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  1. Jopal78
    Me too, but I’d drop that in a second if he was on the Brewers.
  2. Jopal78
    I’d rather have PCA. When Chourio loses a tick of bat speed he’ll be finished. Swinging at everything is great when you can reach them all and hit some hard. But he’s not a complete player right now and has taken a huge step backwards
  3. Jopal78
    The Brewers are 16-18. What did people expect their record to be right now? 24-10? A bunch of grumbling due to heightened expectations is what it is. Part of those heightened expectations are because Murphy is a good manager and gets more out of less. If a team is .500 or a little better they’ll be in play for the post season until September, so give the Brewers a chance to have a couple hitters at least get hot (ex. the Cubs have started the year with 6 players on pace for 40+ homeruns none of whom have ever topped 30 in their careers) get back some of the premium arms that are injured then see what they have.
  4. Jopal78
    Sure, the change up has movement to it; that alone doesn’t make it a good pitch. In fact according to STF+ on Fangraphs, the change up has been his worst pitch so far in the majors. Without a fastball to blow by hitters, he’s got to land the off speed and breaking pitches for strikes, and/or fool batters into swinging at them out of the zone. Again, small sample but in the majors Yoho is not fooling anyone with his pitches. In the majors there has been just an 18% swing rate at Yoho’s pitches outside the zone, compared to 33% in the minors, and the contact rate when a batter swings at any pitch of his is 80%. So without a fastball and not fooling anyone nor being able to command his arsenal I questioned the basis of your opinion that Yoho has undeniably good stuff
  5. Jopal78
    “Undeniably good stuff” (your words) isn’t a 92 mph fastball. Sorry, and it does t matter how many times you e seen him pitch or what you've read. Yoho is a finesse pitcher who needs to command his stuff to have any chance in the major leagues. In time, maybe Yoho will figure out how to paint major league corners and get batters to chase, but right now he’s Wayne Franklin.
  6. Jopal78
    Where are you getting this from? He doesn’t throw hard and can’t land his off speed and breaking pitches for strikes. That doesn’t scream “undeniably good stuff”. Rather it screams a deception style pitcher who hasn’t been able to fool major league hitters as he did the lesser competition in the minors. Air bender part 2…. Ha!
  7. Jopal78
    Indeed, and as a result he has had trouble pitching clean innings so far in the majors.
  8. Jopal78
    Which would be what? A 92 mph fastball or a change up and cutter he can’t land for strikes against major league hitters ?
  9. Jopal78
    Yep, he sucks. No command and a pedestrian fastball = no margin for error
  10. Jopal78
    I’ll go ahead and say it. Yoho is not anything special, another mediocre arm in a bad bullpen. His changeup isn’t anything. He can’t command it consistently so it gets hit or batters lay off it.
  11. Jopal78
    Tobias Myers likely would be going to AAA than Patrick
  12. Jopal78
    Sadly, he’s not the worst of their problems. The offensive bar for shortstop is set so low. He’s merely below average for his position whereas players like Capra and Yelich are much worse for their respective positions.
  13. Jopal78
    Classic Brewers game. Getting dominated by a starter with an ERA of 6.00
  14. Jopal78
    Why wouldn’t the Orioles just move him at the deadline in a trade for players that help their team in the long run or if they get back in the race—veterans for a playoff push? Thats what teams do when they have surplus players in their system, teams don’t move minor league talent simply because they’re blocked and in exchange for spare parts.
  15. Jopal78
    5ip, 6H, 3BB, 80 pitches. Some bad defense behind Smith will keep the era sparkling, but had a WHIP against the Brewers offense of 1.80 and a K:BB ratio of slightly better than 1:1. Smith is also the AL leader in HBP.
  16. Jopal78
    Yelich 0-8 in the series with 5Ks. Probably still has to play tomorrow with Turang sick and Collins injured.
  17. Jopal78
    How can there be nobody on the waiver wire or a non-40 man player in another organization superior to Capra. The bar literally could not be set lower. Carla’s numbers are making Monasterio look like a slugger
  18. Jopal78
    Brewers might find a way to lose to Sox
  19. Jopal78
    The good news is Smith probably won’t pitch more than 5 innings. It’s the Brewers can keep it close till then. Good things happen when you get into the White Sox bullpen
  20. Jopal78
    Guaranteed Rate 04.29.25
  21. Jopal78
    I don’t know about that, they’ve acquired some terrific players in trades you’re just not thinking of them. What I do thinks true is that until fairly recently the Brewers didn’t have a lot of desirable players heading to free agency where there was urgency to trade them away before losing them for nothing: Recent successes include: Corey Knebel (Gallardo) was an All Star for Milwaukee Hader, Adrian Houser (Gomez) played significant roles for the Brewers. Not to mention Domingo Santana and Brett Phillips Lewis Brinson (Lucroy) was flipped as part of the package for Yelich.
  22. Jopal78
    The Cubs have played well in April for sure. But let’s not overlook that despite the calamitous defensive miscues and bullpen meltdowns, the Brewers head into a series against the 2nd worst team in baseball with a chance to finish April with a winning record.
  23. Jopal78
    Devin Williams is soft, always had been. His “Dave” persona he had to use to psyche himself up to be aggressive for example. Talking to the press about the difficultly in focusing on his job after Hader got traded is another. Not a surprise at all he struggled under the bright lights of NYC, he seemingly couldn’t handle pressure of the playoffs either. It’s funny though, April isnt even over yet, and both sides are likely disappointed in the trade.
  24. Jopal78
    The point is: Mitchell could have a lousy 100 games and his Career WAR would drop. It’s similar to having three best batting average in the league and not enough bats to qualify for the batting title.
  25. Jopal78
    If WAR without context is your end all be all then sure. Since debuting in ‘22 Mitchell has played 144 total games. Spencer Torkelson has a lesser career WAR than Mitchell but has played in 200 more games since his debut in ‘22. Is a player “more productive” based solely on WAR or does availability factor into who’s more productive.
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