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  1. coolhandluke121
    It's also a great game of chicken with the Dodgers. How soon do they start burning LHB's pinch-hitters? I think this was a good gamble for the Brewers.
  2. coolhandluke121
    It's also a great game of chicken with the Dodgers. How soon do they start burning LHB's pinch-hitters? I think this was a good gamble for the Brewers.
  3. coolhandluke121
    Stay reasonably consistent with those low corner strikes and you won't hear me complain.
  4. coolhandluke121
    Doubt it. Playoff baseball with 2 good pitching staffs. One team has great starters and the other a great bullpen, but it's going to be a low-scoring affair, with the Brewers having more worrying offensive struggles throughout the year than the Dodgers.
  5. coolhandluke121
    They have had a lot of worse hitters than Woodruff at times this year to be honest.
  6. coolhandluke121
    Eh, he had a really lucky year all around last year. Villar had a really terrible year all around last year and was better from the left side, so we had to listen to how he was better as an LHB all off season. However, he was still better from the right side for his career, even with last year's exception. It's probably better to dismiss a total outlier of a season than doubt several years worth of evidence.
  7. coolhandluke121
    Didn't realize that. Then I dont really see a need for him on this team. I didnt care for the trade anyways, but even more so now. Yep. Even if you're dead set on getting rid of Villar, Shaw/Perez is your 2B platoon. And nobody should have been dead set on getting rid of Villar at that price; he and Perez were the right fit for pinch-running and against LHP's with Shaw playing some 2B against RHP's.
  8. coolhandluke121
    Glad they pulled Gio, but not getting to the 9 hole in the 2nd inning could prove to be huge there.
  9. coolhandluke121
    Yes to the bolded part.
  10. coolhandluke121
    You could say that. Even if not for his slump, no reason to start Schoop against an LHP. He's a reverse splits guy for his whole career.
  11. coolhandluke121
    Same here. Thought the Rockies were about an optimal fit to use Freddy for that series and was about the only team he would make it against and he still wasn't used. Very surprised he made the NLCS roster. My theory is they're not 100% confident in Zach's health. Starting Gio leads to LAD lineups like today and then you have a good use for Peralta and Guerra for a few innings.
  12. coolhandluke121
    All depends on how it's going but unless he looks really good, I'd pull Gio before his first at-bat. There's no reason to keep Guerra and Peralta both on the roster if you're not going to give them some innings against a Dodgers lineup like tonight's.
  13. coolhandluke121
    Same here. Love the Brewers, respect the heck out of both teams. The Dodgers do get to spend a lot, but at least they don't spend impulsively like when Magic first joined the ownership group. I hate when a big market team just tries to buy a title with impulsive decisions. At least the Dodgers kept their best young prospects instead of mortgaging their future. Sustainable success and good management is respectable, even with their big market advantage.
  14. coolhandluke121
    I like it. When you already have Cain and Yelich, more defense in the outfield isn't as crucial as a decent PH, and when you're facing the Dodgers, it's not more important than an extra LHP reliever - especially with the likelihood of playing 5 games in 6 days. The Brewers' bullpen gets a lot of ground balls and strikeouts, and it's not even like the outfield defense is that bad with Braun in LF or with Santana, who made dramatic improvements this year on defense, in RF. I didn't want Broxton in the last series but could understand it. In this one, there's no way. I'm glad Davies and Anderson are out. Didn't expect them anyway, but when Peralta didn't pitch last series at all, I was worried he would be out. Was secretly hoping Schoop would be out, but they could be thin in the middle infield.
  15. coolhandluke121
    Pretty sure the Schoop trade isn't off limits when it comes to being critical.... Then again, he is just a key hit away from the trade being a great one...... maybe against the best lefty in the game. Burying Villar on the bench isn't off limits to criticism either. I disliked him as much as anyone, but that doesn't excuse a bad trade. The only valid excuse is if Villar was a problem in the locker room, but you don't have to give up assets to get rid of him. Schoop's terrible against LHP's by the way. Reverse splits for his career. That's another thing that makes the trade so infuriating. They had Shaw at 2B and Moustakas at 3B, and they just need infielders to play against LHP's. Perez and Villar are both better than Schoop in that regard, and have much more value than Schoop on the bases as well. Villar had turned himself into a good defender at 2B. Even Counsell openly acknowledged it. And Villar honestly has a longer track record of playing SS at a serviceable level than Schoop. Under the circumstances, it's debatable whether they should have given up Villar for Schoop straight up, and it was debatable even at the time. No, they couldn't have foreseen this level of a slump, but it was too much of a risk because guys who won't take a bad pitch will regularly have slumps like this. In fact, you could argue that these slumps become more frequent as opponents master their weaknesses.
