Braun's Projected Rookie Stats

[JoeJohnson2two]

Had he played an entire season

162 games
.349 average
50 home runs
133 runs batted in
230 hits
24 stolen bases
128 runs
41 doubles
7 triples
147 strikeouts
50 walks
.395 on-base percentage
.665 slugging percentage
1.060 on-base + slugging percentage

How's that for a season by a 23 year old? Only flaw is the 147 strikeouts.

[SportsWorld]

What about his average with runners in scoring position?

[MickeyDavis]

He's hitting .343 with RISP, .357 with RISP and 2 outs.

Some will extract a handful of examples where he didn't get a clutch hit late in the game. Of course every player who ever played the game had times when he didn't get hits in the "clutch".

Fielder is considered one of the leading candidates for MVP. He's hitting .250 with RISP and .231 with RISP and 2 outs.

[SportsWorld]

He's hitting .343 with RISP, .357 with RISP and 2 outs.

Some will extract a handful of examples where he didn't get a clutch hit late in the game. Of course every player who ever played the game had times when he didn't get hits in the "clutch".

Fielder is considered one of the leading candidates for MVP. He's hitting .250 with RISP and .231 with RISP and 2 outs.

Those are pretty good numbers for a rookie and they will only get better.
I think Ryan Braun is going to end up becoming a better player than Prince Fielder if he isn't already.
Prince Fielder is probably going to have injury problems down the road with that powerful swing he has

[Ayt]

An interesting thing about the K's in the majors is that in 117 AAA AB's he had only 11 K's and 10 HR's. I wonder if his K rate will come down drastically over the next few years as he better learns which pitches to lay off of.

[ReasonablySober]

What about his average with runners in scoring position?

.343 avg with RISP.
.357 avg with RISP and 2 outs.

Any other questions?

edit: I see MD already handled it

[paulpressey25]

Braun's performance makes the Brewers current flame out all the more troubling......

No one would have projected that we'd call Braun up and get literal MVP type production from him......and yet we are. But we still haven't been able to maintain a plus .500 record since he's been called up in Mid-May.....correct?

If this were SportsWorlds Cub's team, there would be no issues.....we'd just let Braun, Fielder, Hardy and Weeks mature over the next 2-4 years a deal with their growing pains....pay them their +/- $10mm a year after they reach arbitration and their $10-20mm a year afterwards. But with our budget it's got to happen now and next season.

[JoeJohnson2two]

I think if we survive the month of August, we'll win the NL Central. We are going through a HUGE slide right now but yet somehow are still in 1st place. When we gets Sheets back and if Rickie can carry over his minor league numbers we'll be fine. I have faith. We've waiting too long, they won't make us wait any longer...

[Rodanlee]

after the first month i think arod was on pace for 100 homers and 350 rbis.....

[JoeJohnson2two]

after the first month i think arod was on pace for 100 homers and 350 rbis.....

Yeah well this is 3 months after Braun's call-up...

Can't compare 3 months of production to 1...

[El Duderino]

Braun's performance makes the Brewers current flame out all the more troubling......

No one would have projected that we'd call Braun up and get literal MVP type production from him......and yet we are. But we still haven't been able to maintain a plus .500 record since he's been called up in Mid-May.....correct?

If this were SportsWorlds Cub's team, there would be no issues.....we'd just let Braun, Fielder, Hardy and Weeks mature over the next 2-4 years a deal with their growing pains....pay them their +/- $10mm a year after they reach arbitration and their $10-20mm a year afterwards. But with our budget it's got to happen now and next season.

It's not the youth on the teams fault we are struggling,except for Weeks.The main problem has been poor pitching and mediocre at best results overall from the vets on the roster.

As for worrying about paying the young guys and that the window is only this year and next,i don't see it.The very high arbitration payouts for don't hit until the 5th/6th years for a player.We don't have to start worrying about losing a guy like Fielder for another three and a half seasons after this one.We own Braun's rights for another five years after this one.

My guess is in another year or two,the team will try to buy out arbitration and maybe a year of free agency for a few of their young core.So long as Melvin or whoever the GM is going forward makes smart choices in surrounding their talented youth,the Brewers can be a contender for another 3-4 years a minimum.It will all be about finding other cheap and productive players to supplement the other guys as they begin getting expensive.

Won't be easy,but certainly doable

[Ayt]

Starting pitchers ERA, IP per game, and QS%

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Sheets     3.39   6.1  63%
Cappy      4.96   5.2  29%
Gazpacho   4.84   6.0  38%
Bush       5.18   6.0  41%
Claudio    4.86   5.2  40%

We have Sheets then a bunch of guys pitching like #4's and 5's. Going forward we need to hope some of these guys turn it around or someone beyond Gallardo is the real deal (his last start doesn't count ).

[Nowak008]

Gazpacho is really starting to stick. As soon as I read that I didn't even bat an eye.