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  1. rickh150
    I see the entirety and do not like it from any angle. I also didn’t like the way the team treated him last year. Hiura should have been included as one of the 19 Brewers DH options in 2023 a long time ago. And if he falters, he falters. Move on. I just see him as a better or even much better option that 90% of the guys used at DH this season. And the bar is low. He doesn’t even need to hit .949 as DH, .866 against RHP, .765 overall.
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    And Rowdy had daily at bats in 2022, a set spot in lineup, normalcy…not Hiura. And Brewers “certainly” did have Tellez and Winker on this team for months manning 1B and DH this year. Tellez and Winker are good enough defense, but Tellez and Hiura is not good enough?
  3. rickh150
    So at what point do YOU give Keston a shot? What do you need to see? Another words, if he is so bad do you just want them to let him go? Or like some do you just base opinions on what the team does and defend brass to the highest extent?
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    Rowdy playing defense… there is another one. Can’t really go to his offense this season so might as well go back a year or two and pine for his defense. And tough to blame Hiura for having limited ABs in 2022, but it is being used against him here. At what point do you bring him up and/or let him go? What scenario do you need to see?
  5. rickh150
    Bunting with guys on 1st and 3rd and less than 2 outs… remember Aoki doing this several times. And the other team knew it was coming.. several times in same at bat. It would be nice to have a bunter like Aoki and a pinch runner like Carlos Gomez come September. Actually, I’m all for an Olympic type sprinter as a pinch runner in Sept/Oct. Not sure why this isn’t a thing…
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    Voit’s all year stats are not relevant to the Brewers. To him they are of course… but not to me or Brewers. He obviously thinks he is playing well enough for a promotion. The whole AAA stats don’t matter thing isn’t true. They matter, but to a lesser extent. Teams gauge these numbers and at bats for what they are worth. Struggling players do not get the calls up that thriving players get. I am all for giving deserving players shots and Hiura deserves it based on MLB 2022, Nashville 2023, and our train reck at DH specifically and to a lesser extent injuries/poor performance at 1B.. Others point out various other reasons he deserves a shot… switched stance, lower K rate, etc. Just let him be the 20th player to hit in the DH spot this year.
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    Good thoughts. I would also like our big boys lined up for the Cubs.
  8. rickh150
    And yes, Hiura still deserves an opportunity to play bad with the Brewers this season and still have his stats looked at as an upgrade.
  9. rickh150
    Voit’s stats with the Mets AAA? I posted the Nashville stats. He exercised an out a week so he could test FA. And this is a Hiura thread… the poor guy cannot even get his own stats mentioned in his own thread. Gotta give Luke Voit his time in a Hiura thread. Par for the course with Hiura, though. Seems about right.
  10. rickh150
    I am comparing Adames/Hiura order in the lineup and place in this organization. It can be compared, and it is opposite ends of the spectrum (a two game sit bumped Adames down a bit). And DH does not play a position. And Luke Voit does not have an OPS over 1.00. It’s .925 at AAA in 27 ABs. And this is after he had a shot on Brewers this season……74 PA and .548 OPS…not comparable with Hiura.
  11. rickh150
    What does this have to do with Hiura and the DH?
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    Hiura
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    2-5 last night
  14. rickh150
    Here, here…
  15. rickh150
    1. Adames is used to being king of the clubhouse and play everyday. This has to be hard on him. He has gotten the benefit of the doubt for a long time at the top of the order. He should range between #6-9. 2.Toro was actually on fire at Nashville and his overall #s were very good here. Play him until he doesn’t do well. Aren’t we desperately looking for MLB production and not just belief in who we THINK is a hitter and who isn’t. Play the production. KIsS… keep it simple, stupid (just a saying, not offensive, please). 3. Not cherry picking… my listed guys at MLB level for last three years have not improved at MLB level with prolonged coaching. These are the guys we have had as hitters for last few years. Glad they did better in year 2021 when given some regular at bats, but it has been slide City since. Yelich and Hiura give me hope, however. OPS 2021/2022/2023 Adames .818/.756/.662 Tellez 814/.767/.672 Taylor .778/729/.523 Urias slumped to the minors and was traded.
