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  1. DuWayne Steurer
    Has to be. It was probable before, now I can't see any way forward with Shaw. Nice guy, yada yada, let's go win some ballgames, and he's not part of that formula.
  2. DuWayne Steurer
    That's what they said on the radio as well.
  3. DuWayne Steurer
    Man. That's a lot of power in that lineup.
  4. DuWayne Steurer
    He's better vs lefties yeah. Over his career his splits are pretty benign. He's definitely not a liability vs. right handed pitchers.
  5. DuWayne Steurer
    That isn’t necessarily true. For a small market team shelling out that kind of money If you add his salary in it’s really a hindrance Let’s hope it isn’t an anchor on this team for the rest of his contract I’m going to chalk this off as a bad year. He’s earned that. But I have no faith on him just flipping the switch this year He's certainly underperforming his salary. Nobody would argue that. But anyone throwing up a .390-ish OBP is not hurting the offense. Even if he's just slapping singles and the occasional double or whatnot, a .390 OBP is helping roll over the lineup and put runners on base.
  6. DuWayne Steurer
    Good pop, switch hitter, and can play multiple positions. He should play just about every day. He isn't going to be a bench bat.
  7. DuWayne Steurer
    Can't be giving up a lot for Escobar. He's a 50-ish game rental.
  8. DuWayne Steurer
    What was the question? Runs haven't been hard to come by at all.
  9. DuWayne Steurer
    They've gone over payroll to a small degree (as far as we can tell) a few times, but 2021 is also different in that they had pretty seriously reduced revenue last year. I don't think they're gonna let payroll get in the way of making a move they *Want* to make, but at the same time, they're not gonna go bananas "because playoffs".
  10. DuWayne Steurer
    ROWDY. ROWDY. ROWDY. ROWDY. Dude has been HOT
  11. DuWayne Steurer
    Yeah second to that. There is nothing great about getting covid.
  12. DuWayne Steurer
    It feels like this question gets asked every year. Would you trade XY or z for a world series title? And every year, any number of folks chime in to remind that a world series is never guaranteed. The flawed premise of the question is that I don't care who you add to your roster You aren't guaranteed to win a playoff series, let alone a world series title.
  13. DuWayne Steurer
    Bref had him at 2.7 WAR in 18 (in just 113 games) which is pretty decently above average. 2.5 WAR in 19 in 152 games, which is just a shade north of average. .8 WAR in 58 games in 20, which again, is just a shade above average. His 162 game average for his career is 2.7 WAR. He's not a perennial all star, but he's also not a schlub. He might be perennially slightly above average, but he doesn't swing wildly from year to year, and there has to be some value to his predictably slightly above average performance.
  14. DuWayne Steurer
    And sometimes Michael Brantley and Nelson Cruz are throw-ins. You could also argue that Mitch Haniger was essentially a bit of a throwaway in 2014 as well since Gerardo Parra was riding just an 85 OPS+ at the time of the deal and wasn’t likely to provide an impact bat. . Good call. I remember not liking letting go of Haniger right away. And also, that you shouldn't *not* make trades for fear that they will maybe not work out. I am not advocating not making trades. I think the point myself (and many others) are making is that teams like the Brewers *do* have a smaller margin for error. Take the Yelich contract. If Yelich is a slap hitting singles guy who hits 8 - 12 homers a year from now on, his contract is gonna hamstring the team for a good long while. For a team like the Dodgers or the Yankees, it would be NBD. We just can't make big mistakes with trading away our young controllable talent time and again. Because we CAN'T afford to sign lots and lots of expensive FA's, drafting and developing young, controllable talent is the only way a team like the Brewers are going to stay competitive for multiple years in a window. I don't think Stearns is "gun shy".... I think he's careful and measured because he understands that for a small market team, mistakes are magnified and he just can't afford to sweep them under the rug by signing costly vet FA's to undo bad drafts and bad signings (such as JBJ).
  15. DuWayne Steurer
    It would’ve been so exciting for the Brewers to acquire Machado back in 2018, but imagine if they would’ve met the Orioles reported demands and given up Burnes. Sometimes the less exciting move proves to be the right move. And sometimes you give up Matt LaPorta or Lewis Brinson as the centerpiece of a trade. And sometimes Michael Brantley and Nelson Cruz are throw-ins.
  16. DuWayne Steurer
    This +1000. This is what i mean by sensing Stearns is gun shy. I mean none of us know for sure, but I think the perception that teams's asks for big name players is outrageous in most cases. I don't think that's the case at all. For example, it's not like the Rockies are going to say "Give us Hader for Story". The Rockies know that is never going to happen, and it would be disrespectful to even ask that from the Brewers. So, basing it on the assumption that teams aren't asking for playoff contenders best players(knowing that it's not going to happen), then to me, nothing is too cost prohibitive. You have to give to get. Besides, look at deals over the past years(for big names) and every time it seems when the details come out, the returns aren't nearly what most people expect they would be. In fact, typically far from it. Again though, you've advocated trading Turang, Mitchell, Ashby, and Small. Not 2 of them, or some combo of them, but all of them. The Brewers best chance to win a world series isn't going ALL IN this year by tossing all their chips on the table, it's being competitive for a number of years. The best way to be competitive for a number of years is by not trading ALL of their top tier of young controllable talent for a Trevor Story or Jose Ramirez for a one-shot run to glory. The same mindset would have seen us trading away Burnes and Woodruff, and yet, here we are.
  17. DuWayne Steurer
    The Pelicans are trying to trade Bledsoe and the 10th pick to the Grizzles for the 17th pick. Unless someone isn't reporting something, the Grizzlies are asking the Pelicans to move back 7 spots so they can get rid of Bledsoe.
  18. DuWayne Steurer
    It's the 8th inning. He's hammered by now.
  19. DuWayne Steurer
    Watch Yelich hit .320 with 35 bombs for the Cubs next year.
  20. DuWayne Steurer
    Watch the swear filter, and quit complaining about everyone disagreeing with your hot trade takes.
  21. DuWayne Steurer
    Instead of just bagging on a selection, I'll ask this question. Clancy, you definitely do like to be "contrarian", so in regards to the Hummel selection, what's your thought process? No publication has him ranked highly, he's 26 at AAA, and still hanging out, he's not a highly touted prospect, and you have him #1 ahead of Mitchell, Small, Ashby, and other highly touted guys. So, instead of just bashing your selection, I wanna ask what your thought process is. He's definitely got a good OPS/OBP, but as others have pointed out, that doesn't necessarily just translate to the MLB level. Do you legitimately think C Hummel is a 'better' prospect than Mitchell and Turang, or do you just think that he can help sooner? Do you weight that in your rankings? I'm legitimately asking, because understanding HOW you make your rankings may quell some of the flack you take when we do these.
  22. DuWayne Steurer
    So. Ankle high is a strike. Mid - shin is not. Got it.
  23. DuWayne Steurer
    lol rang him on an ankle high pitch.
  24. DuWayne Steurer
    I feel like you could say that about more umpires than not hahaha.
  25. DuWayne Steurer
    If it were that simple, nobody would throw balls.
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