TheCrew07

It's one thing to post your mock draft, it's another to be entirely condescending towards the organization and the other fans that post on the site... This organization currently has as deep a farm system as they've ever had since I've been following the minor, I have a hard time being overly critical of what they've done in the last 4 years. I read your post and reacted pretty much the same way as Battle and X, you post with air of superiority, like you're right and everyone else is wrong. It's sad that you think because your writing style rubs people the wrong way, they suffer from "blind loyalty". I don't need to defend to them, their track record here speaks for itself. Only 8 posts in and you're that sure of their personalities that you're tossing labels around already? For the record, the Brewers take the correct approach when drafting for the most part. With the relative crap shoot that the draft is, I'd rather they not handicap themselves by signing over slot value unless they are absolutely sure the kid is going to be stud. How many players drafted in the first round ever become solid major leaguers? Since when are opinions actually facts anyway? There is nothing about factual about a draft in any sport, you take the information available and make your best guess how a player projects. Sometimes you're going to be right, sometimes you're going to be wrong, that's just the way it goes.

Thanks for the Anundsen update Mass.

Yep and what happened when he didn't locate it? Hitters learned to sit fastball and crush it, or he walked people.. you can only fool hitters for so long, eventually someone is going to figure you out if you're one dimensional. It doesn't diminish his prospect status at all, he just needs a bit more seasoning.

I would have been right there with you if I hadn't listened to the 2 part interview, apparently he needs work on his secondary pitches and has been getting bye mostly on his fastball.

I was wondering that myself, looks he got hurt fielding that bunt somehow... I don't think they'd pull him for his pitch count in the middle of inning?

I could see maybe a minor league pitcher, but these deals that work well on video games don't work so well in real life. These 2 guys are basically spare parts, one was demoted to AAA, one was demoted to a platoon. You aren't going to get premium value for spare parts, we have to give something to get something.

Turnbow puts up 2 scoreless frames, be still my heart.

Well there's been at least 3 threads I remember that explained perfectly why Dillon is a superior player to TGJ, anyone who thinks TGJ is a superior hitter isn't being objective. TGJ can play defense, but that's about all he offers. He's not a bad player, but I'd rather have Dillon at the plate than TGJ in any situtation that doesn't require a bunt. You not remembering when he's gotten a hit doesn't mean all that much... but here's his last 10 games just refresh your memory.

An interesting pitching day for the org.

I thought he meant offensively as he was comparing their offensive lines... Hall is a better defender today, but that doesn't mean that will still be true when Gamel gets to MLB. edit. Someone how I posted a reply to the power 50 thread on this, but the absolute best the huntsville team would do is 72-90 imo.

I was more surprised to hear they were "impressed" with Salome's defense thus far, between the 2 halves of the interview, that was 10 minutes loaded with insight.

When gives up his runs at the start of the game, there's more time to come back and win... if he does it in the 7th or 8th, that's all she wrote.

Gamel is on pace to trim his error total by at least 1/3, and at this point he's no worse than Braun was over there. He's made very good progress with Money in AA thus far, there's plenty of information on this topic in the minor league forum. He could definately use more seasoning, but the idea of Gamel playing 3B shouldn't make anyone laugh, 3B maximizes his value. I'm not saying he's a lock for 3B, all I'm saying is that he's made vast improvements to his defense in a relatively short time frame, the young man deserves some credit.

Just saw Branyan's blast on the gameday video replay.. my goodness when he connects the ball goes far. The early returns on the platoon are pretty good, hopefully it stays that way.

Ohh my, not to be outdone by Jeffress, Braddock goes 6IP, 2H, 1ER, 11SO, 0BB... sweet line young man. Cain has cooled off some, only .225 over his last 10, average around .270, and still not hitting for much power. Hammond has a horrible 4th giving up a 5 spot. Gindl is quietly coming on, average up over .275 the 50 strike outs still hurt, only 4 less than Brewer. Weaver with his best start of the year, I hope that doesn't equal a call-up yet.

