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  1. TooLiveBrew
    So was it a joke what the Pirates were doing 2 or 3 or 4 years ago? What about the Athletics 2-6 years ago? Sometimes a team has to recognize that the best plan is to build a foundation, & not simply try to paper over the cracks from one year to the next & hope everything breaks in their favor. It doesn't impress me or make me feel grateful that a club will "put the best product on the field", if that product is a .500-ish club like the Brewers were, objectively, heading into 2013.
  2. TooLiveBrew
    I think you can get something good it is just how much are you willing to pay of Weeks salary. I would pay a majority of the contract if it meant getting a decent prospect in return as the money is already budgeted for Weeks next year so paying for a part of his contract doesn't really have much of an impact on the teams budget. If another team offered Weeks to the Brewers & volunteered to pick up the vast majority of his salary, what Brewers prospect would you be willing to part with? I wouldn't want to see anyone of even moderate value given up for him at this point with his price tag. He's not very likely to get any kind of good return even if the Brewers are offering him up basically for free. You can find .700-ish OPS subpar defenders at 2B for pretty cheap in the FA market any offseason, and whether it proves to hold true going forward or not, that's his baseline value at this point.
  3. TooLiveBrew
    After from the first month of the season -- 79% of his total PAs -- his OPS came in around .525. When you consider that almost half of his total PAs came as a first baseman, it becomes even harder to attempt to stomach And I share your fear that Melvin's & Roenicke's apparent affinity for Yuni will rear its ugly head once again. Continued here: viewtopic.php?f=66&t=30709
  4. TooLiveBrew
    Yost consistently made bad matchup decisions with the bullpen. If I can't trust my memory for that, then my memory is worthless.
  5. TooLiveBrew
    I think the Brewers have actually demonstrated they do have some depth, since their record post Braun is better than it was with Braun. For all the hoopla about the Cardinals and their depth, the key man on their team still is Molina. Without him, they have been under .500. If you think the Brewers' depth is close to the Cardinals', I have a bridge to sell you.
  6. TooLiveBrew
    I can see it now... he'll come into ST 'in the best shape of his life!' & win a 25-man spot.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    http://i.imgur.com/F6jIGT3.gif
  8. TooLiveBrew
    Imo the question always has been, & always will be, 'do you have enough talent that you differentiate yourself?' Sure, teams get hot at the right times in every sport, & go on to win postseason hardware despite less-than-stellar regular seasons. But that's never an acceptable plan for me. You have to always be looking for ways to stack talent on top of talent. How many teams can say they have 'All-Star caliber' production from three or four positional spots? Quite a few. That doesn't make the Brewers special, it makes them run-of-the-mill. Should we feel good that they likely aren't as bad as this season's record (in terms of true talent), and also that they're much more likely a .500-ish true talent club? I guess you can if you want to. But half the league (or so) could talk themselves into feeling that way, frankly. Imo it's not about, 'hey, we won [X] games last year, so we should only need to win [X+Y] to make the postseason next year.' Things change. It's about how well your overall pile of talent compares to the teams in your division, & the teams in your league. I don't feel optimistic about the Brewers right now because they've demonstrated a below-average to poor ability, relative to their MLB peers, to create a depth of talent all across the 25-man roster for any sustained period of time. To me, the mission always needs to be, 'how can we add more talent?' -- not, 'we need to win [X] number of games, and that'll be good enough'.
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Well with Braun, a 1st baseman, and a healthy pitching staff I think it's slightly better than .500. You are free to change allegiances at any time. Slightly better than .500? Well, that changes everything. Honestly, this terrible stretch from 2012-2013 is the first time in my life I've even considered taking a break from supporting the Brewers (& it's not really about the W-L column, it's about philosophy). At this point, I'm not even considering adopting another club, but I'm completely burned out on watching this organization fail continuously. Candidly, I have no faith that Melvin can right the ship, and I genuinely question if Attanasio & his ownership group can either.
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Wahoo. A team with .500 ball upside. Let the flurry of season ticket purchasing commence.
