DuWayne Steurer
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Are you suggesting that hot dogs, beer, and cigars are not PEDS? -
Pretty much, yeah. Yelich right now is either the best player in baseball other than Trout, or even over the last hundred and sixty-two games, the best player. Going forward, I still don't expect Yelich to keep putting up an 1.150 ops, but the longer he keeps up this pace the more it becomes possible that this is his new reality. Unless Diaz, Harrison, and Yamamoto all become multiple-time All-Stars this deal is nothing but a good one for the Brewers. There's just no way to spin this otherwise. Even if they all become top five players at their positions, which is absolutely unlikely, the Brewers have a top 5 player in all of baseball in his prime years, so there's just no way to say this wasn't a good deal. You have to give to get
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Challenge accepted! Looked at Molitor's '87, Yount's '82, Braun's 2007, and 2011, but in all these seasons, these guys were pretty consistent in both the first and second halves. Yelich was good in the first half this year. Nothing remarkable. He's been stupidly white-hot unstoppable in the 2nd half. I think you might be right that this is unmatchable in Brewers history. EDIT #2, I found a close one! Sixto Lezcano in 1979 put up a 2nd half slash line of .316/.403/.673 for an OPS+ of 193, compared to Yelich's 2nd half OPS+ of 207. That might be as close as it gets.
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Also, thanks! Billy Jo was one of the guys I was like "THIS DUDE IS GONNA BE HUUUUGE when he gets to Milwaukee!!!!" His 1985 El Paso stats were outrageous, and of course little me had no idea what "ballpark effect" was, and I was just super disappointed that he made it to the show and completely flamed out. . There were so many guys that went through El Paso that put up monster numbers. Glenn Braggs, Joey Meyer, Billy Jo, all went through the same year. Glenn Braggs..... that dude was freakin' ripped. He should have/could have put up some good power numbers. I remember after he left MLB he went over to Japan and had a couple of big power seasons. Ugh. So many disappointments.
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Also, thanks! Billy Jo was one of the guys I was like "THIS DUDE IS GONNA BE HUUUUGE when he gets to Milwaukee!!!!" His 1985 El Paso stats were outrageous, and of course little me had no idea what "ballpark effect" was, and I was just super disappointed that he made it to the show and completely flamed out. I grew up in Janesville, (and still live here....hah), and used to go to TONS of Beloit Brewers games (they were the Brewers then, not the Snappers), and loved seeing our future mediocre players file through. Good times. Billy Jo was "my guy" though. Todd Dunn had an apartment right next to my dad's place. Apparently he was a turd. Hahahaha.
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This post made me curious obviously. Zoilo Versailles won the AL MVP in 1965 with a .273/.319/.462 slash line. Yuck and a half. Marty Marion won the NL award in 1944 with a .267/324/362 slash line. He must have been a HECK of a defender..... Nice digging, RoCo. Also, digging the Billy Jo Robidoux avatar. Versalles had a nice season in '65, but a sub .800 OPS is still not an MVP caliber season, even in an offensively depressed era like the 60's. I also know that prior to 1930, players that had won a previous MVP were ineligible to win it again, which is why Babe Ruth only ever won MVP one time (what a joke). This is probably why you have a guy like Roger Peckinpaugh winning it in 1925. I still have no explanation for Marty Marion taking it over any of several more worthy candidates in 44. Marion is listed as having 3+ fielding WAR, but that's based solely off of fielding percentage and chances per game vs league average chances per game. I have no doubt the guy was probably a fine fielder, but there's no way to know if he was THAT GOOD. I just have a hard time taking a sub -700 OPS guy and saying "yeah, that's the MVP" when you have some .900+ OPS guys right behind him who are putting up 7-8-9 WAR offensive seasons. I get it that SS defense is important, but it just doesn't close the gap that much.
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His losses: 8 innings 2 ER 7 innings 1 ER 6 innings 3 ER 6 innings 3 ER 8 innings 2 ER 7 innings 3 ER 8 innings 2 ER 6 innings 1 ER 7 innings 2 ER He has only thrown two games (not including the early May games where something weird must have happened) where it wasn't a QS. They were games 1 and 3 of his season! One was opening day where he went 5 2/3 of one run ball and his third game he gave up 4 runs in 6 innings. Funny enough they won both of those games. He's the anti-Wayne Franklin......
