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  1. 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.
  2. DonBarclay
    McCalvy deleted his tweet that Jones is coming up. I wonder if they’ve changed their minds and are making a different promotion?
  3. DonBarclay
    This tweet has been deleted. I wonder if they changed their mind on who is coming up?
  4. DonBarclay
    I stand corrected on Turang
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. DonBarclay
    That AB is the one that Mitchell needs to remove from his game to have sustainable success. Really brutal.
  8. DonBarclay
    I would assume Drohan pitches today and/or tomorrow, then gets optioned for Gasser to start on Wednesday.
  9. DonBarclay
    Gasser was optioned to AAA on 3/22. Unless the clock starts on opening day, he would be eligible.
  10. 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.
  11. DonBarclay
    Our biggest weakness is the existence of the Dodgers.
  12. DonBarclay
    He won’t be down long if Gary Sanchez keeps just inexplicably missing baseballs behind the dish.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. DonBarclay
    I hope Koenig is not the new Bryan Hudson
  16. DonBarclay
    Suarez had -6 DRS at 3B in 2025. Rengifo had -5, and +5 at 2B. I’d wager that the Brewers see something in his 2B play that they believe they can help translate to 3B. He’s also in his age 29 season vs Suarez turning 35 in July. The defense is not debatable, Rengifo is better. Offensively, Suarez is probably a lot closer to the .682 OPS player he was in Seattle after the deadline than the .897 in Arizona. He put up .781, .713, .791, .714, and .788 the 5 previous seasons. There’s a reason he only got 1/$15m after a 49 HR season, and it’s not because he loves Cincinnati that much. Simply, MLB teams believe that he’s nowhere close to the player he was for a few months last season. If its money allocation that concerns you, paying Suarez $15m+ likely would have been a poor use of money. I’m also not convinced that Attanasio spends all of the Woodruff money if it’s not on him, he clearly likes Woody beyond an average player and could’ve easily pocketed half of that. If you want to complain about having too much pitching and not enough impact bats, the only way the Brewers could address that effectively is in the trade market, not through free agency. That’s a completely different (and more interesting) conversation.
  17. DonBarclay
    Exactly. And if he racks up those bonuses, Milwaukee will likely be happy to pay them. Only way he does (barring the injury bug) is if he’s playing well, given that Hamilton can platoon and Wilken/Jett/Pratt/Adams/trade candidates could take over if he’s struggling.
  18. DonBarclay
    At the end of the day, the Brewers win on the margins. Maximizing platoon split advantage is certainly one of those margins they look to exploit.
  19. DonBarclay
    A team is more likely to sub vs a reliever, whether it be late in the game or to match up against an opener. ~8% of plate appearances in 2025 were lefty / lefty. Having 56% of your bullpen geared towards such a small chance of advantageous platoon splits simply does not make sense. The 4 pitchers you mention average a .132 OPS platoon split difference. The 5 lefties average .153, and will have a higher percentage of plate appearances on the wrong side of the platoon. Beyond that, the pitchers you mention aren’t really the ones that would likely be in line for that last bullpen spot. Miz, Patrick, Priester are all in rotation. If Sproat is not in the rotation, he’s in AAA to save service time and stay stretched out. So I don’t really see the relevance of the comparison, even though it furthers my opinion.
  20. DonBarclay
    They’re all veterans, to expect that they suddenly abandon their career splits would be fools gold. Ashby is the only one that you can argue is close to being split-neutral. Hall: .727 OPS vs RHB / .586 OPS vs LHB Koenig: .712 / .595 Zastryzny: .813 / .543 Zerpa: .809 / .624 Ashby: .686 / .634
  21. DonBarclay
    Barring an IL stint for one of those 5, or Ashby slotting into the rotation, I would not be surprised to see a trade. Zas for a lotto ticket. The Brewers don’t want the last guy in the bullpen to be out of options, they love to use that as a shuttle slot.
  22. DonBarclay
    I’d have a hard time believing they have 5 lefties in the bullpen.
  23. DonBarclay
    Doubtful with Henderson and Witt. Seems more likely that Gunnar gets the non-Witt SS innings.
  24. DonBarclay
    2024 level production at the plate from Hamilton and Ortiz offers a major improvement over 2025 Ortiz/Durbin. It makes a lot of sense to try to capture that, while letting Jett and Pratt get some ABs and maintain their service time. I would be surprised if that isn’t the plan at this point, with a right handed hitter somewhere on the bench that can play 3B against LHP starters.
  25. DonBarclay
    I think that the Brewers have a high enough floor, with the expanded playoffs, to know they have an excellent chance to make it to October. This seems all about trying to get more potential top level talent to have a better shot to win once they’re there. I for one agree with that approach.
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