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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    Great AB Contreras!
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    yeah...but then again they haven't won a game against the Brewers in seemingly forever...Reds looking to put together a big inning here though. Would be nice to hold them and force their key relievers to have to pitch tonight
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    Reds' key pen guys are probably a bit fatigued...still a couple cracks at 'em. That being said, now would be as good a time as any to start scoring some damn runs
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    Frelick hasn't been up long enough to forget how to hit...really would love that guy hitting leadoff right now.
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    tough luck there...
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    Cmon Abner, strikes please
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    They've already lost millions, why make it worse by keeping him on the roster?
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    I love Misiorowski....but if it took just him headlining a trade for Ohtani and a couple low level lotto tickets, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Pitching prospects flame out so frequently due to injury that it'd be hard to not just offer one really good one up for the best player in the game right now. I'd have a harder time parting ways with Chourio or Quero for a rental because they're young everyday position player prospects that project to be franchise cornerstones for at least 6 years as soon as they're brought up. I think an Ohtani trade would require much more in terms of prospect value, like two of the 3 names mentioned in this poll...I'd probably say no knowing it's just a short term rental - but it would be a total all in move just as the Brewers are getting other key arms back. Adding Ohtani's bat in the middle of the lineup and his arm every 5th/6th day would make this team really dangerous in the playoffs.
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    For starters, a full MLB season - from late March through September. And I'm one who also preaches patience for guys like turang and wiemer who provide defensive value even when they aren't hitting. That hasn't happened yet for Hiura, and won't until 2024 at the earliest
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    This fails to mention that he was put on waivers at the end of spring training, at which point most teams are looking to squeak guys through back onto their minor league teams and teams would be hard pressed to open up a 40 man spot for a guy with no options left. Plus, the Brewers did still value him enough to give him his $2m salary this offseason. He wasn't dfa'd in November 2022. It's never as simple as "any team could have had Hiura on waivers if they wanted him". I continue to see the defense argument posted about why Hiura isn't on the mlb roster...if the Brewers weren't so hellbent on having all their position players capable of playing multiple defensive positions, including designated freaking hitter, this wouldn't be an issue for getting him on the roster. Hiura has also played decent LF this year in Nashville, but I don't even care - designated hitters don't play the field. I don't want hiura up in Milwaukee as the DH on a roster that would still include Winker and a bevy of other AAAA utility players on the bench. I want Hiura to replace winker and be the DH, and then have a trade to add a better offensive 1B/3b.
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    I think the counterpoint is that Hiura's bad rate/projection stats people endlessly use to justify keeping him off the mlb roster and not giving him one last long, extended look as this organization's DH come from small samples split up over multiple years, too. Hiura hasn't had a full season at the MLB level in his career to work through his struggles and either come out on the other end a better hitter or wash out of the organization entirely. I don't count a 60 game COVID season in year 2 of his MLB experience as one. His performance in AAA/mlb last season and AAA so far this season justify him being in MLB right now and in the everyday lineup as the DH. If the reason Hiura isn't up yet is 40 man roster manipulation through the trade deadline, it's a bad baseball move because there are plenty of players currently on the 40 man who could be DFA'd and likely wouldn't even get picked up by a different organization right now.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    He has always profiled as a plus defender at SS - he will be able to stick there defensively just fine...not putting any stock in what just 29 mlb chances there so far this year would project.
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    I think he'd be an ideal trade candidate this offseason to try and find a couple lottery ticket prospects from a team looking to fill out its rotation. Basically, get out from his final arbitration year contract and move on. He has been really good but also maddeningly inconsistent and I Jared over the past 1.5 years.
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    Not concerned with Turang at the plate at all...he wont ever hit 20HR annually, but he will improve his OBP and slg a bit better with time to more than justify starting him at shortstop and keeping his speed towards the bottom of the lineup. Let him keep developing and don't part time role him alongside a slew of veteran journeyman infielders.
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    It all makes so much sense...but then it takes too long to write in the game thread and the game ruins most of the point, lol. A good 9th inning doesn't make any of this a cold take, btw
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    reverse jinx!
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    Is it weird to be more confident the Brewers are going to score with nobody on base?
