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Anyone else notice Caleb's got the average up over .300? I haven't been around the board much, but seems like he's havin a pretty solid season and I've not seen much discussion about him at all. Hit .217 in April, .240 in may but over .350 in July and August!

On the positive side of that, Braddock did work out of the inning with two on by striking out Bay and Ike Davis. Watched Davis take bp and that guy can hit a baseball. Watched Zach pitch, and he seemed to get the fastball hit at around 93, but was good above that.They were leaving him out there to take his beating, and he closed it out well! I think he looks good in the Brewer uni, and can't wait for him to settle in!

Has anyone else noticed besides me, but the guy hasn't even walked a batter! I know you can say jinx on that very quickly, but Zach has just been superb! I say give him a shot, and do it soon!

Trust me guys, Zach is not fragile, it just took a couple years to diagnose his ailment. He has closer mentality, and can dominate with his stuff! Its just when you only have to go an inning or two, its easier to mentally dominate your opponent, and Zach can be intense!

Josh: I absolutely loved the article! Darren, Lorenzo, and Michael are three of my favorite guys to pass through Charleston, and Lorenzo actually shares birthdays with my 8 year old son Jonathan (April 13), so he is a favorite of my boy. Always made me think Eric Davis from the first day I saw him launch one off the scoreboard in left center on the "money ball" in bp. Anyhow your "journalism" just brings a little "authentic insight" to your profession for those of us on the outside! Keep it up! ps...no April fool's day joke, really loved it! lol

Has nobody been watching Braddock this spring? He picked up a 2 inning 8th and 9th inning W today after getting a 9th inning save last time out. Gave up a double in the ninth today, but back to back strikeouts should have got him out of the inning but 2nd baseman came up with an error before Zach got a lineout to end the game. I'd like to hear some thoughts from you guys on Zach this season?

My top five would go like this: 1. Zach Braddock: This guy has been putting it up, and has a certain "magic" about him when you see him pitch...he's still young, but it's his turn! 2. Angel Salome: Make it or break it time.....he's had the bat, I think it's time to give him a chance. 3. Jeremy Jeffress: Too much of a talent to give up on 4. Steffan Wilson: Hitter that has been forgotten for the most part, I think he'll be just fine 5. Caleb Gindl: Solid player top to bottom, he cuts down on the k's and watchout!!

After listening to Bull for the last 5 years, I for one will truly miss his calls! Not just the jack-jackety-jack, but all that he added to a game. He called an incredible game solo, and added lots of interesting things to the call of a ballgame and never, never came off as self serving or impressed with his self. As a guy that grew up on the calls of Nuxhall and Brenneman, I am rather paticular about how i like to hear a baseball game, and Bull was spot on for me! Thanks for your contributions to the WV Power over the years, we will truly miss you, and I hope your career becomes the jack-jackety-jack you so deserve!

I think that some day, Braddock stays healthy like many of you aren't sure about, he can be an ace. But the guy is 22 years old, had TJ in high school, has not had a sustained period of good health since he started his progression up the ladder, so what's wrong with letting him be a long arm out of the bullpen and be a very dominant bridge to a closer? I'm not saying forever, but with the exception of Yo, the Brewers have had some very nice young arms pass through the prospect farm, and not really looked at them as guys that need a "big league trial". They traded away, Thatcher, Inman, Bryson for example and those guys could have been good bullpen help....heck, Thatcher has been for a couple years on and off with the Padres (although Inman is a starter). Please dont pick my comments apart on this, I'm just trying to say Zach, when he is on is A. dominant B. only 22 years old and C. deserving of a big league shot after the AFL...so why not use him as a pen guy, when he throws 100 innings, think about moving him back to the rotation? Jonathan Lucroy's comment in an article I read earlier about Braddock throwing an "invisiball" is one I have heard personally from several guys that have pitched with him. He is all arms and legs, and very hard to pick up the ball on...I say bring him up and lets see what hes got if he has a good spring!!

I can tell you that all of us, especially from someone who watched the Brewers minor league Prospects from Braun, to Yo, to Matt LaPorta, Michael Brantley, Jeremy Jeffress, Zach Braddock, and Angel Salome, have many of our own personal opinions...heck, my opinion on the Lucroy/Salome debate has kept me quiet and lurking in the shadows since the young Crew left town here. But those things are just like certain anatomical parts, and none of them are wrong....so why does an opinion EVER need to be challenged? I think we should have a new rule, that if a poster starts a post with "THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION BUT", it cannot be quoted, debated, or discussed any more! Sometimes I think, from a guy who used to have first hand opinions from watching guys proabably 3 or 4 years before some of you have the opportunity, its a shame that certain folks can not take OPINIONS as one man's first hand account, and let it go.

Have any of you guys followed Cole Gillespie in the AFL? Check him out.

Why not indeed...quick comparison of catchers this season AB AVG R HR RBI SB Kendall 452 .241 48 2 43 7 Rivera 114 .228 10 2 14 1 I'm sorry guys, but in my view Salome or Lucroy either one, could have done not much worse!!!

Braddock picks up his third consecutive save in a perfect ninth....two ground balls and a strike out swinging to finish things off. Now has his ERA in the AFL below 1.00

Guys, I have followed Braddock from the start, and many of his issues the first two years, had to do with the same undiagnosed/misdiagnosed issue. I guess he had blisters this year too, but I think you sometimes the talk is that he is just as frail as a rubber band waiting to break, but I don't think that's the deal. This year if his health is an issue, I may change my view,but I think he is much more durable than given credit for.

I guess I have to confess, I base my opinions of these guys on what I see when they passed through Charleston. Each year, I usually very quickly get a view of the guys that I think have the talent, and quite often it's not the guys that have the hype. That being said, most of my guys are nearly the bigs right now, or have already been there. I have a few who haven't developed where I thought they'd be...but many of them aren't in the Brewers organization including Bryson and Joe Thatcher....also Eric Fryer who is one that I thought would follow the Matt Laporta path, just a year or two later. But Braddock, Angel, Bryson, and Gindl have been "my guys" that me and my family developed friendships with. I hope all these guys reach their dreams....I'm just like the rest of you, I have my favorites, but until last year, I have seen all of them play, and continue to follow and travel to see some of them still play.