2018-05-02: Brewers (Miley) at Reds (Castillo) 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 3-1; Miley -- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER in debut]

[adambr2]

Bandy, learn how to frame. These pitches should be strikes.

[markedman5]

I'm in awe of JJ

[adambr2]

Love this pen!

[adambr2]

I hope we don't end up trading Jeffress this time around. That'd be sad. Given we aren't sellers though I don't think it will happen for his contract.

 

On that note though Ranger fans must be looking at his numbers thinking "What the HELL." Lol

[Greenleaf1]

JJ just needs a dominant high strikeout lefty in the bullpen with him to bring out his best, I guess.

 

Speaking of which, Will Smith made his season debut today with the Giants, 1 IP, 1 BB, 2K.

[Greenleaf1]

Melendez can't say inning correctly and Augustine still says "Jeffers".

 

Ugh.

[markedman5]

No reason to trade him......we are looking to be good for a number of years and he's got a favorable contract......plus with his poor numbers when not pitching for brewers don't think his trade value would get a big enough haul to make trading him worth it.

[adambr2]

No reason to trade him......we are looking to be good for a number of years and he's got a favorable contract......plus with his poor numbers when not pitching for brewers don't think his trade value would get a big enough haul to make trading him worth it.

 

No I agree. I don't see it. The first time we traded him he was still a young prospect and we were going for it with Greinke, and the second time we were sellers which hopefully won't apply the next 3 years.

[pacopete4]

 

On that note though Ranger fans must be looking at his numbers thinking "What the HELL." Lol

 

Maybe they are looking at themselves as to how they support players.

[Greenleaf1]

No reason to trade him......we are looking to be good for a number of years and he's got a favorable contract......plus with his poor numbers when not pitching for brewers don't think his trade value would get a big enough haul to make trading him worth it.

 

The most exciting thing about the bullpen is that, while bullpens are finicky and you can't assume the same level of performance year to year, we have control over all of these guys for multiple years:

 

Control after 2018:

- Knebel: 3 years

- Jeffress: 2 years

- Hader: 5 years

- Williams: 5 years

- Barnes: 4 years

- Jennings: 1 year

- Albers: 1 year

 

Not to mention all the minor league depth and an option next year on Logan (which I have to assume we are unlikely to pick up at this point unless he is really good when he comes back).

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Phillips has no shot

 

23 years old. Barely a month of ML at-bats. Yep, screams no chance to me.

 

Solid hot take, though.

[adambr2]

Jeffress, Hader, Albers, Jennings, Williams, and Barnes have ERAs under 2. 6 guys. I mean I know that itself isn't sustainable but it's just unreal how loaded this pen is.

 

I'm kind of at the point where I see Boone Logan coming back and think, are we sure we want to clear a spot for him? I mean is there really room for him?

[adambr2]

Phillips has no shot

 

23 years old. Barely a month of ML at-bats. Yep, screams no chance to me.

 

Solid hot take, though.

 

I would guess he was referring to that AB, not necessarily his career in general.

[wallus]

Phillips has no shot

 

23 years old. Barely a month of ML at-bats. Yep, screams no chance to me.

 

Solid hot take, though.

 

He was referring to that one at bat and he was right...

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Jeffress, Hader, Albers, Jennings, Williams, and Barnes have ERAs under 2. 6 guys. I mean I know that itself isn't sustainable but it's just unreal how loaded this pen is.

 

I'm kind of at the point where I see Boone Logan coming back and think, are we sure we want to clear a spot for him? I mean is there really room for him?

 

Yeah, probably. They didn't sign Logan just to give up on him. I'm sure they'll option Suter down to AAA to continue starting. While they don't really have a "long" man, most of the pen guys provide decent length, so a traditional long man probably isn't a huge need. They could go to an 8-man pen, too, and drop Sogard or option Phillips.

[markedman5]

Braun's calf tightened up per CC.....doesn't think it's serious.

 

Thinks both him and Shaw will be ok after the day off

[pacopete4]

Braun's calf tightened up per CC.....doesn't think it's serious.

 

Thinks both him and Shaw will be ok after the day off

 

Very good news. Need to beat up on the Pirates this weekend. Set the tone.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Phillips has no shot

 

23 years old. Barely a month of ML at-bats. Yep, screams no chance to me.

 

Solid hot take, though.

 

He was referring to that one at bat and he was right...

 

Hopefully. I was thrown by the odd phrasing.

[Underachiever]

5-4 Road trip. Success!

[superfly]

That Miley guy tho

[TJH123]

I was skeptical of Miley but he pitched very well tonight, but I wanna see him do it against a good team not the trash Reds. I’ll still be pissed about the Cubs series until they play them again

[KeithStone53151]

Jeffress, Hader, Albers, Jennings, Williams, and Barnes have ERAs under 2. 6 guys. I mean I know that itself isn't sustainable but it's just unreal how loaded this pen is.

 

I'm kind of at the point where I see Boone Logan coming back and think, are we sure we want to clear a spot for him? I mean is there really room for him?

 

Yeah, probably. They didn't sign Logan just to give up on him. I'm sure they'll option Suter down to AAA to continue starting. While they don't really have a "long" man, most of the pen guys provide decent length, so a traditional long man probably isn't a huge need. They could go to an 8-man pen, too, and drop Sogard or option Phillips.

 

Logan and knebel coming back, I'm very curious what we do to make room. I feel like it unfortunately has to be suter and Williams...

[Chicago Here]

i just started following the brewers and i cant believe how the manager gives so many off days to players. Hopefully, everyone is rested up and Aguliar playing is a must.

[Chicago Here]

dont get excited about Logan.

[hurricanecrush]

Augustine still says "Jeffers".

I actually do too. When Jeffress was in the minors, someone in the minors forum said that it was pronounced "Jeffers" and I never cared enough to know if that was right or not.