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Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

Ceetar
Aug 08 2019 02:39 PM

A Boy Named Seo wrote:

Brad Brach is a Met, per the internet!


Goodie Goodie Gumdrops!

Edgy MD
Aug 08 2019 03:06 PM
Re: Say Hello Waive Goodbye

Joins the deep and storied legacy of BB Mets.
[list]

  • [*]Bruce Boisclair (1974, 1976 - 1979)

  • [*]Billy Baldwin (1976)

  • [*]Butch Benton (1978, 1980)

  • [*]Bob Bailor (1981 - 1983)

  • [*]Bruce Bochy (1982)

  • [*]Billy Beane (1984, 1985)

  • [*]Bruce Berenyi (1984 - 1986)

  • [*]Blaine Beatty (1989, 1991)

  • [*]Bobby Bonilla (1992 - 1995, 1999)

  • [*]Brett Butler (1995)

  • [*]Brian Bohanon (1997, 1998)

  • [*]Brian Buchanan (2004)

  • [*]Brian Bannister (2006)

  • [*]Blaine Boyer (2011)

  • [*]Buddy Baumann (2018)

  • [*]Brad Brach (????)
    • [/list]

    A Boy Named Seo
    Aug 08 2019 03:08 PM
    Re: Say Hello Waive Goodbye


    A Boy Named Seo wrote:

    Brad Brach is a Met, per the internet!


    Goodie Goodie Gumdrops!


    Even with his shit 2019, he's been arguably better than all of Oswalt, Gagnon, Lockett, Flexen, Santiago, Pounders and maybe Familia, Bashlor, Avilan, and the excellently dressed Chris Mazza, too. May not be worth doing backflips over, but he costs relatively nothing and could be a great pickup in an area that severely needs help. It's like something a smart team would do. Good gumdrops indeed.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Aug 08 2019 03:37 PM
    Re: Say Hello Waive Goodbye

    Brad Brach deserves his own thread

    A Boy Named Seo
    Aug 08 2019 03:44 PM
    Re: Say Hello Waive Goodbye

    Please, Mr. Admin, do the thing.

    Ceetar
    Aug 08 2019 04:39 PM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    He's been unlucky in runners scoring, his LOB% is way below norms.



    But hecan't control his slider. It's all over the place. His BB% on his slider is up 500% over the last two years.

    Frayed Knot
    Aug 08 2019 04:57 PM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    He had a 1.52 ERA/1.31 WHIP in his two month stint w/the Braves last season [27 games, 23.2 IP] following his July 30th trade from the O's ... which likely proves nothing more than how variable relievers can

    be, especially when SSS data is involved.



    Is from Freehold NJ and Monmouth U

    A Boy Named Seo
    Aug 08 2019 06:24 PM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

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    He's been unlucky in runners scoring, his LOB% is way below norms.



    But hecan't control his slider. It's all over the place. His BB% on his slider is up 500% over the last two years.



    Sure, you're right on that stuff, but he's still arguably better than at least 6 dudes we've already run out this year, comes on a pro-rated minimum salary, and has a track record of being very good. He may be lost in the woods, but still possesses those skills, if he can get only find them again.



    It's not a bad thing at all.. Not like we had a supermarket full of relievers and we plucked Brach out ahead of all others. These were dusty, cob-webbed shelves and he's a fine pickup under those circumstances, IMO.

    Ceetar
    Aug 08 2019 08:56 PM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    Sure. not knocking it. Just not sure if we're getting star brites or spice drops.

    Centerfield
    Aug 09 2019 05:41 AM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    If his slider has been the problem, and if the ball is different in the second half, as I've been speculating, then this could be potentially great for us.

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 09 2019 07:21 AM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    =Ceetar post_id=18163 time=1565303960 user_id=102]
    He's been unlucky in runners scoring, his LOB% is way below norms.



    But hecan't control his slider. It's all over the place. His BB% on his slider is up 500% over the last two years.



    Apparently Phil Regan is the ‘slider whisperer' as the staff has been throwing more sliders to better effect since he's arrived.

    LWFS
    Aug 09 2019 07:54 AM
    Re: Brad Brach, Don't Talk Back (Split from Say Hello, Waive Goodbye)

    Straight outta Freehold, NJ, which is a nice, small addition to the local-boy-good-vibes thing we've got going here.



    That said, bringing another wormkiller with a walk problem (albeit with a 10-plus K/9 FM figure this year) to pitch in front of this defense may mark this as less of a savior-to-rise-from-these-streets move and more of a death trap/suicide rap. Old Man Regan: do your dew.