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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    I still think Newk deserves some starts in the bigs. He will have a ton of work to do in the off season, but I don't think he is going to 'work' on anything in AAA that he can't in the bigs. I am fine with having Sims and Wisler up and auditioning. My fear is game7 and not being able to handle starting so many young pitchers.
    The idea is to put the guy in the major league rotation who is closest to being ready. I think Sims is the one at this point. Maybe he falls on his face. At that point we move on to the next guy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    The idea is to put the guy in the major league rotation who is closest to being ready. I think Sims is the one at this point. Maybe he falls on his face. At that point we move on to the next guy.
    yeah, I understand. I am 50/50 on Newk staying or going back down. my biggest hope is getting Wisler back up and seeing what we might have. I don't think he has shown us everything he is capable of. I would like to see 10 or so starts to see if he is even in play next year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Read the third sentence of what you just quoted. And the fourth. I have not given up on Newcomb as a starter. Based on his AAA numbers I was willing to give him a short tryout. If his minor league walk numbers were better I would have been willing to give him a longer tryout.
    I don't like the idea of constantly yoking pitchers up and down, I'd let Newk pitch in the majors the rest of the year unless he just starts getting shelled like 8 ER in 2 innings type games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    yeah, I understand. I am 50/50 on Newk staying or going back down. my biggest hope is getting Wisler back up and seeing what we might have. I don't think he has shown us everything he is capable of. I would like to see 10 or so starts to see if he is even in play next year.
    and this is just another reason we need to trade Jaime Garcia.... not only to get value for him in a non-contending role, but to open up a rotation spot for Wisler/Blair/Sims

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    yeah, I understand. I am 50/50 on Newk staying or going back down. my biggest hope is getting Wisler back up and seeing what we might have. I don't think he has shown us everything he is capable of. I would like to see 10 or so starts to see if he is even in play next year.
    Sims has outperformed Wisler by a fair margin in AAA this year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Preacher View Post
    I don't like the idea of constantly yoking pitchers up and down, I'd let Newk pitch in the majors the rest of the year unless he just starts getting shelled like 8 ER in 2 innings type games.
    I don't either. That's why I would have preferred we wait until Newcomb brought down his walk rate in AAA before calling him up. Then give him 15 starts or so. Bartolo Colon's problems necessitated an earlier tryout. I think his AAA performance justified a short tryout. Not a 15 start tryout. I think Sims' performance in AAA does justify a longer tryout. Sims has 3 walks and 34 strikeouts in his last four games. Think about that. And his performance the whole season has shown a significant improvement in the walk rate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Sims has outperformed Wisler by a fair margin in AAA this year.
    You have to give him a chance at this point, but Medlen will probably be the next call up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBravos View Post
    You have to give him a chance at this point, but Medlen will probably be the next call up.
    From both a long-term perspective and from the perspective of trying to get an effective major league starter right now, it makes a lot more sense to try Sims rather than Medlen next. To me it is a no brainer. But I think you may be right. The FO might think Medlen is the right choice. God knows why.
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    Is pumping Medlen another way for the FO to pander to the casual fan? The casual fan knows Kris Medlen, but do they exactly know who Lucas Sims is or could be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WaitingFor2017 View Post
    Is pumping Medlen another way for the FO to pander to the casual fan? The casual fan knows Kris Medlen, but do they exactly know who Lucas Sims is or could be?
    I'm sure Medlen has higher name recognition. But I don't think he moves the needle on attendance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Will enscheff keep Hahn's picture as his phone's background?
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    I feel the breakup cassette is going into his Transformer portable radio today.
    Seriously, find someone else to obsess about. Half your posts are about me. It's weird and a little creepy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Seriously, find someone else to obsess about. Half your posts are about me. It's weird and a little creepy.
    your math is way off. I have probably posted 20 times today and I think I thought about you only 19 times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    your math is way off. I have probably posted 20 times today and I think I thought about you only 19 times.
    Maybe the mods should make a section just for commenting about me? Super can post his internet stalking results. You and mistake7 can chuckle back and forth about me living in my parents basement with crimedog247. Whoever always chimes in about me not knowing the touch of a woman can pop in every once in a while. Garmel can make random spot appearances.

    You guys could have a grand old time in that section haha. Losers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Maybe the mods should make a section just for commenting about me? Super can post his internet stalking results. You and mistake7 can chuckle back and forth about me living in my parents basement with crimedog247. Whoever always chimes in about me not knowing the touch of a woman can pop in every once in a while. Garmel can make random spot appearances.

    You guys could have a grand old time in that section haha. Losers.
    I think that is called the optimist thread..
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    your math is way off. I have probably posted 20 times today and I think I thought about you only 19 times.
    Haha

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    For anyone curious as to why Newcomb got shelled last night:

    http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxg.as...8&dh=0&data=pi

    The lowest right chart shows where the 4 changes he threw were located. He threw all 4 to RHed hitters, and none of them were anywhere close.

    The Cubs stacked the lineup with RHed hitters vs a LHer with only 2 pitches and below average command. They then proceeded to own him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Maybe the mods should make a section just for commenting about me? Super can post his internet stalking results. You and mistake7 can chuckle back and forth about me living in my parents basement with crimedog247. Whoever always chimes in about me not knowing the touch of a woman can pop in every once in a while. Garmel can make random spot appearances.

    You guys could have a grand old time in that section haha. Losers.
    I'd love to see what your parents did to you as a child to screw you up in the head like this. Seriously, I don't think I've ever met an adult that is as emotionally stunted as you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garmel View Post
    I'd love to see what your parents did to you as a child to screw you up in the head like this. Seriously, I don't think I've ever met an adult that is as emotionally stunted as you.
    And right on queue, another post about me from someone obsessed with me haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    And right on queue, another post about me from someone obsessed with me haha.
    maybe he is just concerned. It could have been a real touching moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    And right on queue, another post about me from someone obsessed with me haha.
    You insult a good portion of the board constantly then you wonder why you're the center of attention? LOL! Sometimes I wonder if you're not all there.

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