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  1. Kripes - Brewers
    After the last 2 games, most fans are probably not feeling too great about our team, including me. Yesterday's fiasco began with the bad call at 2nd and got worse from there. That's baseball. The pitching just isn't good enough to cover poor offensive outings. This is when you need that Ace stopper to come in and shut it down with 7 quality innings. We just don't have that. You can see how quickly the real talent drops when you lose a guy like Yelich. With Mitchell out, you have to rely on a guy like Weimer off the bench. With him, Sanchez and Bauers in the lineup, you're asking for trouble. It really hurts when you get a leadoff triple from Frelick with nobody out, and you can't bring him home? That's just frustrating.
  2. Kripes - Brewers
    It sure started the beatdown - 2nd one in as many days. That's a jolt to team pride. It'll be interesting to see how they rebound, but those Yankees can hit the baseball...
  3. Kripes - Brewers
    Yep, this could very well be a rough one. The offense is a bit sleepy after a great start. They need a spark from someone other than Contreras. We need Yeli back quickly.
  4. Kripes - Brewers
    Not what we want to see from Ashby. Is he working on something (arm slot/grip/delivery point)? We've been having this conversation about his shoulder surgery, and I understand it can take some time to get your control and command back. Is his windup/delivery/arm slot/speed looking like it is repeatable and consistent, or is he struggling with one particular aspect pre/post surgery? Trying to understand if it's more mental at this point (confidence in his shoulder and ability) or some physical aspect that he simply needs to nail back down... Boeve is an exciting young kid to watch at the plate; glad he's doing well. Sure seems to be locked in!
  5. Kripes - Brewers
    Any idea if the Brewers are a team that takes out insurance on pitchers contracts? Miley isn't making a ton, but we all knew he was a risk. Wasn't sure if that's something the Brewers org engages in, nor what the salary/years threshold might be before they'd consider it...
  6. Kripes - Brewers
    I knew I'd get a great answer! It looked like Myers is ready to stick around. I liked his command and his stuff was locking knees the other day against the Bucs. I just haven't seen Gasser with my own eyes, so beyond salivating over that important piece of the Hader trade, we're all just hoping he gets to the bigs and shows he can make quality starts. What is the deal with Ashby anyway? The club sure seems to think they have something in him - is it his pedigree? That he's a lefty? Just having trouble completely understanding the extension... I watched the game he started earlier in the season. The defense let him down in that one, specifically Hoskins. Without those errors he allows four runs. That's no worse than a typical Houser performance. His command was a bit sketchy, but otherwise he showed he's a gamer and has the mentality you need to be up there. I wouldn't be afraid to get him back out there (as opposed to straight up bullpen games). The rest of your comments sums up what I was afraid of - there really aren't a lot of guys "ready" other than some potential bullpen arms. Thanks again!
  7. Kripes - Brewers
    Hey Mr. Zarr, nice work as always! Looking ahead to the big league club pitching needs, who are your likely top 3 targets for rotation callups as well as top 3 potential relievers? We've seen them dip down into AA at times in the recent past, so anyone just screaming "ready" yet?
  8. Kripes - Brewers
    I'm fine with the learning process, but I'd rather it didn't happen as our leadoff hitter! Let's get him down around 7-8-9. I'm sure it'll change when Yeli gets back anyway, but for heaven's sake you need your high OBP guys in that spot. As productive as Contreras has been, you need guys on base when he gets up there. Kripes!
  9. Kripes - Brewers

    Hey Matt! You seem to be able to find stat data on just about anything. If you're looking for another in-depth article topic, I'd like to see one on batters stance, specifically, what happened to the crouch? When we talk about keeping the bat plane through the zone for the maximum amount of time, it seems batters should be utilizing a deeper crouch. It should provide better results in enabling batters to elevate the ball by starting at a lower plane to begin with, shrinking the zone for the ump, utilizing a strong core to minimize movement (think about how golfers eliminate wasted movement to achieve highly repeatable swing) and ensuring the engagement of the largest muscles in the body to drive for power. Watching the Crew last night I couldn't help but notice how many of them stand tall and don't really even crouch as the pitch comes. It's a bit maddening to be honest. With the pitch clock, they have even less time to stay in the crouch, so pro athletes should have no problem sitting back and down, utilizing that back leg as a spring to launch the hips forward. Is that a lost art or what?

