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by Kyle Lobner on Apr 8, 2011 10:53 AM CDT
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I'm back from one of the better road trips I've done in recent memory: A quick, two day sprint through two Brewer games and last night's Timber Rattlers season opener. Thanks to Rubie Q, BrewHaHeather, Morineko and everyone else who kept the gears spinning around here while I was out.
As you might expect, I'm still a little worn out after three baseball games and 200 miles in the car in slightly more than 24 hours. As such, I got off to a slow start this morning and, to keep it from being published after noon, I'm going to try to make today's Mug a quick one. Here are today's headlines:
The Nyjer Morgan Golden Era is upon us. Tony Plush went 1-for-4 yesterday, made some excellent plays in right field and showed off his eccentricities on the radio afterwards. Vaughn's Valley wants more Nyjer. Adam McCalvy is on board too.
In fact, everyone loves Myjer Morgan...except for fans of his former team.
Shaun Marcum pitched six innings yesterday and allowed two runs on five hits and two walks. Tom Haudricourt notes that his control was much better.
Kameron Loe has pitched in five of the Brewers' seven games. He's on pace for 116 appearances.
Other notes from the field:
- Ryan Braun's home run yesterday was the Brewers' first non-solo shot of the season, and he rounded the bases in 18.4 seconds.
- Braun narrowly missed the day's fastest trot, which instead belongs to B.J. Upton of the Rays (17.86 seconds). He told Adam McCalvy that "baseball is fun again."
- The home run was Braun's fourth off Tommy Hanson, his most against any pitcher. Hanson said he plans to continue to challenge him.
- Braun, Marcum and Alex Gonzalez are leading FanGraphs' Star of the Game voting.
- Carlos Gomez bunted his way on base yesterday. Howie Magner wants him to try to set a record for bunt attempts.
- The Polish Sausage won the sausage race.
Takashi Saito was still unavailable yesterday with a sore hamstring, but doesn't expect to go on the DL.
Corey Hart still isn't healthy enough to play, but told Trenni Kesnierek that he's trying acupuncture to speed the healing process.
Beyond the Box Score says Hart is the 20th best right fielder of the last five seasons.
When Marco Estrada and Yovani Gallardo won games earlier this week, they became the first Mexican starting pitchers to win back-to-back games since 1998, and the first Mexican pitchers to do it since 2003, when Elmer Dessens and Oscar Villareal did it for the Diamondbacks.
Estrada's performance impressed Ron Roenicke enough to make him consider keeping Estrada in the rotation until Zack Greinke returns.
Prince Fielder is one home run away from being the first to ever hit 100 at Miller Park. Jaymes Langrehr of The Brewers Bar wants you to shut up about his "clutch struggles."
Spencer Fordin and Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com previewed tonight's Brewers-Cubs game.
Off The Bench has news you might have heard before: Rickie Weeks is really good.
Satchel Price of Beyond the Box Score tied the Brewers' 2011 results to Weeks.
Carson Cistulli of NotGraphs has a commercial idea that involves Craig Counsell stabbing someone.
Miller Park Drunk raised a red flag on management at Ryan Braun's Graffito.
In the minors:
- Daniel Merklinger cleared waivers and was assigned to Huntsville.
- Amaury Rivas had a great Opening Night for Nashville last night, completing seven innings with just 77 pitches.
- Jonathan Lucroy's rehab is going well - he drew two walks and played the full game at catcher for Huntsville.
- MLBDepthCharts picked Maverick Lasker and Sean Halton as the Brewers' under the radar breakout candidates.
- Huntsville is broadcasting games on the web from a couch in the seating bowl.
Some people seem to think Miller Park needs a nickname. A Twitter feed has been created to promote The Keg.
Around baseball:
Athletics: Placed pitcher Michael Wuertz on the DL with a hamstring strain.
Cubs: Placed pitchers Randy Wells (forearm strain) and Andrew Cashner (shoulder strain) on the DL
Giants: Placed pitcher Santiago Casilla on the DL with elbow tendonitis.
