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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    Sometimes it's not worth engaging other posters...particularly those who joined on last year's trade deadline to bash the Brewers 2022 moves, probably waited 11.5 months to post anything else, and now post nothing but bashing the Brewers 2023 deadline moves.
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    Trout, if the Angels picked up a vast majority of his remaining contract. Or Acuna. For me that's pretty much it. Guys with Chourio's body of work should get every opportunity to prove they aren't a HOF-caliber talent and are rightfully deemed untradeable minor league assets for any realistic scenarios.
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    I would absolutely love for a reporter/someone to tell Rodgers during an interview in front of a camera that "by your standards, you sucked during the 2019 season and with what you had remaining on your contract it made perfect sense for the Packers to start planning for their future at quarterback during the 2020 draft. Then, the team benefitted from any perceived slight by drafting Love by watching you win back to back MVP awards during 2020-2021 seasons and moved heaven and earth to restructure numerous veteran contracts to extend their window of contention while your contract remained an organizational albatross." Just to see him try to deflect those facts in real time. That restructure with the Jets was a formality more than anything and probably didn't need to take months of time to happen...and I think it actually handcuffs what the Jets can do in the near term because it forces them to carry larger cap hits further down the road. With their schedule from Week 1 through Thanksgiving, I kind of expect things to go sideways quickly in Jet land this season, and likely cost some front office/coaching jobs in the process.
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    Agreed - his contract #s are very reasonable for the production he could provide over full, healthy seasons. Limiting him to a DH-only role should help avoid many of the injuries that have cost Eloy a ton of time the past few seasons, too. He's still just 26.
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    I'm warming to the idea of adding Jimenez as this team's DH, if the cost isn't too steep. RH bat with plenty of pop that can carry a 0.275+ avg is exactly what the middle of this lineup needs. If he's healthy, Jimenez's contract carries plenty of value...and if he underperforms/is injured those club options for 2025 and 2026 are very handy. If the Brewers can put together a package of a couple projectable lower level prospects who are likely to be blocked when they'd be ready for MLB, plus a MLB-ready arm, sign me up!
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    I think Kim is a better fit for the Cubs, and they should trade Crow-Armstrong, Horton, Ben Brown, Alcantara, Wicks, and then a few low level lotto tickets to bring him to the North Side. At least the title of this article is fitting...nobody really is talking about this "blockbuster" because there's nothing to it besides an opinion of a fan for a different team than the Brewers. Calling Chourio and Frelick comparable in terms of present trade value...yikes
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    We haven't figured out how to mass produce hydrogen with green energy. To be fair, we haven't figured out how to mass produce green energy, either. Not just economically (it's still all heavily dependent on tax incentives), but also environmentally. There are some readily scalable options to mass produce hydrogen that can be used as a fuel source utilizing nuclear power.
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    Intriguing...but I wouldn't want to part with Chourio or Quero in the deal - would need to include 1-2 of the young MLB-ready OFs (Frelick, Mitchell, Wiemer) plus a high end arm (Uribe? Misiorowski?) and a low level lotto ticket, with the thought being after Soto leaves any OF void would get readily filled by Chourio. If the price is steeper than that, and it probably would be, I would pass.
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    Nothing like watching a guy hug a former teammate after accidentally hitting him in the helmet with a backswing (Happ and Contreras go quite a ways back with the Cubs), then still think it's appropriate to intentionally drill him a couple pitches later as a way to "send a message". Somehow that's playing the game the right way? Just dumb Pisses me off the most because it's probably the Cubs who will permanently stick a fork in the Cards' season this weekend, and in doing so they'll remain right in the mix for playoff contention. Even when the Cards suck, they do so in the most annoying ways...
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    I hope his walkup song should be something from Peter Frampton or Jimi Hendrix, just to get everyone's wheels turning upstairs!
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    it's a miniscule sample, but Santana's career numbers playing in Milwaukee are pretty damn solid, too...I think he's over a 1.000 OPS across 10 games. Him not needing a platoon mate should help strengthen offensive depth options at other positions, too.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    No thanks to Owen Miller getting regular ABs anywhere on the field now that they at least have a competent 1B on the roster. Like the trade simply because it fills a glaring hole on the position player roster. Turang has hit plenty well enough since being brought back up (0.642 OPS largely driven by surges in both his walk rate and slugging) to be sent back down to allow Miller more playing time (sub-400 OPS in the last two weeks with pretty regular playing time, not much better over a longer sample since end of May). I think Rowdy actually returning to get meaningful playing time this season is already a bit of a stretch - plus he sucked before he got injured this season. Tellez could wind up being a DH option if he does come back healthy and is swinging a good bat - but a mangled finger/hand injury isn't something that allows him to get any swings in while he's on the shelf over the next few weeks. This trade eliminates the need for the Brewers to have to count on Tellez being what he was a couple seasons ago to actually get decent offensive production from 1B, which is good on all fronts. I also don't think it shuts the door on a different trade or callup for the DH role, either.
