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Took Aldon Smith like 5 minutes to get in trouble after signing with Seattle. Now wanted for 2nd degree battery. Some guys will never get it.
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I dunno. He seemed to do just fine in '18. I think Hader will be Hader regardless of how he is used as a reliever as long as he's not abused.
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I liked Hader so much better before Counsell pigeonholed him as a one inning reliever.
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Love Travis, but come on man, take a rip. Can't be up there guessing 3 times in that situation.
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They seem comfortable putting Keston at 2B when they have a high strikeout starter on the mound. And they have 3 of those, so...
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So Garcia is getting about as unlucky as you can possibly get.
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Was it fair? Just listening on the radio and it sounded like the Pirates were griping about it.
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Not to take away from the injury comparison but the other difference between the two is that Trout makes Yelich look like Jace Peterson. That's not a knock on Yelich, Trout makes everyone look that way. Yelich has two seasons that even compare to what Trout has done for 9, Trout doesn't have down years. He is probably the best baseball talent that any of us will see in our lifetimes.
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Hmm Counsell letting Anderson pitch out of 1st and 2nd 0 outs. Anderson 7ip 1 R. Houser 4 1/3 1R 73pitches record for starters of 5IP giving up 1R or less in progress? Pulls him. This could be 10 Straight performances. My counter to that would be two things: 1) I would hope Counsell couldn't care less about some record of an arbitrary 5 innings and 1 run from a starter. 2) Houser simply isn't Anderson. Brett threw over 175 innings in his last full season and is accustomed to a full season workload. Houser barely cleared 111 in his longest season. I know there's a perception that Houser has been dealing this season, but in reality he's the same guy he's been as a starter. FIP is over 5 and he's sitting on a career high WHIP. Strikeouts are down, walks are up. Results will catch up with him sooner or later if he doesn't improve. Suter was a reasonable choice in the 5th yesterday given the situation and options. Just didn't get it done.
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Anderson really is like the perfect #5 for this team with the defense we have. Not that said defense has helped him out much tonight.
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Best 3B coach is the one you don't even notice.
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I like the improvement I'm seeing lately out of Urias. The numbers still aren't great but you can just kind of see things coming around for him.
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To be fair, they took that approach last year with guys like Sogard, and it was pretty much a failure. I mean, sort of, but some of those guys were signed even to start. And Miller is a far better hitter than Sogard ever has been.
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Weird move. I think we have plenty of mop up guys in the pen already.
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Someone like Brad Miller, who is not a fantastic player but can hit (103 career OPS+), and is versatile, got 3.5M in this market for 2021. Why don't we fill out our bench with players like that? Why does it always need to be someone named Scrappy Nostick in the lineup every day every time we have injuries?
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Must be fairly concerning with this move since it assures he now still won't be available for another entire week.
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I think the Yelich contract definitely has the potential to be a long-term concern. It isn't right now, but it could become one. To me, you could make a very convincing argument that the Brewers as a matter of general organizational philosophy should never pay any player more than 100 million or so in their career. Don't get too attached to your guys, always look ahead, always reload, try to sell at high points even if the decision is unpopular. Basically, the Rays model.
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Rasmussen most certainly did not pitch adequately Iast season. So far, he looks like Ray Black lite.
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I think the Bradley point is legitimate. They were aware Cain was returning and still had Garcia, Yelich, and Taylor. They obviously felt they could skimp on the pen and so far it just hasn't worked out at all. I can't really understand letting guys like Hand and Knebel fall by the wayside when you're willing to pony up 12M for an unnecessary luxury. I can understand the skeptic approach to Knebel this season but Knebel or no Knebel I was hoping they would make a bigger investment in the pen and they just kind of ignored it and loaded up on guys who are just guys. Any trade of Hader and we would bar none be looking at the worst bullpen in baseball. Our second best arm pen arm currently is either JP Feyereisen or a guy we just added after opening day to the 40. That's not good. We desperately need Williams to come back to form but regardless we still need help.
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I have no problem with the team taking a shot on a Ray Black. But the expectations for him were just unrealistic. Yeah, some guys just need a different voice. But most guys who spend 6 years with an organization known for developing pitching and still can't figure it out just are who they are and are not going to become shutdown pieces of an MLB bullpen.
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Rasmussen got his ERA under 15 today. So there's that.
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Hard to predict the Wahl and Topa injuries, followed by Williams seeming to be wrong on the mound. But that path not taken during the off-season sure looks good in hindsight right now. The fact that we are even talking about guys with the track records of Wahl and Topa as alternatives to Hand and Knebel is how drastically I think we seem to have overrated our own pen options heading into this season. It reminds me of the Ray Black hype when we acquired him. Topa and Wahl, even when 100% healthy, are great guys to take a shot on as your 6th or 7th guy in the pen and maybe have some upside and see what you get. If your plan for the pen is to count on these guys to be core pieces, you are probably going to end up disappointed.
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Just not our day today.
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Anyone caught "woooo" ing at the game should be immediately ejected and permanently banned from reentry.