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  1. Brewcrew82
    But you literally didn't lol. Your exact words were, "If I see Adames hit a ball to the opposite field again..." I can only respond to what you say...
  2. Brewcrew82
    No justice in this world...
  3. Brewcrew82
    Why are we stealing third with two outs?
  4. Brewcrew82
    We're due to crush a team's ace for Corbin...
  5. Brewcrew82
    Did you not see his double last Sunday?
  6. Brewcrew82
    Adames has been one of the best shortstops in the NL this season and even then, he's been extremely unlucky with a .230 BABIP and .560 xSLG. I don't quite get where you're going there... He also has cut down on his strikeout rate the last three seasons whereas Hiura's has increased over the last three seasons to an astronomical 45%. I'm not trying to "bash the guy". I actually still have hopes for him as he possesses a lot of natural hitting talent. But a 45% strikeout rate is not sustainable and never will be.
  7. Brewcrew82
    Very good to see, considering how much we've invested in that outfield in terms of recent draft picks.
  8. Brewcrew82
    I agree. Fortunately, we have good reason to expect even bigger things from Willy in the second half, considering his .230 BABIP, his reduced K%, and his .560 xSLG.
  9. Brewcrew82
    You can't compare Keston to the regular players considering he's not even a regular player himself. Yes, the results-driven stats say he's been good, but, like everything, you have to take it all in context. For example, you point out Adames as a guy that's struggling (though he leads NL shortstops in HRs and is third in OPS), but the expected stats actually say he's been better last year and has been just been extremely unlucky with a .230 BABIP. Team wise, I would just forget batting average. It's not particularly relevant in today's game. The best thing is to use adjusted stats like OPS+ and WRC+. By WRC+, we're 12th in MLB at 103, just below the Cardinals, but ahead of contenders like the Phillies and Padres. That's average to maybe slightly above average. Far from "terrible". The reason why many of us are emphasizing Keston's K% is because the name of the game is to make hard contact. Keston's got the "hard" part figured out, but he doesn't make nearly enough contact right now for his stats to hold up over the course of the entire season. What he's doing right now is simply unsustainable in the long run, from his 43.8 K% to his .412 BABIP. The Brewers recognized this and is why they chose to send him down for now. If he maintains his "lower" July K% over the next week or two in AAA and continues to rake, they'll likely have no choice but to call him back up.
  10. Brewcrew82
    Again, even his mean K% from the last three seasons is 40%. That's unsustainable. Unless you can show me an example of a player who maintained a K% that high and was still a productive player. There's no picking and choosing here. Hard contact is good, but it's of little use if you're going to strike out almost half the time.
  11. Brewcrew82
    His mean of the last three seasons in terms of K% is still almost 40%...
  12. Brewcrew82
    So, you're saying a guy like Andrew Benintendi or Josh Bell?
  13. Brewcrew82
    Obviously, this diatribe doesn't at all represent how baseball works, much less the fact that K% is not just "some stat". If you wanted to be rational about this, you would see that we need Davis to play CF so long as Taylor remains out, and that Hiura has an option whereas all of the other candidates do not. The main reason they're keeping Severino for now is because he has hit LHP really well over the course of his career and that's something this offense has particularly struggled with this season.
  14. Brewcrew82
    True. His July numbers have been better and I'm not willing to completely give up on the guy. But that's a really small sample size. If he continues to show a reduced K% over the next week or so, then I'm sure he'll be back up in no time. But a 44% K rate in this league will never cut it. What concerns me especially is that his K% has increased every season since his rookie year.
  15. Brewcrew82
    @Joseph Zarr And even with Chourio there's talk of playing him at SS at some point, is there not? Though, his position in the majors will almost certainly be CF....
  16. Brewcrew82
    Keston is not a "good hitter" right now, nor is he one of our top 2-3 hitters. You cannot strikeout almost half of the time in this league and have sustained success/be considered "good". Nor is the Brewers' offense "terrible". Some of you really need to do a better job of actually looking at the stats.
  17. Brewcrew82
    Please provide me with a list of guys that have sustained K rates north of 40% and yet achieved prolonged success in the majors. Hint: you won't find them. The Brewers know this, but some of you apparently don't.
  18. Brewcrew82
    I think we should all hold our fire on this until after the deadline, when hopefully a CF is acquired and Taylor can go back to being the 4th outfielder and Davis can go back to AAA. For now, the team has no other options, with Hiura being a victim of the numbers and injuries game. It's also worth noting that, despite his recent power surge, Hiura retains a K% of 44. That is not sustainable whatsoever. Even Joey Gallo, who is everyone's favorite whipping boy on that score, has a K% below 40....
  19. Brewcrew82
    I'm looking forward to him being back with the big league club. Was producing and providing some length out of the back end of the bullpen. Definitely superior to guys like Chi Chi, Kelley, and even Suter....
  20. Brewcrew82
    Some positions you can get away with putting butchers out there. Some you can't. Center field is one of those positions that you absolutely cannot, even for a short period. Davis, despite his offensive deficiencies, plays a fine CF and is actually a net positive right now (0.2 WAR) compared to Cain, who was a net negative. Why he remains on the roster and Hiura does not. If Taylor were healthy, things would be different. But he isn't so there's really no other choice.
  21. Brewcrew82
    Dodgers help us out with a nice 6 run comeback in the last three innings off the Cardinals bullpen....
  22. Brewcrew82
    Thanks ump for missing strike 1.
  23. Brewcrew82
    He went.
  24. Brewcrew82
    Robots please...
  25. Brewcrew82
    Got out of it, though.
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