Braddock's call up date

[JohnBriggs12]

Not since the 2007 when Ryan Braun debuted on Memorial Day weekend have the Brewers had a young player so obviously deserving of a roster spot out of spring training held back for "arby clock" issues. Does anyone expect Braddock to still be in Nashville on June 1st?

[Invader3K]

Not since the 1987 when Ryan Braun

 

Huh? I guess he's older than I thought!

 

My guess is that he's up around May 15th when someone else gets injured or is deemed ineffective.

[JohnBriggs12]

Not since the 1987 when Ryan Braun

 

Huh? I guess he's older than I thought!

 

My guess is that he's up around May 15th when someone else gets injured or is deemed ineffective.

I just caught that myself and edited it.

 

 

[endaround]

How is he being held back for arby issues? Do you really want to see him taking Villanueva's role of pitching when down 2 late? Hawkings and Coffey are better right now, Parra and Narveson aren't going anywhere, Vargas isn't going anywhere and Braddock isn't a LOOGY.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Yeah, I don't think he was held back due to arby reasons. With Stetter, Parrra, Narveson they have plenty of LHs out of the bullpen. The Brewers want him to get regular work, and that will only happen in AAA.

[brewerguy71]

Braddock probably should spend another half season in Huntsville, with a possible call up date in September.

 

He's had a good spring, but lets not go crazy here. He's had 12 appearances in AA that werent all that spectacular. He needs a bit more seasoning before being crowned "the next big thing."

[endaround]

Braddock probably should spend another half season in Huntsville, with a possible call up date in September.

 

He's had a good spring, but lets not go crazy here. He's had 12 appearances in AA that werent all that spectacular. He needs a bit more seasoning before being crowned "the next big thing."

He is going to Nashville.

[TheCrew07]

How is he being held back for arby issues? Do you really want to see him taking Villanueva's role of pitching when down 2 late? Hawkings and Coffey are better right now, Parra and Narveson aren't going anywhere, Vargas isn't going anywhere and Braddock isn't a LOOGY.

Sure we can play pretend and disregard that he would instantly become the most talented pitcher in the bullpen if you want. Taking Villy's spot as the mop up? Seriously? He may take a backseat to the guys currently slated for the backend of the bullpen, but he's more talented at this point than any of those 3 pitchers including Hoffman. They are better right now why? Because they have experience? Because they have a track record? How can you claim without a doubt that they'll be better pitchers than Braddock would be this year? Hawkins is a 110 years old, Coffey is coming off of a career year, he's never pitched that well before either. Why do we even need a LOOGY with Narveson and Parra in the pen? What's the infatuation with Stetter? He only gives us 45 IP in an entire season, he pitches less than our closer, if there is a need later in the season for a lefty specialist he can always be recalled from AAA. We're married to Vargas why? His one year contract and the 900K we owe him?' Are you concerned with finding Riske a spot in the bullpen when he returns? I'm certainly not.

 

If the argument is going to be based on some sabermetric principle like MLEs than I'll just say that people should be wary of MLEs, they are siimply automatic reductions based on league averages and are not predictive any actual result. Escobar last season should be an excellent case study for those that want to take a statistical slant... sabermetrics just don't work very well when evaluating prospects because it's impossible to account for relative talent and where a player is at on the learning curve, regardless of hitter or pitcher. The cream will always rise to the top.

 

I'll make the same argument here that I made in regards to our 5th starter, let the most productive pitchers pitch regardless of contract status.

 

Braddock will be called up for the bullpen this year, but I wouldn't do it until the end of June because there's no point letting a bullpen arm reach super 2 status, if he was a starting pitcher I might feel differently. Every year it's the same garbage about holding prospects back for "seasoning". Very few players ever reach MLB as a finished product, those that do are typically your HOF type talents. Expect the some growing pains out of the youngsters but for goodness sake let them play. If they are one of our 25 best players then they belong on the MLB roster, regardless of how ready people think they may be. With starting pitchers we do have to worry about the innings jump, but that won't be the case with a reliever, when was the last time a reliever even got to 100 IP? Right now Lawrie is the closest thing we have to a prospect that was

rushed, however I do think he's a special case because he's been hitting wood bats since he was 14 while playing tougher competition than our HS kids in the states do. All the rest of these young men have at least 4 years in the minors/college,

they are not 20 year old youngsters being thrown into the fire, let's see what they can do. Maybe you could make an argument for Davis as well but he's a college player who's jumping all the way to A+, he's not an 18 or 19 year old jumping all the way to AA. All I ask is that the prospects don't ride the pine, if they are up then they need to be playing regularly, there is simply no point in burning service time so they can sit on the bench.

[dadofandrew]

Yeah, keeping a guy who has never seen AAA and has plenty of options and losing Narveson or Parra is senseless. He'll be brought up if he's doing well in AAA and they need an arm, as the reserve SP's are in the 'pen or on the DL.

[igor67]

I'm not sure what Crew is going on about, but I think you misunderstand the nature of error in prediction and statistics. But on the point of Braddock there are a multitude of good options ahead of him on the roster, and more importantly as a roster management principle you want as many depth prospects as you can get. You know sooner or later someone will need a DL stint it's much better to have a guy you can call up who could actually replace good performance, instead of some bounce around guy who's going to fill in and hopefully not be too bad. If this was pretty much any other year in the last 3 or 4 Braddock probably breaks camp as one of the best options, this year it's not that clear cut based on his limited higher level innings.

[JonnyLungs]

I predict Vargas will hit the DL soon with Braddock hopefully replacing him.

 

Sitting by some scouts out in AZ, his velocity was down (mid to upper 80's). Now if Vargas comes out throwing harder, I'll retract my statement.

[brewmann04]

If Mitch Struggles wonder if they will make a move.

[sheethead]

What's the infatuation with Stetter?

 

I think he earned the infatuation when he struck out 15 consecutive batters last year. He looks awful so far this year, but good thing his ERA is still 0.00. I predict we will have a "What's wrong with Stetter" thread before too long, especially if Macha continues to leave him out there for an inning at a time while facing multiple RH batters.

 

Braddock is up before the All-Star break.

[Tbadder]

If Parra and Narveson remain in the bullpen why call up Braddock at all? If Macha goes off his nut and keeps Suppan in the 5th position it'll take an injury to one of the bullpen lefties for Braddock to be called up. I'll say June when Parra goes down with a shoulder problem.

[FVBrewerFan]

These things usually take care of themselves. Someone has to move into the #5 spot. Plus, the Brewers are obviously trying to shop Suppan (they will have to pay a big chunk of his salary, of course) and would probably move Parra for the right price. Then you have injuries, poor performance, etc. All of this means Braddock will be up a some point this season. (Assuming he continues to pitch this well, and stays healthy himself.) For that matter, I'm sure we'll see Axfors, Smith, and others at some point this year.

 

I haven't seen this anywhere, so either I'm stating the obvious or going out a limb, but it looks like they're grooming him to be the closer in 2011. IF that's the case, they'll definitely want him to spend some "quality time" with Hoffman in the bully at some point this year.

[battlekow]

I think [stetter] earned the infatuation when he struck out 15 consecutive batters last year.

Just to be clear, that was 15 consecutive outs recorded via strikeout, not 15 consecutive strikeouts; he allowed three hits during that span.