This is your Brewers News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of June 29, 2021.
“Some minor news and notes from around baseball: Right-handed pitcher Chris Smith announced his retirement this afternoon (on Twitter). Smith appeared in the big leagues in 2017, tossing five innings over four games with the Blue Jays. He spent parts of five seasons in the minors. The 32-year-old signed a minor league deal with the Tigers…”
“JUNE 28: Fisher has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Nashville, the team announced. The 27-year-old doesn’t have the requisite service time to reject an outright assignment. He’ll remain in the organization as non-roster depth and attempt to play his way back onto the MLB team before the end of the season. JUNE 22: The…”
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“That felt like the playoffs.” It marked the sixth time the Brewers scored double-digit runs in an inning, and the first time any team in the Majors broke open a tie game in the eighth inning or later by scoring 10 or more runs since the Tigers scored 13 times in the ninth inning of a 19-6 win at Texas on Aug. It was a floodgate inning,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell, who certainly remembers the last time the Brewers put up a 10-spot since he punctuated it by hitting a grand slam. Said Bradley: “I think that’s the first time that I’ve seen going from your eighth-inning guy to a position player [pitching] in the same inning. Or how about Devin Williams, who stranded the bases full of Cubs in a harrowing, 34-pitch eighth inning that preserved the tie score? Or any of the 14 batters who stepped to the plate for the Brewers in the eighth, amid a rally that got started with Jace Peterson coming back from 1-2 and Hiura from 0-2 to work walks? “Then the fun kind of started,” Counsell said.”
“That’s how we have to look at it.” If the Brewers would break their rest policy with anyone, perhaps it would be Burnes. They feel the best way to do that is to go every six days and give me ample rest. Brewers starting pitchers entered their series against the Cubs worth a collective 8.7 fWAR, third best in the Majors. It’s worked so far,” Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said.”
“(Last updated: June 20) RHP Dylan File (right elbow stress fracture) Expected to return: June or July File, the Brewers’ No. (Last updated: June 28) LHP Angel Perdomo (lower back strain) Expected return: Second half of June Perdomo was placed on the injured list prior to the Brewers’ series finale against the Nationals in D.C. (Last updated: June 25) CF Lorenzo Cain (right hamstring strain) Expected return: After All-Star break The Brewers placed Cain on the 10-day injured list after he tweaked his right leg making a running catch against the Tigers on Memorial Day, and while Cain has been running, hitting and aiming to be back before the All-Star break, it’s looking more likely that he will continue working out for a couple more weeks before the Brewers consider a Minor League rehab assignment, president of baseball operations David Stearns said. Counsell said Topa will keep throwing bullpen sessions “for a while,” but his expected return in the second half of the season appears to be on track.”
“11, 2010 vs Arizona, 4th inning June 6, 1999 vs Colorado, 7th inning May 26, 1996 vs Chicago White Sox, 8th inning Sept. 10, 1986 vs Detroit, 4th inning May 31, 1980 vs Boston, 4th inning The record is seven games in a single season with at least four hits, and it shouldn’t surprise you that the mark belongs to Paul Molitor. • Brewers Stat of the Day, May 2021 “I was really proud of him and happy for him,” manager Craig Counsell said. 1, 1987: Teddy Higuera at Royals (two outs in eighth) May 28, 1988: Odell Jones at Indians (one out in ninth) April 23, 2009: Bush at Phillies (one out in eighth) But to find the last instance at home, you have to go all the way back to July 16-17, 1983, against the Twins at County Stadium.”
“You hit the ball hard. You throw the ball hard. And sometimes, the ball is hit with such force that you can’t help but ask yourself, “Just how hard was that thing hit?!” Thanks to Statcast, we now know the exit velocity of each ball hit across the big leagues each day, no matter if it’s a squeaker or a towering homer. Baseball has always been a simple game.”