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Not in the lineup tonight. Interesting.

We appreciate your sacrifice

Yeah, most of my life has been spent wondering if we had anyone good enough to trade away at the deadline, and wondering when (if ever) we'd finally see another Brewer team with a record over .500. It's nice to finally be able to expect playoffs every year, but there's always reasons to complain. We're a small revenue team, so there are always going to be holes. I'm glad that our strengths outweigh our weaknesses, so we're winning more than we're losing. I think that this offseason, Stearns was looking for a team with a better approach at the plate. I hope that eventually plays out, as watching guys strike out isn't all that fun, but we won't know until the M*A*S*H unit that is the Brewers gets healthy. That they've been able to win in spite of all the injuries is kind of amazing. Granted, it isn't just the Brewers. League wide BA is .234 this year, down from .245 last year and .252 the year before. Lowest in the history of baseball. Also the highest K rate in the history of the league this year. But this all seems pretty obvious as pitchers velocity and spin rate is higher than ever.

The team is just starting to turn it around in the farm system after those terrible Ray Montgomery years. Slow build, but hopefully steady improvement. Who besides hopefully Mitchell looks like a potential plus bat. I think Turang could be this guy. His contact skills and ability to get on base are extraordinary for how young he is and they have been since he started in the system. Guys take a while to develop but with a strong foundation in plate discipline and ability to make contact, he is set up for success. Really looking forward to watching him continue to develop.

If it were this easy to just "learn a 2nd swing", do you not think there would be more success from major league hitters or just hitters at all levels? This game isn't easy. It never has been. And I hate to break it to a lot of fans, it never will be. Pitchers are throwing harder than ever with nastier stuff. Keston would probably be Babe Ruth if he played decades ago. I get that the game is difficult. I love baseball and have been watching it for 40 years. I completely disagree with this though in that why wouldn't you as a professional not work on a different swing for different situations/pitches to foster the result of having the pitcher go back to throwing you pitches that are more in your wheelhouse? It really is as simple as a change in offensive philosophy. What are your strengths with hitting and what are your weaknesses? The other teams have all the stats on you on what areas of the plate you can't hit the ball. Sooooo, learn another swing that will.....maybe not produce the power or launch angles that your strengths result in...but at a minimum, a swing that will connect with the pitch that the pitchers are now throwing you because they know you can't hit it. Connect with the ball...put it in play and guess what....your stats will begin to change and pitchers will reduce the frequency of throwing you those pitches. It's really that simple. You may be talking about a different approach as opposed to a different swing. Not as many players do it these days since strikeouts aren't as taboo as they used to be and analytics has moved the game to care more about slugging percentage than batting average and weak contact, but in a two strike count you used to see a lot of guys choke up on the bat (for more control), cut down on their load (for better timing), or even move up in the box (get in front of breaking balls). Joey Votto and Anthony Rizzo still do this. David Eckstein did it back when he played. But as others have mentioned, pitchers are throwing with more velocity and break than ever before, so while its great in theory, its much harder to actually execute.

Can Tyrone Taylor play first? Billy Beane : It's not that hard, Scott. Tell him Wash. Ron Washington : It's incredibly hard. Billy Beane : Hey, anything worth doing is. And we're gonna teach you.

About time. JBJ needs a break but doesn't look like it will be today.

Vogelbock

Was curious so I looked at Taylor’s career numbers and they are really impressive. Only 53 ABs but he has a slash line of .283/.356/.545 and only striking out at an 18% clip. Was really surprised to see that. Give the man some ABs!

Well this rumor was short lived

how is this any better? salary dump or what?

That's not unpopular at all. He has not been very good, then again, none of our hitters really have.

Brandon Ramey Israel Puello Juan Geraldo

Prepping for that blockbuster trade about to go down

Totally agree. You never know what is going to happen the first few months of the season and the Brewers mid season acquisitions have played huge roles down the stretch for them.

Totally agree. You never know what is going to happen the first few months of the season and the Brewers mid season acquisitions have played huge roles down the stretch for them.

I'm bored. Something needs to happen.

I have been following Jim Goulart on Twitter who gives updates on guys playing in winter ball and Urias has been doing really well. "3-for-4 Sunday for #Brewers Luis Urias in Mexico. Hitting .409 in last 11 games. .290/.377/.450 (.827 OPS in 24 games overall). Despite a stolen base Sunday, just 5-for-12 in that dept. Was 7-for-9 at AAA in 2019, so testing himself this winter. Just 43-for-84 (52%) in pro career" I know it is just the Mexican league but I am really excited to see what this kid brings next year

Ken Rosenthal reports that the Nationals and Twins both have four year offers out to Donaldson. Even if the Brewers were to match the 4 years, I highly doubt they could offer the money that the Nationals would. They were in on Rendon before he signed with LAA so they need someone to fill third and have plenty of money to do so. Not looking great for the Brewers in the Donaldson sweepstakes. But lets be honest, we knew it was pretty unlikely anyways.

So give us a list of these 3B. Who are the most likely candidates? I said earlier in a different thread that I won't be surprised if it is someone like Matt Chapman, Carlos Correa or Corey Seager. Someone with some clout in their name that no one really had the Brewers pegged as going after. I wish Kris Bryant wasn't a Cub because he would be an ideal target as he could play 3B or 1B. Ooooo Matt Chapman. I like that. Let's do that.

I am so sick of this narrative. Stearns is not dumpster diving he is improving his team on the margins. Instead of relying on below replacement level players for depth he is signing veterans to cheaper deals. Would you rather have guys like Hernan Perez, Corey Spagenberg, and Tyler Saladino as your utility & backup guys or would you have the the guys we have signed that can actually put up solid numbers. Same goes for pitching. Improving at the margins is so important but everyone just sees it as Stearns penny pinching and dumpster diving. Not to mention there is still a ton of offseason left and Stearns will want some flexibility to add at the deadline.

Most likely not but its fun to dream until those dreams get crushed.

Important to note that Donaldson also received a QO in which he denied. As we have seen in the past this might limit his market a bit so maybe Stearns can bounce with a 1 year/high AAV offer. However, it seems like Donaldson is generating significant interest in multi year deals...maybe the AAV just isn't what he is hoping. I would have thought he would have signed by now after Rendon set the market.

It checks out. Pretty impressive.

...and then he signs Keon Broxton. Broxton is going to compete for the 7th OF role. He might not even start everyday in AAA. Broxton is completely negligible in this case. His primary value will probably be in being the 28th man in September and defense/PH opportunities late in games. The odds of him touching a bat in an MLB game more than 5 times this year for the Brewers is very very low. I would gladly bet the under if able. Yeah I know, just making a bad joke. It's pretty impressive how often he strikes out. 45.6% last year and 38.6% for his career. I wonder where that ranks in history with the amount of ABs he has accumulated. Gotta be up near the top I would imagine. I mean, even Adam Dunn had a career 28.6% K rate