Mariners: Placed catcher Adam Moore on the DL following surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
Red Sox: Designated reliever Dennys Reyes for assignment.
Rockies: Placed pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez on the DL with a thumb injury.
Tigers: Placed pitcher Ryan Perry on the DL with an eye infection.
Twins: Placed second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka on the DL with a broken leg.
White Sox: Designated outfielder Lastings Milledge for assignment.
As noted above, the Cubs are going to need two new members for their starting rotation. One of the newcomers is Casey Coleman, who is now scheduled to start against the Brewers on Sunday.
The Brewers gained a game in the standings yesterday when the Astros beat the Reds 3-2. The Reds' loss leaves the Brewers 2.5 games back in the Central, and in fourth place. Cincinnati is headed off on a west coast road trip, and Redleg Nation says that's rarely good news. Meanwhile, the Astros' win was their first of the season.
Today in baseball economics: Royals Review has a great story to ponder on the difficulty of having three major sports in a small market city.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to work.
Drink up.
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The Reds' scary west coast road trip consists of the DBacks and the Padres.
I understand that he’s saying the opponents are beside the point, but I wouldn’t be too concerned. The Reds have a ridiculously easy April schedule.
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Nishioka
Saw the play live yesterday, Swisher looked upset after, but it was clean and didn’t look bad at first. Really feel bad for the dude though.
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by Charlie Marlow on Apr 8, 2011 11:08 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
It sounds like Swisher went over to him after he found out he was having x-rays done.
According to interviews I’ve read, Nishioka, Gardenhire and the rest of the Twins didn’t think it was a dirty play… just an unfortunate accident.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
The Yahoo! article made a point
They said Nishioka planted his foot in front of the bag on the throw. I believe most second basemen to the throw from behind the second base bag to avoid having their leg broken. Maybe they don’t slide hard into second in Japan so he never learned the skill? I’m not sure about the Japanese baseball customs.
I thought I read something from a Japanese player -- Kaz Matsui, maybe? --
that said one of the biggest adjustments coming from Japan to MLB was the take-out slides at second base.
I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.
Yes...it isn't customary to slide that hard into second in the Japanese game.
The twins blog had an interesting article linked about it.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/119457904.html
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Apr 8, 2011 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
That and he's never played second base before this year.
"In Wisconsin, New Year's Eve is just regular drinking with funny hats on" ~Lewis Black
That's not true
He played 2B in high school and both SS and 2B in his first few years as a professional in Japan. He eventually became a full-time SS to minimize his risk of injury.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Fractured left fibula for Nishioka
Afterwards he remarked that he was glad that he got away with a fractured leg as had he been facing Tony Plush rather than Swisher they’d have had to invent a 5 year-DL list for him…
Less than proud owner of Marmol Says Knock McLouth (BCB League III)
"Now attribute that shit!" mpbMKE
No offense to the girls of the blog
or anyone else for that matter
But the name of the park, that opposing players have nicknamed is “The Iron Vagina” (If youre having a hard time imagining where this comes from, picture yourself as a CF and looking up….)
by backtocali on Apr 8, 2011 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
no wonder I prefer
a sunny day to one with inclement weather
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 8, 2011 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
So... wait.
Wide open to sealed shut? I see cons to both side here. I also see this train of thought not lasting much longer.
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why not the barrel?
too big for a simple keg
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 8, 2011 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
wasn't Lastings Milledge
once traded for Tony Plush? i’m sure there were other players in that Buccos-Nats swap, but i seem to recall it was sort of a young OF for young OF trade
Yes.
The Nats traded Milledge and Joel Hanrahan to the Pirates for Sean Burnett and Nyjer Morgan.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Since Milledge ended up with the White Sox...
this just makes me imagine what it would be like if Tony Plush and Ozzie Guillen were on the same club, which I don’t think my mind can handle.
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I really enjoy the added baseball economics section
Keep them coming!
by LosinCatmansLove on Apr 8, 2011 11:21 AM CDT reply actions
So...
Over the last two days I’ve complained about Fielder not getting hits with runners on 3rd and Carlos Gomez flailing at bunts. What do you want me to fix today?
