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  1. Robocaller
    apparently not. God Bless.
  2. Robocaller
    If you want to communicate with someone, words need to mean the same thing to each other. While there is some diversity in how legitimate websites define "replacement player," yours seems to be outside the norm. One description I seem to remember is that a team full of replacement players would win about 40 games in a season. Feel free to do an internet search.
  3. Robocaller
    I didn't remember John Briggs playing 1B; Scott did start 20 games at 3B for the Brewers in 1972. What I remember is he wore a (batting?) helmet in the field.
  4. Robocaller
    I didn't remember John Briggs playing 1B; Scott did start 20 games at 3B for the Brewers in 1972. What I remember is he wore a (batting?) helmet in the field.
  5. Robocaller
    Jonathan Davis is a replacement level player. Yelich could fall apart and become a replacement level player in a few years, but is not now. A replacement level player is one you can get for the minimum salary; Yelich would be about a $12M player if he were on the market.
  6. Robocaller
    If he improves there could be a roster spot for him (2024?) as a switch-hitting C and corner infielder. A problem is that although he's a switch-hitter, he has huge platoon splits (being pretty wretched as a RHH facing LHP). I wonder if he should just hit LH all the time?
  7. Robocaller
    Um. . . Tommy Harper is the Brewers' first 30 HR hitter, hitting 31 in the first year of the Brewers' existence. This is embarrassing; you even referenced Tommy Harper in the article.
  8. Robocaller
    Um. . . Tommy Harper is the Brewers' first 30 HR hitter, hitting 31 in the first year of the Brewers' existence. This is embarrassing; you even referenced Tommy Harper in the article.
  9. Robocaller
    remove the leading zeros. 0.23% chance of picking 1st. Or about one in 435 chance.
  10. Robocaller
    That makes a helluva lot of sense (though I might put Mitchell #9 as "second leadoff," but even though neither Turang nor Frelick have significant platoon splits (and Turang is slightly reversed), CC won't stack LHH.
  11. Robocaller
    this is just semantics, so I figured I'd pull out my dictionary: journeyman | ˈjərnēmən | noun (plural journeymen) 1 a worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding: [as modifier] : a solid journeyman professional. I know it often is used for a player who has moved from team to team, but that's not really what it means.
  12. Robocaller
    I don't think the grief is directed at Yelich, who is an averagish hitter, but at the guy who extended him when he was recovering from an injury.
  13. Robocaller
    Well, you better get them to fire CC, because I think that's the only way he'll have 2 lefties at the top of the order. He has had lefties batting 1 and 9.
  14. Robocaller
    Just because some teams can afford to carry Yelich's contract doesn't mean the Brewers can. Given the constraints of their budget, it absolutely limits their other decisions, such as extending other players who will command big $..
  15. Robocaller
    we can hope Yelich catches a minor illness next season. ?
  16. Robocaller
    So does that mean Feliciano will be on the Brewers next season, or will they acquire a C?
  17. Robocaller
    Gotta love a Cardinals' bullpen implosion.
  18. Robocaller
    Moving Yelich to the role of McCutchen seems wise, assuming they don't acquire a bat. McCutchen played 50 games in the OF, Yelich could play a bit more. He shouldn't play 154 games or get 671 PA like he did this year (McCutchen played 134 games with 580 PA). He should sit against some lefties. Moving Yelich to 1B doesn't seem great. 1) There's no guarantee he'll play 1B better than Rowdy (who would get moved to DH); 2) He's not a platoon match for Rowdy; 3) He won't have a good enough bat to fit at 1B long-term. Long-term, Yelich is a 4-5th OF and DH. Unless his bat somehow is reborn (BTW, if he were traded to the Cardinals, that would be sure to happen).
  19. Robocaller
    I said "over the last 20-50 years." It's been a process. I give up. It's an element of your religion, and it's wrong for me to question it.
  20. Robocaller
    I said "over the last 20-50 years." It's been a process. I give up. It's an element of your religion, and it's wrong for me to question it.
  21. Robocaller
    I think it's ludicrous. OTOH, the decision to move him off 2B was a S.D. decision; I suppose it's conceivable that the Brewers have a different assessment, but if they did, they should have played him some at 2B after they acquired him.
  22. Robocaller
    I think it's ludicrous. OTOH, the decision to move him off 2B was a S.D. decision; I suppose it's conceivable that the Brewers have a different assessment, but if they did, they should have played him some at 2B after they acquired him.
  23. Robocaller
    You have a choice. Either batters and hitting coaches have gotten more stupid or more stubborn by eschewing "shortening up" and other such things over the last 20-50 years, or they came to realize that it's not conducive to positive results. They can bunt more to move runners, but most batters suck at it (Mitchell and Ruiz are exceptions, and I hope they continue to do so when they play in the majors). They can steal more bases, though you have to be a pretty good base stealer to make it worth the risk. With so much swing and miss, I think hit-an-runs are rightfully avoided. What your little league coach told you doesn't apply in MLB.
  24. Robocaller
    You have a choice. Either batters and hitting coaches have gotten more stupid or more stubborn by eschewing "shortening up" and other such things over the last 20-50 years, or they came to realize that it's not conducive to positive results. They can bunt more to move runners, but most batters suck at it (Mitchell and Ruiz are exceptions, and I hope they continue to do so when they play in the majors). They can steal more bases, though you have to be a pretty good base stealer to make it worth the risk. With so much swing and miss, I think hit-an-runs are rightfully avoided. What your little league coach told you doesn't apply in MLB.
  25. Robocaller
    You really need to look at Sveumrules' post. For most hitters, attempting to do so leads to worse results. Analytics has changed the way batters hit. Turning back the clock will result in worse production. But yeah, I'd like to roll a 7 too.
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