Brewers 2025 Discussion - Frelick Activated, Black Sent Down

[ReasonablySober]

Awesome.

[MVP2110]

Curious if he's just providing length out of then pen or is up for a spot start before Myers comes back

[MVP2110]

Curious if he's just providing length out of then pen or is up for a spot start before Myers comes back

Sounds like Henderson will be able to provide pen length tonight if needed and will be in line to start Sunday

[MVP2110]

Brewers Front office voted as the 3rd best in MLB

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6273808/2025/04/16/mlb-top-10-front-offices-executive-vote/

It’s not just that the Brewers do more with less. It’s the fact that the big spenders keep poaching their leaders, yet Milwaukee keeps right on winning. Owner Mark Attanasio lost GM David Stearns to the Mets and manager Craig Counsell to the Cubs, but recognized there was no overhaul needed. Instead of hiring from the outside, he promoted Matt Arnold and Pat Murphy.

“To not miss a beat, I think says a lot about the organization,” said one AL GM. “The organization’s culture has carried itself.”

Sometimes the Brewers hold onto stars until they hit free agency, as they did with Willy Adames. Sometimes they trade them before they get there, as they did with Corbin Burnes. Whatever choice they make, it’s usually right: They’ve reached the playoffs in six of the last seven seasons, adapting their on-field style along the way.

“They went from trying to shoehorn a bunch of guys who hit for power and didn’t have a defensive position and winning that way,” said one NL vice president, “to now being like the most athletic team on the field and winning that way.”

One GM praised Arnold and his staff for “coming up with unusual combinations of players that are just good together.” To do that, the Brewers often trade for players who can help the big-league club keep winning, instead of stocking the low minors in hopes of a brighter tomorrow.

Said the AL general manager who gave his first-place vote to Milwaukee: “The Brewers are the gold standard of a small market – even more so than Tampa.”

[MVP2110]

Interesting that the Brewers optioned Oliver Dunn with no corresponding move yet. It's possible they are just calling up Durbin, but I'd think in that scenario they'd rather DFA Capra to keep the R/L matchup flexibility

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[MVP2110]

Sounds like it is Durbin getting the call up

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[DanoMac]

Way overdue. LFG

[ReasonablySober]

He's so bad at third, though.

[Brewster]

He's so bad at third, though.

They should move Ortiz back to 3B, Turang to SS, and Durbin to 2B.

[MickeyDavis]

Moving the best fielding 2B in MLB doesn't make me happy.

[MVP2110]

It's funny what a hot streak can do early in the season

Rhys Hoskins now has an OPS+ of 114, meaning he's an above average hitter in 2025 thus far

[WeekapaugGroove]

I'd love to know what the brewers look for when targeting other teams pitchers. I feel like traits are pretty widely known by all teams so it's more about them identifying guys being used incorrectly.

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[MVP2110]

Brewers once again are hitting with will RISP as they have for the last few seasons

The #Brewers are 5th in MLB in R/G, scoring 5.09 per game after yesterday's beatdown of the A's.

They are 22nd in MLB in wRC+ with a 94, meaning 6 percent below league average.

What explains this? Well...

They've got an 83 wRC+ with the bases empty and a 105 wRC+ with RISP.

It's happening again.

https://bsky.app/profile/rdtopp.bsky.social/post/3lndlfs2mom2j

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[ReasonablySober]

Woohoo.

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[ReasonablySober]

Yea, I figured he'd be the one to go down. Sucks for him.

[Matches Malone]

Damn, Nestor...

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