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  1. Jopal78
    Come on man, ownership knows clicks and posts are good for business and one thing indisputable about Hiura is he generates clicks and posts at this website Not withstanding the above, you may think there is no need for another Hiura thread, but it sure beats yet another thread where there hasn’t been posts for days…..
  2. Jopal78
    Hiura would be so lucky
  3. Jopal78
    The clock certainly seems to have struck midnight and he’s turned back into the pumpkin who had been with six other organizations and on waivers four times in the 12 months before the Brewers got him.
  4. Jopal78
    This team has some serious “2014 Brewers” vibes. If they just play .500 here on out they’d win 88-89 games and are likely a lock for the division (Cardinals would have to play .555 baseball just to tie), yet with the last week or so it just seems like 2014 and they’re going to agonizingly fritter away a golden opportunity
  5. Jopal78
    Sure, but that also means three different clubs have coached him and not been able to get the hole in his swing closed either. That tells me, more probably true than not, he isn’t ever going to do it.
  6. Jopal78
    Not laughable at all. Talking about his tools that were on display at UC Irvine in 2017 When Hiura was 20 years old, is like sitting at the bar swapping Bill Brasky stories. He’s not the same guy anymore and it’s not against the same competition or circumstances. Clearly the scouts who ranked his Hit Tool were all wrong as he has not shown enough ability to make quality contact to stick in MLB. If by “hitting tools” you’re referring to some component of Hit Tool like bat speed, etc. Who cares? Having elite bat speed doesn’t necessarily mean one will make lots quality contact. MLB reported Giancarlo Stanton has the highest average bat speed this year, he’s just a .246 average and .304 OBP and .213 average and .286 OBP the last three years combined.
  7. Jopal78
    I don’t think I’m missing the point at all. It’s irrelevant what scouts thought of Hiura over a half decade ago when he was in college. It’s also irrelevant that there was a time when he was a Top 10 draft pick and highly regarded by the writers/content generators who put prospect lists together It doesn’t matter much what his AAA stats are. There isn’t a Zach Wheeler or Chris Sale in AAA, and even guys like Shane Peterson will crank out an OPS of ‘900+ in AAA then do jack in the majors. It’s cliche but true, pro-sports are a “what have you done for me lately” industry. The answer for Hiura is not much.
  8. Jopal78
    It’s all excuses at this point. He had a big half season in 2019 which to date was his high water mark. It happens all the time in Major League Baseball. (Wily Adames in 2021 for example). The real facts are the Brewers dumped him, he went unclaimed waivers Hiura spent the entire 2023 season in AAA (Meaning there was apparently no Dallas Keuchel like situation where a team was willing to bring Hiura up and Milwaukee facilitated a transaction to get him there). When 2023 ended he sat home all winter before taking an NRI with Detroit as camp opened. Despite the Tigers having an obvious need for offensive firepower he didn’t make the team. When Detroit pulled the plug on 1B Spencer Torkelson they didn’t bring up Hiura, his natural replacement, they sent him packing, where he landed in LA on another minor league deal. After awhile it gets sort of hard to argue it’s all bad luck, and teams misusing him. It just might be that he’s a dime a dozen slugger who had a tremendous half- season run a half decade ago.
  9. Jopal78
    Yep, Hiura has 1000 or so career PAs, so his white hot 348 PAs in 2019 are still propping up his career OPS. Adames on the other hand has over three times as many PAs as Hiura so his 365 PA hot streak in ‘21 is not skewing his career OPS to such an extent.
  10. Jopal78
    The problem with Hiura is what it’s always been, he hits homeruns and doesn’t do much else. He is not skilled at getting on base, hitting for average, playing defense, etc. Those players who hit moonshots while batting .205 with a sub .300 OBP are a dime a dozen. Chris Carter lead the NL in homers in 2016 and was out of the majors less than a year later; and it is why Hiura is with his third different organization in under a year. At least for me there wasn’t vitriol directed at the player, but there was always a cadre of unbelievers who were fun to debate with, and thought that even after 1000 major league PAs, still thought Hiura just needed more playing time to prove himself.
  11. Jopal78
    Chourio fouled a ball off his unprotected foot on Friday, and after the fact appeared to be in some discomfort. I would suppose he was DH Saturday night to get him off his feet as much as possible while keeping one of their hotter bats in the lineup against a tough team. Sheesh.
  12. Jopal78
    Bingo. Milner at 40 innings through 90 games and was 64 through 162 last year. Hudson at 46 innings and threw only 64 total in ‘23. Peguero at 35 innings through 90 and 61 total innings in ‘23. Then Bryce Wilson already at 78 innings when he threw only 76 last year. Me thinks they’re in trouble in the 2nd half without some big time reinforcements
  13. Jopal78
    That speaks to how watered down the talent is and with 6 playoff teams hardly anyone is “out of it”
  14. Jopal78
    2024 Brewers: Beat up on the mediocre and bad teams get exposed against the real contenders in the NL. (2-10 against LAD, PHI and SD).
  15. Jopal78
    Where are the stats and graphics showing how many calls were blown in the Brewers’ favor this year? Over the course of 162 games it’s going to be even: you get some calls that help the team and you get some calls that hurt the team. As long as the strike zone is called basically the same for both teams, who cares if there is a pitch missed. They had already set themselves up for failure by putting runners on with walks.
  16. Jopal78
    The best stretch of Chafin’s career recently was when he was with the Cubs in ‘20-‘21. Seems like a rumor coming out of the bleachers at 1060 W. Addison than anything else.
  17. Jopal78
    Probably not, but likely they miss their spots more often
  18. Jopal78
    K’d on just three pitches too.
  19. Jopal78
    Nobody is going to give value for Joey Weimer. He sucked offensively last year to the tune of a 75 OPS+, he remade his swing and now can’t hit in AAA either. Any team can get 50 players like Joey Weimer right now for nothing more than a 40 man roster spot.
  20. Jopal78
    I dunno look at the low level minor leaguers the Brewers traded away in recent seasons and there’s more in the majors than one might realize: Reese Olson, David Hamilton, David Fry. I mean I’m with you I just think the percentage is higher with respect to Brewers youngsters.
  21. Jopal78
    The Rays haven’t had a losing season since 2017 and have won 90 or more 4 times since then. All that with one of the smallest payrolls and their cornerstone player (Wander Franco) indefinitely suspended. Maybe they don’t fleece everyone but those results are more than just luck
  22. Jopal78
    Peralta, Rea, Civale, Meyers, then it depends on who they like most after that between Keuchel, Wilson or Junis. Zastryzny is probably out but certainly Milner, Payamps or Peguero could use a rest/demotion.
  23. Jopal78
    The Brewers let Scooter Gennett go heading into his age 27 season. True he made an All Star team with the Reds but despite being an All Star his career was over a year later at age 29. Big deal.
  24. Jopal78
    I wouldn’t be shocked if one of Black, Frelick, or Mitchell is playing for a different team in August 1st.
  25. Jopal78
    There is definitely no path to playing time for Black this year unless someone gets injured. Even at 2+ million dollars I don’t think the Brewers will be quick to move on from Bauers when he’s appeared in 75% of their games and has the most PAs off the bench. Further, Hoskins is sitting at a -0.1 WAR on the season and has an 18 million dollar guarantee for ‘25. Odds are narrowing he opts out of that guarantee. So even if they do move on from Bauers at least 50% of the time Hoskins will be at 1B. Having not played OF as a professional, Black probably needs to play 3B to have a shot at regular PT in the majors in ‘25. Long story short: it’s a good problem for the Brewers to have when they have former first round picks who are blocked from regular playing time in the majors.
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