Fielder needs a HR to flash some power
McGehee’s power has been lacking, as well.
Wolf’s control has been downright awful.
Take your pick, my friend. I vote for Wolf not sucking tonight.
I'll try McGehee tomorrow.
It’ll take a vast concentration of my powers Don’t know if I can handle it. Maybe I’m regres—
The crowd stands in awed silence at the gruesome spectacle before them. In the distance, a lone sniper stands and carefully disassembles his armament, subduing his pride beneath stoic professionalism. It was just another job.
Come on man....
You know that’s not what I meant.
Wolf was bad in ST and had a poor first start – I’d like him to perform better. I expect that he will eventually perform better this year.
Get a ife broseph
It's weird how we remember Wolf.
Last week I was getting ready to write a post about Wolf’s early season struggles in 2010, and comparing them to 2011. Then I came across this stat: Wolf’s ERA by month in 2010:
April: 3.34
May: 5.50
June: 5.93
July: 5.45
August 3.65
September: 1.85
So really, by those numbers, Wolf didn’t have a rough start last year. He just had a three month lapse that started in May.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Go figure
I certainly didn’t remember him having his control at the beginning, but it’s clear it wasn’t there for those three middle months. Looking at those stats and his history my first thought would’ve been whether he had a mild, lingering injury starting in May like a strained oblique.
April: 32.1 IP, 10 BB
May: 34.1 IP, 23 BB
June: 30.1 IP, 17 BB
July: 38.0 IP, 14 BB
August: 37.0 IP, 14 BB
September: 43.2 IP, 9 BB
July he may have been unlucky.
Apr: 4.25
May: 5.40
Jun: 8.16?!
July: 4.47
Aug: 4.21
Sep: 3.17
He really only had a bad two month stretch. But it was a horrendous two months Maybe he had an undisclosed injury or personal problem or something.
Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).
Oops, that's FIP btw.
Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).
No one is saying we should cut Wolf
It’s a valid observation that his control was poor in his first start and his results were poor in Spring Training, as well. He has a history of losing his control – namely the first half of 2010, so there’s a legitimate reason to worry about him this season. Small sample from 2011, but a larger sample including last year’s struggles. We were worried before Spring Training he might have control problems that plagued him in 2010 – will the real Randy Wolf please stand up?
It's a valid observation
but rather meaningless to say he had a rough spring training.
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When a guy who struggled big time for 2 months struggles in ST
Its worth mentioning
Get a ife broseph
Disagree
I don’t see any meaning in Spring training stats. I don’t think Erick Almonte is going to do anything on the team, and I don’t think Wolf is going to struggle like he did in Spring Training. His issues last season are a completely independent story. Pitched fairly well from July – end of season, no reason to suspect last years “issues/2 rough months” are still plaguing him.
Twitterize me: @mykenk
I don't care about stats that much
I think they have small significance for some players.
Wolf had 2 months last year where he couldn’t locate, walked more guys than normal and got hit hard. That happened last year, I don’t know why there is no reason to suspect that it couldn’t happen again.
Get a ife broseph
I agree that it could happen again,
I’m just saying that’s independent of spring training statistics.
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Yeah I see your point
I’m not worried that much about the statistics because they are obviously really small sample and random competition.
There seemed to be many reports that Wolf wasn’t locating in Spring Training and didn’t look good – those observations and scouting reports would be more concerning to me, but I understand if you want to ignore them – there have been lots of guys who look terrible in spring but good in season.
Get a ife broseph
Probably the one stat you should look at in ST for pitchers is walks
It doesn’t matter if they’re getting hit hard, because their pitches might be predictable. But if you can’t locate, you can’t locate.
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My job sucking
thanks
P.s. get me a raise too
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Get on that.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Apr 8, 2011 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Boom.
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/tfr/2295074568.html
Challenge me.
by mpbMKE on Apr 8, 2011 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha, ha....
We prefer submission photos that show your personality
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
I think someone over there has "personality" mixed up with another word
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Here goes...
