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Kopech used to throw in the upper nineties to triple digits...

So much bad luck for Santana.

He hit a HR to tie the game on Wednesday.

No Robert is helpful.

Setting the stage for a Rowdy activation on Tuesday.

Peguero’s stuff is just a little too hittable sometimes. Uribe’s is virtually unhittable. I’d still use Pegeuro in some high-leverage, but the 7th inning should go to Uribe.

https://www.mlb.com/news/keys-to-corbin-burnes-2023-dominance Nice read from MLB.com that goes in-depth into how Corbin has turned things around in July/August from a rough (for his standards) first few months. The three keys: 1) He’s changed his slider from a hard slider to a “sweeper”. Sweeper has more horizontal movement and pairs better with his hard cutter. 2) More vertical drop on sinker/curveball, pitches which you want to have a lot of vertical drop. Result: 56% whiff rate on curveball! 3) Putting more cutters in the zone. As we saw, hitters simply weren’t chasing earlier in the season. When his cutter is actually in the zone, hitters aren’t able to do much damage with it. I will say that the last thing that’s missing from him truly being 2021 Burnes again is minimizing the throwaway pitches/spurts of rough command. Corbin has only given up 17 total hits in his last seven starts, which is the second best for any seven start stretch in the live ball era. But when he’s given up runs, it’s because he’ll suddenly lose his command for an inning or two and pile up a lot of “throwaway pitches” where batters aren’t even tempted to swing. The result is batters simply waiting him out and drawing walks, with the rare hit being enough to produce runs due to the base runners from the walks. To get to the postseason and then go anywhere once there, we’re going to need the Big 3 pitching at their best, and it starts with Corbin. If Corbin can find a way to limit the throwaway/non-competitive pitches and maintain his control throughout his starts, we’ll truly have Cy Burnes on our hands again. Good for playoff chances and good for trade value in the off-season. BTW, the Cy Young race in the NL this year is as wide open as it’s ever been. It’s not out of the realm of possibility, with slightly improved command, that Corbin could back door (pun intended) his way into a 2nd Cy trophy.

2nd best OPS among current Brewers last year and this year? That's absolutely not true (Yelich, Contreras, Monasterio, Mitchell all better)...And even if it were, you can't compare Hiura's MLB stats to guys such as Tellez, Adames, etc, who have played both seasons and have seen a much greater # of at-bats. And, again, you know who has had even better numbers at AAA this year than Hiura? Luke Voit....We all know how that turned out. AAA numbers mean relatively little and don't help your argument as much as you think it does. It's fair to ask for an opportunity given how awful our offense has been (though I think he's already been given plenty of opportunities) but this twisting and turning of the facts is getting tiring.

Take a few days off. He's earned it.

Fingers crossed with Chourio aka "the Franchise".... Also, Rowdy 108 MPH on his last groundout...

Oh really? Keston literally hasn’t outhit Rowdy since 2019.

Right, now you’ve got Santana and Rowdy. No room for Keston…. Those numbers that you keep pointing to were a small sample size, in which Keston had a plus 40% K rate and was significantly overperforming his xwOBA. Keston had an opportunity to force the Brewers to keep him on the 40 man in ST and he completely blew it, just like he did last September when he was finally given everyday at-bats. And in 2020-2021 when he was handed the starting 2B/1B gigs.

Brewers have Santana now who they didn’t have then.

If Rowdy falters, then I think you have no choice but to give Keston a shot…But for now I just view him as a depth option. Conversely, like some do you just ignore the entire picture and defend Hiura to the highest extent?

You point to last year’s OPS for Keston. Rowdy had a better OPS last season than Keston and the year before that and the year before that. Neither are good defenders, but that right there is why Rowdy’s going to get the shot over Keston. Before Rowdy’s injury in June, he was OPSing over .800. I never talked about Rowdy’s defense. I simply said the Brewers are not going to have more than one DH only type on their roster and Rowdy’s going to get the first shot over Keston.

Just need to see him hit the ball out of the ballpark now.

Thanks! Assuming Frelick is somewhere in the top 50, too.

Me neither!

Rowdy Tellez had a better OPS than Hiura last season (in a much larger # of at bats) and the season before that. He will be returning to DH within the next week or so. His fielding is certainly relevant because you're not going to waste two roster spots on guys who can only DH or play 1B.

BA updated their rankings again today. Anyone with a subscription want to share where our boys ended up?

Kind of do, though... (or at least have a pretty good idea) 42% K Rate, .334 wOBA vs. .317 xwOBA, 28 wRC+ from 9/1-10/4 (w/ 45% K rate). This conversation reached a "low" a long time ago. And I really don't see the problem, considering a certain poster has long whined about Hiura not getting enough at-bats at the end of the season last year compared to McCutchen, or Adames, etc. I swear some of y'all are related to Keston or something. I don't dislike the guy myself and he's provided us some memorable moments, but he is what he is at this point.

Seeing as we missed the postseason anyways, one thing I will say is I wish the Brewers had given Hiura more at-bats in September last year, as his cumulative season numbers almost certainly would have gone further into the tubes and we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Not only was Hiura hurt when Singleton was called up, but Winker was of course going to get more opportunities than Hiura when we traded for him in the offseason and he was an above average to elite hitter every single season of his career until this year. Whereas Hiura's track record since his rookie season was much more spotty, to the point where the Brewers had little option but to remove him from the 40 man after an atrocious ST.

I understand that. But, last time I checked, pitchers make starts on 4 day's rest even in the year 2023.

No I’m saying Houser. But Gasser is an option, too.