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  1. Jopal78
    Hitting won’t matter tonight. Their ace of staff is going to hit the showers in 5 innings tonight. When a pitching and defense team doesn’t pitch, they lose.
  2. Jopal78
    Should’ve sold and started to rebuild. Even if they manage to hang on in the Central is there anyone here who thinks they could actually win a series in the playoffs? … they can’t even issue a beat down on the laughingstock (CWS) of the majors.
  3. Jopal78
    … or they gave him more than 1000 PAs on playoff contending teams to show them something and he failed, so they moved on. The only thing I really dispute in this whole thread is the implication that Hiura’s performance in ‘23 matters in getting another shot with the Brewers. The team moved on, and let every other team in the league have a chance to claim him. Hiura could hit .400 in AAA I don’t think it makes getting another shot in Milwaukee more likely at this point.
  4. Jopal78
    Preller has got some magic fairy dust just like Ken Williams in Chicago. The Padres haven’t won much at all the entire time he was there, been through a handful of managers yet he survives year after year.
  5. Jopal78
    Im not an expert on the CBA but short of adding him to the 40 man roster tendering him a contract as an arbitration eligible player, Hiura would be a free agent at seasons end.
  6. Jopal78
    Sure a team could need a warm body and get Hiura for “past considerations”. Otherwise, his trade value at this point is non-existent: he makes 3x the minimum salary, he can’t be optioned and after the 50 games left this season any team who has him, either has to tender him for ‘24 or let him go. Most likely as has been the case all year, if the Brewers could facilitate his return to the majors with another team by releasing him they would have done so.
  7. Jopal78
    That would be a great question for one of the “journalists” who cover the team to ask. Put this thing to bed once and for all.
  8. Jopal78
    It should be painfully obvious at this point: there is something about his game that is unacceptable to the Brewers, and Hiura has been unable to correct or change it and it trumps whatever the metrics say. The Brewers didn’t DFA, Hiura hoping he stuck around so they could call him back up again later after putting up some good AAA numbers. The Brewers moved on would have been fine with him leaving, but he needs to report to AAA to get that 2 million dollars. Simple stuff.
  9. Jopal78
    Other than the first few years with Ozzie that’s how it is on the south side with Jerry Manuel, Ventura, LaRussa: less wins with more talent
  10. Jopal78
    No, the point is this: the Brewers have moved on from Keston Hiura. But for catastrophic injuries across their roster- or desperation save the season scenarios based on their conduct to date they have zero intention of bringing him back to the majors. That he’s toiled away in AAA while other players have been released, traded etc. is indicative of what the league thinks of Hiura as a major league player. No doubt, he’s in a bad spot. CBA dictates he can’t be optioned and any team that picks him up has to tender him a contract at more than 2 million dollars in ‘24. It just doesn’t make him real attractive unless you’re drinking that 2019 Kool Aid.
  11. Jopal78
    With a game and an half over the Reds and Cubs it’s ostensibly 49 game season, how long do you suggest to give him to see if he’s one of their 26 best guys? (Which I’m not advocating they cut him, rather a question: a guy who they’re not paying, won’t be there next year, and has kind of been a disappointment this season, how long of a rope do you give someone like that?)
  12. Jopal78
    Need players to fill out a roster and they had to pay him anyways?
  13. Jopal78
    That would be a bold move given the chances they gave to Norris and Schoop in recent years. But yeah, Canha has been a slice above crappy this year (which is why Mets were essentially giving him away for free, and willing to pay money just get something in the first place). There’s no reason his leash in Milwaukee should be very long.
  14. Jopal78
    I could see Tyler Black coming up for September with a Winker DFA. I kind of hope they simply release Hiura; so the dream can “officially” be over. Though I guess the Brewers are doing him a solid giving him ABs in AAA to keep him game shape in case somebody needs a late season body in the majors Anybody honestly think he’s NOT going to wind up as an NRI for another team in 24?
  15. Jopal78
    Ok, you’re right there probably has been a top secret plan all year (while the Brewers scuffle along in a tight three way division race,) to pull Kest Daddy out of their trick bag just in time to cinch the Division; and with the skills he learned in AAA this year, absolutely lay waste to the opposing MLB pitchers as a one man wrecking crew to in October 🙄
  16. Jopal78
    Well, obviously. What is the main reason non-competitive teams trade away veterans in the first place?… to trim payroll. And before you bring up, Steve Cohen, it’s impossible to know what the Mets are doing because they are paid more now for former players than they are current Mets. As for Blalock, again obviously if he was in AA his FV would probably be higher. But the statheads at FanGraphs placed his future value at 40 based on what they see right now and in the context of the difficulty of the climb from A ball to the major leagues. What they see is a guy who looks like a backend starter, 5.00 FIP pitcher. He could prove them wrong.
  17. Jopal78
    Occam’s razor. They gave Urias away for a warm body, they released Brosseau so he could pursue an opportunity in Japan, yet they still have Hiura. No inside information needed only logic..
  18. Jopal78
    That nobody wanted Hiura at the deadline and especially in a situation where the Brewers were actively trying to cut extra payroll (Urias) for players no longer in their plans; seems to indicate nobody in the game believes he’s a major league hitter.
  19. Jopal78
    A real bear market this year based on quality of prospects traded at the deadline if Blalock was the 15th best. Fangraphs pegged Blalock’s FV at 40 which they define as a backend starter 5.00 FIP pitcher. (Best FV on any player traded was 50 or ‘average everyday player’). Urias being shipped out really was just to offset some of the payroll they took on with the other three.
  20. Jopal78
    The middle infielders in Boston are old friend Pablo Reyes, Christian Arroyo and Yu Chang, they sent Urias to AAA. That Boston does not view Urias as an immediate upgrade to that trifecta explains why the Brewers were only able to get a 22 year old pitcher who has yet to advance beyond A-ball but is Rule 5 eligible this winter (and one that the Boston media wrote nary a word about in their articles on the trade) As pointed out by others, it looks like the Brewers trimming some costs in ‘23 with a player who is no longer in their long term plans. Boston gets some a middle infielder who could still bounce back to being a productive player in time and can more easily afford to take the financial risk in seeing if he can do it.
  21. Jopal78
    Maybe, but it overlooks the fact Candelario had more recent success in the majors than Brian Anderson. Most likely they went with whatever player was cheaper. They got Anderson for about 66% of what Candelario got.
  22. Jopal78
    …. but they just got two guys to improve the worst spots in the lineup from awful to average.
  23. Jopal78
    Hands down the best poster here!
  24. Jopal78
    Depends on how you look at it. If the goal was to improve the team as much as possible without giving up prized minor leaguers they achieved their goal. Under that perspective you’d give them an A. Did they use the deadline to fix what ails team? Not really, most likely they will still be offensively challenged, but maybe the problem simply wasn’t fixable with what players were available C+\B-
  25. Jopal78
    What’s your problem? I didn’t even dump on the trade. Chafin’s been alright, he’s not some elite reliever, and depending what site you consult he’s been about replacement level this year or a little better. He’ll pitch 20 games for the Brewers and will be with another club next year (unless you think the Brewers are going to pay 7.5 million dollars in ‘24 for a middle reliever). Strzelecki might be nothing, he might revert to being a 7th - 8th inning guy, who knows? But the D’Backs have five years to find out.
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