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  1. MadScientist
    I seem to remember a number of years the Brewers couldn't find a primary catcher that fit that description. Vogt's arm is enough for me to not cry if the Brewers say goodbye to him and go with Bandy, and whoever in AAA as backups. Money saved here can always be put to a more important piece (or buying a decent AAA franchise).
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    It is a lot easier if you have a team where the location / facilities are already good. Sure you would have the right move a team you own from a bad location, but it is not a trivial task to find a suitable landing spot. You need find a city that wants to get a minor league team and is willing to do what it takes to get one. That city would also need to be good with the affiliation would be with the Brewers, since there would be no chance to change it. If they already had a place lined up, then buying CS or Vegas or the like would work.
  3. MadScientist
    It would be good to lock in Biloxi, since it is a nice, new facility and the low attendance has to be a bit of a concern on the renew. Another out of the box idea is that they could be looking at a different AAA team, with the idea of moving from CS to there. Not sure if there are rules preventing this.
  4. MadScientist
    It doesn't change the primary lead (before the pitch) but does make a runner think twice about trying to get a large secondary lead. So stealing second won't change much but it may prevent runners from having enough of a start to try to go from first to third on a hit.
  5. MadScientist
    Good, I didn't want the Brewers to think that $5M was reasonable and tradeable, and then wind up stuck with Garza again.
  6. MadScientist
    Shutting down injured players like Molina, Carpenter, etc. should be done, there is no good reason to play them. As for the others, it would depend on who is on the roster and what they are trying to do. Anyone they expect to be a regular next year should play. Having a smaller pitch count on starters also makes sense. I don't think any of these things impacts the integrity of the game, and at this point probably won't make any difference in the chances of the Cardinals winning.
  7. MadScientist
    If you have the 3 hardest throws on the year, in limited playing time to boot, I think that should pretty much define an 80 arm. It's the best one in MLB.
  8. MadScientist
    The only thing marginally exciting about 16 was seeing who the Brewers would get for the talent they were trading off. The inside baseball was ok, but the outside baseball left a lot to be desired. This year has been a great surprise, perhaps the biggest in franchise history.
  9. MadScientist
    Heck of a season where the Brewers proved even die-hard fans in an optimism thread weren't optimistic enough. Relevant baseball in September 2 years into a rebuild. Gotta love it.
  10. MadScientist
    Baltimore might pull in Nats fans to get another look at the Brewers who are a possible playoff opponent. There's a lot of people in that area, so if they drop the ticket prices, there should be a good crowd.
  11. MadScientist
    Not an ump, but some of it has got to do with biophysics. As good as our eyes are, they are not even remotely cameras. Our eyes and mind do all sorts of processing tricks to make up for the difference be what we actually register and what we need to see and when we need to see it. It takes on the order of .04 second between when the light hits your eye and when you see it. With a 90 mph pitch, when it hits the catchers glove, the umpire is actually seeing it about 5 feet from his glove. Our brains do some pre-processing to guess where the ball actually is. When it hits the glove, we know for sure where it really is. Also given this and the limits in precision of depth vision there is likely some mental triangulation going on, i.e. if the ball looks to be in the strike zone and the catcher catches it just outside the zone, it likely passed through the zone. It's in this grey area that framing can make a difference.
  12. MadScientist
    Actually I think he was more worried that Cleveland would keep him, but still give Gomes the majority of the starts. Since would have no real leverage, he didn't want to get in a situation that would screw his chances for a big contract. As it turns out showcasing his talents in Texas wasn't so good, but hindsight is 20/20. As for his comments on rebuilding, he was being honest, and lets face it, not many of us predicted much from the Brewers this year. Most of us were looking more at 2019 as the start of the Brewers competitive stretch, with 2018 showing signs of coming out of the rebuild. A lot of unexpected things had to go right for the Brewers to be in the thick of things this year, and no way could Lucroy have seen it coming.
  13. MadScientist
    They also play each other 6 times. So we are guaranteed to make up ground on one of them 6 times. We need to start rooting against the Marlins now. Only a game behind us. This doesn't make sense to me. There is no guarantee of anything. Those teams could go 3-3 against each other, but if the Brewers go 0-6, they lose ground. Wrong thread for that talk. This is the optimism thread. The Brewers will gain ground on one if not both of them
  14. MadScientist
    The yellow sleeves were ok, but I am not a fan of the yellow hat. I am however a big fan of winning 2 of 3 from the Dodgers.
  15. MadScientist
    There was a real stats guy around here a few years ago who posted some analysis that looked at players in clutch vs non clutch situations and found no significant difference. I'm sure somewhere there are stats about bunt success rates, but perhaps the more critical thing is that in most cases where people used to regularly bunt, teams would be better off not bunting. To put it another way, the expected number of runs scored in a given situation is lower when a team bunts.
  16. MadScientist
    Two top players gone early in one weekend. Cancer sucks.
  17. MadScientist
    It's possible that Cordell could have been traded for someone else, but it takes two to tango. Given the market for relievers in July, this is probably the best they could get for Cordell. Off season trades are more of a gamble to even happen as other teams are also managing their 40-man rosters to protect the critical prospects. Stearns is trying to improve the Brewers' chances for playoffs without trading away the future, which makes sense giving both their standing and their overall record. Decent, but not great, minor league players who are blocked for the foreseeable future and will need to be added to the 40-man roster soon are the best tradable assets he has. As for only getting a rental, it makes some sense if part of the reason for trading Cordell was that he will be lost because someone more critical will be on the 40-man. With a more controllable guy, they'd just have to remove someone from the roster after the season anyway.
  18. MadScientist
    Although the bounce (COR) of the ball has the largest contribution to distance flown, the seam height has the largest percentage change (5% vs ~1% for COR and ~0.1 for circumference). With that much change in seam height, shouldn't there be a difference in break for curves and sliders, and rise in fastballs? Has there been any check on this from Fangraphs or elsewhere?
  19. MadScientist
    Brewers are now 14-34 in All Star Games.
  20. MadScientist
    Agreed. Knebel pitched in the two games leading up to the ASG, and was not as efficient as he had been previously. Let him have the honor of being there and still get the rest he needs. I'd much rather the Cubs closer blow the game instead of the Brewers closer.
  21. MadScientist
    Thames said he would have declined if asked because of prior experiences with an HR derby in Korea. Let him get some rest and come back strong for the second half.
  22. MadScientist
    Last year they had no significant injuries with their starters, and the worst starter had a WHIP of 1.20. Now they are dealing with injuries and their best pitcher has a WHIP 1.20. Time is catching up to the Cubs starters, so I'm not sure they will flip the switch. The bats are just down a bit from last year - regression to the mean most likely. Add in the mother of all championship hangovers and you get a so-so Cubs team. They may improve some, and any deadline adds could give them a boost, but I don't think they will play like last year again. It's within the grasp of the Brewers to hold them off. Lets see if they can do it.
  23. MadScientist
    If you have to play a one game series at Miller Park South, this is the way to do it. Back to back series sweeps!
  24. MadScientist
    The home plate umpire is Eric Cooper, although that doesn't make sense in the context of a foul into the dugout.
  25. MadScientist
    I'm going to a little league game tonight. I guarantee the pitchers will be throwing harder than Jay.
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