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Braun, Brinson, Santana, Phillips. Games played doesn't matter. What matters is how many times they walk to the plate. This can easily happen given there will be injuries, days off and matchups played by Counsell. Even if Santana gets his 610 PA again and Braun is back to his 560 like the past 3yrs then that leaves 465 each for Brinson/Phillips if equally split. If Braun only gets 500 PA then Brinson/Phillips each get 495. That's plenty of PT to keep them consistently playing and developing. You can do that for 2yrs. Phillips emerges and now the "lets trade Brinson" ship is sailing? My goodness. As Lathund already pointed out - it's going to be Brinson + 1-2 other top prospects to land a great rotation arm. Big picture - Braun's contract ends in 3yrs. Santana's in 4yrs but his defense isn't anywhere near that of Brinson/Phillips so you trade him in 2yrs to add to the system. Now we're looking at Braun/Brinson/Phillips + 4th during Braun's final year while Brinson/Phillips still have 4yrs left. That gives you 2yrs to get Ray, Harrison, Clark MLB ready where one emerges as the 4th OF that year prepping to take over for Braun with potentially another in that group stepping in as the 4th then. If Ray, Harrison, Clark all develop nicely then 1-2 can turn into trade bait. Trade Broxton this winter, like I said before this season and at the deadline as Brinson and Phillips can walk right in and take over (as we saw the final month). They're 4yrs younger too. There's no reason to leave 6yrs each of Brinson + 1-2 top prospects for 3yrs of a top tier rotation arm. You trade Nelson and Chase in the near future with guys like Burnes, Ortiz coming through. Brewers need to build a dominant pen not focus on one dominant rotation arm for 3yrs.

Trout is 8yrs younger than Braun and Altuve is 6yrs. Nice comparison using guys entering their prime vs a 33yr old. At least Blackmon is 30. But he slashed 276/337/784 on the road this year (look up what he hit at Coors - fun stuff). Blackmon's slashed 264/312/740 over his career away from Coors while slashing 346/406/972 at Coors. Enough said. On August 17 this year, Braun was slashing 295/368/912 with 10% BB rate, 19% K rate, 134 wRC+ while having the highest hard contact rate of his career. That slash line is right in line with his career numbers, which are pretty evenly split between home/away too, unlike your boy Blackmon and his jock. Braun slumped the final 2wks of August hitting 6-42 with 2 doubles and 0HR. Remove that 2wk stretch from the season and he slashed 284/358/888. Yeah, these numbers SCREAM "really overrated". Then factor in his wrist injury on top of all this. He's the best bat on the team and will be back to his 560 PAs next year performing where he did for 90% of this year. And mediocre 17HR this year? He did that in 338 AB (not including second half of Aug)...not 510 AB.

I'm not sure. 13 HR at the end of August is a pretty underwhelming number for him. He's still a good player. He's just no longer a great one. We just need him to be 'good' for 3 more years while hopefully staying relatively healthy. While he is in his rut right now, his slugging numbers are not too far off his career norms. He's one hot streak away from people fawning how great of a hitter he is again. Hopefully that's coming the last 20 games to get us in the playoffs. His overall numbers don't speak to how well he's actually swung the bat this year. He can go 0-4 tonight with 4 line outs to the OF and his overall numbers will be worse than they are right now. Doesn't matter because if he consistently has good ABs then good things are going to happen moving forward. He's the only player in the lineup I never worry about. And he's averaged 516AB the past 3yrs. His 13HR this year, given those 516AB, would put him on pace for 24HR. He's averaged 25HR the past 3yrs. 2wks ago he was hitting 295/370/918....bet at that point in time people weren't talking about how he's no longer great

He threw 21 pitches to 4 batters with 67% of them as strikes. That's an average of 5.25 pitches/batter and he struck out 3 of them. He threw 1 ball to the 1st batter, 1 ball to the 2nd batter, K'd Crawford on full count, 2 balls to the 4th batter. Yeah, he "clearly" was lacking control last night. And no, he didn't throw 4 pitches 53 feet because that means each of those pitches would have landed 7 feet in front of the plate. Shocking - more posts with false information as the backbone for their reasoning. Keep doing you, brewerfan.net

