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Based on what? He's hitting .240 over 30 ABs in May...He had a rough road trip and definitely isn't tearing the cover off the ball but if that's your definition of cratering then just wait till you see a couple of the other guys on the roster.
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I agree with this so much. A guy who hits .200 actually has value if he's putting the ball over the fence 30 times a year like he did with the Mariners. It's actually quite comical that he's seemed to have moved away from the launch angle and exit velocity trend and trying to become a hit for contact guy. I feel like this board has been begging for guys to do that and somehow, probably the one guy in the lineup you wouldn't want to do it, has become the guy to pick it up lol He did mention this in an interview. Almost like changing his swing and not hitting the ball hard doesnt work against some of the best athletes in the world. That or could be guys are what their average says they are. If you're a .200 career hitter, you're going to be successful 20% of the time regardless of if you swing for launch angle or swing for contact...so if you have the strength to put the ball over the fence then you might as well do it cause the % of success you have is going to be the same either way, but the impact of a HR is obviously better than a single.
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I agree with this so much. A guy who hits .200 actually has value if he's putting the ball over the fence 30 times a year like he did with the Mariners. It's actually quite comical that he's seemed to have moved away from the launch angle and exit velocity trend and trying to become a hit for contact guy. I feel like this board has been begging for guys to do that and somehow, probably the one guy in the lineup you wouldn't want to do it, has become the guy to pick it up lol
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Were the Brewers actually cheating?
roadcrew3 replied to jonescm128's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The aspect of this theory I don't understand is that it assumes the Brewers bullpen was participating on the scheme. I have a hard time believing that to be the case. Pitchers view themselves as a brotherhood and a scheme like that negatively impacts their livelihood. Yeah it might help their current team win but those guys are smart enough to realize that one day they might be pitching against it and obviously nobody wants that. -
Hiura seems like he needed a mental break as much as anything. Maybe having the time off to be able to attend to his family matters was needed more than anything else. Looking forward to seeing him in the lineup. This team's ceiling is pretty closely correlated with how he hits
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Somewhat misleading because he's hit into a couple pretty hard outs. First AB today had 115mph exit velocity and xBA of .850...out. The strikeouts aren't encouraging but he also missed a month straight. I would say I'm about a 2 out of 10 on the concerned meter right now.
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Former first round pick with a career OPS of .859 coming into this year. He’s white hot right now and probably has been overshadowed with the Reds the last few years with Puig, Votto, Suarez. castellanos, Moustakas This is just payback for the Thames beating they took a few years back
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You’re still banging this drum? I also wonder why Urias isn't in the lineup considering his stats over the past week, as mentioned earlier in the thread, are pretty solid and him and Shaw have almost the same statline vs RHP, negating the lefty/righty matchup. Not sure I'll ever find myself arguing for more Robertson though
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Yelich atleast smoked that ball in his AB. Unlucky that wasn't a hit
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Agreed...Urias and Shaw have a very comparable stat line vs RHP this year so would rather CC goes with recent trends over the left/righty lineup. Hopefully saying this pregame though will lead to Shaw knocking in 3 or 4 today.
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Urias was actually looking like a step up from Arcia in one big way: - He walks a lot more. 20 BB in 123 AB this year - 58 walks to 495 ABs career - This year, we're also seeing Urias show a power surge. In 123 ABs, he has a career-high 5 HR. He had 4 HR in 215 ABs in 2019. Honestly, Shaw/Adames/Wong/Hiura with Urias/Vogelbach as the backups are not bad, if Hiura and Adames rebound. And all we gotta do is get Yelich back to 20181/2019 form, where pitching to him was like kicking to Devin Hester... enjoyable for fans of one team, and a moment of dread for everyone else. This is a level of optimism I just can't reach anymore. If every player played to the high end of their career averages, then definitely this is a good group, but there is just absolutely no reason to think any of these players will do that. Even if Hiura returns to 2019 form, that won't make this a good group, it just would mean we have a good hitting first baseman.
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It almost seems like his agent negotiated with management for him to be a traditional closer. I miss him in the fireman role. Definitely seems like something like this happened. Needs to get the save for arbitration reasons and for the career stats/legacy... Feel like saves can be a flawed stat though, surprised there isn’t a better advanced metric yet (maybe there is and I’m missing it). But there are definitely games where the save really occurs in the 6th or 7th...
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Starter through 6, Williams for the 7th and maybe +1 in the 8th, then hope Hader can get you the distance... Absolutely not sustainable but for the next couple weeks seems like best approach until another potential move is made
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Short term fix could be Hader covering 5-6 outs again. Won't happen but would be a better solution then holding our breath through the 6th and 7th every game.
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Wow...that’s scary, glad he looks ok Almost reminds me of the Adam Sandler scene from Longest Yard
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I have been pretty vocal about blaming the front office for the quality of this offense but I do need to give credit where it’s due...the Narvaez trade is starting to look pretty good
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It’s crazy what two months of the season has on the perception of this trade. If we acquired Adames in the off-season for Rasmussen and JP we would feel like we just committed robbery. If Adames becomes a serviceable player at SS then this trade will be favorable for the Brewers regardless of what the relievers we gave up turn into. Neither of those guys were key long term pieces to this team. They are good players no doubt, but our experience should teach us that it’s much easier to fill in middle relievers than it is to find a good SS.
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Prospective trade deadline targets?
roadcrew3 replied to adambr2's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Hiura will end up being the key to the rest of this season. Without him, there are just to many holes in the lineup to fill externally. Him coming back and producing though makes it much easier for the team to add a piece at the deadline and become a true contender. -
Only thing you left out was bad drafts. Agreed. Wanting to fire the manager just to make a change seems not only like a terrible move because Counsell is a good manager, but also it’s just placing the blame in the wrong area.
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Look at this lineup and tell me who is drastically underperforming career norms? JBJ is really the only hitter who is significantly worse than you would expect. Everybody else really isn’t underperforming, they just aren’t good. If you want to tell me Cain is as well then fine. We will have to disagree as I don’t expect a guy at the tail end of his career, who hadn’t played baseball in a year and half, to be any better than he has been. Haines will eventually take the fall but the front office is largely responsible for this
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So Counsell isn’t responsible for the hitters not hitting to their career norms? If you blame Haines, then why hasn’t Counsell fired him? You’re correct if Counsell refuses to fire Haines, then it’s on Stearns for Counsell not firing Haines. Regardless, this team is absolute trash offensively and someone needs to take the fall. I’m tired of watching the team score 1 run and expect to win. This is such a ridiculous take. 3 weeks ago when we were 7 games over with all of our injuries you could have easily argued he was manager of the year. Now after a few tough weeks we should fire him? The best manager the franchise has had? After 3 straight playoff appearances for the first time in franchise history? Cmon man take look at this lineup...this is a poor hitting team due to the players assembled, no coach is fixing that
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About an hour and half ago
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Will be interesting to see how Urias responds to this. I have mentioned in other threads, seems like his mental toughness is lacking. When he makes one error, multiple follow...For some guys, adversity like this brings the best out of them. Not sure that is the case with him though, hope to be proven wrong.
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Traded Grisham for and then Arcia traded away for to free up playing time for... To be fair, if they are throwing in the towel on Urias (I don't think they are but still) I would at least respect the decision. No need to stick with what you got just because the guy you gave up turned out to be pretty good. If you made a mistake and don't believe in Urias upside anymore then fine, recognize it and move on. Don't compound the mistake though and keep playing Urias just to hope he'll make it seem like you didn't get fleeced on that deal.
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What is the outlook now for Adames and Urias? Can't imagine the Brewers gave up two of their better relievers this season for a bench piece?