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Meccage gives up the lead. 1-2 ahead in the count. Gives up a strength double to the right CF gap. Looked like a high off-speed. Belt high. Never broke. Sat back on it - nice piece of hitting but in that count... -
Yeah, I agree entirely there. Meanwhile, Meccage has fallen behind both batters early. Gave up a 2-1 single to LF (he stole 2B). Fell behind 3-0. Now it's a 1-1 game (3-0 double to the right CF gap). Meccage continues to be very raw despite the shiny tools. He is very very much a high school arm. Miles to go for this young man.
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Mudcats score one on a two out Di Turi single. Anderson was also sent home (for some reason) but was thrown out by six feet standing up. Really strange send early by Stanley given the arm of the Delmarva Rf'er. Two out BB by Bitonti. FIrst pitch single to left CF by Anderson. RBI single by Di Turi.
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Well the shape and movement are both macro terms, if that makes sense. Then there is the nuance within.
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Peña flew out to the LF wall. Seigler flew out to the LF warning track. Boeve flew out to the LF warning track. Shuckers and Sounds went three up and three down.
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THey haven't posted 'Warmup' on the MiLB.TV link for Biloxi @ Columbus. I can avow: it states 95 F but feels like 102 F. YIKES. I know that area and I guarantee there is some humidity to boot. Sounds awful.
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How deep do you want to go, Jim? This is a very involved question and answer. BUT, as a baseline, this is why I am such a massive proponent of 'tunneling'. If you can expertly tunnel your pitches, the shape of the pitch itself is even more impactful. Precisely why RHP's Manuel Rodriguez and Melvin Hernandez are so successful despite their low velo. Their shapes are awesome - Hernandez's change-up is <chef's kiss> Rodriguez's slider is <chef's kiss> because it all looks the same leaving the hand in the exact same locations. Uncanny. The tunneling challenges RHP Ryan Birchard faces with his uber-viloent delivery is precisely why the shapes of his pitches - tho quite awesome - aren't as effective as they could be. It's easy to see a ball is a ball in his case. SO, back to the original question: how deep do you want to go? In general, tho, I think it may just be easiest for you to think in terms of: (1) Speed/Velo (2) Horizontal Movement (3) Vertical Movement (4) Arm Slot (5) Release Point (6) Extension The consistency (more important in some aspects like Arm slot, release, extension) and range (more important in speed/velo, horizontal, and vertical) of all of these impact the the effectiveness of a pitch. Hopefully, this is a good starter?😅
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More importantly? C Marco Dinges is right back in the line up. Clearly he was pulled for reasons beyond anything serious. I have my suspicions of why he was pulled. Ecstatic to see him back in the lineup after a day off.
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If anyone is feeling spry for their pre-game routine, here is Chris Mehring in his 'Rattler Monday' podcast. I love these as my warm up for Tuesday's Game 1's: A little tidbit right off the bat in here: Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities never played a single game versus each other in the first half. Hard to fathom given their proximity. Cedar Rapids ended up sneaking in another division title whereas Quad Cities led the division nearly the entire first half until a late losing streak. That can't feel all that great given the end result.
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You know, for a moment there, I thought you were upthread without a paddle...then I realized that was just me.
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2025 Minor League Transaction Thread
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
It is indeed the same shoulder he previously had surgery on. Obviously, we don't know the true extent of what he is dealing with as of yet but it certainly appears his ever-present injury bug has found him again during his rehab. I can't imagine how frustrating this all is for him. Hoping for the best. -
Our first look at LHP Joan Peña. Clear strikeout pitches at this level in the hook and change-up. Yowza.
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Prospects Live Brewers 2025 Draft Preview
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What a truly strange start to the NBA off-season. These current deals definitely feel 'off'. First Portland taking on Jrue's salary. Now this? OK? I guess? McCollum is expiring. For the Whiz it opens up a ton of cap space for their 2026 FA period. Perhaps, they know they have something brewing with their bevy of young talented guards and the impending arrival of McCollum's vet tutelage to pair with Khash's vet savvy style (if he can still run and jump, that is)? I mean, it's a salary dump. I have no idea what Dumars is thinking here? But, then again, I have little idea what the Pelicans are every thinking as an org.
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I do not know why OF Pedro Tovar has played so sparingly in this his third summer on the DSL Brewers (perhaps that answers my question?). Regardless, after quite a decent 2024 he came into today's tilt with only 11 PA in five games played. Well, he's back in the line up today batting 8th and playing in right field. 1-for-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 2B. That's now 3 doubles in just 11 AB! Small sample? Absolutely. But, why? WHY? I ask for 'the people'.
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A day later. Continuing to enjoy a banner day for the Summer Squads. Beautiful stuff. I don't take this for granted in 2025.
