Jake McKibbin

I think this is a great point and I wondered earlier in the year, I'm surprised they don't see dip in velocity and instantly say "go for an MRI". It's not exactly a huge cost but could absolutely be worth it in the long run

I'm also someone who loves watching big loopy high spin curveballs, so Knoth could be very interesting

I think this is the category I'm most excited about, the brewers clearly look for 3rd round + later pitching talent and it's worked out well in the past Really curious to see if they can grab anyone like that this time round I like the look of sykora and lord

The fact you're able to be in any way optimistic while holding twins in the middle of the night as they cry is just awesome. Hats off to you sir!

He's lost so much confidence in his delivery, and those middle middle pitches he generated whiffs on previously are getting smashed. That was a horrible hanger, and it seems the rays aren't for stopping. The may want eflin to go deepish for a bullpen game tomorrow (unless they bring back Glasgow on a low pitch count)

Houses sinker looked markedly better this time out, been getting too many air outs but that was prime Adrian and something the brewers will need. A game of really small margins that could have gone either way

This is far and away the best the brewers have looked first time through against a lefty all season, some quality contact all round. And against a cy young candidate... Strange

Wainwright with one strikeout in 5.2 innings and a lot of hard contact. Shame we didn't catch him That cards offense is firing though

I had the exact same though, it's particularly interesting as he's a smart guy with these, I think he diagnosed Woodruff's injury immediately. With a strain it's the worst thing you can do, but it makes me wonder how often players play through injury and it works out for them

Just cash considerations

Fixed that for you bro

Liberatore was pitching incredibly well in his first few starts in the minors, but the last few have been rougher. he's built up to go around 100 pitches, and his strikeout rate is much improved from last season with a couple of ticks extra on the fastball. his main wipeout pitch is the curveball, with a decent change-up he reserves for right handers only, and a high velo slider Can have a tendency to miss the strike zone and nibble too much, with his more recent outings taking high pitch counts through less than five innings, and walk rate was a big issue last season He could be very nervy, and again a good start will be crucial, the Brewers can't let him settle easily

Absolutely! I love physiotherapy and how the body works, but damn if it isn't frustrating needing to write about it quite so often as I have in the first 6 weeks of the season. Shockingly bad luck so far

https://twitter.com/UmpScorecards/status/1658843366111555588/photo/1 A lot of Cards fans upset with the strike zone, but it appears the fault was with Bally sports zone being off

In an ill-timed and unhappy turn of events, the Brewers lost southpaw starter Wade Miley to a lat strain last night. Let's try to figure out how long the Crew might be without its wily veteran. Wade Miley’s departure on Tuesday evening was another sad injury moment for a Milwaukee Brewers team that is currently plagued with a misfiring, depleted rotation. Given the early losses of Brandon Woodruff and Aaron Ashby to underwhelming performances from Corbin Burnes and Eric Lauer, Miley was one of the few positive points for the Brewers so far this season, but he was always going to be an injury concern, at his age and with his track record. Going off against a revived Cardinals outfit after just five outs was crushing, although the bullpen did a magnificent job of pulling them through it. It was later reported as a lat strain, so without further ado, let’s get down to it. What is a lat strain? The latissimus dorsi (or “lats”) are the muscles providing width in the middle of your back, connecting to the rotator cuff (specifically the subscapularis) in the shoulders. They’re used extensively in any motion where the hands and arms are extending away from the body. As such, a throwing motion heavily relies on this muscle group, and one of the best things about Tuesday night was that Miley didn’t try to pitch through the injury. Had he done so, the strain would have gotten significantly worse, very quickly. As you can see below, it is a very large muscle, and this is a more worrying injury than a pectoral strain–because of its contraction through the throwing range of motion, and because due to its size, it can be grossly overused as a stabilizer through the motion of both cocking and accelerating the arm. Image: Wikipedia Differential Diagnoses Grade One/Two Strain A grade one strain is categorized as mild, and this would involve feeling no loss of strength in the muscle, but a nipping pain that can make it difficult to throw. Grade two is a moderate injury, with some loss in the strength of the muscle, but both are partial tears, and neither would require surgical intervention. A grade one tear will commonly take two to three weeks to repair, which would be the best-case scenario. A grade two gets slightly longer, taking at least six weeks and probably closer to eight weeks for caution’s sake before beginning to ramp up the throwing schedule again Grade Three strain This is a full tear of the lat off of the tendon, and requires surgical intervention, which takes a significantly longer period of time. The hope is that Miley has avoided this by his responsible approach in alerting the medical staff. However, if he has done serious damage (usually more noticeable due to a palpable mass around the tendons), then the recovery time would be in the region of four to six months. Comparable Injuries Luis Severino 2019 Severino suffered a grade two lat strain on March 26, 2019. He started throwing again after six weeks, but promptly injured his shoulder due to the extra strain it had to bear. In hindsight, the lat wasn’t fully healed, and Aaron Boone confessed they should have taken another MRI before starting up his throwing program again. He has re-injured his lat to start this season, and still hasn’t pitched (although he claims he’s ready to go). Freddy Peralta 2022 Peralta suffered a grade two or three lat strain on July 31, 2022. He did return after six weeks, but his velocity deteriorated quickly, and the Brewers sat him down for the rest of the season after several worrying and short starts. Grayson Rodriguez 2022 Rodriguez suffered a grade two strain on June 1, 2022, a big disappointment given he was pushing to get a call-up to the major leagues at the time. It shut him down until September that year, taking him out for three months in total. The long and short of this injury is that it’s far better to take your time with it than to rush it if it’s a grade-two tear. The question then becomes how the Brewers will deal with his absence, and can you see an impending trade for a back-end starter that can hold down the fort? View full article

