Brewcrew82

Peguero doesn't strike guys out like the other guys. That's the problem.

Here we go. CC never listens.

No need. Go with Uribe.

I tell you what. With how Peguero's been pitching, I don't like a Peguero-Eloy/Vaughn matchup.

Please Peguero. Be good.

Ohh, nice front door cutter. You don't see Burnes throw that much.

Adam Wainwright working on getting his ERA up to 10.

Shouldn't be playing against RHP.

And then he does that at the plate. With Chourio on the way, a trade could be in the offing.

Vic!

Could have been worse after that.

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?