Luis Lara Called Up By Brewers To Make MLB Debut

Wow, kind of surprised unless another move is coming. Bauers or Frelick to third?

Assuming they will run with Joey at third and have Vaughn be the backup until Bunty is back?

This is very odd unless there is another move for an infielder? Either way I don’t see much Lara playing time? Hm

1 minute ago, homer said:

"Manager Pat Murphy suggested last night that infielder David Hamilton could be IL-bound."

Yes, my point is they are thin on infield now. Lara for Hamilton doesn’t make much sense that way 

Another doesn't make sense move from the Brewers. We were told they kept him down because they don't want him sitting. Well I can't believe he's playing unless Vaughn is moving to third. 

Hopefully at the very least he can be a make contact/productive out spark to limit the current RISP woes.

I think they’re actually trying Sal at 3B while Hamilton is out as the platoon option and Lara’s taking Sal’s OF spot lol. Nothing else makes sense unless someone else is hurt. Gasser is the guy getting the double header extra roster spot today I assume so that’s not for Lara I think.

6 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

If the Brewers medical staff thinks Hamilton can get by with the minimum ten day IL stay that would take him right up to the end of the All Star Break and he could be activated then for the first game back.

This is kinda my initial reaction to the move. We are butting up against the break. We don’t have another infielder on the 40 man. Add a bat for the rest of the week and take the break to assess how Hamilton is recovering and see if you need to make a 40 man move coming out of the break. 

3rd base will be interesting.  Would be difficult to roll with Ortiz and Pratt for 7 games.  Frelick actually makes more sense than Vaughn.  Good thing is we lose nothing defensively in the outfield with Lara.

6 minutes ago, folly412 said:

3rd base will be interesting.  Would be difficult to roll with Ortiz and Pratt for 7 games.  Frelick actually makes more sense than Vaughn.  Good thing is we lose nothing defensively in the outfield with Lara.

If there’s ever a time to steal a couple starts by Frelick at third base it’s probably during a Misiorowski start when he’s going to strike out half the batters he faces anyway. 

26 minutes ago, patrickgpe said:

I (hope) this means that Vaughn is moving to 3rd, Lara takes left and Bauers stays at 1st. If not, I have questions. But lets wait to see the corresponding move(s?).

I had a debate with a few folks during the A’s series about whether Vaughn can or cannot play 3B, but even I have questions about him doing it regularly. Would Vaughn or Frelick be the better choice?

It just feels like if they really wanted to give Vaughn reps at 3rd, they would have done it by now to get him in the lineup.

Lara posted on Instagram he was being promoted. This is all very weird 😂

Just promote Fischer from AA and our power/3B problem is solved. Ortiz/Hamilton can be the super sub

Just now, Ewitkows1 said:

Just promote Fischer from AA and our power/3B problem is solved. Ortiz/Hamilton can be the super sub

Fischer is a talent for sure, but he's only got 16 games under his belt at the AA level. He's not ready yet.

Maybe they are thinking of putting Yeli on the DH too. He's been horrible the last 30 games. Give him 2 weeks off to rest up. Vaughn can DH and that clears up some of the log jam at the moment.