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  1. 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
  4. rickh150
    Here, here…
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    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.
  6. 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.
  7. rickh150
    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.
  9. 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?
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. rickh150
    No and no, Didn’t have to pay any player 2.2 mil to play AAA. Nontender in offseason would have made the most sense if he was this low on the totem pole.
  16. rickh150
    Sickening to watch our offense and know there is a player that had a last year OPS better than the large majority last year and this year. He is given no shot even though he is paid $2.2 at a position(s) of obvious weakness which requires no defense. And he continues to hit well. And while I’m at it, hugely disappointing to see Toro thrown back down as well. It’s like a popularity contest where Adames cannot be taken out of the top of the lineup and Hiura/Toro cannot get a fair shake. Winker is coming back too… and Rowdy carries his weight in the dugout too. And get Frelick in a normal contact/OBP spot… not #4 or 5.
  17. rickh150
    Hiura 2-4, HR 3RBI .304, .953 OPS Black at 3B, Hiura at 1B Call these guys up and they could be the 4th and 5th best bats in the order…
  18. rickh150
    Doesn’t bother me if done right…like the idea of a West and East for football. For basketball, East plays East twice, and a few rotating games vs.West.
  19. rickh150
    Pretty pleased with our MLB roster. I would of course have Hiura up too and one of four or five down, but I digress… also, tough not to be pleased with more quality arms at AAA.
  20. rickh150
    Miller should be playing more 2B and 3B now…so the trades frees him up a bit to play elsewhere other than 1B.
  21. rickh150
    Urias made that catch, by the way.
  22. rickh150
    Likely to NOT be exercised…would be shocked if it was picked up. And no way we risk exercising the option to try and trade him. Brewers do not operate this way for a lefty middle reliever.
  23. rickh150
    I like the trade. Like others said, and this is obvious to all, the Santana and Canha trades makes us better. Getting upset because it does not do enough? I can’t fathom this because is there a trade out there that would help us dramatically? Is there a great bat or great pitcher even out there to rent?On top of it, The prospect loss was minimal, actually less than I thought it would be. I like the move. I was unbelievably disappointed, beside myself at last year’s deadline. No hitters were picked up then, and our bullpen was made worse. Santana and Canha make sense and addresses awful OPS at a couple spots.
  24. rickh150
    Glad you are sure…. I am not. And if he is up, give him daily at bats at DH.
  25. rickh150
    And last year’s MLB #’s… with our MLB team. Can’t really compare Voit’s #s with Hiura’s 2023 MLB #s….. you can compare Voit’s 2023 #s with Hiura’s 2022 #s though.
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