Notes: Wise, Adams build strength
Wynegar pinpoints start of '04 troubles
PHOENIX -- Brewers relievers Mike Adams and Matt Wise are trying to avoid the
"skinniest guy in camp" label and reported to Spring Training with some extra
bulk.
The 6-foot-5 Adams, a leading candidate to replace All-Star closer Dan Kolb
this season, weighed in at 198 lbs. -- up 12 pounds from the end of last
season -- when he took his physical on Sunday at Maryvale Baseball Park.
Wise, who is also vying for a spot in the bullpen, was walking around the
clubhouse bragging that he had added more than 20 pounds.
"I got a little tired last year in August and lost some weight, but I felt
better in September," said Adams, who had a 9.90 ERA in August and a 2.31
mark over the final month. "I'd rather put on some weight now, knowing that
I'm going to lose some."
Adams made 46 appearances last year and posted a 3.40 ERA. When the Brewers
dealt Kolb to the Braves for hard-throwing prospect Jose Capellan, Adams
became the favorite to fill the closer's role. But the Brewers later added
right-handers Ricky Bottalico and Justin Lehr, and some view Capellan as a
potential closer-in-waiting.
Wise, generously listed at 197 lbs. by the Brewers, is up over 200 after
pitching in 30 games with Milwaukee last season including three spot starts.
He posted a 4.44 ERA in his first full year since undergoing Tommy John
ligament replacement surgery on his elbow.
At least one Brewer, watching Wise walk to the shower, didn't buy his story
about a weight gain.
"How can you put on 20 pounds and still look exactly the same?" Chad Moeller
asked.
Getting started: Weather permitting, Brewers pitchers and catchers will
participate in their first formal workout on Monday morning. Most of the
position players have already reported and will take in live batting
practice.
Yost is hoping that the rains which have doused the Valley of the Sun in
recent weeks will hold off. Forecasters are not sure; they've predicted rain
every day until Friday.
"You only have so many days before games start," said Yost, who used to be in
charge of scheduling the Braves' spring workouts under manager Bobby Cox and
now relies on third base coach Rich Donnelly. "You can't get them back."
Holdout: Yost and the team's medical staff will be very careful this spring
with ace Ben Sheets, who underwent surgery in October to relieve a bulging
disc in his back. Yost said Sheets would be held out of all fielding drills,
and would not throw live batting practice along with other pitchers on
Monday.
Looking for answers: After a winter of "soul searching," Brewers hitting
coach Butch Wynegar thinks he knows where it all went wrong in 2004.
"To me, the whole key was losing Junior Spivey," said Wynegar, referring to
the shoulder injury that cost Spivey the second half of last season. "For
some reason, when he got hurt guys started thinking they had to pick up all
of the slack."
Spivey separated his shoulder diving headfirst into first base on July 2 at
Pittsburgh. The injury coincided precisely with the Brewers' midseason
collapse, and the team went on to finish at or near the bottom of almost
every offensive category.
"When he left that lineup -- nothing against [Keith] Ginter -- we struggled,"
Wynegar said. "There was something about Junior. Every time he was up there,
he was a threat. We lost something when he went out."
For now, Spivey is penciled into the No. 2 hole in the batting order behind
projected leadoff man Brady Clark. Wynegar said he could also see Spivey as a
No. 5 hitter, a spot the Brewers will likely instead fill with Geoff Jenkins.
Spivey and new outfielder Carlos Lee are among only a handful of players who
have yet to report. Spivey's wife, Tabitha, recently had the couple's first
child.
Signings: Pitchers Chris Capuano and Dennis Sarfate, and infielder J.J. Hardy
agreed to contracts for 2005 on Saturday, leaving only four players unsigned
on the 40-man roster. The remaining unsigned players are Bill Hall, Ben
Hendrickson, Dave Krynzel and Lyle Overbay.
Overbay reported to Maryvale Baseball Park on Sunday, just in time for a
physical.
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