DonBarclay
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It’s not a question though.
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Yes, I did. If they didn’t think slug was important at the MLB level, they wouldn’t be spending first round picks on college players like Burke and Fischer with slug. They obviously plan for them to slug at the MLB level. They couldn’t predict a complete power outage from Contreras and Yelich or injuries to Vaughn and Chourio. Reasonable predictions would put just those 4 at about 30 more HRs this year than they have.
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Their recent draft strategy would disagree that they have no focus on slug.
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There is absolutely zero chance they don’t pick it up. Zero. Decent chance they pick it up and trade him, but there is no planet where they decline $12m.
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I promise you, Lockridge is not the ticket to slug 😂
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Idk what this is based on, but not reality. Lockridge has 1 HR in 239 MLB ABs and 6 AAA HRs in 677 ABs. Lara had 9 HR in 287 AAA ABs and so far 0 in 74 MLB ABs.
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Ortiz’s batted ball luck lately has been fantastic. Here’s to hoping it sticks around for a while.
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I mean. It was maybe 1” out of the zone - what are we talking about here? He had a good at bat and hit the ball hard.
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Edlose Diaz
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Brewers (May) vs Padres (Ray): 08/12/26, 3:10 PM
DonBarclay replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Archived Game Threads
Anybody have an answer for why Hamilton is at SS over Ortiz? -
Brewers Bring Back Bryse Wilson
DonBarclay replied to Steve Drumwright's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I’d bet they DFA Bryse again today and he just stays in the team hotel until he’s re-signed on Friday. -
Zamora and Jett are both injured, as is Luke Adams now. The options are essentially: 1. Promote a non prospect with no MLB experience from AAA (Murray/Garcia/etc) 2. Promote a real prospect from AA, starting their clock with the associated lockout risks. Made is the only real option here as the others (Fischer/Boeve) are corner only. 3. Swing a trade for a utility guy with MLB experience that hasn’t been on a 40 man roster this year. Pablo Reyes and Abraham Toro are two examples. 4. Sign another street free agent. Obviously not many good options here seeing as how they signed Bae. Someone like Andrelton Simmons (playing in Mexican league) might be the most interesting option in this category. Long story short, none of these options provide instant or sure production. The rest of the roster needs to step up in a big way. We should all remember that Yuni B was the SS on the great 2011 team. It’s possible to drag along someone below replacement value, but not with the rest of the roster playing like they currently are. For the record, I prefer option 3 if Turang and Ortiz are truly day to day and will both be at full strength soon. If either is on a similar timeline to Pratt and out for the next 3 weeks, I prefer to bite the bullet and bring up Made. I haven’t felt that way until last night, I’ve been in the camp of protecting against the unknown of 2027. But, they may not have a chance to even win the division with 3+ more weeks of this.
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Shades of Ruben Quevedo on the bump tonight.
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Kind of egregious that Arnold picked Bae up off the scrap heap rather than trading for someone like Pablo Reyes or Abraham Toro that’s been in the minors all year and thus trade eligible. Could’ve gotten them for nothing,
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Bryse Wilson Designated For Assignment By Brewers
DonBarclay replied to Steve Drumwright's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Great call on this, and pretty slick maneuvering by the front office and Wilson. -
Yesterday was probably my least favorite IGT of the season. And Sunday was probably my favorite. Absolute roller coaster.
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What on earth are they saving the challenge for?!? How do they continue to be so clueless on how and when to use ABS????
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Not allowed to roster more than 13 pitchers.
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Because baseball is very hard and other teams are talented and trying to win as well. You’re never going to just dog walk your opponent very often.
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Tough to hold the base with the damn oven mitt on.
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I think that’s wrong. All of those things matter a ton, but so does the likelihood for a promotion. One of the single loser important things. You can make your entire AAA salary in 2 weeks in the bigs.
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Bryse Wilson Designated For Assignment By Brewers
DonBarclay replied to Steve Drumwright's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
My guess is that he stays a free agent until someone gives him a big league deal. Decent chance that’s Milwaukee. But no reason for him to sign a minor league deal anywhere or touch AAA and limit his options. -
You’re right that I don’t know that, hence the phrase “I doubt”…. And you don’t know that he did get any extra money. I understand the reasons why Houston would be better than Milwaukee from that perspective, but it’s quite clearly worse from a major league opportunity in 2026 perspective. Your point of having 162 PA’s across 7 orgs in 7 years all the more reinforces that - the opportunities to make it in the big leagues are drying up by the day. A 2 week stint with a big league paycheck and an opportunity to catch some club’s eyes is extremely valuable and limited at this stage. To each their own - perhaps he’s got a family, etc and this was the best move for him personally. Extremely hard to say it was the best move for him professionally.
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I don’t think the DFA is of any concern, as Bae would be the guy sent packing. It has to be either that they don’t think he can play 3rd base defense at all, or they really want to protect against the lockout at all costs.
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Totally forgot he was a starter back in the pitcher hitting days - good call. Beyond him and May, do any other Brewers pitchers have any MLB plate appearances?
