Brewers (Henderson) vs Twins (Prielipp): 5/16/26, 6:10pm

[cragi]

brewers FO have proven they can see things the rest of baseball doesnt. id love to see the younger guys get a chance, but im guessing its about maximizing trade value and service time. If they can win 7/8 without a big chunk of pitchers and with several holes in the lineup, they can buy time for whatever moves they have planned. Bring up some of these other guys once they force the issue. but yeah, gotta believe Leonard, Lara, Pratt and Williams could give us a lot more pop right now

[jason21nl]

25 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Perkins is approaching .100. It’s an old school pitcher hitting.

You can’t keep throwing this out there.

They absolutely need to punt on him.  Hes 29.  He isn’t just going to find it.  Cut him loose, see if another team wants him.  Just get him out of the organization so they don’t give him playing time over someone else in the organization.   

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Starting game 1 against the Cubs

So, is the plan to have Sproat, Misioroski, and Harrison against the Cubs, or is there a question about Misioroski’s availability.

If Mis does pitch Tuesday I wonder if they would have him go Sunday against the Dodgers.or use the off day to push him to the first game of the Cardinals series  

The Sunday game is on our 12 pack and it would be fun to be at a game he pitches. Harrison has started all 3 games we’ve been at so far.

 

 

[BrewCrew8675309]

14 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Also I've been the cool the jets on promoting Lara guy but I'm sorry if you're going to let Perkins get two leverage AB hitting LH because you don't trust Mitchell defensively then Lara should be up and one of those two should be in AAA. Perkins literally looks like a pitcher hitting left handed at this point. He should never be facing RHP.

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned in this form but with the Mets calling up Ewing and giving him at bats it's an interesting compare contrast with Lara. Same age, almost the same successful numbers in AAA, same diminutive size, same roster position and status (before Ewing was called up and put on the 40)... if Ewing has success the case could be made that Lara might be successful if brought up as well.

[edfunderburk]

5 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Eddys Leonard up to .336/1.016 now with 7HR.

Left handed starters continue to mow us down.

 

Leonard is versatile too, but I’m not as familiar with his defense as to quality vs his ability to play multiple positions 

[liveforoctober]

4 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

They absolutely need to punt on him.  Hes 29.  He isn’t just going to find it.  Cut him loose, see if another team wants him.  Just get him out of the organization so they don’t give him playing time over someone else in the organization.   

Wild that this has a lot of merit. Murphy, for better or for worse, plays his whole roster and trusts them all, often when he shouldn't.

Unless Mitchell wasn't available it is hard to see why Bauers didn't hit there in the 9th for Perk.

It's partially Arnold's fault for bringing him back up ... but he almost needs to trade Perkins away just so both he and Murphy no longer have his name available ha.

[edfunderburk]

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, wallus said:

We love bringing in runners and then not have them steal 

My only problem with tonite's game, strategy-wise. With the Gomez vs Frelick matchup you needed either an early steal attempt or the old-school hit & run. Unless you want to count Brewers' hitters chasing as a 'strategy', but that doesn't come from the dugout.

[wiguy94]

17 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

So, is the plan to have Sproat, Misioroski, and Harrison against the Cubs, or is there a question about Misioroski’s availability.

If Mis does pitch Tuesday I wonder if they would have him go Sunday against the Dodgers.or use the off day to push him to the first game of the Cardinals series  

The Sunday game is on our 12 pack and it would be fun to be at a game he pitches. Harrison has started all 3 games we’ve been at so far.

I believe that is the plan for the Cubs series

[Jim French Stepstool]

40 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

"Don't want to weaken your defense" Rock says.

You have Mitchell. Pinch hit Bauers and insert play Mitchell in the field. Perkins probably should not have hit there.

The consistent mindset there, is that you don't weaken your defense if leading in the game. Would inserting Mitchell for Perkins do that? IMO yes, slightly. 

Trailing, you'd have seen a PH. Tied, probably.

