Brewers Review: Episode 3 -- Suppan's move to the bullpen, Narveson's first start, some minor league action and Doug Davis' incredible bad luck

In the podcast, I mention Davis' bad luck and how to account for that luck statistically. FIP or Fielding Independent Pitching is the statistic that I use to look at what a Pitcher's ERA should be without all the bad luck. Here's a more technical definition from the Harball Times: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/statpages/glossary/#fip

If you're curious to see the Pitch data for Trevor Hoffman look here: http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=1035&position=P

Fangraphs.com has an incredible amount of baseball information. I feel bad linking you there, because I know that you will waste at least 20 minutes clicking through some interesting statistics.

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Brewers Review: Episode 2 -- NL Central News, Brewers Batting Order, Minor Leaguers, and yes, a Milwaukee Brewers Haiku

Podcast number 2 features a discussion of Edinson Volquez's suspension, Carlos Zambrano's move to the bullpen, Manager Ken Macha's constantly shifting lineup, and Brewers minor leaguers Chris Cody and Lorenzo Cain.

From the brewers.com site, here is how the Brewers 20-0 defeat of the Pirates ranks historically: http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100422&content_id=9500206&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

This a good summary of the Zambrano move with lots of quotes, and the conspiracy theory that Jack espoused: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0422-zambrano-carlos-cubs-chicago-20100421,0,4979197.story

We also kicked around how we would order the brewers lineup. First is my short term lineup. This is what I would use if I had to win one game tomorrow:

1. Rickie Weeks
2. Jim Edmonds
3. Ryan Braun
4. Prince Fielder
5. Casey Mcgehee
6. Greg Zaun
7. Alcides Escobar
8. Corey Hart
9. Pitcher

Realistically, I know that Edmonds shouldn't be pushed to play every day. With that in mind, here is the lineup I would use assuming that Carlos Gomez needs to get the lion's share of the starts in center.

1. Rickie Weeks
2. Alcides Escobar
3. Ryan Braun
4. Prince Fielder
5. Casey Mcgehee
6. Greg Zaun
7. Carlos Gomez
8. Corey Hart
9. Pitcher

We also discussed Lorenzo Cain and Chris Cody's solid start to their season at Huntsville.

Lorenzo Cain's numbers: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cain--001lor
Interview with Cain: http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7183149
Homerun by Cain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZEOkHwwvQ

Chris Cody's numbers: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cody--001chr
Cody pitching against the Iowa Cubs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZxE5-hhQc&feature=related

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