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I say no just because the window to make trades during the offseason will be shorter. However, I imagine the Brewers could get quite a bit for Mitchell after would he did in the regular season and post season. It's only one year earlier than they typically trade away upcoming free agents.

This thread should not be moved all off season and it may be a very long off season. If there was ever a year to not move, this is it.

I agree with this. His stats don't compare to Yount or Molitor but that winner comment really stands out. Playoffs 8 of 9 years is really impressive considering what the Brewers had prior to that. His MVP stands out as well and can't be ignored. The Fingers number retirement makes it a possibility too since his overall contribution to the organization is quite a bit lower than Yelich. I don't rule out HOF either, think there is a decent chance he gets elected by his peers a number of years down the road.

If it is the 2026 contract for Jose Ramirez that is defintely not team friendly, he had three years left and the Guardians still decided to pay for an aging/declining player.

Black is part of the platoon at 1B if Bauers doesn't come back. It wouldn't be a straight platoon with Vaughn but may be the way to go at least to start the season until they call up one of the younger left handed first basemen.

The Brewers are in a good spot as their first option is clearly Bauers but don't have to make a decision on Vaughn until after Bauers makes his decision. I would expect Vaughn to have an uptick in power next season and a more than capable starter if Bauers rejects the qualifying offer. Appears everything is falling into place with 1B opening up in 2028 and DH in 2029 for the combination of Burke/Fischer/Adams.

Glad the Brewers exercised the club option and didn't deal with arbitraton and try to nickel and dime Contreras. Also good to see they are willing to spend money on Bauers and go for a repeat even though he may not accept it. Fischer and Burke can wait a year, no need to rush them.

Regarding Bauers, the qualifying offer still exists under the current agreement that has not expired yet. We will know by Monday if the Brewers offer it. Also, it has been said before but a one year deal is way different than a long term contract, it isn't Contreras versus Bauers in any way. If Contreras is willing to take the qualifying offer if it exists in 2028, the Brewers will be more than happy to offer it.

I don’t think that’s fair to May. It was a really long parade, so he wasn’t going to be ‘on’ the whole time. When he passed us, he got off the bus, high-fived a bunch of people (my kids included), and sprayed champagne with his teammates. I didn’t manage to get a great photo of him, but here’s the one I got

I got there around 6am driving from Madison as I knew roads were closing by 7:00. Bought parking ahead of time for $10 and glad I did as the same lot was charging $50 when I got there. There was plenty of front row seating by the barricade when I got there and ended up across from the TJ Maxx However, it filled up quickly throughout the morning. The actual parade was awesome, high fived a ton of players that left the bus and William Contreras spraying champagne on us. For.whatevwr reason the older players from the '82 team and Pat Murphy, who was last, were way behind everybody else and a number of fans had left before they got there because they thought it was over. I also thought the alumni bus was rather weak with only a couple of players(Jenkins and McGehee) on it. Overall it was a great event and looking forward to the next one.

Yeah, it is going to work out fine for the Cardinals. There was no need for them to keep either May or Romero and they got the best possible deal. The Brewers and Cardinals have different priorities when making a deal, epsecially at the trade deadline so a good chance both teams ultimately consider it a win.

This is a great feeling, got some World Series gear at Dick's last night with my kids as I couldn't sleep anyways. This team will be talked about forever and the Brewers will have giveaways revolving around this team until the end of time and I will never get sick of it.

Vaughn had a great game against Peralta the last time they faced each other but don't think Murphy is taking out Yelich

There is no rule, totally subjective. Was it struck at by the batter or not. Nobody knows, so debating it is kind of pointless. Kind of hard to imaging MLB has lasted this long without addressing it.

Brewers defintely should not switch around their guys to match up with the Rays. If the Rays want to send out an inferior pitcher in game 1 of the World Series go for it. It certainly puts the Rays at an advantage if they somehow pull it off but the Brewers have seen plenty of Martinez so risky and will repeat itself in game 5.