    1. Matthew Trueblood

      Matthew Trueblood

      Fun question! Batters' stances are one thing I *don't* have a way to comprehensively search or quantify, but this is an interesting discussion, and yeah, I'm going to put it on my list of pieces to work on in the next week. I think there's a subtle thing happening that might not jump out, but which is important: these days, when guys pick up that stride foot and tip the barrel up or back, they're engaging their core in a dynamic way as part of getting the swing started, rather than having the preset crouch doing that work. But I want to dig into it more, and will write up what I can suss out. Thanks for reaching out.

    2. Kripes - Brewers

      Kripes - Brewers

      Batting stance is something I'm guessing is very much up to the individual to start with, and from little league on up is influenced by coaches, copied from a favorite player, etc... I doubt major changes happen after they reach college or the pros - more likely by that time they've already had some success and minor changes are made from that point on (like toes taps or bat over shoulder type trigger mechanisms). If we have pitching labs, I'm sure we have batting labs that track that kind of data. Joey Weimer would certainly benefit! That's the messiest swing I can think of at the moment...

  10. Kripes - Brewers
    I have to agree. Taking into account the schedule with no days off for a bit here, you've got to push your starters and take your chances riding those guys. At some point you have to figure out if they can work out of jams anyway. The bullpen has been doing dandy, and Hoby seems to be his chief fireman. Current managerial mindset of today's game probably makes the move just as Murph did, but Ross was inducing grounders, as you stated. Pushing him closer to 100 pitches also would've given Ross some confidence as well as pushing the rest of the rotation arms (what there is of it) into the next gear.
  11. Kripes - Brewers
    I know it's early, but this is a key series in the central. Sweeping the Cards and winning a series against the Buccos would add legitimacy to their run and I'd imagine would give the fellas a little swagger going forward from there. Obviously, starting pitching is the big question mark at the moment, and Ross needs to settle down quickly in this one. No days off for a while, so he's got to trust in his defense behind him and limit hard contact. The bullpen itself and Murphy's usage of it have been wonderful to this point. I don't think we could've asked for much more. Go Crew!
  12. Kripes - Brewers
    Boeve looks the part with a smooth, repeatable, easy swing. Looks like he won't be with the T-rats much longer! The 1st baseman, Luke Adams, uses a front leg lift and kinda circles it in the air. You can see it's his timing mechanism, but it puts all his weight on his back leg, so if he has to adjust to a changing speed, he's screwed. If he has to swing before the foot is down, he has no power. I hope the coaches try to get him to do a toe tap and quiet his approach - too much going on there, but he looks huge in the batters box! $3 craft beers, $3 brats on Thursdays, truly a sweet deal in Appleton, and they keep it a fun atmosphere.
  13. Kripes - Brewers
    I will also add, and MLB should take notice, that it is so cool that I have the choice to tune in on antenna TV channel 14.1 locally to see the T-rats games on occasion (and 32-1 broadcasts a few of the NBA G-league games). MLB could be a growing sport if they gave the masses an easy, convenient and free opportunity to catch some games. Selling ad space should not be that difficult, certainly taking into account the regional sports network fiascos going on...
  14. Kripes - Brewers
    Enjoy your enthusiasm! You make it sounds like we've got the minors packed with top-100 prospects, lol! I'll get my first chance this year to catch the T-rats tonight as long as the weather cooperates...
  15. Kripes - Brewers
    Nice to see that defense come through on a bullpen day. Good job inducing lots of ground balls yesterday to give them a chance. Ortiz is a defensive liability at 3rd to start the year (he's got the yips on throws to 1st), but his offense is ready to be in the lineup. It won't happen, but it'd be nice to see Adames move to 3rd, Ortiz to 2nd and Turang at short to see how that works. We can see how important defense is going to be to this team, as pitching is going to be a struggle the majority of the year. Bauers and Sanchez are just taking up roster spots at this point, so I'd rather see Ortiz DH if that's what's got to happen. Fun to watch so far!
  16. Kripes - Brewers
    I wouldn't mind a slightly shortened season, certainly to avoid the ridiculous opening days (weeks) in northern cities which are often rained out or experience poor weather conditions. However, moving it to Jackie Robinson Day would overshadow his day and the singular importance that it deserves.
  17. Kripes - Brewers
