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Of course it's debatable. They can't get people through the doors fast enough because they don't have resources committed to doing so. They could have double the screeners and screening machines. They could do a TSA precheck style of speedy walk through for designated people. They could send transport carts out to the parking lot and screen people there and then drive them in. But instead, they're using their leverage as a hot ticket in town to force fans to make alterations without exception. They run the stadium operations in a way that makes sense to them, and if we don't like it, too bad. They screwed up entrance to the Ed Sheeran concert last year, too. There have been times when it has taken more than an hour to get from my house in Brookfield to my seat inside the stadium, less than 8 miles away. You can give the company a pass and blame their customers if you want to. But I never thought being a fan of a team meant that I had to silently accept every inconvenience they impose on us.
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WOW! Saladino!! These two days are the highlight of his baseball life. -
Just because a kid is toilet trained doesn't mean he/she doesn't need books, snacks, electronics, toys to stay entertained for 3 hours. Those giant tote bags that moms and dads haul around are pretty essential.
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Purses and backpacks with 10 different compartments are the easiest for the wrong person to sneak in the wrong thing, as well as the most time consuming item to check. There also is only a finite amount of space/doors people can enter from. And frankly, fans are the reason the process moves so slowly...so logically any change made should be made by the fans and not security anyways. Space is not an issue. The building is an island in a parking lot sea. They could add a dozen more screening stations by just bumping the whole screening process out several feet from the stadium, and then have controlled queues into the actual building. If they're trying to expedite entrance into the building, there are things they could do themselves instead of forcing fans to make all the changes. But that would cost real money. And lots of people will be unaffected by this, or will even benefit from their new bag policy. So maybe it's a wash. But not everyone will benefit. And the Brewers are putting it on families to alter their routines to go to games. As someone who has traveled in the past with a tiny kid, there are lots of things that one must carry to make that a favorable experience. The Brewers just made that more difficult.
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I suspect this will affect women more than men, and families with kids more than adults going in by themselves. So whatever negative impact this makes will probably not affect me. Instead of spending more on screeners and scanners, they're forcing fans to change their gameday habits. I don't like that part.
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Since Arcia's debut August 2, 2016, there have been 109 players in MLB with 1500 PAs. Arcia's 72 wRC+ would rank 108th ahead of only Billy Hamilton's 66.
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Arcia is approaching his 1500th plate appearance as a Brewer. He'll be the 56th guy to do so and his career wRC+ (72) would rank 56th.
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I think it would be dumb to not pay attention. Not from the baseball ops side, but from the business side. We're giving them free customer data about what we like and don't like.
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It's not on Stearns, but it is part of the Brewer fan experience that they have spent gobs of draft picks and money on failed pitchers. Our fandom has been stuck in the mud forever, and that is David Stearns' inheritance.
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3 more years of cost-controlled Yelich is more valuable as a trading chip than 7 years with a high salary at the end. His contract/performance is among the most valuable in baseball. The Brewers have Ryan Braun right in front of them to use an example of what a long term extension can look like. Unless Yelich or his agent start making noise about dissatisfaction, I would hold back on extending him. So much can happen between now and the end of his deal.
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Thank you for your voice of reason. You're correct but you miss the point, I doubt any owner who has bought a team in the last 20 years is taking a draw of salary as the CEO. They're all beyond rich to begin with. Its a joke to think Attanasio (who's Crescent Capital Group manages over 25 billion dollars in assets) is somehow lining his pockets with tens of millions of dollars that could be spent in payroll. The Brewers have the worst market in the major leagues. Two legacy MLB teams 100 miles to the south. The Twins 5 hours to the Northwest. Hemmed in by a lake on the East and North sides. With another legacy team the Tigers on the other side of Lake Michigan and a foreign country on the other side of Lake Superior. Their market is basically Wisconsin and the U.P. and perhaps north eastern Iowa. There just isn't a lot of people in their market, so just because revenue is up in the game generally, doesn't necessarily mean the Brewers wallet is extra fat. Jeter is drawing a $5 million salary (plus a bonus for profit incentives) as CEO of the Marlins. And the Brewers franchise value is up nearly $1 Billion since Attanasio bought it, despite market size. Franchise values are up all over the place and player salaries are down. Players don't like that, so they want changes.
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I don't have a problem with Attanasio investing back into the franchise. He didn't just pocket the money. I also don't have a problem with players exercising their rights to do better for themselves. They should take the best deal they can get. If teams aren't going to spend on players in their 30s, then players should try to get more in their 20s.
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Average MLB payroll is $135 million, down from $139 million in 2018 and $140 million in 2017. As an employee, if you saw your employer cutting payroll, you might find that objectionable. If players didn't gamble and refuse very generous one year qualifying offers almost unanimously, overall payroll would have been up not down. That's on them, not the owners. There were only 7 qualifying offers issued last offseason, and 9 the previous year. Whether or not individual players accepted those offers has more to do with the state of free agency in general than the overall drop in industry payroll by $150 million.
