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Counsell: 'Ok, Perez at 2. Is that better?'
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[attachment=0]IMG_20170827_123148.jpg[/attachment] Statement from the Brewers. I am trying not to read too much into this but really hoping the fact that he has made it so far is a sign that he is going to survive this. Commotio Cordis is most likely the condition that he suffered. It is extremely serious and often fatal, but surviveable. It usually comes down to whether or not CPR and the defribberlator were administered in time. Every second is critical.
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Looking at our pitching prospects in our top 30 overall, it's interesting to see that many of them are now in the upper levels (Woodruff, Burnes, Peralta, Ponce, Ortiz, etc). Likely you can add Bickford to that list next year, and this isn't even counting guys like Bubba Derby who you may not really know what you have there at all, or high upside arms outside the Top 30 like Taylor Williams. Certainly this isn't to say the lower levels are barren of pitching depth -- there's still a lot to like with Medeiros, Supak, Pennington, Diplan, and others. Has pitching become our organizational strength in the farm? Early MLB returns on Hader and Woodruff have certainly been good, just in different ways. Of course, part of the reason it may have become our strength is the inverse; the bats, by and large the high ceiling ones in Carolina, have been largely disappointing, but also much of it is because the pitching in the minors has been as good as hoped. One very encouraging aspect to acknowledge is that the arms that have made the tough jump from A+ to AA, like Burnes and Peralta, have so far done so with great success. If there's a criticism of our farm arms, it isn't the depth, but it may be the lack of a TOR upside starter -- or if there is one, it doesn't appear to be known yet. The only current one who really fits that bill as far as upside is Hader, but he's got as good of a chance to wind up in the pen as he does even being in the rotation at all.
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Well they didn't get swept and at least won 4 on the WC trip. No help tonight unfortunately.
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August 12th against the Reds. Before that it was July 22nd against the Phillies. Before that it was July 14th against the Phillies. Interesting that 7 of his 13 home runs this year have come against the Phillies or Reds. While Braun needs to do a better job with RISP, adambr2 is overreacting a bit here. He hit 30 a year ago. 25 a year before that. Is he in a slump at the moment? Sure. But just a week ago many places reported how he had his highest hit velocity and line drive rate of his career and was just in a bad luck streak. He still is a very special hitter. Unfortunately this season hasn't been of all much luck to him. Hopefully that turns around down the stretch. Not really. His BABIP is .305 which is a little low but not ridiculously off his career norms, which at this point in his career are likely going to trend to the lower side. There's a reason, actually a lot of reasons there wasn't trade interest in him this year. He's been hitting the ball hard at times in this stretch and popping up at others. 15-20 HR and 110-120 games definitely seems about right this year. I guess 'special hitter' depends on your definition but I don't look at him as one of the elites in MLB anymore.
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It's hilarious that MLB umpires claim that pitch framing doesn't fool them at that level.
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What a terrible gift call for Swarzak.
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I'm really trying hard to recall without looking it up when the last time Braun went yard was. Dude is still a good player, but he's no longer a special one. He looks basically like a .270 hitter who will give you a .850 OPS and 15-20 HR in 110-120 games. I guess if there's a silver lining he's stayed generally healthy since he came back from the DL. Just give us decent numbers and 120 games a year the next 3 years and I'll be happy. It appears the point of him drawing any real trade interest has come and gone.
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Better hold onto this one. Literally not one single other game in baseball tonight that was a favorable result for us.
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Runs!
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Would it kill these guys to take a 3-1 pitch? Especially one that isn't even a strike?
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I just honestly want to know what Counsell was thinking. Did he expect Perez to magically morph into a patient table setter simply by being put in the leadoff spot?
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Things you can do to try to 'make things happen' that are better options than having Perez lead off. 1) Bat the pitcher 8th. 2) Lead off Braun 3) Lead off Broxton 4) Lead off Shaw 5) Lead off Arcia 6) Start Aguilar and lead him off 7) Have Chase Anderson come into the on-deck circle when Braun is supposed to be on deck to intimidate the pitcher 8) Suicide squeeze 9) If a batter comes up with a runner on 3rd and 1 out, have him get down on all fours and start barking like a dog to see if you can sneak in the runner from 3rd in the confusion . 10) Bat Arcia cleanup This list is not fully inclusive. Basically, anything besides batting Davies top 5.
