Melvin lays out "Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Development Organizational Plan"
It's pretty defensive, but overall it sounds like a decent plan. I'd love to see the whole, real thing.
One interesting anecdote:
Melvin said the Brewers made a very serious offer to the Blue Jays in December for ace right-hander Roy Halladay, who had no-trade rights and preferred a club that spends Spring Training in Florida. The Phillies, his eventual destination, train in Clearwater, near Halladay's home.
"We made as good an offer as anybody. He wouldn't come," Melvin said. "We went out on a limb and offered pretty good players for Roy Halliday. It came down to [the fact] that he had his choice of where he wanted to go. Philly had the advantage on him. So the talent pool that we get to pick from sometimes is smaller than other teams."
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It wouldn't be a Doug Melvin anecdote without him stressing some disadvantage
I suppose they can’t do much worse with a manifesto than they did without a manifesto. It will be nice if it works out for them.
Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.
by TheJay on Jul 30, 2010 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
It's so hard to be Doug Melvin.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Its too bad there's not compensation for losing players
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Jul 30, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Glad it only took him 8 years to come up with a plan for pitching...
Is he ever going to be asked legitimate questions (and follow up questions) or are we going to keep getting a constant stream of MLB.com articles in which he complains and makes excuses for the Brewers lack of success?
Get a ife broseph
Doug Melvin's Slogan:
Masking Incompetence with the Small Market Excuse Since 2002
"I've been banging a lot of bratwurst lately".
Uecker during the 8th inning of his first game back
I like this
I wouldn’t know if any of it is a good plan, or if it will work, but at least it show the organization clearly recognizes that there’s a deficiency and is willing to focus on correcting it.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Jul 30, 2010 3:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Also
Melvin said the Brewers made a very serious offer to the Blue Jays in December for ace right-hander Roy Halladay, who had no-trade rights and preferred a club that spends Spring Training in Florida. The Phillies, his eventual destination, train in Clearwater, near Halladay’s home.
“We made as good an offer as anybody. He wouldn’t come,” Melvin said. “We went out on a limb and offered pretty good players for Roy Halliday. It came down to [the fact] that he had his choice of where he wanted to go. Philly had the advantage on him. So the talent pool that we get to pick from sometimes is smaller than other teams.”
Is this old news? I hadn’t heard that before.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
I hadn't heard anything about it before this article either
I wonder what the package was? Had to have included Lawrie…
or a Chip 'N Dale dancer
I hear they have good packages too
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 30, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would have peed myself
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
Incontinence Burn!
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 2, 2010 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Interesting...
Melvin revealed some of the “Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Development Organizational Plan” to reporters this week. It includes new guidelines for both amateur and professional scouting, plus a streamlined player-development process that emphasizes the team’s increased focus on biomechanics.
I guess this means Petersen will be around next season.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
He could be in a position other than MLB pitching coach, perhaps?
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
"I feel I have a responsibility to protect our scouts and our development people, people who work extremely hard at what they do."
Actually, you have a responsibility to draft and develop enough pitching to make the team successful. You’ve failed. Maybe if you spent less time bitching about how hard it is to be a GM in Milwaukee and how people are too hard on your staff you’d have more than just Gallardo to point to as a starting pitcher who’s actually reached his potential on your watch.
PS: You’re fired.
PPS: Kidding. I don’t actually have the authority to fire you. If I did, you wouldn’t have been around long enough to say stupid shit like this. So there’s an upside and a downside, I guess.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 5:30 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
Rec, sir
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Jul 30, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
A little late
Shouldn’t this plan have been one of the FIRST things Melvin developed when he was hired?
Stop disrespecting his scouts!
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeffress
The Brewers believe they have a number of pitching prospects who meet those criteria, such as Jeremy Jeffress, Jake Odorizzi, Wily Peralta, Mark Rogers and Kyle Heckathorn.
Hmm…the article says pitchers have to be 6’2". I guess Jeffress must have grown at least two inches from the time he was measured for the media guide and milb.com.
Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.
They must have measured him recently when he was hiding his stash in his socks.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 31, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Now I'm headed over to AICN to post "FIRST".
After that, my weekend will be complete.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 31, 2010 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
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