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Brosseau looked like he pulled something in his first at bat. Looks like the Brewers reacted a little late on pulling him.

Majority of DH's are mediocre. There are very few Ortiz like DH's in MLB. There are only 17 qualified DH's this year and Yelich is the 11th best DH in all of MLB. So yeah DH's are very mediocre.

The weather is starting to cool a bit. Offense is probably going to look like April and May going forward.

Sure but if you have two players with a wRC+ of 123 which one is better? Always best to quote more than one stat even with the ones that include just about everything. If you have two players at a wRC+ of 123 one could be getting there because of their slugging and the other because of their OBP.

No always call them out they are just bad majority of the time.

I don't think this umpire knows where the strike zone is.

Not unless you have a time machine and can go back to the early 2000's or 1990's.

No it is about the same unless you mean when he first debuted with the Brewers in the minors.

It doesn't matter where the DH bats. If they are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th it doesn't really matter.

The final out should have been interference by the pitcher as he ran into the baseline right in front of the runner impeding him. Not sure why the Cubs didn't challenge that. I completely hate Pujols and I believe he got away with a positive PED test because his levels were not as high back in 2011.

A bobblehead would be my guess. Anything short of the Brewers giving out $1m to every person in attendance and even then that would be seen as being cheap by a lot of people. I really hate when someone says significant as that could mean something different to everyone and only sets it up for disappointment.

I am just guessing here but I would say well below average. I haven't found anything league wide that breaks it down like I posted previously. But just by the eye test Hiura can't hit fastballs up in the zone actually he can't hit much of anything up in the zone due to his swing. He is more likely to whiff at something at the top of the zone than anywhere else. Even if the league was at 50% Hiura would still be below average and I doubt the league as a whole is at a 50% whiff rate at the top of the strike zone it is probably closer to 35-45% than it is to 50%. This is not just fastballs that Hiura is missing at the top of the strike zone but all pitches at the top of the strike zone.

I always thought hawing was more of a backgammon or cribbage player than a checkers person.

I do and Keston has exactly 1 hit in the upper half of the strike zone. That is right 1 hit so I guess that is an improvement over 0. Oh and he is still whiffing at about a 60% at the upper part of the zone? Did you even look at his upper zone swings at all? Here they are so you don't have to look for yourself apparently you just got outhustled here.....

