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  1. Brewcrew82
    If Strzelecki threw 95/96 instead of 91/92, I'm pretty sure he would be up there with Devin as among the best relievers in the game. Though, with his arsenal he might as well be starting at that point...
  2. Brewcrew82
    Lol. You keep dancing around the point. You said catchers don't PLAY day games after night games. Adley Rutschman has literally played in every single game this year! Absolutely nowhere have you seen me advocate for Contreras to catch every game or anywhere even close to that. I have no problem with his rate of appearances at C so far. Rather my qualm stems with his rate of games played/at-bats. He simply needs to DH more when he's not in the lineup, given how valuable his bat is to this lineup. The Braves had no problem regularly DHing him last season... 111 games at C is fine. But you need to add about 25-35 games at DH on top of that. That can easily be achieved by DHing him against LHP when Winker isn't in the lineup. Instead, Counsell is giving him the "Narvaez treatment" where if he doesn't start at C (which has been happening every few games), he's out of the lineup entirely. That can't be the case when Contreras' bat is so much more valuable.
  3. Brewcrew82
    Geez. You gotta swing the bat there, Rowdy.
  4. Brewcrew82
    Lol. Not true. JT Realmuto does. Adley Rutschman does. Yasmani Grandal did. That's the company of catcher bats Contreras is in since last season... You don't always know more about the Brewers and baseball than others...
  5. Brewcrew82
    There you go again...I've never once advocated for giving up on Winker. For pete's sake, I've been one of the biggest Winker stans on here dating back to when we acquired him. Quit putting words in my mouth. Winker doesn't play against LHP. If Contreras were to be our regular DH against LHP, it would solve the problem of getting him rest and keeping him in the lineup without impacting Winker's playing time at DH.. The day to DH Contreras and give him a day off from C would have been Monday night against Boyd. But, with CC not DHing him then and Winker mired in a slump, I probably would have done so today.
  6. Brewcrew82
    It's okay for people to have viewpoints that you disagree with.
  7. Brewcrew82
    And yet, you could play him in even more games if he DH'd more frequently. More games for one of our best hitters, whether at C or DH=a good thing... Again, the problem could easily be solved if CC simply installed Contreras at DH against LHP, when Winker isn't in the lineup.
  8. Brewcrew82
    Pray tell, where did I say I wanted to give up on Winker? I’m pretty sure I didn’t…Merely that he has an injury history himself which requires his fair share of days off. You can use hyperbole all you want, but the fact of the matter is that Contreras’ bat is a lot more comparable to Grandal’s than Narvaez’s. Yet, CC has only opted to DH Contreras once thus far, when the Braves took the opposite course last season. 135-140 total games with 30-35 or so at DH is eminently reasonable. Give Contreras days off from catching against LHP when you can plug him at DH with Winker out of the lineup…
  9. Brewcrew82
    Braves didn’t seem to have a problem with that when Contreras was their DH for a significant amount of time last year with D’Arnaud catching. It most definitely hurts the team when one of your best bats is regularly taken out of the lineup. We have a hard enough time scoring runs as it is.
  10. Brewcrew82
    No I’m not. I’m fully aware of that fact, and I’ve reiterated that. But Contreras isn’t just an ordinary light-hitting catcher like Narvaez. He’s one of our best bats and needs to be in the lineup almost every day, not taken out of it completely at least once a series. The DH is there. Use it, particularly with Winker’s injury history and slow start. We need the firepower. Right now, CC is treating Contreras no differently than he did Narvaez. That’s a problem, when Contreras’ bat is superior and more like Grandal who played more than 150 games for us in 2019. Not saying Contreras should play quite that many, but the DH is there for a reason.
  11. Brewcrew82
    Contreras is one of our best hitters (if not our best) vs. LHP and RHP. He needs to be in the lineup almost everyday. Not taken out of there completely every few days. Yes he needs rest from catching, but the DH spot is available and CC for whatever reason refuses to use it for Contreras, when that was only his primary spot last season for Atlanta and he started there in the All Star game. Winker needs his fair share off days himself due to his injury history and isn’t exactly lighting things up right now. I would have started Contreras over him today.
  12. Brewcrew82
    Again with the “Narvaez treatment” by CC for Contreras…You can’t just take one of your best hitters out of the lineup completely every few days
  13. Brewcrew82
    Maybe by July, Burnes won’t be struggling anymore?? Same with Nola, Manoah, Alcantara, etc
  14. Brewcrew82
    This is freaking unbelievable.
  15. Brewcrew82
    His velocity is not down 3-5 MPH. It's down 1 tick...
  16. Brewcrew82
    Tigers are also the worst team in baseball against LHP. No excuses tonight or tomorrow. Just get it done.
  17. Brewcrew82
    Wow. This is a shock. Seemed destined to be traded to the Yankees at the deadline.
  18. Brewcrew82
    Good job, Cousins.
  19. Brewcrew82
    Claudio is not a major league pitcher, either. Clayton Andrews says hello, CC and Arnold.
  20. Brewcrew82
    We need Taylor and Frelick.
  21. Brewcrew82
    What the heck, CC. Youre not going to pinch hit Rowdy for Voit??
  22. Brewcrew82
    Bryse Wilson has really surprised me. Now he's throwing 95/96...I can dig that
  23. Brewcrew82
    Terrible throw by Miller
  24. Brewcrew82
    Perkins is not good.
  25. Brewcrew82
    Please get healthy Frelick. At least you put the ball in play..
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