  16. rickh150
    Start with sitting him, like they are almost unbelievably doing. In the Journal,Adames said he expected to play yesterday, by the way. Hit him down in the lineup like they should have done last year, This is not a .800 OPS guy anymore.
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    Most definitely… CC has been awful with the DH and we just have to own that. Picking a player out of the hat to hit each game there would be remarkably better.
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    What does it matter to Hiura how those others hit this year? Since others are struggling, he probably will too? Is that the rationale? The longer this goes, the more the craziness of the rationale gets for not bringing this guy up. Even those who fight against him tooth and nail in support of management’s decisions are pulling stiff out of the wind. The whole argument of him not getting picked up after ST carries little weight. Hiura was awful in ST and yes he did carry a guaranteed 2.2million contract to anyone who picked him up. He had no options and no great defensive spot. Why would a team crunching MLB rosters pick him up THEN? You didn’t even hear ME complaining about the Brewers letting him go initially. The big thing now is that he is hitting and that he has hit well in 2022, he had hit really great in 2019, and he destroys AAA pitching. The Brewers struggle with hitting at various positions and especially at DH. Thus, all the logic and normal baseball prodigal would scream to let this guy get a shot in the majors. If he struggles over a say 3 week period…. And it should be this long considering Winker got 4 moths and Adames is our .200 hitting cleanup ongoing….let the guy go.
  19. rickh150
    Can’t wait until Tellez and Winker get back so we can get the popular lineup of #2 Winker, #3 Adames, and #4 Tellez going again. This was so normal for what, 2-3 months?
  20. rickh150
    This Hiura thread is just a small portion of the other Adames/Hiura thread from last year. It is obvious to some, most definitely not all, that Hiura deserves at least a shot to play a bunch here. Again, are we all thinking he is the next #3 hitting star? I don’t think anybody is. Yet, it would be a help to a team that cannot hit well. Low bar. Stick him at DH. Really annoyed with company men who cannot think for themselves and just rely on what CC and Arnold do and make excuses for them EVERY step of the way. They each are having really good years, but the DH spot and roster management that more or less ignores DH as a good/hot hitter spot has been beyond bad. And there is no good defense of this.
  21. rickh150
    Adames isn’t hitting. He hasn’t Yet he has played everyday batting third or fourth in our lineup. His OPS #s in May .547, June .613, July .735… and last 28 days .484. It took THAT LONG to pull him out of the middle of the lineup? I still don’t think they dare moving him much lower in lineup in fear of offending him. Kind of a bad situation when a leader on your team is awful and undisciplined at the plate. Who is sent down or cut for Toro? Oh the choices…Wiemer, Taylor, Perkins. Let the hitter hit at DH. If he does well, and he did, why change? That is normal. Do well and get more opportunities. 1.2 OPS screams let the guy hit until he cools off. I have low confidence in the team developing hitters. Only recent developments with Yelich and Hiura have given me hope this year. Otherwise, Urias, Adames, Taylor, Tellez, Yelich 20-21, Hiura 20-21… guys in their mid 20s have gotten noticeably worse in their primes. I have even lower confidence in how the DH role has been utilized this year. Random madness, sticking with slumping players for months too long, not playing the hot hand, using DH as a day to not rest a fourth OF.
  22. rickh150
    difference with Hiura is that he actually played with Brewers last year…. Hiura .765, RHP .866, DH .949……numbers we obviously need in our lineup.
  23. rickh150
    I thought Hiura was picked on last year. This year, it is off the charts and gets worse daily. Stubborn with Hiura and really poor… really bad on how the DH is used on a daily basis. Even Toro. What are they looking for? He hit…. like a 1.222 OPS in a week of ABs. Send him back. Adames is the golden child who has the clubhouse aura and CC hardly likes pulling him out of the cleanup. Don’t make this guy mad…. Oooh.
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    Wooo hooo!
  25. rickh150
    And Toro down somewhat because of him… I’ll take Toro’s bat in the lineup now too. Toro hit extraordinarily well with limited at bats. Did nothing for a demotion, unlike about half dozen guys out there.
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