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	.

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Thru 4 games, very pleased with what he’s shown, mostly soft contact but that’s fine .333 avg, 2 RBIs, 2 stolen bags and adequate defense after the first game. We’ll see if he can get any hits off hall of famer Chris Sale today

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

.368/.409/.368/.777 through 6 games and 21 PA

fluke, or a sign of things to come?

Cleveland and Atlanta two solid teams… maybe he can add some power to his arsenal in the bandbox :P

[Samurai Bucky]

While his max velo so far is "only" 100.3, the spray chart is something that is encouraging to me.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/cooper-pratt-806198?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

[wallus]

Lots of home run power probably isn't coming this year but we will need some doubles/triples power 

[igor67]

I expect it will come, I don't mind him taking a simple contact approach and having some initial success before trying to swing for more power.

[CheezWizHed]

2 hours ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

.368/.409/.368/.777 through 6 games and 21 PA

fluke, or a sign of things to come?

Cleveland and Atlanta two solid teams… maybe he can add some power to his arsenal in the bandbox :P

Just about anyone hitting 368 is going to be a small sample size fluke.  Pitchers will get more info on him and start poking at weak spots.  But he does look like he came in with a good approach - KISS and put the bat on the ball.  

Hitting 240/320/350/670 is probably the ceiling we should expect in his first year.  That is about what 2nd year Brice Turang hit

[Jopal78]

32 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

Just about anyone hitting 368 is going to be a small sample size fluke.  Pitchers will get more info on him and start poking at weak spots.  But he does look like he came in with a good approach - KISS and put the bat on the ball.  

Hitting 240/320/350/670 is probably the ceiling we should expect in his first year.  That is about what 2nd year Brice Turang hit

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

4 hours ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

.368/.409/.368/.777 through 6 games and 21 PA

fluke, or a sign of things to come?

Cleveland and Atlanta two solid teams… maybe he can add some power to his arsenal in the bandbox :P

Small size fluke but I think he’s just trying to get on base, no XBH yet, not swinging for the fences really, which is fine cause he’s still helping the team win ball games and he’s fitting in. Not swinging at many bad pitches at all showing his discipline. He’s gotten hits on a few tough pitches. 3 steals already and showing off his base running prowess

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Look for Coop to get his first big league HR this 3 game series in hitter friendly Cincy