Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Full Almonte
Baseball Prospectus's Ben Lindbergh has a long article today about how "inadequate" the Brewers bench is. He doesn't mention I'll See Counsell In Chambers but he calls out Wil Nieves (rightfully - and who will soon be off the team), George Kottaras (who he likes), Jeremy Reed (already off the team now), Mark Kotsay (another debate), and Erick Almonte.
Lindbergh's only associations he can come up with for Almonte, Nieves, and Reed is when they were on New York teams and spends a lot of the article talking about "Who's that?" type players which implies he's got a geographical bias as far as his baseball knowledge. This is a disturbing trend lately with BP with several writers mentioning their Yankee fan-dom in every article they write (one, by the way who quipped the Brewers had a 10,000-to-1 chance of getting a pinch homer this year AFTER they'd already gotten McGehee's) and others referencing guys like Ryan Braun as someone you "heard was good but never saw." It's making me question renewing my subscription.
Anyway, on to Almonte. I'm guilty myself of not bothering to follow up on where I'd heard his name... and then was reminded it was when he filled in for Derek Jeter in big news a few years ago. I frankly don't care that much what PECOTA has him pegged for. All I know is that almost every time he's pinch hit this year, he's scorched the ball. Of course it's been right at fielders all the time, but he's not doing anything to make Roenicke regret putting him on the roster. I'd like to see what happens when the sample size spreads a little. Who doesn't want hard contact out of a pinch hitter?
In more exciting news, Brewers got a shutout out of Marcum, Braddock, Loe, and Stetter against my hometown Buccos last night. Less exciting is why, with a 6-run lead we had to use 2 of our best 3 relievers. What does Brandon Kintzler have to do to get into a game??
Even more exciting, I'm going to the game tonight with my coworker Jason, a big Buccos fan and the only reader of this blog. What up, J-Argh!? I was looking forward to seeing Narveson see if he could continue his shutout inning streak to start the season but because of the rain-out, instead I get A Real Wolf. If A Real Wolf can't get a better start against the Pirates, who have struggled against lefties, I think it's time to seriously think about dropping him when Granky is ready.
Baseball Prospectus's Ben Lindbergh has a long article today about how "inadequate" the Brewers bench is. He doesn't mention I'll See Counsell In Chambers but he calls out Wil Nieves (rightfully - and who will soon be off the team), George Kottaras (who he likes), Jeremy Reed (already off the team now), Mark Kotsay (another debate), and Erick Almonte.
Lindbergh's only associations he can come up with for Almonte, Nieves, and Reed is when they were on New York teams and spends a lot of the article talking about "Who's that?" type players which implies he's got a geographical bias as far as his baseball knowledge. This is a disturbing trend lately with BP with several writers mentioning their Yankee fan-dom in every article they write (one, by the way who quipped the Brewers had a 10,000-to-1 chance of getting a pinch homer this year AFTER they'd already gotten McGehee's) and others referencing guys like Ryan Braun as someone you "heard was good but never saw." It's making me question renewing my subscription.
Anyway, on to Almonte. I'm guilty myself of not bothering to follow up on where I'd heard his name... and then was reminded it was when he filled in for Derek Jeter in big news a few years ago. I frankly don't care that much what PECOTA has him pegged for. All I know is that almost every time he's pinch hit this year, he's scorched the ball. Of course it's been right at fielders all the time, but he's not doing anything to make Roenicke regret putting him on the roster. I'd like to see what happens when the sample size spreads a little. Who doesn't want hard contact out of a pinch hitter?
In more exciting news, Brewers got a shutout out of Marcum, Braddock, Loe, and Stetter against my hometown Buccos last night. Less exciting is why, with a 6-run lead we had to use 2 of our best 3 relievers. What does Brandon Kintzler have to do to get into a game??
Even more exciting, I'm going to the game tonight with my coworker Jason, a big Buccos fan and the only reader of this blog. What up, J-Argh!? I was looking forward to seeing Narveson see if he could continue his shutout inning streak to start the season but because of the rain-out, instead I get A Real Wolf. If A Real Wolf can't get a better start against the Pirates, who have struggled against lefties, I think it's time to seriously think about dropping him when Granky is ready.
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