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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    If you're already out in the burbs, by all means find a Metra station on a line that runs consistently on weekends and use that to get downtown instead of spending twice as much time fighting traffic. The Metra stations typically have lots where you can park your car for a fraction of the cost of anywhere downtown. I will say Union Station is a bit of a hike from the downtown Lakefront - but it'd be super easy to snag an uber or cab from there directly to anywhere you'd want to go initially. Another solid and very cost-friendly option for you would be to drive from Deerfield to the CTA Purple Line Linden station (Wilmette area). I think they have a Park n Ride lot there - that line will get you to the Howard stop on the Red line, which runs right through the downtown area. Might have to do a little homework on train line transfers once downtown if there are specific spots you want to visit - but i think you can purchase the Ventra day pass and have unlimited rides/transfers between train lines using that. The Grand Red Line Station would basically put you straight west of Navy Pier area on State Street,
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    And Valentin.. and Yuni B...
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    Woodruff himself said 2024 was going to be a full-on rehab year. Interesting thought, but I'd prefer they stick to that plan with him to give as much chance as possible that Woody is a rotation mainstay for 2025.
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    The more I think about it, the more this guy should be target #1 for the Brewers in terms of trading for a starter. IF he's healthy. The Tigers also match up pretty well with the Brewers via trade if they're looking for a young outfielder to be the centerpiece of a trade for Flaherty, too. I'd still prefer the Brewers add a free agent starter right now, then potentially add to the rotation again via trade a little closer to the deadline....and a healthy Flaherty would be near the top of my list of gets for this team via trade.
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    Can I ask where you're coming into Chicago from? There might be some solid options to park near public transit (Metra or El train stations), then use those to get into the downtown/museum campus area before heading back to your car that would be parked somewhere much cheaper. if you want your car down there with you, Millenium Park has a garage that would be centrally located between the Shedd and Navy Pier area - then just Uber or take public transit one way or the other. This would not be the cheapest option. Finally, as LouisEly pointed out, look into the Field Museum....I'd also point towards wandering through Millenium Park or checking out the Art Institute as solid options ahead of venturing over to the Navy Pier tourist trap :)
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    Any trade of Adames at this year's deadline HAS to return a prospect more valuable than the comp pick the Brewers would be losing by trading him a few months before his free agency. I just don't see a contending team desperate enough for SS help to pony up the prospect capital it should take to pry the starting SS from a team currently leading their division with eyes on the postseason. From the Brewers' perspective, it would need to be an AL team to send Adames to (i.e., don't improve NL postseason competitors). Maybe the Astros, Cleveland, or Red Sox are fits at this point as playoff hopefuls with limitations/issues at SS, but frankly that's about it for potential suitors. I just don't see a good reason to trade Adames at this point - and that's just fine by me.
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    Turang and Ortiz both could be the everyday SS in Milwaukee next season at a cost of around $1M in 2025 payroll - and this season to date, both of them have higher WAR and OPS #s than Adames. Why would the Brewers opt to pay the 3rd best and oldest all around SS on their 2024 roster $25M+ a season to prevent either of these other younger players from taking that position next year at a fraction of the cost?
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    If teams are into paying veteran top 10 SS the going rate in free agency, then yes those guys make a lot of money. However, SS is a position that an organization can prioritize in the draft to have a steady stream of players manning that spot adequately at a much more budget-friendly cost. It's also a position where you don't want to get stuck with an over-the-hill player everyday who happens to have a bloated longterm contract.
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    About a month ago there were threads/posts about Adames lamenting the Brewers didn't trade him last offseason to get something in return, because he was slumping offensively badly enough where people were convinced the Brewers couldn't even risk giving him a qualifying offer this coming winter for fear that he would actually accept it. Now we are contemplating giving him a contract offer well over 9 figures guaranteed, apparently. When Adames is on one of his 2-4 week hot streaks he looks like a franchise cornerstone, then right after that he'll go twice as long looking like a guy a team shouldn't wait to replace and definitely not pencil in anywhere near the top half of a lineup everyday. That is exactly who Adames has been his entire career, and it's not an offensive profile I'm comfortable with paying over $20m a year for more than the next 4 seasons to watch regress - particularly once his defensive value at SS craters with age when you have two pre arbitration SS's already on the mlb roster who are also arguably better offensive players than Adames is right now.
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    I would add to this that at present, the Cubs don't have any MVP-caliber, silver slugger, or cy young-type talent on their roster, either. That's a big reason there appear to be few bad contracts in their organization....although I'd argue they are paying too much for slightly above average MLB talent at too many positions - which continues to hamstring how aggressive they are in offseason free agency/impact trades.
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    Dodgers busy putting another ~$70m in team payroll on the IL with Betts and Yamamoto. Such a shame for that organization
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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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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    "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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    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.
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    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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