Jim French Stepstool
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This is pretty good. I've liked Thomas for a long time & he shouldn't cost much. There are some other LH relievers who would be fine but Morejon easily makes the short list and Holmes has versatility, which the Brewers always value.
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My theory........ Pratt gets signed to long-term deal. Ortiz gets antsy & not sure of his future. Pratt comes up, takes over SS. Ortiz, rather than getting buried, goes to 3B. Rengifo goes away, Hamilton goes on the IL. Defined job/role. Ortiz relaxes. But he had the defined role last year & didn't hit, so maybe 3B DOES play a part. Or, probably just a coincidence😁.
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Yeah, as you get deeper into the season and accumulate ABs it can be tough to raise your BA much. He was hitting .188 at the beginning of June so it's pretty remarkable that he's just below .240 less than 2 months later.
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OK. I just saw Chourio get rejected by the bottom of the padding again.
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It wasn't to RF, but when I think of blocked shots my first thought is Kareem, my second is Dikembe Mutombo, and 3rd is every LF wall that's rejected Jackson Chourio lately. I don't know if he had a chance to grab that one today, but the 'feel' for the wall, positioning & timing certainly isn't there yet. OTOH, I'm sure we've been spoiled after Cain, Broxton & Gomez.
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You're right. I'd say marginally better Monday compared to some of the tripe we've seen from him the last month, starting to get the swing decisions under control a bit. But I agree certainly much better today. Even though we came close to not cashing in, I thought Henderson was quite a bit better than Scott today, which was key to get to a rested 'big three' for the last four innings.
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Is Joey Ortiz... Ok Now?!
Jim French Stepstool replied to Matthew Trueblood's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
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Note to self: Dispose of any lists of possible deadline upgrades available re 3B. I'm not saying there isn't anyone that might be available that could help. But if there is, the expendable assets we have aren't going to go in that direction. Hard to fathom how good Ortiz looks these days. Yes, there was a LARGE amount of good fortune involved in the 2-run triple. But beyond that, it was a well-struck ball to the track, opposite field. Followed by another hard-hit ball oppo, then turning on one hard to the pull side. Then to have the discipline to take the walk-----he was your dream #9 hitter today. Then throw in his defense, which is becoming an afterthought but never should be. I'm not ready to order a "Welcome Back Yeli" banner just yet, but his ABs looked pretty good this series. Looks like he's curtailing the chasing a little. If that can continue........ Thought Turang had some nice-looking ABs today. Let's hope the top 4-5 can start to catch fire. Damn, Ewing likes to play shallow (or is being forced to). Might've made a difference on the Yelich triple.
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I think that could happen, if not soon then at some point. The McCullers role might play a part in that as could, as always, health. I've felt for awhile now that if it was between working out of the BP & starting at AAA for Sproat I'd take the latter.
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Since as you mentioned Quero isn't behind the plate, It was a surprise to me that Darrien Miller was promoted rather than Wood (although Miller does seem to be holding his own in AAA).
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Sorry that I caught none of Rodriguez' outing tonite for the Shuckers. Six hitless. What I especially love about the kid is pretty much from day one as a pro he hardly walks ANYBODY.
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I don't think so. He's scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this weekend that'll be set up to simulate something like four innings. Then normal rest, then a rehab start. That puts a return at early August. I'll admit I had hopes he was going right back into the rotation, but we should all know by now they're always going to take this stuff cautiously.
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Minnaert was talking about him tonite & I just heard the tail end. Early August, after they return from the next road trip. He's supposed to have a rehab start in late July.
