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  1. Jopal78
    Maybe not, but 3/5's of their starting rotation went down with injuries at some point during the first half of the season. No team has starting pitching depth that runs 7 or 8 deep. They needed to get arms that could go multiple innings, they deemed Alexander and Chi Chi the best they could do when they needed them.
  2. Jopal78
    Do you think they have/had Alexander and Chi Chi on the team because they like them better as people? Before questioning the GM, take a moment and try to find the reason why they have gone with Rodriguez, Alexander and others before Small. Nobody can read the GM's mind, but perhaps it is Small's BB/9 ratio of 5.0 in AAA which suggests he may have major problems with walks in the big leagues. After all Small did walk 4 in the 2.2 big league innings he pitched earlier this year. In fact, Small is walking more batters per 9 in the minor leagues than Burnes, Woodruff, Lauer, Houser, Peralta, Ashby, Alexander, Suter did in the minor league careers. That's most likely why he is still in the minor leagues, they're not going to call up a pitcher to a contending team simply because he was a former first round pick and is in AAA.
  3. Jopal78
    He’s all but assured to test free agency in 2 years, which really handicaps what the Nationals are going to get and puts every contending team in play, because there’s no long term payroll commitment.
  4. Jopal78
    Don’t kid yourself, a guy who turns down nearly half a billion dollars doesn’t care an iota about winning. Do you think he’d take 375 million to play with the Yankees or Dodgers? Soto’s agent, Boras, knows what he’s got: a top 5 MLB player who will hit free agency at 25. AAV is only going to go up. Soto and Boras would be suckers to cap his future earnings now without selling himself to the highest bidder.
  5. Jopal78
    Doubtful, yes but with Boras Corp, and turning down nearly a half a billion dollars, it’s pretty obvious Soto is going to elect free agency in two years. Thus, it’s really no different than trading for Bryan Reynolds: would require premium talent going back to Washington and lots of teams will be interested
  6. Jopal78
    Fair enough. But I know you realize and won’t admit it, releasing Severino would cost them over a million dollars, not to mention he is a player they liked enough over the winter to sign in the first place. Besides a nice spring training he hasn’t played much due to the suspension, and a third catchers could be a useful commodity at the deadline in a couple weeks. Whereas Hiura could be optioned at no cost.
  7. Jopal78
    Suggest an alternative, Don’t cop out
  8. Jopal78
    And your alternative proposal to create a roster space they needed for an additional pitcher?
  9. Jopal78
    Facts and logic to make what point? Do you have one?
  10. Jopal78
    I don’t even know what your real complaint is anymore. Hiura should not have been optioned? They needed to open a roster spot and Hiura was someone who is expendable are and not subject to waivers if they remove them from the roster; simple as that. The analytics suggest Hiura should play over other players? Analytics are great but there’s not a team baseball who’s decision making is based solely on analytics. Hiura’s a great player being treated unfairly? Pro sports are a “ what have you done for me lately” venture. Given his performance since 2019 there’s organizations that would’ve cut bait already. I am sure you disagree with their baseball judgment. The fact Milwaukee has acquired Wong, Tellez, and McCutchen should tell you a lot about what the organization thinks of Hiura.
  11. Jopal78
    Have you sent your resume in to any teams yet? GMs are going to start getting fired, clearly you have it figured out and I am mystified why you’re not already in charge on an MLB team’s Baseball operations department…. By the way, I didn’t use Hiura’s career numbers because Hiura isn’t the same player he was in 2019. He was great in a little more than a half season’s of work. Then teams figured out how to attack him, he hasn’t made an adjustment years later and his stats nose dived and this year when he is able to get the bat on the ball they have gone over the fence at a historic rate against RHP.
  12. Jopal78
    The Brewers are one of the biggest teams for "playing the match-ups". There is no chance they were unaware of Hiura's splits and are "mis-using" him. They have access to much more video and data than fans do, and there's likely a reason why Hiura played and when he didn't. As for "giving him more of a shot," since Opening Day 202 they've given him 587 plate appearances on playoff contending teams, and he's put up a .203/.297/.383 slash line, and is a defensive liability. It is more accurate to say, they've been quite patient with Hiura all things considered.
  13. Jopal78
    It doesn't appear Kansas City will trade Greinke, unless he asks to be dealt to a contender: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/royals-trade-rumors-zack-greinke-deal-unlikely.html
  14. Jopal78
    Be salty about it if you want, it's all mathematical probabilities. They can be wrong, but its not often. As for why Hiura was optioned, look no further than last night's game. Davis made contact with the ball and ended up driving in the winning run. Hiura can't be relied upon to even make consistent contact. And don't forget the Brewers can control Severino next year, and Narvaez is an impending free agent, they're being prudent sending down a player with an option as opposed to cutting a player who could potentially help them next year as well.
