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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.

I fail to see how Trey Mancini is an upgrade over Keston Hiura, especially given the salary differences. Mancini has been nothing special since 2019, before his colon cancer diagnosis. Yes, he strikes out less than Hiura, and yes, Hiura struggled the last two years as a 23 and 24 year old. But swapping a 25-year-old with a 126 OPS+ and 128 wRC+ making < $1M and who isn't a free agent until 2026 for a 30-year-old with a 113 OPS+ and 113 wRC+ making $7.5M and is a free agent in 2024 doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me.

This is where having 3 catchers hurt you, because the Brewers don't have any infielders left on the bench to be able to pinch hit Caratini or Narvaez.

The Cardinals have had a lot of success with that over the years. Bringing up Small today takes any travel related issues out of the way if he is in fact starting tomorrow.

For those who have watched, can he legitimately stick in CF? Just needs to cut down on the K's.

Yep, upgrade Gustave/Gott and make it a 5-6 inning game just like the Royals did a few years ago. And with Peralta back, it's going to be a tough 5-6 innings for anyone - the Cards will need Soto in order to have any chance.

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.

Including the DL, the A's have eight position players on their major league roster who have an OPS below .600 this season.

Yep, if you're off-balance/on your heels and at risk of air-mailing it you try to throw a one-hopper to the 1B. As a former 1B, as long as it hits the grass you have enough time to gauge the bounce and make a relatively easy catch. What you don't want it to do is hit the lip of the grass because then you don't know if it's going to bounce up or skip low off of the edge.

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)

A simple lookup at B-R.com will show you that 2023 is his final year of arbitration and eligible for free agency in 2024.

Not sure why Aroldis Chapman's trades in 2015 and 2016 aren't good comps for what Hader could fetch. In 2015 Chapman's service time according to B-R.com was 4.034; they have Hader's service time right now as 4.115. I hope the prospects turn out better than in those trades, but I think those are the type of prospects he would bring back.

I wonder what the record is for the fewest pitches to cover two innings. Suter's 12 last night probably isn't the record (Red Barrett threw a 58-pitch complete game, so he averaged 6.44 pitches/inning), but I'd bet that it is the fewest this century.

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.