Sugarrayray
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Sorry, he has just been a disappointment. That double play plus bad fielding combo he just performed is loser’s play.
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Man Durbin wasn’t even close to beating that out. His speed has been a disappointment.
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I love all Jim Guilarte recaps :)))
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11:40 a.m. Central
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I dunno, I saw the ball go into his glove, but furthermore…..he was jumping up and down with a huge cocky smile on his face and the pitcher had both fists pumped in the air…..
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Levering is starting to be on par with that Yankees announcer who can’t quite seem to follow what’s going on in real time. Yesterday he seemingly didn’t realize Yelich had struck the ball until after it left the yard. Today he’s yelling “did he catch it, did he catch it???” After the Reds are already celebrating the win.
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I feel bad for him too but honestly I feel worse for the many pitchers in AAA throughout the league who deserve a major league slot so much more than this dude and haven’t made a few million dollars. Alexander just has the look of a guy who has been very lucky to be in the league as long as he has.
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Hasn’t he always pretty much been a slow starter too? I think the year before last he also pretty much flipped a switch in June. Although I am dismayed by his performance and approach this season and agree with what is said in this article, I also feel like he has performed these first two months far better than he has the last couple years to this point in the season. So, when you couple that with a summer and second half surge, his numbers at the end of the year could look quite potent! The man has smacked a lot of doubles around this year.
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Maybe it’s just roster machinations since he just pitched, but Hendershot deserves a spot in the big leagues so much more than Priester.
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Yes this report is so expertly done with good color as well. Reading these reports is far more enjoyable than watching the big league team at the moment 🙁
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Why does Joey get a game off a day after he smacks a nice home run? That’s not how you build off a good day. Why not sub out Durbin and improve the defense??
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Man, for years now the Crew has shown a penchant for having great minor league talent develop to the absolute or near worst of their abilities offensively at the big league level. Not that this is the deciding factor - but it continues to appall me that after their best collective offensive showing in years last year, they decided to fire Ozzie Timmons and promote some blokes from their minor league coaching pool who have seemingly played a part in this developmental problem. I mean, I’m sorry to be harsh, but just looking at the collective visage of Labeouf and their hitting coaches - they do not look like inspiring individuals to say the least.
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This is so absurd. Priester walks a lot of people too AND Myers has been returning from a lengthy injury, so he has a better reason as to why he hasn’t been as effective. Very annoying decision - Priester is not a big league caliber player at this time. The only thing I can think is Myers’ velo has been a bit down - very much so yesterday. Maybe they just think he’s not all the way back.
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It is interesting because they were finally a solid offense last year and then they let Timmons go. That made no sense to me. Labeouf and Dawson both look and seem like jokers.
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I don’t think they reflect their manager at all. Not a single player show’s fight or energy. They all look unnecessarily glum. That’s why they miss a guy like Willy so much to keep it loose. Murphy just went out there and chewed out an ump in a classic way that you hardly see anymore…..and his team looks half asleep. How are they reflecting a hard nosed scrappy guy when they are acting the opposite of that?
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Why would they warm Uribe up…..if they knew they weren’t going to use him no matter what? Koenig clearly didn’t have it, command was spotty and was throwing slower than usual. His pitch count got high. Why not take the platoon advanced with Uribe if he’s warmed up??? They certainly weren’t gonna put him in the game if they lost the lead.
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It is truly painful to me how many non big leaguers are on this team. It is so disrespectful to paying fans to put a guy like Elvin Rodriguez out there in a 2 run game. Also, Rodriguez is another example of Arnold getting too confident in his team’s ability to “work their magic” with pitchers.
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Brewers trade for RHP Quinn Priester
Sugarrayray replied to Ron Robinsons Beard's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Now that Holobetz is involved with the trade, I like it even less. Didn’t like it to begin with. -
Before this team traded for Willy around May 20th several years ago, they began that season with a similar middling vibe. I’m not comparing the players on those teams as much as the team’s identity. Willy came over and immediately injected life and confidence into the Crew. He’s gone now and a lot of that life and confidence seems to be too. I’m not saying this is the ultimate correlation, but man he was a leader. They do not have one now. I simply love Matt Arnold and know he is hamstrung by Attanasio, but I will say he appears to be penny wise and pound stupid at times. Already knowing Yelich ties up such a colossal percentage of the salary, he has invested heavy money in Woodruff, Hoskins, and to a lesser part Civale. Knowing Yelich is already someone who deals with a constant injury, it seems unwise to invest so much in guys who are either coming off career altering injuries, or in Civale’s case someone who rarely comes close to a full season. Add in blithely ignoring the flexor strain Cortes ended last season with, almost all the money being spent on the big league roster is tied up in injuries or ineffectiveness. I’m not criticizing the moves individually. Individually I agreed with almost all of these deals. But collectively, we need to target other types of players with what little money there is for this team.
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This sounds like hyperbole. Humiliate? It’s called repercussions. Frelick is one of the guys on this team that is firmly entrenched in his role. He’s fine. He made a huge base running mistake a game or two prior. Then there was a team meeting. I imagine in this team meeting Murph gave them all a fair warning “it doesn’t matter who you are, if I see blatant mental mistakes continued to be made, there will be repercussions.” Frelick goes out the next day and swiftly does something stupid on defense. Now you tell me, is it fair for Murph to penalize Durbin for being pig stupid on the base paths, but not Frelick because he plays hard? It’s an egalitarian rule. And fairly, Murph did what he most likely said he would do in the closed team meeting. That’s good managing to me. It’s cowardly managing if someone immediately does something that he just addressed, but he DOESN’T follow through with them based on status.
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I know they are complete different pitchers, body types, and ages, so the comparison isn’t great - but watching how Jared Koening basically went from throwing 89 as a starter to 96 and even 97 as a reliever, it makes me think if Jared was still a starter the Brewers would have gotten him up to 92-94. So for a young man who’s just 19 and and well under 200 lbs, you gotta think over the next few years as he gains weight and strength, and technique, he will AT LEAST be able to ride 91-93 and touch 94 right?
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I think they determined he had the stress fractures the season prior. He thought it was just back pain, figured it would heal over the winter, and when he showed back up in Spring and it hadn’t healed, that’s when they got imaging?
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Full truth? Were there indications there was than meets the eye there??