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If the Brewers didn't have Brinson and Phillips having great AAA seasons and needing a MLB opportunity then you keep Broxton. Brinson is the front runner for CF as he has the highest ceiling and best tools across the board. Phillips would give the Brewers their only LH bat plus has a cannon, plays all 3 spots very well and has speed. All of those things make Broxton expendable if we're just talking about CF. While everyone is technically expendable these guys also have an extra year of control and, more importantly, are both 4yrs younger than Broxton. Santana has a very strong bat and is 1yr older than Brinson/Phillips. If Stearns wants to go with impact players on both sides of the ball he can roll with Braun, Brinson, Phillips and Broxton as the 4th. Otherwise I'd trade Broxton in the off season and he'll bring a fine return given his age, MLB experience, potential at this level, power/speed combo, defense from the CF spot. I love Santana but I also love Brinson/Phillips - if the right deal for Santana is there I'd seriously consider taking it and keeping Broxton as the 4th. Otherwise I'm rolling with Brinson in CF and Phillips as 4th (4th OF on this team will get plenty of run). Although I've been saying most of this for 2 months now

As I posted earlier his walks per 9 have been getting worse for three years now. People just assume his command will get better. Why? Because Sale and Randy Johnson's did? What about the hundreds of pitchers who didn't figure it out? Are those not valid comparisons? Look, I agree. Hader absolutely should be given a chance to be a major league starter. But we're not at the point either depth wise or team success wise where he should be just given the chance. He needs to earn it. We have 5-6 guys currently ahead of him and while their ceiling may nkt be as high at least they've earned the shot. His BB9 rates are below 2014 - 3.3 in A+ 2015 - 3 in AA (3.3/2.6 split between us and HOU) 2016 - 3 in AA BB9 has been getting worse for 3yrs now....PLEASE provide the evidence suggesting that? His BB9 spiked hard core when he went to CS, the worst environment for a pitcher who actually has crazy movement on his secondary pitches. Not factoring that in is absolutely absurd and proves that you only search for evidence that backs your line of thought without factoring in all variables. His BB9 this year I could care less about right now. He's never been a pure pen arm in his entire life and transitioning to it at the highest level in the world shouldn't be expected to be a seamless one, especially when he's coming from CS. Yes, there are a ton of pitchers whose control doesn't improve. Except outside of the worst pitching environment in baseball he's clearly shown over the past 3yrs his BB9 rate isn't high. He needs to earn his shot? He HAS by showing it in the minors. It's why he was rated the #1 LHP (rotation arm) coming into this year. According to you, since we're competitive now is not the time to just give him his shot. That makes zero sense. We're set up to be competitive for who knows how many years moving forward so using your logic we're just supposed to never give him a chance in the rotation? How do Ortiz and Burnes earn their chances in the rotation when there's already 5 guys in the rotation ahead of them? Don't need to answer that last question because it's rhetorical based on your logic.

I agree that the FA class this off season sucks for SP. There's a couple very good one's but that's it. Darvish is in a class by himself followed by Lynn in the next class. Lot of Garza type pitchers out there that I don't see the point of signing. When Chatwood has been good in his spurts he's been really good but I think he's too inconsistent and based on where we are right now and factoring in guys like Hader, Woodruff, Ortiz, Burnes I'd like to see all this play out heading into 2019. I think the rotation can be plenty good next year even with 3 of the guys being very young.

I'd prefer to trade Chase and sign a big name rotation FA. Chatwood, to me, isn't worth spending money on when you have Nelson, Chase, Hader, Woodruff, Davies + Ortiz and/or Burnes by the end of next year. I think all are better and more consistent than Chatwood (he's crazy inconsistent year to year away from Coors). If you're going to spend 10M+ it better be on someone who's absolutely better than half of what we have up/coming through by the end of next year.

