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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    He had bone spurs early this year and I was surprised he was back pitching as soon as he did. Perhaps this is the same thing/recurrence.
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    My 1st thought on what's going on with Steele is that he's still rounding into form after the game 1 hammy injury....but then also realizing he's coming off a season where he exceeded his previous IP total by more than 54 innings and there may be quite a bit more to it. It's easy to forget that despite all the offseason helium pushing the Cub projections towards the top of the division, particularly after CC took the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$, there weren't a large number of roster improvements from a team that won just 83 games in 2023. Imanaga is basically it, and he replaced Stroman from last season's rotation.
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    To bolster the point about not having to empty the farm system for a quality starter who is set to become increasingly more expensive on top of it, why do that when there are actually quality veteran starting pitcher options who've won a Cy Young who can be signed via free agency for less than what Luzardo is currently making and give up nothing from the farm? The longer this Brewer team stays on top of the standings, the more obvious Trevor Bauer as the best on-field solution to bolster this team's starting rotation becomes when factoring in talent, financial cost, and potential prospect capital needed to acquire altogether.
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    Must be looking down to count his money... When he signed with the Cubs my first hot take was wondering how he was going to navigate dealing with a local beat-writer press that actually would hold his feet to the fire when things weren't going great - since that was never a concern while managing the Brewers in Milwaukee...he's barely 2 months into his first regular season in Chicago and fan sentiment is already turned pretty stale on him.
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    Read Stearns' quotes on Gasser after the trade happened in 2022 - he was the centerpiece in that deal the Brewers coveted.
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    The unhittable Imanaga is apparently very much hittable
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    They're right there for you to look at them
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    The 2022 Brewers scored 2 or fewer runs in 47 of their games played. The wRC+ number that elevated them into the top half of league offense was bolstered by some inflated offensive games, too - they scored 10 or more runs in 11 games that included 18- and 19-run games.
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    If by good you mean average, then I can't disagree....but the team has consistently been built to contend based on pitching and defense/run prevention - and the pitching definitely was a problem after injuries mounted and they had to churn through a series of youngsters/AAAA arms in the rotation
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    I think that's more of a convenient excuse than the primary cause for that team not making the playoffs - Yelich had a bad year, the team in general couldn't hit, Peralta missed alot of time in the rotation due to injury, and at the time the trade happened, Hader was pitching terribly. All that being said, that team still wound up 10 games over 0.500. Hader was possibly the biggest reason the team was dropping in the standings after getting off to a 32-19 start to the year. Once the calendar hit June, the team basically muddled around 0.500 in large part to the inconsistent offense and leaky back end of the bullpen that got overworked due to starters wearing down/getting injured. Hader was on the roster when they went 3 games under 0.500 in June and hovered through mediocrity through most of July while he was sporting a 1.200+ OPS against and blowing saves. Hader's August in San Diego was equally as bad - had he remained a Brewer with that production they wouldn't have wound up just missing a wild card in 2022.
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    when you can fly and teams can't overshift to limit hits on solid contact on the ground, cutting back on the HR cuts in favor of slashing yourself around the bases makes a ton of sense if you don't have 25+HR pop.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    Adames is who he has always been...will carry a lineup a couple weeks 2-3x a season, then also spend at least the same amount of time being a lineup black hole. The problem is he isn't hitting 7th everyday
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    Start #2 looked pretty darn dominant against a team seeing him for the 2nd time.
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    despite the late season resurgence AND the playoff showing, this Packers team was the 7 seed in the conference last year and the schedule reflects that accordingly. If they pick up where they left off at the end of the year, they will have multiple games flexed to later starts/prime time as the season wears on, no doubt.
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    There's been such a shift towards increasing bat speed through the zone for power that bats have become weighted heavily into the barrel - Turang is using a 35-inch bat (enormous by today's standards, particularly for a player of his stature), but its design is much more balanced than what most of the bats are now, making it easier for him to get through the zone. It caters to hitting the ball where it's pitched moreso than using power/batspeed to force a batted ball to a pull-side field with authority. When most pitchers are supplying 95+ mph velocity in pitches, a player can still hit with plenty of pop without trying to max out their own bat speed through the hitting area.
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    I wouldn't expect the video game numbers he is putting up in Mexico to continue (over 14k/9ip strikeout ratio)....but from both an on the field and budget standpoint there isn't a more obvious starter acquisition for this team than Trevor Bauer if they need rotation depth. Hate me for stating it due to the off the field baggage that would come with him, but it's true.
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    From the day the trade was made, the Brewers' front office made it known they viewed Gasser as the centerpiece of the return for Hader, acknowledging it would be a few seasons until he was ready to contribute at the MLB level. The Brewers weren't going anywhere that season and made the right call to trade Hader then. People were p'oed Hader was dealt, but he was in the midst of imploding that June/July and he was only going to get more expensive the following offseason. Flipping Ruiz for Contreras the following offseason was just gravy...albeit spectacularly delicious gravy!
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    Greinke looks more like the guy saying 'Do it' in this post than the guy in the Brewers uniform at this stage of his career. No. Thank. You.
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    I had a neighbor who was a brewmaster at a local brewery, with a connection at a local distillery....several of his experimental batches with bourbon barrels made for early nights!
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    I think that can be true but also know they need to add more for depth towards the top of their draft, too.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    Was it barrel aged at a refinery? Slow sips with it in a chilled cozy, my friend!
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    If stokes wasnt a pumpkin, maybe....I think they had a pretty soft schedule in terms of playing teams that could sling it and it really helped their depleted secondary.
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    Tonight, I'd rather see Packers swing a trade sending one of their young wrs who won't see the field in 2024 plus one-two of their current picks for an established starter at CB or 4-3 D lineman with a rebuilding team that needs picks/wrs.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    It also takes a team willing to bite on a package of picks to trade back up. If value in this draft is top 120, those picks are going to be harder to pry free. If you're starting with 5-6 of them, no point in my mind to trade down a few spots in round 2 to add a couple more in rounds 4-5 in hopes you can use those to get back into round 2 or 3 again later.
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    Exactly...this isn't a roster where a dozen draft picks are all making the team - feels like they should go quality over quantity this year with all they have in the top 100
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