Jim French Stepstool
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Very, very happy to see Yoho bumped up to Biloxi. And I hope Norman makes it back to Carolina in short order; I was looking forward to seeing how his bat would play in A-ball.
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Btwn Yelich sometimes DHing & whatever # of days off they feel compelled to give Perkins, it's up in the air as to Chourios' PT. Hope it isn't strictly a lefties-only situation & don't think it will be. Stay tuned, I guess.
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Corresponding move announced?
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Agreed, hence my last sentence. It's just that the original post included one of the two, and in that event I'd rather barter both & not deal Rodriguez. I think any of the better starters out there, clubs are going to start the talks with Miso & it'll end there.
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I'd actually try Black, Wiemer AND Mitchell w/2 younger arms & try to keep C Rod. But methinks they'll get a better offer from someone else.
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If his throwing in the low 90s was strictly due to him starting, then sure. But I thought there was some speculation that he wasn't 100% even before the IL stint. I'd prefer to use him as a starter in Nashville. Gradually ramp up the pitch count & see if he can build. That's a role he could be really valuable in w/Milwaukee & that's what I'd aim for. If he's in the pen with the Brewers, with all the other lefties he'd probably have a role where he'd come in early & go 2-3 innings. I don't think that's a huge difference from starting & going 70-75, which is what our starters are often limited to anyway.
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Waiting for his reference to that same team sweeping the eventual WS champs on the road. While waiting I'll take care not to trip over my long, white beard.
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Ditto on the baserunning. It takes more than just speed; it's a skill. And this team has many guys who are good at it. Frelick scoring on the Ortiz double was gorgeous. I think Murphy might've been holding Chourio to hit for Frelick if a L vs L came up there. My biggest problem was Miller not bunting.
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When Mitchell is ready...
Jim French Stepstool replied to formerlybis's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't see them replacing Chourio with Mitchell. I know some on here don't seem to think this is a big deal, but if they did that you'd have four OFs, three hit from the left side & one is a switch hitter that is stronger from the left side. And when Hoskins comes back you can sometimes throw Bauers out there, who hits from.........the left side. Chourios' struggles & Wiemer doing next to nothing so far have caused a little bit of a.........I won't say problem, but someone that can at least fill a Tyrone Taylor-type role wouldn't hurt. And there are four months left to go. It still could be Chourio. -
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Thx for sharing that. Fantastic call. When on TV I feel Levering cranks up the excuse machine too much when things aren't going well. But that isn't some big rarity with home team announcers.
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Chris Hook kinda flies under the radar, but man oh man he & the work done in the pitching lab deserves a ton of credit.
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Agree. Like I've said, it isn't who you're playing, but how. Hopefully a hot streak can spring up from this.
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So only go dumpster diving when you KNOW the guy is going to pan out. When you know he isn't, pass. Come on. This is something teams do to add to their roster, and not just us. No, it isn't an exact science. But from what I've seen I trust this organizations' decisions more often than not. And BTW, Jake Bauers has made the difference btwn winning & losing games 2-3 times this season with the glove alone. But I do agree he's scuffling now, on both ends. I don't know if you're a Tyler Black guy or not, but I'm talking about plays he would NOT have made if he were here instead.
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You mean like Koenig & Perkins?
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There's been some talk on here about the team winning in spite of Murphy, which IMO is way too harsh. But just for today, I think it applies. You have to keep Wisdom & Suzuki on the bench in the 7th. Lifting Payamps was a bad move that I disagreed with in the moment, no hindsight. In the 8th I'm inclined to give Morel a little credit for staying on a 3-1 pitch & hitting it out the other way, I think the decision to leave Hudson in there is a little more of a gray area. Miller not bunting was a terrible decision. I loved Schroeder there. "It's tough to bunt on a guy that isn't throwing strikes". No, Bill. There's such a thing as pulling the bat back & taking the pitch. But at the end of the day, wow did this group step up in the moment!! Fantastic series. Can't say enough about the quality of Adames' at bats. He'll be delivering a crow dinner to my door tonite. Let's give Contreras a day tomorrow. Go old school, Turang & Ortiz 1 & 2.
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To me today is about getting hungry. Winning 3 of 4 would be a nice statement, not to mention breaking through to the elusive 10-game-over mark. Won't be a walk in the park, that other team looks like they're starting to swing the bats a little better. If Rea can get into the 5th-6th, BP availability is pretty good today.
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Great night at the dish for Tyler Black. But I see he committed his 7th error of the season, and that's A LOT for a 1B with June not yet here (2 of the 7 in one game at 3B). It's difficult to get a handle on what direction his future may take AFA possible position change, etc. It'll be interesting.
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I'll stand behind that. Everyone has hot/cold stretches, but when Willy's bad he's exceptionally bad. Not someone I want in the cleanup spot. I get it w/Hoskins out, but in a perfect world I'd have him a couple spots lower. When in a stretch like this though, heck yeah, fun to watch.
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Lots of heroes tonite. Two unsung ones were Koenig & Paredes for restoring order in the 6th & 7th after the ridiculousness of the previous couple innings. Boy, Adames waiting back & driving a changeup out of the park is a great sign. Relishing the thought of their fans skewing CC for sitting the second coming of Cy Young for 10 days between starts, then seeing him get clocked.
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After a forgettable day at the plate Tuesday & a now a tough lefty throwing, I expected Turang to give way to Monasterio tonight. I'm not complaining though. Murphy might be settling into a philosophy of putting a strong defensive team on the field & if it leads to L vs L matchups, it hopefully only goes a couple times through the order (tomorrow afternoon would be a possible outlier of course, with no days off this week). Hoskins being out kinda exacerbates this.
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Years ago, a fellow by the name of Kameron Loe came in due to injury & I watched him warming up & I knew, I just KNEW he wasn't ready & rushed just like you mentioned. Got clocked. Boy that ticked me off.
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Yesterday & today I thought he laid off some stuff he usually chases. Not a world-beater but probably starting to mature as a hitter a little bit.
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There is no better illustration of how Brown pitched, than the fact that Brice Turang struck out three times. My best comp is Trevor Megill being on top of his game, when he's ahead of everybody, throwing 99 & then putting the knuckle curve where he wants to, then multiplying that by 90 pitches. Then he got us in the taking strikes-swinging at balls teeter totter. There have been no-nos thrown with worse stuff & location. Was much more disappointed in the ABs vs the bullpen. Obviously Dunn, then Sanchez does everything to work himself into a count (2-1) where he MIGHT get a fastball, then proceeds to swing at two non-fastballs. And we might've won it in the bottom of the 9th, but down a run w/ no one on base Contreras chooses to swing 2-0 vs Neris, who's walked quite a few hitters. Not very smart. I'll have to self-impose a moratorium on my criticism of Adames. He had a hell of a night. And I thought Bauers really competed in his ABs w/o much to show. That's about it offensively. After Chourios' non-catch, I got a kick out of Anderson making his laundry list of excuses/reasons, then saying "But Peralta doesn't want to hear that". Neither do we, Brian. Obviously hope for the best re Megill.
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Despite LF being a relatively less challenging spot, they aren't going to give him a lions' share at 1B in Nashville, then move him to Milwaukee & stick him in the OF. If this was in the cards he'd have been auditioning there by now.
