6/29/04 - Brewers (Capuano) @ Rockies (Estes)

[nikip43]

thanks for the runs Mr. Moeller

 

what a nice win...most exciting thing was that Scotty PoPo took TWO walks at Coors Field where his early season mentality would be "swing for the fences"...taking two walks early to me shows that he wants to get on base and do some damage for the offense there rather than with his bat.

 

Very solid start from our 4th guy after three nice pitching performances from 1-2-3 last week

[MassBrew]

Chris Capuano's performances continue to make the Sexson trade even more unreal -- how did we not save all the threads from the time of the trade -- it'd be fun to go back and read those now.

[tigerbrew]

Helms with no hits and 2 strikeouts. yikes.

[DHonks]

Massbrew, you mean we can't access them?

 

I remember thinking we got a steal cause we got 2 young stud lefty pitchers, a high batting avg doubles machine at 1b, an offensive catcher with solid defensive skills, a great contact hitter for SS, and a former allstar at 2b who I expected to play RF for us (as he was scheduled to do in AZ).

 

I was somewhat wrong, and somewhat right. I still think Cappy is just scratching the surface. He's a slight groundball pitcher from what I gather, probably still regaining his velocity from before surgery (used to throw 93 more often), has now learned to pitch, and put up outstanding numbers in Tucson. Tucson is the key, since it's: 1) in the PCL, 2) notorious for poor infield conditions, and 3) in the heat and dry air. #2 is important, because bad bounces usually go as hits, not errors, and so pitchers tend to get unfairly punished, hence why Webb's numbers are betting in Phoenix than Tucson. Not to mention he finished that season shutting down the Dodgers (I was there) just about 13-15 months after Tommy John surgery.

[950opsLHcatcher]

BTW, Kolb's save tonight puts him in sole possesion of 10th place on the Brewers' career saves list. He passed Chuck Crim with Brewers save #43. His coach, Billy Castro, is 9th with 44 Brewer saves.

 Saves SV Years 1 Plesac 133 86-92 2 Fingers 97 81-85 3 Fetters 79 92-97 4 Wickman 79 96-00 5 Henry 61 91-94 Sanders 61 70-72 7 Jones 49 82,96-98 8 DeJean 47 01-03 9 Castro 44 74-80 [b]10 Kolb 43 03-04[/b] 

 

Edit: Kolb is on pace for 50 saves, which would vault him into 5th place in career Brewer saves, with 71. 50 saves would also shatter the Brewers' single season mark, currently held by Bob Wickman, who had 37 saves back in '99. Kolb is currently only 5 saves shy of 10th place on the single-season list. Mike DeJean is 10th with 27 in '02.

[FVBrewerFan]

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And I haven't given up yet on DeLarosa yet either. If that guy ever becomes a starter in Milwaukee the Melvin legend will grow.

 

This team could actually have the best ERA in the major leagues at the All Star break. Absolutely mind boggling. Like it or not, the future is now. Give this team a bat in RF and they will contend for the WC, maybe even NLC Pennant. What are the chances this team will ever have the lowest ERA in the majors in years to come? It's one of those years (knock on wood) where everything is going right, and that is real tough to repeat. Don't mess with kharma.

[clancyphile]

The thing is... there is no real reason why Sheets, Davis, and Capuano shouldn't be part of the Brewers rotation for the next five years at least...

 

And to think, Santos and Obie will be replaced next year by Hendrickson and Saenz... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[FVBrewerFan]

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there is no real reason why Sheets, Davis, and Capuano shouldn't be part of the Brewers rotation for the next five years at least...

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The real reason would be injury. Also, it's hard to believe those three will be pitching as well as they are right now. That's why the time is now.

[ja002h]

I think the prediction of Saenz is a tad premature

[Vgmastr]

If it were up to Clancy, Jeff Pickler would be our leadoff hitter and Wayne Franklin would be our #1 starter.

[JoeHova]

why would we replace Santos with Saenz? I would rather hold onto Santos, at least until he declines in performance. What has he done to not deserve a spot?

[gregmag]

Depth, depth, depth. As of right now, the 2005 rotation projects as Sheets, Davis, Capuano, Santos, Hendrickson. That doesn't suck. Then you consider that the Indy rotation should have five of these seven: DLR, Obermuller, Saenz, Jones, Housman, Matt Ford, and Sarfate. What are the chances that three of those five major league starters and two of the seven projected AAA starters are healthy and big-league effective in April? I'd say they're pretty damn good. I'd bet on four MLB and three AAA if I had to guess, and that would still leave a margin for five warm bodies to flame out, not be ready, etc.

 

DM's acquisitions of Davis, Capuano, and Santos have made the season so far. I was wrong about Davis, right about Capuano, and ignorant about Santos, but the point is that this is textbook rebuilding: figure out which players that nobody else wants can help you and give them chances to succeed. A while back Geno was making the case that DM should have picked up a proven starter in the off-season, and he came up with one name that was absolutely right: Jeff Suppan. Short of Suppan, and assuming the team promotes Hendrickson soon, I'm not lamenting any failure to go get established starters.

 

Greg.

[RobertR]

I think you can also make a case that, in addition to Suppan, Miguel Batista (3.98 ERA) and Kelvim Escobar (3.62 ERA) would have been meaningful pickups. I'd really like to get Obermueller out of the starting rotation, although if the Brewers call up Hendrickson soon, I don't think anyone will complain.

 

Robert