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It wound up making no difference, but I'm assuming there was ranting & raving about Sanchez running us out of challenges & costing us a couple runs by not having one left for the Bichette AB in the 5th inning. If the assumption is correct, I'm in full agreement with the ranting & raving. True, he doesn't have the advantage of sitting in his living room watching the pitch in relation to a big white box like the rest of us but catchers & hitters have varying degrees of 'feel' for that stuff & Gary's feel isn't exactly upper shelf. Other than that............I like the advancement in the quality of Pratts' ABs. Wilson mostly did a nice job giving the team a chance to come back, while Sproat----it's just a funny deal there. He seems to do absolutely nothing to suggest he's going to last 5 innings, or if he does we'll be down 4 or 5 runs. The stuff/velo he has, it's obvious why they wanted him. And despite the struggles tonite he really deserved to get through 5 w/one run given up. There are others who have done a much better job starting, but I don't know that I want to see him coming out of the pen. After whatever deadline moves are made, maybe a handful of starts in Nashville is in his future. It's rare nowadays to see someone shut a team down thru 6 with only 2 strikeouts. Maybe he caught a break on a few hard-hit balls, but Thornton was damn good. Veteran-type location & command.
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I was referring to Devanney as not being on anyone's 40. Sorry for the confusion. Civale was acquired by Chicago, so can Kelly be far behind?🤷♂️.
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One thing I miss in baseball these days is the simple 'see ball, hit ball' strategy w/two strikes. I'm sure it's more difficult these days though, when you can see a breaking ball around 90-91, a changeup in the low 80s or a FB at or over 100. I can see where you almost HAVE to guess. But it results in some of the takes for strike 3 that have plenty of the plate. Yeah, it can be frustrating.
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He's currently playing in Japan so not on anyone's 40-man, but it wouldn't shock me if Cam Devanney returned someday & made a greater contribution to someone than Kelly. I always liked him when he was with the Brewers' organization. Am I stretchin' it? Maybe😁.
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I agree. He's had good results since going to Iowa but his career #s tell a different story. He walks an awful lot of batters.
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.........And apologies if already mentioned, but DL Hall is on rehab & threw an inning for the T-Rats today.
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Imagine how much bandwidth we could save............
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I don't remember the 2-0 as being an egregious chase; I'll take your word for it as I'm sure you aren't making it up. My throwing the ball well comment was referring to his velo & mix. Certainly he lost command for a stretch there. I'm putting a large amount of weight on Turang hanging around at 2-2 for a lengthy AB vs someone we hadn't come close to doing that against up until then.
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Fair enough. Yeah, Perez was on the ropes compared to his first five frames but I thought he was still throwing the ball more than well enough that I can't discount a 10-pitch AB by Turang there, especially when the count got to 2-2. But sure, you'd like for him to take better advantage of a 2-0 count.
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My wife has relatives in WFB, my father-in-law worked for the city, and I coached at the HS one year so I sometimes peruse the municipal site & saw it on there. It was either on the city's site or the police dept's, sorry but I don't remember which.
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I'd like to bring up the 6th inning. We've all been aware of the RISP thing; the runner on 3rd w/less than two out thing. There was improvement there on Saturday. And today, with the 2nd & 3rd and no one out, despite failing to score I thought those were two damn good at-bats. So perhaps that worm is starting to turn. Henderson, Drohan, and Gasser. And they swept, despite the three arms Miami threw out there. That might be the biggest story of the series. Gasser had the bad day in Pittsburgh, but other than that & his start on the moon vs the A's he's been a model of consistency since the beginning of June. It also looks like, once again, the organization sees something in a guy (Shewmake) that maybe some others don't. Don't know if he'll stick around post-Hamilton but he's versatile & he had a pretty solid weekend.
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Eh, you don't have to be level-headed to the extreme to be more so than the worst IGT offenders. No need to attempt it. Fortunately we're talking about a minority. Dang, I thought the "NFL mentality" comment was mine alone🤔. Honestly didn't know it was so wide-ranging. When you see some of the reactions to a 2 or 3-game swing out of 162, it's absolutely apparent. I know people don't expect to win every game; I think that realization should guide some of the reactions. I'm glad that you're able to separate the two categories of fans in the IGT. For me it isn't so easy, which is part of the reason why I usually stay away. BTW-----I recently saw a photo of the upside-down SUV that almost landed in your lap. Glad to learn no one was hurt.
