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At what point is Darnell Coles on the hot seat?
owbc replied to The stache's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
In 35 games against teams with a record below .500, we're hitting .268 as a team, slashing .343/.440/.783, scoring 5.09 runs per game. In 30 games against teams with a record above .500, we're hitting .225 as a team, slashing .286/.376/.662, scoring 3.53 runs per game. If you take away the two games against Philly where we scored 24 runs, that's 82 runs scored in 28 games, or 2.93 runs per game. If our goal is to beat up on poor teams, and get owned by good teams, then yes, we're "doing just fine". If our goal is to stop being the laughing stock of Major League Baseball, and, you know, eventually win a World Series, no, we are not doing just fine. There are only 7 teams in MLB with winning records against teams over .500, so it's not like we're somehow doing something anomalously bad in that category. Those teams are over .500 for a reason. In our case we are actually doing quite well against teams over .500, except for the Cubs who we have to play a bunch and happen to have the best pitching in the NL. We are 13-8 against teams above .500 that aren't the Cubs. And opponents are .216/.345/.656 against the Cubs so it's not like we're the only ones. -
Arcia could suck for two more years and I still wouldn't give up on him. If he continues to suck, I just hope he sucks in AAA and not MLB.
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At what point is Darnell Coles on the hot seat?
owbc replied to The stache's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I also don't buy the good player = good coach argument. Especially when our pitching coach never played professionally. And we previously had a hall of fame hitting coach who was terrible at coaching. -
At what point is Darnell Coles on the hot seat?
owbc replied to The stache's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Just out of curiosity, why would his playing career be irrelevant? He obviously had enough athletic ability to make it to the Major Leagues. But he was a below average Major League hitter. If he was unable to develop himself as a hitter, when he had every motivation in the world to do so (his financial future depended on his ability to play the game), what makes anybody think that he can develop others as hitters? What has Darnell Coles shown that convinces anybody he's the answer? What raw talent has he developed into a top flight hitter? The Brewers are 6th in the NL in OPS so they seem to be doing just fine. More generally, I just don't buy the anecdotal evidence. For every Gennett there was a Chris Carter. Arcia is younger than Brinson who has a .512 OPS with Miami. I honestly don't know if Coles is doing a good job or not but since the offense is above average it's hard to make a solid case against him. Guys like Shaw and Aguilar have been great with the Brewers after never accomplishing much elsewhere. -
It's kind of crazy how the Capitals were the underdog coming into this series. Nobody (outside of Vegas) wants the Knights to win, especially since they are going up against one of the longest suffering hockey fan bases.
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Consistency is definitely worth something. Many HOF careers have been derailed because of injury. One doesn't accumulate 31.1 bWAR by accident. That's only 3 behind Prince Fielder's career total. I doubt he makes it, but there's always a couple outliers who keep hitting into their late 30s. Lets see if he is still putting up a .750 OPS in 3 years.
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The All-WAR update is out: https://imgur.com/a/FbVOsAp The Brewers should have 1 starter and 3 reserves based on WAR: Cain (starter) Shaw (reserve) Jeffress (RP) Hader (RP)
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The poll yielded a fairly divided result--hopefully a lesson that bullpen decisions can be quite subjective. If Knebel had blown the game I'm sure the result would be different--maybe 60-40 in the other direction.
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This is specifically referring to today's game--updated.
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There are some strong opinions in the IGT...lets poll the audience.
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Why would you not just go to full screen? Gets rid of all the comments. You can also press the 'quiet mode' button in the lower-right which hides all of the annoying stuff (except the announcers which are solved by turning off the volume).
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LOL Cardinals defense
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The Brewers sure are clogging the bases today.
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The Cardinals are not a very good defensive team.
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Sogard and Houser Up, Arcia and Lopez to AAA
owbc replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Exactly. Which is why Arcia can bat .150 and still be an asset to the team. There's enough offense at other positions. -
Probably gassed from that AB. Just put the DH in the NL already.
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Both wrong...
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I can't recall a single Brewers team that punishes inferior opponents the way this team does. Not even the 2011 team.
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This is becoming fairly common in MLB these days. A .250 hitter is now above average.
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First team in the NL to 30 wins. I’ll jump on the hype train—this team rides the bullpen to 90+ wins and potentially a deep playoff run. Lots in common with the recent Royals teams that defied projections. Outperforming the Pythagorean is expected with a good bullpen and there is no reason to expect regression if the bullpen can keep it up and some of the other key pieces return. At the point the low bar for the season would be a 1 game exit in the Wild Card. Anything less than playoffs would be a major disappointment.
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Braun probably has something left in the tank, but the truth of the matter is that Braun doesn't belong in the full-time starting lineup anymore...at least not for a playoff contending Brewers team. We have better OF and better 1B (when Thames is healthy). He brings more value off the bench, especially against lefties.
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I decided when I was 18 that I was going to keep my surname if I ever married. I like my birth name and saw/still see no reason to give it up. As long as the persons involved in a union are in agreement on how they do surnames, it's not super important to me how they do it. I was thinking of using it as an opportunity to move up in the alphabet ;-) Although a complication in the scientific field is that it is confusing when the same person publishes papers with two different surnames...
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First of all, there's no reason why the last name tradition needs to continue the way it is since the notion of a husband owning a wife doesn't exist anymore. I think a hyphenated name is fun and represents an equal partnership (assuming both parties take the same name). Who cares what the kids do. They can pick one. Last names are completely arbitrary anyway given the random blending of ethnic backgrounds that many of us are.
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This is an overlooked and excellent point about the current roster. Well done Adam. I don't disagree, but I would argue that the defensive versatility is more valuable than any incremental gains in offensive production. There are only about a dozen players per position in the league that have a decent bat at C/2B/SS. So it is a reasonable strategy to try to get added value somewhere else (defense, versatility, etc.) since there isn't much offensive upside unless you spend significant cash for one of those dozen really good bats.
