Welp, Are We Officially Worried About Brach?

[sportsfan8703]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I thought him wearing down the last couple years was due to over work.

Oh I never said that. Maybe last season when he pitched a ton in May. Brach is a weapon.  He just isn’t cut out for the 9th. He needs his confidence back. 

[Can_of_corn]

11 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Oh I never said that. Maybe last season when he pitched a ton in May. Brach is a weapon.  He just isn’t cut out for the 9th. He needs his confidence back. 

Not you, myself and others.

[Frobby]

My son, who was at the game, said Brach got unlucky with a couple of bloops there.   I was following on GameDay and at least one of them was on a pitch at the knees 3 inches off the plate.   

[sportsfan8703]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Not you, myself and others.

I don’t care anymore. I’m tired of making excuses for these guys. $160 million payroll and can’t get the bullpen to give us one clean game from them all season. 

[DirtyBird]

Brad Brach has 3 clean appearances out of 12 opportunities. In his first 12 outings last season, 7 of them were clean.

He's toast.

[interloper]

He's Jim Johnson. Loss of velocity, command, and intestinal fortitude. 

[gtman55]

These kind of decisions are why I have some issues with Buck's decision making. Brach doesn't have the mental makeup to close. Never has. Givens would have been much better choice IMO. It's clear Brach is a setup man and nothing more.

[DirtyBird]

Just now, gtman55 said:

These kind of decisions are why I have some issues with Buck's decision making. Brach doesn't have the mental makeup to close. Never has. Givens would have been much better choice IMO. It's clear Brach is a setup man and nothing more.

The "closing" thing may have been the issue in the past. Now he's just not good at getting guys out . . . ever.

[scbalt52]

I don't think we should have a 'closer' but that battle is lost in the MLB these days. Move Castro to closer then, I think he could do well there.

[DirtyBird]

Just now, scbalt52 said:

I don't think we should have a 'closer' but that battle is lost in the MLB these days. Move Castro to closer then, I think he could do well there.

If we are going to be a bad team, just let Scott and Yacabonnis stay up and get consistent work out of the pen.

[LC_O's_87]

5 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

If we are going to be a bad team, just let Scott and Yacabonnis stay up and get consistent work out of the pen.

Who do you send down though?  They can't keep a 3 man bench forever.

Other than going 3 man bench, the only real way to get them both up  is DFA Mike Wright - who can at least do mop up duty when they get a short start- -- and DFA Brach which isn't going to happen.

They have zero flexibility in the pen this season.  

They are a bad team but they need a guy like Wright to soak up some innings and keep the other guys healthy. 

Somehow I think Brach is going to go on the DL soon with some sort of arm/shoulder/elbow soreness

[DirtyBird]

1 minute ago, LC_O's_87 said:

Who do you send down though?  They can't keep a 3 man bench forever.

Other than going 3 man bench, the only real way to get them both up  is DFA Mike Wright - who can at least do mop up duty when they get a short start- -- and DFA Brach which isn't going to happen.

They have zero flexibility in the pen this season.  

They are a bad team but they need a guy like Wright to soak up some innings and keep the other guys healthy. 

Somehow I think Brach is going to go on the DL soon with some sort of arm/shoulder/elbow soreness

DFA Brach. He's done.

[Ripken]

Good thing we hung onto him.  

[DirtyBird]

4 minutes ago, Ripken said:

Good thing we hung onto him.  

Right. Him and Britton at the deadline last season. Sure glad we didn't take no stinkin lowball offer for our nuggets.

[Frobby]

30 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

DFA Brach. He's done.

That’s a bit of an overreaction.   He hasn’t looked very good, but it’s way too soon to give up on him.