I know it's a comparison stat. I guess I'll try and explain my issue one last time. Say a pitcher doesn't strike many guys out but gives up more than his fair share of HRs... then you factor in sacrifices as a positive result for the pitcher... It's entirely possible that a pitcher's BABIP would actually be lower than his BA against. His BA against could be .300, but his BABIP could be .280... both are really poor, but the batting average of balls in play should be always be higher regardless because even the worst pitcher is going to strike out at least one batter. If you're trying to measure if someone is "unlucky" (which I think is bunk anyway, the pitcher has control over the velocity, location, and pitch he throws), how can the result of all balls in play not be considered? Again, I understand that you're theoretically trying to measure the defense, but usually a league average is used, so you compare a pitcher against the league average. For example, statements suchs as "His ERA will regress to the mean because his BABIP is too high" and so on are very common. The problem is that BABIP is not a true representation of all balls in play and it stands to reason that the harder a ball is hit, the less likely it is to be caught, which is why I personally like an LD% calculation better. It doesn't matter what metric you use, good players will do well, bad players will do poorly (traditional stats such as BA, OBP, ERA all will tell you pretty much the same thing as OPS, OPS+, FIP. ERA+ for the playes on either extreme). Doesn't it stand to reason that we're really trying to determine the relative value of players around the mythical average skill level? It seems to me that whomever came up with BABIP is cherry picking stats that favor the HR pitcher. Assuming that all things are equal, the pitcher that gives up more HRs (likely more runs) would do better BABIP wise, and that's the concept I take issue with. To me, all balls in play regardless of the outcome should be considered, from a pitching standpoint, the HR is worst possible outcome of a single AB.

logan believe me that I get what you're saying, but there are more balls that defense doesn't have an impact on... Infield Fly Rule, Ground Rule Doubles... I realize it's not perfect, no metric is, but a pitcher could theoretically have a lower BABIP than actual average against... they get credit for a sac fly being caught which lowers the average, and the HRs are totally removed, the simple truth here is that the more HRs you give up, the better your BABIP is... you can be a totally horrible pitcher who throws nothing but gopher balls and have a decent BABIP. Do you see what I'm saying?

So if you give up a triple you're unlucky, but if you give up a home run you stink? I see what you guys are saying, but the concept and the math is flawed if that's the true answer as to why a sac fly would count by a home run doesn't... A home run is still a ball in play.

I hope the Brewers draft him solely so I can make that my new sig when I post on the Minor League side...

Yes but the pitchers have HRs removed totally from the equation... like they never happened. A hit is a hit IMO, and isn't a HR basically the ultimate LD?

This has been eating at me for well over a year, and with all the BABIP discussion lately I can't get the thought out of my head. What logical reason is there that HRs are not included in BABIP? It's a basehit any way you slice it. Why should a batter be penalized because he actually hit the ball so well it ended up out of play? I know there's other rough ways of doing BABIP that involve simple calculations like LD% + .120 and so on, but how can a hit be totally removed from a Batting Average formula? I've bounced around read quite a bit about BABIP and most people treat it as is, without exactly describing why it is the way it is. If a sac fly is included, why wouldn't a home run be? Educate me please.

Parra will be alright when he quits nibbling... the unneccessary walks are his biggest issue in my opinion. Not that walks are ever necessary, but sometimes he's just unaggressive late in the count.

Utility to me means that he can play more than one spot. I don't recall anyone ever saying he could play 3B... I see many people saying that he increases his value the more positions he can play, which I honestly don't see any argument against. The versatility, the more value... 1 person mentioned a utility IF, after he mentioned a utility OF in his previous post. If you can play CF, you can play passable D at the corner spots. Counsell isn't worth much as a 3B either, so utility IF is a fairly loose term. Typically you have guys that play the middle and guys that play the corners on the bench. Rarely is there a guy who's servicable up the middle and at the corners... Just because Graffy and Counsell played 3B last year, doesn't mean they should have played there, it was a numbers game. I understand where you are coming from, but there are plenty of options available between AAA and AA to get enough versatility to field a pretty good bench. I'm not big on defined roles to start with, because every guy has a different skill set. Maximize what they do best and the rest will take care of itself... why try to fix square pegs in round holes. Being a utility player doesn't mean you have to play all 4 IF positions (if you can play 3B you can certaintly play 1B), to me it means you can play passable defense at multiple positions, and I don't really care what positions they are.

Salome better get some love soon, he's as hot as anyone thus far.

Rivas can pitch a little bit, I like this young man.