Randy Wolf really hasn’t shown the command he displayed in his time with the Dodgers. He’s several years removed from his injury problems, so it should stand to rason that he could replicate the success he had in his two seasons in LA. This wasn’t like a Jeff Suppan situation, where he was basically signed because he had a good series in October. I’m not sure if it’s mental or mechanical, but he really needs to show some level of improvement. He showed he could do it down the stretch last year, so I know he has the ability, it just needs to manifest on the field.
Hopefully that wasn’t too artificial for the baseball gods.
Meh
Miller Park has been neutral for some time, at least by B-Ref’s metrics. In fact, they have it as a slight advantage to pitchers. And he pitched well with Houston, also, which is decidely a batter-friendly park.
To RF
because of the picnic deck on the field. But even that’s been neutralized a little by the higher fence. Otehrwise, it’s a pretty balanced park. I think it got it’s repuation because for years at the time it opened the Brewers could do absolutley nothing but hit HRs, and we were stocked with gopher ballers in the roataion and ’pen.
So, you can see things have changed a lot over the years, haha.
Man...
I need an editor. Or re-read things before I post them. I used “it’s” instead of “its” and spelled “rotation” with an extra “a.” I don’t know how you guys can take me seriously.
We dont
dont worry
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by Jeo on Apr 8, 2011 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
That's what I thought to
I used ESPN’s park rating for comparison. Miller Park seemed to slightly favor pitchers most years, but is a power park for HRs.
Dodger Stadium Vs Miller Park
Favors pitchers by about 3% for DS and hitters by about 3% for hitters. So there is a noticeable difference. Add to it that when Wolf was in Houston, he was really still just a below average pitcher in a hitter freindly park, and before the downtrend in his career as far as age goes.
All in all, Wolf had his 2 best years ’02 in Veterans Stadium, and ’08 in Dodger Stadium, two pitcher friendly parks. To see what happened to him when he came here (to a neutral, or sometimes hitter friendly ballpark) at his age, isnt very surprising.
How do pitcher's parks affect K/9 and BB/9?
I think Wolf just had terrible control year last year and that has nothing to do with being in a park that isn’t pitcher friendly. His HR/FB ratio when up which is what one would expect to see with the move. His overall K/9 and BB/9 numbers were pretty poor last year which should have little to do with being in a pitcher’s park.
I don't think there's a correlation
At Miller Park, the park factor for walks does favor hitters.
Here’s the ESPN page for MLB Park Factors.
I can't believe this thread has been going on this long and no one has suggested this.
Could you fix the WMLW situation please?
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Now you're just being silly
I find it easier to believe mpbMKE influences the Brewers players than WMLW moving to a clear picture of the game.
Actually, I'd just like the Brewers off WMLW
I’d like FS Wisconsin to get their stuff together, ditch the Bucks and televise more games in Appleton.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I'd be fine with that.
Let WMLW pick up the Bucks games. Seems to me that the Brewers have a much bigger fanbase than the Bucks, but I could be wrong about that.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
I would guess it's relatively even in Milwaukee
But once you get away from the metro area it’s almost a landslide for the Brewers. That’s why it’d make sense to put the Bucks on WMLW, where they could be seen in Milwaukee, and let a statewide audience watch the Brewers.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
That's the problem... it makes too much sense.
BTW – I don’t know if it’s close even in the Milwaukee area. If attendance is any indicator… Bucks attendance isn’t even close to Brewers attendance… even if you compare a weekend Bucks game to a weekday Brewers game.
Example:
4/2 (Sat) Bucks game – 17,079
4/7 (Thu) Brewers game – 24,645
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Stadium size, stadium quality and relevance of team all factor in there.
Not to mention the fact that there’s only a minor correlation between fans in attendance and fans who would watch a game on TV if it were available.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Don't spend much time in the Metro Area then, eh?
When the Bucks are winning, sure, people will go to the games and scream real loud. But this is a baseball town, make no mistake about it. I’ll put it this way: shortly after the Packers won the Super Bowl, but before spring training, the county buses, which had been saying “Go Pack Go” immediately switched to “Go Brew Crew.” If I had to guess why FSWI keeps giving preference to the Bucks, I’d say there’s a fair amount of pressure from a certain office in Washington, DC… But that’s just conjecture.
