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The consistency of Hernan Perez
istanbultaye replied to Matt Breen's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I feel like the last guy the Brewers had who was so successful in a "play him anywhere" role was Bill Hall. Obviously, Bill had a couple monster seasons, that Perez probably doesn't have in him, but since the defensive edge swings to Perez, for a more true bench role, Perez' consistent averageness, is pretty nice. -
2018 Standings and Playoff Race Discussion
istanbultaye replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
They picked up Soria, and already have a rotation at the bottom end of the pen for soaking up innings. Soria is probably as good or better than Chavez or Kintzler, and the current AAA/MLB end of the pen rotation is probably better than JDLR. -
The consistency of Hernan Perez
istanbultaye replied to Matt Breen's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Hernan is definitely a nice bench piece. Solid D pretty much anywhere you put him (maaaaybe not CF), and enough of a bat that spot starts a couple times a week and pinch hitting isn't going to kill the offense. If his arby raises don't go completely nuts, it will be nice having him there for 2 more years. -
Buncha lefties. Playing matchups. I actually wish Counsell would do this more often with Jennings and Hader, instead of leaving them out there for extended outings. Definitely was a really good place for Jennings. Hader is so good against everyone, that I wouldn't worry about matchups as much as I'd put him against the top/middle of the lineup most of the times out.
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This is a strawman argument. I've come around to the idea that is Santana had any value, he would have been dealt by now. The fact that he is still kicking around the Brewers system (unceremoniously) tells me that the rest of MLB sees his numbers last year as an aberration. My thought is that a team that kicked the tires on him last year, but their package wasn't what Stearns was looking for, might offer a similar package again, under the assumption that he will bounce back, and that Stearns would be more likely to accept what last year he might have considered a lowball offer.
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As others have noted, Arcia has a reverse split for his career, and even worse this year. Meanwhile, Perez has a normal platoon split (i.e. good against lefties), so I don't think it's that hard to understand why he would be starting over Arcia I'm not sure what you even mean by "Schoop and Moose and Shaw goal line package". Shaw is starting 3rd base, and has had a little more success against lefties recently, though I could understand if you preferred Moose at 3b today since his split is a little less severe? If Perez is starting at SS, and Shaw is at 3b, that leaves Schoop for 2b. Since he's batting 7th, not sure what the complaint would be with that.
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To be slightly fair to CC, at the time of the trade, Schoop was on a big hot streak with a bunch of homers, so one can understand giving him a shot at cleanup for the first couple games. But, I do agree that it would have made sense to move him further down sooner than what happened, with his slow start with the Brewers. I will say that I am one who wishes they'd have been able to find a 2b who has a bit more OBP prowess, but the team can get away with it down in the order. He is still a clear upgrade over what they've had at 2b the last 2 years, so you're not going to find me complaining a lot about this trade.
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If the rest of the team goes 0-fer, there's no way cain/yelich will have more than 4 plate appearances each, unless you're predicting extra innings :O
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I think it's almost a guarantee that a 3rd catcher will be a September call up, just to protect against the rare chance that you use a backup catcher and then have an injury and have to put Hernan Perez behind the plate.
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Sounds like a Suter replacement then!
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I think that it makes spray hitters along the lines of Cain and Yelich more valuable, since they actually hit well to all fields, as opposed to just making contact to all fields. Guys who can barely hit it out of the infield like Sogard are still going to be AAAA players even if they don't have a predominant field in their spray chart.
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He has a guaranteed contract for next year so don't know if they would do that. Now if Albers still isn't healthy then that is a different story and they should go after Kelley. If he cleared waivers and is a free agent, can't the team signing the player sign him at major league minimum and the Nats would still be responsible for the pro-rated portion of the contract minus league minimum?
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Not really sure the best thread to put this in, but I'll put it here. This season has really opened my eyes to how much impact having an elite defense really does have on the success of a pitching staff. The Brewers have had some good defensive players in the past, but this is the first year they've ever had such a high quality defense all around, and it's made a big difference. Some of the free agent/trade target pitchers rumored in the offseason would look a lot better with the Brewer's D behind them, but on the other hand, they probably wouldn't have been much better than what we've gotten so far from the rotation. Regarding Miley, and any of the pitchers, I think the biggest takeaway so far this year is that, although extremist viewpoints might allow for some flashy posts, either side of the argument is going to likely end up looking foolish. Miley was considered by many as being not able to even pitch any quality innings for the Brewers, but likewise, outside of the optimism thread, just because he's had some good results so far doesn't mean we should be anointing him for the injury plagued version of the cy young award either.
