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Murphy said postgame he just didn't want to use him & told him before the game. So apparently no issues
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Fair enough. I think it can be very disruptive, maybe moreso to an INF than a pitcher. The bunt by Perkins was certainly a decision that can be debated. Playing for one run definitely looks a lot tastier if you had Uribe or Megill in the arsenal, which they didn't.
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Yeah, it seems to be an emphasis. And that, in addition to the team speed & baserunning contributes to the 'luck' factor, as in "They've been really lucky w/all the oppositions' errors". Really, to me it's just another form of pressure. Knowing Ohtani is at the plate & can create an instant 480-ft highlight is pressure. So is planting an additional seed of thought in a defense. Depending on your skillset, I don't know if it's that much tougher than squaring up a pitch & finding a hole. So much of it is situational.
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When you include the seed planted in the heads of a defense & opposing pitcher in addition to the actual times they do it, I think it's been very significant.
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As per the presser, Murphy was going to Anderson in the 9th to get a ground ball. I'd have stayed with Myers, but none of this stuff is done on a coin flip. I questioned it at the time as Myers looked great, now I know the reason why he did it. But not a sharp day for Anderson. The four pitch walk ahead of Friedel kinda proved that. Abbott is awfully good.
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So he compromised the OF defense for the rest of the game. Not complaining, Black put up some VERY solid-looking PAs. It just doesn't sound like a Murphy-type of move to me. Lifting Ortiz surprised me a little, too. Yet everyone he pulled off the bench did some good to very, very good things. When you win 14 in a row you just bow to the button-pusher. I remembered the Vaughn bunt for the RBI earlier in the week and had a funny feeling he was going to push another one toward the right side w/1st & 2nd and no one out & a contact guy (Durbin) up next. Would've been far from conventional for a power hitter, but he's shown he can do it and really, being unconventional seems to be working these days.
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2025 Major Publication Prospect Rankings
Jim French Stepstool replied to sveumrules's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
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Elly De La Badthrow. Nice statcast velo tho.
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Don't forget the three batter minimum for a pitcher. Another weapon we utilized.
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Jim French Stepstool replied to sveumrules's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
So much to get excited about with this farm system. A couple of things that have stood out to me lately: The performance of Blake Burke since moving to Biloxi. An advancement to AA often can be a minefield for a hitter, sometimes even a dead end. But he actually seems to have upped his game & has flashed some power. The injuries to Wilken & Adams have opened a door for him that might've stayed closed until '26, and he kicked it wide open. I was perusing Luis Penas' numbers. I doubt if anyone has ever kept track of such a thing, but how often has someone playing at the professional level driven in 100 runs at age 17-18? He has 97 RBI & won't turn 19 until the off season. It's just too bad he's so one-dimensional; he's only stolen 80 bases. Fun times, and not just in Milwaukee. -
Todays' game was why I (incorrectly) was skeptical of Misiorowski coming up when he did. I thought we'd see more of what we saw tonite from him. At the end of the day, it was after fifteen days off & without a rehab start, so disappointing but not totally unexpected. Even with the ten runs, you gotta give this one to the BP for restoring order. Before the game, I was looking at no Collins, no Perkins (and still no Chourio) & jokingly thought that the way things were going, no problem, Lockridge would just pick up two or three knocks. At least I THOUGHT I was joking. This is almost starting to feel like an illegal amount of fun lol.
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Going two innings Monday then still available tonite is not something you see all the time. Totally agree.
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"Ummmmm, Yeah, well, yeah, no."
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Obviously the biggest story tonite was a pitcher with a 45MPH spread between his 'breaking ball' and his 'fastball'. Jared Triolo-----statcast unicorn.
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I think it can be argued that no Brewers being on a top 50 list has some validity. But I think it can also be argued that if a few of those players were on either coast & had the same numbers they'd be included. IMO this is an example of the "whole greater than the sum" theory @LouisElymentioned. But it can also be labeled as typical of ESPN.
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Great question!!! After the games of 9-18-21 they were 91-57, 34 games over .500.
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Would you rather they put the mic on Counsell? "Ummmmm, well yeah, no................."😁
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I would love it if their front office has the same attitude w/regards to building a team. Screw the legwork & evaluating, the hell with the deep dives into someones' underlying stats & 'fit', forget about delving into a players' willingness to work, be selfless & get better. Yeah. Easier to just throw money at a problem, simply because you have it to spend. The success of an acquisition is solely based on how much attention it brings you from ESPN. Never change. All the better for us.
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I really liked the one where we were visited by Chicago & someone unfurled the L flag the size of a large barn. But yeah, I think this tops it.
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Sorry if any of this has been mentioned already, it's a long thread & I won't unpack it until later. I just want to mention some stuff that might be overlooked. There's some disappointment on not beefing up the bench/left side of the INF more at the deadline. I get it. But Anthony Seigler & Brandon Lockridge put up a combined 6 ABs today, and IMO five of them were outstanding. Murphy mentioned in the presser Lockridge saw (I think) thirty-three pitches. That's the sort of stuff the national talking heads seldom mention but can make all the difference in a game. Then Jansen & Ortiz reach base five times combined. I really think Ortiz shed a huge monkey when the deadline passed & he still had the SS job. He still gets caught in-between & at the plate looks like something south of what he turned in last season. But so, so much better. DL Hall was a real hero today. And it seems like someones' broken digit may be feeling a little better. Be it pitching lab, pitching coaches, scouting, personnel, minor league cross checkers---that's where much of this magic comes from. Hopefully the potential poaching from other organizations is minimized. They HAVE to be marveling at what's being done here, and how we go about it. Just wow.
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Do Jeff Levering & Brian Anderson have it written into their contracts that whenever a Brewer strikes out on a breaking pitch, they're mandated to call it 'nasty' regardless of whether or not it actually was?
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The ABs by Frelick & Collins in the 7th inning--both making contact after falling behind 0-2--were pure guts. Just so rewarding to watch.
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The Mets lost the game tonite. But solo HRs by three very heavily-paid guys earned them approximately two/thirds of a point in the all-important NMQ (needle-mover quotient).
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I'm cautiously optimistic re Myers today. He was more-or-less read the riot act when he allowed all the walks in his first couple starts & seemed to have cleaned that up. But no, we shouldn't expect him to go deep at all. IMO this would've been a good day for Hall to go a couple/three as an opener, then Myers.
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The decreased launch angle would theoretically mean fewer pop ups, sure. But despite lowering it the ball still travels well enough for him to homer at (I assume) a higher rate than any time in his career. He's barreling more often, which is really all he needs.