I thought Obama was a baseball fan.
I mean, it’s the White Sox, but still.
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white sox...
speaking of which, I saw a student wearing a Sox Kotsay jersey today. I almost walked into the classroom (in session) to ask him WHY?
You mean by getting more games on it?
You’re talking to a guy with no cable and no bar with HD service within walking distance.
Hrm...
Unintentional double-entendre on the caption?
by Wayfaerer on Apr 8, 2011 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I hope one day to have enough money to be considered eccentric instead of crazy.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
In this case
“Crazy” vs “Eccentric” wasn’t so much a question of money as much as a sign of me trying to be nice.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I think you lead the league in VCAR (Vague Comments Above Replacement).
What?
Now that's great tasting chicken!
nevermind
i’m just one of those guys on the internet that thinks that every post on the internet is about him. And everyone copies his ideas.
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 8, 2011 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Bulls and Blackhawks play tonight
So in Chicago the game is only being broadcast on a standard def tiny Comcast-subscriber only station. It’s the WMLW of the Cubs world.
Incidentally, MLB.TV says the Brewers broadcast is WMLW-HD. When did WMLW go HD for Brewers games?
What cable/dish service do you have?
I have Direct TV and they’re putting the game on their overflow channel (666) in HD. They’ve done it a lot in the past and its fine.
WCIU which used to be only SD was the WMLW of Chicago, but think its better now.
Get a ife broseph
Wide Open West
Much cheaper than Comcast, but a slightly smaller channel lineup. Maybe I’ll channel surf a little to see if I can find it.
Good luck
I know its not a Comcast-only thing, and Direct TV adds it if there is a game, so you have a chance.
The bad thing is, regardless of where the game is on – Bob Brenly will still be announcing.
Get a ife broseph
I knew there was a reason I was paying through the nose for Comcast!
Also I think I get Comcast Sportsnet Plus in HD.
by MillerParkSouth on Apr 8, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
What's weird is that, despite the fact that the Bulls, Blackhawks and Cubs are all playing tonight,
WGN appears to be showing a marathon of The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Let's hope Miller Park decides to show the Brewers/Cubs game
on the concourse TVs instead of one of those.
by The Left Button on Apr 8, 2011 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
WMLW-HD is what they call themselves, but it's for marketing purposes
I don’t think I’ve seen one program on there that’s been in HD. It seems they think that by putting graphics on both sides of the program to make it “letterbox” that it becomes HD.
There’s a funny post in the Brewerfan.net forums about WMLW…
Last night I emailed the following to WMLW:
You should be embarrassed with the horrible quality of tonight’s broadcast of the Brewer game. Your channel normally has a much worse picture than FSN, but tonight you have set a new low.
They just responded with:
We wanted to respond to your complaint about the Milwaukee Brewers game broadcast on September 1, 2010. A piece of equipment failed at our transmitter causing the video to go dark. We apologize for any inconvenience this equipment failure caused.
As we move ahead with plans for the 2011 season, WMLW will be upgrading its transmission to high definition.
Again, we are sorry the problem occurred, and hope you continue to watch Milwaukee Brewers games on WMLW in the future.
Thank you for writing.
I say it’s “funny” because I think their definition of “HD” is different than most people’s.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
You can find the entire thread
I will say that the last game on WMLW looked better than the first game, but still leaves alot to be desired.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
I watched the game on MLB.tv
It looked like HD to me. It was significantly better than the TV broadcasts from WMLW traditionally are.
"In Wisconsin, New Year's Eve is just regular drinking with funny hats on" ~Lewis Black
I think the source is the same regardless who is televising it (FSN, WMLW, MLB.TV, etc.)
The difference is in how they’re broadcasting it. I’m pretty sure that WMLW broadcasts are probably the lowest wattage compared to other channels.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
WMLW
is a sister station of CBS-58, which itself doesn’t broadcast in HD in the Milwaukee market. If you’ve seen a CBS-58 newscast, they’re about 5 steps behind cutting-edge SD, to say nothing about HD. It looks like they still record on magnetic video tape. Channel 12 looked better in 1987.