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Unless I’m missing something, the Brewers have lost their last 8 road getaway games. That sounds like we're due.... we're also due to hit the ball for a couple weeks at some point this season, correct? Even the worst teams have hot streaks at the plate. Outside of a two or three high scoring games I can't remember a week when we scored between 5-10/game. Jesus seems to be the only player to have a torrid stretch too. Yelich just had a 15 game hitting streak in which he apparently batted nearly .500, but yeah, I'm not sure of anyone else who's been just outrageous for more than a week. Lorenzo Cain has been really smooth/consistent though, which I've really enjoyed.
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They probably can't have the games any earlier than this. As it is, based on how the broadcasts (both TV & Radio) go on about the late arriving crowds, won't the crowd not show up until the 8th or 9th inning?
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Seems to be attribution of performances of the defense. Looking at BR, Jake has a -.69, and Chacin has a .8 for the team's defensive adjustment.
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Regarding Aguilar, it just seems like he's getting fooled by breaking balls a lot right now for whatever reason. It's probably inside his head a bit right now - ex. his 2nd AB last night I think it was, he was thrown nothing but curveballs, and he swung at every single one of them. They were close to the zone for the first 4-5 of them so he was able to foul them off, but then there was finally one off the plate enough that he couldn't clip it. (I could have the sequence off a little bit, but it was pretty close to that)
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40-man roster discussion (part 2)
istanbultaye replied to djoctagone's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
With the season he's having this year I highly doubt he will get a significant raise, if any raise at all. Agreed it would be a small increase but i thought the rule of thumb is arbitration always goes up at least 15-20% each year and never down? Eitherway, someone noticed he will be able to reject any option so thankfully this scenario can’t be played out. I could be wrong, but I believe the % rule is that a person's salary can't go down more than 20% in arbitration. -
I doubt he could make it from NY stadium to LA stadium in only 6 hours. If he was able to get on a plane direct to LA right now, it's a 6+ hour flight, and then probably another hour just to get to the stadium, so a miniscule chance he could be a late inning PH?
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Miller DFA’d, Albers reinstated from DL, Broxton optioned
istanbultaye replied to And That's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Good luck to Miller. It was a nice try, but unfortunately, his defense ended up being almost as bad as some feared, and his offense was worse than expected, so it wasn't worth the trade off. -
With how prevalent shifting is on the infield, even to the point of swapping infielders completely for certain batters and pitch counts, has any team done the same in the outfield yet? By this, I mean actually swapping LF/RF for hitters that rarely hit to one field or the other. I'm not sure if we're at the point that it would be worth doing that with Thames, but with the defense as is, our main holes are looking to be at 2B and RF, if Shaw playing 2b holds up. Thames is certainly the weakest defensive OF we are using right now, and several of our pitchers are fly ball pitchers, so it seems like it could be worth a couple outs a week to swap LF/RF against certain hitters. But, maybe all the jogging back and forth, and time delay wouldn't be worth it.
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Cardinals Release Greg Holland
istanbultaye replied to ThisIsMyCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I read it as adding to the list of players some people desired that have not had very good seasons so far. -
It would of course depend on what we get back for Shaw in such a trade, but it would need to be pretty good for me to not be disappointed with swapping Shaw for a (1.5 years) older, less controlled, worse OBP Moustakas at 3b.
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I think the answer to whether they skip the 5th rotation spot whenever possible the rest of the way depends on who we have for the rotation and the production of that 5th starter. If the worst starter left in the rotation is clearly significantly worse than the other four, and/or they somehow pick up a real stud SP who you want every 5 days regardless of off days, then yeah, they'll be skipping #5 regularly. If they don't get a stud and everyone is kind of in the same 3.7-4.2 ERA range, they probably stick with 5 and give people the extra day to stay fresh.
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I would imagine that, other than shifts for right handed pull hitters, Arcia would be taking the throw on SB attempts, and more balls hit up the middle Arcia will be taking the ball to the bag himself limiting some of the DP turns as well. So having Arcia does help cover some of those areas that Shaw would likely struggle with. Range will definitely be an issue, but I think he will probably not be so egregiously bad that it will completely outweigh the offensive increase. That said, I'm not a big fan of the move, since a lot of the offensive improvement is negated by defensive decline, so it doesn't seem like it will be a noticeable change by itself in terms of wins and losses. But, with 77 hours left on the Trade Deadline, it will be interesting to see what else may happen that would turn this into a big win if/when other moving parts come to light.