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Manny getting one in the ribs next time. Admired it for half a second and yelled something as he rounded 1st.
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Results have been pretty fortunate for Nelson so far. He's falling behind every hitter.
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Bit of a shaky inning for Nelson. Hopefully he can settle in.
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Through the first 3 Giant hitters, Estabrook has had to make 5 ball/strike calls, and has incorrectly called all 5 of then. Not joking.
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Allen's problem is that he has completely lost his control. If they felt it was something correctable I wouldn't be opposed to taking a chance.
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It’s not just this series, but the same situation in San Diego where they are likely to face three lefty starters. This would have been a really nice six game stretch to get Hiura at bats versus a bunch of LHP back in his home state. I am going to be somewhat annoyed in 2-3 weeks when they bring Hiura back after having missed out on this west coast trip. Yep. Shaw is almost completely useless on this road trip. Hiura hit 10 days down 2 days ago, so he could have been brought up for the entire trip, then sent back down before the homestand beginning with a 4 game series against a completely righty Reds rotation. Really disappointed that they decided not to go this route. If they have a sluggish offensive WC trip, they had a guy available who would have been a good fit for it who continues to mash AAA pitching with 3 HR the last 2 games and they simply elected not to use him. This division is likely to be won by a game or two, so I certainly hope the clear service time manipulation motives end up being worth it to them.
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I wonder if Seattle would just take Aguilar straight up. Obviously he's having a terrible season but he was pretty good the last two years and amazing the first half of last year so Seattle could certainly take a shot on a rebound especially since they can afford to be patient with him. There's a lot of cheap club control there too so that would add to his value if he can rebound.
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And hopefully our boys remember the HR protocol against Bumgarner: 1) Place bat on the ground gently 2) Begin a brisk, but consistent trot around the bases 3) Head and eyes directly front at all times. Under no circumstances make eye contact with pitcher 4) Then after rounding 3rd, give a Ric Flair style "Wooo!", beat your chest, take off jersey, tie it around your waist, then while crossing home plate point at pitcher and yell, "That one was for your mom, Madison!"
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Very anxious to see how Jimmy looks today. They are in a bit of an odd position with him now if he struggles as I do not believe he can be optioned anymore.
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I was just going to say this. Really bad sign for him if he isn't at least the RH bat in a 1B platoon anymore.
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Lorenzo Cain Christian Yelich Ryan Braun Yasmani Grandal Mike Moustakas Hernan Perez Orlando Arcia Manny Pina Jimmy Nelson These vs. LHP lineups are rough. Hiura would have been a good one to have in this series.
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Cain should probably be moved down, but they really don't have a true leadoff hitter with him struggling. Thames reaches at about a .380 clip, he is not a terrible idea in that spot. Grandal also carries a respectable OBP. I would probably swap Braun and Grandal at least. I am not totally opposed to trying Arcia higher in the order.
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The suggested offer probably isn't nearly enough. The guys you listed are nice prospects but the Padres are almost certainly holding Yates unless there's a blue chip prospect heading back. We wouldn't do Hiura, and the gap after him is just too big to make it up in quantity. Maybe they could headline it around Corbin Burnes, but that's a huge maybe.
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This perfectly illustrates the point of myself and phnxcrew. No other player elicits this "shut up, let's not talk about it" reaction. I've been more than generous with my descriptions of Braun, who has literally been a replacement level MLB player in 2019. And to that end, I think he's better than that -- I don't think WAR is the end all. I'm just a little bit confounded as to why people seem to be so uncomfortable discussing it when Ryan Braun struggles. It does matter, and I care. I imagine we all care about the good and bad performances of every player on the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Petricka traded to Rangers - PTBNL or Cash to Brewers
adambr2 replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Other than with high end prospects, I've generally stopped even looking at AAA numbers for anyone because it just doesn't seem to mean anything at all. David Freitas has just been destroying AAA pitching for awhile. Saladino has to be near the top of the PCL in homeruns. Wilkerson just dominates in AAA. -
I'd make the deal right away if KC would take two bums in return for Diekman. I think it's a pretty good proposal honestly. Williams is probably a good arm for Kansas City to take a shot on, and Diplan still has some minimal prospective value. Both guys could use a change of scenery. Diekman is a nice lefty arm to take a shot on but his control issues and results this year don't warrant a much bigger return than this.
