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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    kind of hoping for a double play ball, then a bloop single this inning so they can just take Houser out of this game
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    If i was the Padres I'd be much more leery about the Reds...
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    I don't think it's that simple given the timing - the Jays would have had to make room on their 40 man for him, which would mean jettisoning someone else off it. Right now that roster is full, plus they have quite a few arms on the 60 day IL that will require roster juggling if/when they return. It's not that they didn't think Axford could potentially help them at some point in the big leagues, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten so many appearances in AAA over the past few weeks - they likely didn't want to force that roster move without another pitching injury requiring it, particularly right after the trade deadline. For the Brewers, it was still a smart move because it was an opportunity to add a veteran to their 40 man while they are dealing with widespread COVID-related absences to their bullpen. It didn't work out with Axford mowing down the side and it looks like he probably injured himself, but it was worth a shot to the Brewers because it cost literally nothing to try in terms of prospect capital, roster space, and cash (well, 1$).
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    W!
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    This ump is so inconsistent out there....
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    Fun moment, but hopefully he didn't just blow his arm out and hopefully we get the next two outs. Right now I'm thinking Trevor Hoffman and Derrek Turnbow are turning their phones off in case a random 414 number calls looking for out getters...
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    This is one of many reasons I love following baseball on a daily basis - hope he does well but don't even really care if he walks the first two hitters, to be honest...just awesome
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    OMG this umpire on that outside corner...lol
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    Wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him sign with the Cubs this offseason on a short term deal - not really sure if that would be good or bad for us as Brewer fans, but the Cubs will be needing to add some veteran everyday players to fill out their MLB roster even if they just burned what they had all down. If the offseason FA interest in Story is lukewarm based on a subpar 2021 and a long list of other SS free agents, I can see him signing a 1 yr prove it deal in a big market to build his value back up and get flipped by that noncontending team at next year's deadline. Uphill battle for Cubs to get top FA if they are saying rebuild. Story won't be a top FA next offseason - other SS alone include Semien, Seager, Correa, Baez, Crawford that will probably be more coveted than Story. The Cubs will have some $$ and be looking to add a guy they can pay market value on a short term deal with plans to trade him for more prospects....it's the same formula Theo did with the Cubs his first few seasons with them when they were in tank/rebuild mode.
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    Wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him sign with the Cubs this offseason on a short term deal - not really sure if that would be good or bad for us as Brewer fans, but the Cubs will be needing to add some veteran everyday players to fill out their MLB roster even if they just burned what they had all down. If the offseason FA interest in Story is lukewarm based on a subpar 2021 and a long list of other SS free agents, I can see him signing a 1 yr prove it deal in a big market to build his value back up and get flipped by that noncontending team at next year's deadline.
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    Probably because they would have needed to make a 40 man roster move to add him and they probably didn't want to risk losing someone already on it or burning an option
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    The trade was for $1....nobody can ever say the Brewers are shy about taking on payroll via trade! Love this move given the timing with with other relievers and players dealing with COVID protocols and facing the Pirates - see if Ax-man still has something and potentially pick up a late inning arm in exchange for nothing.
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    Trust me I get that, too....they've thrown a TON of money at Wrigley renos and property development and I'm sure it helped trigger this, starting with dealing Darvish in the offseason for a pile of teenage lottery tickets from the Padres....that being said, if their front office was as smart as they all thought they were the organization in general would've had more talent in the pipeline now and made better free agency/trade decisions over the past 3-4 seasons.
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    I know it's almost the deadline, but I would still bet on the side of us not being done yet. There will be breaking trades announced all the way up to when tonight's east coast games get started - particularly for team like the Brewers who play pretty close to the vest. Paperwork just takes time to get processed and I don't think many of the baseball trade gurus on twitter get trade info quickly from the Brewers unless it involves a team they have better contacts with.
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    ...AND they got an extra month and half out of Adames...AND because they didn't have the competition that they would have had if they waited until now, they probably would have had to give up more than they did to get Adames. AND most importantly, they have him under team control for the next 3 seasons - something none of the players being dealt this deadline to playoff hopefuls have going for them.
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    What's actually sad for Cub fans is the fact their organization was managed to the point of requiring an epic teardown in order to try and get competitive again a few years down the road...for a huge market team that really doesn't have a financial equal in its own division it's a black eye on the Theo regime.
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    Talented young OF prospect (19th overall pick in the 2020 draft), albeit one recovering from torn labrum surgery earlier this year. Definitely a farm system jolt type of player, but a few years away from potentially becoming a big leaguer.
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    I believe that's very much the case with Olson...and I can see plenty of room on the Tigers' 40 man roster for him. Hell, the Tigers might actually just throw him in their own pen in Detroit next year. Looking at it that way, the Brewers traded away a promising arm they probably had little chance of retaining through this offseason because of the rule 5 draft issue for someone that bolsters their MLB pen. Falls right in line with some of the other recent deadline trades involving Brewer pitching prospects (Ortiz, Medeiros, etc).
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    We've officially entered the least productive portion of my July work schedule....no deadlines to worry about aside from the one that happens a 3 central time this afternoon;)
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    Maybe the Brewers would rather keep one of the best late inning relievers in the game on their roster for their now-annual postseason push?
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    Relief pitchers are going for way more than typical this deadline, it seems. It's the bats that teams are getting pennies on the dollar for. The fact that the Brewers seemingly gave up more value for Daniel Norris than they did Eduardo Escobar is somewhat crazy to me, but the market is what it is. Reliever rentals pretty much always get seemingly better returns in terms of value than hitter rentals at the deadline....to me this year's Rizzo trade to the Yankees is the lone exception, but my gut says the Cubs got actual prospect value from the Yankees because they picked up the rest of Rizzo's salary to keep them from exceeding the luxury tax payroll threshold so they can spend like drunken sailors in free agency this offseason again.
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    Norris was pretty darn good as a reliever in 2020...looking at his 2021, he's had 3 blowup appearances where he's given up more than 2ER, the last time in mid June. His July BAA is 0.107 with a 0.72 WHIP across 10 appearances. If nothing else he's a good arm with experience that should help add depth to the middle of the bullpen, and he does appear to be a weapon against LH hitters.
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    There's going to be a ton of deals done right at the deadline....and info won't be available until late afternoon/evening.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    Looks like return is a pair of prospects - one being 23-yr old reliever Mason Thompson who slides in as the Nats' #13 prospect, and the other being 21 yr old A-ball shortstop Jordy Barley who slides in at #23 in the Nats' system. Barley's biggest asset is speed and doesn't project to become a regular MLB player, while Thompson's recent switch to reliever has been really good for a potential MLB career. Thompson is a big, tall power arm, but he does have a lengthy injury history of arm troubles.
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    This is also the reason the Cubs got anything of significant value in return in terms of prospects - keeping their payroll below luxury tax thresholds for 2022 probably carries just as much if not more value to the Yankees than Rizzo does the rest of this season - The Cubs being a large market with a garbage team allows them flexibility to rebuild their farm by buying prospects via paying what's left of their veteran players' contracts they are trading away. It's just big markets being big markets.
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