DuWayne Steurer

We all know DS doesn't work that way. He has a value for players and he's not going to exceed that whether the rest of the market is behaving foolishly or not. Not at all implying that Stearns will, or should pay the prices that guys are getting. I'm pretty happy with the way the off-season has gone for the Brewers. Stearns has and will continue to find value. Market inefficiencies and off-dollar value are always going to be evolving, and it's good to have a GM that knows how to look for those things, even if he's not always going to be right.

In comparison to MadBum and the deals of this off season I would agree that it's not an overpay. Depending on the vesting option criteria the length isn't toxic. However, this entire off season has been 1 giant overpay in comparison to the previous 2 years. I'm pretty content that MKE is laying low in a players market. I don't think it's an overpay because it seems that's what the market is getting set at. And that's ok. If every player is getting "overpaid" is it really an overpay? I'd say that it's not.

In comparison to MadBum and the deals of this off season I would agree that it's not an overpay. Depending on the vesting option criteria the length isn't toxic. However, this entire off season has been 1 giant overpay in comparison to the previous 2 years. I'm pretty content that MKE is laying low in a players market. I don't think it's an overpay because it seems that's what the market is getting set at. And that's ok. If every player is getting "overpaid" is it really an overpay? I'd say that it's not.

Keuchel's fine. It's not an overpay, but he's going to be 32 and he's started 30 games in a season 2 times in his career. I'm not sure the Brewers can take that kind of leap at 18 mil per.

Keuchel's fine. It's not an overpay, but he's going to be 32 and he's started 30 games in a season 2 times in his career. I'm not sure the Brewers can take that kind of leap at 18 mil per.

Another ho hum blowout where none of the starters had to play close to 30 minutes.

Another ho hum blowout where none of the starters had to play close to 30 minutes.

Bucks went 8-15 from 3 in the 1st quarter. Chucking it up there.

Bucks went 8-15 from 3 in the 1st quarter. Chucking it up there.

I always think about Anton Ego from Ratatoille when I read movie or book reviews. People that get paid to do reviews and say mean things about a movie or a book or a game should never be taken seriously.

I always think about Anton Ego from Ratatoille when I read movie or book reviews. People that get paid to do reviews and say mean things about a movie or a book or a game should never be taken seriously.

It can be both. It's a lazy bit of writing, but it's still Anakin Skywalker's redeeming moment. Palpatine surviving doesn't change the fact that Anakin made a "good" choice to sacrifice himself to save Luke. I think having different writers just made for a disjointed trilogy. Snoke wasn't an interesting villain, and Rian Johnson tried to make Kylo Ren the big-bad by killing off the uninteresting villain (snoke) That left JJ Abrams with the choice of either keeping Kylo Ren as the big-bad, or giving him a redemption arc, and introducing a new big-bad, which isn't a great idea for the third act of a story, or re-using palpatine. Also not a great idea. If Palpatine was going to be re-used, it should have been hinted at in either 7 or 8, which is why I don't buy for a second that this was planned out from the start. I think ultimately the problems they had is that RJ and JJ just wanted to take the franchise/story in two very different directions, thematically. I could have seen going with different directions for each episode, but different writers for each left us with what we have, which is stories that don't really feel connected. When I watched this movie, it kind of felt like it was trying to be a sequel to 7 instead of 8, while carefully admitting that the events of 8 actually happened. It is what it is, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Maybe with multiple viewings I'll be more critical. Probably will be. Plot holes and story elements that don't make sense show up more the more you view a movie but my first impression was simply that it was a fun popcorn movie that felt very "Star-Warsy". Here's hoping Disney learns from their mistakes and successes and moves forward and gives us some new, good Star Wars stories in the near future.

It can be both. It's a lazy bit of writing, but it's still Anakin Skywalker's redeeming moment. Palpatine surviving doesn't change the fact that Anakin made a "good" choice to sacrifice himself to save Luke. I think having different writers just made for a disjointed trilogy. Snoke wasn't an interesting villain, and Rian Johnson tried to make Kylo Ren the big-bad by killing off the uninteresting villain (snoke) That left JJ Abrams with the choice of either keeping Kylo Ren as the big-bad, or giving him a redemption arc, and introducing a new big-bad, which isn't a great idea for the third act of a story, or re-using palpatine. Also not a great idea. If Palpatine was going to be re-used, it should have been hinted at in either 7 or 8, which is why I don't buy for a second that this was planned out from the start. I think ultimately the problems they had is that RJ and JJ just wanted to take the franchise/story in two very different directions, thematically. I could have seen going with different directions for each episode, but different writers for each left us with what we have, which is stories that don't really feel connected. When I watched this movie, it kind of felt like it was trying to be a sequel to 7 instead of 8, while carefully admitting that the events of 8 actually happened. It is what it is, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Maybe with multiple viewings I'll be more critical. Probably will be. Plot holes and story elements that don't make sense show up more the more you view a movie but my first impression was simply that it was a fun popcorn movie that felt very "Star-Warsy". Here's hoping Disney learns from their mistakes and successes and moves forward and gives us some new, good Star Wars stories in the near future.

Looks like Badgers are 2.5 to 3 point favorites at most books. I don't have much to say other than I'm really looking forward to this one. I hope that nothing changes with Taylor's "I'm going to play" edict.

