I don’t mean that in a dramatic way, either I mean that there simply aren’t other Brewers shortstop prospects ready. He looks like a better bet than Arcia at this point, perhaps, but certainly not an exciting option. He’s off to a hot start in Triple-A (.313/.365/.493, 121 wRC+), but that’s mostly on the back of a. Rodríguez is a career minor leaguer, a middling defender with a middling bat who works best as a utility infielder. The minor leagues offer a chance to redo the decision we made in the offseason, starting Arcia over Ronny Rodríguez. For a month, that might be acceptable I’ve goofed around with Brock Holt as an emergency shortstop, and while he’s hit well, he doesn’t really have the defensive chops to hang there OOTP has him as a 35 (on the 20-80 scouting scale) at short, and Eric Sogard isn’t much better (he’s a 40). It seems unlikely that there’s more in Arcia’s bat we’ve seen too much of him, over too many years, to truly believe that. His 34 wRC+ this year is simultaneously disappointing and unsurprising he’s a career 68 wRC+ hitter whose offensive game, all strikeouts and grounders, feels vulnerable to slumps. If we don’t do anything, it means another month of Arcia as the primary starter. That’s the best case scenario, and it’s not very good. Tack on 10 days or so for the rehab, which looks like a reasonable guess based on previous rehab timelines, and it could be June before Urías takes the field in a Brewers jersey. After that, he will rehab again his brief stint in the minors is still his only in-game baseball in 2020. The foot, if it heals well, will be fine in four or so weeks. This is adding up to a lot of time without a credible shortstop on the team. ![]() That’s a complete fluke - as best as I understand it, OOTP injuries are treated independently, and a broken hand and broken foot are definitely not correlated. While playing in Triple-A San Antonio, Urías broke his foot. Well, rehab just hit us in a place where we don’t have depth. The way the recovery and the timing of the regular season stacked up, that cost us roughly a month of playing time - the injury wasn’t fully healed until last week, and given his missed spring, the league decided a one week rehab assignment would be reasonable - in theory, OOTP players don’t need rehab assignments, but we’re striving for realism here. It was a buy-low trade for a touted prospect who had some growing pains last year, the kind of move that, should it work, could pay huge dividends. Orlando Arcia simply hasn’t panned out that’s why the real-life Brewers traded for Luis Urías over the offseason. Unfortunately, that’s not the case at shortstop.
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