00:00And I want to start with the Milwaukee Brewers here
00:02because the Brewers have already clinched the National League Central.
00:06They're exploring the idea of Jacob Mizorowski
00:10throwing out of the bullpen for them.
00:11I guess that's the burning question for me.
00:14I don't really have any other questions about a team
00:16that has already kind of solidified their fate.
00:18Like they're steamrolling towards that wildcard series buy.
00:21They're going to be totally fine on that front.
00:23The question is top seed between them and Philadelphia.
00:25With Milwaukee, is it Mizorowski as a bullpen ace
00:29or actually part of the postseason rotation?
00:32It's funny.
00:33So that was one of the things we touched on.
00:35And I'm actually interested to hear your thoughts on this too
00:37because I know you were a little bit more tapped in
00:40than Peter in terms of what Mizorowski looked like
00:43out of the bullpen at the end of last year
00:45because we were talking about that on the call-up, right?
00:46So that was something I had mentioned
00:48just as we were talking about what it looks like
00:51for them going into the postseason.
00:54I think there's an innings limit, not even a hard, fast limit,
00:58but just I think the innings marker that they're looking at
01:00and saying, eh, you know, he's already well past
01:02what we're used to seeing him throw.
01:04And last year, we slowed him down a little bit for that reason.
01:06And now this year, he's well past that.
01:08I also think you've got to imagine what is the role
01:12that Mizorowski is most set up for success in.
01:15And, you know, I look at Chase Burns right now
01:16who's still trying to get comfortable
01:18throwing out of the bullpen.
01:19At least Mizorowski has the experience in doing it.
01:22Where I'm interested in where I kind of want to present
01:24the question to you is, would you rather have the variance
01:28of Mizorowski as your three-starter in the postseason
01:31where he could go six innings of legitimate shutout, no-hit ball,
01:35but he also could get bounced in the second
01:38or the more consistent, probably lower ceiling, higher floor
01:42of a Chad Patrick or a Quintana getting the ball in a game three.
01:47I think Quintana should get the ball in game three.
01:49It's more of a Chad Patrick conversation maybe
01:51where you kind of know what you're getting,
01:53but you may not have the guy that's going to put you
01:56on his back to win the game.
01:58So I will say about that whole construction,
02:01I do feel like teams should go with a three-man rotation
02:06over a four-man rotation in the postseason.
02:08Especially when you got Freddy Peralta at the top,
02:10the way he's throwing.
02:11Right, exactly.
02:12So like the way that these like series are constructed
02:17by off days and everything, I mean,
02:19you can get away with a three-man rotation there
02:22if you feel comfortable with everybody
02:23and where they're at in October.
02:26I know Quinn Priester, this is like kind of his first
02:28elongated look in the major leagues,
02:31but I'm not worried about any sort of innings limit with him.
02:33I'm not worried about Freddy Peralta.
02:35I'm not worried about Jose Quintana.
02:36So if you can line Freddy up for a game one
02:40and game four start,
02:41and you can line Priester up for a game two
02:44and game five start in a DS
02:48and then you get to a CS
02:49and you can possibly have Peralta throw a one, four, seven,
02:52you should absolutely do that.
02:54So for me, I firmly lean Mizorowski out of the bullpen.
02:59And I think you can go Freddy game one,
03:02Priester game two, Quintana game three.
03:04I almost want to wipe the hard drive for Mizorowski.
03:07And I want to say, hey, man,
03:09you've got some of the most comical stuff
03:11that we've ever seen on a pitcher's mouth.
03:13Just throw that over the heart of the plate
03:15and dare people to beat you.
03:18And you say, oh, well,
03:19why can't he do that for five innings
03:21in a starting capacity?
03:22It's just different.
03:23I mean, you ask somebody to get six outs or nine outs.
03:27It's just different than saying, hey,
03:29go face the first 18 hitters of the game.
03:31And I know he's holding his velocity,
03:32but you've got to imagine he's feeling it a little bit,
03:35you know, at the end of this year here,
03:36having been 30 innings north of what he was at last year
03:40and last year they tapered him down
03:42over the last month and a half in that relief role.
03:45So he really wasn't starting nearly like he is at this pace.
03:49And the last thing I'll mention on Mizorowski
03:51is out of the bullpen in AAA last year,
03:54this guy held opponents to an 085 batting average
03:58in 12 appearances.
03:58Like he was unhittable out of the pen.
04:02So if you're getting him at the best version of himself,
04:06even if it is at a one or two inning spurt,
04:08that's better than the five innings of four run ball,
04:11you know, he might give you.
04:12So I think, yeah, the ceiling might be a little bit lower,
04:16but I think with the Brewers,
04:18they don't need that guy that can carry you in the third game.
04:21They just need quality starts
04:22and they're going to win a lot of games.
04:24So you might as well bolster that bullpen further.
04:26I'm in on it too.
04:27And I think it makes a lot of sense for Mizorowski to,
04:30as you mentioned, kind of wipe that hard drive.
04:32It's a lot easier to just let your stuff eat
04:34when you know you can go higher effort one inning
04:37and you're not feeling the fatigue as much
04:38as he's probably feeling
04:40as he's winding the season down.
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