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Get him down before he turns into the pumpkin that he is.

Hiura hit his 8 th dinger

I think Jackson here to stay.

If they activating peralta and burnes they would have to send 2 down.

In all likelihood to the bullpen when he comes back.

Moooooose!!!!

He’s not long for this pen anyhow. Hoping this dredful performance seals his fate.

Hoping this the last time Barnes pitches for the Milwaukee Brewers. Sanchez Perdomo better options.

I'm not as extreme as TBBC, but it could be used as an actual strategy though--taking advantage of a market inefficiency by specifically acquiring pitchers who are good to very good 2 times through an order but horrible during the 3rd time through the order. Currently, most of those types of guys end up as AAAA type starters or long relievers/mop-up guys in the bullpen--but if you purposely acquired or groomed 4-6 of them for that type of role then they could very effectively and very cheaply cover the innings normally pitched by 2 (or maybe 2.5) spots in a 5 man rotation. Playing the match-ups might mean flip-flopping certain guys who begin the game, effectively eliminating the traditional start (rest 4 days), start (rest 4 days) routine for those type of guys. In a way they have been doing this - however they've been able to do so without having to carry all these guys on the 25 man gameday roster up to this point by either optioning them or due to IL/Rehab stints in the case of Nelson and Peralta. While using minor league options can be done to a point, it will be interesting to see what arms get sent down to the minors when Nelson and eventually Burnes return - I doubt they would exchange places with guys currently established in the rotation, which means guys that are stretched out to make starts will be replacing the bottom end of their bullpen. Once that happens, I'd look for a pair of starters like Gio/Nelson, Nelson/Anderson, Peralta/Burnes, or something similar to handle most of the outs in a game. Peralta’s return tomorrow will send a current starter to the pen, CC said 2-3 starts in AAA for Burnes, so he’s back next week, sending another starter to the pen. I doubt the crew sends anybody down, unless Burnes or Peralta get shelled. The month of May’s bullpen should look like this: Multi-inning arm > Anderson? Multi-inning arm > Gio? Guerra Albers Jeffress Claudio Jackson Hader This pen is getting stronger, the wild card is jeffress, hopefully he gets stronger and can help and not hurt.

Yes. You go into a game with a plan, not a rigid schedule. The old and still widely used plan is to get 6-7 from a starter and then finish with a set-up man followed by a closer. A new way of game planning would be to plan on two starter-like pitchers and one 1-2 inning reliever. But on any given day plans go awry no matter which model you deploy. Yes. I guess we just disagree on the number of starter like relievers in the pen.

8 starter types with 13 man > Yes 10 > no In my opinion the perfect superpen would consist of 4 multi-inning and 4 1-2 inning. I want a loogy, another left hander that can get righty’s out, and 2 more dominant high leverage arms I can deploy every day or other day. This pen much more flexible and can use matchups more frequently. 1.) multi-inning(2-4) 2.) multi-inning(2-4) 3.) multi-inning(2-4) 4.) multi-inning(2-4) Why would we need more than^^ To cover short starts?

What to do with Jeffress? Counsell’s comment on jj’s lack of velo in his horrible outing against the Mets has me more than concerned moving forward.

I’m bullish on the pitching staff, I think we’ve seen the worst of woodruff and Burnes, and the bullpen will strengthen big time with the additions of starters pitching multi-innings. 17-10

Let's hope he is the real deal. CC needs a closer now! Getting worried big time about Hader. He's now allowed 4 HRs in his last 5 appearances. Brewer pitchers as a whole allow far too many HRs, but you cannot have your closer and best pen arm getting lit up like that. Perdomo is not a closer candidate right now, he’s been pitching multi-innings in AA. We’ll see if that changes now that he’s been promoted, but I doubt it. A lefthander that can get righty’s out and pitch multiple innings will be quite the weapon, just what we need to beat the dodgers.

Bullpen is going to get stronger starting Thursday with Peralta’s return to the rotation and the expected addition of a starter to the pen. Then with Burnes expected return next week and another starter to the pen, that will give us 2 quality multi-inning arms, 3 if you include Guerra. No Hart No Barnes. 1.) multi-inning pen arm 2.) multi-inning pen arm 3.) Guerra 4.) Albers 5.) Jeffress 6.) Claudio 7.) Jackson 8.) Hader In this pen, Jeffress might be the new mop up man. I think it’s Obvious CC has zero confidence in jj.

So with peralta starting Thur, who goes to the pen? Burnes probably making his last “seasoning” AAA start then to rotation, when that happens who next to the pen? Then when Nelson ready who goes to the pen?

Wow, a hit for Shaw!

Guerra dominating, let him keep mowing em down.

Not even close to a hit yet

Chacín my pick to the pen when peralta back Thursday. He be good one time thru the order.

Hard time following what all of that means, tbh. But if you're suggesting all these guys are going to bounce between the rotation and the pen....no. That's not gong to happen. All 8 of our starters will pitch out of the pen at some point the rest of this year, if there is one that doesn’t it’s Davies. Innings for Nelson Burnes Woody Peralta and maybe Davies will have to be managed. Bullpen by June 15: 1.) multi-inning arm(2-4) Anderson? 2.) multi-inning arm(2-4) Gio? 3.) multi-inning arm(2-4) Chacín? 4.) Guerra 5.) Claudio 6.) Jackson or Albers 7.) Jeffress or jj on the IL or Perdomo 8.) Hader

It’s Burch Smith Not Butch

https://www.brewcrewball.com/2019/4/16/18411188/craig-kimbrel-moving-closer-to-decision-brewers-remain-in-touch-with-representatives-dallas-keuchel Thank you Mr Allen. I couldn’t remember where I read that, so I appreciate you finding that and posting it.

1.) Burnes/ multi-inning 2.) Woodruff/ multi-inning 3.) Peralta/ multi-inning Crew is going to pitch them in the rotation as long as they are progressing. 4.) Davies > rotation/ multi-inning 5.) Gio > rotation/ multi- inning 6.) Anderson > rotation/ multi-inning 7.) Chacín > rotation/ multi-inning 8.) Nelson > rotation/ multi-inning I think all 8 at some point in time this year will pitch in the rotation and multi-inning in the pen. Bullpen by June 15: - multi-inning(2-4) - multi-inning(2-4) - multi-inning(2-4) Guerra Claudio Jackson/Albers Jeffress/IL/Albers/Perdomo Hader

Agree with blurring of lines mentality. Keep in mind the potential innings that will need to be managed amongst Nelson Burnes Woody peralta, with all four of the aforementioned pitching out of the pen at some point.