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Braun is hitting. 264. I don't know what superstars are hitting under .250, but a 270 batting average is a bad bar to use to judge his performance. I never said his bat is a huge concern. Again, people just don't want to hear it a hint of negativity on Braun. Complete agreed. Even when was was around .200 at the break last year people flipped out. I’m one of 500 posters to make one comment about the guy and it’s a full on bee colony attacking. It’s weird. He’s ok. We can talk about him sucking when he sucks. We’re not kicking a puppy when pointing out the obvious . Agreed, and to add to this, I've more than given Braun his due this year when he's been good. My post history will back that up. So I do resent the idea that it can't work the other way around and really resent the implication that I've done nothing but dog on him for 3+ years on a "weekly" basis.
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What was your thoughts in Xavier cedeno last year? I wasn’t that impressed with him as a loogy either To be honest I’m kind of done with loogys in general in this new era I thought Claudio would be an improvement on Cedeno. He hasn't been. I thought Cedeno was fine for what we acquired him to be. LOOGY'S are kind of a dime a dozen, but they're a burnt roster spot for a very limited role, so either you value that role and roster a LOOGY or you don't. The problem with Claudio is that we acquired him to be our Will Smith, not our Xavier Cedeno and he's just not fit for that.
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Coming into today lefties has a .526 OPS off Claudio, so he's doing what he's always done. We just traded for him to be something more and he's just not that guy. I hope that is all ok to say about Claudio as I realize it's rather obvious.
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Braun is hitting. 264. I don't know what superstars are hitting under .250, but a 270 batting average is a bad bar to use to judge his performance. I never said his bat is a huge concern. Again, people just don't want to hear it a hint of negativity on Braun.
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Disappointing start to the series not to really be able to get anything going against Pomeranz. The Cubs lost, so there's that.
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That is one of those takes where you kinda nod your head while sighing. Kinda like everyone knows this, but it sucks to admit it. It's depressing to read it, and as fans, it's nice to put on blinders once in a while, even when most know what is going on. Every week for 3+ years? Again, what's the point? Holy hyperbole. Every week for 3+ years. Give me a BREAK. Posters generally tread lightly on Braun compared to other guys on this roster in regard to criticism. Goodness, people bagged on Villar almost every single day when he was here.
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I guess I'd call him more "barely adequate" than "pretty good", but I digress. What's the point? Well, what's the point of any player discussion? Aren't we constantly stating the obvious regarding player performance? I guess I'm just not sure why people are hypersensitive to criticism of Braun moreso than any other player. I mean, it's not even like I said the guy is junk. People state the obvious every day -- Aguilar has been junk this year -- Shaw looks lost at the plate -- Cain has really struggled this season, etc etc, and no one really cares. But the obvious gets stated on Braun, and people are really, really sensitive to it. Even when it's not done in really all that insulting of a way.
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What is the point? I don't disagree but the guy has a 9 game hitting streak, and this refrain is like 3 years more than tired. Keep it up though, I'm sure he's listening. So you agree, but you're mad that I said it for some reason. Ok.
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Braun's story is the same as it has been since the end of the 2016 season. He'll have nice stretches of really squaring up the ball and get people excited that vintage Braun is coming back only to quickly disappear again. The sum of it all is just a pretty mediocre corner outfielder. I can appreciate the fact that he doesn't really hurt you in the lineup overall, but he doesn't help much either and he just doesn't belong higher than 5th in a good lineup at this point in his career. It will be nice to move on from him after 2020.