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Umm.. Jackson Chourio... It's like the old Mitch Hedwig joke about doing drugs. Jackson Chourio used to chase pitches. He still chases pitches, but he used to chase them too.
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Interesting. I'd seen a bunch of scoops of late, and I thought Vaughn had improved to an above average first basemen. With Yeli scuffling, why not platoon Vaughn and Yeli at DH and have Bauers full time at 1B? Bauers is pretty awful in the outfield, and yesterday's triple was an example. No way Lara lets him get to third on that. That improves us defensively at two positions.
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Joey O has been our best hitter in the second half, leading the team with a wRC+ of 184 since the All-Star break.
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Hitting Eephus pitches out of the park is apparently okay though. Lol.
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Brewers Staying Afloat Amid Tough Second-Half Schedule
keephopealive replied to Jack Stern's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Ripken's (and Gehrig's) streaks look more and more amazing as time passes. I always thought Favre's streak was infinitely more impressive, but there's are both amazing in their own rights. -
I fully expect Lara to have a crucial playoff home run, just like Frelick, Mitchell, and Chourio did.
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I basically agree with the last paragraph But I guess you also decide based on how Fischer and Burke finish the season and how the market for 1B looks. Burke and Vaughn have splits made for a platoon. Fischer and Bauers both seem platoon split. If we think Burke is ready for next year, hope to go into the season with Burke and Vaughn. Otherwise, Bauers may be good until Fischer is ready. But if the market is strong, I think giving Bauers the QO, and getting the pick if he leaves is smart. We're probably seeing peak Bauers, and the young guys are close the Show.
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Lol. Your precision impresses me, wiguy. You'd make a good academic. That's of course correct. I'm making a reference to the old adage that people would cheer their teammates on with, but I'm also saying that a walk is not as good as an extra base hit no matter what the situation, and Burke is the kind of guy who gives us extra bases.
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According to Foolish Bailey, it seems we could use more hackers come playoff time. I actually don't buy that. Aggressive is fine, for a guy whose hits are definitely not the kind where "a walk is as good as a hit", but commanding the zone is important for those guys to. To me, what Foolish Bailey showed is that we aren't high on talent, but we maximize it, so what he's saying is that we could use a little more talent in the playoffs. Anyone who has been a Brewers' fan over the last 8 years agrees with that!
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This article already needs a thorough update. Sadly.
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Then you have Logan Henderson against either Ohtani or Snell. Neither guy is pitching now, but the Dodgers seem to know how to have guys healthy for October. Henderson is great, but both Ohtani and Snell can be absolute beasts. But honestly, Henderson can hang. He's got a better K% and BB%, and his xERA and xBA are right there too. Big question is whether the young guys keep it together for the playoffs. Last year, the young guys, Chourio, Mis, and Patrick were better than the vets like Yelich and Freddy. Sometimes it's better not to fully realize the magnitude of everything and play with nothing to lose.
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Boy, this is some insight about how Murphy is playing chess, while the typical manager is playing checkers.
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@Jake McKibbin I meant no insult. I also DID read the article and appreciate the work. But I have difficulty sifting through everything - it's a statement on me, rather than you - which is why I fed it into Claude (twice!).
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I gave the article to Claude, asking for a tl;dr, and then gave that summary back to Claude for another tl;dr. This is what came out:
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Kind of strange timing for this article. He's had just a .701 OPS this month. (I guess he was even worse last July in Carolina with a .633 OPS before being promoted to the Timber Rattlers in August and eventually Biloxi in September. His best month at Biloxi was April. Maybe it's time to promote the kid to Nashville and motivate him... )
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It wasn't the pitching that petered out last year in the playoffs. It was the offense. A 3.71 ERA against the Dodgers isn't horrible. Scoring one run in each game doomed us.
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And just like that he launches a homer, almost hit another, and in the 9th came close to driving in some runs.
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I like Yelich as a clubhouse presence. Given his performance this year, and his track record in October, I wouldn't want to see him getting ABs in the playoffs unless he somehow finds his stroke the rest of the season.
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I mean they can put him on the 40-man without calling him up and get the best of both worlds. It obviously costs them a 40-man roster spot and I guess an option year? You're the expert on this stuff, not me.
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if he signs a extension, we might see him in 2027. Otherwise, I doubt it. That's the nice little incentive we have for getting guys to sign team-friendly extensions: it's a fast track to the bigs.
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I wondered about Mitchell as well as Frelick. He's been a much better player this year, and really any time he's been on the field consistently. but he's also almost two years older and his trade value must still be hampered by his health hanging over him. Anyone trading pitching at this point is looking for young talent going forward presumably.
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Tough for a guy like me to make much of these differences. It's like doing the difference in teh picture from Highlights or the back of the cereal box when I as a kid. It would make it easier, if there was a way to superimpose the two pictures.
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Desperately Seeking Andrew Fischer Comps
keephopealive replied to Steven Jewell's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
I mentioned this over at BCB. If Fischer were to play 162 games at his current rate, He'd hit 66 HRs and strike out over 240 times. The former would be a record for non-proven-PED seasons, but the latter would also be a record. I gave the Schwarber comparison, but also mentioned past Brewers like Gorman Thomas and Rob Deer. Both HRs and Ks are much more common now than they were 40 years ago, so numbers don't match up. I also mentioned that his K/HR and BB/K ratio are comparable to Aaron Judge, and he's actually ahead of where Judge was at a similar age in the minors, both in performance and level. -
I'd rather add a bat at 3B or in the OF.
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Eddie Money gets love but no mention of Don?! The Money brothers, Eddie and Don, dominated the late 70s and early 80s. But both were out of the spotlight by the mid-90s, when Vince Vaughn would bring the expression, "You are so Money!" to the mainstream in Swingers. Don was two years older, and their careers reflected that. By the time Eddie hit he charts with "Two Tickets to Paradise" in 1977, Don was already on his way to his third all-star game, hitting 25 HRs for our team. The next year he'd make 4 AS games in 5 years at 3rd base for the Crew. When Eddie was in full swing with the hit, "I think I'm in Love", we were having the same thoughts about the 1982 Brewers, where Don was now DHing and letting Molly cover the hot corner. Eddie was still churning out hits in 1987 and 1988, claiming "I wanna go back... cause I'm feeling so much older" and dreaming "If I could Walking on Water", Don was indeed so much older and well beyond such dreams. He was already retired for a few years and coaching A Ball. In 2005, Don was inducted into the Brewers Walk of Fame, while Eddie would have to wait til 2008 to be inducted to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Sadly, Eddie left us a few years back, but Don is still alive. They were of course, not actual brothers. In fact, Eddie's birth name was not even Money, but Mahoney, but why let that ruin a good story?
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