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2025 Minor League Transaction Thread
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Not to be lost in the shuffle: Unfortunately (!!), it doesn't currently look favorable for either. <Sad Face> -
I love me some RHP Melvin Hernandez (as you know). That clip reel and that write-up made my Monday. Thank you. He and RHP Manuel Rodriguez are both incredible young strike throwers with incredible tunneling capacities. All the ingredients are there for a massive rise in prospect standing with a bit more age and one or two more strength and velocity off-seasons. I believe in both players. I trust it will all come together in right timing.
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I like Jericho Sims, yes, for what he does on the basketball court. I understand the 2nd Apron part of the deal. Kyle Kuzma might be the worst per/minute player in the entire NBA. Heck of a price to pay for the rationale of he will help a team win games which is apparently what Giannis demands. He is flat out a net negative influence in any line ups. He is flat out an even greater negative influence when Glenn Rivers is making the starting line ups and substitutions. And, now that they are under the 2nd apron...what mighty plans will the great John Horst muster to make another run at a Championship? We shall see. My faith is very Low. BUT, with that comes zero expectations. I would love to be completely surprised and thrilled. I absolutely so not expect to experience those feelings.🫠
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Mon. 6/23 - Standard Complex Fare
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
TWO DSL wins?!? TWO?!? On the same day!!! Let's GO!! -
The Kohl Years indeed. I am in zero ways advocating for a Giannis trade. You give everything you have to build around that man. Period. You live and die with those results. I am merely pointing out the Bucks as an org have mostly struggled in that regard. My personal opinion is they are likely dealing with a way too many cooks in the kitchen scenario...while also trying to appease their superstar. Every step forward is most definitely greeted by two steps back. I still repeatedly bang my head against the process that landed them at Glenn Rivers and then, as a basketball think tank, literally targeting one of the absolute worst starters in the entire League for two seasons. Man, I actually fell for the first two weeks of Kuz. My goodness, he is truly an atrocious NBA player. They traded a franchise icon at his lowest value - paid a premium young price in doing so - and acquired an even worse asset that is now also at his lowest value. It's an uncanny set of moves. I am both covering my eyes and drooling at what intrepid moves the Bucks brass will make this off-season. Can they defy their propensity for boneheaded moves? I have large doubts.
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Great orgs have a great GM (and an ownership team giving said GM the green light to do their work) and consistently do great things. Bad orgs consistently do bad things. I think it is very fair to say the Bucks likely exist on the fringe waffling between bad org and mid-tier org line. They've won a title in the last five years so there definitely is that (never thought I'd see it in my lifetime - yay for us!). Yet, the Bucks quite simply consistently make the wrong decisions crippling their club in the near and long term. I mean, the Bucks actually targeted Kyle Kuzma and gave up their best young asset to do it - continues to be an incredible feat. Today feels like a great time to give GM Sam Presti his well deserved flowers. Man, he has just steadily and steadily acquired assets and steadily built OKC into a Championship program that truly is set up to make a run at a Dynasty. They have two 1sts in the upcoming NBA draft. They have four 1sts in 2026. The Bucks are going to have to stretch mid-30's Pat Connaughton after he predictably opted in and the Bucks do not outright own their 1st round pick until 2031 and you absolutely know they'll look to trade it regardless. The Bucks are paying three Head Coaches. They are paying Glenn Rivers $10 Milly per season. There is a chasm in organizational competence. I, for one, was incredibly happy to see Presti rewarded for years of incredible GM'ng. A well deserved trophy and they are set up for many more if things roll their way.
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Dinges 2:40:30 and 2:40:43 takes some prototypical massive hacks. He ultimately goes down on an inside change-up. After the second swinging missing strike he does remove his helmet and take a batters timeout to walk down the third base line. Maybe tweaked something in these massive swings. That's really all we see. I would also say he looked tired and a bit dejected after Root's fifth inning and that AB. Could be any combination of things. Nothing obvious.
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I am going back to watch the fifth and sixth frame to check in on muh guy C Marco Dinges and his early exit. AND, I just have to say, having watched games 1,2,3, and 6...the pitching plan versus the uber-talented Whitecaps continued to showcase a strange approach and/or poor execution in key spots. The number of sliders I saw absolutely hanging to their lefty power bats in favorable counts is my core contention. Root was ahead 1-2 to McGonigle. Hung an absolute dead-to-rights slider over the heart of the plate. What are we even thinking here? 3-1 game. 3-3 just like that. Just not the pitch choice there any day of the week. Regardless of the execution. DeBerry suffered the early fates of this exact same pitch choice (slider) early in game one. They then went away from that to a more strategically likely to succeed change-up.
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Sun. 6/22 - Escape from West Michigan
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
INF Ethan Murray is continuing to give credence to my pre-season suggestion he may have been playing through several injuries last season. He has been very good in 2025: This just after Kuehner worked out of a bases loaded no out jam.
