Pratt to IL……Bae selected

[markedman5]

Ouch

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Jett Williams can't catch a break. Two times now he was likely slated to be the next guy up, only to get hurt at the exact wrong time.

[DonBarclay]

Really hope Joey O isn’t down for anything passed today. Can’t have Hamilton as the every day SS, or this cat at 3B.  

[dlk9s]

Brewers should have more injuries. It's really fun.

[DonBarclay]

I find it interesting when a guy like Shewmake elects free agency rather than staying with a club that has such little infield depth that they had to acquire him to begin with. Fastest path back to the bigs would have been waiting on an injury in Milwaukee. 

[markedman5]

5 minutes ago, DonBarclay said:

Really hope Joey O isn’t down for anything passed today. Can’t have Hamilton as the every day SS, or this cat at 3B.  

Certainly not at this part of the schedule…….

[Bulldogboy]

You're telling me the best system in baseball has no alternative other than a signed off the street guy from yesterday to call up? This keeps happening. What do they have at AAA banana ballers? Come on. Where is the infield depth?

[rickh150]

31 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

You're telling me the best system in baseball has no alternative other than a signed off the street guy from yesterday to call up? This keeps happening. What do they have at AAA banana ballers? Come on. Where is the infield depth?

Someone in the Brewers media day to day ask about this, please! No Adams? No Fish? I mean, let's get Murphy or Arnold to state the state of the infield and address why current minor leaguers are not trusted to play backup here a week or two.

[rickh150]

And also the reasons why Made/Fish wil not be considered.  I'd like to hear it and not just assume.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

41 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

You're telling me the best system in baseball has no alternative other than a signed off the street guy from yesterday to call up? This keeps happening. What do they have at AAA banana ballers? Come on. Where is the infield depth?

I think the answer is 40-man roster flexibility. If they add Adams or Fischer, they cannot be removed. Bae can quite easily once the roster is back to full health.

[endaround]

21 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

I think the answer is 40-man roster flexibility. If they add Adams or Fischer, they cannot be removed. Bae can quite easily once the roster is back to full health.

I can see this changing if Ortiz also goes on the IL. The big issue is that they will also be locked out if they are on the 40 man so they don't want to harm development. So maybe Adams has a chance but even then I could see them being cautious. And no the FO is not going to say "well we are planning on a 5 month lockout so we don't want to harm development."

[Tim_Unroe_Helped]

27 minutes ago, rickh150 said:

Someone in the Brewers media day to day ask about this, please! No Adams? No Fish? I mean, let's get Murphy or Arnold to state the state of the infield and address why current minor leaguers are not trusted to play backup here a week or two.

I’d venture to guess that if Luke Adams was a middle infielder or if Joey Ortiz wasn’t day to day at this point, Adams would have been called up. With Pratt on the IL and Ortiz (at best) day-to-day, our only middle infielders available were Turang and Hamilton, and that’s with using one of our two emergency 3B in the lineup (the other Frelick, is rehabbing now). For a team that depends son its defense so much, I don’t like the idea of  Vaughn, Adams, or Sanchez (ok, Sanchez should be in blue) playing shortstop or 2nd base.

[BruisedCrew]

I’ve been out of touch for much of the day until now and I’m just seeing this news.

So, suddenly the infield defense that is supposed to be a strength has become a question mark, especially if Ortiz is going to be unavailable for an extended period.