adambr2
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Boy we were desperate for a 6 IP 1 run game from a starter and Davies delivered. Nicely done.
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Come on Davies. Getting yourself back in trouble.
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Ugh.
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Wow got out of it!
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Surprised Darvish even took the bat off his shoulders once much less 3 hacks at it.
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If there were 2 out it would be a no-brainer. 1 out . ..eh. You've still got to deal with the leadoff guy with the bases loaded, asking for a big inning if something goes wrong.
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Looked like it to me too. But "looks like" isn't enough to overturn a call, or at least it's not supposed to be.
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Not conclusive, Joey boy.
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Well, Davies' great start going to crap in a hurry against the bottom of the order. Would be nice just to get out of this inning tied.
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Yet some people want Braun every single day at 1st and Thames just riding the pine for some reason. Stay hot Thames. If you've watched him this year he's actually been really unlucky so far too. Ridiculously low BABIP.
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That doesn't make any sense. Weren't Houser and Williams in the same boat: neither one down 10 days, but either one could have been recalled because they were replacing an injured player? Or was Houser's option on an earlier date? Houser replaced injured Knebel, so he was not subject to the 10 day rule. I think.
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They wouldn’t dare, would they? I’d love it. Me too. But I'm betting they play it "safe" and roll with Junior.
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Wednesday would be Freddy Peralta's regular start day, and he's already on the 40...just saying. Much more likely I would guess that Houser goes back down on Wednesday and Guerra is called up, it would also be his day.
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Again, Braun's playing time is not an issue. Braun is on pace to start 122 games. You're trading the RHP strong part of your 1B platoon and replacing it with two bats that both excel against LHP and make no sense as platoon mates at 1st. For another piece to add to the deepest part of our roster and system, the pen. This does not make us better. Nor is there a needle moving reliever out there available for Thames. All signs from what occurred in free agency and who is available for 1B indicate a very weak 1B trade market. Thames has more value to us as a 1B platoon bat than he does in a trade or it would have been done in the off-season.
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Thames is not at all comparable to Broxton. Thames does strike out too much, but not nearly as much as Keon. The big difference is that Thames is much better at getting on base which is why he's been leadoff several times. Thames reaches base about 38% of the time vs. RHP, which is why he is platooned. Thames is fine as a platoon player. I would put my money on Thames having better numbers against RHP than Braun this year, especially if you're going to try to milk 140 games out of Braun I don't understand the aversion to platoons. It's about using your personnel as efficiently as possible. The days of 155-160 start players are pretty much over with few exceptions.
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There was never going to be a consistent lineup this year with the roster construction and we all knew that. Thames at 1st against RHP is not a problem at all and he does not deserve to be the odd man out nor should Braun be starting at 1st everyday against RHP. Yes Thames is streaky but he put up a .918 OPS against RHP and you cannot ask for more than that. He's looked much better than Braun at the plate to start the season, frankly. There's absolutely no reason he shouldn't always start at 1st against righties any less than Braun should always start at 1st against lefties, at least right now. People want to try to continue to find a way to force Braun into the lineup 90% of the time which is puzzling to me because it will not end well as he will not hold up at that rate over the span of 162 games particularly playing multiple positions. He has started 75% of the games played and if that rate holds up for the season he would have 122 starts by season's end. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that number especially if if means 122 healthy starts. If people want to argue that the current roster construction is inefficient I can understand that but there is nothing wrong with the way Counsell has managed the individual playing time.
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I guess I don't know how this ever got started and why it keeps getting repeated because it just isn't and was never true. Phillips was a top 50 or so prospect and definitely the crown jewel of the trade. No argument there, but Santana wasn't really much behind. Very young MLB ready bat who was a top 100 prospect in his own right. And Hader wasn't that far behind as a top 10 organizational prospect in a very loaded Astros system. Houser wasn't even closely regarded to those three. If you don't want to call him a throw-in, that's fine, but if there was one in this trade he was definitely it. He had upside, but didn't sniff the Astros prospects lists at the time. He was a very low top 30 in ours post-2015 season, pre surgery. Not saying he can't end up being a huge piece and surpass what expectations were at the time. But there's no doubt he was the 4th most valued piece of the Gomez/Fiers trade at the time it was made. https://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/7/30/9076935/milwaukee-brewers-net-huge-return-in-carlos-gomez-trade
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Also thoroughly enjoyed seeing Albers sit Schwarber down and frustrate the crap out of him. Albers was pumped. Really just one mistake from Jeffress otherwise the pen was great again.
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WTG Orlando!!
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Squeeze?
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Come on!! Finish this!!
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That first pitch to Santana was a hanger that had walkoff written all over it.
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I'm sort of curious to see whether Counsell would dare trust Houser before Drake. I'm guessing no. If Drake has to face Bryant, it's over.
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Had our one good offensive inning, now back into hibernation.
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Braun looks like a flipping rookie at the plate tonight. Just terrible.