[adambr2]

I'm assuming that Rengifo can’t be optioned, but he’s certainly not bulletproof from a DFA.

Perkins, Ortiz, and Mitchell all certainly can, and all should be on notice. Frelick isn’t untouchable. I am not sure about Hamilton.

There are moves the Brewers can make that still preserve roster flexibility. Pratt coming up for Ortiz couldn’t be easier, procedurally. Bringing up Jett and/or Lara requires a 40 man roster spot, but they can create one anytime by moving Zerpa to the 60.

[markedman5]

3 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

The consistent mindset there, is that you don't weaken your defense if leading in the game. Would inserting Mitchell for Perkins do that? IMO yes, slightly. 

Trailing, you'd have seen a PH. Tied, probably.

 

3 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

The consistent mindset there, is that you don't weaken your defense if leading in the game. Would inserting Mitchell for Perkins do that? IMO yes, slightly. 

Trailing, you'd have seen a PH. Tied, probably.

Certainly 2026 version of Mitchell would weaken the D……..he has not been good out there for whatever reason.

[cragi]

that the brewers keep winning with this much pitching out, with this many holes in the lineup and so much talent piling up in the minors just means they still have a lot of upside to tap into

[ghostdrew]

But what are y'all going complain about if Perkins  Ortiz and rengifo are gone.

[Jim French Stepstool]

37 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Also I've been the cool the jets on promoting Lara guy but I'm sorry if you're going to let Perkins get two leverage AB hitting LH because you don't trust Mitchell defensively then Lara should be up and one of those two should be in AAA. Perkins literally looks like a pitcher hitting left handed at this point. He should never be facing RHP.

I think they trust Mitchell. But like I mentioned above, they just aren't going to pull a better defender if they're leading in the game, and Perkins is slightly better than Mitchell IMO. This shouldn't surprise anyone; it was the same strategy last year re Ortiz. 

I wouldn't mind seeing Lara here. But whether it's here or Nashville Mitchell needs to get ABs, and even with all the Ks they feel he's done enough good things to roll with him. They don't want him only playing once or twice a week, and they certainly don't want Lara coming up here & doing the same. So if Lara gets a shot I think Mitchell should go, and then Perkins is here until Lockridge is back.

The idea was mentioned earlier about Perkins canning hitting from the left side. His numbers are much better hitting RH; of course that doesn't mean he'd hit righties from that side.

[Jim French Stepstool]

20 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I believe that is the plan for the Cubs series

Murphy was asked about Gasser starting tomorrow. He did his coy thing, but to me it sounded like Gasser was getting the call.

[wiguy94]

16 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I think they trust Mitchell. But like I mentioned above, they just aren't going to pull a better defender if they're leading in the game, and Perkins is slightly better than Mitchell IMO. This shouldn't surprise anyone; it was the same strategy last year re Ortiz. 

I wouldn't mind seeing Lara here. But whether it's here or Nashville Mitchell needs to get ABs, and even with all the Ks they feel he's done enough good things to roll with him. They don't want him only playing once or twice a week, and they certainly don't want Lara coming up here & doing the same. So if Lara gets a shot I think Mitchell should go, and then Perkins is here until Lockridge is back.

The idea was mentioned earlier about Perkins canning hitting from the left side. His numbers are much better hitting RH; of course that doesn't mean he'd hit righties from that side.

I'd agree with this if Perkins had looked remotely near the guy he was defensively two years ago but Perkins range has looked a lot worse than Mitchell's has this year. Perkins has been making routine plays look like good catches because his jumps have been that bad.

[Jim French Stepstool]

22 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

I'm assuming that Rengifo can’t be optioned, but he’s certainly not bulletproof from a DFA.

Perkins, Ortiz, and Mitchell all certainly can, and all should be on notice. Frelick isn’t untouchable. I am not sure about Hamilton.