  16. coolhandluke121
    Chase Anderson was healthy all year and had a career high in games. My current theory is that they thought he was starting to run out of gas and wanted him out of the rotation before he imploded, like Marcum and Wolf in 2011. Therefore I don't think we see him again in 2018. Davies had some nagging injuries and it's possible they're not 100% confident in him either. He was okay in his return, but didn't exactly stand out. There's a certain logic to leaving them both out. Chacin Miley Gio Guerra Peralta Hader Jeffress Knebel Soria Woodruff Burnes Cedeno Kratz Pina Aguilar Perez Arcia Shaw Moustakas Yelich Cain Braun Granderson I know it will probably be Broxton and Schoop, which is unfortunate because I am just about done with Schoop. He's terrible against LHP's, and he's now terrible against RHP's too. Would rather have Santana or Thames but you do probably need another middle infielder as Shaw is not a true 2B. I don't think you leave Cedeno out this time. 2-3-2 is different from 2-2-1 in terms of off days, and the Dodgers have too many LHB's.
  17. coolhandluke121
    I think the Cubs had a little more elite blue-chip talent, but that's not as important as depth and avoiding weak links in baseball. You can't afford for a single star player to have a down year, and the Cubs had 3 or 4 of them. They're like the Brewers will Braun/Fielder and Yuni/McGehee. You can win 96 and yet it often feels like you're hanging by a thread. Unfortunately, the Dodgers have both depth and blue-chip talent, and they're putting it together at the worst possible time for the Brewers. It's baseball and anything can happen, but I think 60/40 is reasonable odds. It wouldn't be a surprise or major upset if the Brewers win at all, but they're understandably underdogs. I love the match-up because both teams are complete and well-managed. If I was a fan of some other random team, I'd rather watch both these teams play than the 2018 Yankees or Cubs (or 2011 Brewers) for example.
  18. coolhandluke121
    Good thread. I don't think Chase Anderson needs an asterisk but I could be wrong. I don't think the has the service time to avoid his last option. Davies and Guerra preserved their options if I'm not mistaken. Guerra was likely to burn his but people starting getting hurt right away and he seized a spot. They called Davies up right at the end of the 20 days to preserve his option. Nelson should be optionable and might have to prove he's healthy before being back in the rotation. Yes, optionable is a word now. Thank you, baseball; screw you, spell-check. What I'm getting at is just that it's fascinating how much the rotation could turn upside down. Guerra, Anderson, Davies, Suter, and Nelson were supposed to be the rotation last year, and Woodruff, Peralta, and Burnes had to wait their turn. Now all the former could be optioned or otherwise unavailable in favor of the latter. It's great for depth. Chacin is literally the only "lock" in the rotation.
  19. coolhandluke121
    I want the Dodgers to sweep too so they're just as rusty as the Brewers when the series starts. I'm absolutely certain that's why they used JJ and Hader today, to keep them from having too many days off in a row. I understand it and I may have even done the same thing in better weather, but that was needlessly stressful.
  20. coolhandluke121
    They have until Friday but at a certain point it has to do with cumulative season innings too. Jeffress has blown past his career highs in IP. Over 80 innings on the year now I believe, with 76 games. That's an awful lot, and there may be more to come.
  21. coolhandluke121
    Not a fan of using Jeffress in bad weather. What if he slips or something? Just not worth it.
  22. coolhandluke121
    Ahem.
  23. coolhandluke121
    Way to go Orlando. I'm sorry I called you arse-i-a earlier.
  24. coolhandluke121
    They still beat the Cubs 2008 Brewers won a game. And were without an injured Sheets. What's the Rockies' excuse? Sheets wasn't part of the 2008 playoff team, so he's not relevant to the comparison between the two playoff teams. And I did say the Rockies are worse than the 2008 Brewers, didn't I? Regardless of the one win, the 2008 Brewers were a total pretender that never really had a chance, and these Rockies are even worse.
  25. coolhandluke121
    They still beat the Cubs Who reminded me of the 2014 Brewers.
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