, everyone but CC knew he didn't have his A game, but yet he brings him out anyway. Made no sense then, makes even less sense now. I'm not going to say I wasn't nervous when Jeffress came out for the 8th, but given the options that were available (Soria or Knebel for a two-inning save I guess), I would have been nervous regardless. In hindsight, I wish they would give Guerra more high leverage spots. He's been great in relief. I wouldn't have trusted Peralta at all in that spot, though. For those wanting Counsell to move Jeffress to low-leverage spots, this is his quote on it from yesterday: He hasn't had the results so far. But he's going to get the ball again. We're going to need him to get outs. I'll tell you that for this to work, we need to count on our guys. And we're going to continue to." I know the hindsight and "told-you-so" police will be waiting to jump on this if the Brewers don't make the WS, but I'm good with it. For this team to make the series, they need Jeffress to do exactly what he did throughout the regular season - be great in high-leverage spots. There's no hiding him at this point.
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That would be a mistake. Most of the runs we have allowed so far in the playoffs came with him on the mound. I’m a huge fan of JJ but he isn’t getting it done and when our offense is this bad our bullpen startegty is only as strong as our weakest pitcher. You can't just bench the guy who has arguably been the best reliever in the league after a rough week. That would be akin to benching Yelich right now due to poor play, and if they did that, the majority of fans at this site would grab torches and pitchforks. I think we already saw Counsell take precautions by bringing Jeffress in in the 7th inning, rather than holding him for the 9th. The guy has been nails this year, probably the MVP of the pitching staff. There is no doubt in my mind that he is going to pitch in huge, meaningful spots over the next three days. Will it be successful? I sure hope so. But there is absolutely no way that they are going to move him to a mop-up role at this point. None. Whether they sink or swim, JJ is going to have a major role it it, like it or not.
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Tough matchup on paper with Buehler. Hopefully Chacin can put together a great outing. I have the feeling runs are going to be at a premium tonight. While it isn't a "must win", this would be a huge game to get. Let's GOOOOOOO!
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Trading for Paul Goldschmidt
Ron Robinsons Beard replied to pacopete4's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Is Goldschmidt that much better than Aguilar that it would be worth giving up Jesus's control plus probably more for one year of Goldy? -
I have yet to understand how this team continues to recruit top-flight RBs and OL, yet can't even stumble into a decent QB option. Just once I'd love to see a QB that can throw the ball more than 30 yards without it looking like a wounded duck. The Badgers have a QB type that they recruit, and that type is skinny, unathletic and with mediocre throwing ability.
