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If Wise were going to go on the DL, why was he up in the 7th last night getting loose? I guess anything is possible, but given that the Brewers thought enough of Wise last night to get him ready to come into the game if necessary I'd say it might be the least likely of any possible move.

I think these innings (pitch) limits are much more firm than some people seem to think, regardless of what we may think of them. This didn't start with Gallardo and Parra this year and it won't end with them, either. Even tho the Brewers are doing everything in their power to win now, Melvin and Yost both know it won't do any good to make the playoffs next year and have Yo spend the season on the DL. As much as I have enjoyed this year, I can't wait until 2008 when we get to see Gallardo start and finish the season in Milwaukee. As for wanting an example other than Prior (or wood), we need only look back to last year when Verlander said he was gassed in the playoffs because he had never pitched so much before. That's dangerous, because when a player becomes fatigued they have a tendency to get out of whack with regards to their mechanics. That leads to the double-whammy of poor performance and increased injury risk. Neither of those things are any good in October. So, the Brewers do have a limit in mind, and they will stick to it. They want to do everything in their power to limit the probability that future injuries will occur as the result of overwork. Yes, the Brewers can do everything right and pitchers can still get hurt, and yes, they could overwork them and pitchers can remain healthy. Even tho not every golfer who plays during a thunderstorm gets struck by lightning that doesn't mean its a smart thing to do.

Just a side note, Parra is on a 150 inning limit this year, too. So between Parra (who is at 120ish) and Gallardo, the Brewers have about 75 innings to play with.

How could Yo replace either. He is a member of the rotation and unless we fall out the race limiting his innings is not an option anymore. Anyone who thinks otherwise is going to be in for a big surprise. He is still on a limit; this being being in a race hasn't changed that. The Sheets injury simply means that rather than limiting his innings in July and August and moving him back into the rotation in September, they'll be limited in September and October if necessary. It looks like Parra's limit is going to be about 150. Manny has thrown 121.1 innings so far, so that leaves him about 30 or so innings for the remainder of the year, or 5 six inning starts. Or 4 seven inning starts.

does linebrink take this much time if he is a padre? While that question is impossible to answer with any certainty, I think that given: - this is the couples first child - it was born by c-section It is very likely that he would have taken this much time off regardless of the team. One of my co-workers wife had a c-section and she was out-of-commission for several days, and he missed one full week of work to help care for his wife and baby.

Nice job with July Farm Hops pogo!

I love Manny Parra and I'd love to see him be a starter in Milwaukee, but I am not sure he'll be ready to go 180-200 innings next year. So far this year, Manny has thrown 121.1 innings. The most innings he's ever thrown in a season is 138.2, which was back when he was in Beloit. Depending on his innings limit this year (I don't know that that limit is, only that he has one), he might not get enough innings this year to make the leap to 180 or more next year, especially given his injury history.

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Let's keep in mind that this isn't a "should Yost get fired, extended, rewarded with a lifetime contract", etc. The original poster just asked who would replace him IF he were not here next year. Let's try to keep to that question.

Funny thing of course is that Braun's June was better than his July Yep, outside his counting stats (home runs and RBI), his rate stats were all better in June. Which speaks to just how good he has been since his recall.

Anyways, since everyone nowadays has a cell phone, can someone explain to me how satellite towers become overloaded making it not possible to make any calls? I can see how that can happen with land lines, but figured with todays technology that it would not happen with cell phones. The towers have limitations as to the amount of data they can send and receive. Those limitations may be higher than landlines (tho I am not sure if they are), but there are still limitations nevertheless. I would imagine that because limitations do apply, most providers try to account for "normal usage" and then build a buffer of some sort to account for something unusual. But, I don't think they would try to account for nearly everyone in a given area trying to all use their cellphones at the same time. I can't imagine that it would be cost effective to build such a capability when it is so rarely used.

You certainly can add a guy to the 40 man roster without putting him on the 25 man roster. You can do this, but I am 99% sure it doesn't afford them any protection towards losing that player at the end of the season. Keep in mind what Mass said earlier: Just a reminder that "six-year minor league free agent" is a mis-nomer. The term comes from the fact that a player can have his minor league contract renewed six times, so in essence, it is seven years that an organization owns a player on his initial affiliated contract. Nelson is wrapping up his 7th year in the Brewers' chain. If I read that correctly, the Brewers can't renew Nelson's contract after this off season regardless of his status on the 40-man roster. Therefore, he will become a FA. If that's true, and I will admit there is a margin for error because there are a lot of rules, there isn't a realistic way that the Brewers can absolutely ensure they will be able to retain Nelson beyond this season. He might well be back, but it's in no way a certainty.

