Jim French Stepstool
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The underlined works against this acquisition IMO. I get the gut feeling SF would want much more than we should be paying for someone who I don't think is a particularly good fit for the next three years. If he was a rental I'd like this idea much more. And given the team control there's a good chance SF doesn't really want to deal him. I'd certainly check in on Ryan. And I could predict we'll add a BP arm but that's like predicting there will be water in Lake Michigan next month. Here's a wild thought: If Fischer keeps threatening cars in parking lots over the next month & Yelich doesn't get hot during that time, is it possible we could see a 'back tightness' IL stint in August? I wouldn't bet on it due mainly to Fischer's swing-and-miss issues but at this point in his career DH is the one spot he could fill w/o having glove concerns. Far-fetched but interesting to think about.
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It's now pretty apparent why they like Kuhnel. He appears to be one of these guys who can work, rub a little dirt on his arm & be good to go the next day. So we'll see if he can do that & get, you know, outs. I'm interested to see what the roles are for guys like Gasser, Sproat & Drohan over the next couple of weeks. Sounds like Rodriguez & Henderson are on the cusp of rehab assignments, with Crow maybe not far behind.
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Yes, especially if he's going 2-3 innings. And as far as going fewer pitches but more often is concerned, he's never really done that. It just feels like they're flying blind with Patrick right now.
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Ashby has been pretty rubber-armed; he's been in a bit of a funk but I really don't think at this point it's an overuse thing. It seems as if they'd like to use Patrick more often AFA number of appearances in a week is concerned, but without really knowing how it affects his recovery time. So in his last 2 appearances he's walked five; in the previous 6 times out he walked two. So far, so not-so-good. They'll hafta figure this out.
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No it isn't. But I'll go back to the 2-day off thing in this particular case. Forty is a doable pitch count for him, but keep him on the sked he's been successful with. Is he OK Wednesday & tonite if he threw 20 in Atlanta & Cincinnati? Maybe.........? Yeah, using him for three innings in Atlanta was a point of contention right off the bat, for sure.
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To me a significant thing about this game was Patrick being poor in back-to-back outings---both after two days rest. I'm not sure that he's never worked before w/that amount of rest but I know it's not the norm for him. Something to take note of. Other than that........for all the attention to the spectacular, the eye-candy, you could argue the key to the whole thing was the back-to-back walks worked by Bregman & Busch. And they WERE worked. Even a slight amount of chasing by either & that could easily be a scoreless inning. A couple of good grind-it-out ABs, something we're good at--when we do it, that is. Lots of talk about trusting each other & passing the baton. That approach gets lost too often. You COULD argue for Koenig coming in for the Happ AB that inning. Ashby was warming earlier but by then you're trailing & most likely not using him. Oh, and what's with all the dugout shots of CC? Did the director think he's PJ Fleck?
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I'm probably being overly optimistic, but in Yelich's last AB----seeing him actually stay on a breaking ball over the outer part of the zone & driving it to RCF---MAYBE a hot streak comin'?
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Yeah, and there was something else related to that. I don't remember exactly, when he steals a base or scores a run they have only one loss in those games, something like that. Even with the huge HRs last night & Misiorowski's performance, I'd almost be tempted to call it the David Hamilton game. The huge two-out RBI triple, pressuring the defense into a mistake with the steal & bad throw (certainly wasn't his fault he was stranded at 3rd), and a very strong game defensively.
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So, ten games in for Pratt in the bigs. I'm not sure you can realistically expect better than what we've seen so far. He had decent but modest numbers in AAA but one thing that stood out to me was the discipline---walks & strikeouts almost 50-50---and so far he's maintained that here. Now, his propensity to not try to do too much & go to RF is being augmented a little; a couple hard hit balls to the pull side recently. Even if someone is ready to play at the highest level, it may take a little time for a player to convince HIMSELF of that & I've seen none of that from Pratt. And along with the overall defensive skills, the hands seem really soft & exceptional. The DP to end the series in Cincy could've easily been bobble....panic....snatch....never get a handle. Very cool response in a pressure situation. I'm waiting for the pitchers to get a 'book' on him & see how he adjusts. But right now he's not chasing & is very willing to use all fields so that book might not be so easy for opposing pitchers to read & execute. I've been very impressed.
