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  1. (See: Christian Alliegro, Wisconsin Badgers vs Northwestern)
  2. Edwin Diaz got 5/102. Hader got 5/95 Raisel Iglesias got 4/58. 35-year-old Kenley Jansen got $16M/year. 34-year-old Ryan Pressly got $15M/year. Taylor Rogers - yes, that Taylor Rogers who stunk for the Brewers - got 3/33. Devin isn't taking $20M for one year.
  3. With the game in hand and no real offensive threat from NW, I think they deliberately played conservative so as not to put anything more on film for Penn State to see.
  4. Huh, imagine that - elite closer giving up go-ahead HR to elite HR hitter.
  5. First in MLB according to Fangraphs: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&pageitems=30&sortcol=12&sortdir=default&pagenum=1
  6. Turang led all of MLB regardless of position in DRS. He definitely has a shot.
  7. Carlson has the highest FG% (among those w/>1 attempt) in Packers history. So, either no kicker in Packers history has done their job, or people have unrealistic expectations. Agree 100%. It's just not that easy, particularly in Green Bay. Free agent kickers don't want to come to Green Bay. (Or Chicago. Or Buffalo.) That's why they had to pay Longwell and Crosby top-of-the-market rate to stay in GB even though they weren't top of the market in FG%. So, they either need to pay well above market rate (and the subsequent salary cap ramifications) to get someone to come to GB or they have to take their chance on a young kicker (like they did with Longwell and Crosby). Yeah, it's easy to say just throw a bunch of money at a kicker. So, what position do you short? People say the same thing about backup QB - why don't they have a good backup QB?!? How much do you spend there, and what position do you short to have a good backup QB? I agree with the principle. In reality, it's not that simple.
  8. Maybe there will be baseball in Oakland next year after all...
  9. Butker was drafted by and released by the Panthers his rookie year before signing with KC.
  10. Missed that the Packers signed Omar Brown to the practice squad back on 8/29.
  11. There's been talk that the Cardinals are looking to rebuild. Arenado has three years left, $74M, of which Colorado is paying $10M. He's still plus defensively, his best days are behind him with his bat but can he rebound to his 2023 numbers? The Cardinals would have to throw in some cash themselves, but he would be one helluva risk/reward gamble if they are going to go for it. The more likely and less sexy option is Ramon Urias from Baltimore. They need to make room for Holliday, leaving him the odd man out. 1.5 bWAR/0.9 fWAR in 300 PAs, might be better defensively at 2B and keep Ortiz at 3B with Turang moving to SS. Perhaps there's a LHH platoon mate for Urias (Collins? Dunn? Frelick?) to minimize his splits.
  12. Exactly. It rarely happens their rookie year, and would have been a big mistake to let him go.
  13. Colorado’s Regional Air Quality Council voted to approve recommendations to ban the sale of gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2025. The council decided to recommend to the commission to ban the sale of gas-powered lawn equipment for residential use starting in 2025. https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/colorado-air-quality-group-pushes-forward-recommendations-to-ban-gas-lawn-equipment-sales
  14. Going into last week Gary had been chipped the 3rd most of any player in the league. There have been rumblings of dissatisfaction with the DL coach, that he's more of a rah-rah guy than someone who can coach guys up.
  15. There's no way to quantify it, but I'd be willing to bet that his clubhouse presence and intangibles are worth at least two team wins per season. There's a reason the Brewers have been overachieving and I think he's a big reason behind it. Team chemistry matters. A lot.
  16. Turang and Frelick both led their positions in defensive runs saved by a wide margin. No big names that Frelick is competing with at RF, Turang has a big name in Ketel Marte he has to compete with, but Turang was credited with 21 DRS whereas Marte was credited with only 10. Good chance the Brewers come away with two GGs.
  17. 1) Yes. See: his brother B) I saw a bad hold, not a bad kick. And a bad snap. And I said so at the time: https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/41857-divisional-round-packers-49ers-saturday-jan-20th-715pm-fox/page/21/#comment-1561413
  18. This early in the season? Look at the players who are at the top of FG% this season. McLaughlin (100%) - 7th team, 71% in 2021, 78% in 2019, waived or released eight times. Grupe - 2nd year, 81% last year. Bates - kicks in a dome, had to go to the UFL/XFL/whatever first. Reichard - rookie who kicks in a dome. Folk - 78% in 2012, 77% in 2011, 77% in 2010, 64% in 2009. Prater - 74% in 2008, 76% in 2011, 75% in 2020. Boswell (94%) - 65% in 2018, 75% in 2022. Seibert (94%) - fifth team, 67% (released after going 6 of 9) in 2020, 60% (waived after going 3 of 5) in 2022. It's almost like there's some variance or randomness to FG%.
  19. You also can't judge kickers on a game-by-game basis, or all of them will eventually fail.
  20. Go Cleveland!!
  21. Did people miss the part where McCalvy said, "Doesn't guarantee he'll play a lot there"? If he takes Monasterio's spot as the backup 3B, then isn't that an offensive upgrade?
  22. Lindor had his 2nd and 3rd highest WAR seasons the last two years at ages 29 and 30. Betts had his 3rd highest WAR season last year at age 30. Seager had his highest WAR season last year at age 29 and his 4th highest this year at age 30. Swanson had his three highest WAR seasons the last three years at age 28, 29, and 30. 27-28 is a human being's physical peak, but not necessarily their production peak with respect to baseball.
  23. 28-year-olds have their best games behind them?
  24. Yes and no. The super long-standing teams played during an era when there were only 8 teams in each league, not much different than the Brewers playing in a 7-team division in the late 70's, 80's, and early 90's. The only really disadvantageous period was 1961-1968 when there were 10 teams in each league. But the super long-standing teams also got to play in 6-team divisions from 1969-1976 and also got to beat up on expansion clubs in the early/late 60's and late 70's. Among the 16 super long-standing teams, eight have a higher playoff % than the Brewers, 8 have a lower %.
  25. Would you have put the Brewers in the top half of teams? https://x.com/Brooks_Gate/status/1779225854028947806 (Edit: someone help me with imbedding tweets. I clicked on "Share", then "Copy link", then pasted it here.)
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