Joseph Zarr
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Fri. 4/19 - Woessner & Wichrowski Seek "W"'s
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
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Yes indeed. He is regularly touching 20-21" of induced vertical rise (they call it IVB - I only call it that on Sinkers. My brain equates break to a downward motion. Apologies if this confuses) . Which is MLB-caliber. And, honestly, is a huge development since early 2023. The Brewers Pitching Lab went full Heisenberg this off-season. It's NUTS.
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By the looks of it, I would opine the delivery and deception and being a lefty are obvious Suter-isms but that fastball certainly appears to have distinctly different characteristics to it. As per usual, again, this is me going simply off of baseball game viewings and eye tests (I'm not going to dig into data - that's for others and they do a fantastic job of presenting the visuals). I went back and re-watched his innings. He was touching 94-95 mph and bringing it up into the zone to boot. Fantastic change-up. Really intriguing young arm. Regardless if I'm accurate or not here (perhaps @Smichaelis9saw his innings and can chime in - coach 😁), his outing absolutely matched the final line. Dominancing. Lots of swings and misses. Batters clearly didn't know what was coming.
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With Adams, those are very adept points. He has quieted down his pre-swing hands movement - which is step one me thinks. That leg lift, as you allude to, is a wee large. It's almost a game in and of itself.
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What an absolutely beautiful headline. May it last into perpetuity. Stay Classy, Birdland.
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3 W 1 L. The system keeps churning - unfortunately, Wisconsin couldn't overcome Rudy's rough start. Let me simply share visually what I am talking about with the system-wide bullpen dominance we are seeing in 2024. Oh hey! what's that? Another scoreless 2K inning from RHP Craig Yoho - stud. Ho hum. Tonight, the combined bullpen performances across all four affiliates: 19 2/3 IP 2 ER (all credited to RHP Yujanyer Herrera who, oh btw, has 21K in 12 2/3 IP overall) 9 H (6 of these attributed to Herrera) 3 BB 32 K PITCHING. PITCHING. PITCHING. Absurd
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Another Isaac Collins two-bagger tonight?! He already has 7 dubs on the season. Goodness. Have I mentioned how incredible this Sounds bullpen is? I believe I may have mentioned it a couple times? They lead 5-1 in the bottom of the 8th. 4 2/3 scoreless IP combined between Zastryzny, Myers, and Blackwood so far.
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Two more K's for Manfredi in the 8th. Sheeeesh: 4 IP, 8 K.
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The answer to the thread title: YES RHP Bradley Blalock will maintain the 0.00 ERA (6IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 R) Shuckers win 4-0. Old trusty slingin' RHP Sam Gardner was back in Brisbane. 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K. LHP Justin King closed the shutout w 1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2K. Shuckers win their 6th straight (and they didn't even need a comeback to do it!) moving to 8-4 overall. OF Noah Campbell continued his torrid start smacking a triple and finishing 2-for-3.
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Boeve singled up the middle. 0.528 BA. 1.231 OPS through what will be 12 games. T-Rats head to the 8th trailing 6-5.
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INF Gregory Barrios is easily one of the more pleasant surprises in early 2024. He did some work this off-season. Trust me. I would opine (with no data but the eyes over a year plus) he likely added 5-10 lbs of mass and may have grown an inch. The results seem to be following suit. Really intriguing peripheral storyline I was absolutely not anticipating.
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O'Rae just hit his 2nd double to right center and then took 3rd on a WP. Lara at the dish. Zero outs.
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Rough start for RHP Will Rudy but some truly fine relief work from RHP Mark Manfredi (3IP, 0H, 0BB, 6K) has allowed the T-Rats a fighting chance. They trail 6-4 in their half of the 7th. Rally caps, men! (Also: Boeve is currently 2-for-2 - another dub- and his BA is back above 0.500 😯)
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Castillo hit a 3-run jack to open a 3-0 lead for the Mudcats.
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I shall bring forth pics with stains of dry rubbed smoked chicken wings; Mexicali Sweet Potato fries; Brick oven pizza and farm crafted hard crabapple cider. This I can oblige. 😅
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I am officially prepared for the draft. Epic offerings as per usual @LouisEly. Thank you for doing this. You can assure yourself this will be printed off and on the proverbial couch come draft weekend.
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It feels that way on many nights!😁 Enjoy your T-Rats game. Was a cool one last night - players were clearly uncomfortable! Hopefully, it warms up and you have a fun experience. One of the better stadium experiences in all of the Minor Leagues.
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And, one last point, and as a relevant aside: I will always celebrate and write for the unherald-eds. It is in my nature. With a baseball world so heavily and myopically focused on the hot names and top prospects - a genre with writers across the interwebs giving these more touted players numerous avenues of exposure - I take great great joy and find meaning (for lack of a better word) in showcasing and celebrating the greater depth of the system. It's also why, I believe, Jim and Daniel write such wonderful parting pieces on players who for one reason or another leave the system. We write for the players. It is really just all about the players. There are 165 of them in each system. We focus on the Brewers. And, obviously, as fans we benefit by proxy.
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Well, it's important to remember: Top 100 Guys are viewed as such because they have 'traits'. AND, as we all (should) know by now - especially as passionate baseball fans - said traits most certainly don't equal MLB success. MLB level baseball is insanely hard. The Top 100 lists. The Top 20, Top 10, Top 30 etc. They are what they are: lists. As to the Brewers, they are Wunderkinds at 'exploiting' (for lack of a better word over coffee - apologies to the players) the fringes of the talent pools. The Indy Leagues. The JuCo ranks. Etc. So, given the nature of the Brewer's success in this Renaissance period of Brewers ball, it should come as absolutely no surprise to any of us a lot of these players are really friggin' good at baseball. Here's a quick example and question: Misiorowski has walked at least 3 batters in every start for Double-A Biloxi. Last night, in his final inning in a ridiculously short 3 IP, he brought his walk total to 5 and threw 3 WP's. Who rescued that start? The bullpen. Quick fire. Rapid response (here or in your head - this is just a Brewer fandom exercise): who constitutes this League-Leading bullpen? Can you name 2,3, even 4 young men off the top of your head? I would politely and casually opine you may suffer from 'Top Prospect Syndrome'. 😅
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It's just this scenario - so early in the season, to boot - where the Sounds really miss a healthy RHP Tyler Herb or the quality inning-eating capacities of one RHP Caleb Boushley. Maybe we get a surprise RHP Josh Lindblom return from retirement!
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They definitely had a traditional camera angle last year, yes. It's a hard watch right now. Javik, as per usual, does a fantastic energy-filled call. But that rear of catcher from 50 feet up no zoom view is a tough tough watch. Heck, I can't even criticize umpires!
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