Fear The Chorizo
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trying to find highlights of Brecht where he isn't walking everybody. No thank you for a 1st round pick on a collegiate arm that can't throw strikes, no matter how electric it might be. If he falls to that sandwich pick, pull the trigger there - but not at 17. There are several other prep arms and bats/athletic position players listed between 17-33 in this mock I'd prefer the Brewers take with their top pick instead of Brecht.
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2024 Divisional Rivals Thread
Fear The Chorizo replied to Playing Catch's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
They have to think the Cubs will buy because of the perception of the team having a core of talent that should make them a contender. Problem is that core actually isn't good enough. As an organization, they are wandering through big market mediocrity, and their GM is great at building a team that winds up as just that. -
Sometimes being injured is the one thing you can count on a pitcher trying to get off the injured list for, unfortunately.
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And he is all of 20 yrs old
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Chourio's last 14 days has him OPS-ing 0.900, batting 0.296, and slugging 0.556. Count me is as somebody as one that feels like the Brewers can afford to expend a ton of MLB Chourio at-bats the rest of this season. He's figuring things out just fine and I want to continue seeing everyday playing time given to the 20 yr old in Milwaukee.
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Cubs May Meltdown - Beautiful to Witness
Fear The Chorizo replied to edfunderburk's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
When CC started getting accolades for bullpen management, he had a younger Hader to use for multi-inning appearances to often bridge innings 6-7, backed by a series of young starters with dominating stuff who were also multi-inning bullpen options (Burnes/Woodruff/Peralta), plus an AS-caliber closer in Knebel, and a pile of good situational lefties/righties - plus in September MLB rules still allowed for a ton of players to be active on gameday after September callups, and the Brewers rolled through that month utilizing the depth they had on the 40 man full of relievers. It's not like CC was grinding through 8 relievers a game to get 10 outs like LaRussa would do on some of those Cardinal teams that found ways to win a WS....CC managed a bullpen well that also happened to be stacked with arm talent and depth. -
"He sold the windshield!" "This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons"
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Yeah, it's difficult to even tell where the team name is on that
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not necessarily from a prospect capital or dollars and cents perspective...
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At this point, I think the best value the Brewers can get from Adames is to let him continue making his case for a longterm FA contract as a Brewer during the rest of his contract year this season, hope he stays healthy and performs well enough for him to turn down the QO made by the Brewers this offseason, and then recoup the comp pick when he signs elsewhere while handing the everyday SS reins over to Turang or Ortiz to open the 2025 season. So, in short, no thanks to trading away the last 2-3 months of your starting shortstop for what would likely amount to a pitching prospect who isn't yet ready to pitch at the MLB level when your current division lead is over 5 games.
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Since coming back from injury, Robert is hitting 0.148 with 13 ks in 30 plate appearances. The only reason his OPS is north of 0.700 is 3 of his hits have been HRs. No thank you.
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Best storylines of the season to date?
Fear The Chorizo replied to Playing Catch's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think the best storyline for me is the fact I'm having a hard time picking the "best" one this season since there are several: Ortiz being good enough to make the Burnes trade feel like at worst a wash knowing the Brewers have him on their roster for the forseeable future - nevermind how much better it will look if Hall can get healthy/put it together and with whoever they pick in the draft coming up with that extra choice Turang doing what I thought he would do on the field after a year of MLB experience and an offseason to mature into his frame. Contreras and Yelich putting up borderline MVP-level years Noticeable shift in the offensive approach with a mix of young players and vets who work the count, steal bases, and score in different ways Continued reliability of the bullpen, despite injuries and roster turnover Chourio proving he's not overmatched at the MLB level (and showing some recent signs of taking the jump of adjusting to MLB pitchers attacking him) Winning games despite trading away their ace, their co-ace resigned in the offseason so he can rehab all of 2024 after shoulder surgery, their closer missing the first half of this season with injury, and injuries all over the place - Proving this organization has a heap of young and underrated talent throughout. -
Lagging indicators or not, the reason shelter costs are exploding has more to do with lack of supply than rates. The reason insurance has gotten out of control expensive is because costs for everything that gets insured have also exploded. Raising interest rates to where they need to be right now will tank this economy, i agree - but it's the medicine this economy needs due to close to two decades of rates largely suppressed to zero amid printing money to try and artificially bolster growth. Trying to keep propping this up with half steps and more money printing will lead to the whole works crashing down, and also leave the govmint/fed with limited options to help when that does happen.
