JohnBriggs12

I get the skepticism about Lara. He's even shorter than Sal and you could write off some of his numbers to a fast start. But the reality is that his AAA numbers have stayed remarkably consistent for 2 months. 38 walks compared to 31 K's and he's only 21. Perkins is hanging on to a roster spot by a thread. Give Lara a month heading into the deadline. If he performs, Frelick becomes a trade candidate. Somebody will bite.

I can remember quite a few times in his career when Moore came up when they needed a big hit. I always felt confident when he was in that spot and he often came through. It never felt like he was overmatched. RIP and thanks for the thrills Charlie Moore!

I hope they hold on to Ortiz as long as possible. His value to the pitching staff is immense. I think they can do without Hamilton. He's a gimmicky player, not a very good shortstop, and has shown no power on a team that desperately needs more.

He doesn't have a lot of time. Lara is raking at AAA and walking more than he strikes out. Bauers is certainly capable in left field and if they want to get both Bauers and Vaughn in the lineup it will be at the expense of Mitchell. The next month is critical not only for Mitchell but also for Rengifo and Hamilton as Williams and Pratt heat up.

I think the Miz for Cy Young campaign needs to get out there, He leads the NL in K's per inning for a starter by more than 2.5 K's. He's 3rd in fewest hits per 9 innings, just a shade behind Skenes. I don't get how his WAR is not in the top 10. That's ridiculous.

Unfortunately, Murphy had him batting behind two slumping hitters, Hamilton and Mitchell.

Black and Bauers are redundant. Bauers has the edge there too

Henderson has 26 K's, and a 1.02 ERA at Nashville in 17 innings. He's a major league caliber starting pitcher with nothing to prove at AAA

Frelick has the same number of HR as Pete Crow-Armstrong. He'll be fine.

I still think Patrick could be a valuable late inning reliever so that might be a logical move to make room for any of Priester, Henderson or Crow.

Do you hold on to him until Koenig returns? Do you replace him with Hall and move Drohan into Hall's middle inning role? Or do you roll the dice with Brian Fitzpatrick? Bottom line is Zerpa is not doing the job

With all due respect to Tyler Black, Greg Jones, and Blake Perkins, I think it's time to free Luis Lara. Putting Black and Molitor in the same sentence is a joke and I saw Molitor's first game in the big leagues.

Vaughn took BP on the field last night which means he's close to a rehab assignment so 4 weeks is a little pessimistic. The schedule in May is brutal. They are already falling off the pace.

While both are having great years so far, Turang has 1.008 OPS to Nico Hoerner's .903. Yet somehow Hoerner leads Turang in WAR on B-R 1.7 to 1.5.? Brice also leads in OPS+ 183-164. Defensively, they are about as close to a wash as can be. How can Turang's WAR be below Hoerner?

Hamilton can't hit either. The lack of offense at SS is more of an issue because they're getting very little at 3B too. That's the real concern. How bad is it at 3B? I actually did a search on 35 year old Hernan Perez who hasn't played in the majors in 5 years. He had a heck of a season in the Venezualan Winter League this past winter with an .863 OPS. He's even learned how to take walks the last few years. He's back in the Mexican League this summer where last year he hit 19 home runs and posted a .943 OPS, Not necessarily suggesting they sign Hernan (though I always liked him as a Brewer) but they might want to see if there's a veteran out there playing somewhere that can top .200 and pop a HR once in a while in the big leagues.