At no point should Hader ever be in AAA again, especially when said AAA is located in CS. The comparisons to Sale and Randy Johnson aren't regarding performance (as in what they're going to become) rather that they either started in the pen or it took them a while to get their control figured out before they produced. Those are very relevant comparisons in this regard given they're all lefties, don't have traditional deliveries and have filthy sliders. Sale had solid control right away but still threw a lot of pitches - he's greatly improved on that while Randy is much more comparable to Hader regarding their BB9 rates starting their MLB careers. If you take Hader's pitches per inning given the MLB threshold then 64% of his starts since joining our org would go for 6-7 innings, 24% 5+ innings, 12% 4+ innings. Pitches per inning/start matters much more than the final number of innings that shows in a box score. It's about efficiency. Pitchers don't choose when they're removed from games - they're removed for a lot of different reasons by a lot of different managers with different philosophies. Pitches per inning this year Suter 15.5 Nelson 15.6 Chase 16 Garza 16.2 Woodruff 16.3 Davies 16.7 Guerra 17.6 *Quintana 16.9 and Gray 16.4 Hader 2014 - 14.5 A+ (only has info on 4 starts but it would most likely be closer to 15 or so based on AB, IP over other games compared to these 4) 2015 - 15.9 AA (HOU), 15.8 AA (Brewers) 2016 - 16.9 AA, 18 AAA 2017 - 17.5 AAA (first 10 starts....16.6 through first 8 starts) *and he's still developing Kershaw and Sale are HOF caliber pitchers and they're averaging 7 innings. So if we're pumping guys out at 6 innings on average then great. Over 33 starts that amounts to 200 innings. That means you're effective. Unless Stearns adds a strong veteran rotation arm to Nelson, Chase, Davies, Woodruff then Hader should have that other spot heading into spring and it's up to him to sink or swim in that role because worst case he's in the back of the pen killing it. A player can't develop without an opportunity and Hader needs that opportunity just like Santana, Arcia, Davies needed theirs.

If Villar is bouncing back and getting closer to what he's capable of then signing a vet at 2b in the offseason bumping him to the backup spot makes zero sense. Villar has 3yrs control, is very dynamic, has 20HR power with 50SB speed, switch hitter with SS range/arm at the 2b position. That's valuable and will bring a very good return once traded after 2018. Dubon can step in for 2019 or they can sign a vet for 1yr until Hiura or Diaz are ready. Signing someone like Walker to a 2-3yr deal putting Villar on the bench just kills his return value. The 2015/2016 Villar is better than those solid vets anyway.

Yep. He doesn't have to start 5-6 games per week at 2b. If Villar is hitting and having great ABs and a consistently good approach then he's playing because he's more dynamic, younger and controlled for 3yrs. And Villar has been doing that for over a month now when starting games and has looked great the past 4 games shortening up his swing and focusing on that middle approach allowing him to stay balanced for pulling/pushing. Walker can play 2b/3b providing a quality switch hitting bat. If Sogard stays with the team he's a lefty contact guy off the bench who can cover 3 IF spots. When Arcia gets his occasional day off it should be Villar SS and Walker 2b (when Shaw is in lineup). Perez should mainly backup the OF but still get occasional play in the IF. Walker adds quality depth to the IF and allows for more options. He's had a productive career while spending half his games in a couple of the worst hitters parks (Pitt/NYM) compared to Kinsler and Phillips who have been in much more hitter friendly parks.

I'll take Walker over Kinsler and Phillips in a heartbeat...based on what it costs us that is. Adam, people whine on this site on the daily always looking forthe negative. People scream for Kinsler/Phillips (a 2b in general too) and when that happens half the comments are negative for a player that's solid and better than what people were screaming for

Digging into the numbers.... 2014 - on par with career norms 2015 - terrible across the board, injuries 2016 - had injuries and everyone says he was terrible except he wasn't 19 starts - 1.505 whip, 10.4 H9, 3.2 BB9, 6.2 K9, 4.51 ERA (overall) 16 starts - 1.371 whip, 9.2 H9, 3.1 BB9, 6.2 K9, 3.41 ERA *not sure how 3 starts trumps 16 starts last year 2017 - piggybacked off what he did last year in those 16 starts 17 starts - 1.314 whip, 9.0 H9, 2.9 BB9, 6.2 K9, 4.34 ERA (overall) 16 starts - 1.250 whip, 8.49 H9, 2.76 BB9, 6.14 K9, 3.68 ERA (if given the 100 pitch threshold he'd have two 7 innings starts and 11-12 starts of 6+ innings.....he's averaging 5.2ip over those 16 starts as is. Gray and Quintana are averaging 6 innings outside of their 7-8 run starts) Never would expect a back-end starter to have some bad starts on the season!!! His option is getting picked up and there will be more than a couple teams that will take on a 1yr, 5M solid back-end starter for a couple lottery tickets. Depending on what Stearns does with the rotation in the offseason he could potentially still be the #5 here but I don't think that's likely.

