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In summary: If I had to propose a grand unified theory of the resurrection of Andrew Vaughn, after 90 plate appearances, I’d say there are three things at work here. First, some small-sample weirdness. While Vaughn has made massive gains in his walk and strikeout rates, and made real gains in his quality of contact, he was neither as bad as he looked on the White Sox nor as Ruthian as he seems now.

Second, the Brewers are feeding him more flattering matchups than the White Sox were. This is what good teams and good managers do: Figure out how to put their players in a position to succeed. Platooning and matchup-hunting have been signature features of the Brewers’ lineup construction for the better part of a decade now, and it’s a big part of why they consistently punch above their weight.

And third, Vaughn has actually sped up and flattened out his swing, which has led to real gains in quality of contact. And while I don’t think he’s going to be a true-talent .700 SLG guy going forward, there’s enough noise here that I feel good about him being a serious offensive contributor to a playoff team. Which was definitely not the case two months ago.

Some guys just need a change of scenery, and while the scenery changes very little between Chicago and Milwaukee, every little bit helps, I guess.

[MickeyDavis]

I don't know about platooning and matchup hunting. I believe he's played 22 of 24 games. He didn't play one of the Seattle games and one of the Nats games the first series against them. Maybe he didn't start all of them.

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The Brewers also had a ready-made replacement when first baseman Rhys Hoskins injured his thumb last month. Milwaukee called up Vaughn, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2019 draft, whose career had sputtered with the Chicago White Sox. Vaughn was languishing in the minors in June when Brewers pitcher Aaron Civale, after being moved to the bullpen, asked to be traded. Soon after, Arnold exchanged Civale for Vaughn, who remained in Triple A until Hoskins went down.

Just think if Hoskins never got hurt. Where would we be?

[Turk Nowitzki]

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[ReasonablySober]

****.

[Turk Nowitzki]

Just have to hope it's them being very careful with something minor.

[Kerb Hohl]

Yeah, any of these injuries I almost automatically deem that it's an "injury" for innings management. Elbow inflammation doesn't fit in that bucket unless it's just that they wanted to give him a break anyways and the best thing he could find was mild elbow pain that he'd usually pitch through.

[MickeyDavis]

August is brutal, bad timing on injuries. Mis should be back on time. Hopefully Chourio in the next 2-3 weeks.

[MVP2110]

Sliver lining is atleast we kept all this pitching depth. Curious how long Myers will go, hes barely pitched in the last month

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Doesn't sound good.

[MickeyDavis]

Other teams have to be interested in Arnold. I wonder what his contract status is and if they will bump him to POBO like they did Stearns so he can't be poached unless his contract is up.

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Doesn't sound good.

MRI results don't take a day. They knew yesterday. If it was minor they would have already said so.

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[ReasonablySober]

WHEW.

[MVP2110]

Other teams have to be interested in Arnold. I wonder what his contract status is and if they will bump him to POBO like they did Stearns so he can't be poached unless his contract is up.

It definitely feels like that's coming in the next year or two. And then we'll get another 3-5 years of Arnold before he goes to NY or LA

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