TheCrew07

If I had to guess they don't like his make-up nor his decline in velocity and command. There certainly could be something personal out there as well.

If only we could all express ourselves in a concise manner without condensation like you do BF.net would be a better place.

Here's the story. A significant drop in velocity and loss of command, it almost sounds like he's injured...

Here's the video from Thursday's loss. Pitchers first, followed by hitters. As always each player with his own reply.

It's only farfetched because you believe it to be. It's very obvious that he's become a dead pull hitter and pitchers are exploiting that fact. His Spray Chart says it all Not talented enough to go the other way? What does talent have to do with approach?

After watching this series I have to believe that almost every single pitcher in the Angels organization has a power arm, the last pitcher tonight was finally topping out in the high 80s...they've done well finding velocity. McPhearson hit that ball hard about 3 steps to the SS of 2nd base and they only got him by a step. He was smooth on his only fielding chance. I think Dennis plays too shallow in RF, maybe X will disagree when he has a chance to post his thoughts. Sean McCraw... I apologize if any of his family are on the board, but he's just not good at anything, well maybe he blocks okay. Peralta got all the way over near the foul line from the pitcher's mound to dive and miss that pop up bunt hit against him and McCraw wasn't even close. It didn't help the ball got trapped under Peralta which prevented any sort of play on the runners. I guess he just strikes me as slow and sloppy behind the dish. I was there and I have a hard time believing Cedar Rapids scored that many runs in the 4th especially. In the 5th Peralta started to get tired and leave his fastball up and they hit some ropes off of it. He brings gas though, I didn't even bother with the Stalker, the stadium gun had him at 95 multiple times. I believe he throws a nice tight slider (i was chatting too much to be sure and haven't watched the video yet) and a curve/change? I do wonder if the delay affected him at all, it didn't seem to. The bat boys raced to get a ball that went to the screen one from each side, collided, and one broke his ankle. Thankfully he didn't appear to be in much pain (which is why I think he broke it), it was kind of surreal watching him try to put his foot back where it belonged, not once, but twice before the trainers mobbed him. I'll feel much better about Frederickson after seeing him in person, once he gets his control down he's going to be a good pitcher, they didn't make much solid contact against him at all. His fastball worked mostly between 90-92 on the stalker, an occasional 89. Tyson topped out 91-92. Ohlmann was around 90, the best pitch I saw was 92 on the stalker, which matched the stadium gun. I hope I got this on video but had he covered the plate on his WP they had the guy dead at home, the ball came right back to McCraw on the fly. Lawrie got ate up by a ball that was taking big bounding hops but managed to make the play. He made a real nice bare handed catch and throw on a chopper over the pitchers mound but was late. He tried to make a similar play later in the game and booted it all the way to SS, but there was no way he had the runner anyway. Delaney isn't impressive in the field either at 3B, he barely moved on a looping line drive that both my father and I thought he had a decent chance at it. He had the error Tuesday and a total lack of reaction to the ball today... but maybe I'm just catching him on a down cycle. edit. I see the bat boy debacle made the game recap and it was a broken ankle, the home plate umpire also got dinged twice which delayed the game. edit 2. Sanchez has a nice arm, he played SS after McPhearson entered the game and had a slight bobble but gunned a rope across the diamond to get the out. sorry for the xtra edits, I missed some notes the first time through.

Nope, sky ball to left center.

I think you're numbers are flipped, there's no way the pitching which is involved in every play is only 25%. The offense is actually a function of the pitcher's effectiveness, not the other way around. The pitching is probably more like 60-70% of a game, a good pitcher doing his thing will keep any offense down.

I like the Brewers to go after James if they can both because he's a LHP already throwing over 90 and because he's an in state kid. Scarpetta's breaking stuff needs quite a bit of work too... what young pitcher doesn't need work?

Sweet I hope he plays tonight, he should be a very good athlete! edit. Bah I just saw the lineups were posted... I've been intrigued with him since the signing, maybe they'll need him to pinch run or something. Sanchez didn't appear to have blazing CF type speed by any stretch.

