hardytheman

Agreed. It is a problem. Period. Im not too high on ANY of them. I though Dave would learn something with being up in the bigs, but he hasnt. Kinda depressing because I thought Krynzel could have developed more. Maybe he still can at his age, but he hasnt yet.

Holy boring minor league day.

Seriously, are guys that picky that they have to worry about a home run issue, if its even an issue for Carlos? I mean every time this guy pitches that the focus on him. Tobys friggin comment about him on the P50 is about that. What gives? The guy throws STRIKES! You might give one up once in a while. Look at sheets for cripes sake. He gives up a ton of homers, but he GETS IT DONE! Thats all that matters. Sometimes on this forum, I think some folks look way too much into what guys do or dont do. The guys ERA is under 2, I dont care if he gives up 1 homer per game as long as his ERA stays the same.

According to www.minorleaguebaseball.com he's given up 6 HR's in 9 games, I assume that's before tonight. He did throw a nice game tonight, but he lost the W in the 9th. Yeah, I thought that was wrong on his profile. I guess Im not a big hater on homers given up. I mean, look at sheets. I think its a sign of someone who attacks hitters instead of trying to be coy and deceptive, which I think is a good thing in the long run.

Man, whats up with Carlos Villanueva? This guy is just dominating. For some reason I feel he gets a little underrated in our system, currently 35th on the P50. Here is something I just dont understand, this is Tobys comment on the power 50. Home runs are not your friend, Carlos, and the sooner you learn that, the quicker you'll move Maybe Im reading into this wrong, but has he even given up a homer this year? It says 0 on his profile and 1 total in his career, thats gotta be wrong. But anyways. This guy is just smoking this year and looking at his career, he has been pretty dominant, especially his walk to strikeout ratio. Am I missing something? Whats this kids ceiling? He doesnt seem to be too old for High A ball.

great statement Bork but we still ranked #3 by Baseball America Lemme just say this. Winning breeds winners. Losing breeds individuality.

WEEKS!!!!! 4RBI already, another dinger, and a triple. Overrated. Sarcasm? Or are you being serious?

Gotta figure it's a competition as to who gets released to make room for the first Huntsville starter. Of course, we could just promote two kids, and release both Pratt and Helling Thats what Im thinking. Im guessing Sarfate, if he continues to pitch well, Woolard, and Parra all have the best chance to move up, not so much Parra, unless he really dominates starting soon. Does anyone else have the feeling that this is the year that is gonna separate the best from the pretty good? I think Sarfate and Parra have a lot to prove this year, one with control issues, the other with semi severe injury problems. Both have a LOT of upside and if they get consistent could see Milwaukee very soon.

WEEKS!!!!! 4RBI already, another dinger, and a triple. Why does Andy Pratt have a job?

I expect changes to be made yearly as well or I'll be right with you. Pull away on that trigger. I'll leave my safety on (for now). Just to clarify, im only being trigger happy about this year, not next year, not in ten years. I fully expect Mark A to improve this club dramatically. What im getting at is the "spin job" Ned gave everyone during the spring. Like,"now is the time to produce", "and those who dont produce wont play", and "I expect a .500 season at the very least", etc etc. I heard him say those same things on the GO Brewers episodes. It was the common theme of every single comment he made. And a lot of fans bought into it, they expected a "better" season than anything theyve seen in over a decade, look at the pre season ticket sales, seriously, lots of people "bought" into his spin job. I wasnt one of them. This team is doing exactly what I thought they would, they arent playing well, Ned isnt playing the guys who produce, which isnt his fault because no one is. The point is, he promised a lot of fans that this year would be different, and the way its looking, it was a lie. Thus why being trigger happy this soon isnt premature at all, based on the smart fans knowing their isnt the talent to be good. Well, if thats the case, then either A. Ned doesnt know how to evaulate talent, or B. he lied to a lot of fans. I fully believe that its both. I know how the business world works, exaggerating the truth or the untrue happens all the time, and thats exactly what DM and NY, and Mark A did.

He's 25 because he was signed as an undrafted free agent, so he got a late jump... They wouldn't have signed someone without prior pro baseball experience if they didn't think he had potential, as compared to some of the organizational soldiers who've bounced around... Just asking a question Brian. Maybe I should have worded it different. do you think they are starting Martin every 5th day because of the youth of the other top prospects currently at WV? Like Yo, Mark, Josh W and Josh B, Hinton, Wooley, and Decarlo? I would think that after a month or so, they would want their "younger top prospects" to be able to stretch out and go 6+ per start. 25 is pretty old for A ball, as someone said in the Cruz thread that 25 is "ancient" Im sure they know he has potential, but enough to take away innings from the younger guys? But like I think, its just because its early and as time goes by, the younger kids will be part of the 5 man rotation?

IL fan. Just thought it was a new handle. nothing else meant by it. Why shouldnt people be quick with the trigger? I personally think it's too early in the season. My opinion. I'm willing to give the new management time and I never expected results to come overnight. I guess this is what I dont get. I dont expect dramatic results either on one year under a new owner, I expect changes to be made yearly now, instead of sticking with the status quo. But why is it too early to jump off the ".500 season" bandwagon? Again, what has "this team" shown that will convince me we can turn the season around, already, and be competitive through July? Thats what Im getting at. I think its rather reasonable to be trigger happy this soon because we dont have talent. Why should I wait til game 50? Again, if we were the Yankees, and had a 100 million plus payroll and very good talent, then yeah, itd be way premature to lose confidence in the team, but its the brewers, and we have hardly any talent, so being trigger happy this soon is very reasonable, and should be expected.

OK, got a question for the minor league gurus. Why is Forrest Martin, a 25 yr old still in A ball guy, making starts every 5th day? Is it because WV wants to piggy back some of our better younger prospects this early in the year, or do some folks think this guy has potential still?

Ouch. Looks like they're as quick with the trigger in WV as some fans in MKE. This repsonse probably should be on the Major league forum, but since this comment was stated here, I wish to respond here. I would categorize myself as one of those "some" fans. Why? Let me put it this way. If the brewers were the yankees, and I was getting panicked, etc. then Id deserve to be called a fool. But they arent. They are the Brewers. A team full of AAAA players with a couple of above average players. They have demostrated NOTHING in terms of heading in the right direction, i.e. winning ballgames. Why shouldnt people be quick with the trigger? If we actually had "talent" on the team, and they were struggling early, then like I said, it would be premature, but we DONT. We have very little talent, so what is it that those who arent part of the "some" comment that says this team will rebound? Thats all I ask? What signs have I missed that says we will rebound and be a competitive, non cellar team come July 1st? Feel free to move this post to the Major leauge forum. And, who is ILbrewerfan, or I should say, who were you before the new name change? Thanks, J.

hardytheman, thanks for your efforts, but keep in mind that the links provided in the prior post provide easy access to updated box scores and game logs during each game, so there's no need for a spring-training game style posted game log. srry, didnt think the sites had updated to the minute scoring and such. I wil not waste my time again, thanks for letting me know.