A triple AAA pitcher... damn, Keston would've gone bananas on his ass

I also remember seeing before his last start, he had the lowest xERA of the whole Brewers rotation with 3.48. he actually had some bad luck but was looking good, and can produce on a given night. I'm happy enough taking a chance, i feel he's earned a short or two more as well

Jefferson quero, have yourself a night! Still only the 5th inning Great to see chourio smoke yet another bomb to oppo field too

I think you could make an argument that he may have accounted for a few less bullpen collapses with Devin + Josh still, however I think Contreras has been pretty huge in value so far and is directly due to that trade (ie not involving anyone else in the minor league system), Ruiz has provided a lot of value for the A's so far too if you want to go that route We also got Payamps who has been very efficient at stopping hard contact, which kind of fills the Hader void, at least a little bit Gasser needs time to work on his command issues, but if he can control his stuff better then he'll be a big bonus I think long term we're definitely better off, and this season we probably are

So I had a little look into him for anyone interested, but shortly summed up, he's really strong against pitches away but struggles when pitched inside. When facing lefty sinker/change-up heavy pitchers, he's in his element. He's also absolutely ripped the ball so far this season, a surprising DFA if i wasn't for how god LaMonte Wade Jr has been at getting on base and his declining fielding ability making him almost a DH only option (and they have Pederson + rotating others in). Last season as well as moving to the Mets from his much loved San Francisco home, he was also dealing with the death of his father, but I do think there's a potential diamond here hitting wise, even though the age and bad defense do bring risk

Still searching for a consistent source of power to lengthen the lineup against left-handed hurlers, the Brewers signed a notable (if limited) slugger on Monday. How does he fit into their roster? Image courtesy of © Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers signed Darin Ruf for one simple reason: he doesn’t look like a deer in the headlights when someone holds the ball in their left hand. He’s historically been an above-average hitter against left-handed pitching, and in a couple of outlier seasons, he’s done a huge amount of damage in those situations. He’s known for having a strong walk rate as well as a big strikeout rate, but hit nine home runs in 158 at-bats last season against left-handers to post a .753 OPS, something the Brewers would take in a heartbeat. Let’s take a little dive into a few more of the numbers, to see what else we can expect from the 37-year-old veteran. The Stats For a man who posted a .904 OPS across 312 plate appearances in 2021 (amid the astounding performance of that year’s whole San Francisco Giants team), last season was a huge letdown in which he couldn’t hit right-handed pitching at all. From what was a 22-walk, 28-strikeout season against southpaws in 2021, with an OPS of 1.004, he struck out almost twice as often in 2022, albeit still doing damage when he made contact. He is a potential rebound candidate, although at 37, it’s more likely his bat has just slowed considerably as well as his eye at the plate. In a modest 27 at-bats so far this season against left-handers, he’s averaged a 100.2-MPH exit velocity against the fastball; 95.6 against breaking pitches; and 97.5 against offspeed offerings. His minimal time at the plate has led to excessive swing and miss against breaking balls, but he’s crushing the pitches he connects with to the tune of an expected slugging percentage of .539 and an expected batting average of .305. This guy is still hitting, and were it not for how well LaMonte Wade, Jr. is playing, he might not have been cut by San Francisco at all. As you can see, he does most of his damage when he can free his arms, and struggles to create quality contact when pitched inside. Despite this, because of his very patient approach at the plate, he has a lower swing rate on the inside portion of the plate, waiting for a pitch he can drive early in the count. One benefit of his experience is that he knows his weaknesses and manages them well. Another facet of his game is his productivity down in the strike zone, with high exit velocities and lower whiff rates. He recorded eight runs above average against sinkers last season and nine in 2021, with two so far this year. Pitchers like, say, Jordan Montgomery on Tuesday evening will be especially wary of this. He also likes the changeup, which makes sense in that any pitch down in the zone and away from his body has historically been an area of dominance for him. How he can be used Ruf is predominantly a pull hitter who is poor defensively, but given that the Brewers are the worst offense in the league against left-handers, he is exactly what they need: a pinch-hitter late on against lefties, and a platoon DH, with the occasional start at first base sprinkled in there. Expect to see him tonight, and potentially some fireworks, finally, against a left-handed starter. What do you think of the Brewers new lefty masher? View full article

Always good to see a new face in the forum bud! I think it has actually gotten a little better this season, some will undoubtedly be throwing mechanics rather than raw strength, but sometimes getting timing of hips and shoulders etc is a tough thing to re-learn. That being said he's throwing on average 2 mph quicker on each throw, and is in the 42nd percentile in the league, considerably better than his 27th percentile arm last season Aslo @Smichaelis9wrote on twitter about this recently, his max throw has gone from 83.8 mph in 2020 to 95.3 mph this season

Fun fact. Contreras starting at catcher again after the recent fiasco, and Jack flaherty was outspoken saying he didn't understand why the sequences were being called. Tough to catch someone throwing you under the bus like that, it seems Cardinal fandom also thinks flaherty is a whiney manchild with Contreras becoming more popular during the front offices mishaps