You and AJ
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My question was about the Brewers, why bring AJ into it? But I take it that they perscribe to the āif it aint broke, dont try to fix itā strategyā¦bold!
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Greene and Tork with back to back hits.
Speaking of the way AJ does things, I remember discussing with I believe you frm about whether or not AJ would ever use a true closer, should he have one. Of course thereās a lot of season left, but heās used Kenley as a closer only.
I wonder if AJ would stop doing this matchup stuff if he just had a better lineup? I donāt recall him doing too much of it when he was in Houston, but I also didnāt pay much attention.
For example, heās letting Kevin hit against both lefties and righties, and pretty much has been the whole time as far as I can tell pre-Parker Meadows injury.
Idk, if heās doing it because he doesnt have a better lineup, doesnt that defeat the purpose of sitting one of the best bats in his lineup in Keith? 
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Well Colt Keith had a .403 OPS against lefties last season, although he did have a .783 OPS in 2024 against lefties with almost twice the amount of PAs, so who knows.
Guess Iāll stop mentioning itā¦no point in being a broken record about watching a broken record I reckon.
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So is this broke or working?
Keith 136at bats vs lhp
36 hits
36ks
.250avg
| 294obp .297slg | .591ops |
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I guessā¦but looks like a pretty small sample size to me. Iām just a little more Sparky old schoolā¦play your best guys until they show they cant play a certain way 
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Problem is Tigers didnāt face a LHP until last week for the first time as far as a starter goes. 0-3 for the season.
As I said earlier in this thread or the last series thread, itās the one thing that drives me a little nuts about Hinch. Is how he handles lineups and doesnāt allow hitters prove they can do things or improve at it. But, he has been successful as a mgr.
As I said before, itās the one thing that drives me a little nuts about Hinch.
Yet, he has been successful in Houston and in Detroit with this style of lineup manipulation based on opponent and opponents bullpen usage coming into a series and in the series.
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I didnt really pay much attention to what he did in Houstonā¦did manage the same/to this extreme?
I think this Mcgonigle kid might be ok.
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To be honest I donāt know, probably shouldnāt have included the manipulation part of that regarding Houston success.
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Rookie of the year or heās a bust.
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Ha, true
If Vierling is hitting clean up, you donāt have a real clean up hitter.
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All I can say is anything is better than the Tork windmill. Last hit notwithstanding.
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Donāt we get some draft pick or something if he wins rookie of the year?
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