Brewers (Rea) vs Mets (Megill): 3/31/24, 12:40pm

[igor67]

I wonder if Santana and Canha deserve a tiny sliver of credit for the offense. Obviously getting better hitters was the most important, but all the young guys last year saw what a difference it made to just have a couple of guys who took professional ABs all the time. Still things to iron out, but I do enjoy the pressure feeling of being able to get someone on and feeling like most of them can steal.

[CheezWizHed]

45 minutes ago, RedStickBrew said:

My math says we’re on track

Although 174-0 is possible too! 😃

[LaprilOne]

14 minutes ago, igor67 said:

I wonder if Santana and Canha deserve a tiny sliver of credit for the offense. Obviously getting better hitters was the most important, but all the young guys last year saw what a difference it made to just have a couple of guys who took professional ABs all the time. Still things to iron out, but I do enjoy the pressure feeling of being able to get someone on and feeling like most of them can steal.

Great observation tanks for sharing.

[Slippery_Pete]

1 hour ago, CheezWizHed said:

Although 174-0 is possible too! 😃

That's why I said undefeated season.  I'm aiming higher 😀

[homer]

the infield defense with Ortiz, Adams, and Turang in there is seriously good 

[BruisedCrew]

2 hours ago, Gump said:

After going 3-0 and getting the sweep….AmFam is going to be ELECTRIC on Tuesday afternoon!

Probably not much different than usual. 

A high percentage of the fans that attend Opening Day don’t really care about the game if they manage to make it in from their tailgates. 

[areacodes]

1 hour ago, BruisedCrew said:

Probably not much different than usual. 

A high percentage of the fans that attend Opening Day don’t really care about the game if they manage to make it in from their tailgates. 

What do you consider a high percentage?

[brewmann04]

Very underrated about the whole series was the Brewers Defense which was fantastic.  Love the way the Brewers Pen worked out this weekend  especially Uribe and Hudson and Joel. Give Rea credit for his start today very impressive getting through 5 that what is needed from him. Glad to see Jackson didn’t look lost and Yeli looking a bit like his own self. Sal needs struggling but still playing good defense. Nice first series for Turang glad to see 

[Matt]

Truly beautiful. 

[BrewerFan]

4 hours ago, Matt said:

Truly beautiful. 

Oh...Mr. Cohen...

[kestrel79]

I was surprised to see the Mets payroll that high, and then seeing Tyrone Taylor and Omar in their lineup and not many "names" during the series. Like what is all that money spent on? I love it.

I really enjoyed how much we ran during the series. We have such a young, fast team. Use it to generate some runs like AZ did last year. 

[sveumrules]

33 minutes ago, kestrel79 said:

I was surprised to see the Mets payroll that high, and then seeing Tyrone Taylor and Omar in their lineup and not many "names" during the series. Like what is all that money spent on? I love it.

I really enjoyed how much we ran during the series. We have such a young, fast team. Mind as well use it to generate some runs like AZ did last year. 

About $65M of that is for guys no longer on the team (Scherzer, Verlander and McCann), but that still leaves around $260M in active player payroll.

"Names" on long term deals are Lindor ($34M), Diaz ($21.25M), Marte ($20.75M), Nimmo ($20.5M), Senga ($15.67M), and McNeil ($10.25M). That's like $112.5M for six guys. Brewers payroll is $110M for 26 guys.

Then they've got a bunch of eight figure one year deals with Alonso ($20.5M), Manea ($14.5M w/ opt out), Quintana ($13M), Severino ($13M), Martinez ($12M), Bader ($10.5M). That's like $83.5M for six more guys. Pirates have a payroll of $84M for 26 guys.

Then they've got a tier of another ten guys in the seven figures that are all set to hit FA after this year with Narvaez ($7M), Raley ($6.5M), Houser ($5.05M), Ottavino ($4.5M), Diekman ($4M), Fujinami ($3.35M), Smith ($2.25M), Wendle ($2M), Lopez ($2M). That's like another $32.5M, which could be framed as about half of Oakland's payroll or one Giancarlo Stanton.

Cot's contracts has them at only $141M in commitments for 2025, so Stearns should have a chance to make more of a mark on the team next offseason.