Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread

[RynoRules]

Their pitching staff could end being bad on a historic scale. Gomez is hurt. Adam Lind won't be able to maintain a .900 OPS. They will be lucky to win 60 games.

[Guest]

Their pitching staff could end being bad on a historic scale. Gomez is hurt. Adam Lind won't be able to maintain a .900 OPS. They will be lucky to win 60 games.

on the other hand, Braun will generally hit more than one xbh a month, too.

[TruffleShuffle]

the brewers desperately need to blow it up and start over. trading players like garza, ramirez (assuming he starts hitting), braun (see ramirez), gomez, lind and lucroy - plus any relievers deemed to have value by opposing teams - would be a good place to start.

[Cubswin11]

Lucroy broke his foot yesterday too, probably out for a month or more

 

Edit: It was his toe

Edited April 21, 2015 by Cubswin11

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lucroy broke his foot yesterday too, probably out for a month or more

 

Brewers fans are *starting* to accept that they suck.

[Cubswin11]

Lucroy broke his foot yesterday too, probably out for a month or more

 

Brewers fans are *starting* to accept that they suck.

Definitely, between my Brewer fan friends and reading their message boards it looks like they are finally realizing their window is closed, they suck and basically need to gut the roster.

[RynoRules]

Their pitching staff could end being bad on a historic scale. Gomez is hurt. Adam Lind won't be able to maintain a .900 OPS. They will be lucky to win 60 games.

on the other hand, Braun will generally hit more than one xbh a month, too.

 

True. And Lucroy would have too, had he had not been injured. But nothing will save that staff.

[sneakypower]

so when late-May comes around and they've accepted their fate, we agree to take Broxton and Aram-irez off their hands at minimal prospect cost (Paniagua? Rademacher? Peralta?) and they're only left to pay 4-5 million of dead money owed instead of the full $15-16 left on their commitments at that point

[Cubswin11]

so when late-May comes around and they've accepted their fate, we agree to take Broxton and Aram-irez off their hands at minimal prospect cost (Paniagua? Rademacher? Peralta?) and they're only left to pay 4-5 million of dead money owed instead of the full $15-16 left on their commitments at that point

I'd have interest in Parra too and maybe even Lohse if Wood/Hendricks falter and the price to acquire Hamels or a TOR guy is prohibitive and we want to get a guy who can at least give us a little above league average innings then spend on a FA in the offseason.

[sneakypower]

Kyle Hendricks aka the starter with the best SIERA right now

 

bold prediction: he's not getting displaced

[Cubswin11]

Kyle Hendricks aka the starter with the best SIERA right now

 

bold prediction: he's not getting displaced

I'm rather bearish on him, I don't think he sustains success like this or all that close to it for that long. But I hope I'm wrong and he certainly shouldn't be replaced right now.

[sneakypower]

i wish all the Kyle Hendricks haters could be cursed into alternate dimensions where their favorite teams have Rubby de la Rosa and Nate Eovaldi throwing smoke and getting mercilessly bombed by hitters

[Cubswin11]

i wish all the Kyle Hendricks haters could be cursed into alternate dimensions where their favorite teams have Rubby de la Rosa and Nate Eovaldi throwing smoke and getting mercilessly bombed by hitters

I am aware that my feelings about him and his production don't line up. Like I said I hope I'm wrong, I understand he has exceptional control and that goes a long way but it's just hard to find a ton of guys who've had long term success with similar stuff. I hope he's able to turn into a Bronson Arroyo, without the douche, type pitcher for us (that's the best comp I can think of, at least of recent pitchers).

[sontensei]

some or most of you guys may have seen this a long time ago but i found this article about addison back when he was in the A's system if your interested

 

http://www.faketeams.com/2014/2/13/5406104/does-addison-russell-make-the-grade

[Ding Dong Johnson]

If my interested what??? Don't leave me hanging.

[BCVM22]

Jersey number 22 for Addison Russell, per the game notes.

