2012-05-12 Cubs (Volstad) at Brewers (Marcum), 12:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 8-2; Maysonet GS]

[dlk9s]

I wouldn't read too much into it, but hey, so far so good for him!

[Raw Biz]

A little early to bust out the anointing oil but is Maysonet a viable option as a starting SS?

 

Not really a good one. He's 30 so not really any potential. Only a .700 career OPS in the minors.

[GormanHarvey]

Nice outing Shaun! Starting pitching on a bit of a roll here lately. Good to see

[burnzy24]

Not really a good one. He's 30 so not really any potential. Only a .700 career OPS in the minors.

 

But would he be a better option than Izturis in the long run?

[endaround]

Not really a good one. He's 30 so not really any potential. Only a .700 career OPS in the minors.

 

But would he be a better option than Izturis in the long run?

 

There is no long run, but the next few months at worse its a toss up

[dlk9s]

You know, I've found Sutton and Brenly surprisingly decent today.

[hawing]

Way to go Edwin! Curtain call! Ueck's going nuts!

Yup - we caught this play in the car, thus with only access to Uecker, and his call is very enthusiastic. If you have access to the audio, try to catch the postgame show.

 

Maysonet Salami. That'll learn 'em to IBB Ishikawa.

[GormanHarvey]

Veras just cannot seem to pitch a clean inning

[pebadger]

You know, I've found Sutton and Brenly surprisingly decent today.

 

Me too. On a somewhat related note, I normally like Rock anyway, but when he called the FOX game last week I thought he did a really good job.

 

I hadn't heard the stories of all the other stuff going on around the team last night.

[GormanHarvey]

Another nice stroke from Ishy

[Vgmastr]

Dang, there goes Maysonet's 1.000 BA.

[GormanHarvey]

That is just plain awful bunting fundamentals

 

EDIT: much better on 2nd attempt

[RWeeksFan23]

Why even have Aoki bunt there?

[GormanHarvey]

Luuuuuuuuc!

[Vgmastr]

Can we please keep Lucroy in the 2 hole, Ron? Pretty pretty please?

[GormanHarvey]

I just had flashbacks of Gonzalez's season ending slide after that one by Lucroy. I held my breath for a min

[dlk9s]

Jonathan Lucroy, HOF.

[dlk9s]

Now that was exactly the game the Brewers needed. Easy win, only have to use Veras and Dillard for an inning each.

[markedman5]

No reason not to keep Luc in the 2 hole at least until Rickie shows some signs of life

[The stache]

I knew Luc in the 2 hole could mean good things for us.

 

Thank you Ron Roenicke for trying something new. You put Luc in a position to help the team be successful, and gave Rickie a much needed day off.

[TURBO]

Rickie only got the day off because of the injury, don't fool yourself into thinking it was because RR thought it was a good idea.

[brewmann04]

Luc needs to be an all star

[Hitman_Hart]

Luc needs to be an all star

 

It's highly likely. Molina, Posey, Luc.

[ninja33]

Brian McCann might have something to say about that (once he starts hitting. which he will, he's made 6 straight all star teams for a reason). Carlos Ruiz and AJ Ellis are also both off to very hot starts, even better than Lucroy's. Posey and Miguel Montero are both good players as well. Molina is pretty much a lock.

 

I think it's way too early to talk about all stars (even if we can vote already), but Lucroy has definitely put himself in the conversation...much like he did last year with a hot start. There's a lot of good options though, so Luc better keep hitting if he wants to be an all star.