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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Jopal78
    That speaks to how watered down the talent is and with 6 playoff teams hardly anyone is “out of it”
  5. 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).
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Jopal78
    Probably not, but likely they miss their spots more often
  9. Jopal78
    K’d on just three pitches too.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Jopal78
    I wouldn’t be shocked if one of Black, Frelick, or Mitchell is playing for a different team in August 1st.
  16. 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.
  17. Jopal78
    I guess it’s what happens when you don’t have many starting pitchers who go beyond 5 innings. The bullpen starts getting fatigued. Milner on pace for 74 appearances; Payamps pitching more than ever in his career has an era close to 5.00 since May 1st
  18. Jopal78
    Maybe the mojo is spent and he’s back to being the guy who was on waivers 5 times and sold once before being traded to Milwaukee.
  19. Jopal78
    I don’t know. Bauers has the better power profile, he plays corner OF, 1B, can steal a base. Certainly he has warts with the high strike out rate, but a good depth piece and Hoskins is likely to see the bulk of starts at 1B anyway
  20. Jopal78
    Or he’s a 1B/DH on a team where he’s totally blocked this year. It’s too bad Bauers is under team control for 2025, absent a 2nd half offensive tear Hoskins probably isn’t opting out either. So Black remains blocked or could be trade material in the right deal.
  21. Jopal78
    Maybe the Brewers should put a call in to Greinke. He’s had more recent major league success than Keuchel. In sincerity the Brewers coaching staff has earned the benefit of the doubt; they must feel they can get Keuchel to a place where he can go through the opposing batting order twice and keep the Brewers in the game. That’s better than Rodriguez so it’s worth a shot.
  22. Jopal78
    Fiers threw two no hitters and hung around the majors for a decade. I would take that from any current Brewers starter in a heartbeat.
  23. Jopal78
    I guess I would say that PCA probably was a product of the prospect hype machines more than anything else. The Cubs got him for the rental of Javy Baez. Look at the players the Brewers have traded when they’ve bought rentals and it’s probably a truer sense of what PCA was, and the expectations were likely too grand to begin with.
  24. Jopal78
    The internet: helping weirdos find one another for decades now. As a contract killing I don’t think it could have gone any worse. 1. She didn’t use a fake name apparently or have a phony passport because they know when she arrived and left the UK. 2. Rented a car which requires an ID which gets scanned and a credit card, plus the rental office almost assuredly has security cameras filming everyone who comes in. 3.) That the gun jammed when it was first attempted to be shot means the person didn’t bother to check it before pulling the trigger (not to mention one would assume a contract killer would use their own reliable weapons to avoid that very scenario). 4.) Went to a McDonald’s nearby after failing to complete the killing. Again, she would absolutely be filmed which would place her nearby the scene at the time in question. Finally she shipped guns to Europe and apparently didn’t bother to use a fake name or proxy either. Really it sounds like a couple of idiots got swindled out of paying for a free trip to the UK and the American was so dumb to commit a half dozen felonies and not even use a fake name
  25. Jopal78
    How many homers does Hoskins have to hit to make up for the fact he’s just some big lumbering dude with cement for feet?
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