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    I really hope that he is learning some discipline. I also hope it doesn't adversely affect the rest of his game. In 04 and 05 Brady Clark attacked first pitch fastballs with a vengence and became a .300 hitter. It was suggested he needed to walk more as a leadoff hitter and he started taking more pitches in 06, and was never the same guy. I would take the Carlos Gomez of last year in the 7th spot in the order. If he can get on at a little higher pace and still hit 20-25 HR and knock in 80 or so runs, great. What does worry me a bit is taking more pitches might lead to more K's as well as BB's. 1) Nobody said that. 2) He walked more in 2004 than 2006. Clark became a valuable player due to him increasing his walk rate. 3) He turned 33 in 2006.
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    You do realize that MLB is a legal monopoly right?
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    Based on what? I'll never understand the venom towards owners by some. They are supposed to make a profit, they are running a business. In my opinion, the owners should should get 60-65% of the revenue after expenses (not including payroll) and the players get the rest. The owners are the ones taking the financial risk. If the players don't like it they should start their own league and run their own teams. The owners are taking no risk. Their labor costs are artificially held low and they have their capital heavily subsidized by taxpayers.
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    $9 million in profit on $201 million in revenue is a very nice sum of money. The franchise valuations Forbes uses change too much year to year to be anymore than a rough figure.
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    Greinke is almost 2 years younger.
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    My guess is Mark looked at the shambles that was the rotation (in the running for Worst Rotation in the Actually Trying to Win Category (i.e. not Houston or Miami)) and saw acres of empty seats come July. The problem with this is the Brewers needed a starter in the off season and did not get one. For few million more per year then Lohse you could have gotten Anibal Sanchez who is a much better pitcher and is is significantly younger. For a few million more per year than Lohse you could have gotten Edwin Jackson. But the Brewers wanted to reward the owners for having to for go one year without a big profit check. The contract itself seems too long with the draft pick loss. If that third year is an option year it would look much better,
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    It is based on revenue but not market size. So the teams in Florida, the Marlins who play in a large market and the Rays who play in a decent size one (twice the size of Milwaukee) get revenue sharing because the ownership can't attract fans. The incentives are all messed up. And the pot is currently split evenly, so each team gets a set amount from the general revenue fund (like $50-60 million I think). So Houston's check is fixed no matter how badly they draw.
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    It is based on revenue but not market size. So the teams in Florida, the Marlins who play in a large market and the Rays who play in a decent size one (twice the size of Milwaukee) get revenue sharing because the ownership can't attract fans. The incentives are all messed up. And the pot is currently split evenly, so each team gets a set amount from the general revenue fund (like $50-60 million I think). So Houston's check is fixed no matter how badly they draw.
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    Amazing how many here are buying into sunk costs on Rogers. The Brewers probably should try to keep him giving they have little pitching depth, but to say they have so much invested in him (they really don't) is the same idea as having to run out Suppan to start because you are paying him so much.
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    Rogers was pitching well and they they had to go and extend him past 125 inning as if his pitching last year mattered. Inexplicable.
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    None of the options do. That's why they are bench players or career minor leaguers. Green can likely hit RHers fine.
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    Not sure why you think they are world beaters. They both project to have an ERA of around 4 with Gonzalez doing better if they don't allow him to face RHers. They likely won't have that luxury for Gorzelanny.
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    Seriously. the difference between any of the options over 1 month is basically zero. Here is the ZIPS for the all glove no bat Gonzalez: .248/.285/.412 Here is the ZIPS for the power bat Moldanado: .236/.300/.359 And here is the booming 1B/C Lalli: .249/.299/.348 Oh and AAA 1B Halton: .243/.300/.375 A platoon with a healthy Green makes the most sense but Green is not healthy. And Davis has the greatest chance of breaking out but they think he can't play 1B and maybe he can't.
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    With 33 K to 13 BB which are still absolutely great ratios. He gave up a bunch of hits and HR and that points directly towards being fatigued and missing high. Fiers is the 2nd safest pitcher in the rotation imo. His 2nd half FIP and xFIP were still 3.67. It is hard to strike out that many and walk that few and be a bad pitcher and to be honest he had the best minor league stats of any of the newer guys too, it is really unlikely that he collapses. he has the same issue Estrada does though that he might give up too many HR. He also has the issue that he pitches with pitches that do not typically get major league hitters out. The number of RHers that have sustained success with a sub 89 mph fastball begins and ends with Greg Maddux. But he doesn't have the control of Maddux. Look at his four seam FB chart, it catches plenty of the plate.
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    MLB or at least the anti-drug brigade part hates that Braun got off. So expect countless investigations for the rest of his career. Its the same mindset that led to millions being spent on the Bonds and Clemens cases when there was really no evidence.
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    This is just absurd. He's almost 24 years old and he's spent over a season at AAA. And showed in AAA he still has huge control issues. He walked 4.79 per 9. That is terrible. And its not like he was striking out everyone else. His K/BB ratio was under 2.
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    Peralta is another Brewer prospect being rushed.
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    Adding another year of arby does very little since teams still have the ability to just release players. If it works haow 4 year arby works now, the cost is really small. And baseball is rolling in money. (of course they are trying to still kill off pensions). The way for this to really work is for MLB to take over the academies and then have teams draft 18 year olds there. Otherwise the system will be a mess. But that would cost a small amount of money so it likely won't happen.
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    How? Bianchi is right handed on a team that leans heavily right handed, projects significantly worse, and is battling injury right now. Yes he can play SS, but the Brewers have little need for that right now.
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    Then what was the reasoning in AAA last year when he pitched terribly? Rogers career is so spotty due to injury that even trying to determine a baseline level is very difficult. One of the many reasons why Sanchez and Jackson would have been good targets this off-season.
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    His major league time was all of 39 innings. And even then his walks were on the high side. His control has always been spotty when healthy enough to pitch.
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    Who else was going to air it? ESPN wouldn't cut off March College BB tournaments to show it. NBC Sports is even more obscure and likely locked to hockey anyway.
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    Can we all agree that any team that has Willie Bloomquist really can't be called an All Star team?
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    Well they will likely be better because it is hard for it to be worse. But there is very little there to say it will be a strength of the team.
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    Given that none of the starters can be counted on to go more than 6 innings, not sure why having a guy sitting on the bench you never use is more important.
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