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Everything posted by eddiemathews
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He'd look good coming out of the pen. I expect he wants to start, though. They all do...
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Rengifo feeling slighted.
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Doesn't wanna mix with the hoi polloi.
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The next Koenig
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It's hard to imitate Lauer's middle/middle invisipitch.
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I don't know why, but I feel better that Jack seems as puzzled by this as me. I guess maybe the Brewers felt like Durbin would never appear more valuable than he did after last year, and it's better to trade him a year too early than too late. I think it's Williams until Fischer looks ready, and Fischer might just look ready in spring training. One can hope. And it didn't hurt that it seems Boston kinda panicked when they didn't get Bregman back.
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If they are making a related move, I'd guess it's already agreed to but needs some crossing and dotting of i's and t's.
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I guess Williams could play second with Turang moving to short. Depends on how his bat shows this spring. JoeyO can make decisions easier by regaining some semblance of competence at the plate. Bauers is going to be on the roster, and I expect a good season from him. Of course, Mitchell is the wild card. Maybe they get lucky, but they have to be prepared to replace him. (Of course, they have to be prepared to replace everybody, but...) They have a ton of fast outfielders that aren't good bats in the minors. I don't understand all of the redundancy.
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If I can dream that the Brewers will win the World Series, it's pretty easy to dream that Mitchell will slash .300/.375/.500
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I'm not as sure of Big Woo as Jack. I'm concerned that age, injury, and time away have sapped his staying ability. And Priester seemed to be wearing down health-wise at the end of the season, too. My pipe dream is that Zac Gallen doesn't get the multi-year deal he wants and the Brewers sweep in and give him a two year deal with the second year a player option with a $2-5mm buyout, probably need to be $23mm for one year. Is that too much for the Brewers? Yup. but I can dream. It ain't my money...well, my contribution is rather minimal in any case.
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McGuire will be on the roster this year, and unless Quero shows that his arm has substantially returned to pre-injury form McGuire will likely be the back-up catcher all season. Leaving him off the 40 man gives the Brewers room to maneuver should they want to add another starting pitcher. My guess is that McGuire has a handshake agreement that he will be elevated to the 40 man this spring unless he really underperforms. His biggest risk is injury this spring, in which case the Brewers come out none the worse.
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I'll stand by it. He'll hit low pitching better. Another guy that will benefit is Aaron Judge.
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Another guy that an automated strike zone will benefit. Sal gets so many high strikes called against him that it's reedunculous.
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Thanks. Let's hope he's receptive to the coaching from The Pitching Lab.
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Last year Sproat was ineffective (relatively speaking) for the first half of his minor league season, but turned it around the second half. I'm wondering if the Mets were tinkering with his delivery the first half and it didn't take, so he went back to his old ways the second half. It might be interesting to compare his first half delivery with the second half.
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Still trading Freddy for Duran, but the Montgomery deal seems to make some sense in that eventuality. But that contract feels too much. Maybe $5mm for each of the next two years with a $1mm buyout next year. I doubt he will get many other offers (if any).
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I would not trade Freddy for pitching. This is a year to go for it; if Freddy can't bring a power hitting outfielder (from Boston) then just keep him and try and win that way.
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Straight platoons don't mean as much as they used to because starting pitchers last fewer innings now. The decisions will more often happen in close games in late innings. I do have confidence that Bauers will be a better hitter this season than earlier in his career because of the adjustments he made in his swing path after his injury last year.
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Aw come on. His ages 2 and 3 seasons were pretty good.
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I could care less about helping MLB owners collude on arbitration salaries. The Brewers are extremely unlikely to ever have to worry about precedents set for second ARB year catchers at the top of the scale. Do what helps the Brewers field their best shot in 2026.
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This is a mistake by the Brewers. William is more than numbers. I know that baseball is fully based on statistical analysis, but someone that plays with the passion that Contreras does, plays hurt like he does, is involved in 95% of every defensive play in the team's season, and contributes in a huge way to the success of the pitching staff needs recognition beyond just the hitting stats that Jack has noted.
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Ignore Logan Henderson at your own risk!
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Sure. Centerfield requires speed, so that's a given. Robin Yount first got put in leftfield after he could no longer play short, and he found reading the ball off of the bat, playing the hook (or slice), and playing the wall and corner caroms to be very difficult. He asked to be moved to center, and said that was much easier. There is less hook or slice on the ball in center. It made sense to me. Does that mean that you should put a slow guy out in center because it's easier? No; that would give up a ton of extra base hits. And my limited experience up thru high school and in softball back that up - I was always more comfortable in center. You need a good athlete in center, and Chourio can do it. But if he's comfortable in left and you have a very good fielder in center you can really improve your defense. All of these can't be looked at as siloed situations. Run production, arm strength, instincts, all matter. I'd sure like to see Mitchell succeed in center and OPS .800 or higher, but that's hot stove thinking at this point. Chourio will play some center this year, I'm sure. If not a lot.
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He can certainly play center. It's probably the easiest outfield position to play, although not the easiest to excel at. My only fear is that it will affect his bat, but I have no evidence that this is a thing.