  15. Jopal78
    Check the BABIP against RHP, its .520. that's why the OBP is .354. Again, he'd be a first ballot Hall of Famer if he could just keep his BABIP against RHP over .400.
  16. Jopal78
    I wrote it before and will write it again: Hiura now has 20 hits against RHP this year. 7! of those hits went over the fence. Put another way, 35% of his hits against RHP have been homeruns. That's why his numbers against RHP are awesome. But for comparison sake, consider: Babe Ruth: 2873 Hits, 714 HR...24.8% of his hits went for homers. Mickey Mantle: 2415 Hits, 536 HR...22.2% of his hits went for homers. Hank Aaron 3771 Hits, 755 HR...20% of his hits went for homers. Thus, Hiura isn't going to continue to send 31% of his hits against RHP over the fence, and certainly the Brewers know this, Otherwise, in a league where close to 2/3 of the pitchers are right-handed, Hiura would likely be on his way to Cooperstown.
  17. Jopal78
    What's so hard to understand? Severino and Narvaez cannot be sent down, Caratini has been one of their better hitters. With Brosseau having more defensive versatility, and no other CFer it seems like Hiura was the obvious choice, especially with 2/5 of their opening day rotation on the IL.
  18. Jopal78
    Makes sense, They need a pitcher and with Brosseau and Severino on the roster Hiura, due to his defensive limitations, is probably not the first or second choice at any position.
  19. Jopal78
    The Yankees have Clay Holmes, who has put up Hader-like numbers for them. With Holmes under their control for two more seasons, their interest in Hader probably isn't such to justify trading such a haul of players.
  20. Jopal78
    Evan Reifert is having a nice year in the minor leagues for Tampa Bay and has already seen three different levels of the minor leagues (Rookie, A+ and AA). 13 innings, pitched 25 strike outs, 8 hits allowed, 0 home runs, and 10 walks. IF he can get the walks under control he probably sees the major leagues sooner than later coming out of the Tampa bullpen. I like Brosseau and he has good numbers so far, but they sure don't play him much with a mere 14 at bats since coming off the DL 17 days ago.
  21. Jopal78
    Kind of looks that way right now with them being in the hunt for a wild card. Although a lot can happen in 19 days.
  22. Jopal78
    Come on. First of all it doesn't matter what Houser did last year, he has a -0.6 WAR this year, a 4.72 ERA, a WHIP of nearly 1.50, and in one third of his starts he failed to make it five innings. In other words, he hasn't been good this season. More importantly, two weeks ago Houser suffered a significant elbow injury which likely puts him out of action until September (Flexor tendon strains are usually a 6-8 week recovery and rehabilitation). It's kind of foolish to count on him to produce much more than 5 or 6 starts the rest of the way, not to mention the fact he'd likely be on a shortened pitch count for the first couple starts as well. Funny thing though, about Greinke being "toast." He has allowed the same number of hits per 9 as Houser this year (9.8 : 9.7) but his walks per 9 are twice as few as Houser (1.7 : 3.7). Importantly, Greinke has gone less than 5 innings in 1 of his 14 starts this year. Succinctly stated, Greinke has allowed fewer baserunners per 9, and gets through the 5th inning more consistently than Adrian Houser. Now couple in the fact Houser is down with an elbow injury until at least late August/September, it's pretty obvious Greinke would be an upgrade to the pitching staff.
  23. Jopal78
    I’m sure the Royals will trade Greinke. and the Brewers along with many others should be interested. As a short term rental, Greinke is certainly better than Alexander, and Houser. He probably is more consistent, while less dominant, than Lauer or Ashby. But most importantly, Greinke is still a quality veteran who knows how to pitch and can decrease the need to rely on pitchers like Chi Chi and Gustave to get outs.
  24. Jopal78
    Ok, they moved a different player to a position he never played before. (and Schoop played SS a position he hasn’t appeared at since) It’s the same point: teams will find ways to get strong hitters in the lineup regardless of position. And that, is the counter argument that all these hitters are just going to bring some other teams organizational soldiers due to lack of demand. It’s not true, they might not bring back potential impact players who are close to major league ready; because nobody does that anymore. However, A-ball players who grow up to be All-Stars get traded all the time now
  25. Jopal78
    But that’s not logical. Only one team can land Wilson Contreras. The teams that don’t land him are not going to just sit on their hands they will pivot to other players and find ways to get them in the lineup. Heck the Brewers initially traded for Moustakas and played him at 2nd. Every contender is going to want bats to some degree, and there are not a lot of quality rental type hitters on truly bad teams.
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