I don't know about years but trading a high ceiling player like Parra, regardless what you expect of him down the road, means that the rotation is Yo and 4 very average pitchers both in talent and production and those other 4 pitchers will cost roughly 40 mil of a 90 mil payroll. Now if Cody, Jones, Braddock, and Rogers end up as 4.25 ERA starters or better then we're all set, but wait, we should trade them too because they've never done anything... The Brewers will never be able to build around veteran players from outside the organization. Hopefully we start locking up some of our young position talent and build around them, but in no way will the Brewers remain competitive if they try to build the way many people keep suggesting they should. Realistically maybe 2 of the 4 guys I listed become good starters, I would love it if all 4 would succeed but I doubt it. If you're a large market team you trade prospects for proven players and grab headlines. If you're a small market team you spin players only when you have to or when surplus presents itself because the farm system is your life blood. People keep trying to apply the large market model to the Brewers and it just doesn't work. The Brewers replaced Sheets with Yo and Sabathia was a rental, I'm not sure why it's common practice to cite him as an irreplaceable loss when that's the very definition of a rental player, it goes without saying. Maybe there was false hope that he'd be retained by the Brewers? The Brewers took their shot, lets get past that and focus on building the best possible team, instead of worrying about the best possible player at a certain position. Make all of the contracts and all of the pieces fit, not only for 2009, but '10, '11, and so on... that's what Melvin is trying to do, in addition to winning now... FA pitching is the absolute worst market there is for the Brewers to play in, and yet every year there are people that expect a splash... learn from the past... Suppan and Looper are very average back of the rotation starters, and that's all the Brewers can realistically afford. Spending large sums of money on the bullpen makes even less sense, I'd much rather pay the Cameron's of the world to be 4 wins above replacement than pay even the best bullpen arms to be 1.5 to 2.0, there's simply no value in high priced bullpen pitchers, especially since they tend to be closers. The Brewers need young pitching, and really they need to hoard it until they get some home grown stability in the rotation, then they can pick and choose who to send away if they have surplus, like Atlanta has done over the years. The biggest difference is that the ATL can actually afford to pony up cash for the top market FAs here and there. If I had to guess though I bet they regret the Teixeira trade, Feliz would look awfully good in that rotation next year and Tex never put them over the top. The question that needs to be answered here is are the Brewers ever going to compete for the top FAs in baseball? If not, they won't be to give up affordable cost controlled players. If so, then you can dump prospects and take on additional salary hoping to replace those losses through FA. I just don't see it.

I spent so much money on Star Wars over the years, what's another $60? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Though I've been saying that since 2000... guess I'm a nerd.

I hope the video in the other thread did him justice, both his single and double on Tuesday night were absolutely smoked, he lived up to my expectations and the some. Good to know that it was an injury that kept him down early.

Brewerfan.net scouting report: Anundsen is a big, strong right-handed pitcher that has only scratched his potential, particularly pitching as a relative unknown in the state of Colorado. While he has shown a knack for pitching, as opposed to just throwing, he is a work in progress. Both his fastball and his curveball have shown improvement this spring, as he has touched 92, working in the upper 80s consistently, and his curveball shows very good bite when it's working for him. He is the top prospect in the state of Colorado, and no doubt the Brewers have noted some of the better prospects coming out of the state and becoming some of the best college prospects three years later (Kyle Sleeth, Luke Hochevar). He does have a strong commitment to attend Wichita State that won't be easy to pry him away from, but the Brewers undoubtedly are confident they can do just that by taking him in the fourth round. Perfect Game 2005 National Showcase Evan Anundsen is a 2006 right handed pitcher from Littleton, CO with a big strong body at 6-3, 204 lbs. loose and fluid arm action, medium effort delivery, slow deliberate mechanics, FB runs hard at 88 mph, sharp cut FB at 81 mph, CB has good 11-5 break at 68 mph, good deception on 81 mph change, good command, highest level prospect, very good student. I'm confused as how his velocity has actually dropped into the mid 80s, I really wish we could get an accurate scouting report on him now because is he's still pitching 88-92 he's a fantastic prospect with his GB tendencies and peripherals that will translate real well.

Actually my father is coming with me tonight, so I'd have a helper and I can talk him into anything with a beer bribe. Do you want gun readings for every pitch?

If it comes down to working the count or attacking the hitter's pitch, I'd rather he attack his pitch regardless of what the count is. Pretty much the same way I feel about Weeks and Svuem said it better than I did all off season... if a batter watches 600 fastballs right down the middle he's giving back 20 HRs. Being selective doesn't mean a batter should take pitches just to take pitches.

Lucroy and Green both hitless, and Lucroy with a throwing error. Holliman has been pitching much better his last 3 times out. Bucci with a Hold! edit. Brewer pinch ran for in the 7th, did he hurt himself on that 2B?