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  1. DonBarclay
    Exactly. If anyone said before the season started that on June 1 Sanchez would have a 113 OPS+, .2 WAR, and 5 HR - you’d take that all day. On pace for a 15 HR season as a backup C/DH/PH. He’s going to be streaky, but it’s probably better than Quero being wasted as a backup C. He’d have half the ABs because he’s not a DH candidate. No sense in having Quero up to start once a week (maximum). Gary is fine, and is producing exactly what they probably hoped to get out of him.
  2. DonBarclay
    I don’t think that breaking in two rookies at the same time is a good call in the middle of a pennant race. Personally, I would stagger it.
  3. DonBarclay
    There’s a lot of speculation in here about Jett coming up to play 3B after the Super 2 deadline, but it feels like Pratt coming up makes so much more sense. Full season: Pratt .246/.362/.391 vs Jett .230/.350/.368 Last 28 days: Pratt .267/.376/.465 vs Jett .222/.354/.395 Pratt is better defensively, and can platoon Joey and Hamilton at 3B. Probably a better overall defensive situation. Pratt is already on the 40 man, no need to start Jett’s clock. Can always bring Jett up later as well. Don’t need the extra OF versatility, have Chourio, Bauers, Mitchell, and Frelick that will still get the lions share of ABs (Lara is a different conversation, but Jett isn’t taking many ABs from that group). What am I missing here? Seems like Pratt should be up any day.
  4. DonBarclay
    Yeli on the bases looks like such an athlete. Yeli in the outfield absolutely lumbers after balls. It’s a hilarious juxtaposition.
  5. DonBarclay
    Except it only looks like he swings hard. One of the worst bat speeds in all of MLB. His max effort simply isn’t good enough to produce results. 2025 was the outlier season for Sal.
  6. 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.
  7. DonBarclay
    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.
  8. DonBarclay
    Bad. Bleeding, can’t bend it, and can’t put any weight. Pretty direct contact with the concrete.
  9. DonBarclay
    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.
  10. DonBarclay
    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.
  11. DonBarclay
    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.
  12. DonBarclay
    McCalvy deleted his tweet that Jones is coming up. I wonder if they’ve changed their minds and are making a different promotion?
  13. DonBarclay
    This tweet has been deleted. I wonder if they changed their mind on who is coming up?
  14. DonBarclay
    I stand corrected on Turang
  15. DonBarclay
    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.
  16. DonBarclay
    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.
  17. DonBarclay
    That AB is the one that Mitchell needs to remove from his game to have sustainable success. Really brutal.
  18. DonBarclay
    I would assume Drohan pitches today and/or tomorrow, then gets optioned for Gasser to start on Wednesday.
  19. DonBarclay
    Gasser was optioned to AAA on 3/22. Unless the clock starts on opening day, he would be eligible.
  20. DonBarclay
    That feels like really poor situational strategy. Bunting Lockridge to get Sanchez to 3rd and Perkins/Ortiz to the plate makes very little sense.
  21. DonBarclay
    Our biggest weakness is the existence of the Dodgers.
  22. DonBarclay
    He won’t be down long if Gary Sanchez keeps just inexplicably missing baseballs behind the dish.
  23. DonBarclay
    Does he have to go onto the 40 man roster now with this deal, or only when he first gets called up? It would seem to me that this is a major league deal meaning he has to join the 40 now.
  24. DonBarclay
    According to FanGraphs, Koenig still has 2 options remaining. So whether it’s an IL stint or just starting the season in the minors to manage workload and figure out what the issue is, they have multiple paths they can take.
  25. DonBarclay
    I hope Koenig is not the new Bryan Hudson
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