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Nice CC, perfect time to pull him. Try to get 1.1 out of JJ, then Hader for the final 3.

Anderson seems to have a lower floor/ higher ceiling per start vs the rest of the rotation. If that makes sense, struggling to make my point.

Aguilar struggling not to be Babe Ruth

Hupy vs Gruber, what a struggle that would be.

Chase seems to be struggling

I would like to trade Ho Chunk and Gruber for more Sophia at the eye doctor commercials.

TOR starter is so retro. I don't care much for the term to begin with, or who is an ace, a #3, whatever. They have 4 guys who consistently have solid outings. The way this team is built, it's exactly what's needed. Teams dependent on a TOR starter usually end up being dissapointed.

Aguilar now leads NL in OPS. Not only is he an All Star, he is a legit MVP candidate.

Shaw is flirting with being that guy.

Nottingham missing a game is not uncommon, they have 3 catches down there now. I see Cain for Wilkerson today that's about it. Miley comes off DL tomorrow, Zuganakowski down.

If you smoke them for a few hours, you'll get plenty of smoke flavor. The smoke ring comes early in the cook, and almost all of the smoke flavor. You didn't mention how many pounds they are, but yea, I would smoke them the night before and finish in the oven. Nobobt will know the difference. You could even throw them back on the smoker again at high heat for half an hour with a little brown sugar, butter, spices. That will still give you a bark, not as you know it, but it will still look and taste great.

Thanks for sharing, great news! Roughly where would he slot into the rankings? Guessing around #7 in our poll.

Thanks for sharing, great news!

Brew, I agree completely there hasn't been a better option than Villar at 2B. That may or may not change when Salad comes back. Miller may play more 2B, we'll see. In fact I said often times leading up to the season Villar should be given the keys to hold down 2B to start the year, see if he can get 2016 from back. This was back when all the talk was about Walker and every other FA. All this to say I'm the opposite of a Villar hater. Where you lost me, and I think others, was your take about how hes been jerked around and deserves a chance somewhere else. Didn't mean for the back and forth to get all snarky. Sorry to you and our community for that.

I don't understand this Facebook game. Is there actually video? All I'm seeing is pictures of my sister's trip to Yellowstone and my neighbor bragging about her kid's cheer squad.

Won't his confidence REALLY be shattered if he gets traded? Sorry man, just having fun ; )

I'm not spinning anything. You've been on this rampage about Villar all year. Why can't you accept he simply had a bad year? Was it because of the pressure of not signing the contract extension? Who knows. But you seem to go out of your way to find conspiracy theories to explain something that happens to a ton players every year. They have a bad season. And you lose credibility when you throw things around like "Arcia didn't deserve to be there." Obviously he did, he had a decent season. You also lose credibility when you talk about the fans turning against him. They had every right to do that when he was horrible on the bases, in the field , and at the plate. When a player doesn't perform well, they're not going to be a fan favorite. But I don't get the sense there's this intense hate for him. I don't hear him boo'd when his name is announced before a game do you? I don't know, I just don't get this whole idea of "I hope he gets an opportunity elsewhere" schtik. He's getting plenty of opportunity right where he is.

Probably didn’t help being jacked around. Yes, it could be one of the factors. Dismissing that seems odd. Seems odd that a player's confidence would be crushed by being in the line-up every day.

You keep saying that. What prospect are you talking about??? Villar started at 2B in 2017, stared 2B in 2018. What prospect bumped him from 2B in the past? Sogard? Orland Arcia bumped him. Are you suggesting that Villar's confidence may have been shattered by moving him from SS to full time starter at 2B?

You keep saying that. What prospect are you talking about??? Villar started at 2B in 2017, stared 2B in 2018. What prospect bumped him from 2B in the past? Sogard?

What do you mean? Villar was the full time 2B for quite a long while to start off in 2017. He was bad. Got more chances later in the year, a little better. Then started 2018 as the full time 2B, basically. He can turn it around here or somewhere else, no question. It's just the "lack of opportunity" part of your argument that falls a little flat. First, Villar has been given quite a long leash the last couple seasons. But either way, if his confidence is shattered in some way that's not a very good trait for a professional athlete.

Brewers use extreme shifts as much or more than anybody. Sometimes 3B moves to the other side of the IF, just depends on team and personnel. So, it could be as simple as getting Shaw some reps at 2B to se see if they want to use him over there on the shift instead of the SS. Who knows, just throwing it out there as a very simple reason some reporter saw him playing 2B. But yes, if there's more to it than that it will very interesting!

Stroman is a perfect trade candidate for the same reasons I mentioned in the Happ thread. He would definitely be an upgrade in the rotation without literally giving up the farm. Exactly the type of move they need to make. The IF defense may not be that great (especially if Arcia isn't playing) but you would still rather have a ground ball pitcher over a fly ball pitcher right? There's a long way to go, and already we can't count on Nelson or Davies. History tells us someone else is likely to go down with injury since we still have half the season to go. Bring in another solid SP, he doesn't need to be spectacular.

Of course he can. Aguilar played 3B and the world didn't come to an end. Thames plays in the OF, Miller plays SS, I can go on and on. Aguilar played 7.1 innings, not sure how that is comparable. It isn’t hard to hide someone in the OF and have them be...good enough. Eric Thames is awful out there though and it only should be done in an absolute emergency for the offense. Jonathan Villar has hit LHP well this year and in 2016, but is that really worth defense that sports a fielding % far below .900? I don’t even know why you’d bring this up. They wouldn’t put him at SS when Arcia was hitting like a pitcher, no way in a million years will he see time at 3B. Your examples aren’t even remotely close to comparable. All they do is prove how much worse Villar is at 3B than what are already considered tragic liabilities at their respective positions. My examples are fine. They didn't put Villar at SS because that's a position where you try not to skimp on defense. And they wanted to give Arcia every chance to get his swing back. Even at that, they've played some marginal guys there this year (Sogard, Miller.) Proving my point even further they are willing to sacrifice some defense in search of a hot bat. You say Thames should only be used as an emergency in the OF, yet he has and will be used out there more often until Cain/Yelich return. It's not an emergency, they have other OFs they could have used but once again the bat plays. I don't think it's crazy, you do, sobeit. Edit: Here's the reason you may see Villar play a few games at 3B: vs LHP: Villar: .886 Shaw: .529 It's also why we may even see Aguilar again at 3B when Cain/Shaw return.