Jack and I discuss future Brewers Dylan Covey and Hunter Morris. Dylan Covey video: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8778307 Hunter Morris video: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=8080130&content_id=7461545
After a long and arduous journey back to the majors, Chris Capuano struggles in his first start. You can't tell me you didn't expect some more adversity for Cappy. Bush gets bumped and Parra gets a second chance. The Angels might be a match for the Brewers if they want to trade for Prince Fielder. Tony Reagins, the Angels GM, has shown a willingness to trade young pitching talent for an established 1st baseman (see Mark Texieria trade http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/mark-teixeira-1.html). ...
In this podcast, lots of Brewers injuries and bad behavior to discuss. Jack and I consider whether Carlos Gomez was out of line in his homerun celebration. http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8234261 We also discuss whether Ed Rapuano, the home plate umprie, went too far as he started to jaw with Dave Bush. http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8226363 My weekly prospect is Cutter Dykstra, who is slowly regaining form. http://www.baseball-reference.com...
This week in podcasting: Prince Fielder's hints at his displeasure with the pitching staff. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/93832669.html Doug Davis goes to the DL. If the Brewers need to replace his spot in the rotation will they give Suppan or Parra a chance. In addition a number of options exist in AAA (including some not named Chris Capuano). http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=41863 Jack and I discuss two prospects. I discuss AA's Caleb Gindl and his improved strikeout...
I apologize for the messed up audio in the earlier post. THis is the second part of the episode. I fixed the audio, so every thing should be good. Download this episode if you would like only the parts where the audio cut out. Also, here's a link to a blog post at the Journal Sentinal fanblogs, where a write discusses Doug Davis bad luck. He does a much more thorough job then we have. I recommend it. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/fanblogs/93268689.html
Latroy Hawkins suffered an injury this week. Jack and I discuss whether this injury is real, or if it's more along the lines of Jeff Suppan's "sore neck" (aka an injury invented to give an old pitcher some time to regroup). We talk about some of the reasons to be optimistic about the Brewers pitching staff, including another quality start from Randy Wolf (ERA 3.95), and more solid work from Yovanni Gallardo (ERA 3.07). Plus, Minor League news with an update on Chris Capuano, and his possible pro...
In the podcast, I mention Davis' bad luck and how to account for that luck statistically. FIP or Fielding Independent Pitching is the statistic that I use to look at what a pitcher's ERA should be without all the bad luck. Here's a more technical definition from The Harball Times: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/statpages/glossary/#fip If you're curious to see the pitch data for Trevor Hoffman look here: http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=1035&position=P Fangraphs.com has an in...
Podcast number 2 features a discussion of Edinson Volquez's suspension, Carlos Zambrano's move to the bullpen, Manager Ken Macha's constantly shifting lineup, and Brewers minor leaguers Chris Cody and Lorenzo Cain. From the brewers.com site, here is how the Brewers 20-0 defeat of the Pirates ranks historically: http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100422&content_id=9500206&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil This a good summary of the Zambrano move with lots of qu...
Here is our first podcast. We plan on posting a new one once every other week. I mentioned some things about pitches per plate appearance in the show, and wanted to follow up with a link to the leaders in Pit/PA last year: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2009-pitches-batting.shtml Jim Edmonds' career average is 4.08 Pit/PA, which is well above the major league average of 3.75 and would have ranked him 28th best last year. For reference, the top three Brewers last year were Mike Came...
