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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!
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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.
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That’s my boy! Man I love having him so much more than the robot Craigory Counsell!!
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Brewers Sign Luis Rengifo to 1yr Deal
Sugarrayray replied to Jastro's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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. -
The Sanchize!
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Sluggardly!!! The Sanchize!!
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I wonder if the Mets big league pitching coach instructed him to just ride the sinker when he got to the bigs. The way he changed his arsenal after having so much success the latter have off the year is strange.
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Definitely. His arm may never be the same, but last year was the nadir. Even getting between a 50 and 55 will be just fine. Also he’s only gonna get into a better rhythm offensively too from here. No one comes back in rhythm after a year and a half off. I think a lot of people are sleeping on both him and Logan Hendershot.
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“depend on his feel for communication” Trueblood just invented a new scouting term that I am going to use in every context of life. In fact on Monday I’m going to let my boss know he doesn’t have a good “feel for communication” :)
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Also, I feel like BA did us dirty this year.
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I just always remind myself that Pratt’s numbers probably would have looked awesome if he was at least half the year in A+ like he could have (should have?) been. A lot of times when young guys are in the high minors the game might be moving so fast that getting to their A swing and stuff like that may be low on the priority list. But then, you look at his strikeout/walk ratio, for a 20 year old! I have a feeling if he repeated AA with everything moving slower he would probably juice some balls big time. Either way, a great defensive shortstop with a good eye who draws walks and good bat to ball skills, with good speed and savvy…..is a good player. If, perhaps, a little bit of a throwback player.
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Man I’m “jazzed as hell” that both Baseball America and now Pipeline have Fischer as the number one 3b prospect! I know there are several guys who are currently listed as shortstops but actually probably should be listed as 3rd basemen or at 2nd, but still. I am excited about this guy! And I absolutely think he is going to stick at 3rd.
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My concern with Joey is that I fear he is just not a very bright individual. I really don’t mean that to be disrespectful and condescending, although it’s hard to say that without it coming off that way. That said, the Brewers seem to like players (as do I) that tend to play smart baseball and make heady adjustments. Joey seems to be very talented instinctively, but when it comes to swing decisions I have rarely seen someone make such poor decisions. Maybe it has nothing to do with intelligence, and comes mores from something like anxiety or pressure. We obviously know not keeping those things in check can tank at bats. Whatever the case, I have not seen another individual pass on so many balls down the pipe, and choose to swing at such horrid offerings. I just fear that is something that is not likely to be “fixed” if he couldn’t fix it over 500 plus plate appearances last year. On the other hand, he has never looked the same at the plate since his neck injury mid 2024. So perhaps it is not mental and is more physiological. I am hoping for the best, but in the case of his offense, I am prepared for the worst - in the league :(
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Thank you for doing this 👍
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What a great usage of nous!!!!!
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Thank you so much. As a side note - do you think he is a legit equally effective switch hitter or more one of these guys who is better from the left side but still ok from the right side? Or possibly more like Ketel Marte and good from the left side and downright dominant from the right? Or wayyyyy too soon to tell? I see his splits, but you are able to divine much more from his swings.
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Great stuff! Question: how is his weight apportioned when batting from the right side??
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It’s gotta be that way at least once a month, on poker night! Hopefully held in Doug Melvin’s basement, where the whiskey would be flowing generously, “and that”.
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Very interesting. Becoming a loaded front office :) I’ve long assumed Doug Melvin’s position was mostly an honorific or sinecure, but they do already have former GM Matt Klentak in that role. Add that to 3 assistant GMs, that’s pretty impressive. Only an organization like the Brewers could do that without the threat of egos constantly getting in the way.
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Will The Brewers’ Winter Ever Heat Up?
Sugarrayray replied to Jason Wang's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
I guess I’m at the point where I’d like to see them put some good trade packages together. When they acquired William Contreras and Willy Adames before that, each trade changed the complexion of the team. Even if they had paid an actual reasonable prospect price for Contreras, it still would have been a really good trade. At this point it feels like they are hoarding prospects a bit, and I would like to see them turn some of those prospects into some young franchise players. There’s obvious reasons against doing this, but their farm system has never been in a stronger place to do so.
