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  1. igor67
    I really don't think it is OK to say that 1st base is an easy position to fill. We've listed the options the last few offseasons, and they are all mediocre and over priced seemingly, or just plain bad and cheap. I like that we currently have 2 guys in Rogers and Jimenez that could fill that platoon/ back-up role. It's too bad Clark is a lefty suddenly because he'd certainly be interesting. I can't help but notice that Jimenez has topped out in the .820 OPS range while playing in Salt Lake for multiple years. If he truly is an excellent defender at both corners and can post a .750 OPS with a solid OBP, that's pretty good. I just have some doubts given the park and league context.
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    Given 2 consecutive offseasons worth of threads devoted to completely underwhelming 1st base options. I feel pretty good about this. Estrada was not an asset with a ton of value in terms of young prospects, so even if one skews towards a rebuild perspective I think Lind could easily fetch more at mid-season than Estrada. If they are going the platoon route Doug does need a more flexible roster than last year. Rogers makes sense in that role position wise, but I wouldn't just accept that as our best option right now. That player should see a good 300-400 ABs pinch hitting and spelling both 1st and 3rd. You have to assume Aramis will need plenty of rest to stay effective. Maldy has been fine as a back-up catcher, but its a hard sell that you'd want more of a back-up catcher in the line-up than a 1st/3rd type.
  3. igor67
    Orlando is playing like he wants to unseat his brother as the best prospect in the family, I like it a lot.
  4. igor67
    In modern baseball a guy watching a breaking ball on the lower edge of the strikezone is mostly likely to get called out on strikes. The surest way to mess up a teams offense is to try and make everyone have the same approach, guys have different strengths and weaknesses and need to strategize accordingly. This is often why HoFers make terrible hitting coaches they don't understand how others need to approach the game. In this case the walk more strategy is even more suspect because it flies directly in the face of the league wide trends. By most measures offense is the lowest it has been in 30 years, and if the trend continues much more we are going to be competing with the Year of the Pitcher for levels of offense.
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    They must have liked how well he was adjusting defensively during Instructionals.
  6. igor67
    I like the IBB rule, for the off chance of a freak occurrence it's just not worth it. Definitely like the foot in the box rule. The time ones could be OK, but I'm not a huge fan of possible inconsistency by the umps. Put up a play clock or leave it alone. The 3 time outs I also have some unease about. My guess is that only some of them get implemented.
  7. igor67
    Pick a manage who lines up well with the current team skill set. Not sure who that would be at this point, but I'm not sure going hardcore take and rake will make the team better. Most of those guys have had success and its hard to change big philosophical things in your approach without having a big chance of screwing up everything. Gomez for example I wouldn't change anything given how long it took him to get it figured out.
  8. igor67
    The deductions that come out from each paycheck are effectively a simple system, take the current pay rate multiply by the number of pay periods for that company and deduct according to what the person has said there biggest deductions will be. It works pretty well. I've been annoyed myself by the bonus issue, but trying to fix that would only complicate the upfront part of the system and there would still be potential complications at year end (like what about people who lose their job? Get a significant promotion?). As a former small business co-owner I raked in every tax advantage we could find... never helped move us remotely out of the just above poverty line. Even in higher tax states I think people over estimate how much they can truly gain by aggressively playing the system.
  9. igor67
    Prior to the 1980s businesses had multiple reasons to exist besides 'making money' this has largely been forgotten, but such an incredibly short term view is highly detrimental in a business like baseball and contrary to the above assertion Ward looks like a much bigger idiot. There are only 30 teams in baseball. If you are running a minor league franchise the chances of you getting screwed over because you ticked off a major league GM are pretty high. It's not quite as dumb as messing with your boss, but given the very small social circle its a lot different than what most of us experience in our day to day jobs, where the chances of upsetting anyone person are much less likely to epically come back to bite us (though it still happens).
  10. igor67
    The Brewers likely collapse at this point makes that even more impressive, with the expanded playoffs to have 2 teams just fall apart that completely is kind of crazy. Though I wonder if maybe the 2nd wildcard might not be a cause? Are fewer teams playing for next year than in more recent history? I'd be curious to see how teams approached the trade deadline going back before the 90's.
  11. igor67
    There are plenty of reasons to be cautious, but given how unspectacular 1st base has been for us, we have the benefit of very little risk with a guy like Clark. Barring a trade Clark/ Rogers replacing Overbay and Reynolds looks pretty reasonable with a little more positional flexibility to have them be a 5th OF as well. As a platoon I think they have a shot to post a combined .800 OPS, individually I'd say .750 for each, but again there is some upside in those numbers, and either set of numbers is comfortably better than our current situation.
  12. igor67
    Simmons in '83 was pretty good, but not at that level plus he played half the time at DH Surhoff in '95 barely played at Catcher, and Nilsson never played catcher enough to really compare. So especially after you count his defense this is comfortably the best season by a Brewers catcher.
  13. igor67
    I don't think the implication was that it was junk science, rather that it is unnecessary in many cases. Based on the kids I see on a daily basis I put the number that need medication at about 1/20. I took the statements to mean that there are a much larger group of people that would 'benefit', and I see those kids too. However while I might 'benefit' from some HGH (5'6") that doesn't mean I should be on it.
  14. igor67
    Man was that 09 draft just plain weird. Looking at those names at the top just leaves one depressed, but then those late round guys have enough going on with Davis and Gennett both being clear starters at this point that would be solid value for the entire draft, with Cravy and Fiers still a little up in the air in terms of final value. And if the hand of fate had given us Trout it suddenly is in the running for best Brewer draft of all time. Just weird. In thinking some more about the perception of the farm system, I'm wondering if even moreso than the potential of players the odd thing about the early Seid drafts was how long it took to get guys up. Seemingly the Fielder/Braun/Hart/Hardy... core was drafted over a number of years, but once they jelled as a major league team the number of prospect graduating really fell off for a longtime even though as 2009 shows those 'bad' drafts actually still produced players.
  15. igor67
    Davis with the HR, let's pile on
  16. igor67
    For the moment I am taking a Schafer RBI as proof that things are turning around
  17. igor67
    While the playing time decisions always seem up for debate, Roenicke has certainly shown a willingness to go with a guy if he does start hitting when given the opportunity, so here's to Clark hitting like he's still in Nashville tonight. Channel some of that magic Khris Davis had last year.
  18. igor67
    That has been the biggest reason, with him hitting AAA in his first crack and still only being 26 that gives a fair amount of optimism that his bat will at least be acceptable.
  19. igor67
    Wang 8Ks no walks in 7.2 IP tonight. That is pretty nice to see.
  20. igor67
    Given the nature of the season, I'm happy for Wang to just get stretched out a bit and have line scores that are solid.
  21. igor67
    Great effort to put all of that together, and overall I'd say the collective BF wisdom looks pretty good in terms of a ranking. There's really only a couple of placements I'd feel worthwhile arguing about.
  22. igor67
    I'd be very hesitant on multiple years of ARam, he has performed well this year on balance, but his secondary skills have eroded and he is posting solid OPSes based mostly on a good BA. The walks have declined along with the other power numbers, and their were at least a few times this year that it looked like he might be turning the wrong corner.
  23. igor67
    Sthervin may quickly find himself reaching 'Hurricane' levels of hype.
  24. igor67
    On the one hand that is a very exciting promotion, but the demotion of Demuth is certainly a bit of a disappointment.
  25. igor67
    I'm excited to see how that middle chunk of prospects turn out. As many have commented their is a fair amount of consensus on who the top 15 players are (not so much on their order) and then quite the mix of players who are hard to distinguish at this stage.
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