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None of us have any idea how much the Brewers or any other team can afford in payroll. Your own recognition that the team value has skyrocketed during Attanasio's ownership suggests that they could have afforded more in payroll during that time.
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It's not about bunts. It's about the tedium of watching so many long at bats that end in a walk or strikeout. But I'm not sure that players are upset by that, as much as they are the hollowing out of the middle class, the supression of earnings by manipulation of service time, the length of time to arbitration and free agency, etc. Players are under team control--and their pay is dictated by the teams--for too much of their careers.
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Average MLB payroll is $135 million, down from $139 million in 2018 and $140 million in 2017. As an employee, if you saw your employer cutting payroll, you might find that objectionable.
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Their livelihood is dependent on a game with strong fan interest, and in several markets, attendance is down. Teams have opted to go younger and cheaper, and as a result, the middle class has dried up. Players should be angry about that.
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I can't speak for Marisnick's intent during the play. But he was given a clear path to hit the back side of the plate and he disregarded it and initiated contact. So if he meant to do it or not, he did it, and should face a substantial suspension. Lucroy has been concussed before and often times, subsequent concussions require less force. Francisco Cervelli has declared he's theough as a catcher because of his 6 concussions. So, if baseball is going to be serious about player safety, Marisnick should pay a price.
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Cubs sign Craig Kimbrel (3 years / $43 million)
JimH5 replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I love it when Cubs fans are angry or despondent or bitter. It gives me great joy when they are miserable. So Kimbrel's early woes are very satisfying to me. He's never been anything but a true closer, so we'll see how and how often they use him going forward. But tonight there is panic and disgust among Cubs fans. We can celebrate that. -
2019 July 2 International Signing Rumors
JimH5 replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in MLB Draft & International Signings
It seems so weird that they sign a 16 year old for $1.3 million, more than Hader and Woodruff are making combined this year. Nothing against Medina. He deserves whatever he can get. It's just odd, to me. -
I agree with that going back the past few years, but in practice his diverse positional usage had decreased considerably each of the past three seasons. Below are the games started and entered into at each position by year. This year he had started only 33 games through half a season, and 26 of those starts were at 2B. When he came off the bench he was at either 2B or SS in 18 games as compared to playing other positions off the bench just 10 times total (not counting the two pitching appearances). He was being used primarily as a middle infielder which is a seemingly much easier role for someone like Saladino to fill. Hernan Perez positional breakdown (Start/Substitution): 2017 LF - 34 started / 19 substituted RF - 17 / 13 3B - 16 / 15 2B - 16 / 1 CF - 10 / 8 SS - 5 / 2 1B - 0 / 2 P - 0 / 1 2018 2B - 25 started / 26 substituted SS - 15 / 5 3B - 11 / 11 RF - 7 / 20 LF - 7 / 10 CF - 1 / 2 1B - 0 / 6 2019 (Through 81 Games) 2B - 26 started / 12 substituted SS - 3 / 6 3B - 2 / 2 RF - 2 / 2 1B - 0 / 3 LF - 0 / 3 P - 0 / 2 You're right in that he wasn't used as much this year at other positions. But wherever he played in the field, I thought he could handle the job. Unlike when Thames was in the OF, or Aguilar was at 3B, Perez seemed adept everywhere. And with big pitching staffs, teams need to have a multitool bench player who can play SS and other places. We've seen his limitations on offense, and Saladino can probably be an improvement, but Perez brought value as a competent glove.
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His defensive versatility was pretty huge in roster construction. It will be interesting to see how they use Saladino and if he's capable of playing in the OF at all. I liked Perez in that he took to the super sub role and seemed at least capable wherever he played. Glad he was able to get a nice contract for this year.
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I'm with Michaels on this. But this is what live baseball is now. Boring, slow moving non-action. Fans have no reason to NOT get up to get food, etc. There's nothing happening on the field to hold their interest. They are behaving rudely, but not out of any dislike of others, but because they are less interested in the product on the field than they are in other things. This doesn't happen as much at basketball, hockey or football games. But 2019 baseball isn't something that holds their attention.
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I don't think you were being cheap. Those are probably preset tip suggestions built into their machine. Those could also be for people who use more services...shampoo, styling, shaving, color, etc. If you want to round up to $30, that's generous.
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The way that the labor agreement is, players have no incentive to do anything "for the good of the team". He earned the right to refuse a minor league assignment, where the coaching and training staff is presumably worse and the facilities are surely worse. Both sides should use the leverage presented to them by the terms of the labor deal.
