2016 Spring Training Thread - Braun officially back in LF

bizarro · Post #101 » by **bizarro** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:02 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Cappy is a sentimental favorite. Hope he makes the team.

At this point in time, I'm still a bit stunned they went Boyer. Given that, I am most in favor of a Cappy and Pena pairing (given Pena's age and potential flexibility).

bizarro · Post #102 » by **bizarro** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:28 pm

AND, Cappy made the cut. Good to see the ol' Brewer finish up w/ his original squad. I think Broxton is a shoe-in. And, I'd leave the two remaining spots to Pena and Kirk (though it wouldn't surprise me to see Presley make it).

Turk Nowitzki · Post #103 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:04 am

Possibly my favorite career of any ex-Brewer ever came to an end today.

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I have mostly followed his career in complete disbelief, he was so bad for so long and kept finding work. Here's a link to his career stats for good measure, it's amazing and well worth looking over:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wrighja01.shtml

19 seasons, 10 different MLB teams, career 4.81 ERA. What a hero.

Thunder Muscle · Post #104 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:47 am

I was excited when Brewers got him in that Cirillo deal. He had great stuff but was very inconsistent with it. Kinda surprised he hung around this long.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #105 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:27 am

I know Spring Training blah blah blah but Chase Anderson has been so terrible that it's impossible not to take notice.

Thunder Muscle · Post #106 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:26 pm

Yeah I don't know if he had one good outing.

Outlander · Post #107 » by **Outlander** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:10 pm

Unless he is hurt there is nothing to worry about, he is a 500 pitcher that will have an ERA around 4 at the end of the year. He isn't horrible, just mediocre.

wichmae · Post #108 » by **wichmae** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:26 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:I know Spring Training blah blah blah but Chase Anderson has been so terrible that it's impossible not to take notice.

HArd to not take notice with Peralta too who is been just as bad if not worse.

Kerb Hohl · Post #109 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:47 pm

It's an incredibly small sample but Peralta is up to his old tricks of basically giving up MVP-caliber numbers to lefties on the aggregate.

bizarro · Post #110 » by **bizarro** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:02 am

Blaine Boyer tagged for 3 today. As many positive signs we've seen from our young field players, we've seen equally negative signs in the pitching staff. Obviously, spring training means nothing but we can't be all too excited about our SP coming into the season. And, the bullpen loses Smith and Boyer continues to give up runs. I wonder why we didn't keep Morales to have an additional lefty and let Boyer go. Good thing none of these are contender ?'s.

Thunder Muscle · Post #111 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:48 pm

Looking forward to real games and seeing what we have. My original thoughts were the starters have nowhere to go but up. I guess I'm still in that camp. I think Garza bounces back, Jungmann/Anderson will be steady, and I hope Nelson and Wily can improve on last year.

Kerb Hohl · Post #112 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:03 pm

I hope Wily is shipped off the moment he starts pitching well. No reason to keep him around long-term because even if we're ready to contend in 2018 (unlikely), we'll have to decide to 1. have him for 1 year 2. think about overpaying him after that 3. let him walk for nothing.

He is showing yet again that lefties will OPS over .900 against him, so even if he has a mirage of a start, seeya later.

wichmae · Post #113 » by **wichmae** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:34 pm

Middlebrooks accepted AAA assignment instead of electing free agency. Smart dude. If Carter mashes and gets traded PT opens up.

trwi7 · Post #114 » by **trwi7** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 5:49 am

Kerb Hohl wrote:It's an incredibly small sample but Peralta is up to his old tricks of basically giving up MVP-caliber numbers to lefties on the aggregate.

He needed to develop his changeup and for some reason, the Brewers never made him. He had a decent one in Wisconsin but only threw it maybe 3 times a game. If they had made him throw it 15-20 times a game, regardless of results, he'd probably be much better now.

crkone · Post #115 » by **crkone** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 7:35 pm

Garza taken out of game after consulting with trainer.

OnWISports · Post #116 » by **OnWISports** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 7:54 pm

trwi7 wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:It's an incredibly small sample but Peralta is up to his old tricks of basically giving up MVP-caliber numbers to lefties on the aggregate.

He needed to develop his changeup and for some reason, the Brewers never made him. He had a decent one in Wisconsin but only threw it maybe 3 times a game. If they had made him throw it 15-20 times a game, regardless of results, he'd probably be much better now.

The Brewers never made him? Just because the results were not there, doesn't mean they didn't try.

Kerb Hohl · Post #117 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 7:58 pm

crkone wrote:Garza taken out of game after consulting with trainer.

It'll be interesting to see how long it is. I think he was a longshot to hit his vesting option anyways, but if he misses 3-4 starts, that's the nail in the coffin and his contract essentially ends after 2017 and the 2018 option doesn't pick up. Hopefully it isn't long-term so we can try to milk some value out of him as a trade piece.

crkone · Post #118 » by **crkone** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 8:13 pm

Kerb Hohl wrote:
crkone wrote:Garza taken out of game after consulting with trainer.

It'll be interesting to see how long it is. I think he was a longshot to hit his vesting option anyways, but if he misses 3-4 starts, that's the nail in the coffin and his contract essentially ends after 2017 and the 2018 option doesn't pick up. Hopefully it isn't long-term so we can try to milk some value out of him as a trade piece.

Officially right shoulder tightness. Whatever that turns out to be.

Kerb Hohl · Post #119 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Apr 1, 2016 8:34 pm

He's had right shoulder issues forever and his pitched through them. That's why they even really wrote that clause into his deal. Maybe he thinks that he's not going to get that vesting option and he'll just milk it for this year, pitch well next year, and get paid (somewhat) one more time.

EDIT: he's probably fine. Didn't mean to sound as if I was suggesting he was going to milk it...though it may be less motivation to pitch through pain.

trwi7 · Post #120 » by **trwi7** » Sat Apr 2, 2016 3:43 am

OnWISports wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
Kerb Hohl wrote:It's an incredibly small sample but Peralta is up to his old tricks of basically giving up MVP-caliber numbers to lefties on the aggregate.

He needed to develop his changeup and for some reason, the Brewers never made him. He had a decent one in Wisconsin but only threw it maybe 3 times a game. If they had made him throw it 15-20 times a game, regardless of results, he'd probably be much better now.

The Brewers never made him? Just because the results were not there, doesn't mean they didn't try.

If they did try, they would have made him throw more changeups. It's bad development by the organization, something that was consistent with especially pitchers under Reid Nichols.