There are moves the Brewers can make that still preserve roster flexibility. Pratt coming up for Ortiz couldn’t be easier, procedurally. Bringing up Jett and/or Lara requires a 40 man roster spot, but they can create one anytime by moving Zerpa to the 60.

IMO, Rengifo wouldn't be sniffing a DFA unless we're quite a bit further into the season AND he craters. He's oh-for his last 8; before that he had a 7-12 stretch. He K'd twice tonight but on the year rarely strikes out which to me suggests some rotten batted-ball luck. He's also hitting around .280 vs RHP, which I suspect would surprise some (A RHH to share 3B with him sounds good, but I don't know that they'd want Williams on the short side of a platoon as opposed to getting regular ABs in Nashville).

I also feel Frelick is untouchable regarding a demotion, although yes he's been disappointing. The rest? Yeah, keep an eye on Lara, Pratt, Jett. You never know.

[Jim French Stepstool]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I'd agree with this if Perkins had looked remotely near the guy he was defensively two years ago but Perkins range has looked a lot worse than Mitchell's has this year. Perkins has been making routine plays look like good catches because his jumps have been that bad.

Fair enough. I think with a 1-2 run lead late they trust Perkins more & that's why was left in with a lead.

Thinking of Perkins in CF 2-3 years ago, I suspect you're right. But I've seen a few too many times already this year where Mitchell got a jump, made nine-tenths of the play, but didn't finish the catch.

[wiguy94]

7 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Fair enough. I think with a 1-2 run lead late they trust Perkins more & that's why was left in with a lead.

Thinking of Perkins in CF 2-3 years ago, I suspect you're right. But I've seen a few too many times already this year where Mitchell got a jump, made nine-tenths of the play, but didn't finish the catch.

Yes what you're saying about Mitchell is true but almost all of these plays have been like 20% catch probability or lower. The most recent one against San Diego that he dove for and couldn't pull down was a 5% catch probability. These are extremely tough plays. Perkins nice running catch against Rice in the Yankees series for example was an 85% catch probability that he made look really good because his jump was really poor. I don't think Perkins would even be in the vicinity to miss the finish like Mitchell has with the way he's looked this year.

[markedman5]

Mitchell is -5 in defensive runs saved this season…….Perkins is plus 5 in limited innings.

i think the brewers have shown by the way they have dealt with Mitchell the last week or so that they agree with the metrics……..

[wiguy94]

7 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Mitchell is -5 in defensive runs saved this season…….Perkins is plus 5 in limited innings.

i think the brewers have shown by the way they have dealt with Mitchell the last week or so that they agree with the metrics……..

Yeah I just don't care much for DRS. I think it's a pretty terrible metric for measuring range because it doesn't take into consideration defensive positioning. Mitchell's arm has been bad this year but I don't think that's a sustainable thing because he has a cannon.

The point is that you just cannot be letting Perkins hit left handed in close games. He's hitting worse than a pitcher would when he hits left handed. His defense is not that good to justify that. If this is how it's going to be going forward then one of them needs to go down and Lara needs to come up and start every day in CF

[Brian]

1 hour ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Murphy was asked about Gasser starting tomorrow. He did his coy thing, but to me it sounded like Gasser was getting the call.

Gasser has spent the entire 2026 season in Triple-A, where he has a 3.74 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 32:8 K:BB across 21.2 innings. 

[sveumrules]

2 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

Leonard is versatile too, but I’m not as familiar with his defense as to quality vs his ability to play multiple positions 

I would guess the Brewers wouldn't really trust him anywhere but LF, maybe 2B in a pinch.

So far in AAA this year his breakdown has been LF (149 innings), 2B (67 innings), 1B (18 innings), and RF (14 innings).

Last time he got a write up from FanGraphs as an Other Prospect of Note in the Tigers system back in 2024 they said he can kind of play all over but wasn't an especially good defender at any one spot, when he was traded at the 2023 deadline they noted his 50/55 hit tool but no true defensive home. 

[Jimbo]

Man of the Match: Chad Patrick (WPA = 0.54).