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If Perez gets 5 at-bats tonight, what's the over/under on number of pitches he sees all night? I'm setting it at 12. Well he's on pace for 10 after his first AB.
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I didn't want us to keep Espino around here, but I am happy for him that he was able to latch onto a 40 spot elsewhere. He's a nice story and I hope he has success there.
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1. CF Hernan Perez ® Did Counsell lose a bet with Dave Roberts or something?
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Because Brooks most likely isn't going to pitch at the MLB level anyway. Ventura and Wilkerson are already in our system. If you promote them to the 40 they have to stay there, unless you want to risk losing them.
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I'm sorry, but this is just silly. The Cubs won 103 games last year. They also won the World Series. By and large, they returned most of that team. Yeah, there's some weaknesses that are beginning to show, but for the most part, they're not a tremendously different team now, and they've also gone all in at the deadline to patch up what they need. Of course expectations for the Cubs are much different than the Brewers right now. For the most part, we have already surpassed both internal and external expectations for this season. Maybe they get hot in September and sneak into the playoffs, maybe they don't. At this point I would lean toward 'probably not,' but I'm not writing it off. But come on, barring some sort of crazy Miracle Mets type run, this isn't a World Series roster, especially in a season with such a dominant NL team. That's perfectly okay, and I don't know why it's become such a shameful thing to say. They're doing all the right things and ahead of schedule, despite what all the anti-rebuild people might say. The future is bright. Most recognize that. People aren't calling off the season. Obviously everyone is hoping for the miracle. You can want it to happen and not think it will happen and that doesn't make someone a lousy fan.
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Never Mind Pitching Maybe they need to target a Bat
adambr2 replied to brewmann04's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Who? They made their move for a bat by acquiring Walker. Brinson is out. Phillips will be up in a few days, maybe with some reinforcements. Beyond that , there isn't much they can do at this point. They will sink or swim with the guys that got them here. -
Standings following the Western road trip
adambr2 replied to Est1970's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Well the OP is looking right on the money on the Brewers, who likely won't do better than 4-5, and that's only if they can find a way to beat the Dodgers in the next 2 games. Luckily for them, the teams ahead of them aren't doing much better. Its a shame they've again went into an offensive funk with a chance to make up ground. -
I'm sure they will eventually, but it isn't going to be in August.
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At this point there's nothing wrong with pushing the permanent ETA for Brinson back to mid 2018. By all means listen to offers for Broxton but don't trade just to trade him.
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Why wouldnt they resign him? He isn't even eligible for Free Agency until after 2021. I can't imagine they would non tender him. I saw we signed a one year contract, that's all. It's a little more complicated than this, but to sum it up, MLB players are completely controlled by whatever team they are on until they have 6 years on an MLB roster. Their teams can pay them whatever they want to for their first 3 years, and the next 3 years the team and player attempt to agree on a number based on their production, and if they can't agree, they each submit a dollar amount and an arbitrator determines which number is fairest. Shaw only will have about 2 and a half years of MLB service time after this season, so he isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
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he's the only optioned infielder on the 40-man roster. as mentioned in this thread, that's a severe lack of depth. rivera's burning his final option this year, and the because the brewers have been inclined to carry a 13-man pitching staff for most of the season, there really hasn't been any room for a guy out of options to keep on the 25-man roster (i.e. ivan de jesus, jr.). thus, any other infielder in the brewers organization added to the 40-man roster would most likely have be optioned, and if spending more than 20 days optioned, would burn that option. no reason to swap another guy now for yadiel rivera (although at this point, the brewers could outright rivera today, add dubon to the 40-man, option him, and recall dubon in september--well before the 20 days are up). I've mentioned this in other threads but in my opinion, once you get that far down on the 40 and to that level of quality, depth is almost totally meaningless, and in most cases simply a matter of circumstance and subjectivity. Every team has depth at that level. It's simply in their minor league system or on the waiver wire . Basically what I mean by that is, Rivera could be DFAed for a pitcher, or whoever, and if they ran into problems in the infield they could easily promote DeJesus, Orf, or Dubon. Or if they preferred they could scan the waiver wire for the Nick Franklins types out there (Trevor Plouffe is currently available, for instance). All of these guys could be on the 40 today and it would really would make no difference between them or Rivera.
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Couldn't Brinson be placed on the 60 day DL to free up a spot on the 40? He's unlikely to return this season anyway.