Cooper Pratt Getting the Call

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

On 6/16/2026 at 2:47 PM, CheezWizHed said:

I'd feel better if we were getting 750 OPS out of one of the SS/3B positions, but no one move will fix two positions. This move was "free"... so there is no harm in trying it, IMO. 

Just about every year, the Brewers trade for a rental player at the deadline... most often an RP, but we've grabbed a few bats in the past too.  If they have two positions at sub 600 OPS, I can almost guarantee they will bring someone in.

FYI, the Dodgers won the WS last year with:

• Michael Conforto: 199/305/303/637 (79 OPS+) - 486 PAs
• Tommy Edman: 225/274/382/655 (82 OPS+) - 377 PAs

No team has 800 OPS hitters in every position... 

no, they don’t but the dodgers overall lineup is absolutely loaded and their pitching completely shut down our offense

easy to hide a couple slugs in your lineup when the other 7 are all-stars

[CheezWizHed]

5 minutes ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

no, they don’t but the dodgers overall lineup is absolutely loaded and their pitching completely shut down our offense

easy to hide a couple slugs in your lineup when the other 7 are all-stars

That is a little over the top... but I get the frustration. 

I'm not saying there isn't a gap... any team with Ohtani, Will Smith, and Freeman will pose a challenge.  But the teams also looked like they were going in different directions. 

Dodgers were hurt mid-year when the Brewers made them look like a minor league team... but they got healthy and figured out how to use Yamamoto best at the end of the year.  They were trending up. 

Meanwhile the Brewers lost Woody to injury. Priester started having his shoulder issues.  Isaac Collins disappeared. Contreras wore down.  We weren't exactly in top form. 

That series wasn't lost because we had one or two slugs in the lineup.  And ironically, we traded our only "non-slug" (for that series).  The team as a whole will need to play better if they want to beat the Dodgers in top form.

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jake Bauers*	4	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	1	0	0	0.06	1.48%	85	183	28	43	7	28	8	.235	.752
Jackson Chourio	4	15	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	5	.200	.188	.467	.654	0	0	0	-0.28	-4.31%	131	549	88	148	21	78	21	.270	.770
Isaac Collins#	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	-0.12	-1.25%	130	372	56	98	9	54	16	.263	.779
William Contreras	4	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	0	-0.18	-2.49%	150	566	89	147	17	76	6	.260	.754
Caleb Durbin	4	13	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	5	.308	.357	.615	.973	2	1	0	-0.01	-0.58%	136	445	60	114	11	53	18	.256	.721
Sal Frelick*	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	0	0	0	-0.31	-3.65%	142	528	76	152	12	63	19	.288	.756
Joey Ortiz	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	-0.16	-1.87%	149	470	62	108	7	45	14	.230	.593
Brice Turang*	4	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	.067	.125	.067	.192	0	0	0	-0.56	-8.20%	156	584	97	168	18	81	24	.288	.794
Andrew Vaughn	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	-0.24	-2.83%	*112	406	35	103	14	65	0	.254	.719
Christian Yelich*	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.071	.188	.071	.259	1	0		-0.13	-1.59%	150	573	88	151	29	103	16	.264	.