Russell "3TO" Branyan called up Gwynn sent down!

[trwi7]

Juuust to be sure, that's a fake quote right?

 

Yeah, that's fake.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

 

[logan82]

Somebody actually asked Yost if he expected Hall to hit a grand slam last night when he was pinch hitting.

[BrewCrewForever]

The most HR's Branyan has hit in a single season in the bigs was 24 in 2002 between the Indians and Reds. I tend to believe that career high will be eclipsed this season.

[WV Brew]

Interesting stat from today's Washington Post. Bill Hall is 9th in MLB in pitches/plate appearance at 4.22. This surprises me since he always seems to be a free swinger especially when he's going bad like now. Leader Nick Swisher 4.52, Dunn in the NL at 4.50. I'm waiting for the inevitable dropoff from Branyan when people jump back to Hall's bandwagon.

[logan82]

Branyan has better career splits against RHP than Hall and better defense. I don't see much playing time in Hall's future unless there is another infield injury. Hall had a great chance to get people "back on his bandwagon" on Friday. One K later and his fate is pretty much sealed at this point.

[brewcrew00]

During "Flex Cam" at the game today they flipped the camera on Russ. He didn't see it, and lucky for the folks at Miller Park he didn't. I was waiting for the Scoreboard to explode if he would have noticed what was going on.

[tristarscoop]

I was just coming to post on the muscle cam. My favorite Branyan moment yet!

[tristarscoop]

There's an ESPN Insider article by Eric Karabell in which he looks at Russell and his propensity for hot starts no matter where he goes. It's about Branyan in terms of fantasy baseball.

 

Here's a small part:

I must discuss how Branyan can't possibly keep this up, and how you should sign him, enjoy the occasional dinger and swiftly move him to some dunderhead in your league who thinks he'll hit 30. Am I not compelled to do this? Why, at age 32, would Branyan all of a sudden be able to keep a hot

streak going? Aren't opposing scouts watching? They must be aware that Branyan is a major strikeout guy. Bust him up and in or throw sliders off the plate and he's putty. Yes, he can hit majestic home runs as well. In fact, in the history of Miller Park, it's not Prince Fielder or Ryan Braun or Corey Hart who has hit three of the four longest home runs in stadium history, it's you know who. The stadium opened in 2001, by the way, or else I would have mentioned Gorman Thomas, Robin Yount and Hank Aaron.

 

However, Branyan is not Cust, because he doesn't have the same kind of plate discipline to take walks, but he is a classic "three true outcomes" type player in that Branyan doesn't put the ball in play very much and he does walk, fan and homer quite a bit.

[endaround]

Branyan has great plate discipline, he just has had huge problems making contact. You don't have a career OBP 100 points higher than your BA without taking a good share of walks.

[trwi7]

However, Branyan is not Cust, because he doesn't have the same kind of plate discipline to take walks

Hey thanks for the tip Sherlock! Tell me, Mr. Karabell how many players do carry BB% of 19.7 like Cust? My guess is very, very few, if any. Now Mr. Karabell, could you tell me what is wrong with Russell's career BB% of 12.3? He just makes it sound like Branyan is horrible at taking a walk when in reality he's actually well above average.

[JJHardy7]

Branyan has great plate discipline, he just has had huge problems making contact. You don't have a career OBP 100 points higher than your BA without taking a good share of walks.

 

I see what you're saying, but at the same time Branyan tends to see more pitches at times because he does swing and miss so often. I find it odd that he says he doesn't have discipline, but then points out that he walks quite a bit. I think that should've been explained a little bit more because without any detail that makes little sense.

[MillerParkSouth]

I went to the Fanzone before the game on Saturday night in search of a Branyan T-shirt jersey. The lady told me that they hadn't arrived yet but that EVERYONE has been asking for them. Hopefully they're in stock when i'm up again 4th of July weekend!

[GB12]

I must say I'm dissapointed that you can't use an image in your signature on this site because of this:

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc243/Pacific_1/Signatures/RussellBranyansig.jpg

[nate82]

Now Branyan is into computer's they must be cloning Branyan!

 

Branyan's batting 'edge' computer-aided

[Brian the Automator]

I must say I'm dissapointed that you can't use an image in your signature on this site because of this:

 

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc243/Pacific_1/Signatures/RussellBranyansig.jpg

I do like the image, but honestly, I think message boards that allow image sigs look like plates of hurl.

 

[1992casey]

While the rules preclude using the image in your sig, your profile would be an excellent place for it. If you need some help, post a thread in the Issues forum and we'll give you a hand.

[pitchleague]

holy cow, that eye training software is expensive! BIG bucks! I was looking at it for myself!

[BrewCrewForever]

I believe we face three RHP in the Twins series this weekend. 3 games of Russell, I predict 3 HR this series.

[Glennron]

I believe we face three RHP in the Twins series this weekend. 3 games of Russell, I predict 3 HR this series.

That would sure be nice, especially with right field something like 325 ft away. Maybe he'll hit some over the baggie.

[BrewCrewWS]

I believe we face three RHP in the Twins series this weekend. 3 games of Russell, I predict 3 HR this series.

That would sure be nice, especially with right field something like 325 ft away. Maybe he'll hit some over the baggie.

good call

[brettac1]

This is just straight ridiculous.

[BrewCrewForever]

2 away from my prediction. Russell!

[GB12]

While the rules preclude using the image in your sig, your profile would be an excellent place for it. If you need some help, post a thread in the Issues forum and we'll give you a hand.

That's ok, I'm using it on a different (non-baseball) forum so it's not going to waste or anything. I really just wanted to show it off. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[BrewCrewForever]

I wonder if Russ may get a start at 1B in this series? I think he may be better on defense there then Dillon. Then you have Prince DH and have Hall play 3B getting some AB's against RHP or even Counsell could play 3B.

[BrewCrewForever]

I must discuss how Branyan can't possibly keep this up, and how you should sign him, enjoy the occasional dinger and swiftly move him to some dunderhead in your league who thinks he'll hit 30.

 

Hey Karabell, I think he might hit 30 and he just may. Or darn close to it.

 

I'm not a big fan of any of ESPN's fantasy guys.