Mona wasn't seeing it. Even Turang just about bailed out of the box on the 1st pitch of his at bat on a curve that nearly caught the zone. They just weren't picking it up off Saalfrank at all.
I'd be ok with that. Even with his defense taking a small step back this year he's pretty valuable and while he's not going to have a lot of months like he's had this August the power isn't going anywhere.
I suspect this is correct. I was interested to see what they'd do with him in this stretch of 19 games in 18 days but they apparently concluded they couldn't artificially limit his innings/pitches to save his arm.
I do think they'll take him out of the rotation at some point if they can rather than turn him into an opener. How he'll transition to bullpen work is above my paygrade. But I just don't see them leaving him in the rotation for 5 or 6 more starts and then possibly in the playoffs. We'll see I guess.
No idea why two Brewers fans are arguing on a Brewers fan gamethread when the Brewers are up 6-0. I get why people get tense when they aren't playing well. But not now! Eat drink and be merry, ya filthy animals!