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  1. Sugarrayray
    The SANCHIZE!!!!!
  2. Sugarrayray
    Against the lefty sure!
  3. Sugarrayray
    Power to us Luddites! RE the challenge system. I think the things is that for every pitch overturned like the one you mention, there’ll be about 15 obvious ones that were necessary, and hopefully throughout the LONG system, the good outweighs the bad quite a bit.
  4. Sugarrayray
    There was a challenge that at-bat and it got overturned; Gameday probably stumbled over that.
  5. Sugarrayray
    I think the Ortiz thing makes a little more sense. Murphy just flat out doesn’t trust him to make good swing decisions. He had an at-bat yesterday that was just atrocious. He has been off to a better start this year though. I wonder if Murph intentionally just gave him a hard day off. The Perk thing is just beyond frustrating though. If you are gonna trust him to pinch hit, you put him in the situation he has a better chance to succeed at 100 times out of 100. Lastly, if he knew he wasn’t going to pinch hit for those lads, he shouldn’t have stacked 3 lefties in a row like that. Very poorly done.
  6. Sugarrayray
    Does anyone have a clue why Murph opted to use Perk against a righty instead of the lefty by pinch hitting for Mitchell? Perk is far better from the right side. Furthermore Mitchell can’t hit…..I am beyond perplexed.
  7. Sugarrayray
    Last two swings by Lockridge looked like AAA fodder to me. Time for Perk to make up for his folly.
  8. Sugarrayray
    As putrid as Sproat has been, a couple things I am bummed about - This ump has been equally as bad. Really don’t think it’s a good idea to have Quero start his first game with an equally big start for Sproat. The Sanchize dropped a pick off at first that would have been an out. Perk inexplicably had his worst jump of his career and let a pop fly drop. All this to say, aside from the double play, Sproat got zero help from anybody.
  9. Sugarrayray
    This ump has been terrible and Murph uas to make sure Quero isn’t afraid to challenge. Stupendously good play by Ortiz.
  10. Sugarrayray
    The SANCHIZE!!!!!
  11. Sugarrayray
    I think it’s because his first season they sent him down for that month. It’s exciting that we still have him for quite a while!!!
  12. Sugarrayray
    I guess Benintendi placed a bet on Brice Turang getting two hits this game…..?
  13. Sugarrayray
    Chandler Patrick lookin good to start the season!
  14. Sugarrayray
    Really pleased with Gasser. For some reason it seems like a lot of people always forget how good he is. I think he can be a great #4 starter. Hoping he makes the team.
  15. Sugarrayray
    Hard for me to not see Perkins making this team. He’s essentially the best teammate in the clubhouse, switch-hitting is important, and he is a better defender than Lockridge. Lockridge made multiple defensive misreads and miscues last year, diving at the wrong times, misjudging balls in gaps, that Perkins hasn’t done at all in 3 years. That doesn’t mean Lockridge isn’t a great defender, but Perkins might just have the ability to be a platinum glove winner if he was an every day player. I am excited about this newfound offensive ceiling for Lockridge. I want to see him continue to prove it in AAA, as spring training results mean…..absolutely nothing. Also, Mitchell was terrible last year. Although I do believe he’s a guy that’ll put up good numbers if he has time to get in rhythm, he never has that time. So I believe there’s a pretty big chance that even if he doesn’t have a season ending injury, his playing time may end up being limited by ineffectiveness at some point this year.
  16. Sugarrayray
    Question about staff - Does anyone know if joltin Jace Peterson is still going to be in his “unofficial” partime dugout role? I think he just joins the team as a coach at home segments of the schedule? I remember players saying they really like having him around. I know he’s a consultant or advisor for the organization but I’m referring more to this specific role. Thanks
  17. Sugarrayray
    I agree with everything said here. Really don’t want Ashby’s fragile success interfered with in any way - I love him where he is. I think Woody is close so they could roll with the 5 you mentioned, and then quickly replace whichever one (if any) is struggling as soon as Woody is back. I think the fact Crow has had such a hard time staying healthy, coupled with how soft he throws, has the Crew transitioning him to the pen. At least for now, is what Murphy made it sound like. For what it’s worth also, Drohan is throwing as hard as ever. Was up a couple MPH last year, and another MPH this spring!
