LouisEly

70% of pitchers are RH, so I think success vs LHP is a bit overrated.

70% of pitchers are RH, so I think success vs LHP is a bit overrated.

It's amazing how many people can't grasp this in so many aspects of life...

Fisker is a step ahead of you

I grew up in one, my grandparents lived on a farm, and my parents live in an unincorporated community, thank you. And it's one more thing they have to worry about and take time to do instead of being at home.

Or we could use somewhat objective data. According to B-R.com, the Brewers MLB (not NL, MLB) rank in Wins Above Average by position: C) 9th 1B) 16th 2B) 16th 3B) 8th SS) 13th LF) 9th CF) 27th RF) 6th DH) 14th SP) 22nd (trotting out Chi Chi and Alexander really hurt them) RP) 13th The "black holes" they need to address are CF and 4th/5th starter (addressed by getting Ashby, Peralta and Houser back). News flash - everyone's 7th/8th bullpen pitcher sucks.

Or we could use somewhat objective data. According to B-R.com, the Brewers MLB (not NL, MLB) rank in Wins Above Average by position: C) 9th 1B) 16th 2B) 16th 3B) 8th SS) 13th LF) 9th CF) 27th RF) 6th DH) 14th SP) 22nd (trotting out Chi Chi and Alexander really hurt them) RP) 13th The "black holes" they need to address are CF and 4th/5th starter (addressed by getting Ashby, Peralta and Houser back). News flash - everyone's 7th/8th bullpen pitcher sucks.

Plus if you drive a car 349 miles and show up at a gas station on fumes, 5 minutes later you can completely reset its range to 350 miles after filling up. Correct, but my point is how often do you need that? How often to you drive more than 200 miles in a trip? For most people, maybe 2-3 times a year? And what % of the total mileage/gas in a year does that encompass? 10%? And if you're spending $4-5K/year on gas, won't the gas savings pay for a few rental cars and then some? particularly in rural areas that often require vehicles with significant towing or storage capacity, or for people living in urban areas that don't have the means or real estate room to have their own secure charging station. 1) In rural areas aren't gas stations fewer and further between? Don't people have to go out of their way to get gas? Wouldn't it be much more convenient to have your own "gas station" at home instead of driving "into town" to get gas? B) I live in an urban area. Almost every parking ramp that I go into has EV charging stations; if it doesn't, there is one within a block or two that has one that people can park at instead. Residences (apartments and condos) know they have to have them to attract tenants. I would bet that the parking lot/ramp for every major corporate headquarters has charging stations. And in urban areas you don't have to travel very far to get where you are going, making a charge last weeks. (Gas is also more expensive in urban areas. It's $5.79/gal in my neighborhood as of yesterday.) I see plenty of people parking EVs on the street or in the parking area in the alley with no charging station because they can charge at work or at the ramp they park at when they go out to dinner or shopping somewhere.

The other thing that is being developed is Battery-as-a-Service. Nio, the Chinese EV company, has developed a battery swapping service similar to an oil change that takes 3-5 minutes to change out a bettery, about the same time it takes to fill a gas tank. Because the battery is leased, you don't purchase it with the vehicle, reducing the cost of the vehicle by up to $10K. It's not likely to get widespread usage, but it's an interesting technology that's available if needed. I would also be shocked if chain restaurants located just off of freeways aren't looking into adding charging stations in their parking lot. If people need to charge, they can do it while getting lunch or dinner which they would stop for anyway.

Well, one person on that list was an All-Star this year and a deserved one who would fill a need on this team so I think the answer is obvious.

Well, one person on that list was an All-Star this year and a deserved one who would fill a need on this team so I think the answer is obvious.

He showed signs of this in 2019 when he was league-average age in A+. If he played another position I would likely agree with you, but it is really hard to find catchers with a good hit tool and he's athletic enough that the Brewers have played him 137 innings in LF this year as well. More to the former, if you can find a catcher with numbers like he put up this year I am not inclined to move him for minimal return and will take the chance that it's a fluke.

He showed signs of this in 2019 when he was league-average age in A+. If he played another position I would likely agree with you, but it is really hard to find catchers with a good hit tool and he's athletic enough that the Brewers have played him 137 innings in LF this year as well. More to the former, if you can find a catcher with numbers like he put up this year I am not inclined to move him for minimal return and will take the chance that it's a fluke.