You’re right that the output from the stadium is the same as it would be on any broadcast, whther it’s WMLW, FSWI, ESPN, or MLB Network. The deterioration in quality is directly through how it’s processed and disseminated from the station.
Not to get anyone's hopes up
But MLB Network’s regional coverage tonight lists Brewers/Cubs as an option.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
(subject to blackout in local areas)
So part of the country sees one game and the other part of the country sees the other game, but each local area is blacked out. Why bother having two broadcasts if you’re going to exclude the vast majority of fans that are going to care about each game, in the first place? Wouldn’t it make sense to save their money and simply broadcast the one game that’s most likely to garner the largest national numbers?
Off topic announcement
MLB network just announced that Manny Ramirez will be retiring due to “an issue” with his most recent drug test. Not sure if anybody cares, but kind of big news.
Quote from DRaysBay
Just helps highlight their frustration right now (from here):
For those interested, I will be at the game (and hopefully for the batting practice) and will be tweeting photos and such live with my Cubs Stats twitter page. If anybody thinks of something I can do to break the Rays curse, please tweet it to me.
MOTHER F***ING UPDATE: Manny Ramirez has just announced his retirement. Just. Great.
Well, does this begin the Casey Kotchman era in Tampa Bay? I sure hope not. Brandon Guyer or Robinson Chirinos for the not-losing.
Also, reading between the lines here, just frustration from the organization as a whole. Here’s the Tampa Bay press release:
The Tampa Bay Rays were informed today by the Commissioner’s Office that Manny Ramirez has decided to retire after being informed of an issue under the Drug Program. We are obviously surprised and disappointed by this news. We will have no further comment on this matter, and our fans and organization will carry on.
Not really that big a deal for the Rays
They’re only paying him $2M this season, and he hasn’t exactly been tearing it up at the plate so far.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
You're right
that it’s not exactly a disaster move that is going to hamstring the franchise for years but $2M is a fair chunk of budget for the Rays. The fact he hadn’t been hitting at all had already made them pissed off with him, now this just seems like the final straw. Plus, it sounds like Casey Kotchman is coming up for the Rays in his place.
Less than proud owner of Marmol Says Knock McLouth (BCB League III)
"Now attribute that shit!" mpbMKE
If he retired they don't pay him for anything more than the games they played up until his official retirement
They get a pro-rated signing bonus back from him, too.
Not too bad then if they get money back
Can I suggest slipping PEDs into Notsay’s Gatorade?
Less than proud owner of Marmol Says Knock McLouth (BCB League III)
"Now attribute that shit!" mpbMKE
Betancourt's as well.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
I don't think its a money issue
Manny had a .870 OBP in 320 ABs last year. I’m sure Rays management and fans were hoping/expecting some production this year. 17 ABs isn’t enough to come to some verdict on his 2011 production.
Get a ife broseph
Kotchman is coming up to take his roster spot
But I don’t know if he’s going to be used as their regular DH. They might move Damon to DH and put someone else in LF.
The Rays budget is pretty low this season, so while $2M may be a big percentage of this year’s payroll, it isn’t exactly hurting the organization.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Tonight's Lineup
From Adam McCalvy:
Rickie Weeks 2B
Carlos Gomez CF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Yuniesky Betancourt SS
Nyjer Morgan RF
George Kottaras C
Randy Wolf LHP
It is odd that Counsell isn't starting tonight
It seemed like RR would’ve gone with an additional lefty in the lineup tonight… and it’s been a few days since his last start.
Although, it is the same lineup as yesterday.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Your starting Right Fielder
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by Yar Nivek on Apr 8, 2011 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nice lineup.
I like how the lefties are stacked in the bottom of the order. I also like how Gomez and his incredible skills are #2. Nothing but fantastic decisions by triple R so far.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
Late in the game when they have a lefty they will
or if they have 2 left handed relievers.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
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