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I guess I'm missing where the brilliance is. When he hits a homer every now and then between the first pitch ground outs and three pitch strikeouts? He’s been on the roster since 2015. I get that he is versatile but it’s amazing to me that he has lasted this long. This team hasn't invested in SS/2nd in a long time. The only decent infielder there is now on the Reds as Counsell decided to waive him. Now the dude may be an All Star. That said, I keep Perez over Sogard. I'm not amazed, and he has some job security with Sogard on the team.
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We are making Harvey look like Nolan Ryan today, as expected. 35 So all year but he may boost that to the high 40s after today.
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I guess I'm missing where the brilliance is. When he hits a homer every now and then between the first pitch ground outs and three pitch strikeouts? Perez isn't half bad as a utility player. I certainly don't see him as the problem except maybe that we have to rely on him as "The Bat" when we decide to sit down our studs for rest in the 4th game of series. BTW, Braun's nicks are really starting to be a burden for us. He's old but not that old. My Gosh. I like Braun but I'm not sure our team has the sorta urgent attitude needed to take a pennant. Don't get me wrong, they are professional, but WS teams are more than professional. It's more than a job.
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Madness. I listened to Counsell talk about no depth at all and then I look at the lineup and see arguably the NL's hottest hitter on the bench. Sure, he didn't get a hit yesterday and is facing a RH pitcher today but he has been on fire against LF and RH pitchers plus we have no depth. So he gives Aguilar a rest day. Wow. BTW, that RH pitcher sucks and has never been good, but against this lineup, he may pitch a no hitter and be a part of a shutout. One look at the lineup and I'm canceling my plans to come to the park on Tuesday. The last several series, we play all of our best players the first game or two.....then after we secure at least a split in the series, we put in absolute crap lineups and lay on the ropes. This team isn't a driven team. Soft. For that reason, I'm out because I can't put up with the madness until we focus and stop the madness by having our best player on the bench on Sunday rest days. Sad.
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little he could have done. Heat index was 100 degrees. Cincy pitcher was still strong but other than maybe Anderson, our pitchers are running out of gas in the 5th inning. I mean if Counsell pitches Chacin in the 6th, we get drilled anyways like Sutter in the 6th last time. Sutter, chacin, grurra all give us 5 solid innings and thats it. I forgot about Peralta. He is the only one with a fresh arm that has duration. Stearns needs an ace. Defrom got cornholed today and looked aweful but he is who we need.
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I dont have any explaination why Zski pitched today or how he is even still in mlb. Him coming in with us up was nothing short of "throwing" the game. Reds are a good hitting team and i just shut my eyes when i saw this 8.0 era guy get a call. Im not sure Zski should even be in the minors. We may throw tomorrows game as well. If Sogard is still on this team and arcia is still playing after the all star game then forget about the division. The bottom of our order is awful. Its time Shaw gets out of his rut cuz Aguilar is in strikeout mode again.
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What the heck is going on with all these back issues? Reds fan doubled as the hotel professional massager. Too much deep tissue made them sore.
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Few of our starting pitchers, if any, cant go thru the batting order 3 times without serious consequences. See Sutters last game. Earlier in the year our starters were getting thru 6. Now, we are losing games due to the 5th or 6th inning since we dont have that BP guy that has had consistent success coming in the 5th inning. Jennings is tolerable but barnes and williams get rocked against good hitting. Counsell is doing all he can do but we just dont have a solid ace that can consistently get thru the 7th. Stearns gotta make the move for an ace. Pitching is tiring out. That said, we may break the mlb team record again for strikeouts. 18 more didnt help today.
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shaw and others not coming thru.
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i thought Yellish had a lower body pulled muscle? I agree with resting Shaw. He is in obvious discomfort with his wrist. Give him some time off.
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Is aguilar the brewers MVP
Chicago Here replied to brewerswinNLcentral's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Say Hello to the All Star Game! Without a doubt he is our MVP thus far. I like Cain, Yelish, and Hader but they are at birdie level while Jesus is at "Hole in One". He is leading the NL in HR, batting .313, ops over 1.0, leading the NL, and great D. All with less than 100 AB. If he keeps this going then he will be putting up Albert Belle numbers. -
The Brewers control Aguilar through 2022. saw on the Tribes FB group that their fans are asking how the Tribe let him go after leading AAA with 30 HRs. I guess they decided to sign Carlos Santana and EE. Stearns was smart to jump on him but Counsel didnt know he was Albert Belle and was very close to sending him to AAA even after Aguilar crushed it in spring training. What was Counsel thinking? Politics and loyalties suck.
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Sogard wont be on any successful playoff team. Dude gets a sacrifice fly and his supporters are claiming he will be Mr October. Not happening!