[treebird]

kiss of death

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

aaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[sneakypower]

i wish all the Kyle Hendricks haters could be cursed into alternate dimensions where their favorite teams have Rubby de la Rosa and Nate Eovaldi throwing smoke and getting mercilessly bombed by hitters

I am aware that my feelings about him and his production don't line up. Like I said I hope I'm wrong, I understand he has exceptional control and that goes a long way but it's just hard to find a ton of guys who've had long term success with similar stuff. I hope he's able to turn into a Bronson Arroyo, without the douche, type pitcher for us (that's the best comp I can think of, at least of recent pitchers).

this is admittedly more feelings-ball, but it seems his type of pitcher might be a little better-suited to succeed now in today's offensive environment where hitters mostly watch the middle of the plate and spit on all other offerings, so if you can live on the edges with a competent receiver at C, you'll go 7 IP most times out

 

not a comparison by any means, but Jered Weaver had 6.6 RA9-WAR the last two seasons while failing to average 87 on his fastball...Bartolo Colon, Josh Collmenter, Dan Haren, Doug Fister, Tim Hudson, Hisashi Iwakuma, Mike Fiers all have similar or worse FB velocity and have enjoyed consistent recent success and you can maybe add to that Chris Heston's hot start

 

probably not worth a ton of consideration, but i like seeing that his FB pitch value (per 100 pitches) for last year and this year is a plus, and actually even better than Gerrit Cole's, who has one of the highest radar readings in the game

 

edit: also amusing is that Hendricks and Adam Wainwright have identical FB velo right now

[Guest]

i wish all the Kyle Hendricks haters could be cursed into alternate dimensions where their favorite teams have Rubby de la Rosa and Nate Eovaldi throwing smoke and getting mercilessly bombed by hitters

I am aware that my feelings about him and his production don't line up. Like I said I hope I'm wrong, I understand he has exceptional control and that goes a long way but it's just hard to find a ton of guys who've had long term success with similar stuff. I hope he's able to turn into a Bronson Arroyo, without the douche, type pitcher for us (that's the best comp I can think of, at least of recent pitchers).

this is admittedly more feelings-ball, but it seems his type of pitcher might be a little better-suited to succeed now in today's offensive environment where hitters mostly watch the middle of the plate and spit on all other offerings, so if you can live on the edges with a competent receiver at C, you'll go 7 IP most times out

 

not a comparison by any means, but Jered Weaver had 6.6 RA9-WAR the last two seasons while failing to average 87 on his fastball...Bartolo Colon, Josh Collmenter, Dan Haren, Doug Fister, Tim Hudson, Hisashi Iwakuma, Mike Fiers all have similar or worse FB velocity and have enjoyed consistent recent success and you can maybe add to that Chris Heston's hot start

 

probably not worth a ton of consideration, but i like seeing that his FB pitch value (per 100 pitches) for last year and this year is a plus, and actually even better than Gerrit Cole's, who has one of the highest radar readings in the game

 

edit: also amusing is that Hendricks and Adam Wainwright have identical FB velo right now

I wasn't as concerned about the velocity as a lack of swing and miss capability from Hendricks. So far, he's answered that this year while keeping his walk rate insanely low.

 

I was about to say that if he can keep up his current rates of 9.58/0.87 he'll be just fine; but if he keeps those up he's likely to be a leading candidate for cy young.

[Guest]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

[sontensei]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

[Guest]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

[sontensei]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

 

Making adjustments is more of a mental than physical thing i think.

[BRASKYS SCOTCH]

Theo Epstein calling up Russell in late 2015:

 

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/a9/a9ed842f739e930dc8e9340bafbbaeaf77994c50c74fc6a86b046b54cb9b2c59.jpg

 

 

Theo Epstein calling up Russell yesterday:

 

http://adanai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kgb-splash-the-pot-gif.gif

 

 

 

Also, is it too early to refer to Addison as "Ten-Sixty"?