Why is that in blue? It's true... So he's forever a dick because 2yrs ago at 31 and forever being a solid starter believing he's still talented he refused to go to the bullpen and because even longer ago he tweeted about some player's wife? The past 2yrs have you ever heard any stories or rumors about Garza being an selfish mofo/bad teammate? Doesn't seem like he's a clubhouse cancer

I'll just speak to your first response which is I wasn't calling you out individually or really you at all. It is the tone of these boards lately is that if you have anything against the current GM, you are an idiot. And that is not how we should be operating. It's turning off people from actually posting their thoughts and opinions. That's not saying people can't respond to it but we should be able to do it with a little more class than some have been doing around here. For the most part I have loved what Stearns has done but there has been some alarming things for me. He might overvalue his prospects. I'm not sure we have one "blue chipper" on our prospect list. Maybe Hader, I don't know. So in that case, I was disappointed when a move wasn't made to help this current team win now and still a little disappointed that a piece can't be added for relatively cheap. Another was the pen he has built this past offseason and the guys he has made adjustments with. They stink. I hope he sees that. I hope he learns from it going forward. Whether it is spending more money in the offseason or using some of the other guys we have in the system for pen arms. I don't know but that is why he gets paid the big bucks. The reason I quoted what I did from you is that I wanted to make it clear that a move for a 2B right now, as a two-month rental is not giving up on Villar. I would dump Sogard and tell Villar to buckle up because you are going to play all over the diamond and you'll be coming off the bench every single night as a pinch hitter. And then next season, I'd give him another crack at the job. If they aren't going to acquire anyone, then just play him. Because he holds the most value going forward of any of the Sogard, Perez's of our team. So if winning right now is not the top priority, you might as well play the guy that can bump his value so you can continue on your rebuilding phase. Maybe people on this site, regardless of their opinion or beliefs, should provide evidence to back their reasoning and line of thought. Holding an opinion or belief using inaccurate information and blatantly disregarding all variables involved should be called out. Calling that out isn't disrespecting or negating the relevance of one's overall opinion or belief. (side note: why is it ok for you or anyone else here to make negative/undermining comments toward Brewers players/coaches/GM for their actions or comments but not ok for someone to do the same to you guys?) Regarding the first bold sentence, it's inaccurate (see above paragraph). Swarzak was acquired at the deadline as a setup man and he's been excellent thus far in then pen, which was THE biggest area of need. Regarding the second bold sentence, the pen wasn't assembled to compete for a division title nor did anyone expect Nelson/Chase to actually pitch to their potential nor the Cubs to perform way below their skill level (and now suffering injuries). Knebel, Barnes, Hughes, Drake, Torres have been in the pen the entire year - Barnes, Hughes, Drake, Torres have been relatively solid for the most part but had games/streaks where they just get rocked, hence their ERA being what it is. Knebel has been able to avoid all that and be pretty consistent (he also has a 5.3 BB9 and nobody says a word about his control issues yet people pound away at Hader for is). Stearns has made adjustments from Feliz, Marinez, Scahill, Peralta to Hader, Swarzak, Jeffress (Webb was acquired as a long-term play). How do those 3 guys "stink" compared to who they replaced considering 2 of those guys are our best pen arms along with Knebel? (Again, see above paragraph). Acquiring Kinsler means we'd pay 7.5M, including his 2018 5M buy-out, while giving up a prospect as well. Phillips would be owed like 3.5M as a rental, which is less than half of Kinsler, and could make sense if you believe Villar can't somewhat get back on track the final 2 months (with Perez mixed in as well). And we'd have to give up a prospect for that too. You've stated twice now in the past 24 hours that we wouldn't have to give up the farm or it would be relatively cheap. Except you have no idea what the actual cost would be to acquire either player. Neither Kinsler or Phillips guarantees a sizable upgrade over the next 2 months because we don't know how Villar/Perez will perform nor would it be a game changing acquisition, most likely. 5 days ago you wanted Granderson in CF and you've been silent since....