Looks like Badgers are 2.5 to 3 point favorites at most books. I don't have much to say other than I'm really looking forward to this one. I hope that nothing changes with Taylor's "I'm going to play" edict.

Star Wars fans don't know what they want. Movie that's a call back to the original trilogy? "BOOOOO!" Movie that subverts expectations and changes the way we think about star wars? "BOOOOOOOO!" (Also with a side helping of death threats) Go back to the "Safe" path and the tried-and-true formula? "BOOOOOOO! This craps all over what happened in the last movie that I didn't like (but saw 5 times in the theatre) anyways!" Star Wars fans are the epitome of what's wrong with fandom. What's going on right now reminds me of when GoT wrapped up and 1.5 million people sent a petition to the white House to make them change the finale.

Star Wars fans don't know what they want. Movie that's a call back to the original trilogy? "BOOOOO!" Movie that subverts expectations and changes the way we think about star wars? "BOOOOOOOO!" (Also with a side helping of death threats) Go back to the "Safe" path and the tried-and-true formula? "BOOOOOOO! This craps all over what happened in the last movie that I didn't like (but saw 5 times in the theatre) anyways!" Star Wars fans are the epitome of what's wrong with fandom. What's going on right now reminds me of when GoT wrapped up and 1.5 million people sent a petition to the white House to make them change the finale.

Wes Matthews basically taken over Tony Snell's minutes. Matthews does a lot more than just stand around statically on the perimeter waiting for wide open threes. I know we signed Matthews to replace Brogdon but he's basically playing Tony Snell's minutes and the Improvement there has been massive. The way Sterling Brown and Divincenzo have stepped up have really made the absence of Brogden minimal if not unnoticeable, and George Hill has been fantastic as he's gotten into his second season of integrating with the team. Like Adam said, they won't win every single game. The Mavs game was a blip on the radar. There are just going to be nights when your Shooters shots don't fall. This team is super stacked, deep, and very talented. The bench outscored the Lakers bench 34 to 4.

Midds is averageing 24 points per 36 minutes. He's only out there about 27 mpg, as the Bucks are blowing everyone out, they don't really play the starters a lot of minutes. They lost one game and we're using that as the measuring stick? IDK... the Bucks have the highest PPG in the NBA, and the #2 offensive rating. Something tells me that their offense is probably OK.

Bucks are the best team in the NBA this year. By every metric, by record, and by the eye test, they are the best team. This is the year. Not counting the chickens before they hatch there's a long way to go to the finish line, and injuries can still happen, for right now this is the best team in the league.

Lets knock it off with the childish insults. If we disagree with someone, state why.

Healy has almost identical splits vs. Lefties and Righties, almost across the board. He gets on base, and slugs nearly the same against both. Sogard, likewise, has almost identical lefty/righty splits both for his career and last year. Neither of them are guys that need to be platooned, but at the same time, neither of them are guys that should be playing every day. The answer to the question is... what do you expect out of each? I think in reality, a .300/.450..750 slash line is fair to expect out of Healy. I have no idea what to expect out of Sogard. I absolutely don't think he's an .800 OPS guy like he was last year. He's not a power hitter, and I don't think for a second he's a double digit homerun guy again. That being said, if Sogard OBP's .350 or better and plays good defense, the lack of power isn't the end of the world. If he can hit .270 and draw walks and OBP .375.... even better. He's really hard to project. He was a .400 OPS guy two years ago, so who knows?

I wouldn't have minded sogard for a few million. 4.5 mil is kind of really stretching his potential value. Sogard was 2.6 WAR last year, and IF he's that again this year, that's not really an overpay, but of all the guys that benefited from the juiced ball last year, you're REALLY REALLY hoping that Sogard is even half of what he was last year if you're throwing 4.5 mil at him.

It's not a talent gap....

Unfortunately the current Brewerfan is criticizing = griping. And of course another thread with condescending posts by mods reminding us of the date. Thanks, if I only knew how to read a calendar I would be so much happier... This offseason is different from the last 2: 1) there is very little midl-evel talent to be had. 2) more FA are signing early and especially in the mid category where the Moustakasis and the Grandals of the world reside. There aren't going to be "deals" to be had in mid-January and after. Osuna and Castellanos are going to get head scratching deals when they finally sign as each previous signing makes the sellers market even better... Having said that, my only real complaints so far this offseason is them walking away from Grandal at the price he was signed for. You don't get 4WAR players for $18M AAV often and declining Thames thinking they will get him cheaper when they very well could pay more for similar production. I think the point about mid level talent is pretty telling. That's where the Brewers market is, and other than Moustakas and Grandal, there wasn't a lot there this year. There's very fair reason to be leery of either of them on 4 year deals, and fair reason to think the Brewers could have/should have attempted to go after either/both on multi year deals. My own personal preference is to stay away from ANY catcher on multi-year deals after the age of 30.... but there ya go. I think the Brewers did an ok job of replacing Grandal's production with the Seattle trade. The Thames option decline was, and still is, a head scratcher. If they released him with a specific trade or FA acquisition in mind that ends up not coming to pass, that's a bad move in hindsight. Not like they'll come out and say "yeah, we released ET and then the guy we wanted signed with this other team."