Sun. 7/27: Let's Wrap These Four Series Up in Style (you too, big leaguers)

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Sounds have finally found their Keston Hiura replacement. AAAA player who mashes AAA but can't make enough contact to hit in MLB

That's what they said about Vaughn before he entered the Brewers 'Hitting Lab'.

I do like Dalbec quite a bit more than I ever liked Hiura but I get your very valid point given the history.

[wiguy94]

9 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

That's what they said about Vaughn before he entered the Brewers 'Hitting Lab'.

I do like Dalbec quite a bit more than I ever liked Hiura but I get your very valid point given the history.

Hiura in his Nashville AAA career - 142 wRC+, 28% K-rate (not counting 2019 in the PCL)

Dalbec in his Nashville AAA career - 130 wRC+, 34% K-rate (not including today)

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Hiura in his Nashville AAA career - 142 wRC+, 28% K-rate (not counting 2019 in the PCL)

Dalbec in his Nashville AAA career - 130 wRC+, 34% K-rate (not including today)

Oh my friend I know the numbers. I know the glaring flaw. Still truly enjoy watching the player. I appreciate he swings for the fence in every AB 😅. Defensively he just has more than Kesty ever had. Hence, I enjoy him more because he has some semblance of a glove and has meaningful size for the corners...in addition to absolutely being a mashman prophecy.

[BrewerFan]

4 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Hiura in his Nashville AAA career - 142 wRC+, 28% K-rate (not counting 2019 in the PCL)

Dalbec in his Nashville AAA career - 130 wRC+, 34% K-rate (not including today)

That and Hiura had a pretty solid sample size of just destroying MLB pitching. 

He came up like Braun as a rookie. ~.300/.370/.570 with a OPS .940 and OPS+138

And it's not like he came out of nowhere. He was considered the best or 2nd best hitter in his draft class. Dalbec seems like he may be... serviceable I suppose, but if you never liked Hiura? That seems like 100% the benefit of hindsight or... something. I don't know, but he was very good offensively. A lot of strikeouts, but there wasn't a whole lot of reason to think he wasn't going to be a big part of this lineup for years to come. 

 

4 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

That's what they said about Vaughn before he entered the Brewers 'Hitting Lab'.

Their hitting lab? 

We'll have to see, but I'm not very convinced Vaughn is really an average 1B offensively, these 12 games notwithstanding, but I'm not sold. 

But I also just don't have much faith in their "hitting lab." They turn around pitchers. They plug in cast offs from other teams and they are hit or miss. We're not particularly good(nor bad) at taking a hitter from another system and really developing them.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

2 hours ago, BrewerFan said:

That and Hiura had a pretty solid sample size of just destroying MLB pitching. 

He came up like Braun as a rookie. ~.300/.370/.570 with a OPS .940 and OPS+138

And it's not like he came out of nowhere. He was considered the best or 2nd best hitter in his draft class. Dalbec seems like he may be... serviceable I suppose, but if you never liked Hiura? That seems like 100% the benefit of hindsight or... something. I don't know, but he was very good offensively. A lot of strikeouts, but there wasn't a whole lot of reason to think he wasn't going to be a big part of this lineup for years to come. 

 

Their hitting lab? 

We'll have to see, but I'm not very convinced Vaughn is really an average 1B offensively, these 12 games notwithstanding, but I'm not sold. 

But I also just don't have much faith in their "hitting lab." They turn around pitchers. They plug in cast offs from other teams and they are hit or miss. We're not particularly good(nor bad) at taking a hitter from another system and really developing them.

'Hitting Lab' is just being silly my friend. It's a joke. 

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

21 hours ago, biedergb said:

@MudcatsfaninBrunsCO - I can't open the attachments.

FYI - I went back to try to watch, but no video of Dubanewicz warm up and no mention by Edwards of what - it just sounds like he just started to warm up and called the trainer and after a discussion walked off frustrated. Hoping it was a minor tweak or something. Just so frustrating.

And Sam Garcia's frustrating high A season continues.

And man does the big league club just need to play winning teams only, they sure seem to play down to some of the lesser weights - they went only 4-2 against the Rockies and sure that's a winning records but that team is barely above .250 on the season, and now on the verge of 2-4 (hopefully only 3-3) against the Marlins.

I'll dm you them

[biedergb]

19 minutes ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

I'll dm you them

Got them- wow that was empty. Yikes.

You think it's the weather? Or the impending move to Wilson? Or just long season, mid week?

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

1 hour ago, biedergb said:

Got them- wow that was empty. Yikes.

You think it's the weather? Or the impending move to Wilson? Or just long season, mid week?

Wilson and Midweek, 701 paid but no way it was