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  1. Jopal78
    Anything is possible. My point is when they’ve needed a hitter they’ve gone a number of different directions without adding a Hiura to the 40 man roster and calling him up. Those who feel he has gotten a raw deal will disagree citing to the metrics, his AAA stats, change in batting stance, etc. etc. However, from the purview that the simplest explanation is likely the most accurate; the Brewers have moved on from the enigmatic Hiura, and he’s not even in their emergency plans (needing a bat while a player is away from the team on paternity leave).
  2. Jopal78
    Or put another way, Jones coming from another club’s farm system then straight to the major leagues in Milwaukee shows what the organization thinks of Keston Hiura.
  3. Jopal78
    Of course it is, that’s the risk of being a deadline buyer and acquiring controllable talent. They were in first place when they made that deal and choked down the stretch. It’s really no different than the Brewers with Sabathia. The outcome was different (made playoffs) so it’s easier to swallow, but the Brewers traded away a player who has a 35 career WAR; who made 5 all star teams, and but for injuries would be on a 3,000 career hit track.
  4. Jopal78
    No, you’re right I knew they passed on Abbott for another college player, got the year wrong. Argument still stands as Russell Smith appears to have been a cost saving selection and so far doesn’t look like a major leaguer.
  5. Jopal78
    Think the Brewers wish they could do the Freddy Zamora pick over again? Abbott is in the majors and looks legit. Zamora , another college player, is still in AA and doesn’t have a clear path to Milwaukee even if his play warranted it.
  6. Jopal78
    Here’s to Matt Bush!
  7. Jopal78
    Honestly there is no reason to have players on the 26 man roster with eras over 5.50 and OPS under .650. They couldn’t possibly be worse if they released all those players tomorrow and called up players from the minors.
  8. Jopal78
    Yep, not a good team is the point. They’re below average and play in a division that is awful.
  9. Jopal78
    Good teams that score 7 runs should win 99.9% of the time
  10. Jopal78
    Beer shower first, then DFA. Loser. They should have never traded for him in the first place.
  11. Jopal78
    Fits the bill for the Brewers needs: good overall hitter, hits lefties better than righties, on an expiring contract and not a player who will cost them top tier talent in return.
  12. Jopal78
    Because what you are arguing isn’t true. His numbers compared to “league average” being the same year to year does not mean his individual numbers were identical from year to year. There’s an analytic to argue any point anyone wants to make. The guy has a 1000 PAs of sub .700 OPS and is making over 4 million dollars a year. Montessori can give the Brewers that for 800K, therein lies the problem with Urias and a small market team.
  13. Jopal78
    Slugging down 40 points and OBP down 10 which were league average ish to begin with and now he’s twice as expensive. (Cue: the analytics say he was one of the best players) Urias is a useful player if he can be that .730+ OPS guy, but a sub .700 guy due 5+ million dollars should feel very concerned about his roster spot.
  14. Jopal78
    It would not be insane. At some point Urias has to transform some of that fading prospect buzz into consistent production. No question, he was good in ‘21, but the 1000 other PAs he logged in the majors, have been forgettable (sub .700 OPS) With the way the arbitration system works, Urias will definitely file for a raise, and there a chance he could get one if he went to a hearing, this unless he can get it going at the plate there’s a real chance the Brewers minimize their financial risk and move on.
  15. Jopal78
    With a projected salary next year of over 5 million dollars, Urias needs to get going at the plate or likely will be non-tendered
  16. Jopal78
    I think maybe the original poster meant “up the middle players with positional versatility” which would include CFers, and thus the list in the first round would be: Brown, Frelick, Black, Mitchell, Turang, Hiura, Lutz, Ray and 2nd rounders Moore, Zamora, Gray and Bello. Then O’Rae, Binelas (traded) Warren and KJ Harrison(traded)in the 3rd. True, some are known as being bat first players but if you go back and look at organizational comments from the time most are also touted equally if not more for positional versatility. As many of these players have been busts/disappointments it’s fair to wonder if focusing on positional versatility over straight hit tools was a sound strategy.
  17. Jopal78
    Who cares?!?! Did Stearns do the Brewers wrong? No. That he might take a job with another MLB club at some point: seems logical since that’s the industry he’s in. He took the Brewers as far as he could and stepped down to let someone else with different ideas have a go; nothing wrong with that and in fact is probably preferable to someone like Doug Melvin who hung around a bit too long.
  18. Jopal78
    Urias has a career OPS of .720, and is already arbitration eligible. He’s versatile in the field but you can get 80% of his offensive production from street free agents, so I don’t see him having much value in trade.
  19. Jopal78
    Turner has a 13.4 million dollar player option for ‘24. If he is traded, he won’t be coming to Milwaukee. Turner has an .806 OPS, “someone like him” means trading for a pretty good hitter which will cost considerable assets Though I do agree on Winker. I would have DFA’d him when his rehab assignment was up.
  20. Jopal78
    More than the Brewers would pay. If Toronto swaps him off, the interest (and thus price) would be high
  21. Jopal78
    SELL, SELL, SELL, I get the “extra bites at the apple/ playoffs are a crapshoot” mantra, but who are they kidding? This Milwaukee squad gets bounced immediately by any of the real teams in the NL. That being the most likely case, I’d rather see a sell off and rebuild of a team that can win in the playoffs as opposed to a team that thinks they can get there in a watered down division then roll the bones and pray.
  22. Jopal78
    We’re closing in on July and Winker has 4! XBH on the season, can we please just DFA this clown already.
  23. Jopal78
    Right on, sure didn’t look like a guy who won the Cy Young. Looked like a washed old timer trying to hang on.
  24. Jopal78
    All kidding aside, to show how bad the Brewers hitter are, Braun’s worst season OPS wise would still have him as 2nd best on this squad.
  25. Jopal78
    Wouldn’t hurt to call him, see if he misses the game yet…
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