Jim French Stepstool
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He actually had a cup of coffee with the A's earlier this season.
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Definitely, they've evolved over the years from where they were, esp if you go back to the Doug Melvin era. But especially over the last two games, that's too many Ks in my book when you look at who they were facing. Vs Pallante & Mikolas, that's way too much swing-and-miss. When you're built on speed & baserunning like they are, IMO they need to be better than middle of the pack contact-wise. Admittedly though, I would've thought they were further down than 14th.
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Not until we see if Yoph makes it to Cooperstown.
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Apologies if it's been mentioned, but after being snubbed for the roster spot Rosario has exercised his option & is no longer with the organization. I've always kinda liked him, but he has a few more years on him than Avans & they say Avans plays a pretty good CF. And as you said, most certainly faster. Almost caught the catcher w/his pants down on the tapper in front of the plate.
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Shows how inaccurate stats can sometimes be. The line says two hits but I thought that was one of Megills' better performances of the year, and I can't remember the last time I've seen a better AB than the one Arenado turned in. So Avans looks to bunt, bunts the first one foul which isn't a strike, then takes a thoroughly buntable pitch for strike two. He'll fit right in😆. Seriously though, nice piece of work turned in on the trip resulting in the sac fly. Mikolas is about the least strikeout-likely starter you can find & he Ks six in the first three innings. This isn't going to be a consistently good offense--that's been established. But some of these ABs are incredibly ugly. Hopefully Yelich is starting another hot streak.
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I missed much of the mid-portion of the game, but a few thoughts......... It seems to have gotten to the point with Quintana where the opposing strategy should be A) Take pitches & see if he's hitting the edges, and B) If he IS hitting the edges, see if he's getting the calls. St.L did a pretty good job of that, even though he was wild enough that it made little difference. He certainly needs a lot of 0-2, 1-2 counts & that wasn't happening. I don't know if Pallante was breaking his tendencies early, but I have no idea how else you can rack up 5 K's on the first seven batters cuz he ain't no big strikeout guy. I didn't see Chourios' approach on his two base hits, but Maton worked him really, really well in his last AB & to me it illustrated the youth vs experience factor. Just offering at the 1st pitch wide slider----I think he's getting better at the discipline, but hopefully he's getting closer every day to realizing things like, if you get the breaking ball there on the 1st pitch, it's either a ball or a mistake. Still, he's an unfinished product that's probably going to hit 25-30 HRs & drive in close to 100. Just an amazing talent. Waiting for the day that pitchers do everything within their means in a clutch situation & still can't get him out, and I think it'll come.
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I don't know if it's part of a bigger plan or not, but I'm sure Black has lost a lot of his luster trade-wise, and the only way I see them dealing Hoskins is if they fell out of playoff contention in which case it's not all that important whether they have an MLB-ready replacement for him or not. They'd just put Bauers there & maybe Dalbec. If Civale never opened his mouth he'd still be here, until we get closer to the deadline.
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Nothing to lose by stashing him in AAA. And nothing is written saying he's their 1B in 2026. The one scenario where they could've done better is to get a lottery ticket & have it hit in four or five years which is probably just as big of a crapshoot. It IS getting a little crowded in Nashville (assuming that's where he's headed) finding ABs for all the AAAA personnel there. I'd feel a smidge better if he could play a little LF but he hasn't been out there in three years, and for good reason from what I've heard.
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Thx, I thought I saw one year. Yeah, he'd be pricey then.
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It's almost as if they value his defense, framing & handling of pitchers so much that they'll live with the poor ABs. That doesn't sound appealing to me but neither does Haase catching for a week & a half, and I have no idea what kind of work Siegler turns in behind the plate. If he ever does get IL'ed & they deem Quero not quite up to snuff yet, I wonder if they'd find a way to get Jorge Alfaro on the 40 & up here. He has quite a bit of MLB experience & if they feel he's a better game-caller & defender than Siegler it just seems like something they might consider. Doesn't look like he can hit much anymore but enough power that he might run into one now & then.
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Not a bad thought because the Sox could be looking for starting pitching & Duran has a team option for '26 so he might be available. Would certainly have to add a minor leaguer; it just depends on who. I think everyone we talk to in the weeks to come is gonna bring up Arienamo or one of the low-A infielders. And that would only happen if it involves someone we can control for awhile. It would come down to how excited they'd get about Civale or someone like Myers.