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For those who didn't see it on the minor league transaction board............Koenig added, Yoho returned to Nashville.
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They seem seldom if ever deterred from "We're going for it!!!" mode. Funny but when they showed some patience & cultivated a number of good prospects, that's when they reached the series.
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2026 Misc MLB News Thread
Jim French Stepstool replied to Frisbee Slider's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
And if that happened, hoooo would be next? They tried CC, Trebelhorn, Sveum, Jim Lefebvre who were all on the Brewers' payroll & all at least briefly managed here. Kenny Macha? He seems a little Madden-ish. -
Looking at Josh Adamczewski's season numbers for the season---a really fun exercise---I noticed that along with the eye-popping offensive numbers he's picked up 6 OF assists in just under 50 games in high-A. That's not something you see every day from a LF, not to mention one who came up as a 2B. People talk about Fischer possibly being in Nashville this year. Adamczewski might have as good a chance if not better.
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They've been winning games over the last week or two. Flip side is that anyone who's seen footage of the Mets lately might wonder if ANYONE can lose to that team right now. You'd like to take advantage of their having played 3 games in the last two days while the Brewers' BP--and everyone else--had a day off yesterday.
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The underlined, for sure. Watching the games it seems to me like when they go into a 'swing early' mode it's like they earned the position of getting good balls to hit early in the count, by their willingness to take a lot of pitches previously. It doesn't always work of course, but they usually seem to have a solid game plan.
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Up until the last week or so, the RISP numbers have been very good, and I thought that was the lion's share of the story. But as usual you open a lot of eyes on here to stuff that most of us never think of. Many thanks.
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More than anything it was probably a game the Reds had no business winning, so we did. If this was "RedsFanatic" all you'd be hearing about was the runners left on base. Brewers' hurlers certainly walked a boatload.
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I get it---we couldn't hit Monday or Tuesday. But the way Woodruff & Sproat pitched in the first two games, I mean, positives are hard to find sometimes when you lose, but when you WIN? When you pick up a sweep on the road, regardless of the opponent? When you give up ZERO ER in 19 innings to start the series, in THAT ballpark? Odd. Sucked for Yoho/Contreras going away from the changeup on the HR cuz up until then I thought Yoho was pretty solid. I'm guessing Patrick could've used another day, and Anderson was really disappointing. The RBI double that made it 6-2 should've been shaken off as a 'who cares, get back to work' moment but it really seemed to affect him.
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Very nice!!!! Thanks for taking the time.
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I have no idea. Being in the same state & having a long relationship I assume it's a very strong bond, but I don't know the details.
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After the last two games this feels like an 8-6 type deal tonite but who knows? I will once again point out how much emphasis the organization puts on run prevention & how much I love that. Over the last six games the Brewers have struggled to score outside of the big inning in Atlanta. Other teams that go through this--and they DO go through it--might go 1-5 in that stretch. We went 3-3. The starts we've gotten from the non "big two" the last three days has been the big story IMO.
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They would. I'm not real familiar with the ballpark or footprint up there but I THINK it's somewhat expandable?
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Almost as if they're priming & preening for the day when Nashville gets an MLB team and they want to show they're worthy of AAA designation............?
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Yeah, I can't imagine the team carrying Anderson all this time if he wasn't available to throw. For the middle inning roles Patrick has obviously moved ahead of him, and when the late-inning trio is available that puts Kuhnel in a 'middle' role & it appears they like Kuhnel over Anderson, too. I'd love to see Patrick get one more day, as you said 1 inning would probably be OK though. Otherwise Anderson following Drohan looks like it may be a good bet today. I believe Murphy alluded to not wanting to use any of the late guys today so Kuhnel probably gets held back in case he's needed.
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Interesting stat: Fischer leads the organization in RBI with 53, and unless I missed someone second on the list with 52 is............Jose Anderson of Wilson, who is hell-and-gone from even being remotely close to a finished product approach-wise---even when compared to many low-A bats. Such an incredibly high number of great stories throughout this system.
