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And the right handed 2nd baseman that we do have on the roster hacks at Ball 4 six inches off the outside corner which would have brought the tying run to the plate because that's exactly the kind of thing Hernan Perez has done his entire career.
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There's nothing wrong with wanting Miley back, but we don't know for certain that he preferred to return here to work with a rookie pitching coach over going to Houston. I have been very critical of Stearns lately, but I think he's done a heck of a good job in free agency. We can only work within the confines of what we can spend, so he has to pick and choose his spots. Can you think of any major misses he has had in free agency at great financial cost? Because I can think of many that others have had (Darvish, Chatwood, Cozart, Cobb) just to name a few, that would have crippled our ability to do more now. Other teams will sign players who will end up doing well there, just the way it is. I see so much revisionist history lately especially on Burnes and Peralta. Very few people weren't excited about them pitching for our rotation this year. We need to look deeper as to why it hasn't worked out, but now that it hasn't, people saying "Well of COURSE we couldn't trust them" after being excited about it coming into the year is a bit of an eye roller (and yes I know that doesn't apply to everyone.
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He's pitching fine in Houston without Johnson. That wasn't really my point. I didn't say Miley can't succeed with anyone but Derek Johnson. My point was that we don't know if Miley would have preferred to come back here over Houston if the money was equal, and we don't know for certain that he would be having the same success he's having in Houston, either.
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How many arms do you want to trade for? As many as possible. But really, all it takes sometimes is 1..but it better be a stud. That can sometimes shake an entire team out of a funk. We've seen it before. Which stud are you targeting and what are you giving up to get him? If it's a true stud, Turang + Lutz + Ray ain't getting it done.
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I would have expected the 2019 team to be better than 2018 solely on the addition of Grandal, who is a massive upgrade at a position of weakness, plus a full year of Moustakas, plus full years of Burnes and Peralta and partial years of Hiura and Nelson. So far, that obviously hasn't happened, but I don't know how we could look at the roster on paper and say we should get worse from 2018, at least coming into the year. Our record doesn't concern me. The Cubs don't concern me. I don't care if we're in 1st by 2 games or behind the Cubs by 2 games, it's just not really relevant in June. We dominated the first half of the 2017 standings only to flail later, and trailed in September 2018 by 5 games only to come back and win it. I like seeing the Brewer flag fly at the top at Wrigley as much as anyone, but at this point the daily Cubs Watch gets old. On a day to day basis, I don't really care if the Cubs win or lose. Come September, I'll care. Right now the big picture things for us are all that matter. Can Shaw rebound to his '17 and '18 form? Can Burnes and Peralta recapture what they were for us last year and finally emerge? Can Woodruff develop into a true workhorse ace? Is Nelson done? Is Houser the real deal? Can Aguilar find his way back to the hitter he was for us last year? Will Hiura take in this league from the start? Those are the things that matter, and if they happen, or at least some of them happen, the standings will take care of themselves. If not, well, we probably aren't going anywhere.
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The problem I have with the argument that Hiura wouldn't help because pitching has been the problem (which it has), is that improving on a strength is still improving. Yes, the lineup overall has done more than its fair share, but certainly, Shaw still has been a black hole in that lineup. Four of our eleven losses since Hiura went down were by 2 runs or less, so it's certainly possible that a little more offense makes a difference in those losses, like it did when Hiura homered off Vasquez and we won in extras.
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Exactly. Who knows what his motivations were besides money? By all appearances it sucks for the Brewers, but I can't help but wish Johnson nothing but the best. While we're on the subject of coaches, the inconsistent offensive showing this season has made me somewhat rethink Darnell Coles's time as the hitting coach. Perhaps the lack of disciplined at-bats is more on the hitters and less on the coach? How so? The offense has scored almost 60 runs more than they had at this time last year. They are averaging 4.97 runs per game, compared to 4.62 runs per game total for 2018. In terms of inconsistency, the 2018 offense at this point in the season, for one example, had been held to 2 or less runs in 27 games. That has happened only 14 times this season. Seems like this season's offense, compared to last year, has been much more consistent and productive than 2018. Given the unforseen and extreme struggles of Aguilar, Shaw and Cain, I think the 2019 offense has done a great job.
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Guerra has not at all taken a giant step forward. Woodruff has done a great job, but there is still a lot of room for progression. He has not taken that giant step forward yet.
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I agree with that. The brewers screwed up again. As I've said the roster management has been brutal. Nelson isn't under any obligation to do it but you have teammates who deserve to be given the best opportunity to win. Is he it? Doubtful right now. I would think go get right and you'll be back quick. The team needs him so they have no reason to keep him down longer than need be. I like David Stearns a lot, but between the service time management of Nelson and demoting Hiura, this has been his worst month as a GM that I can recall And I mentioned this, but Nelson likely has pressure from the MLBPA not to accept a minors assignment. As a member of the MLBPA it's about as much protecting everyone's interest as his own.