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This is called playoff baseball and you have to give a little of the future to improve the team. Linebrink has always done a solid job in the setup job, a couple of bad outings will always skew his stats because of the lack of innings pitched. I posted an article on the Linebrink trade. I touched on the point you made above in that article: The third, and perhaps most important, is that Linebrink has been even less impressive this season [than in 2006], to the point where he has been pretty average. His home run rate is way up and his strike out rate is way down. When looking at his 2007 numbers, it should be pointed out that Linebrink's wife is due to delivery a baby. His number over his last three outings in San Diego covering 2 2/3 innings, Linebrink has allowed five hits, two home runs, seven earned runs while walking three and striking out two, for an ERA of 27.00. That said, those two poor outings don't explain why he is only striking out 5/9 innings or why his home run rate (excluding those two hit near the end of July) is 1.48/9 innings. Those numbers could well be the sign of a pitcher on the decline or a pitcher just having a rough year. While I understand it is important to note that a few of Linebrink's poor outings could well be related to his wife's pregnancy, that doesn't explain why, for the whole season, his strike out rate is lower than Spurling's, or why he is giving up home runs at a rate higher than any current Brewer reliever (well, as of when the article was written over the weekend). Even 1.5 home runs per nine innings is high for a guy that pitched so much at PETCO. I think the addition of Linebrink does make the team better, but mostly because it adds depth. At the very least he is very unlikely to have too many outings like Balfour had. I don't believe he is really any better than anyone they have on the roster right now unless he reverts back to his 2004-5 form. And if that's the case, I fear he is going to be of less help than we might have initially thought.

I think I read somewhere that if he spends less than 18 days in AAA he does not use up an option. According to the BF.net FAQ and what I had read in the past, I thought it was 20 days. Whether it's 18 or 20, if Weeks is in Nashville less than that amount of time, he won't use an option. When I first heard about this tonight I guess I never even thought about that rule because I didn't think the Brewers would send him there for a couple of weeks and declare him "fixed." My first thought was he'd be down for the month and get recalled around August 31. Anyone hear anything that would shed some light on just how long they think he'll be down there? I missed the game on FSN and didn't hear Uke or Powell mention much beyond he had been sent down.

This thread makes me disgusted at BF.net. It's OK that Rickie freaking Weeks was sent down?!? This guy is on the cover of our media guide. Obviously his struggles are injury related. Well, when I said it, I don't mean it's ok, like it is a good thing. It's never good or ok when one of the guys you expect to be a big part of the offense struggles like Weeks has. I think its obvious that either he is still hurt, or because of his injury he's out of whack and not producing at a level that we have seen in the past. Either way, his production is such that it seems like a decent idea to see if he can get consistent playing time at Nashville and get things worked out. Weeks isn't going to play enough in Milwaukee down the stretch to get things worked out because the team wants to get some production from second. While Graffy and Dillion aren't world beaters, short-term they have a decent shot at out-producing Weeks.

While I don't have a problem with sending Weeks to AAA, but now that he has been optioned I do believe he is now out of options. It probably isn't too big a deal to be out of options, but it would have been nice if they could have DL'd him and sent him to Nashville on a rehab assignment instead.

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Gross was optioned to Nashville on the 21st. Couldn't they have recalled Gross (had they wanted to), since it will have been 10 days since he was optioned?

If you think no IGT is bad, just wait until Brian forgets to renew BF.net.

Would just like to chime in that not having a chat room open tonight is killing me. Imagine what it would be like to "watch" a game via teletype like they did in the 1900s and 1910s.

it might be a little break, but things aren't going to change. Not this year anyway All the better reason for giving the mods a bit of a respite. If people can't or won't become more civilized, a little break does wonders for a persons sanity, if only for that night.

i know its not my board, but i think locking people out is kinda wrong. Why can't there be an IGT? this whole thing superstition thing is going over board As a moderator, I can say tonight has been heaven not having to worry about the petty bickering that has been going lately. It seems like lately people have completely lost their ability to have a civil discussion and and retain a bit of a sense of humor. BF.net has, in many ways, become like NY City in Ghostbusters 2. Except we don't have any good mood slim to spray on the Statue of Liberty. Besides that, I am kinda stunned by how many people can't watch a Brewer game without BF.net. Especially when it's only ONE game.

We are actually performing a complicated physiological experiment to see just how addicted to BF.net people are. I shouldn't say more, but it does involve some mind control and eventual world domination.

BF.net probably can't do a gamecast without the expressed written consent of MLB.