Tyler Saladino a Brewer [7/5 -- back from injury & in the starting lineup]

[djoctagone]

saladino is not in the colorado springs starting lineup tonight.

[Jenkins5]

Pretty sure he was in dugout today wasn’t he? Thought it was him after Orfs HR up towards top of steps, could be wrong though

[djoctagone]

tyler saladino is at miller park right now. he has not been activated.

[OnaBadger58]

tyler saladino is at miller park right now. he has not been activated.

 

Sogard DFA'd

 

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INF Tyler Saladino has been reinstated from the 10-day disabled list. INF Eric Sogard has been designated for assignment. The 40-man roster now stands at 39.

[djoctagone]

good to see a nice performance last night from saladino. i'll take a hit, a walk and a steal every game from him.

[istanbultaye]

A steal every game might be pushing it

[tigerbrew]

I think the Brewers would have won more games in June if Saladino wasn't out injuried and in the DL.

[danzig6767]

Props to Stearns over his use of the waiver wire. Not just Saladino, Aguilar, Miller, Guerra, Jennings, and Jeffress were all DFA by other teams before Stearns picked them up. Pina was a throw in to the the K-Rod trade.

 

Saladino obviously won't keep up a .966 OPS pace, but he makes hard contact on mistake pitches and so far works the count. He also looks to be good defensively, thus no big drop off from Arcia.

[NYChez]

If the Brewers acquire a second baseman and Arcia returns, it will be interesting to see Saladino's role on the team in comparison to Perez, Miller, and Villar.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

If the Brewers acquire a second baseman and Arcia returns, it will be interesting to see Saladino's role on the team in comparison to Perez, Miller, and Villar.

Saladino is probably the safest to remain. He is versatile, good defender, and hitting well.

 

Perez is most versatile but weakest hitter. Villar has the most potential but his stats are mediocre. Miller is the best hitter but worst defender. However, he has really slumped lately. He's been hitting more like Perez lately.

 

I would think Villar is most likely to be gone. Then maybe DFA Perez. Hopefully they package Villar back for any infielder they get, unless he has negative value, then they should just cut him.

[MrTPlush]

Well Brad Miller can be optioned to AAA...that would probably play a massive role in who to keep. It also doesn’t help Miller has been pretty terrible so far for us (lower OPS+ than Villar).

 

Next: For me it is a toss up between Perez and Villar. They seem comfortable with Aguilar playing some 3B so that could make Perez unneeded to cover third when a lefty pitches (sitting Shaw). I’d probably prefer Villar’s bat at that point and then that allows us to hold onto him until the offseason where we can probably get some kind of trade to move him. Then we don’t just lose him outright.

[Outlander]

I don't believe Miller can't be optioned as he now has 5 years of service. Miller and Perez are both likely gone next year though so don't care if they got rid of either if they acquired upgrades. I would think Saladino is safe since he can play a solid SS and only first year of arbitration in 2019.

[Lathund]

Miller should be the first one to go; was worth a punt but he won't be here next year due to cost and performance. After that, Hernan Perez needs to be the next one to go. The usefulness of that versatility depends on the rest of the roster as well. It's handy to have, but we don't *need* it. He just makes too many outs. 200+ plate appearances with a .279 OBP is seriously hurting us. Saladino can cover 3rd if need be. Villar has been solid defensively, and there's some (faint) hope he can produce offensively.

[MrTPlush]

I don't believe Miller can't be optioned as he now has 5 years of service. Miller and Perez are both likely gone next year though so don't care if they got rid of either if they acquired upgrades. I would think Saladino is safe since he can play a solid SS and only first year of arbitration in 2019.

 

Well we option him when we acquired him and BR says a tad over 4 years service time.

[Outlander]

He didn't have 5 years when they acquired him but does now.

[tmwiese55]

For a supposedly good defender I can't believe the amount of error level (even if not called errors) plays he's messed up on D. With his D reputation it has to be small sample size, but cmon man get it cleaned up.

[Roderick]

If the Brewers acquire a second baseman and Arcia returns, it will be interesting to see Saladino's role on the team in comparison to Perez, Miller, and Villar.

Saladino is probably the safest to remain. He is versatile, good defender, and hitting well.

 

Is he though? Good defender or hitting well? He hasn't looked like he is a near-Arcia-level defender to me. Also he hit well at first. But he has come down to earth. Last 50 at bats, he is OPS .659 and trending down from there.

[danzig6767]

If the Brewers acquire a second baseman and Arcia returns, it will be interesting to see Saladino's role on the team in comparison to Perez, Miller, and Villar.

Saladino is probably the safest to remain. He is versatile, good defender, and hitting well.

 

Is he though? Good defender or hitting well? He hasn't looked like he is a near-Arcia-level defender to me. Also he hit well at first. But he has come down to earth. Last 50 at bats, he is OPS .659 and trending down from there.

Saladino is the only shortstop, unlike Perez, Miller, and Villar. I guess Perez could play short in a pinch for a few games, but that's it.

[tmwiese55]

For a supposedly good defender I can't believe the amount of error level (even if not called errors) plays he's messed up on D. With his D reputation it has to be small sample size, but cmon man get it cleaned up.

 

And another one tonight.

[Roderick]

For a supposedly good defender I can't believe the amount of error level (even if not called errors) plays he's messed up on D. With his D reputation it has to be small sample size, but cmon man get it cleaned up.

 

And another one tonight.

 

You meant two, right?

[coolhandluke121]

For a supposedly good defender I can't believe the amount of error level (even if not called errors) plays he's messed up on D. With his D reputation it has to be small sample size, but cmon man get it cleaned up.

 

And another one tonight.

 

You meant two, right?

 

They got him for his bat.

[tmwiese55]

And another one.

 

Yea at least he's generally hit well to make up for it. I obviously personally don't know anything, I'm just saying the scouting reports provided here by informed posters were that he was a really good defender. Yet, keeps making errors without getting much grief for it. I mean, a guy like Sogard got more grief and he rarel actually ever made an error, just had bad range. Obviously Villar tons of grief as well.

 

Again, hope it's just small sample but cmon man clean it up.

[coolhandluke121]

I was kidding about getting him for his bat. I'll be glad when every Saladino, Perez, Sogard, Miller, and Orf goes the way of the Taylor Jungmanns and Michael Blazeks of the world, but it takes time.

[long ball]

Saladino is fine. The few errors/misplays he's made recently have mostly on on balls with 100+ mph exit velocities. Yes he needs to make more of those plays than he has in the past few games, but this is recency bias. He has mostly been fine at SS and is the best SS currently on the roster.

 

Not to mention he has a 118 wRC+ with the Brewers. Some of that was due to the hot start, but still has a very respectable 91 wRC+ since coming off the DL (264/350/340).

 

He's given the Brewers a little more flexibility to look at guys who are primarily second basemen instead of some one who needs to cover ss as well.

[bill hAll Star]

I’ve planted my Saladino flag on several threads and will here if I haven’t already.

 

He’s not Francisco Lindor and I may be jumping at a small sample, but he’s supposedly made some adjustments and is hitting the ball hard more often and in the air slightly more often. If he can keep that up (10% soft hit %, way below career average), he will be able to keep up this solid hitting line.