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Nice get! Can’t have enough quality bats. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some Urias in the outfield due to injuries, Yelich missing time for Covid, etc. Escobar might play a little outfield too. Being a switch hitter is a plus. This helps come playoff time to have quality pinch hitters and when we play in the World Series and don’t have Reyes or somebody else taking that DH spot.

Looking forward to signing him away from the Yankees in the offseason He’s my big offseason target.

Haven’t read through the thread, but can someone post a link after the game about how many calls Joe West got wrong behind the plate for balls and strikes? What a brutal performance on pitches both inside and outside the zone.

Amazing work for Freddy tonight. I really thought we were going to see a no hitter tonight.

Are we still talking about baseball? I hope we aren’t talking about baseball.

This Adames kid sure can hit. Strong character too. I love the personality and swag he is bringing to this club. How would Aguilar’s personality fit in with this group now? Wow would that be sweet.

Lauer Power!

I’m a little surprised that Stearns actually cut bait on him, but it was certainly warranted. He just hasn’t been able to get it done. Hopefully someone wants his services and we aren’t stuck paying his contract.

Born in 2004 lol

Jake Hager followed me on Twitter a couple years ago. I realized he unfollowed me a few days later as I think he was adding a bunch of random Brewers fans and hoping they would follow him back. But it was kind of cool and funny at the same time. So I can say he has interacted with me before on social media. Things are getting pretty serious between us obviously...

I love you guys A few guys had good games yesterday. Can't bench them all! Good game today. Avi’s bat sure looks good this season. Man does he have some pop!

There has been no report. It’s just a “change of scenery” type move I threw out there. Hiura was a top 20 guy too and flew through the minors. He probably would have had been top 10 at some point if they took their time with him more. They both have struggled mightily. I guess my question is more to the point of whether the Angels actually think Adell needs a change of scenery or not. Keston has 600 MLB ABs, Adell has 125. I basically threw the idea out there for fun. It’s two young guys that were supposed to be stars and both look overmatched. I doubt they view him as needing a change of scenery. Just a struggling top prospect for struggling top prospect trade and was curious on people’s opinions on if they would prefer Adell who hasn’t hit MLB pitching yet at all, but can play the outfield. Or a basically DH type guy in Hiura, but has shown some success with the stick initially. The Angels would be able to use him as a DH where we aren’t able to do so. At least not in 2021.

There has been no report. It’s just a “change of scenery” type move I threw out there. Hiura was a top 20 guy too and flew through the minors. He probably would have had been top 10 at some point if they took their time with him more. They both have struggled mightily.

That’s when he’s in the windup at least.

Bettinger needs to adjust how he holds his glove. You can actually see his hand on the baseball from the outfield camera. You can clearly see his fingers adjust on the ball and see what’s coming. I called the next pitches out loud and knew what was coming. Someone might want to tag McCalvy on Twitter for that and let him know. For real. I don’t have Twitter.

I love Yeli blasts! He’s baaaaaack!!

Nice 1, 2, 3 inning for Bettinger to help him regain his confidence.

A throw can only be faked to second base. It used to be second or third. Thanks! I swear I’ve seen it a couple times this season too where a lefty pitcher steps off and fake throws to first without a balk being called.

Yelich’s at bats have had a different feel today. Nice to see him get a single in his last at bat.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting that Urias wasn’t in the starting lineup today because he needs rest. The only relevant decision today is whether to start Shaw or Urias at third against Castillo. In addition to the potential offense, playing Urias at third might not be the best choice in light of his throwing yips. That’s a fair point. I was also just pointing his age out as a reason as to why he doesn’t need time off because he isn’t an aging veteran. If they think his yips are an issue, maybe he should go to AAA for a couple weeks to work it out. I don’t think putting him on the bench, especially after a productive game, will benefit him.

Wong is such a professional hitter. I’ve noticed it the last two games, but Doolittle stepped off and faked a throw. I always thought the rule in the past was you could step off and not throw over, or step off and throw over if you start to motion towards throwing the ball. But you couldn’t fake the throw. Did this rule change or have I always been wrong on this rule?

Bottom line is that Counsell isn’t as innovative now as he was and isn’t with the offense in an effective way either. He does a poor job of adapting when players are hitting well. You shouldn’t make out your lineups in advance and then if a player is doing well, not be willing to adjust/be innovative and play a player hitting well the next day strictly because “my lineup card on Sunday I made out on Friday says Shaw has to play this day even if the other guy has 4 hits in two days”. Sorry, but it wouldn’t shock me if it’s difficult attracting some certain free agents here or if there are some players who don’t like playing Counsell because “what do I have to do to stay in the lineup?” when basically no matter what you do, you won’t keep playing because he isn’t willing to adapt. Players want to play every day. It’s been said a ton of times in the past by former and current players that they want to play every day, keep grinding, seeing these tough pitchers every day instead of having time off and getting out of their groove.

Or you just choose to ignore the times where the player plays after a big game. After you complained about this back on 5/9, I provided you with some data based on using 2 hits a game (because you were complaining about Huira being benched after having two hits) after you wouldn’t show how many times a player had a big game and started the next day. LINK At that point in time, there were 43 ‘big games’ and the player didn’t start the next game 11 times and that included Yelich going back to the DL after his 1 game return. Players will have off days after having a good game, especially with a team like the Brewers who like to use analytics and platoons, but they play far more frequently after a big game than not and you continuously ignore it to complain. Really? 2 hits isn’t a big game. That was something you said yourself in that prior thread that was a “big game”. The only reason I gave that example at the time was because Hiura was playing worth crap and then when the young guy starts smoking the ball 3 times at Wrigley and had 2 hits out of it, he rode the bench. You deciding to take it upon yourself as two hits as some massive game where the player needs to play the next game was on yourself. Also, yes if the team has 3 hits in a game and one player had 2 of them, he probably should be in the lineup the next day. That doesn’t mean it’s some huge game. It means play the productive bat and quit yanking players around. People can say that all the players buy into platoons and this philosophy and whatnot. The numbers don’t back that up.

Urias played two games in a row and is 23 years old. He can handle playing a few days in a row. Also, I’ve always hated the strict platooning, benching guys after a good game, making lineups out in advance, being absolutely strict to off days without performance having a say in it. How has our strict platooning of all these guys been going? Sounds good in theory, but a lot of players don’t play well without consistent playing time and getting yanked around. Just take a look at our offense the last number of years and let me know how all these strict platoons have been working out for this offense. Only arguably the worst offense in baseball for two years. There might be an example of one working, but when the other 80% haven’t worked, the numbers just don’t point to that being an effective strategy.

If Winker hits this many homeruns when he sees a Brewers uniform, I think we need to find a way to get this Winker dude. We might get the first 100 homerun player for a season!