DonBarclay

It feels like there are some balls that Mitchell is no longer going 100% for to try to prevent injury. Those 10-30% type catch probability plays. I have no data to back this up, but in watching him, it seems he’s much less likely to put his body on the line for those balls. That would be great if he was still OPSing in the .800 range, but at .650, he needs to be a ++ defender to be an every day player. Something’s gotta give with Mitchell, and soon. K rate keeps climbing, walk rate keeps falling, and defense isn’t making up for any of the short comings at the plate. I agree with giving him a long leash because there’s just so much upside, but the trend can only continue for so long until they have to severely limit his playing time or consider a demotion.

At what point does Mitchell’s K rate become too high to keep playing every day? His BABIP is coming back down to earth, walks becoming less frequent, and keeps striking out. Have to wonder how long his leash is.

Bad. Bleeding, can’t bend it, and can’t put any weight. Pretty direct contact with the concrete.

Joey O has two options remaining, so there would be no reason to DFA him. Option him to AAA or trade. Probably best to option him and work on the bat to regain value either in a trade or as a utility guy on the Brewers big league bench next year.

I would send down Perkins and Jones, with the full intention of Bauers getting a lot of LF time. That still gives you flexibility to have Black DH vs righties until Yelich comes back. At which point you see how Black is hitting, where new injuries are, and figure out what to do next.

That’s an aggregator. MLBTR has an article on it that links to McCalvys deleted tweet too. It’s probably still Jones, and McCalvy maybe just said it before the team wanted him to, but until it’s not an aggregator pointing to his report, there’s still a chance it’s changed.

McCalvy deleted his tweet that Jones is coming up. I wonder if they’ve changed their minds and are making a different promotion?

This tweet has been deleted. I wonder if they changed their mind on who is coming up?

I stand corrected on Turang

Yes the 8th, as Crochet was still in to face Ortiz in the 7th. It doesn’t make sense to me how after having a day off on Thursday, no game Friday, and a day off coming again on Thursday that a couple of professional athletes at their peak cannot bat once and play 1-2 innings in the field. You can’t say the mantra is “Win today” and refuse to hit two of your best matchups vs a righty in game 11, with a day off coming in 24 hours.

What is Murph doing not hitting Bauers and Turang there? Can’t save them for the 9th against Chapman. I don’t understand why he’s not pinch hitting after stacking these lineups for the lefty starter.

That AB is the one that Mitchell needs to remove from his game to have sustainable success. Really brutal.

I would assume Drohan pitches today and/or tomorrow, then gets optioned for Gasser to start on Wednesday.

Gasser was optioned to AAA on 3/22. Unless the clock starts on opening day, he would be eligible.

That feels like really poor situational strategy. Bunting Lockridge to get Sanchez to 3rd and Perkins/Ortiz to the plate makes very little sense.