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He's definitely settling in nicely in recent games. But with important games yet to play I don't think they'd pull the pin on a backup C that's never played in a big league game. One way or another, the Danny Jansen Passion Play will continue to play out tomorrow as I'm sure he'll be behind the plate.
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A 1B coach doesn't have the same influence or responsibility as a 3B coach AFA "go" or "Don't go". That's on the baserunner when a play is in front of you. Like the ball Yelich stretched into a double. He wasn't "sent". That's totally on him.
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At least so far, for sure it hasn't. Two bad ABs tonite. But this was discussed the other day--I think you'd be hard pressed to find one GM that would rather have Eric Haase than Jansen. So I just hope the criticism falls on Jansen & not Matt Arnold. I'd rather have not given up Arienamo for him, but I think that was a byproduct of the quality/depth of the other MINF in the system.
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He's basically a Hobie Milner, when Milner was at his best. And that's pretty damn good.
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I can understand where he's been hit hard & let go by ATL, but Fedde wasn't all that bad. 2nd time through was a bit more of a problem. I was wondering if it'd be a one-and-done appearance for him once the rosters get expanded, but after watching him work he wouldn't be bad in a McGee-type long man-mop-up role. They picked their spots pretty well for Jansen. Just didn't get it done. Chasing once & looking bad on a high changeup once. And both times vs a LHP. Felt bad for Vaughn. Nice approach after the Yelich double, but got under a pitch that could've been driven to the right side.
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He was credited w/a sacrifice bunt, but he was bunting for a base hit. Just didn't get it out on the grass.
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Fedde IS capable of giving you length. So based on the series so far, get on the board early again, score eight runs & hope Fedde can get to 100 pitches before they score nine.
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So that explains why we avoided Miller last night in the 8th inning until we absolutely HAD to get Koenig out of there. The 9th was his. That was the biggest negative about the win, Myers not able to go 3-4 innings after Misiorowski.
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Fedde doesn't exactly make you want to throw streamers up in the air but we've all seen them pick up a pitcher & get more out of him then we thought they would Megills' workload wasn't all that heavy in the last 6-7 weeks. I'm sure his extended inning Sunday didn't help.
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Brewers 2026 Schedule is out
Jim French Stepstool replied to wiguy94's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Brewers 2026 Schedule is out
Jim French Stepstool replied to wiguy94's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Not a big deal, but I noticed that too. Very strange. "Those damn season-ticket holders, probably selling their OD tix to all the thousands of White Sox fans that always invade here!!" -
Makes sense that every time Miz starts (assuming he continues to), someone is available that day who can go 3 or 4 if needed. The days don't line up w/Gasser but that can be manipulated/adjusted.
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That's a great comp. Not that they're similar pitchers, but Burnes was lights-out in '18 as a 2-3 inning guy & then struggled big time in '19 when starting. The problem with Miz is I don't see much good in using him out of the pen because you just can't risk him coming in & walking people. He's had bad stretches in the minor leagues, then suddenly throws 5 or 6 innings with a walk or two. I think he needs to be given a chance to work through this for at least one or two more starts. Good news is you're a little less than a week away from having an extra arm that you can maybe hold back for his starts in case there's trouble. Which leads me to my annual rant about how much I hate the 9-1 expansion of the active roster to only 28. Yes, 40 was ridiculous. But 30 or 31 would be much better.
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Ok that's cool. But I'm sure you know, no reliever is going to be used the day after throwing 34 pitches.
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But his max velo Sunday was 101. And he walked one, and IMO it wasn't from being wild but rather trying to get Lee to chase out of the zone & if not, than face the RHH. The strategy didn't work. Closers sometimes don't close out games. If anything I'd pan him for the WP Friday, and not going higher with the FB to Chapman leading off the 9th on Sunday. I just don't think the recent blown saves have anything to do with being overworked.
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Yes. In conversations like this Wood needs to be mentioned ahead of Miller IMO.
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It's been mentioned a few times that he'd like to go back to starting. He certainly has the pitch assortment to do it. If he can comfortably maintain everything through a minimum of 80-85 throws it'll probably happen. Personally I like him in the once-through the order role, kinda like what Hader did when he first came up.
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The chances of Yoho getting important innings (say 6th or 7th), in 2025, is next to zero. It would take multiples of IL stints and/or meltdowns. But the chances of that happening with McGee are even less. So you leave Yoho where he is & give him regular work., in the role he's succeeded in throughout most of his pro career. You don't want him coming up here & sitting. McGee you don't mind doing that to.
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Did anyone else notice in some of Ashbys' recent outings the problem he had throwing to bases on batted balls or pickoffs? I wondered if opponents would be on top of that & sure enough, the first three hitters he faced at least had the thought of laying one down. In the future it might be an issue when you combine it with Durbin at 3B having to rely much more on the quick release than arm strength. As for Durbin, yeah, it's time. Give him a day every six games or so if he needs it but other than that the job needs to be his. I think the Brewers gave up the 5-run inning on purpose, so the tack-on run in the 8th inning wouldn't be deemed meaningless.
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Yeah, whatever the reason I'd like to know what it is. Frelick on top & Turang lower seemed to be something they've settled into. Now----??
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I don't think he's been overused. He certainly was stressed yesterday due to a lot of pitches fouled off in addition to the baserunners. But in August he had five days off in a row, then back-to-back appearances, then four days off before working 3 out of the last 4. Before yesterday, he's had only one inning over 20 pitches (22) since just after July 4th.
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Agree re Friday. Lockridge certainly didn't help him with a poor decision on what should've been a single and if you look at the INF hit it was a grounder to 2B if not touched. The WP of course is on him. Sunday, I don't know if it was not throwing breaking balls for strikes, or simply staying mostly with the FB on purpose. There were a LOT of balls fouled off, and watching Chapmans' first handful of ABs since a long layoff, there's no way I'd expect him to hit the hard FB but unfortunately it needed to be at the top of the zone & wasn't. To answer the question at the top, no I don't think at this time it's cause for concern. He'll certainly have some time off after throwing 30 pitches yesterday, or whatever it was.
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Yes, and there was a circus catch in CF by Lee, plus a nice grab by Lee of a sinking liner besides the balls hit by Vaughn. I really don't see a whole lot of difference in the quality of the ABs in the last week compared to earlier; just some of the results. Plate discipline more often than not is still there too. Short starts recently is a bigger concern of mine, along with the position player group getting healthy & closer to full strength. Unfortunately they're a little behind the 8-ball for a day or two with Uribe & Megill having to extend the pitch counts on Sunday.