Abreu is not leaving the White Sox the only way he is leaving is if the White Sox don't offer him a contract and then he may just retire instead of playing for another. All rumors that I have seen or heard say he wants to stay with the White Sox and the feeling is mutual with the White Sox. So Abreu is not really an option unless the Brewers want to pay him $20m+ for the next 4-years. That is basically the only way the Brewers would be able to get Abreu and even then I don't think he leaves the White Sox. I don't believe the Brewers will play in FA this off season I believe what the Brewers have now is what they will go with next season. Basically Frelick and Turang will be the additions at 2B and CF. Ruiz may serve as the 5th OF. That means Peterson, McCutchen, Wong, Narvaez and others will not be back for 2023. The best option to improve for 2024 would be to trade one or both of Burnes and Woodruff. I think the Rangers, Tigers and Orioles make the most sense here as they have the prospects to make the trade for either. I put what I thought the Orioles could give up in a package for Burnes. Both of the trades for Burnes from the Orioles would be for 2023 and beyond as they have two prospects who are ready in AAA right now. I am just not sure the Orioles make the trade as they would be gambling on competing in 2023 and 2024 in the AL East. It is possible but that is a huge gamble though the Orioles would definitely be able to extend Burnes by giving him a rather large contract to stay beyond 2024 as they basically don't have anyone on the books right now. The Orioles could add $85m and they would be at about what the Brewers are at so if they offer Burnes a 5-year $140m deal I think he accepts that as it is basically the same deal DeGrom signed in 2014. The Orioles would still have $57m left to spend on other free agents and increases to their own players. The Red Sox are also another interesting team to watch but I don't like any of their prospects in a Burnes or Woodruff trade. Lauer or Houser though some of their prospects would be good to get in a trade. The Mets would also be a team that I think sneaks in but I don't think they would give up Baty plus more for Burnes. For a Mets trade I think this makes the most sense: Brewers get: Baty (3B), Mauricio (SS), Ramirez (OF), Vientos (1B) and Ziegler (RHP). This would give the Brewers their future 3B in Baty for 2023 and a future 1B/DH in Vientos in 2024. Ramirez and Ziegler are the furthest away. With the Rangers recent shakeup in their front office I am not sure they make a trade for Burnes. If they would have given their GM another year then yes I think they definitely make the trade for Burnes or Woodruff. The Rangers really need some pitching and maybe they get desperate with how much they spent this past offseason. I am just not sure how much the Rangers can spend and I think if they do trade for either Burnes or Woodruff they will want to be able to extend them. I think Woodruff would be the cheaper option to extend and Burnes it would take a DeGrom like deal to get him to sign and you would be basically just buying out the two arbitration years and three free agent years. I think Burnes and Woodruff will definitely be the hot topic names this off season for the Brewers. If Burnes or Woodruff are not traded then I think Lauer/Houser and Adames/Renfroe are probably moved instead. I think Houser and Renfroe would be the two options the Brewers would prefer to trade as they have replacements for both in Small and Wiemer. There really isn't a replacement at 3B and if the Brewers are trading players away then free agency wouldn't be an option. Well it would be someone like Peterson being signed to platoon with Brosseau at 3B. Urias would then move to 2B and Turang takes over at SS in this scenario. The Brewers are in a difficult position this coming off season. They need to make a move and don't really have the funds to play in FA and nor should they.

This umpire is making Angel Hernandez look like a competent umpire.

Yelich just needs to be the permanent DH going forward he is not an OF anymore.

Seriously Yelich come on

Ummm umpire you awake?

He will definitely get more than $11m he has already secured that. Once he hits 30 saves that is a near guarantee that he gets $15m. Though he was on pace to get a massive pay raise this off season. If he continues at the pace he currently is on then $15m shouldn’t be a problem.

The Brewers have won more games than Yankees have in August so far. Also the Red Sox won their first series against an AL East team this year against the Yankees.

I agree but I think he is put in the 7th or 8th spot. Rookies are not usually put in a top spot of the order. Though Ryan Braun did debut at the #2 spot in his first start. Prince Fielder made his first start at the #7 spot in the lineup.

This might get spicy but..... I am getting a little annoyed with posters only quoting one stat when comparing players. Please use more than one stat preferably 3-4 if you are trying to defend your point on a player positive or negative. For example saying x player is good because they have a WRC+ of y doesn't really say anything. A better use would be player x should be playing more because their WRC+ is y, average is z and their BB% has improved. It is also ok to put in your opinion on things that are concerning like player x's BABIP is above league average and their K% is high. So to put it all into one thought: Player X should receive more playing time because their WRC+ is one of the highest on the team all while increasing their batting average to the highest it has been since they were a rookie. Some causes for concern on Player X are their high BABIP and high K% but this is being off set by their increased BB% and LD%. After looking at this information Player X should be starting more games but should be removed from the lineup if their average and BB% start to decrease and their K% increases any further. Not as inflammatory as some of the other posts in some threads have become and it actually encourages more discussion that isn't a circle jerk.

I work with data all day at work and have to explain it to executives like they are 5-years old. So somewhat comes natural now. I was working on a data visualization since about 2017 and just have never been able to finish it. I start on it every once in awhile then get busy with something else. I will finish it one day maybe.

To edit the title click on the 3 dots on the right side by your first post. You should be able to edit the title of the thread from there. As a general thought I am going too need to give Shaka another year or two before I judge him on his signings. Hopefully we can see some improvement over last year this year though sometimes the second year is tougher than the first year. Year three and four usually tell you more about a head coach than the first two years do.