Why don't you just buy some Simma's classic cheesecake to take your mind off it... There's a lot of scenarios for me. Nelson, Chase, Hader, Woodruff, Davies are the main 5 for me but there can be some shuffling with that. I could see trading high on Chase in the offseason and keeping Garza as the 5th. But I can see him trading Garza in offseason too (he'll pick up his option either way). I could also see both those guys traded and targeting a Verlander type and taking on the money or another vet like Lance Lynn (Verlander/Lynn, Nelson, Hader, Woodruff, Davies). I see Suter in the pen in the long reliever/spot start role too with Guerra still in the org for depth. Then Ortiz and/or Burnes could be ready by the deadline too. I think the pen is going to be the focus though....resign Swarzak and target an Addison Reed type (2 FA if Hader is in rotation) since we have the money to do so. Shore up the pen and this team is sitting pretty moving forward.

Provide evidence the 30yr old DeJesus is a better talent than the 26yr old Villar as well as provide evidence that he's going to outproduce him immediately and for the remainder of the season... DeJesus has never had a better season than he's having right now as a 30yr old in AAA (3.5yrs older than age for level). He's a product of CS/PCL. He's had over 420 MLB AB the past 2yrs combined posting 248/311/653. Did you have the same sarcastic responses last year about Villar's talent from watching him day in and day out? Doubt it Well seeing that you posted his career numbers which are far better than Villar's season numbers, I think you already provided the evidence. 2nd base is a black hole right now, Stearns would be doing a disservice to not explore all options. If he doesn't perform, give him the leash that was given to Brinson and Phillips. I posted nobody's career numbers, so we'll start with that lie. DeJesus' numbers I listed were combined between the past 2yrs and yes, they are better than Villar's current slash line, but the only people calling that evidence are those with their heads buried in the sand. You act like that 248/311/653 is insanely better than Villar, who prior to going to the bench 12 days ago was slashing 223/284/632. Villar's numbers the past 2yrs absolutely destroy what DeJesus did the past 2yrs soooooooo there's that. Not to mention Villar is 4yrs younger, steals a ton of bases, has more power and has a MUCH higher ceiling. You can go ahead and think/believe that DeJesus is the better option but when doing so maybe lets at least attempt to factor in all variables instead of his current AAA line, which also has hiccups in it given it's CS/PCL and he's 3.5yrs old for level.

Provide evidence the 30yr old DeJesus is a better talent than the 26yr old Villar as well as provide evidence that he's going to outproduce him immediately and for the remainder of the season... DeJesus has never had a better season than he's having right now as a 30yr old in AAA (3.5yrs older than age for level). He's a product of CS/PCL. He's had over 420 MLB AB the past 2yrs combined posting 248/311/653. Did you have the same sarcastic responses last year about Villar's talent from watching him day in and day out? Doubt it

It's only fools gold if you can't see the actual talent/ability these players have. The offense has hit a massive rough stretch going on 3+ weeks now due to inconsistency. Some guys will hit while others won't then it'll flip flop but it all amounts to guys getting on base but not getting that clutch hit to drive them in. They've also had plenty of games where they've hit the ball hard and had good ABs but nothing is coming of it. It is what it is. There's only so much you can do as a player - if you square up the ball you did your job as you can't control what happens once the ball leaves the bat. Again, Stearns knows what the price is for Kinsler/Phillips/Granderson/etc. If he's not comfortable giving up what we'd need to then he's not going to pull the trigger. He also believes in this team that they can turn it around as a collective offensive unit and start putting runs up again.

I believe the Brewers have a chance at the postseason, I don't think they'll make it but they have a chance, and I still think Villar is the obvious choice with Perez getting time there too if they're not going external with another 2b. When Sogard was injured Villar slashed 288/323/679 for 16 games then over the past 10 games he's had 3 hitless starts and has been on the bench the rest. He needs to play. It doesn't help when he puts together a good AB last night only to be rung up on garbage.

The guys with good to great numbers at Colorado Springs, Blazek, Wang, Scahill and Espino are back in AAA. The guys that had worse numbers at AAA like Suter and Hader are still in Majors. My point is it doesn't matter what the numbers are in AAA. You're comparing pen arms to starters. Outside of H9 Suter smashes everything under Cravy's name. Hader has the best "stuff" in the system. Oranges to Apples. Cravy is a AAAA pitcher with no future in this org, never had one, and is having probably his worst year of his career (part of that is CS related). I thought the comment was hilarious though. You read it, chuckle, move on.

