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I wouldn't be surprised if Yelich hit into a DP with nobody on.

Looks like the Cardinals are going down in Cinci. Thank you Adam Wainright!

Charlie Blackmon looks like his parents were Ted Kazinsky and one of the characters from Tumbleweeds.

Then give him a bonus to teach it to Yelich.

IDK at least you would have a justification to pitch Trevor Kelley.

25-3 and they are only slightly behind pace compared to the Brewers 3-2 game.

25-3.

I'll take 3 runs any day, but if Yelich would just popout or strikeout with runners on we would have 4 runs.

Yelich is the gift that keeps giving.

I wish OBP would adjust for a batter hitting into a DP.

Urias trying to make Wong's fielding seem average.

Yeah. I don't think they go the route of a longer-term CF replacement. I don't see Frelick having the bat to fill a corner OF spot (at least for a few years until he's established/fully matured) and Turang could also fill a CF role depending on how they replace Wong. I just don't see them paying the premium in prospects to clog up CF. At some point they need their prospects to fill roster holes so they can focus monetary assets on other positions.

The Brewers probably like his BABIP and HR/FB as indicators that he was probably just unlucky this year and can still be effective. His K/9IP is worrisome as it appears to have fallen off a cliff and he has relied extensively on his fastball (97% in 2020, but only 85% this year with a slider mixed in) so a mixed bag, but worth a try since we lost Cy Chi Chi.

We have mixed results with former Red Sox, but if the price is right I think this makes a lot of sense to me. If they can't swing a deal for a CF I would imagine he would split time with Taylor in CF and as brock mentioned above, spell McCutcheon and Renfroe.

I'm disappointed in Tyrone's overall year, but when exactly was he given the same time to fail as a starter as any other OF on the team? Tyrone has an overall 0.751 OPS and OPS+ of 97 while working as a CF. Both of which are pretty good numbers and not likely to be easily acquired (and for cheap). He also is slightly above average on some defensive metrics and he passes the eye test as not a liability in the field. Davis shouldn't be on a MLB roster because of his bat and he would have to be able to jump 30 feet and have world record speed for his defense to make up for his offense. If you want to use him as a defensive replacement that rarely bats we probably are talking about a wasted roster spot. The more PA he gets the less value his defense has. I still would like Taylor to get 2-3 months of consistent starting before we relegate him to only a 4th outfielder. Even the next 60+ games would be a great audition.

Synchronicity Friday - we agree.

His average release point changed from 2022 to 2021, but he was lights out for 3 months to start the year and only has struggled recently. So it's the release point?

There was a clicakble banner that was for a new feature where trade rumors would be "collected" as part of the daily news while remaining a post in the forum. While looking at what they entailed at Twins Daily, the popup disappeared when Homer added the Hader/release point post and for the life of me I can't find a post to respond to so here goes. In theory I like the idea. The issue is that we already have a specific forum to discuss these while Twins Daily appears to have them in the main Twins forum. If you wanted to implement it I think it would work, but it may just be redundancy that has minimal impact. I like having links to the top topics in the Daily News and the "abstract" for the topic so you have more info to choose to enter the topic. I wouldn't put it at the top of your to do list, but I would support adding the feature.

I'm late to the kerfuffle. I appreciate the general no political discussion mandate. I don't have a problem with a banner in the rare case it might happen since it's a click to close and my eyes and soul will survive any affront they might see or emote.

Thanks. I don't know the exact time it takes a pitch to reach the plate, but it's likely to be milliseconds given 80-95 MPH (quick google search says 375-400 milliseconds). So the decision making time is extremely short so I can see where trying to amend your approach could effect your timing enough to have an impact on your SLG and overall performance when you do make a decision to swing and where to swing. I just hope that there isn't an overall strategy to tinker with every prospects approach as we are already going through 2+ years of huge drops in production at the MLB level with Yelich and Hiura. While there is a cryptic comment from Keith Law that the Brewers have tinkered with Hiura's approach, it's not clear if the kneecap injury, back injury, or a combination of everything is underlying Yelich's drop (but his last 900PA have been the worst of his career). I recall the Brewers winning teams of the 1980's and I don't recall similar approaches by those batters. In fact I think most of baseball history has been a myriad of approaches to hitting while only recently with the launch angle has an attempt to homogenize players batting approach become common. It would be great if we actually see an improvement in batters, but it seems that they keep getting worse.

I can't predict where his stats go for the remainder of the year, but looking at his line for this year and last it's clear they are pretty much identical. Over the last 854 PAs he's been consistently worse than the Marlin version and the MVP Brewers version. He had a hot streak early on that gave a hint that maybe he had turned it around, but since then he's replicating 2021. At his current pace he's a 1.9 WAR per 600 PA player and for $23+M per year that is a really bad investment. Given the salary tied up in him anything higher than a C is generous. McCutcheon is at negative WAR for 2022 so no matter how you subset the data he has been worse than a replacement level player at a $8.5M investment. He's a penny stock trading on the big board. Plenty of upside, but at the end of the day still a fraction of the value needed. Grade = D. I've already expressed my admiration for Hunter Renfroe's abilities with the bases empty (he's the best Brewer batter), but he continues to have a huge gap between men on base and bases empty (611 OPS to 887). He's closing the gap, but unfortunately it appears the bigger movement has been to reduce his bases empty offense more than increase his men on base offense. While his gap is now 270ish when it was over 400 a month ago it would be nice if that regression wasn't at the expense of his overall production. Grade = B- I'd like to see more from Taylor, but the Brewers spent a ton of PAs on Cain to prove to themselves he was toast and now Tyrone has been battling injury further continuing his sporadic playing time. If he can stay healthy and the Brewers slot him in at CF consistently we might finally see what he can do as a regular. Grade = C

You seriously think that 2 top 30 prospects from one of the worst farm systems had the Red Sox foaming at the mouth? Two top of the line Yugos were never worth the worst GM car on the market. Same with Brewers prospects they are not valued as much as other teams simply because the farm system is crap (not my opinion, they have been ranked near the bottom by most reputable sites for years). Trying to equate Brewer top 30 prospects with any other systems top 30 prospects needs to take into the account the strength of the system. Several years of 28/29/30 ranking isn't raising the value of out prospects. Doing the math and the Red Sox didn't value Renfroe much if at all. Are we trading Narvaez? No he's walking into Free Agency and we will be left with Severino and Caratini. Severino wasn't in high demand this offseason when the Brewers signed him and I doubt he's any more valuable today. Caratini is having a nice year. Try selling that to a team as a definite breakout vs. a career year at 28. You might be able to get 2 relatively blah prospects for him which means little value.

Why is it pessimistic to be less generous? I don't think the grades should be as low as brewers888 suggested, but I think a half grade lower across the board isn't pessimistic. Also, part of the current problem with baseball is that there are so many teams in tanking/rebuilding mode (the "Have Nots"). Shouldn't the Brewers be in the "Have's" group? I think the frustration with this offense is that it's at the bottom of the Have's and those teams are the ones that are going to be advancing in the playoffs at the expense of the Brewers.

Maybe Bunzell's could sponsor a promotion because looking at that infield defense and the only thing that comes to mind is butcher.

I'm confused by this. To reduce his strikeout numbers he stopped chasing, but that lead to a power drop. To me chasing means balls out of the strike zone. What was he chasing?