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Santana able to turn on that 65 mph gas.
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Now get that run back and then some.
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I was sad to see them take out Montgomery, but I like this new reliever
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There have been a few, but it takes a rain-out and a compatible day off. With Miller Park, there have been a lot fewer chances for this to happen over the last 15 years. This does seem extra important for just one game in early July.
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I Can't Believe the Standings
MadScientist replied to Dead Simmons's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Most of us still are acting like the groundskeepers from Major League. It's like someone asked 'Who wants to lead the NL centeral?' and the other teams took a step back. There's nothing that jumps out about the Brewers as being a big outlier as to what a player could reasonably contribute. The team hasn't had long winning or losing streaks, and they are right on their Pythagorean record, so no undue luck. It's not unreasonable to think this could be an 84 to 88 win team. It's up to the Cubs and Cards to try to beat that. -
Their main competition, the Yankees, were hitting a pitcher 3rd that season which was silly A retired pitcher at that. But he was leading the league in most offensive categories - including nose hair.
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The continuing saga of Arcia's magnificent defense
MadScientist replied to FVBrewerFan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Right now Arcia has the 15th best ops among qualifying shortstops (23 total) in the majors. He also is arguably the best defensive SS in the league (highest range factor and most double plays FWIW). He isn't going anywhere unless he falls off a cliff at the plate, and at this point he is more likely to improve to a regular 750 ops player than to fall off a cliff, at least for the next few years. Arcia will be the Brewers shortstop for a long time, and this thread will keep getting new clips posted until we all get so spoiled and jaded that plays in the 'impossible' category for other shortstops just seem 'ok'. -
The continuing saga of Arcia's magnificent defense
MadScientist replied to FVBrewerFan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
By the time the season is done, that play that started this thread will look like a routine two-hopper. Now if only he can raise his batting average enough to win the gold glove. -
Wow! Arcia is incredible.
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corey knebel sets single season k streak relief record
MadScientist replied to djoctagone's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It doesn't look like he is. If he were pitching just to get strikeouts, there would be more nibbling and therefore more walks. Knebel is attacking hitters, getting ahead and putting them away. His stuff is good enough that he is getting a good number of strikeouts. The combination is exactly what you want in a closer. -
I don't think that stat is being overlooked. The Brewers are doing way better than most of us expected, and the Cubs and Cards are doing way worse. Hard to say which is more surprising. The thing is, when you watch the Brewers, it's not like they are miraculously in first, it's more like they could be up by 8-10 games.
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The timing of this is really worrying. They just had a new baby, and a lot can go wrong for the mother and baby. I really hope I'm wrong about this.
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There was one in the minors, from Tyrone Horne, who never made it to the majors. http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first272.html
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Maverick has a gun!
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Thames is healthy again and Guerra is dealing. This team could be poised for a run.
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Time to Start Worrying About Villar?
MadScientist replied to Schmi755uwm.edu's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Villar has had one very good year. I'd say great but the mental errors were racked up at a historic rate. He isn't guy with five plus years of good/very good hitting. I know CC is trying to get him going, but Sogar has to play somewhere for the time being. Why can't Sogar be this year's version of Villar or Guerra? His 'one good year' was last year, and that was the only year he played full time. I'm not thrilled with his production, but this year we need to find out if he can really put things together and be a consistently productive player. He has too much talent to discard it to easily. Sogard looks great in limited action, but at 5 years older than Villar, he doesn't likely have a long future ahead of him. -
Not sure there will be much of a battle. They both want a winning ML team over the long haul, and they both want rings. Given the fickle nature of the game I can't see Stearns selling if the Brewers are in first or in a WC position at the ASB. Similarly if the Brewers are a little below 500 at the ASB, I don't see Attanasio pushing to be a buyer. In between is a little trickier, but if they do chose to be buyers, I don't think Stearns will spend any more than he can afford to lose.
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It took a lot of tries for Broxton to take second.
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At least more fun than the playoff teams this century. This team sort of has the feel of the 78 or 80 Brewers. The 80 team had tons of offense, but was held back by pitching, 78 had the shock of being good after a number of poor years.
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Brewers' Pitching- Why is it so bad?
MadScientist replied to FVBrewerFan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Has there been any analysis of Pena or Bandy's pitch framing? Lucroy was a master at it, so if the pitchers are not getting the borderline calls they were in previous years, they either wind up walking people or coming in with something too hittable. -
I think the Brewers need to start a "Every day is Mother's Day" campaign.
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Knebel gets the Houdini of the week award for that escape.
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Those guys get acquired in trades for nominal cash considerations all the time. That is not the kind of return you want from a closer who had gone to the All Star game the previous two years. Even with not paying his salary, and the other warts of K-Rod that would have been a terrible return. A ML catcher who is hitting and plays a solid defense is a good return on any trade.
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K-Rod was pretty good for Detroit last year. Not as good as the previous 2 years with the Brewers, but still good. He fell off a cliff this year. These things happen with bullpen arms and with older pitchers, so it isn't a surprise. Pina is looking great for the Brewers, but who knows how much is real vs hot start. I'm not arguing against this trade, I think it was a good one, but not an outright fleecing.
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Perhaps Sterns needed to wait to see where and how the PTBN would slot into the organization. Given the timing, I have to think that the Victor Roache trade was in part to open up a minor league roster spot for whoever the Brewers pick, with it being a position player at AA or below. That's a great point. My first thought when Roache was traded was that Monte Harrison was going to get bumped and push the line up one but this could be a better reason.. Still could be bumped up. The player in question could slot into Harrison's roster spot.