McClung to bullpen? -- Yost to platoon McClung and Bush -- Latest: platoon over; Bush back in rotation full-time (reply #165)

[LouisEly]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=mil

 

Suppan listed as the starter for the 22nd. That would indicate McClung to the bullpen. If so... who is the odd man out? Mota finally gets released?

[kramnoj]

Who do you think is starting on the 21st? It hasn't been announced. If Yost decides to go with the SP H/A platoon, this would be the start that McClung gets. Bush could act as reliever for the day McClung starts. If the team does get in trouble and thinks it will need another reliever, they will probably need to DFA Mota or send down Dillon and bring back Stetter.

[mrbergmann]

I thought Stetter was currently up...

[And That]

-The team needs a starter for Monday, the 21st. It will presumably be either McClung or Bush. If Yost wants to go with his home/road platoon with those two, the guy not pitching will be in the bullpen.

 

-Mitch Stetter is up.

 

-A move will have to made to take someone off the roster when Suppan comes back on the 22nd.

[kramnoj]

I thought Stetter was currently up...

 

Duh, thank you. Subsitute DeFelice. Or other reliever. Thanks for the correction.

[BrewCrewForever]

When Suppan is back I hope to God Mota gets DFA. But I'm sure they will just send Stetter down which is dumb since he has been fine and it's nice to have two lefties in the bullpen.

[LouisEly]

-The team needs a starter for Monday, the 21st.

 

Huh? Bush is listed. I guess if Yost does the home/road split it may be McClung, but I don't think he will pull the trigger on that. As good as Bush was in his last start I think he'll get another shot on the road. It will be only one start on the road, then Bush will get two at home.

[And That]

Huh? Bush is listed.

On brewers.com, the start for 7/21 is "To be announced".

[TooLiveBrew]

Always trust ESPN! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

The way this develops will be interesting. I sure hope the home/road platoon of Bush & McClung isn't for real. Seth to the 'pen, Mota to Zirmucon VIII, Soup back in the rotation, & DiFelice up. That's my ideal scenario, anyway.

[hawing]

Mota to Zirmucon VIII

That's still too close for me.

[ewizabeff]

Ned is going with the home/road Bush/McClung split until at least the end of the month. Just said it on Brewers Live, and it's posted on the jsonline blog.

[brewcrew00]

It's also up on Brewers.com right now as the fourth story if anyone wants to check it out.

[craigharmann]

If this move goes well, Ned's a genius. If this move backfires, the season is pretty well lost and an uproar will ensue.

[ELCABALLO45]

McBush?

[nate82]

If this move goes well, Ned's a genius. If this move backfires, the season is pretty well lost and an uproar will ensue.

I don't see how this has any impact on the season at all if it will be lost or not because of this.

 

[logan82]

If this move goes well, Ned's a genius. If this move backfires, the season is pretty well lost and an uproar will ensue.

I don't care if it works, I will still think it's a bad idea.

[brewerjamie15]

This has got to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of in baseball. Congrats Nedly, you have once again blown my mind.

[thunderbat30]

I am sorry but Ned's idea of going with a platoon is absolutely idiotic. How can you tell Dave Bush he can't make his next start after his last four? I know he has struggled on the road but that's beside the point right now. Start McClung and Bush and tell Suppan to skip another start. I don't really nit pick about what Ned does too much because you can always second guess a manager but if this is what he does I will be furious.

[homer]

I'm not sold on this at all - particluarly because most people on the JSOnline blog think its a good idea http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Seriously, I looked at Bush's career numbers and they are profoundly better at home. The question is, if he stops pitching on the road is he still going to be as good at home? I don't think this is a really good idea.

[TooLiveBrew]

I was going to post that I thought the idea of platooning a pitcher... against a magical monster that appears only on the road... was a waste of time, but I didn't want to just vent on Ned. Now that I see I'm not alone, I will agree -- this is a moronic waste of time, not to mention the problems that could arise from saying, 'Bush will relieve McClung, and McClung will relieve Bush.'

Yay even more idiotic & strictly defined bullpen roles!

[Baldkin]

I hate this idea.

 

Just what we need. Making the bullpen harder for Ned to manage.

[TooLiveBrew]

Yeah, but he's doing it to himself. Guess that's not too unusual.

[fondybrewfan]

I also don't see any logical explanation for this considering how Bush has been pitching of late. Doug should just take this decision of out Ned's hands and trade one of them to Oakland for Street because this is ridiculous. Bush is going to go like 3 weeks in between starts for god sakes, how is that suppose to keep him sharp?

[M Skjellyfetti]

I've been a pretty big Yost defender in the past (mostly due to the overall poor quality of the managing pool and Ned's theoretical potential to learn from past mistakes), but I just can't wrap my mind around this one whatsoever. It makes no rational sense that 29 random ballparks should have any effect on how a person pitches. The only thing that can happen here is that it screws with the pitchers by making them skip normal starts and lose any routine they might have had. Also, how can one defend sending Dave Bush to the bullpen after what he's done lately?

 

My only hope is that McClung has a bad first start, Bush has two good starts, and Ned finally realizes how dumb of an idea that was to begin with.

[rluzinski]

What a silly, silly idea. McClung doesn't exactly set the bar very high to begin with. I think it will be abandoned by the end of the month for sure.

 

Does this mean that Bush can't even be used in the bullpen? Since they are on the road, he'll obviously do terrible, right?