Melky is a good hitter.

Certainly have a good top 6 with Anderson, Eaton, Abreu, Cabrera, Frazier and Lawrie.

I said "could" and I'm not basing it solely on the stats, generally it's not good trading cost-controlled top 100 prospects. Plus only 4.2 of those innings are at AA.

 

Btw Junior Guerra is still pitching extremely well for the Brewers. How 'bout that.

Junior's ERA iisn't so great against teams that aren't going to lose 95 games this year.

Gene LaMont looks like he might have ate too much for dinner,

Junior's ERA iisn't so great against teams that aren't going to lose 95 games this year.

a) those wins still count the same

 

b) his best start of the season was arguably his 7.0 IP, 11K, 3BB, 3ER outing versus... the Cubs.

Well, we can't accuse Tim Anderson of not doing his job...that's one big positive so far.

I'm surprised Anderson is having this kind of impact this quickly. He'll obviously go through his struggles but this is fantastic so far.

a) those wins still count the same

 

b) his best start of the season was arguably his 7.0 IP, 11K, 3BB, 3ER outing versus... the Cubs.

so an ERA close to 4.00 in a game maybe his best start? You are too in love with strikeouts. You would have loved Javy Vazquez.

Gene LaMont looks like he might have ate too much for dinner,

 

Yeah that was strange. Was worried he was having a heart issue.

Melky was playing really deep there.

so an ERA close to 4.00 in a game maybe his best start? You are too in love with strikeouts. You would have loved Javy Vazquez.

And you are too in love with ERA. But, have it your way. His last start he gave up 1 run over 6.2 innings to the Mets.

Nice bounce back from the third inning. Overall good outing against a top 2 AL offense.

 

Let's get some runs guys

Sale had one cruddy inning, but has been pretty solid otherwise.

 

Let's get him a win now.

Need to score some runs soon, although not optimistic this inning.

Seeing Anderson come up and do well is a refreshing sign. Eventually pitchers will know he likes to swing at the first pitch and not give him anything, so he'll have to adjust. But for now it's good to see.

And you are too in love with ERA. But, have it your way. His last start he gave up 1 run over 6.2 innings to the Mets.

You are right, runs allowed is not nearly as important as strikeouts.

 

Junior Guerra is awesome and will remain so for years,

Lawrie now at .236...blech.

 

 

Well, now .235...

Seeing Anderson come up and do well is a refreshing sign. Eventually pitchers will know he likes to swing at the first pitch and not give him anything, so he'll have to adjust. But for now it's good to see.

Does he? He's taking pitch 1 a bit from what I've seen.

You are right, runs allowed is not nearly as important as strikeouts.

 

Junior Guerra is awesome and will remain so for years,

Short-term ERA is not a very reliable indicator, K%-BB% is one of many things that is proven to be better off at predicting future ERA.

 

Also all Guerra has to be is an average no.5 starter to make me right for moaning in the offseason about how we let him go for nothing, anything else is a bonus.

Lawrie now at .236...blech.

 

 

Well, now .235...

30% K rate, which is 50% worse than his career average and 25% worse than last year.

Does he? He's taking pitch 1 a bit from what I've seen.

 

Seems like it's been that way when I've watched, but I haven't watched a ton recently. He's had a reputation as a free-swinger in the minors though.

 

You are right, runs allowed is not nearly as important as strikeouts.

 

Junior Guerra is awesome and will remain so for years,

Of course Guerra is awesome. He pitches in a league that has no DH and half of their teams are rebuilding.

These last two hitters....woof

Aw, Shuck.

Why are you not trying a hit and run at least once with Mr. Groundball up?