Sal Frelick gets the call

[edfunderburk]

29 minutes ago, patrickgpe said:

Frelik batting 6th in right 

Bittersweet … 

Winker still on the team & in the lineup again - batting .198 🤮

[rickh150]

6 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Matt, you’re missing the obvious choice. Winker can’t hit (OBP, OPS and BA), can’t hit for power (SLG), he can’t run, he can’t throw, and he can’t play the field. Thankfully we have Arnold making these decisions!

Long, long leash…. No one would complain about this if it happened….in June.

[edfunderburk]

9 minutes ago, ClosetBrewerFan said:

One down.  Now we just need to replace Winker with Hiura or Black

Black

[SF70]

1 hour ago, duewizard said:

I would much rather have one extra year of Wiemer than have him right now when he can't hit. 

Wiemer is a great extension candidate with his smaller signing bonus. Keep him up and win baseball games.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I think the wiemer move down to AAA for a few weeks happens post trade deadline if they acquire a bat...then you bring him back up for September when rosters expand a little

Pumped for Frelick...hopeful that Hiura isn't far behind

[Sixtolezcano]

2 hours ago, Matt said:

Perkins has been one of the best defensive OFs in baseball this season. You can't send him down. 

Wiemer is a much better defensive center, AND a better hitter than Perkins. Unbelievable.

[Never Outhustled]

Interesting that now that the Brewers took their 1st long look at Wiemer in CF, they've decided to go with Wiemer in CF and Frelick in RF.

[BrewerFan]

2 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

Bittersweet … 

Winker still on the team & in the lineup again - batting .198 🤮

I advocated for a longer leash. I thought there was no way he could be this bad...but he really just is. 565 OPS. It's not like he's Joey Gallo and hitting under .200. 

 

[Seth Stohs]

 I love seeing players get The Call! 

 

[umphrey]

I can’t believe how much hate there is here for Wiemer and his rookie season of 1.4 WAR so far and 84 wRC+. Go look at Turang stats if you want to see what a garbage hitting rookie looks like. Wiemer remains one of our most promising young players, even if he’s had some hot and cold stretches. 

[rickh150]

1 minute ago, umphrey said:

I can’t believe how much hate there is here for Wiemer and his rookie season of 1.4 WAR so far and 84 wRC+. Go look at Turang stats if you want to see what a garbage hitting rookie looks like. Wiemer remains one of our most promising young players, even if he’s had some hot and cold stretches. 

How much hate? I think there is very little here. Sending him down is not a huge negative to him long term. Short term, it could actually help him at the plate. On the other hand To the positive, he needs to play against lefties with an .897 OPS
 

[owbc]

2 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

Bittersweet … 

Winker still on the team & in the lineup again - batting .198 🤮

And we still won the trade 

[patrickgpe]

Great start to his career 

[rickh150]

Awful looking at bats by Adames….

[rickh150]

Really do not look forward to seeing heart of order hit…joke. 

[torts]

He's ok

[BrewerFan]

3 hours ago, umphrey said:

I can’t believe how much hate there is here for Wiemer and his rookie season of 1.4 WAR so far and 84 wRC+. Go look at Turang stats if you want to see what a garbage hitting rookie looks like. Wiemer remains one of our most promising young players, even if he’s had some hot and cold stretches. 

I can't believe you're seeing "hate" for Wiemer. 

Pretty sure there's more appreciation for Wiemer...and a FEW people who've suggested that he could use a couple weeks in AAA but MAINLY because of his service time. That's not hate, that's just...common sense. You want a 7th year out of him. 

And he probably shouldn't have started this year in the big leagues. 

I wouldn't send him down because I think we need him vs lefties, but I don't think those who are suggesting maybe we do are "hating" on him.

[Joseph Zarr]

7 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

He's been great this past week. Hopefully, he runs with this. He will surprise you with his glove and arm, to boot. Very underrated arm. 

Bump. When you've watched this young man play in Biloxi and Nashville for over a year, you know: his defense is elite. Undersold across the board with his glove and arm. Happy he proved it, again, tonight! What a debut.

[Brewcrew82]

13 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Bump. When you've watched this young man play in Biloxi and Nashville for over a year, you know: his defense is elite. Undersold across the board with his glove and arm. Happy he proved it, again, tonight! What a debut.

Looks like the thumb is finally healthy, too. Back to spraying the ball all over the field. 

[Team Canada]

This is a Sal Frelick thread.

[Jopal78]

7 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

Bittersweet … 

Winker still on the team & in the lineup again - batting .198 🤮

That’s what making ten million dollars a season on a small market club  gets you, almost endless chances. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

6 hours ago, Never Outhustled said:

Interesting that now that the Brewers took their 1st long look at Wiemer in CF, they've decided to go with Wiemer in CF and Frelick in RF.

Best overall comfort level for both at this time, with Wiemer spending so much time in CF. It wouldn't shock me if they're flipped in '24.

[BrewerFan]

1 minute ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Best overall comfort level for both at this time, with Wiemer spending so much time in CF. It wouldn't shock me if they're flipped in '24.

I don't know when it happens, but it's gonna be a lot of fun when the OF has Frelick, Wiemer, Mitchell and Chourio playing out there. Yelich has been just better at everything this year athletically. Faster, throwing harder, hitting the ball harder...but he's just not the defender those guys are. I'd love to see him try 1B. I guess otherwise...our DH becomes a rotation with him and and then mixing and matching those guys?

 I think there are some gloves touched by King Midas in the future of these young guys.

[Jim French Stepstool]

23 minutes ago, BrewerFan said:

 Yelich has been just better at everything this year athletically. Faster, throwing harder, hitting the ball harder...but he's just not the defender those guys are. I'd love to see him try 1B. I guess otherwise...our DH becomes a rotation with him and and then mixing and matching those guys?

 

Once things come to fruition, Yelichs' subpar arm is probably going to be a factor. You never know what a FO is thinking (or Yelich, for that matter) but a move to 1B makes sense on paper.

[StearnsFTW]

54 minutes ago, BrewerFan said:

I don't know when it happens, but it's gonna be a lot of fun when the OF has Frelick, Wiemer, Mitchell and Chourio playing out there. Yelich has been just better at everything this year athletically. Faster, throwing harder, hitting the ball harder...but he's just not the defender those guys are. I'd love to see him try 1B. I guess otherwise...our DH becomes a rotation with him and and then mixing and matching those guys?

 I think there are some gloves touched by King Midas in the future of these young guys.

Hopefully he's playing 1B sooner than later 

 

I'm counting on Mitchell for nothing yet hoping for the best.

 

Having said that, a Frelick/Chourio/Wiemer outfield seems like it'll be pretty good in a year or a little more.