  18. Sugarrayray
    Great stuff! I have a couple questions - does Hookie really only work with starters? I mean I get that’s his specialty but as the lead pitching coach and essentially the league’s premier pitching coach, I have to think he’s involved with every pitcher on the 26, if not 40 man roster to some extent. Also - with no bench coach, does anyone have any idea who is the heir presumptive to take over when Murphy inevitably gets tossed during a couple games this year? Again great article.
  19. Sugarrayray
    That’s my boy! Man I love having him so much more than the robot Craigory Counsell!!
  20. Sugarrayray
    I think it’s easy to forget how many guys start off their career mostly leaning on 2 pitches. Freddy, Jimmy Nelson, Marco Estrada, even Yovani to name a few. It’s not super common for a starting pitcher, but looking back on a lot of guys careers, it can take til a second or third year in the big leagues to round out an arsenal. This kid is a smart, hard worker with moxie and determination. I have no doubt he’ll figure out a third pitch. This could be that pitch. When he does, I agree he has more potential than a lot of his peers.
  21. Sugarrayray
    I think Ashby has pretty clearly proved he can’t hold up as a starter. 1) He has been starkly ineffective as a starter 2) more importantly, his body seems to hold up much better as a reliever. But even if one disagrees with my assessment of his performance as a starter, I think the fact the Brewers brass assembled so much starting pitching depth, and specifically left handed starting pitching in this most recent trade, proves that they don’t see him as a starter going forward. I also think it proves they don’t see Hall and Zerpa has starters going forward. Ashby does make a lot of money for a relief pitcher on the Crew. However, he has been downright dominant in that roll. Pressing him into a roll that his body can’t handle, and that he has performed very poorly in, at the expense of better options, simply because of his price tag, seems a lot more akin to the thinking of a Doug Melvin led regime than a Matt Arnold led regime. Time will tell and of course I could be wrong, but I am very confident we won’t see Ashby start any games for the Brewers this year. Outside of being an opener of course (which he failed miserably at in the playoffs).
  22. Sugarrayray
    I’m not defending a major leaguer making stupid plays/not hustling. However - there is a big difference between playing for the hustle kings of the MLB with a manager like Murph, and a team that is perennially in the playoffs, than there is playing for one of the worst franchises in all of sports. How many times have we seen a player get bogged down by the negativity of playing on a ****** team go to a playoff team and be revitalized? Andrew Vaughn is a great example. He was quite obviously reinvigorated playing for the Brewers. If anything like that happens for Rengifo, I think I’m gonna like the Brewers third baseman this year. And if the one and only Pat Murphy can’t get him to hustle and focus, he probably won’t be in the Bigs too much longer.
  23. Sugarrayray
    I think this is the ideal lineup. I also sincerely hope Murph gives Yeli more days off against lefties this year. The reason being - although DHing puts much less wear and tear on your body, days off seem to benefit Yelich’s body a lot in holding up throughout the course of the season. Also, he did not hit lefties well enough to justify being a designated hitter against then last year. Ideally they would put The Sanchize in at catcher and force Contreras to be DH against most lefties, but I suspect Contreras will convince Murph to let him catch more than that. I do like this lineup and although I am wary about Rengifo, I do think his offensive potential is a bit higher than Durbin’s. I think his floor is lower too.
  24. Sugarrayray
    Even if someone disagrees with this overall position in the larger debate they are having, it is pretty absurd to me that this specific post has received four downvotes…..seems a bit over the top.
  25. Sugarrayray
    The Sanchize!
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