Rockies @ Brewers Series Thread (4/29-5/2)

MikeIsGood · Post #21 » by **MikeIsGood** » Wed May 1, 2019 11:57 pm

I blame the crowd. They need to support the players.

blazza18 · Post #22 » by **blazza18** » Wed May 1, 2019 11:58 pm

Man, what?

bizarro · Post #23 » by **bizarro** » Thu May 2, 2019 12:07 am

A Jacob Barnes-led bullpen game. Lovely. Can this season please start taking itself seriously?

WeekapaugGroove · Post #24 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu May 2, 2019 12:45 am

I'm sure he'll probably get there at some point but so far Donnie Hart hasn't made the relievers I hate list yet.

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Turk Nowitzki · Post #25 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:12 am

Great patience by Arcia, seeing some progress there for sure.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #26 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:15 am

Braun is a washed up problem.

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Turk Nowitzki · Post #27 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:16 am

Ugh, ump is a bit generous on the corner to a guy struggling to locate, Braun misses a fastball that was right down the middle, and then swings at pitch off the inside corner. Yuck

Turk Nowitzki · Post #28 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:17 am

OH **** OFF THAT WAS BALL FOUR

Turk Nowitzki · Post #29 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:18 am

BRING IN THE ROBOT UMPS

MissKhriddleton · Post #30 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:29 am

Cain has been pretty ass at the plate lately.

BigDee · Post #31 » by **BigDee** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:45 am

Big hit Gamel!

H2tObes · Post #32 » by **H2tObes** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:54 am

Gamel looking like a great pickup so far

Turk Nowitzki · Post #33 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 1:56 am

Come on Jesus, dive for that or something.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #34 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu May 2, 2019 2:03 am

I really want to see Corbin Burnes succeed but he can't even have just one outing to feel good about, even in relief.

Counsell really leaving him out to dry here too.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #35 » by **Buck You** » Thu May 2, 2019 2:44 am

Peralta tomorrow should be a treat

MikeIsGood · Post #36 » by **MikeIsGood** » Thu May 2, 2019 2:48 am

Just horrendous pitching. Really hard game to watch.

Post #37 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu May 2, 2019 2:55 am

Jesus **** christ just a dumpster fire bullpen.

bizarro · Post #38 » by **bizarro** » Thu May 2, 2019 3:57 am

This bullpen :lol:

WTF is this? For all the credit Stearns receives, he deserves just as much criticism: this is a failed plan to date. You look at the minors as well and the cupboard is fairly bare suddenly. This bullpen is an embarrassment.

Post #39 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu May 2, 2019 3:25 pm

Braun is being phased out or at least platooned. It's necessary. He'll be at "only" $13 million ($3 mil deferred) next year and that's it. $4 mil buyout in 2021.

Kerb Hohl · Post #40 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu May 2, 2019 3:36 pm

bizarro wrote:This bullpen

WTF is this? For all the credit Stearns receives, he deserves just as much criticism: this is a failed plan to date. You look at the minors as well and the cupboard is fairly bare suddenly. This bullpen is an embarrassment.

Depth maybe should be better but I bet if you ripped the arm off of any team's 2 best relievers, the rest is going to suck unless you're the Yankees and bought 5 good/elite relievers.

They invested in their offense this offseason and it turns out that pitching, specifically bullpen, was where they may have needed to buy some depth.

Also, bullpens start out slow for whatever reason. I can't imagine a worse start for our pen and the Brewers still have about the 10th worst bullpen in the league. The Dodgers, Red Sox, Yankees, A's, Cubs, Phillies, Braves, Twins are either about even with or not a ton better than the Brewers so far in bullpen performance depending on how you're evaluating. The Cards' bullpen has a better ERA but xFIP/FIP/WAR actually has them the same or worse.

I dunno, this is small market baseball. We had a nice grouping of Hader, Jeffress, Knebel + 1 or 2 of Guerra/Burnes/Woodruff in the bullpen. That's 4-5 elite or reliable arms and you can deploy Claudio against mostly lefties and in perfect situations. That's really good.

Now we're stuck with Hader, Guerra, and Claudio is forced to be a high leverage guy. Jeffress is finally there but he's not the same.