onabadger58 wrote:Mark Rogers through 2 games

10IP 7H 1ER 9BB 8K's ERA .90

Interesting that 8 of the 9 walks are to lefties.

I would really love to see him stick as a starter. If he could just limit those walks

brewerfanx1 wrote:I've been more impressed with Wily Peralta than Mark Rogers.

Mark Rogers was only hitting 88-90 mph on his fastball a couple starts ago and has been walking a lot of batters. I don't know what to make of him yet.

Peralta imo has already earned a promotion to AAA Nashville. He has been freaking awesome so far. If he can keep the strikeouts up he could be an elite pitching prospect. I like his stuff. Keep an eye on this guy.

brewerfanx1 wrote:Peralta imo has already earned a promotion to AAA Nashville. He has been freaking awesome so far. If he can keep the strikeouts up he could be an elite pitching prospect. I like his stuff. Keep an eye on this guy.

brewerfanx1 wrote:I've been more impressed with Wily Peralta than Mark Rogers.

jpatlee wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:Peralta imo has already earned a promotion to AAA Nashville. He has been freaking awesome so far. If he can keep the strikeouts up he could be an elite pitching prospect. I like his stuff. Keep an eye on this guy.

We pretty much all know more about every prospect than you do. And as it's been shown by several people here, no one cares what you say about prospects.

shirt wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:I've been more impressed with Wily Peralta than Mark Rogers.

Good to hear. This is why you don't need to say these absolutes in the preseason when so much is likely to change. Off the top of my head I think you said Rogers would have the biggest impact on the MLB team this year and that we would lose everyone of Grenkie's starts in April since Rogers wasn't pitching them. Sometimes you think something is likely and thats okay to express. But to say something so stupid with absolute certainty doesn't work.

For an example of a better way to express your ideas (I am not trying to sound condescending here so sorry if it comes off that way) last week I said before Yo's start against the Cubs that I thought he might feel the effects from pitching too much too early the previous week.

I expected his velocity and/or location to be poor. Most people disagreed with me, so I clarified that I wasn't saying it was going to happen, but there was an increased risk that it might happen since there is a history of it with various players in the league. Sure enough, he pitched pretty bad and we had a perfectly reasonable explanation. But I didn't come on here and say it was going to happen even though I thought it was very likely. Its all about how you present your opinions.

Even if they are a minority opinion there is a way to present it successfully.

brewerfanx1 wrote:

jpatlee wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:Peralta imo has already earned a promotion to AAA Nashville. He has been freaking awesome so far. If he can keep the strikeouts up he could be an elite pitching prospect. I like his stuff. Keep an eye on this guy.

We pretty much all know more about every prospect than you do. And as it's been shown by several people here, no one cares what you say about prospects.

I highly doubt that.

Farris will still play some shortstop

The Brewers are very short of shortstops in the Minor Leagues, and some fans wondered why they have not simply moved Triple-A second baseman Eric Farris into the slot, since the plan was to use him occasionally at that position this season.

Brewers assistant scouting director Tom Flanagan is on this road trip and answered that question today. He said Farris has been slowed this month by a very minor foot injury that did not keep him out of Nashville’s lineup, and the organization did not want to ask him to play a different position while he was less than 100 percent.

(Thanks to Brewers fan @sessilefielder for pointing me to Farris’ Twitter account, which says he was hurt fouling a ball of his foot.)

Soon, Farris will start playing something like two days a week at shortstop. Why not more? For one, he’s a superior defensive second baseman who has played there since college. The Brewers are also somewhat hesitant to move too many of their top prospects, though there are obviously exceptions (Mat Gamel comes to mind). There’s a growing belief in the front office that it’s more productive to give a guy a position and keep him there.

I know a certain other Brewers beat writer has made this point, but I’ll say it, too. It’s really too bad for the Brewers and Luis Cruz that Cruz refused the Brewers’ assignment to Nashville and signed with the Rangers to play at Triple-A instead. It seems to me that his path to the Majors was easier as a backup to Yuniesky Betancourt than to the Rangers’ young Elvis Andrus.

brewerfanx1 wrote:

Farris will still play some shortstop

The Brewers are very short of shortstops in the Minor Leagues, and some fans wondered why they have not simply moved Triple-A second baseman Eric Farris into the slot, since the plan was to use him occasionally at that position this season.

Brewers assistant scouting director Tom Flanagan is on this road trip and answered that question today. He said Farris has been slowed this month by a very minor foot injury that did not keep him out of Nashville’s lineup, and the organization did not want to ask him to play a different position while he was less than 100 percent.

(Thanks to Brewers fan @sessilefielder for pointing me to Farris’ Twitter account, which says he was hurt fouling a ball of his foot.)

Soon, Farris will start playing something like two days a week at shortstop. Why not more? For one, he’s a superior defensive second baseman who has played there since college. The Brewers are also somewhat hesitant to move too many of their top prospects, though there are obviously exceptions (Mat Gamel comes to mind). There’s a growing belief in the front office that it’s more productive to give a guy a position and keep him there.

I know a certain other Brewers beat writer has made this point, but I’ll say it, too. It’s really too bad for the Brewers and Luis Cruz that Cruz refused the Brewers’ assignment to Nashville and signed with the Rangers to play at Triple-A instead. It seems to me that his path to the Majors was easier as a backup to Yuniesky Betancourt than to the Rangers’ young Elvis Andrus.

I told you!!!!!

http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/2011/04/18/farris-will-still-play-some-shortstop/

brewerfanx1 wrote:I told you!!!!!

http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/2011/04/ ... shortstop/

shirt wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:I told you!!!!!

http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/2011/04/ ... shortstop/

This is something we have known about since spring training. If he is going to be a utility player he will need to play more than 2B.

brewerfanx1 wrote:His defense is so good that he can play SS. He will be slowly groomed into a SS over the next year and a half unless the Brewers plan to go out and trade for one. I told you to keep an eye on him. No need to make him a utility player when the Brewers will probably need a SS later this year or next.

brewerfanx1 wrote:His defense is so good that he can play SS.

jpatlee wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:His defense is so good that he can play SS.

His defense is good as a 2B. Why do you think guys who play 2B play 2B? Please, just answer that question.

Why do 2B play 2B?

adambr2 wrote:

jpatlee wrote:

brewerfanx1 wrote:His defense is so good that he can play SS.

His defense is good as a 2B. Why do you think guys who play 2B play 2B? Please, just answer that question.

Why do 2B play 2B?

Gomez is really good defensively. Plus he's fast so I'm sure he'd have good range. Surely we can just move him to SS, right? Morgan returns to CF when he returns, and our SS problem is solved. Too easy.