coolhandluke121
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Everything posted by coolhandluke121
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He's fooled plenty of people. The problem is that's all he does. No margin for error. He walks a tightrope and he's good, but when Knebel and Hader are on they're better.
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You can't just ride JJ, Hader, and Knebel throughout the postseason. You need to trust other guys some times. Now it's a catch-22 because everyone else is rusty. Damn. It's always been a delicate balance with JJ, but let's not forget how good the Dodgers are.
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Burnes was not fooling anyone. I can't criticize them for trying to get some quality innings from Soria, Cedeno, and Burnes, but it's tough when you haven't had enough work for everyone and they're rusty. Kind of a vicious cycle.
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Even good Corey has typically walked a batter nearly every 2 innings. He's working the edges of the zone, as he should, and will continue to dominate as long as his command is good enough to get a few calls and a lot of swings and misses.
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Over 100 games at catcher as a very young prospect with the Braves. Maybe that's why he made the postseason 25 in what must have been a very close call?
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He came in on the double switch when they went to Jeffress. Didn't catch that but you see what I was worried about. Kratz has to know the situation and keep his mouth shut there.
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Kratz?! What if Pina gets hurt or something and they have extra innings. Don't like this at all.
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I think I go with Knebel in the 9th unless the Brewers score here. Just more comfortable with his electric stuff, even though JJ had a much better year.
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Could easily want 2 innings out of each of them tomorrow and again on Monday. Better to err on the side of rest for your best relievers when you have a chance to.
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Honestly it's kind of weird to use a great reliever so much if you're just going to turn around and use one of your worst ones. Don't get me wrong - I do want to use Cedeno, I just didn't want to use Hader so much. What's the plan - maximize your odds of winning even though they're already very good, or get work for guys you're going to need more the rest of the series?
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Season high was 41 pitches but he did 49, 50, 53, and 54 in half a season last year.
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Another possible issue with 3 innings for Hader could be not enough work for other guys who you're going to need eventually.
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I can live with it but with the RHB's at the plate this inning, I don't know. Someone might have scored on Cain's double if they had used a PH.
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Fine. This is what Hader does. He's a long reliever and you may as well make the most of his game days because he's off tomorrow and back Monday either way.
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Love Counsell but I'd like to see the analytics that say leading off an inning isn't an important at-bat. He seems to wait to use a PH until they have a leverage at-bat, but you're much less likely to have that if you lead off with a pitcher. I think leading off before the top of the order hits is high leverage by definition.
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All RHB's for a while though. ETA: No Puig here?
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That 2011 Brewers team was not nearly as good as this one. Fatally flawed in several ways.
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I like using Hader here. You know he faces Bellinger, and Grandal is quite a bit better against RHP's. It doesn't matter if it's the "bottom" of the order. There isn't much of a bottom with their lineup and the guys that are still available on the bench.
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Hard to question anything they do anymore. They might bring in another LHB PH and then the Brewers will still have a gauntlet of RHP's in the pen.
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Neither one gives me much confidence right now.
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Why say it like this, seriously? If you called a Woodruff hit, then show us. Otherwise don't post stuff like this. Ridiculous to put this kind of tone in a game thread when the Brewers have been playing so well and everyone should be enjoying it. Blue=sarcasm Right. And why be sarcastic there? It was valid to want a position player in that AB, even though Woodruff ended up hitting a HR.
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Kershaw just trying to get to Braun and Aguilar for a reprieve and probably a GIDP.
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Why say it like this, seriously? If you called a Woodruff hit, then show us. Otherwise don't post stuff like this. Ridiculous to put this kind of tone in a game thread when the Brewers have been playing so well and everyone should be enjoying it.