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The problem is that any non-contender would want a starter with some control/youth on their side. They wouldn't want the Civales or the Quintanas. And I don't believe we have much stomach for dealing the others. It would have to be a deal w/a contending team that has an upgrade at SS/3B they'd be willing to let go. I don't know that there's such a match, and at SS I doubt they'd roll the dice there due to the defensive game Ortiz is giving them (and he IS starting to hit a little). The better odds might be a LF type, and I have no idea who might be on that list.
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I think he knows his value on the open market lessens if he's stuck in the BP for the remainder of the year, even if he performs well. And I don't see him exactly shining in that role. Still, I agree with @Trax. Don't just pull a quick trigger for a lotto tic.
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I dunno, after reading all this I feel confident that we can hit Sonny Gray tonite. I'm just not sure how we can get him to throw us bottle caps instead of baseballs.
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In his first 7 innings, Schwellenbach had no single-inning pitch count over thirteen. I don't know if I've ever seen that. Maybe Maddux. His being so effective combined w/the way we (aren't) swinging the bats is a bad combination. I usually rail about a lack of patience when an opposing starter goes this deep, but not today. He was that good, and the few pitches we got to hit we're mostly fouled off. popped up, etc. Contreras----kudos to him for his hard work behind the dish & how IMO he's gotten so much better at calling games, but geez, every one of his ABs today he looked like he didn't want to be up there. Just terrible. I guess Frelick is our POTG. Two magnificent plays in right, and he actually had a base hit. Like they say, no one is going to feel sorry for you. Not the greatest time to have Sonny Gray coming up next.
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There's really no 'right' involved, AFA Chourio is concerned. Contact play, you go. It's not his decision. If any one of the aforementioned 4 things don't go the way of the defense you're probably safe. I get how frustrating it is when it doesn't work, but with one out it's what you usually see teams do. I suspect there are #s for this somewhere that show the odds are much better going contact than if you wait/hope for a 2-out base hit.
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They were right about it being an opportunity.
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Chourio didn't necessarily 'think' he'd be safe. One out. Contact play on a ground ball. I know many hate that but it's pretty much universal throughout MLB, save for a comebacker. You roll the dice on the positioning, the clean pickup & a good throw--not to mention it being a tag play--not all going the way of the defense, as opposed to hoping for a 2-out base hit. Might have gone differently if Contreras didn't go up to the plate as if there was a shot clock on his swinging the bat. Just horrible.
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Dinges DOES seem special. Matthew Woods' first foray into AA is going well so far so I hope Dinges sticks in Appleton for most, if not all, of 2025. Continue to polish up the defensive game. If he sticks at C they're really sitting pretty between him & Quero.
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I just don't want to see one of those deals where he's called day-to-day & then they decide to IL him after the weekend while in the meantime we've gone 6-7 games a player short. Like @Oxysaid, 'renewed swelling' doesn't sound good.
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Yep. I get that they're family & friends of the kid. But I've seen people in such situations print out t-shirts or some such thing. Full-blown Braves' gear is a little strange when you can assume many of them are Brewers' fans since they're from the Madison area. The fact that there were a good # of Braves fans there besides them for whatever reason added to it, plus that the home team got crushed pretty good on Monday. No biggie.
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Yeah, between having to watch Braves' stuff postgame ( I usually don't watch pregame) and Madison West grads wearing Braves' gear, I'll be glad when this series is over.
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After back-to-back nice outings using the opener, I'm a little concerned about Priester starting the game (if that's what winds up happening). Not that he can't do it but there might be a comfort level there & he's gotten into a nice groove. There's a mental aspect to this game; I just hope this doesn't mess with anything.
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Which Chourio is the real Chourio?
Jim French Stepstool replied to Turning2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
As he matures we should see the BB totals grow & the Ks decrease. The sooner the better for that, but hitters mature on different time frames so who knows? If/when Yelich & Contreras get more consistent behind him, you'd think he'd get more to hit. But if the chasing continues he won't. I'm also in the camp that the move to CF might've been a bit of a mental monkey wrench. -
The mechanics of that line up pretty well; I like the concept. Ozuna K's quite a bit but that's been somewhat tempered by his drawing a lot of walks as he's matured. And when he hits one of those stretches where he's seeing the ball well.......... The only thing is, this would appear to be strictly a bat-for-prospect deal as you alluded to. But I'd definitely check on what they're thinking. We have this Rosario kid in AAA; maybe they'd be interested.
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