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Reasons differ from then, but it feels like the 1st half of 2008 economically all over again, when things were still sorta growing/sorta doing ok despite some glaring warning signs....then the market turned very volatile, days/weeks where it plummeted followed right behind by days/week where it shot back up - until the financial sector was forced to take their medicine in the fall, and the next few years. I think the Fed needs to keep their powder dry and hold off on lowering rates, and should strongly consider raising them further to actually get inflation down to their stated goal in the short term.
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Trade Deadline: What Would You Do?
Fear The Chorizo replied to wallus's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Unless the Astros beat them to it, sign Trevor Bauer for league minimum and hold onto all those prospects another month, then improve the bench offense and perhaps add another starter at the deadline via trade in late July if the pile of young arms either stays injured or isn't settled into a good rotation headlines by Peralta and Bauer. -
If you are paying a manager over $8m a season, you think you have a pretty good team. Doesn't mean you are right, but because of that contract the pressure to win falls on the manager's shoulders. Watching that actual rudderless ship led by a gm that isn't nearly as good as what his reputation grants him is glorious.
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I don't think it's about "wanting to play"....Robert's career year with the most games played was last year, when he led the White Sox to a 101-loss season. I also think there are some other contending teams in search of OF help that will ramp up the bidding for Robert, and I think the Brewers need to focus more on acquiring starting pitching and improve their bench offensively while seeing what Mitchell can do when he's back and see if Chourio's stats improve with a bit more MLB seasoning.
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He was their 1st round pick a season ago and profiles as either a 3B or 1B - two positions the Brewers have been starved of having an everyday option for a very long time. He's a 21-yr old collegiate bat, but starting off in AA this season is pretty aggressive given the fact it's his 1st full pro year - and as others have mentioned in other threads the dude got hit in the face/eye socket with a pitch early in the year that some people initially thought would cause Wilken to miss the rest of the season. I'm one to think that no prospect is untouchable if the return is significant at the MLB level - but there are quite a few other prospects in the Brewers' system I'd rather see included in deadline trades than the college bat with the most power potential in last season's MLB draft.
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The most important ability of a mlb player is health and their ability to stay on the field. Robert doesn't have that.
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The Brewers have their own version of Robert - an uber-talented, athletic outfielder who can't stay healthy - already in house in Mitchell. Outfield is the last position I'd want the Brewers to focus on improving their roster via trade this season, because they have young OF options to continuously cycle through around Yelich, and all of them at minimum are going to provide premium defense. Get a quality veteran starter (or two) and improve the offensive output on the bench 1st please...once that's done, then may take a look at how the likes of Chourio/Frelick/Mitchell/Wiemer/Perkins are performing in the OF alongside Yelich and sort out if adding another outfielder makes any sense.
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1. Get Devin Williams into the closer role 2. Get at least one of Hall or Gasser healthy and back in the rotation. Sprinkle in a healthy Junis, too. 3.upgrade the offensive output from the bench 4. Sign or trade for a quality starter in the next 6 weeks. The Phillies have been doing this to all of mlb so far this season - bummed the Brewers got swept on the road, but don't let this lead to an extended losing stretch that drags them back towards the rest of the NL Central
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The Brewers scored twice in 28 innings of baseball against the Phillies - sending a runner home with 1 out in a tight game you are borderline getting no-hit during when the infield isn't playing in is the right call 100% of the time. Teams that don't ever get runners thrown out at home wind up stranding more guys on 3rd base. It's one thing to get guys thrown out by 10-15 feet with a series of bad sends, but being aggressive on the bases is how this team plays - and it's better than being too passive.
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Scoring 2 runs across 25 innings of offense and counting isn't going to win you many 3 game series, particularly against one of the best teams in all of baseball. Start hitting, please!
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I have a feeling the apparent OF roster logjam is going to sort itself out by this year's deadline, seeing at least one of Wiemer/Mitchell/Frelick included in a trade package that also has a few prospects scattered across various minor league levels in return for a quality starter with a few years of control remaining before free agency.
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Chourio needs to stay in Milwaukee, no question about it. Let him continue to work through initial MLB struggles and make the adjustments he needs - along with seeing MLB-caliber pitching along the way. A roster crunch shouldn't include thoughts of demoting a player as talented as Chourio is.