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    I don't see the reason to compare one stat (K:BB ratio) of what Hiura did as a 21 yr old over his short minor league career that came primarily against pitching that didn't match Keston's level of development (he was widely considered having the best collegiate hit tool in the draft, so he should have raked against A/A+ caliber pitching...and he only played ~2months in AA) with a 19-yr old Chourio's performance thus far this season. Hiura was a sophmore in college at the age Chourio is now playing in AA facing a steady diet of pitchers with MLB-caliber stuff who are still developing. I'm among the most ardent Hiura backers on this board and really am pulling for him to get one last extended look as this team's DH...but as a prospect Hiura's ceiling was nowhere close to as high as what Chourio's is. I do think we'll see Frelick/Mitchell/Wiemer manning the outfield next season in Milwaukee...but that doesn't mean we have to see that for two years before Chourio gets called up. I think there's a better chance one of those 3 gets dealt this offseason or by next year's deadline to make room for Jackson than keeping Chourio in the minors all season next year.
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    I think the best thing for their organization for next season would be to aggressively sell and keep building depth of young talent...but it's been a few seasons since they've been competitive at all, so I expect them to do some soft buying that doesn't cost too much in prospects to try and improve their bullpen and maybe add another bat....and hope the teams in front of them in the division/wildcard races stumble enough for them to be in the mix when the calendar gets to mid-September. I do still consider them more of a threat to the Brewers than the Reds for the division. They've been very inconsistent, but the Cubs have talent at some key positions who are having really good seasons.
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    You don't shelve a potentially generational talent in minor leagues for two MORE seasons just because you can wait that long to have to add Chourio to the 40 man roster - my goodness. We're not talking about a 30th round draft pick out of college with a fun nickname or Cooper Hummel here... If he stumbles in his development, sure, you have the luxury to let him struggle and grow as a kid in the minor leagues - when he's doing what he currently is at the AA level as a teenager, which is frankly making a mockery of it during this recent hot streak, you start figuring out how soon his talent can help at the MLB level and get aggressive in getting him up there. A full season of Frelick, Mitchell, and Wiemer should never ever be guaranteed due to the injury histories and some initial MLB struggles - and frankly even a healthy full season with those 3 in the outfield wouldn't be as good as having Chourio on the MLB roster as an everyday player - even as a 20/21 yr old. He's that talented.
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    I think they all are on the opening day roster for 2024, with Adames being thr most likely offseason trade candidate. Depending how the season starts, both woodruff and burnes could still land quite a bit in trade at next years deadline, or if the Brewers are in contention you go all in with trades for one last ride with them before the organization moves into Chourio's grasp.
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    The Sabathia trade wound up being purely a volume trade and that was the only reason it wound up working out ok for Tribe - LaPorta was the centerpiece and he wound up busting. The pitchers sent back to Cleveland (Bryson and Zach Jackson) were AAAA fodder, too. Brantley was viewed as the throw-in and wound up being by far and away the best MLB player sent to Cleveland in that deal. For Ohtani, I think you'd need to include a big MLB-ready arm with a ton of team control (Uribe, for example), then an impact position player prospect that appears on the verge of being ready (Quero or Black), plus a good pitching prospect in the low minors and a lottery ticket.
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    ...if it meant we could sign Adames to a condensed extension. You could honestly insert anything at the front of this statement, and I would say no thank you.
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    Maybe next offseason they shouldn't throw that kind of money at an aging outfielder who can't hit righties and a guy fresh off neck surgery to provide offensive impact. I'm all for the Brewers spending more payroll than this for a primary DH in order to actually get a good option into the everyday lineup. To me it feels similar to the Brewers' approach under Melvin trying to split the difference in terms of payroll expenditures signing a slew of #5 starters for $8-$10M a season to fill out a rotation, when they'd have been better off spending more in free agency to bring in better talent or just letting younger internal options provide similar and likely better production at a fraction of that cost. Specific to this thread, count me out on adding more middle/utility IFs to a 40 man roster already loaded up with them right now.
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    I get the move solely because Toro is on the 40 man and yes, he's been hitting well in AAA in recent weeks - unfortunately that still doesn't make him a 1B. In fact, the entire Brewers' 26 man active roster doesn't currently have a player on it whose primary position is 1B - I guess, that it is, until they put on the Brewers jersey....once that happens they're all 1B! The longterm impact of not carrying everyday 1B and DH players (not 1, two roster spots) on this roster whose primary contribution is offensive production/power leads to continued weak offensive lineups. Instead, these roles have been filled in by utility players who have a MLB career at all because they don't embarrass themselves in the field at multiple defensive positions. It's frustrating as hell when everyone can see they need several more bats on the roster.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    So, ~$8M benched DH who can't hit goes on the IL with a balky back, let's call up a utility IF and start him at 1B, then give Yeli a breather in left to DH him and start Taylor and his buck fifty batting average out there in his place to go 0-4. All the while shoving our recent young callup still getting his feet wet back into the cleanup spot hitting behind our SS who can't get on base. So, the Brewers are probably in for scoring 8 runs today...
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    The Brewers definitely have a knack for going after Juco arms - which tend to not be nearly as overworked as D1 college pitchers and are draft eligible earlier than 3 yr college players.
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    Game situations and outs in an inning dictate those decisions so much - with two outs runners should be going full out on contact. A double off the wall is a 100 percent send home in that situation, and there was nothing about the sequence to hold the runner at third. He wasn't out by a mile - the relay throw shorthopped the catcher and he made a great play to smother the ball and grab it 1 count before Monastario came sliding into the plate. With this team and at that spot in the game and lineup with two outs, it would have been a fireable offense not to send Monasario in that spot, IMO. Sometimes you just tip your cap to the opponent making a great play.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    yeah...would be nice to get something going earlier more consistently though
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    yuck welp...go get 'em tomorrow
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