Milwaukee, WI
SF Giants made a “late play” for new Milwaukee Brewers first baseman
The Milwaukee Brewers made a big splash earlier this week, signing Rhys Hoskins to a two-year contract with a mutual option for a third season. This deal includes an opt-out clause after the first year. Before he signed, the SF Giants made a “late play” for Hoskins according to Jon Heyman of The New York Post.
Adding Hoskins would have been an imperfect fit for San Francisco. That said, many of the position players in free agency are imperfect fits, so it is a tough market to upgrade the roster. Realistically, the opportunity to bolster the roster should have been done in the prior two offseasons.
It bears mentioning that the Hoskins deal is very much in the Giants wheelhouse in terms of risk tolerance. It is not a long-term deal but gives the player a chance to re-enter free agency after the 2024 season if he performs. There is an incentive for Hoskins to perform well in 2024.
If this deal sounds familiar, it is not too dissimilar to the two-year, $36 million pact Michael Conforto signed with San Francisco last offseason. Like Hoskins, Conforto missed an entire season before inking a new deal, so there is some risk with how a player responds after such a long layoff. Conforto seemed a little rusty in the early going last year and was unable to reproduce the numbers from earlier in his career. The Brewers hope that it is a different outcome for Hoskins.
At the beginning of the month, we looked at whether Hoskins was a fit for the Giants. I should preface this by saying that his bat makes just about every lineup better. The right-handed hitter has tallied an .846 OPS with a 13.5 percent walk rate while reaching at least 20 home runs in four of six seasons.
The Giants badly need that type of production. The offensive fit is not the issue. The issue is where to play him on defense. The 30-year-old should only see time at first base and DH. He has experience in the outfield, but he has not appeared there since the 2018 season. There is a good reason for that.
Of course, the Giants already are covered at both first base and DH. Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade Jr. will share duties at first base, whereas those two will likely see time at DH along with Conforto. Without moving any of those three, there are just not that many at-bats for adding someone like Hoskins. The front office knows this too, so signing the veteran first baseman would have likely resulted led to a corresponding move.
As currently constructed, the Giants’ roster is lacking in athleticism and versatility. Adding Hoskins would have not helped in that regard.
I can understand why the Giants targeted Hoskins before he signed. Offensively, he checks off a lot of boxes that they like and on contract terms that they covet. They were not as serious of a suitor as Milwaukee, but it is hard to make the case that it would have been a good fit on a roster that is already defensively limited and too slow.
Milwaukee, WI
Silver Alert issued for critically missing 69-year-old Milwaukee man with dementia
The Wisconsin Department of Justice and Milwaukee police are searching for a vulnerable, critically missing 69-year-old man.
Ike King Jr. was last seen traveling on foot Sunday, Oct. 6, around 10:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of North 41st Street, a largely residential area just west of West Fond du Lac Avenue. King has dementia. He is Black and has brown eyes and a black, curly afro. He has a missing front tooth and is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 175 pounds with a medium build.
King was last seen wearing a white flannel, a blue shirt, blue pants resembling Dickies style pants and black Nike flip-flops.
Silver Alerts are issued for elderly persons who are missing and believed to have dementia or some other cognitive impairment. “Critical missing” is a label police apply to people who may be especially vulnerable due to a variety of factors.
Anyone with information regarding King’s whereabouts should call the Milwaukee Police Department’s Seventh District at 414-935-7272.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee shootings Sunday; 1 dead, 1 injured
MILWAUKEE – One person is dead and another is injured after different shootings in Milwaukee on Sunday, Oct. 6.
20th and Cornell
A 16-year-old was shot around 1 p.m. and went to the hospital for treatment. The teen victim succumbed to their injury.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. Police are looking for anyone involved.
Birch and Sheridan
A 25-year-old was shot around 5:30 p.m. The victim went to the hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.
Police are still investigating and looking for anyone involved.
MPD tips
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 Tips app.
Milwaukee, WI
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Clear skies tonight with patchy frost away from the lake overnight. Temperatures dropping into the 30s inland, mid-40s near the lake overnight. Becoming partly sunny on Monday, breezy with highs in the mid-60s.
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