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  1. Jopal78
    Garrett Mitchell? Come on, we’re all homers and the there’s being a real homer. Dude has been hurt more than he’s been healthy since they drafted him. Really he’s more notoriety than achievement. With Wiemer, anytime a non first rounder later makes the majors it’s a win, though the odds are so low of 4th rounders among the majors it’s truly throwing darts
  2. Jopal78
    If I remember correctly the Brewers drafted Small because they projected him to move fast, but also don’t overlook he was well under slot, which illustrates half of what GMs say is baloney. Given where McClain and Abbott were drafted in relation to the Brewers pick they likely were on their radar and yet they passed for some specific reason, early returns are that reasoning was flawed.
  3. Jopal78
    Bingo. Though the Brewers shouldn’t trade any of their key prospects this year. Adding one veteran hitter isn’t going to vault them into the upper half of the league in hitting. Plus, with a sea change of players likely leaving in the next year or so: Caratini, Tellez, Adames, Burnes, Woodruff, Houser, Miley, Teheran, Winker, Anderson etc., they will need those prospects. In all likelihood the Brewers try to get incrementally better where they can acquire players cheaply in terms of prospect capital (like Matt Bush in ‘22, Daniel Norris in ‘21, Jordan Lyles in ‘19 etc.).
  4. Jopal78
    Funny if there is a changing of the guard in the NL Central the Brewers will have to take a long look in the mirror having passed on both Matt McClain (Frelick) and Andrew Abbott (Tyler Black and Russell Smith)
  5. Jopal78
    Luke Voit has an OPS of over 1.000 in Syracuse…. Oh wait.
  6. Jopal78
    Adames is a shortstop. As long as he plays solid defense anything he does at the plate is gravy. Maybe the Brewers shouldn’t hit hi in a traditional run producing spot but who cares batting order doesn’t mean anything according to the metrics. Pro sports is a cutthroat business. It’s hard to argue credibly Hiura was not given a chance to hold his roster spot. Once pitchers found out where they could throw it, and he could not hit it, nor layoff it he needed to make a counter adjustment and in 700 PAs he couldn’t figure it out simple as that.
  7. Jopal78
    He sucked then too. 40% k rate, terrible in the field, hit some dingers. Meet Chris Carter.
  8. Jopal78
    Cool.
  9. Jopal78
    I don’t disagree, it’s hard to do a sell of when in the running for a playoff spot. However they can’t hide from the fact they’re in bottom half of the league in wins. Thus, the real question is with dwindling team control of their stars, whether this squad chasing a playoff spot is the smartest move in the long run for the team.
  10. Jopal78
    Forget he’s fringe major leaguer/bench guy miscast as a starter… Here we got a Wisconsin native and pre-arbitration eligible…. he’s not going anywhere, there’ll probably be an Owen Miller bobble head next year .
  11. Jopal78
    Yup, and it was off that young phenom Jerad Eickhoff, or maybe I’m confusing the pitcher with a 33 year old journeyman who has a 10.88 in the majors since 2019… All kidding aside, AAA stats are not really indicative of anything as the vast majority of pitching in that level is comprised of journeyman depth pieces.
  12. Jopal78
    The Mets are not going to eat cash just to do it. Like their most recent trade where they ate Flexen’s contract in order to get Trevor Gott for their pen and who they can control. Given the Brewers outlook it doesn’t make much sense to trade real assets for a 1B, If anything , given the GMs comments about Woodruff and improvement from within, they’ll probably dumpster dive for some veterans they can get in exchange for minor league depth pieces and taking on cash.
  13. Jopal78
    They don’t need the All Star break, they need to look in the mirror, realize they’re the 8th best team in their league, and kick off the rebuild.
  14. Jopal78
    These are smart career baseball people; they are not being petty, stupid, stubborn etc. Unless of course of you believe that a perusal of the stat sheets makes your opinion superior to theirs, which as a fan is certainly your right to believe Also keep in mind, the AAA salary is now $360,000 a year. If the Brewers simply released Hiurs it would cost them not only his salary but another $360,000 because they’d have to fill an extra AAA roster spot.
  15. Jopal78
    I don’t know man, you can have the last word. Time will tell if Hiura sees the majors again with the Brewers; all signs that seemingly matter say no.
  16. Jopal78
    It’s really besides the point, but one month seems like an obvious Outlier no? 18-9 11-16 14-13 3-1 Maybe not such an arbitrary date after all.
  17. Jopal78
    We will agree to disagree. The facts are: The Brewers are a terrible offensive team in the National League; They’re half-way through what is likely last go around with this starting pitching staff, yet have been playing losing baseball since April ended primarily because of the poor offense. In an attempt to rectify the offense they’ve added a litany of hitters to the 40 man so far, none of them Keston Hiura, and despite dreadful production from the DH spot, 1B and 2B where Hiura has played the most. In my opinion, draft status and 2019 simply do not mean much to anyone anymore. The league adjusted to Hiura, they gave him 700 PAs (on contending teams) to make a counter adjustment, he couldn’t do it, they moved on and DFA’d him. He’s in AAA with Milwaukee for two reasons, nobody wanted him when he was DFA’d, and thus Hiura had to report to AAA in order to get paid his 2.2 million dollar salary. Maybe he gets called up in a desperation move before the clock strikes midnight on the ‘23 team, but every move the major league team has made since March suggests they’re done with Hiura.
  18. Jopal78
    You’re missing the point, if another team indicated they had interest in Hiura for the 26 man roster, the Brewers would have shipped him out already. They’re not the kind of club that would screw with the career of a veteran not on the 40 man roster when they have no use for him. The Brewers have been desperate for offense (adding Tapia, Jones, demoting Urias etc.) and they still haven’t called Hiura’s number. That tells me the Brewers have moved on and aren’t really looking to give him another shot.
  19. Jopal78
    Of course it is. They’re not going to resign any of their marquee players, nor are they going to let them simply walk as free agents. Thus, a sell off is coming the only question is when. Further, they’ve been playing losing baseball since the end of April why keep this group together longer when they clearly aren’t able to run with the big dogs, Woodruff or no Woodruff. Sell, Sell, Sell.
  20. Jopal78
    The sell off is coming the question is if it’s August or December. In my opinion this version of the Brewers isn’t fun to watch, and like last year‘s team will slowly die on the vine. Thus, they may as well start the rebuild now and at least have some young guys with upside to watch.
  21. Jopal78
    Sell, Sell, Sell.
  22. Jopal78
    Do the Brewers claim him on waivers from San Diego. Approx 500k Remaining on his contract, his .682 OPS would be better than Tellez, Adames, Turang, Winker, Perkins, Tapia and Wiemer
  23. Jopal78
    I don’t know it for sure, but it’s almost a certainty. If another club wanted to add Hiura to their major league roster, the Brewers are the type of organization who aren’t going to stand in the way of the man’s career especially when they’ve already decided he’s not in their current plans.
  24. Jopal78
    Exactly, and the last time they dropped him all the other teams passed on him. I don’t think a couple hundred AAA PAs changes that.
  25. Jopal78
    They already ostensibly sent him down without his permission when they DFA’d him in March. Anything is possible, but we can be nearly certain the Brewers are not waiting for Hiura “to be ready” or afraid of losing him to another organization
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