The Brewers may be on to something with Aaron Ashby's new role in Triple-A
A move to the bullpen has resulted in an incredible four-game stretch for Aaron Ashby at a time where he's needed any good vibes he can get.
LF J. Chourio R
CF B. Perkins S
C W. Contreras R
SS Willy Adames R
DH Gary Sanchez R
1B Rhys Hoskins R
3B Joey Ortiz R
2B A. Monasterio R
RF Sal Frelick L
The complaining mostly started after the All Star Game. Brewers are - 18 and 12 after ASG. 10 teams are 18-12 or better after ASG. A's will be tougher than you think.
You get a dozen people/managers you will get a dozen different lineups. Counsell was same old same old every single stinking game and considered the GOD'S gift of managers and I never hated a manager as much as him. Now he is the highest paid manager history. Politics and opinions is all it ever is.
Good answer, we could be in 1st place by 30 games and the same people every single game would complain about Murphy and his terrible lineups. It gets old.
OPS doesn't make sense to me that you could add together two fractions with completely different denominators (plate appearances and at bats) and arrive at anything truly meaningful.
It also seems like OPS over-counts singles. If you do nothing but hit singles, your OPS would be 2.000. If you do nothing but hit doubles, your OPS would be 3.000 and only triples would be 4.000. So only triples is only considered twice as good as only singles? That doesn't sound reasonable to me.
Black still hasn't proven to me he can even hit in the Bigs. Some guys just can't make that jump (Weimer/Hiura) and I'm starting to believe he is also one of them. Now is not the time of year to start trying to see if he can play up here unless an injury occurs and you have no other choice.