Jim French Stepstool
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Baddoo has certainly been hot, but what sucks about this is you have Frelick, Mitchell & Yelich who's at least listed as an OF all LHH. The last thing you need is another LHH OF. If there's an OF stashed on someone's bench or AAA roster who swings from the right side I'd maybe look to swing a minor deal for him. Lara had a week or so off when he signed the extension, and has cooled off since. Maybe he'd be an option but not any time soon. Also Perkins has looked better from the RH side recently, so as per usual I don't think this is going to cause an immediate panic. Sucks tho, I was looking forward to Lockridge making it back.
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It's beating a dead horse but some of these breaking pitches, not just missing them but by HOW MUCH he misses them is really astounding.
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Great mention. The way it came out of his hand, the location, when he & Contreras chose to use it.......just fantastic.
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Yep. Four saves with the A's I believe.
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Agreed. I'll give Mitchell credit for going from arguably one of the worst ABs of the game to a terrific one in the 10th, but definitely left Singer off the hook there.
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I've mostly liked the way Yoho has looked since the callup. But we know there's a 'trust' thing on this team and I'm not surprised Kuhnel was called on. It's the same mindset that kept Pratt in AAA maybe longer than some liked, and what's kept a couple of the people who contributed in the 10th from being thrown under the bus. That, and Jett Williams hitting .219 lol.
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If they lost a tough one late, I was all set for a "lost the battle but maybe won the war" post due to Woodruff's outing. But it's nice to win both. The command reminded me of how he looked last year after coming off the IL, and getting lathered up & eventually settling in at 93-94 was good to see. When the Brewers lose a game & don't hit, the tendency is to trash the offense without giving the pitcher any credit. Tonite though, while Singer was obviously good I didn't think he was 7-shutout innings good. He was on the edges effectively but I thought we chased way too much, although that may have been partially fueled by Singer throwing 739 pitches right on the edges, not getting the call, and Stephenson challenging every. Damn. One. Mitchell with a great AB in the 10th after falling behind in the count. Frelick with a perfect bunt, then Ortiz not trying to do too much. Kudos to him.
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I don't trust his command enough for that kind of role. At some point, maybe. My preference right now is to try to get him from the 3-4 good innings-guy to 5, 5.1, 5.2. I too would like to see him getting the ball every 5 days in Nashville; hopefully the rotation fleshes out enough for that to happen.
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I'm surprised it was Rom getting removed for Woodruff. It makes it even more odd that he wasn't used Sunday, plus even though Rom is no world-beater now you're looking at only one LHP in the BP (although from the sound of it Drohan could be returning there). That might buy Koenig a little more time if they feel that's needed? I get people not wanting to see Sproat starting, but if he's removed from the rotation at some point then please let him stay stretched out in Nashville.
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He sure did🏋️♂️🏋️♀️🏋️♂️ lol. I think you're right about the passiveness in his approach though, and how it won't play at the highest level. Thing is, I remember some of the younger power bats from the Melvin years that were in the opposite camp---HR potential but high K rates with very few walks. My gut tells me an approach like Adams' can be adjusted/amended to work vs MLB pitching easier than the opposite. But I also think his name is going to come up quite a bit when the phones start to heat up so stay tuned I guess.
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Everyone who had the White Sox & Cardinals in the top ten in late June, raise your hand..........
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If I may add Josiah Ragsdale.........
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Point taken. Winning is what it's all about. I just hope Patrick won't be needed Monday or Tuesday. I guess I'd rather have him available & had one or two of the other "B list' relievers get the final 3 outs or 6 outs with what was a seven-run lead.
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Baboucarr Ann just concluded a trip to Madison, and some of the recruiting sites are considering him a heavy UW lean. Rivals puts it at over 90% so we'll see. Athletic 6'5" wing who would look great lining up next to Jalen Brown. If he commits, it would be the first of hopefully many recruiting feathers in the Brad Davison cap. They're both from Maple Grove HS & Brad has put a lot of effort into this one.
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Biloxi, just wow. The only team in the Brewers' system that even came close to being this much fun to follow has to be the '08 Huntsville group with Escobar, Gamel, LaPorta, Salome, Brantley. Doing my unscientific thing looking at when a player reaches a full seasons' worth of PAs in his career, Josh Adamczewski is a little above that now. Among other numbers, he's driven in 114 runs while drawing 118 walks. That's just a crazy combination. Not being a huge power guy, how do you even DO that? So impressive.
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Could very well be the case. But you'd think they'd want him available to do just that in the upcoming series if need be. Now, he's down until Wednesday at the very earliest. Personally, I love his BP work & what he can get done in 2-3 innings of max effort in a close game as opposed to pacing himself. It's why I'm rooting for guys like Woodruff, Crow, Henderson et al to allow the team to keep him there.
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Good question. The whole Rom up, then Rom sitting down thing was odd. Thought I saw Kuhnel up, too. If they need a long man I do think Rom will be used. Apparently it would have to be in tandem (he used to start, but I wasn't aware it's been so long since he was extended), but I wouldn't be surprised if they extended him past 38 if need be.
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looking at the BP for Cincy, Rom must be sticking around & is the long man for Woodruff if needed, or for Tuesday. If you need a long man both days, I guess you also use some combination of Anderson/Kuhnel/Yoho with one of the latter two not being here due to Woodruff being activated. Otherwise holding Rom back today makes no sense. Get through the next two and maybe Koenig gets added by Wednesday? Does any of this justify using Patrick for three innings today? No.
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So in other words, your priorities are severely off kilter. Got it😁.
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As for Adams & 3B (a ship that seems to have sailed), does he still have the issues w/his throws?
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Back to the baseball, I don't know if it was the early explosion or not, but Gasser really seemed to relax & attack the strike zone after his first 6 or 7 hitters. Going back out for the 6th after 90 pitches & retiring the side on 8 pitches or whatever it was made me smile. I'd be curious to know what was going on w/Rom throwing & then Patrick coming back for the 9th. He's probably down a couple days either way (?) but not sure why you get Rom up & not use him. I once saw an old clip of an old, disheveled & in not-so-good-of-shape Babe Ruth playing for the Boston Braves & hitting a HR, I think in spring training. I was reminded of that after seeing Rowdy at the plate in the 9th.
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I've got a great one for Spanish rice. Very versatile.
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If you throw out his start in the Las Vegas Bouncy House, Gasser has allowed 1 run in his last 10.1 innings. The offense has broken the three-run barrier plenty this season. Neither may perform today, but if they did it wouldn't be a surprise.
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The spacious OF down there is definitely a thing. Going into the series it looked for all the world you were going to have games like the first two--relatively low-scoring, with a need for being as air tight as possible. We lost Friday due to a poor performance w/RISP despite 11 hits---and largely due to two outstanding defensive plays by Eli White, who is definitely a glove-first OF. Yesterday it was a 9th inning BP failure. Me, I'd probably roll with Bauers in RF & Vaughn at 1B. But it shouldn't take much to understand the risk there.
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Took a deeper dive, and yep it appears to have been negligible at best, with Bart & Dubon especially having no edge vs LHP. So traditionally yeah, but on paper, not so much. They might have liked Ashby's breaking stuff vs Baldwin & Olson, and despite the splits he pretty much had no issue with either, a K followed by the little league fly ball. As for Albies, tonight it seemed to make no difference who was throwing, but on the season you probably want him hitting LH. So I'll have to walk it back, too.