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Why would any player choose to ride the bus in the minors instead of all the amenities they get as major leaguers? It's easy for everyone to say that but what would you do if they were asking you to go down and ride a bus and share a hotel room and have to find an apartment and move a lot of your stuff down there? I'm guessing you probably wouldn't want to do that either and I don't blame any player who's earned the right to decline a minor league assignment doing so. Then it’s all about you and not the team. Because the dude doesn’t belong here. Yet And once again, the team had up until June 11th to option Nelson without the need for his consent and they willingly chose not to.
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Because they didn't option him by June 11th. They could have done that and if they had Nelson would have had no say. It's not Nelson's job to protect the team from bad results at all costs, it's his job to go out there and pitch to the best of his abilities, which he is doing. Why should he bail them out because they made a poor business decision not to option him by June 11th?
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The pay is the same. There are still many perks associated with being on an MLB team that he loses. Regardless, it is not selfish, and I wish people would understand that. It is 100% his right under the collective bargaining agreement. It is pretty much standard practice for players not to just willingly give up their collectively bargained rights to benefit the franchise with no compensation. If you've ever worked for a company with a union, you should know that the decisions you make regarding your works rights don't just affect you, they affect all your fellow members, and decisions are generally made with that in mind. When you give up that right not to be optioned you're setting a precedent for the next guy who comes around in that situation. It is about more than just Jimmy Nelson, it is about not setting precedent for future 5+ service year players.
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"The beauty of baseball is there is another game to play the next day." I feel like Bill and BA say this a lot lately.
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This is why I laugh when managers/commentators/fans fret over 'losing' your challenge in the late innings if you challenge a close play and lose. They'll literally let you look at whatever you want if you ask them regardless of your challenge situation.
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It won't go very appreciated in a 7-3 game, but that was an unbelievable catch by Gamel.
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No it's not and they haven't even asked him too. My guess is that they did and he said no, as Stearns admitted it was "discussed". I don't think they're going to come out and flat out tell us that he refused. But agreed, it's not on Nelson. That's his right. It's on the organization for giving him that right when they could have avoided it easily.
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It's going to be painful being forced to carry a 4 million dollar mop up man on the 25 for the rest of the season in addition to the existing unoptionable dead weight on the roster because we didn't have the foresight to option him back down while there was still a lot of doubt about his recovery.
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Yeli...budd.
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Random Yelich question now: If you could trade Yelich for any one, but only one player in MLB, would you do it? Straight up trade, with all existing club control and contract going to acquiring team.
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Another argument for Dubon over Perez next year: Options and flexibility. You've got none with Perez. Sure, he's versatile, but he's highly mediocre. Mediocrity has its place, but it sure is nice if you can send that mediocrity down for awhile to AAA when you have a stretch with other pressing needs coming first. You have that flexibility with Dubon -- not with Perez.
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Hiura just homered again. He has 24 (!!) this year. I hate that he's not up and I think it's a mistake they continue to compound. Yes, pitching has been the main culprit in June but I do think the Hiura demotion has hurt us. Winning games 9-8 counts just the same as winning 3-2.
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I do agree with this almost completely. It's certainly a combination of factor, probably all of the above. Those I disagree with are the ones that maintain that DJ made no difference at all and it's just the pitchers. Yes, a good pitching coach can make a difference. At least I believe so. I believe Dave Duncan was an enormous influence, for example, in his time in St. Louis.
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Agreed. Usually you have at least some guys who have success and now that Davies is struggling Hook doesn't really have a single guy to hang his hat on and say that a guy has been performing well under his tutelage. Obviously more talent is always welcome, but it's 90% of the same staff as last year. But those who deny DJ made a difference picked their side from Day 1 and have their heels dug in, and are likely to dig them in further the more the evidence presents itself.
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There's always coulda woulda shoulda when it comes to free agency. Every team in baseball is wishing they had signed Charlie Morton right now, and some catcher needy teams probably wish they had pursued Grandal. Especially with pitching though, it's sometimes apples and oranges. Part of the appeal for Miley coming here may have been the familiarity of Derek Johnson, and we can't say for certain that he would have continued his success coming back here again.
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Being mad that Shaw is playing over Keston Hiura is legitimate. Being mad that he is playing over Nate Orf is not. Nate Orf is a great story and I'm glad he had a signature moment to tell his kids about one day. But that's as far as it goes. He's just not an MLB level player.