  11. TooLiveBrew
    Like I said in a different thread, it's not about the label wrt Davis, it's why he's gotten it. Simply stated, short & stockier corner outfielders typically don't have the upside of your prototypical-build players. It's not about saying he's not an elite prospect 'just because', it's that typically smaller guys at power positions don't turn into good MLB players or stars. His production at Nashville (in the hitter-friendly PCL, no less) wasn't exactly eye-catching, & while he's certainly hit so far in the bigs, I think it's a stretch to say that he should be considered as a main piece on any kind of team, let alone a contending one (not that I think the '14 Brewers will contend). I'm rooting for Khrush (heck, I broke out that nickname for him) as hard as anyone, believe me. But I just don't think he's going to hit as well over the course of his career as he has in his debut.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    The prime time to trade Aoki has come & gone. Now, I can't imagine any team being willing to give up much for one season of a below-average corner OF (ranked 19th of 21 qualifying RFs by WAR (FanGraphs), 17/21 in wOBA, 19/21 in OPS) entering his age-32 season, which will also be his walk-year prior to free agency. And it's not like he's a really good defender to help compensate for the subpar bat. I mean, what honestly would we want to see Melvin part with for that player? I wouldn't want to see even a Caleb Gindl, Scooter Gennett, or a Krush Davis traded for that kind of player.
  13. TooLiveBrew
    It's not about the label of a top-100 guy for me, but more the reason why Davis has never been included in that tier. Nothing against him, but he's a smaller guy by MLB standards. That usually limits a player's upside. I do think that Davis will hit enough to stick in the bigs. Ideally, he'd be a 4th OF for a contender imo.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    What posts on here paint him in this light? Just because people prefer to not re-sign him doesn't mean they also don't value him. If the Brewers believe that Hunter Morris will become anything at all at the big-league level, they shouldn't block him with Hart. However, if Morris isn't in the long-term plans, then I guess I don't have a problem with him being re-signed on the kind of team-friendly/incentive-laden deal Corey hinted he'd be willing to accept.
  15. TooLiveBrew
    This discussion needs to be kept out of the ad hominem category. That is all.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    I saw it as roughly even until after ~30 min. What really excites me is all the little ways you can tell they're well coached. I love Jurgi!
  17. TooLiveBrew
    I didn't read the article -- do you know for certain that they didn't adjust for factors like market/locale? Or that the "household income" number(s) themselves aren't adjusted much in the same way you're suggesting they could/should be? Because otherwise, I'd have to agree that it'd be painting a very broad picture of a very nuanced topic.
  18. TooLiveBrew
    Three thoughts: 1. For as bad as they looked @ Costa Rica, they looked great (after the first ~30 minutes) against Mexico. 2. Wow, does Mexico lack overall talent. Just not a good side right now. 3. DOS A CERO! DOS A CERO!
  19. TooLiveBrew
    Apologies if this was posted at the time, but I only saw this today. Good guy Manny Parra visited the Milwaukee VA Medical Center when the Reds came to Milwaukee July 8-10.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    ATL's Evan Gattis hit a 486' HR today, the longest so far this season (per ESPN's Home Run Tracker). Apparently he hit it into a pretty stiff wind, to boot. What a blast.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    This is the definition of a PR move. For me, the next topic of discussion is: "So what?" This is above and beyond the 'call of duty' for his transgression, imo. Is this a PR move? Absolutely. But this is the time when a PR move can actually contain valid meaning. Keep in mind that he's explaining that he's sorry for utilizing something that's marginally more evil than many legal & also-allowed-by-MLB substances.
  22. TooLiveBrew
    I imagine that asking for a Benz in exchange for a $100 bill would result in a similar outcome
  23. TooLiveBrew
    Yeah, I guess jerichoholic brings up an interesting wrinkle. When I read the thread title, my thought was "perennial All-Star". I'm not sure they have one of those, but they probably do have at least one guy who'll make one ASG.
  24. TooLiveBrew
    Frankly, I think it's because early (somewhat sustained) success 'hides' your struggles in the season line. For example, the casual fan will glance & see that Segura's AVG is still over .300, & come to the conclusion that he's hit well all season. When you start out by struggling but then recover & heat up, it can take so long for your season line to reflect the improvement that many/most fans are slower to notice it than in the opposite scenario.
  25. TooLiveBrew
    Yeah, because playing baseball almost every day for 170+ days consecutively doesn't have a cumulative effect... When you're 23? No, it really doesn't. It's baseball. It's not like he's running 12 miles a day, or running into 300 lb defensive lineman. If he isn't taking care of his body and he's tired or injured as a result, that's a problem going forward. It's not like he hasn't gotten days off. He's not-started 7 games already this season -- 5% of the year. So, if he's tired is the excuse, then what does the team do next year? Start him 130 games instead of 150? Stop letting him hang out with Yuni? Mental fatigue can play an even bigger role than any physical fatigue (or lack thereof). If fatigue as a whole played the seemingly minimal role you're implying it has (or should have wrt Segura), every player would be consistent from week to week & month to month.
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