How to pass the time on Monday

by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 29, 2008 12:41 PM CDT Comment 25 comments

How about if we see how well we know Dale? According to a headline which points to the always-broken JS blogs, the postseason roster should be announced today. So, let's put forth some guesses!

Disclaimer - I don't know nearly as much about playoff roster rules as some other people. I'm assuming Dale can insert Stetter by taking advantage of someone's spot on the DL.

Position players

C Kendall
C Rivera
IF Counsell
IF Dillon
IF Durham
IF Fielder
IF Hall
IF Hardy
IF Weeks
OF Braun
OF Cameron
OF Hart
OF Gwynn

Pitchers

Bush
Gagne
Gallardo
McClung
Mota
Parra
Sabathia
Shouse
Stetter
Suppan
Torres
Villanueva

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Kapler?

Anyone have an update on his muscle strain? I’d much much rather have Kapler as the 4th OF then TGJ. :(

I think your roster is pretty set, maybe we might see Sheets in, instead of Stetter if maybe they move him to a reliever roll.

by SgtClueLs on Sep 29, 2008 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Kapler, Sheets and Riske

I think these 3 are out. Even if Kapler could hit, it’s not very useful to have an outfielder that can’t throw.

As for Sheets, it’s hard to imagine that Dale would roll the dice that he might be able to throw in a couple weeks, and give up a valuable roster spot based on that.

by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 29, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

different rosters for each series, if they want

so if they wanted to potentially have Sheets around for future rounds, they don’t have to put him on the roster now.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Sep 29, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so you're one of those people

that knows more than me. Wiseguy, eh?

Well, I’m even more confident that this will be the roster for the first round, then.

by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 29, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey, just tryin' to help :)

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Sep 29, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Branyan is another spot they could use

If they wanted a fourth callup (besides Stetter, Gwynn, and Dillon) to make the squad.

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by TheJay on Sep 29, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I left him off because he looked gimpy

With this new information I have from Sackmann, I would definitely plan to see him if the Brewers advance to the NLCS.

by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 29, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't be too upset if Dillon wasn't on that list

A .154 avg. while PH does not make me all that comfortable. I don’t know who to replace him with but he doesn’t bring that much to the table. I guess Escobar could bring his speed and maybe give us a Dave Roberts moment.

by brewfan2 on Sep 29, 2008 3:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

as long as he donates his bats to prince...

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rivera?

Sigh. Why bother…

Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9

by NoahJ on Sep 29, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

well...

Rivera hasn’t played in case something happens to kendall. If they don’t bring him and something happens to Kendall they’ll really be screwed. Craig Counsell for catcher anyone?

In any case, lets hope they find room for salome (so Rivera could get some play time) or Escobar.

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha

I’m inclined to believe that Rivera won’t get more than a pinch hit or two unless Kendall gets injured. That being the case, Salome would probably be a wasted roster spot.

My only regret is that I have but one life to give to my blog

by MadJimiBrewha on Sep 29, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Research

According to, of all things, a Mets blog:

This year the players no longer have to be on the active 25 man roster as of Aug. 31, all they need to be is on the 40 man roster. As of this year a playoff team can select any 25 players regardless of the ratio or time spent in the majors for the playoffs.

So basically anyone but Salome, Gamel, Coffey, and Lamb can be on the roster.

Despite Gagne’s excellent inning in the World Series last year (and abysmal stats for the other two rounds), I’d rather he not be on the roster. That’s not likely, though, so I’ll accept that. I mean, could we fit DiFelice on there instead?

Branyan and Kapler are each better picks healthy than Joltin’ Joe, at least as he’s played this year, but he does bring versatility. With those two probably out (though Branyan seems perfect for a sort of Kirk Gibson moment), I can’t really see who the Brewers would bring in as their next position player. Rottino? Barely played in September. Brad Nelson? No. Iribarren? He’s eligible, after all. Looks like we’re stuck with 12 pitchers.

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on Sep 29, 2008 6:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

gamel and salome were on the 40-man in time.

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gamel & Salome were added to the 40-man on Sept. 1

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by TheJay on Sep 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

can't we like re-negotiate their contracts

and um, claim we got it done by the deadline?

what was the hold up?

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

In other MLB action today Sox 6th inning

Freddy An. Garcia pitching:
Dewayne Wise: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Wise walked.
Jermaine Dye: Strike looking, Ball, Wise stole second, Armando Galarraga relieved Freddy An. Garcia [injury?], Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Wise to third on wild pitch, Dye walked, Wise scored on wild pitch.
Bobby Seay relieved Armando Galarraga.
Jim Thome: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Dye to second on wild pitch, Foul, Ball, Thome struck out swinging.
Paul Konerko: Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Konerko intentionally walked.
Ken Griffey Jr.: Ball, Ball, Ball, Griffey walked, Dye to third, Konerko to second.
Gary Glover relieved Bobby Seay.
Alexei Ramirez: Ramirez homered to left, Dye, Konerko and Griffey scored.
A.J. Pierzynski: Foul, Pierzynski doubled to left.
Juan Uribe: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Uribe grounded out to shortstop.
Orlando Cabrera: Ball, Ball, Foul, Cabrera lined out to first.

3 wildpitches, two by Galarraga (in a row).

Gameday has that clusterfuck uberclusterfucked:
Gallarga struck out Wise, got Dye to fly out, then struck out Thome, then Dye came back up and walked, with Wise scoring on the wildpitch
After that Seay relieved Gallarga and promptly threw a wildpitch, advancing Dye to second.
Then a bunch of other stuff happened presumably in order.

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

play-in game forced

Sox won 8-2

so I guess that delays the start of the AL playoffs

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no Twins or WSox will start against the Rays on Thurs as planned

by Saltire on Sep 29, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"as planned"?

All the other division series begin on Wednesday (both AL and NL)

sounds like a delay to me

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

TBS can only cover so many games back-to-back

Three’s the limit without starting one of them before noon ET. The Angels, as the AL team with the best record, were allowed to pick which schedule they wanted to play. They picked the ALDS series that started on Wednesday so they could have an extra off day (Thursday) during the series. That forced the Twins/WSox-Rays to play the series starting on Thursday.

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by TheJay on Sep 29, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure they started one series a day later last year as well.

by oconnobe on Sep 29, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I noticed on the Fox Saturday game of the week

with the Brewers vs Cubs

At the start of the broadcast, they had nominations of player-of-the-day.

The Brewers nominee: Jeff Suppan.

Not only did Jeff not play, he hasn’t been playing well this week. I noticed the same thing a week or two ago during Fox Saturday baseball (Suppan again representing the brewers, even though not playing).

What’s the deal with that? Is it just a conspiracy to get a player from the Mets and the Red Sox the nod?

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by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 29, 2008 9:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it was for Veteran Presence of the Day

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on Sep 29, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you sure that wasn't a list of players nominated for awards related to their community work?

I know that Suppan has been nominated for a couple of awards for his work in Milwaukee and I do recall Fox soliciting votes for one of those awards in both of their recent broadcasts of Brewer games, with Suppan as the Brewers nominee.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 29, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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