My opinion is based on his minor league starts ever since he had been in Milwaukees system. You're right he does have a ton of upside. But he also throws a ton of pitches to get his outs. It's a combination of him being a strikeout pitcher and him having awful control. You cannot have a starter who is consistently going 5 innings. In his time in Milwaukees system he has yet to have one start in which he lasted over six innings. Maybe he is on a pitch count but still. Not one time in almost 40 starts? That's a red flag to me. Add that to the fact that he has yet to develop an even average third pitch and to me that screams bullpen. I don't want him in the bulllen, although I think he'd have more success there. But I think that what his skill set is best suited for. LOL when we acquired him he had 7 AA starts to finish the year. 2 of those starts he went 7 innings in 92 and 99 pitches. Another start he went 6 innings in 87 pitches (102 pitches puts him at 7 innings). 3 other starts he went 5 innings in 73 (102 pitches for 7 innings), 81 (101 pitches for 6.1 innings), 99. The other start would be 101 pitches for 5 innings. Last year he had 25 total starts and 10 of those he went 6 innings. He did that in 89, 87, 85, 103 (4h, 2bb), 100, 96, 88, 89, 90, 99. There's another X number of starts where he's going 6 innings if given the pitch count needed. You continuing to say he consistently goes 5 innings is like me saying a guy who went 0-4 "must" have made weak or no contact that game....it's confirmed by simply looking at the box score number. The foundation for your beliefs about Hader are based on nonsense and zero factual evidence. As I started earlier, it's not about innings pitched it's about the number of pitches and if you go look at the number of pitches for Hader over the past few years you'll see he's typically going to be between 6-7 innings if he's given that 100 limit, which MLB pitchers are. Again, go look at Nelson's game logs and pitch counts and let me know what you see. Nobody knows if Hader will be a very good rotation arm or stays in the pen as a dominant closer. But MANY scouts said coming into this year he's likely a rotation arm.

LOL. Garza a strong case for removal after one awful inning? Your boy Perez was 0-4 last night....made a pretty strong case for being removed from the 25 and replaced with Rivera (this is an appropriate analogy because of the level of absurdity along with the replacement being a worse option). Nelson, Davies, Garza aren't going anywhere. Chase gets added to that mix then the final spot is between Woodruff (should be) or Suter at this point. Guerra was sent down to work on throwing strikes. He's pitched 1 AAA game since and walked 4 in 5 innings.

On the whole Villar had a July slash line at .217/.258/.265/.523. August is still young but not much positive for second base so far (these include all August plate appearances, not just the ones taken as a second baseman): Villar = .111/.111/.111/.222 Sogard = .000/.154/.000/.154 Perez = .280/.280/.400/.680 The 2B output for the year currently sits at .237/.304/.350/.654. 2B along with the OBP problems from the centerfield position have been the two biggest weak spots in the lineup. Yeah, I don't care about full months as much as I care about painting an accurate portrait of one's performance over the course of said month because everyone has stretches where they don't produce statistically. Villar started July hitting 1-15 over 4 games and ended 0-9 over 3 games. He had a 16 game stretch between that where he was good (288). Last night was his first start in Aug. It's difficult to develop consistency when you get 1 start in 8 games and like 3 starts since July 27. Villar is very talented for a 2b and while it sucks he's spotty with his production he still needs to play enough to the point he can try to hopefully bounce back a bit. Lets compare the 2b season output, and CF, to a couple other spots nobody whines about. 2b - 237/304/654 C - 256/314/745 LF - 233/311/734 CF - 219/302/723 1b - Thames since June 1 slashed 209/307/737 yet silence when it comes to him in the lineup 2b and CF with OBP problems (I don't disagree either)....but why not C, LF, Thames too? And OPS is generally going to be lower for 2b because it's not a HR position. *it's ridiculous to put a number out there without providing context and digging into things further (ie Braun is the most talented hitter on the team when healthy but he's missed a lot of time this year hence the LF numbers being what they are People choose to complain every day on here when it's uncommon to have 8 position spots with pretty solid production. Almost every playoff caliber team has 1+ holes in their lineup. Look at this year's playoff picture.....Red Sox - both corner IF spots, Indians - Kipnis, Royals - Escobar/Gordan, Cubs - Russell/Zobrist/Schwarber (Heyward/Almora have OPS barely over 700), Rockies - Story/Gonzalez, Yankees - Holliday/Ellsbury/Frazier (new rookie so don't really count him but he's playing) and if you want to get picky you can for a few other players on other teams