istanbultaye
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He still touched 97 a couple times at least from what I recall. He ended the inning pretty strong. I just feel like the first couple batters really ambushed him while he was trying to get ahead and it worked out for them.
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Rockies Series - Keys / Observations
istanbultaye replied to fondybrewfan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
With reduced roster, I don't think they have quite the lee-way to do a 1 batter start, especially when their leadoff hitter, though good, isn't their most feared hitter. -
Just need to not run into outs at 2B. Luckily, Sedar only gets people gunned at 3B/home. /halfblue
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This year, especially when you also include the analytics/positioning, is likely the the best defense the Brewers have ever had. Counsell has done a good job of getting the top D in with a lead as well, when using lineups that compromise the D.
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Of the top contributors Yelich is the only one that could really be considered likely, but he's in a somewhat similar position to Braun in '11 (having a really good 6 year start to the career). Based on their age & performance this year, Hader would be the only other one that could be remotely thought of as maybe being a HoFer by the end of their playing days. He'd have to pull a Mariano Rivera and do what he did this year 15 more times though. Anyone else on the team making HoF would really not have much to do with their performance this season.
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Hader's pitch count was still <30 when he came out, wasn't it? He could probably be available for an inning on Wednesday if the situation was right.
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my only problem with starting hader or burnes is, I don't think you can cover 9 innings with just Jeffress, Hader & Burnes. After those guys, I'd choose Chacin or Miley as most likely to be able to give you 2-4 innings without being torched, which would really get us in the wheelhouse for using those guys a couple innings each and get through a game with 3 runs or less given up.
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If they did that, it would probably be done similar to when MP has been used for makeup games by other teams. They only open the lower level, and have reduced staff due to that.
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Especially if a few of those hits are xbh.
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Wouldn't "excepting" a job be when you have too many job offers on the table so you start declining some of them?
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It pleases me excessively to see someone use/spell this correctly!
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I don't think the Brewers would mind having a minor league team in Madison, just the question would be whether a satisfactory facility would be able to be arranged, and whether it's convenient enough within whichever minor league they would be in travel-wise. I'm guessing having your AAA/40 man roster shuffle ~ 1 hour away by drive (when both teams are home) would be pretty convenient with the shuffling the Brewers have been doing.
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2018 Standings and Playoff Race Discussion
istanbultaye replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think you make a good point, and there seems like there would be a tipping point of depth quality in the bullpen along with quality bench depth for pinch hitting that would determine whether it is a positive or a negative. In a 1 game playoff though, there are no guarantees, as even an ace can have an off day and get blown up in any given day. Having several different pitchers (opposing team can't get used to them), with good stuff going max effort for just a couple innings each probably is a slightly better route to go with. The Brewers are probably at the tipping point that it would be slightly better in a given day to keep hitters from seeing the same pitcher multiple times, and have de facto DH. That said, I think going with Chacin to start the game even if you use him for just a short start until at least the first PH chance, as I would trust him more than the B team, so that would give you a few less innings to cover with BP pitchers who aren't Burnes/Hader/Jeffress. With a short start he could be available for a Game 2 start in the next series as well possibly. -
Not a great year at AA, but he's only 22. Still plenty of time for all of the guys the Brewers sent them to help them out over the next several years.
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I'm a big fan of JJ, but with his 2 years of cost friendly team options the next 2 years, I can't imagine the Brewers would be highly motivated to do an extension. Maybe after next year, but the current options do take him through age 32 season, so any extension would be starting to be talking middle 30s which might be a turn off from the Brewers side in doing an extension, rather than just going year to year and then talking a 2-3 year contract once he's a FA again. Hader would be interesting, since he's going to be coming up for arbitration after 1 more year, and he's young so an extension to cover a year or 2 of FA would give some cost certainty and additional control for the Brewers, and guaranteed money for Josh in case of injury. Since he's already controlled for 4 more years, with his talent and youth, the motivation to get more control, it seems like an extension would probably be worth it even if he did deal with some injuries for parts of a couple of years in the contract.
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Postseason 25-Man Roster Prediction
istanbultaye replied to obobo55new's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Exactly. I too hope he's the 2018 version of Don Sutton, but I think there needs to be a little brake tapping on the ace savior talk. [sarcasm]Don Sutton has been pitching still? Maybe the Brewers should have just picked him up![/sarcasm] -
Cubs Friday (9/14) Start Pushed Back...
istanbultaye replied to Cool Hand Lucroy's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
No, but I will give in to Objectivity and say that the Cub's stretch is worse than the Brewer's stretch, and so far (in terms of wins/losses) they've handled it better than the Brewer's handled theirs. There is also the caveat that they get the expanded roster to cushion the blow a bit, but if they want to win games, they have to put their stars in, so it doesn't help as much as some might suggest. -
Even if he drops to regular 93-95, but just can pop it up to 97 when needing a K with runners on, his velo would be fine, when put together with the offspeed pitches and control he's shown most of this appearances so far.
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Of all the pitchers in baseball, the one I think is least unlikely to emerge as "the one true ace" for the Brewers in the next few years is Corbin Burnes, after seeing him pitch this year. He seems like he has stuff as good or better than Jimmy Nelson, while having control of it already.
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2018 Standings and Playoff Race Discussion
istanbultaye replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
[sarcasm]Get rid of extra innings and implement tie games in the regular season, and the group play. Then in the playoffs any game tied after 9 is decided with a home run derby![/sarcasm] -
I'm not a big proponent of "must win" terminology. It's significantly overused. However, though this game not a must win in terms of elimination or reducing our hopes to next to impossible in terms of division; this is definitely a stage in the season that the swing from winning or losing the game will make a big difference in our chances to to win the division, so I'm fine with this series/game being called must win for that.
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2018 Standings and Playoff Race Discussion
istanbultaye replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think I'd just go with expanding the wildcard play in to a 3 game series so that it's slightly less up to luck, but on the other hand that would but the wildcard winner in a bit more of a disadvantage from fatigue than they already have from 1 extra game. -
If a guy with a 95 career OPS+ outhits a guy with a 98 career OPS+ over the course of 100-150 plate appearances, no one is to blame. That is just baseball happening. Why are we trading for a player that is so similar in production then? I mean we gave up a decent prospect arm in the return. That's why people aren't liking the trade. I didn't really like it, but I'm not going to feel any worse about it due to Schoop's slow start. His recent play has been good to see, and hopefully he can keep it up.
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You're right! When Jesus hits rockets, it's an art.
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I don't see any reason to NOT play it at Miller Park if the Cubs want to send a little more revenue the Brewer's way. Plus if the game could get some walk up Brewer fans it would even up the crowd for the Nats a little compared to playing at Wrigley. It's kind of funny that Cubs fans/media would rather have another game at Miller Park rather than at their own "historic" (old) stadium though. That said, as was mentioned in another thread, the Brewers did have an away series converted to a home series with the Marlins in a prior year, so no one could really complain if the game got relocated to Wrigley.