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Syndergaard and deGrom
Chicago Here replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Hura is projected as a 2019 everyday stud and a 2021 All Star. No way i give him up and many others. Keep Hura, allow Peralta to develop, and we go to ws in 2019. This isnt our year, but we have enuf talent to make the playoffs. Let it ride. Maybe we get lucky. I think we stand down, use an extended window then make a deal in late August after we have more information or if there is a major injury. We only need an ace if Peralta falls apart. -
brewers have inquired about dietrich from the marlins. I doubt Hura will be on our team since it is most likely he gets traded for a ace. Defrom from the Mets would cost Hura and freddy or our second prospect. That would give us a solid ace over the next several years. We also can keep everyone and get deitrich. That would send sogard away for good. Although I wouldnt be surprised if Counsel continues to keep Sogard around for his jokes.
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why do we get stuck on FB? Damn, this must be our 3rd time. Lame. One look at the lineup and it is easy to see why Stearns has to be busy the next 30 days. There is a reason why we have been shut out so many times.
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Miller isnt the answer. Patchwork. Stearns will have to chase his off season investments with another investment, otherwise it made no sense to pick up cain and yelish. We are the best team in the NL. We get an ace, we will be the favorite and have decent chances against the powerful AL. Sogard will be long gone. Its also gotta be disheartening to our competitive players who see sogard in the lineup...almost daily now. Strange.
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fact check: He is nowhere close to .200. If he were, he would be batting cleanup. i mean we been trying to get him going for 7 years now yet the madness continues. Glaring, when nobody else is hitting. I imagine our players arent to thrilled that we have a guy hitting .145 in the lineup.
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Counsel was right, if 2 guys dont produce, then nobody does. But it doesnt help that sogard is batting.
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Eric Sogard is 100% a product of the "good old boy" system. Someone high up with some clout in the organization loves the guy and wants him here badly. Stearns? Counsell? Mark A? Someone else? I have no idea, but someone. Because of that they're giving him every possible chance to stick here. Boone Logan had no such relationship in the organization, Sogard does. Remember, as a veteran, Sogard didn't have to accept a minor league assignment. So I'm guessing he was talked to and told, "Look, we've got to make this move right now. We have to. But it's just temporary. The first chance we have, first injury, we are getting you back up here." And they did. Remember, Sogard did absolutely nothing in Colorado Springs to earn a trip back up. He continued to stink it up there. That's not to say Sogard is untouchable. He's not. It's still a business, and at some point you can't dodge the tough decision any longer. But he's been given a tremendously longer leash than he would be given anywhere else. What do you think the odds are that if the Cubs had signed Sogard to a 1 year, $2.4M deal, that he would still be on their 25 man right now? **** This is all, obviously, and hopefully this goes without saying, my opinion and take, and can't be proven or disproven. my hope is that he is just keeping the seat warm for a great player. Something gotta give. We see it plainly, but Counsell gives him key outs still.
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Im resigned to believe that Sogard is staying. To be sure, he shouldnt even be getting MLB at bats if he played for the chicago white sox. So either 2 things are possible. 1. he has something over the ownership or Counsell or he is playing because of the same reason why this organization has never won a world series and almost never goes to the playoffs.
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we are the best team in the division and im almost certain that we will make the playoffs, so I dont get all worried about how awful we look when things fall apart. When we lose, our weaknesses are glaring. We have zero infield depth, low caliber bats at ss and 2nd that haunt us, and our starting pitching doesnt have anything close to an ace. The outfield, power, and BP are solid and will sustain us, and due to NL parity....maybe to the WS. But, Stearns will definately secure at least 1 weakness. He has to because we are ahead of our time. The real question will be if he secures 2 of our weaknesses. But in my mind, im almost certain he has to nab an ace, because the AL teams are so much better than our NL level now.
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What should be DS targets
Chicago Here replied to brewmann04's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I think Stearns has shown his style thus far to be the acquisition of controllable players via trade (Yelich, Shaw) or reclamation projects (Chacin, Guerra). Does not mean that long term or even this season that will be his play but I do believe if a deal is made to acquire something significant, it will be for a Syndergaard, Archer type (someone under long term team control) or a Happ, Ross, etc... (a rental but not going to cost a ton in prospect capital) versus an expensive rental like Machado. I agree. Im not so zure though that he was aggressive enough before the trading deadline and it came back to haunt him. No such mistake in the offseason with serious investment. Such investment will no doubt be followed up this summer with a final additional investment to secure the division and go to the world series. Most likely obtain an all star caliber player or veteran rental. Nothing any less since we are at the top of the league. No time to be cheap. -
good point
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Too many good starting pitchers. I wouldn't have predicted that in February Too many? Granted Chacin and Gurrera (sp?) but Anderson is just so so. Imo miley is pretty bad. Peralta is, at best, 1 year away. Davies is interesting when healthy. Woodruff is below par. Onlt 2 or maybe 3 of our pitchers are good enuf to still have command at 100 pitches. If we get 5 innings and give up 3 runs, ill take it.