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I think it's alright to open these threads and say "hey here's some stuff that people said about this trade". As long as it's not done in a really mean spirited way. I've been right, and I've been wrong. I didn't like the Lind trade, because the guys we got back were all no-names. That one worked out ok, (so far), and Adam Lind is pretty much looking for work now.
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Baez has a great reputation as a flashy/well regarded defender, so I don't think that's a plus in Yelich's column.
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How do you start 30 games, pitch nearly 7 IP per start, have an ERA of 1.78, and have a record of 8-9? I KNOW the answer is "because Mets", but still...... that's beyond belief almost.
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Baez plays for the Cubs.
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This post made me curious obviously. Zoilo Versailles won the AL MVP in 1965 with a .273/.319/.462 slash line. Yuck and a half. Marty Marion won the NL award in 1944 with a .267/324/362 slash line. He must have been a HECK of a defender.....
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True, but it's good to learn from mistakes too. A lot of analytics had Yelich pegged for a power surge at Miller Park, and they. Analytics actually didn't peg Yelich for much of a power surge at all. As mentioned his launch angle wasn't all that significant from his swing. Thus simply moving to Miller Park wasn't going to necessarily give him a big power surge. The big power surge was on the assumption he would change his swing to favor Miller Park a bit more. I don't know if that is the reason for his surge or not though. I think that is a fair assumption though, isn't it? If you play in a park that doesn't cater to LH power, why would you go up there and try to hit flyballs?
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The only thing I saw was one poster in an IGT call him overrated. I think it was immediately after he bounced into his second double play of the game. Perhaps misguided, but somewhat understandable. I saw (again, not just on Brewerfan), more than a few people question why he wasn't hitting for more power, a lot of comments that were "I thought he'd be better once he got out of Marlin's Park"... nobody calling him outright "bad", just more of a sentiment that he should be a superstar in the making (which he is......of course)
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I think around the all-star break, there were people (not just on Brewerfan) saying that Yelich was "disappointing" because he was hitting "only" .290-ish with not a lot of power or RBI's and he was hovering around an .820 - .830 OPS.
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I just finished season 1 of Lost in Space on Netflix, and I liked (didn't love) it. They made a few changes to the formula, enough to make it fresh. Definitely worth checking out. I binged season 4 of Peaky Blinders this week, and that's made its way into my top 5 favorite shows of all time. The ending of Season 4 pretty much left me speechless. Cillian Murphy's portrayal of Tommy Shelby is brutal and amazing. Adding Aidan Gillen and Adrian Brody to the cast for season 4 was fantastic.
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Stearns seems like the type of guy who's going to let other clubs pay players well into their 30's. We haven't seen it yet, but giving players extensions well into their 30's just doesn't seem like his type of move at all.
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Black Mirror is great...if you can get through s1 ep1. Peaky Blinders on netflix is fantastic. A lot of the netflix/hulu/amazon original content is really good. Depe ds in your tastes. I got through 4 seasons of GoT and called it quits.
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That's what I get for skimming. Happens when these threads get so long. :p
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Braun would be a downgrade in RF compared to Phillips for sure, but probably on par if not an upgrade on Santana. Santana had a higher BA, OBP, and SLG than Braun last year. As Santana moves into his prime, and Braun continues to age, I see no reason that wouldn't continue. Santana isn't a good defender, but at this point, neither is Braun. Santana was a 3.0 WAR player. i'd put good money on him being a 3.0 to 3.5 WAR player again this year. I don't know that Braun is going to be that kind of a player going forward anymore.
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Does BF1 have a single player campaign? WW1 would be a really interesting & new story to explore Yes. It's great, if not a little frustrating at times.
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I also have a ps4 (whiskey7400 .... hmu) I play Battlefield 1 occasionally. I get more into the campaign mode honestly. Some great set-piece moments. I play a ton of Overwatch. Closing in on level 200. Probably one of my favorite playstation games of all time. So much better if you have at least 1 or 2 co-op team mates than just a random queued up team. Probably about 100 hours into No Man's Sky. It's good, not great, and it's certainly not bad, like the hate filled Redditors who say they were 'lied to' by Hello Games want you to believe. The game is super chill, and is even better since they added base building with the latest patch. Star Wars Battlefront was pretty good but I kind of drifted away form that after they started releasing all the paid DLC. Pretty sure I'm getting both Infinite Warfare and Skyrim for X-mas.