Agree, and I'd add Justin Jarvis to that list as well.

Agree, and I'd add Justin Jarvis to that list as well.

Having Tyler Black makes Felix Valerio expendable in a trade. Frelick makes Mitchell and Gray expendable. Agree on Eduardo Garcia with the drafting of Brown and the emergence of Cam Devanney. Same for Freddy Zamora, and for the right player Brice Turang. Jakson Reetz makes Feliciano expendable for whatever he's worth. Anyone in Carolina except Chourio and Quero. I guess the "would really have to blow me away" are Chourio, Black, Frelick, Wiemer, and Small. Mitchell, Quero, Turang, Kelly, and Reetz would require a player with multiple years of control.

Having Tyler Black makes Felix Valerio expendable in a trade. Frelick makes Mitchell and Gray expendable. Agree on Eduardo Garcia with the drafting of Brown and the emergence of Cam Devanney. Same for Freddy Zamora, and for the right player Brice Turang. Jakson Reetz makes Feliciano expendable for whatever he's worth. Anyone in Carolina except Chourio and Quero. I guess the "would really have to blow me away" are Chourio, Black, Frelick, Wiemer, and Small. Mitchell, Quero, Turang, Kelly, and Reetz would require a player with multiple years of control.

Given the dearth of CF options that may or may not be available, I understand why the Brewers spent high draft picks on Mitchell and Frelick.

If you would have read the articles I linked you would have saw that 180 miles is on the low end of range. The Chevy Equinox, expected to be in the $30K's, is expected to have a range of around 300 miles. The Audi Q4 eTron is 250 miles. The Fisker Ocean 250 for the low end model, 350 for higher end models. The Ford F-150 Lightning AWD version is 300 miles, the Chevy Silverado is expected to come in around 400 miles, the Ram 1500 up to 500 miles. Now, cold-weather range may be less as the heater runs off of the battery. To which I say, wear a jacket and gloves. And who said rental cars cost $100? (Mods - perhaps you should split the EV discussion into it's own separate thread)

This is simply not true. The EV's that are coming to market in the next 2-3 years almost all have ranges well over 200 miles and real world ranges of 180+ miles. Hell, gas tanks only get ~350 miles. EV's aren't far behind that. You just have to go out of your way to a gas station instead of conveniently charging at home.

What % of trips that people take are longer than the average 200-mile real-world range on an EV? And why couldn't people rent ICE cars for the few times a year they would have to take those trips? It's also quite the luxury item to spend $5,000/year on gas driving 15,000-20,000 miles per year on top of $6,000-$10,000/year on vehicle payments. Spend $1000/year on a rental car for the 2-3 long trips per year you take.

Some interesting guys in there that MLB.com has different ranks on. Regarding Locklear, I didn't give him much of a look because of being a RHH 1B, but given that he has an above-average arm I'm wondering if he could stick in a corner OF spot? Likely LF, but he has a 45 run grade (not terrible) and he swiped 14 bases over the last two seasons so if there's a chance he can be an average defensive RF I would not mind if he was pick #72 and certainly would be OK at #102. Tyler Cleveland and Spencer Giesting would be interesting 5th-6th round picks.

The 2021 stimulus payments are not being used for food and gas right now, and those two things are about as inelastic as you can get for demand anyway, thus the 2021 stimulus has little to do with inflation right now. Gas prices peaked in June, thus why inflation spiked. Gas price affects the cost of every tangible good, and no Fed action is going to have any significant impact on the demand for/price of gas. Gas prices are up almost 50% over a year ago. Diesel prices are up over 60%. That's what's driving inflation. That, and housing which is a supply issue and also inelastic in demand because whether own or rent, people have to live somewhere. Either home prices go up or rent goes up, or both if supply is too low.

Did you abandon Chicago and head back to WI?

I'm going to go with Garrett Crochet as the best draft pick in rounds 30+ that they didn't sign. While Giambi and Pence are good choices, Crochet was the 11th overall pick in 2020 and went straight to the majors. No doubt that next year or the year after the White Sox will stretch him out and put him back in the rotation.