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And Adames wouldn't have brought nearly as much as Burnes did.
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Just to be thorough, Asian & fairly good-looking. She also went to nursing school for a couple years, then quit because she decided she didn't want to be around sick people.
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Well, certainly not 'bad' showings. I thought the last two relievers opened the door for them, & we couldn't walk through.
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I think it was more 'give me something I can hit to the right side', and he got a perfect pitch to do just that. Not only get it over there, but drive it. Payamps got his bad location out of the way on the 1st pitch & never had a chance to throw another one.
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At the end of the day, two damn frustrating, but damn good games. Need to find a way to scratch out more offense vs a pitching staff that is not only very talented, but close to on top of their game both nights (Strahm & Dominguez excluded, there were chances there). But it would also help to not have the baseball gods take a healthy dump in your salad. Bryson Stott could've gotten into a time machine, gone into the future to see where Turang was going to hit the ball, and not stood in a better spot. That follows a WP for a run that isn't because the ball hits Frelick in the foot. Then there's the 5 or so plays where they're out by an eyelash at first (you could see Murphy visibly upset by the last one, and I didn't blame him). Still, needed to find a way & couldn't. Hoskins with a huge failure late. Major props to Hudson for turning in a scoreless outing in which he wasn't given the same zone everyone else had, for some odd reason.
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This reminds me of my old GFs' co-worker. She was looking at the stage lineup for Summerfest one year & remarked "I don't know who TBA is, but they must be pretty good. They're scheduled on a lot of stages". She was dead serious.
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Agreed. We all know Junis, Ross & Hall aren't the second coming of Catfish Hunter, but given the improved offense & deep bullpen maybe they don't need to be. Some stability (finally) would be nice. I'm not a big fan of Ashby coming back right now, but with the aforementioned three not yet available it isn't like we have a lot of choices.
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OMG that's great. You pretty much nailed it.😄
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If Uribes' work in Nashville warrants it they'll get him up here. Like Kripes said, somewhere around the AS break would probably be the best way to manipulate it. As to adding to the BP via trade: IMO, no way. Adding to the rotation should be 1st, second & third on their list. Maybe fourth, too lol. The BP is getting to the point where you can have people on the AAAA shuttle who can be relied on. That could blow up at some point, sure. But right now the numbers & work turned in discourage adding anything via trade. Clarke turned in a great outing the other day. Hopefully Hall is getting close. Not counting on Ashby this year, but he's trending upward so you never know. And I wouldn't predict this, it's more unlikely then likely, but stranger things have happened than Craig Yoho being here in September. He's just been bumped to AA & has been pretty unbelievable.
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I hear ya. I made a reference last season to a game in Cincy. I was unable to sit & watch it, and when I finally was able to check on the game I decided to get an update from the IGT rather than through audio since I wasn't sure it was still going on. Reading a few pages I figured The Brewers were trailing something like 7-2. Turns out they won in extras. I don't see any way they trade Adames. He's in his last year, so anyone dealing for him is looking at him as a rental, meaning they're in a playoff hunt. Someone in that position isn't giving up a worthwhile starter.
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Can't prove it of course but I overwhelmingly believe that if Chourio was playing tonight Bauers would've still been in the lineup.
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They have. Some seem concerned that Chourio is going to be a platoon bat, and I don't think that's going to happen. Looking at tonights' lineup in a vacuum I think his not playing has more to do with Wheeler than anything else.
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Considering it was Wheeler, the ABs weren't great but could've been worse. I actually thought Turangs' AB with the bases loaded was well put-together up until, of course, the last pitch. Then you still had a chance to snatch momentum w/2nd & 3rd and 2 out and Contreras turned in one of the 2 or 3 worst at-bats of the game IMO. Probably the only one in the lineup who I'd say never had a respectable trip to the plate (maybe Yelich as well) Wilson settled in well, but this was a day you couldn't afford him to take 20-25 pitches to do so. The hindsight machine would crank out that maybe Koenig should've gone two.
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Nah. They lost the game. Leaving him on the bench if they felt he should be used late would supercede who else was/wasn't in the lineup. Non-factor. As a group no, they aren't more rational. They ARE comparitively heavy on the passion.
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The added challenge is that this isn't just a good team, but a good team that's been playing very well. Maybe a little evidence of them cooling off in the STL series though. Their losing Marsh for a spell certainly doesn't hurt us. Couldn't help but think watching their game last night if there were any "Thomson is a moron" threads on Phillie fan boards after Realmuto was given a full day off, even though there was a spot or two late where he could've helped.
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Good point about the 3B not playing deep. But the C needs to stay home, and like I mentioned before if Frelick deadens the ball there's a good chance a runner like Yelich makes it. LHP most likely can't make a play on that side. Just a bad combo of bunted way too hard, and not a good read. After the pitch is released, 1B really has no reason to charge so dropping it on the 1B side away from the P would've been interesting.
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Mudcats win while committing seven errors. I think the last time I remember anything like that, I was concerned about players securing a ride from their parents & getting to the game on time. Really nice to see Taylor Clarke turn in an impressive outing today, especially while being stretched out. That, and what Ashby did the other day, make it a good week in Nashville.
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Good point. A successful squeeze bunt doesn't necessarily mean you're playing for one run, although in that vaacum i'd have been happy with one. I'll reiterate though, sending up a PH was preferable to me. Hill still had to face one more hitter, and if Hoskins hits & gets passed I'm perfectly fine w/Ortiz hitting w/the bases loaded.
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Should The Crew Flip Jake Bauers?
Jim French Stepstool replied to Harold Hutchison's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
If Black wasn't such a defensive adventure at 1B, he'd be a pretty good fit in the Bauers roster spot. But there's no way they're rolling the dice with his defense especially since Hoskins isn't a 150-game guy at the position. Heck, if Black was able to field w/some versatility he could also be in the Dunn role. Looking past Black, you'll probably see Boeve or even Wilkin (if he moves) make noise at 1B over Clarke. Martinez is an athlete with some intrigue. -
Because it was Frelick, and it was a L vs L situation. If he 'kills' it it's most likely an easy run. It's one of those deals where IMO the idea was great, the execution poor. And Yelich needed to do a better job of reading & staying put. Like I said, a PH would've made a lot of sense there. Thanx for the props. Look forward to reading your stuff too.
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Sometimes you read where you think the throw is going & try to get hit with it, especially when you know any kind of a decent throw is getting you. That might've been what Pham was doing. Then again maybe he was just being Pham.
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Murphy really, really wanted this to be break day for some folks. Adames & Contreras talked him out of it, but you saw evidence of it w/Herget coming out for the 8th. Some ugly baserunning decisions helped immensely. But for the role he's in you gotta love Herget filling the zone (of course he walks the 170-something hitter to start trouble, not much excuse for that). Hoskins or even Perkins hitting for Frelick would've made a lot of sense in the bottom of the 8th. But if you're going to let Frelick hit, the safety squeeze was a great call. Unfortunately a poor bunt, and poor decision from Yelich. Paredes. Looks like they found another one (provided he can keep filling the zone). BP in nice shape for Philly.
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I actually like the idea of Turang & Ortiz in the top two spots. I wouldn't mess with it now with the team scoring runs as is, but maybe for future reference.
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Are you new here?😛
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Fun stat of the day: Yeah, it's relatively meaningless as a pitchers' stat, but the 3 BP lefties are a combined 12-1 on the season.