    Interesting analysis here, but my guess is that extended at bats by fouling off pitches skews the results. When you get a free-swinger guy like Frelick up there, it seems like he gets behind fairly often, and that can be ok if he's good at spoiling pitches. He does a good job of raising the pitch count and tiring out that pitcher. Problem is, you have to swing at anything close in order to foul it off and stay alive, thus artificially raising that O-swing. The O-swing looks good for now, which leads us to believe they've got a collective "good-eye" or at least a fair bit better than last year to this point. Arguably, leaving a full third of pitches in the zone go through for a strike seems like a lot of missed opportunities, and then it looks like they're whiffing on a full 20% that they do swing at. Plenty of room for improvement for sure. It would be fascinating to see these numbers when a player (Yelich or Adames for instance) in the midst of a hot streak versus when that same player is mired in a slump changes.
  18. Kripes - Brewers
    Looked like he was throwing BP last night. He'll get it figured out - it's still very, very early.
  19. Kripes - Brewers
    Fri-YAY!! Go Crew! Will be great to see how they match up against all that talent. Let's see what they've got.
  20. Kripes - Brewers
    Stats are interesting, but they don't tell the whole story. If you hadn't watched that game last night, you'd look at the box score and think Ashby and Ortiz had a rough game. Ashby did struggle, but the guy who lost that game last night was Hoskins. He had an atrocious night at 1B defensively. I'd have given him all of the errors and added one for alligator arming that shot along the line around the 4th inning that allowed runs too. All of those passed balls were catch-able - not perfect, but very catch-able. I can't recall seeing a pro play that poorly. It was brutal. This is a game, and it is meant to be fun for both the players and fans. If it helps you understand what's going on, good for you. Just remember to watch and enjoy what these athletes can do.
  21. Kripes - Brewers
    Pretty darn good effort so far from the Crew! Keeping a close eye on Turang, and so far he's exceeding my expectations. I'll be glad to eat crow if he can keep that OBP up there so his speed can do damage. 8 games in, 25ABs 3 walks, 7Ks, 7SBs, .360/.414/.854. The offense overall looks a bit healthier so far, although those strikeouts are mounting up quickly. Let's see if the pitchers can settle in a bit more against a couple of young and talented teams this week. Go Crew!
  22. Kripes - Brewers
    Seeing Willy up there with an above average number is surprising to me. I see him as a guy that goes into every at bat with a specific pitch he is looking for. I don't see him adjusting his approach based on his count, not working his counts - he didn't appear to care if there was an extreme shift when that was allowed and try to hit it to the open field, doesn't back off and look to make solid contact when he has 2 strikes, etc... He only appears to be looking for a ball in a certain zone that he can drive, and generally swings out of his shoes regardless. As you can tell, I'm not a fan of his more recent offensive approach. I think he was a better hitter early on, but became enamored with the HR once he started hitting them. Who can blame him, as he's about to be rewarded for those power numbers as he approaches free agency. He'd be better for our lineup if he'd learn to play the counts - all he has to do is watch Yeli, who I think is extremely good at that part of his game.
  23. Kripes - Brewers
    Fascinating question to ponder. I'd say it seems he's using his gut. We have no real way of knowing how much input he has into setting the opening day roster, for example. If he was using the eye test, Turang would not be starting at 2nd base, and Bauers would be on waivers. I'm guessing leadership has their hands in these decisions ie., Turang's draft stock, the fact that 2 players were traded to get Bauers, otherwise there are clearly other guys that would pass based on the eye test. He previously stated that he thought Turang was going to have a "quantum leap", which demonstrates more of a gut feel as well. He's been around a bit, so I figure I have to give him some rope - as long as he doesn't hang the team and the season with it...
  24. Kripes - Brewers
    I mean, between Bauers and Haase, it seems to me you'd have a better chance of passing a Bauers through waivers and keeping him in the sytem if Haase struggles for some reason. It bothers me that they'll make a decision to ride the hot hand during the season, but not to start the season. The odds would say you've seen what Bauers has to offer, so that combined with the reduced positional flexibility tells you it's time to cut bait bait there. You gambled with an early postseason move and it didn't work out. Either him or Sanchez needs to go.
  25. Kripes - Brewers
    Poor choice of wording on my part perhaps. I wasn't shocked by any of the numbers - certainly from the guys we watched in the big leagues from last year, nothing stands out. In that respect, Frelick continues to give us a glimpse at the on base machine he could turn out to be. Turang's numbers continue to suggest he could be just as frustrating this year as last with the bat. Tiny sample from spring training, fwiw.
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