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  1. Jopal78
    This is all circular, they dropped him in n March- meaning they did not care if he left the organization or not. Frankly, Hiura is in AAA so he can get paid. There’s no question in my mind if he was willing to refuse his salary in order to leave, the Brewers would have released him. The Brewers have been bad at DH, the gambled on Winker and lost, Canha hasn’t been good, etc. But in spite of the DH struggles they remain in first place and have been there most of the year. Are they more in first place had they called Hiura up, nobody knows. With respect to the swing, making an adjustment is one thing, abandoning the swing that got scholarship, got drafted as a first round pick, and got 1000 PAs in the majors and trying to get back to the bigs with a different way of hitting is kind of nuts.
  2. Jopal78
    They could be, and he could tell them that his swing got him to the majors, and he’s convinced it works against any pitcher
  3. Jopal78
    Maybe as a desperation move, but despite their faults they’re in 1st and have been most the season; they’re not desperate yet.
  4. Jopal78
    Thats probably another reason he’s not in the majors: Hiura abandoned the very thing which got him to the major leagues in the first place. Implying he has no confidence n his ability to consistently hit mlb pitching
  5. Jopal78
    I agree I don’t want to see a big patch for Northwestern Mutual etc on the jersey. Then again they’ve already had Nike ads on the right clavicle for years, and it seems MLB and the NFL are the last major sports leagues to not have embraced ads on the shirts. So as much as I don’t like it, for a team like the Brewers it probably makes sense to embrace the ad, get the extra revenue before the ads become pervasive
  6. Jopal78
    The Brewers recent history is breaking in starters to the majors as relief pitchers, so Houser’s spot is nearly 100% safe. I could see Gasser as another lefty out of the pen especiallY if Chafin continues to be unreliable.
  7. Jopal78
    Needed a second lefty because Justin Wilson suffered a season ending injury. Questioning the wisdom of getting a lefty that was replacement level this year and in his mid 30s is legit.
  8. Jopal78
    Chafin‘s club option looking real tasty for ‘23. I get they needed another lefty, too bad they traded for an aging lefty having a bad year.
  9. Jopal78
    The Brewers failure to beat up on the doormats like Oakland, Detroit and Washington comes back to haunt them in a tight division race. They’re going to have to win their division by beating the likes of the Rangers, Twins, Phillies, etc. Outside head to head matchups with Milwaukee, the Cubs have six games left against winning teams (3 with Atl, 3 with SF).
  10. Jopal78
    I wouldn’t necessarily credit the Cubs getting better development staff or being smarter. Their prospects in the Top 100 came from breaking up their World Series team/selling and the losing that followed in the immediate aftermath. Crow-Armstrong for Baez Kevin Alcantara for Rizzo Ben Brown for David Robertson Owen Caissie for Darvish Cade Horton was the #7 pick in ‘22 following the sell-off of July of ‘21 when the Cubs went 20-36 afterward.
  11. Jopal78
    Nice name calling. If you post something that’s goofy at least own it (“Don’t drink alcohol abroad if you’re under 21 it’s a Federal offense”) and not act like you’re 12 and calling people names (unless of course you are, in that case shame on you naughty boy).
  12. Jopal78
    That’s far narrower than your original premise. That particular Citizens Guide claims the US has jurisdiction over “certain” sex crimes committed abroad involving children. My point is still correct, without the ability to compel participation from foreign witnesses or access to proofs of the crime from a foreign country, nobody is even getting charged unless it’s Jeffrey Epstein and they can leverage a bunch Americans to testify. That’s because the US government doesn’t not typically bring charges unless it’s nearly certain they’ll get a conviction.
  13. Jopal78
    Oh yeah? That’s simply something you made up. Thousands of people buy and smoke Cuban cigars abroad with no fear of being arrested upon return to America, same deal with Amsterdam and prostitutes in the red light district How could a prosecutor charge somebody with a crime in America with no access or way to compel access to proof of the crime. Total baloney. Back on topic Franco is uber rich, even if allegations end up true these things have a way of working out where the victim refuses to cooperate/testify $$$.
  14. Jopal78
    17-6 against Pittsburg and Cincinnati: 48-49 against everyone else. It’s the major leagues, a win is a win, but the Brewers are running out of games against the Pirates and Reds.
  15. Jopal78
    Up to the majors with Los Angeles… https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/dodgers-to-select-gus-varland.html
  16. Jopal78
    The Padres are 3 games better than the Pirates and Nationals, two teams who weren’t even trying to compete this year. The Padres are a train wreck and everybody running the team could get fired after the season, which is also your answer on usage.
  17. Jopal78
    Presumably, they’ll be trying to sew up a division title so I’d guess Rea for depth (maybe Megill or Lauer) in the pen, and someone to pinch hit, pinch run, be a defensive replacement— so Miller, Jones, Perkins (if healthy). Wouldn’t rule out a 3rd catcher either (but that creates a 40 man roster issue)
  18. Jopal78
    What’s even the relevance of your metrics when you include the SP rWAR but not those for the hitters, then just select whichever metrics support your point (which is usually how it goes in discussions with metrics anyways)?
  19. Jopal78
    I guess it’s all luck and moonbeams, then huh? A 1.000 OPS season from a career .842 hitter, etc. Ok then.
  20. Jopal78
    Oh, you’re right they slugged their way to the title in 2018 with they middle of the pack offense (7th in RS) and snatched they wild card on the back of their offense (9th in RS). Misinformation… gimme a break.
  21. Jopal78
    You might be right about the prospects, but you’re also kidding yourself if you think a once in a lifetime duo of aces leave and the Brewers fortunes do not simultaneously take a tumble. The Brewers win now because of their starting pitching. 15 years ago I saw what happens when you try to win with a set of good hitters and no starting pitching: you tread water at .500 or trade off the next generation for starting pitching.
  22. Jopal78
    Every player in the major leagues is available at the right price. It’s just the price that keeps deals from happening
  23. Jopal78
    As Wayne Larivee would say, “there’s your dagger”.
  24. Jopal78
    It was a gamble. Didn’t really cost them much, so it’s low stakes. But that .502 OPS in 45 PAs suggests their roll of the dice came up snake eyes and did not improve the team. Time will tell if the heat of a pennant race can spur Santana to outplay his recent statistical production.
  25. Jopal78
    It’ll never be a disaster, there are long odds the player they traded away even makes the major leagues, let alone become a contributor. Rather, the question is does Carlos Santana make the Brewers a better team. So far, through two weeks the answer is no. Will that change over the final 40+ games? Santana hasn’t been good in years so I would guess this would also be no.
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