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Link Report for Games of Thursday 7/14
And That replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Green has been doing that off and on for awhile now. That was his 18th game there. -
Manzanillo isn't one of the Brewers' top prospects (at least so far as I consider them) and is definitely a "non-zero" that Keith Law was referring to. Also might be someone the Mets might want to follow, as he's popped up out of nowhere this year. I'm not saying I'm certain it's him, but I wouldn't rule him out at all.
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With the new information about trading a guy with major league experience, I'll amend my guess to McClendon and Manzanillo.
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Just saw a blurb on MLB Trade Rumors that the A's are willing to "listen" on Josh Willingham. He's having a bit of an off year, but he has solid power, usually hits LHP very well, and is probably going to be a Type B free agent after the season, if draft pick compensation remains intact. He's not a guy you'd send up to the plate in a contact hitting situation or send into the outfield as a defensive specialist, but the Brewers lack power, and he's a power guy. The problem being that about the only guys on the roster he'd replace right now would be Mark Kotsay and Josh Wilson and the Brewers seem to value both of them.
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Well, he no-used himself into a good 33 innings last year. I'm guessing he's having continued sleep or something else-related struggles off the field. His FB velocity is way down from where it should be. It's only off on average 1.7 MPH (93.1 to 91.4) from last year, but he was regularly sitting at 93-95 in the minors a few years ago. His slider also hasn't been nearly as sharp this year as it was last year and before. There's something going on. I hope it isn't his arm, and I hope whatever it is, they get it squared away, for next year at least.
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Link Report for Games of Thursday 7/14
And That replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
He was lifted for a pinch hitter when the Sounds loaded the bases w/two outs in the bottom of the 4th. The score was 0-0, so I guess they thought they needed the chance at runs. -
D'oh! Thanks for noticing that and for the kind words.
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Well, I asked Cot's creator Jeff Euston about the rule: To which he answered: There you go.
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McClendon, Dillard, Nieves, Rivera, Almonte, Boggs, Stetter (injured, but rehabbing), DiFelice (injured), Kintzler (injured) and Green (I don't think you want him back) have all also been up with the Brewers this year. Parra (injured), Maysonet, Carroll, Brown, de la Cruz, Narron (like 5 years ago), Butler, Wright (injured) and James have been in the big leagues, just not this year. Not all of them have been "reasonably successful" but I guess it depends on your definition. Edit: Oh, and welcome. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
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According to Ken Rosenthal, the Brewers will get about $6 million from the Mets - they'll just about split the remainder of his salary this year and the Mets will pick up the $3.5 million buyout.
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I interviewed Jimmy Nelson the other day. Read about it.
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Thank you for posting this. Should also note that the talent level in the bullpen would seem to indicate that they could improve going forward. The talent level at shortstop would certainly not lend itself to much improvement and third base isn't much better than that.
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I disagree, and I've watched this team plenty. I get that the bullpen has blown some games, but the problems at SS and 3B have been a long, slow death. Maybe not as apparent in any certain game, but over the course of the season, those two positions will be far more disastrous (IMO) than the bullpen.
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Oh, no doubt. But you usually need to able to pitch and hit well to win a lot of games. The 30ish inning that Loe will pitch the rest of the year aren't as close to important as the 500+ PAs between SS and 3B. In this case, replacing the offense is a much easier route to making the team better. Adding K-Rod is maybe worth one marginal win. Replacing Yuni with even a replacement level guy is worth one win.
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Given that teams, on average, score more than zero runs per game I don't think that's true in the slightest. I think it's very difficult to not give up runs.
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The offense scores runs so that the pitching can afford to give runs up. See what I did there?
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Betancourt's WAR is indeed -0.8. Brewers SSs are -0.6 overall, 2nd worst in MLB. The Brewers' bullpen WAR is 1.4, which is 13th best in MLB. (Loe's WAR in +0.4, if you want to compare him to Betancourt.) The Brewers' team WAR at 3B is -0.3, 5th worst in baseball. It would be fair to say, to me, that SS or 3B are both much more pressing issues than the bullpen.
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I'm hearing crickets, because that isn't happening. I'd guess two guys along the lines of Chris Dennis and Dan Merklinger.
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Just bought two TIX to Portishead . . . .
And That replied to EdgarDiazRocks's topic in Off-Topic Forum
I hate you now, and will send hate mail to the address in the picture. -
That comes much closer to describing the economics of a free market economy than scalping.
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According to the Baseball America draft database, the Brewers have signed their 27th round pick, RHP Chad Thompson. He received a $100K signing bonus, the same as the bonus the Brewers gave their 7th and 9th round picks this year.
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Not only not literally, but not at all. They are merely setting dynamic prices to (hopefully) maximize revenue. That's not scalping - that's revenue optimization. Scalping is re-selling. There's no re-selling going on here. I bought an air filter from Amazon a few weeks ago. A couple days later I noticed the price of the air filter had dropped about 10 cents. Did Amazon scalp their own air filter?
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They're not scalping their own tickets. The Brewers are the market maker in Brewers ticket prices and the tickets are being sold in the primary market. There's no third party/secondary market stuff going on here. You can't scalp your own tickets when you're selling them in the first place. They are setting a price, and it's a price that happens to move. That's all.
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- Good to very good power. - A free/aggressive swinger. Decent eye at the plate, so the ability to take more walks is there. But will he ever be more patient? - Will hit for decent average, but is probably not a .297-type hitter with regularity at the big league level. - Defense is a work in progress. Won't be better than average at best. I'm not sold on him personally, but if you believe in his power, he has the chance to be a decent big league 1B.
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A combination of poorly and/or day of the week and/or weather and/or pitching matchup and/or opponent, but yes, tickets will definitely be sold below face value. Dynamic pricing tends to reward people that buy well in advance. By waiting to buy closer to game day, you're taking a risk that the ticket prices will drop because the Brewers will be playing crapily (and why would you want to see them then anyway?), Dave Bush will be signed and starting that day, or something else. Of course, the Brewers also win because they get your money earlier. The more tickets they sell in advance, the more money they make (at least, theoretically). It also provides a chance to get really cheap tickets very close to the game. It's a good pricing model that many online businesses have had great success with. It remains to be seen how popular it will be with the fan base, though, as people will have concerns about when to buy tickets, how they might be getting ripped off, etc.
