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See, I saw this when he said it and I still don't understand what he's getting at with it. What's different about the composition of our pen from when Hader was going multiple innings aside from the names on the jerseys? He was using him for multiple innings when we had Hader/Knebel/Jeffrey's available for late innings, so it's not that we just have better options now.
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The Brewers seemed ahead of the curve with his past deployment and multi-inning usage. Obviously something has changed, it would be nice to know what specifically those reasons are. I hate to speculate but I wonder if an agent got in Hader’s ear about needing to close games to drive up his $ value come contract time. Hader doesn't have any say in the matter, I would hope. I mean he can have input but I would hope if he goes to Counsell and says "I want the 9th", that's not the end all be all.
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Nice inning for Phelps. I just hate seeing Hader used like a 1990s closer. It just seems like a waste of his talents.
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Borderline, but I wasn't surprised it was called. One of those that could have gone either way. Too close to take in that situation.
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Lol. Here we go again. Hope it works out better than yesterday.
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Gotta do better than that Hiura. Those are big insurance runs.
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same, I thought it was a kudos! Yep. It was. I thought that was obvious with the last line.
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You have 1 post. You have probably been lurking for awhile. You saw Sogard strike out and said, "I can't take it anymore. I have to create an account to tell people exactly what I think of Eric Sogard." I can dig it.
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Smoaked that one (ducks).
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I can't tell if Sogard lollipopped that return throw because he knew he had time or if that's just his normal throw.
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Sweet swing by Braun.
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We should probably keep that baseball.
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We played fairly well today outside of Middleton the first 3 (but yes, he was clutch in the 4th). Vuc played great. Give the Magic credit, they've fought hard with a big talent deficiency.
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Good thing games don't end after 3 quarters then. He's feeling it now. Wasn't saying they did and I'm sure you know that. He obviously needs to play at the AS level he's capable of and not the way he has in this series overall if the Bucks are to advance beyond this round.
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This went from 3 to 16 in almost no time.
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Middleton has completely turtled yet again. He is the only reason this Game 4 is close.
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Not only would Hader be the best available reliever on the market, he's also the best reliever in MLB full stop. He's also got 3 more years of control after this season, albeit more expensive control as he goes through the arbitration process. The cost is going to be high, but I think there is probably a team out there who would meet what the Brewers are asking for. I'm all for it if the asking price is met. The return needs to be huge, and the years of control should ensure that it is.
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Has anyone lost confidence in Stearns
adambr2 replied to brewers888's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Grisham may be sorely, sorely missed. It wasn't long ago when we had outstanding outfield depth on this team. Now the future of our outfield is Christian Yelich, ??, and ?? Don’t forget Braun. Ryan Braun. I don't know if I've ever seen a man-crush this big since Clancy and Suter.... -
Yeah, that's a good point the more I think about it. Plus if they feel that his veteran leadership is worth something around the clubhouse, they may put a value on that too. Seems to be something that we're missing a lot with Cain this year over just the numbers. From Braun's end I would guess if we're offering something like 1/4M and other team(s) are interested in him at 1/6 for example, he'd probably take the lesser amount to just stay here for one more year rather than finish somewhere new, but that's just my own guess.
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It is extremely disappointing to hear Counsell say something like that. In the past, he's had no hesitation to pull the trigger on asking for anywhere from 4 to 9 outs from Hader. Now he's seemingly transitioned to this Ned Yost/Ron Roenicke clone who is married to the antiquated concept of a guy for an inning. We had 4 outs to get, it was a 1 run game, it was a lefty/lefty marchup. You could make a strong case for Claudio in that AB let alone Hader just based on matchup. The Craig Counsell of 2018 and 2019 would have had Hader in to face Polanco, I have zero doubt. I don't know what the 2020 Counsell is doing.
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Not really, barely a month away. Given that the COVID situation hasn't really even improved much overall since March, I don't know how anyone can expect fans in baseball stadiums in a month. Even if you do, what are you going to be able to let in, 1,000 people? Is it really worth it for that? What the NFL intends to do right now is meaningless until they're able to successfully execute it. The NCAA went from a normal NCAA tournament to a fanless NCAA tournament to no tournament within a week. This is a fluid situation. Fans in baseball stadiums is probably a conversation best had for the 2021 season.
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Braun's as good as gone after 2020, barring intervention from Mark A. himself which would be a pretty inexcusable overstep. Only way I can see him sticking around is if we pay the buyout and then he wants to come back on like a 1 year/4M type deal. We don't have guys in the minors banging on the door to take over OF and 1B spots, so it's possible. But it's probably time to just move on.
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It's tough to go down this roster and find any guys on expiring contracts that would return anything at all. David Phelps might get you a lottery ticket type. That's about it.
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Absolutely agree. If we had a 2, 3 run margin heading into the 8th, I can see going to Phelps. But not with a 1 run lead, not when we're desperate for a win. Counsell got greedy, he wanted to save Hader for the 9th, he rolled the dice and it cost him dearly. I get that Phelps has been pretty good for us, but the treatment he's gotten is that of an elite setup man, and it's just puzzling. Phelps is whatever. He's just a guy. You'd think we have Zach Britton setting up Aroldis Chapman the way Phelps is used. I agree with those who say we should strongly consider dealing Hader. This team is going nowhere, and Hader is useless for the manner that we use him -- which is reflected in our 11-15 record.
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Imagine this board if they had pinch-hit Sogard. Fair enough. But Arcia is the same useless player he's been his entire career. Nothing has changed this season.