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  1. rickh150
    Can’t even discuss the stupidness of last year’s DH situation when we got this new guy to solve our DH issues. Pointless. Winker 407 PA; .651 OPS against RHP in 2022.
  2. rickh150
    “There was a reason…” yet you cannot say what that reason was or is. Blind faith is a defense, I guess.
  3. rickh150
    Jerked around all season… letting him DH low in the order all season, especially against righties, would have been beneficial to him and team. No doubt about that. The bar at DH was soooo low. Of course.
  4. rickh150
    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?
  5. rickh150
    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.
  6. rickh150
    360 ABs with that production as a DH…inexcusable.
  7. rickh150
    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
  8. rickh150
    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.
  9. rickh150
    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.
  10. rickh150
    Player? Not close, Sure. Not many can play SS well. Hitter? Well, it was pretty close last year one way or another.
  11. rickh150
    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.
  12. rickh150
    Better OPS than Adames, even with the misuse and Adames hitting #2 all year.
  13. rickh150
    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.
  14. rickh150
    His overall OPS was better than our star shortstop batting #2 all year. Just get Clutch his at bats was the motto. It didn’t really matter what Hiura did. Still. If only there was a DH in the National League…
  15. rickh150
    Three? Panning out… does that mean a decent starter? If so, I would be thrilled with two being worthy starters or fringe All Stars. I think the Brewers would be happy with that, but then again that could short change Chourio somewhat considering all the hype. Still think the Brewers take that…
  16. rickh150
    Ruiz obviously holds high vale to the A’s. Kudos to the Brewers for uncovering this fact.
  17. rickh150
    Good article… Contreras a bit of a whiffer to be kind. Defense still suspect, but CBS still gives Brewers A (Braves- A and Oakland-F) https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/sean-murphy-trade-braves-land-catcher-from-as-in-three-team-deal-brewers-get-william-contreras/
  18. rickh150
    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.
  19. rickh150
    All Star catcher. Five years of control. Position of great need. Traded from area of great strength. And two young pitchers for more depth in pen ta boot. I have been negative on this team for 5 months and for good reason, but this take is absolutely ridiculous. Hip hip hooray…
  20. rickh150
    Now we are getting somewhere... a little hope.
  21. rickh150
    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.
  22. rickh150
    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..
  23. rickh150
    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…
  24. rickh150
    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.
  25. rickh150
    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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