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Who cares if he can put up a .866 OPS!! Just play him. Who in their right mind can say they wouldn’t welcome this kind of production if it cost another K per game instead of a grounder to 2B?
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Not reasonable to continue playing him DH at that production. Change course and play random people there as a way to manage rest.. that would be better. Or play the guy who was mashing RHP and mashing as a DH.
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360 ABs with that production as a DH…inexcusable.
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Hiura- 138 AB vs righties… .866 OPS; 98 PA as DH both righties/lefties…. .949 OPS McCutchen- .685 OPS vs righties 360 PA as DH both righties/lefties… .653 OPS
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Man, only if the NL had the DH. Hiura hit righties well and we needed a DH last season. There was a match last season and for whatever reason, CC blew it. Hiura could have bat A LOT MORE against righties and DH last season. Yep, no glove, yep lower value because of Ks and whatever. There was a match and a need last year for a DH against righties and Hiura could’ve and should’ve played 100 at bats or more against them. I haven’t heard a reasonable response to this YET.
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I think we take Moose or Escobar if he could hit like Cutch 2022 AND we pay him next to nothing. We’ll take that at this point to add depth and another MLB body.
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Player? Not close, Sure. Not many can play SS well. Hitter? Well, it was pretty close last year one way or another.
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The whole “he can’t hit” thing is just off. He can’t field, sure. With our unsettled player at DH last year, it should have been an easy “let Hiura bat DH against righties”… bat him low in the lineup and let him produce. He was off the charts good most of the year against righties, better than almost anyone in baseball. Yet, we wanted Cutch to get his at bats for some reason. And yes again, his overall OPS was better than our #2 hitter. Some surely do not like that stat. It doesn’t fit their take on Hiura.
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Better OPS than Adames, even with the misuse and Adames hitting #2 all year.
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Better OPS than Adames in 2022… our star #2 hitter who we could not afford having out of that #2 spot. And this is with jerking Hiura around positions, spot batting for large stretches against lefties instead of righties whom he destroyed last year, and then put up and down from AAA, and having desserts of playing time sitting for 4 or 5 days and getting a spot start or pinch hit. Total and complete mismanagement so Cutch can hit and underachieve pretty much all year. Just playing him regularly last year, batting him low in lineup as a DH, giving him at bats instead of Cutch gets us in the playoffs imho.
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Article: The Brewers Need To Extend Willy Adames
rickh150 replied to Cole McCormack's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
When hated Hiura has a better OPS than this guy this year, I think that is reason enough to tap those brakes and not shell out ridiculous money to this guy. -
Gave up multiple runs three times in August, including a 6ER outing which balooned his ErA… didn’t give up a earned run the last month of season. Blew two saves and a loss in August. Saved 7 and a win… gave up 4 hits and 2 walks in last 11 outings, including 13 Ks. Hader gets us in the playoffs in 2023, IMO.
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Tough to be blah when in first place. The selling began on July 31. It was loud and clear. And Hader still somehow outperformed our scrap heap in deadline trade returns, which managed to lead the league in blown saves over the last two months with some gift money to Rosenthal to celebrate the Cards winning the division..
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We are literally right in the middle of the Winter Meetings and free agency. Teams Plan A and B have not come to fruition, and teams are looking to get better somehow. Yet we say we no dice… we are not even going to talk about moving them because we are focused on competing in 2023. That’s fine and all(I would be excited if we added payroll and really went for it in 2023 and 2024)…. but the Hader, Renfroe, and Wong trades do not suggest that. It’s more like we NEED desperately to cut payroll in 2023 and get spare young parts for the future like a seller would. Mixed messages. Not a great master plan, IMO. Right now, I do not see how we add huge pieces in FA or make any significant trade for 2023 specifically. Blah since July 31…
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Yeah, I am surprised. Why not even shop Burnes, Woodruff or Adames? If we are not going to commit big money to them anyways, why not see what we could get. If it isn’t a ton, keep them. Why tip your hand? The team seems like they themselves don’t know what route they are taking long term or especially short.
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The promise lasts what… til June? Still will be surprised if they all are here by season’s end. Trading off Hader, Renfroe, and Wong for uninspiring “junk”….then proclaiming how the core three are off limits, guys that would actually bring back a haul of prospects, all because of devotion to 2023 (not 2024, by the way….a couple or all traded, I expect, for less). Mixed messages. Even if team is ok come July, no one is safe. Brewers are trading like a seller, and preaching like a buyer for 2023. We’ll see if any move gets us excited. That hasn’t happened yet. We are worse, on paper, than last year right now. We’ll see.
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Will be surprised if one of those three ISN’T traded…
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Giving Woodruff that much money PER YEAR and for four more years, in addition to next year? And Yelich gets his money. Just not seeing it. Attendance down. This conversation should happen in July or so and maybe not even tgen. Let’s see how 2023 goes first. Very uneasy giving any pitcher big money to his mid 30s.
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Giving Woodruff that much money PER YEAR and for four more years, in addition to next year? And Yelich gets his money. Just not seeing it. Attendance down. This conversation should happen in July or so and maybe not even tgen. Let’s see how 2023 goes first. Very uneasy giving any pitcher big money to his mid 30s.
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Met him in the concourse of Miller Park about 15-20 years ago. He signed a ball for me and we talked 82. I told him I was young but I still remembered his long last at bat in Game 7. He struck out but to me it showed great grit and will. He said, “13 pitches, right?” I wasn’t sure then or even now, but it was a cool moment at Miller Park with Stormin. The actual people on that team were so loved. Many of those players were veterans in the game and had played several seasons with the Brewers. Best run of teams from 1977-1983.
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Met him in the concourse of Miller Park about 15-20 years ago. He signed a ball for me and we talked 82. I told him I was young but I still remembered his long last at bat in Game 7. He struck out but to me it showed great grit and will. He said, “13 pitches, right?” I wasn’t sure then or even now, but it was a cool moment at Miller Park with Stormin. The actual people on that team were so loved. Many of those players were veterans in the game and had played several seasons with the Brewers. Best run of teams from 1977-1983.
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Great ideas…. Out of all of them, Cleveland would be my choice. Maybe a trip thru Fort Wayne to a minor league game and their famous children’s zoo. Friday night in June fits my schedule better than the others too. Love the idea of seeing all teams. Will be looking forward to each year’s schedule more now too, seeing if a trip to a certain city lines up well.
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Great ideas…. Out of all of them, Cleveland would be my choice. Maybe a trip thru Fort Wayne to a minor league game and their famous children’s zoo. Friday night in June fits my schedule better than the others too. Love the idea of seeing all teams. Will be looking forward to each year’s schedule more now too, seeing if a trip to a certain city lines up well.
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David Stearns,‘ Bite out of the Apple’ Philosophy Makes Sense
rickh150 commented on Caleb Miller's blog entry in Caleb's Brewer Blog
The extra playoff team helps all of these small markets who usually have to sell out, get FA, and trade prospects just to get to the playoffs for a year or two. These short windows for the little guy can now open a bit. Play a little above .500 and you can get to the playoffs. Have an ace or two, ala Milwaukee, and anything can happen in a 3 and 5 game series especially. -
Article: Yelich's Decline and the Brewers' Current Offense
rickh150 replied to Tim Muma's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I feel there is still hope, even this year. It is ok to play him 7th in the order against a tough lefty too.