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I don't think the weakness at 2b is nearly as critical as the uncertainty in the pitching staff. Sure, it would be nice to have one more fairly consistent, good OBP guy in the lineup, but the offense really does not look to be a problem for the Brewers this year, so not really a big deal to me. Even the pitching I don't think is as dire a situation as is made out to be, as I'm quite confident that the bullpen will be improved over last year, which should make up for a certain amount of possible regression from guys who had career years last year, so I'm not going to hold my breath on picking up Cobb at this point.

Based on the schedule, I would think they'd need one on April 7th, which would be the 9th game. I think I've seen others mention game 9 as well.

You provided statistical evidence of "anti-clutch", which coolhandluke121 is espousing.

Braun himself made some comments about not feeling comfortable. There can be a difference between how a player feels doing something and the results that they have been achieving in those few games. In the article on brewers.com, Counsell has said that he looks to be progressing well, for what it's worth.

Thames only led off the game in 16 games last year. Not sure that was as big a chunk as it might be made out to be. Granted, he did not do very well in those 16 PA, but that's a really small sample, and his leading off an inning line was pretty good, .257/.310/.543 in 113 PA. (not sure if leading off game is also included in leading off inning, I would imagine it is).

Why would you put yourself through the suffering of going out to read random fan hot takes on Twitter? There's a reason this is the only brewers fan hangout that I lurk in.

I would like to post an insightful and witty comment on the topic, but I'm fresh out.

Not saying he's for sure going to be solid going forward, but what I found in regards to his HR being closely tied to May/June extreme flyball rates on his 4-seam fastball that he never had before, and didn't have again the rest of the year has for the most part eased my concerns about his large FIP gap, if the Brewers did in fact end up signing him to a reasonable deal.

To try to figure out a little bit of his HR uptick, I have been checking out some pitch f/x and other info. By his game logs, it looks like he gave up most of his HR in May/June: April-4 May-6 June-9 July-2 August-3 September-3 His Pitch Fx showed that for April and May, he was throwing his 4 seam around 43% of the time, and his sinker around 35%. Then he started transitioning his pitch selection over the next couple months, and for the last 2 months, he was throwing his 4 seam only about 35% of the time and his sinker over 50% of the time. When we then check his ISO on those pitches, for April-June, his 4 seam ISO was over .240, but after that it dropped to about .120 for July-September. His sinker had an ISO of not much more than .100 on the season as a whole, but it did spike to .212 in June when he was giving up homers right and left, and to .164 in September, when he was potentially wearing down in his first year back. Of course, the interesting counter to the theory that he was wearing down was that his velocity was highest in September. His Pitch F/X velocity readings are only very slightly lower than this 2015 readings, and my understanding of the "higher velocity" readings in MLB was due to MLB switching from Pitch F/X to Statcast, so his Pitch FX readouts shouldn't be impacted by that change, *so I don't know that I buy into him losing a ton of velocity as being the reason for his HR troubles. If we look at his flyball rates by pitch in 2017, it was extremely inflated in May and June against his 4 seam, at 52% and 60%, in months where he was still pitching his 4 seam fastball over 40% of the time. Prior to 2016, he had a tendency to use his 4 seam 50% of the time or more, and his sinker about 30%. For 2017 it seems that he started relying on the sinker more, so it will be interesting to see what he does going forward.

I have the same thing now... But how do I actually get 100 MB/sec? Because when I do a speed test, I top out at 26 MB/sec. How old is your modem? If your modem is several years old it might not be able to handle the faster speeds. My legacy TWC plan recently increased by $5, so I made the switch over to the Spectrum plan as well. My speeds have gone from ~16mb to ~30mb. My modem is 5 years old, so I could probably get faster if I bought a new one, but for a single guy living alone, and no 4k streaming, 30mb is plenty for me (16 was honestly, but why pay the same for less). I might threaten or maybe even follow through with switching to AT&T for $40 a month for a year though, but do not really like AT&T just by reputation.

I remember when my dad and I went down to Milwaukee to catch the brewers for my birthday, I remember him hitting a double in front of us in the LF bleachers. Per game logs looks like it was in 2005. I don't remember him giving up 6 runs though... but that was 12 years ago, hehe.

Anyone playing MMOs at all? I've been playing Black Desert Online again after quitting it for 15 months. Haven't been able to find one that looks as good, and has as good gameplay as it does.

Has anyone asked him if he reads brewerfan.net? I remember finding out about this site when it was mentioned by Jim Powell back in the day.

I enjoyed Lucroy's playing days with the Brewers in the past, but I will pass on having him return. I don't see it as likely that he would hit significantly better than Pina, but I do see it as likely that he would perform noticeably worse defensively.

The Show is developed by a Sony development studio, which is why it's been PlayStation exclusive since the beginning.

How about free substitution and a 30 man roster? Then we can see the best 9 hitters against the best 8 defenders and pitcher?!

Might work if the arbitration contracts were still split contracts, at least for the first 3 years of it or something. So if they get called up, they'd still make a bit more in AAA than they did previously, but not the 5m if they aren't cracking it in the majors.

When I look at those pictures, I just see evidence that the protective netting really doesn't have a dramatic impact on a person's ability to view the action. If a person finds the protective netting to be outrageously distracting, I can only wonder how they handle a screen door.

If it has more/better antennas than the 300, you can probably squeeze some more range out of it. Unfortunately, majority of wireless routers don't publish any legit details on the strength of their transmitters in their marketing. I have a Linksys 5400 due to working at a certain electronics retailer and getting a special deal, and it does get down to the underground parking at my apartment, but it has 8 adjustable antennas...

I've never been a coach myself, but my thoughts would be that it would be best to coach up a player with the skillset they have in mind. Not every player is going to be successful trying for full power, and not every player is going to be successfully just searching for contact. Where I think a lot of coaches screw up is that they have their one and only TRUE method that they insist is right for everyone, and try to pigeonhole their players into doing that one method. If it's not working for a player, work with them and try something else.

It really is amazing the quality of WI broadcasters we have. Brewers Radio and TV, Badgers, Bucks, Packers all really good. Even the local HS sports radio guys in Appleton are solid when I tune in here and there (though definitely not in the same league). I agree with the points made that any broadcaster is going to have little things that might irk someone, especially after countless games of hearing them over and over. Really, everything is better in Wisconsin! Even the fan forums!

The stock market. With stocks, a stock has no real ongoing value to you until you sell it (the few that pay out a bit of dividends notwithstanding). With a player, you are getting value from their play on an ongoing basis, so the situation is significantly different.

Sorry, I didn't realize that you had the response too.

Yes, they both get credit for a steal, because the catcher can, and regularly does throw to 2nd chancing on the trail runner not getting as good a jump.

In the thread about Vogt being claimed, someone laid out that it was 2011, due to Lucroy being on the DL early in the season.