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    Hiura made plenty of adjustments to his swing and approach this offseason, to the tune where his k rate has plummeted...he deserves another extended look to see if those changes translate to MLB success. I guess the Brewers would rather have Jones DHing and hitting 8th with Winker riding the MLB pine against a marginal RHP
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    If you look at Cleveland's current payroll and what it would need to be in order to retain just 1/2 of all the homegrown talent recently brought up onto the roster, you'd understand why they will likely need to do some sort of rebuild/retooling between now and 2028ish. When that time comes, I have my doubts Ramirez stays put so they can trade away younger talent, or just let it walk via free agency. I'll make you a deal: If JRam gets dealt (to any team) during his current contract, I will stop posting on this site. I will be gone. If he does not get dealt during this current contract, you write me an apology, Lol, I'll get my apology out of the way right now so there's no worry for me to forget - I'm sorry me posting about a player on the team you root for on a different team's internet message board tied directly to "transaction rumors/proposals" has you so wound up. And trust me, I and probably everyone else on this board won't hold you to your end of the bargain after Ramirez does get traded sometime over the next 5 seasons.
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    I think it's solely because the AAA team has a heap of guys who play 3rd on occasion, and the Brewers probably don't want to lose any of them as AAAA filler at this point of the year and want Black to get everyday playing time at 3rd defensively. He's just fine down in AA for a bit longer - the bat is likely MLB ready right now, but his glove isn't. I think he may also be a potential significant trade chip as part of some tentative trade discussions if the Brewers are going to go big at the deadline, and keeping Black right where he is maximizes his value because he's not on the 40 man roster.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    Plenty of players with a NTC get dealt - Ramirez likely wanted it so he wouldn't ever get shipped to a city/team he wouldn't want to play in because he was constantly in trade rumors before that extension. I'm not saying it's happening this offseason, but it will happen before that contract ends if CLE finds itself needing a rebuild and Ramirez wants to go after a title, particularly if the team/city he'd be going to resembles the environment he's played his whole career in to date. I started this thread because he's the ideal player at the ideal position the Brewers could acquire and instantly be considered a world series threat if their pitching depth in the rotation gets healthy. If they make moves at this year's deadline i want them to make a splash, because they're going to incrementally improve just by getting guys like woodruff and ashby back healthy shortly after the deadline (hopefully).
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    It's too soon to do so, but once Frelick is totally settled in how much fun will he be batting leadoff in front of Yelich? Have a game, young man!
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    Agreed that if Hiura had hit better in 2021 he would have stayed up...those position changes for 2020 and 2021 seasons probably didn't help hiura settle in and just focus on hitting either, plus his mother was going through alot of health problems during that time that were weighing on him. The really frustrating part for me is the Brewers could have saved themselves about $16 M in payroll (or used it to improve other parts of their roster) and likely gotten better offensive production from the DH spot, a position where defensive value means zilch, had they just handed it to Hiura and put him in the 6 or 7 spot in the lineup in 2022 and to open 2023 instead of signing McCutcheon or taking a shot with Winker post surgery.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    I think the wiemer move down to AAA for a few weeks happens post trade deadline if they acquire a bat...then you bring him back up for September when rosters expand a little Pumped for Frelick...hopeful that Hiura isn't far behind
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    I think it's more to do with CC's management style and crummy timing with his development. Hiura had options while other veteran hitters on the 40 man didn't, so he was always the first man sent back to Nashville to maintain roster "flexibility" and not allowed an extended leash to work his way out of struggles at the MLB level that most highly regarded hitting prospects deserve. So, Hiura has instead slogged through the previous 4 seasons without a defined role in this organization. He's a poor defender and the team seems intent on spending 8-9 million a year for average at best veteran DHs instead of going into a season with Hiura as that option at a much lower cost (or spending a bit more to get a better option at what i think should be a key roster spot for this organization), so unless those guys are permanently released midseason he can't be brought up and actually get extended everyday ABs. IMO the Covid year really screwed Hiura up and came at the worst time for his MLB development, which also included a series of position changes to try and fit his bat into the lineup...there wasn't a minor league season going on to send him down in 2020 to work on things when he struggled, and there was no option for video in the clubhouse or extended work/practice due to pandemic angst.
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