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Was a far better player than manager. At 67, he's enjoying life. Can't imagine he wants to manage again.
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If I had to guess, I'd say they'll hire Matt Erickson who'll cost a lot less.
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Canha to Detroit.... RHP Blake Holub to Brewers
JohnBriggs12 replied to Jastro's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Rea is a competent veteran major league starter. Brewers were above .500 in games he started with a below average offense.. Furthermore, he didn't miss a start due to injury. They're getting great value in this deal.
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Even though his cost wouldn't be all that high, they'd still be buying high on O'hearn. I'd be looking at buy low candidates at first base such as Ty France from the Mariners. His slugging slipped considerably last season, but at 29, there's no reason he can't bounce back. His strikeout rate is below average and his OBP is solid (helped by the fact he gets hit a ton)
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Taylor earned a full time OF job to start 2024 with the excellent second half numbers he put up (.854 OPS). His performance down the stretch cannot be overstated. His poor first half could be explained by his missing all of spring training. I've always been a Taylor fan and felt if he ever got 550 plate appearances, he'd hit 20-25 home runs and knock in 75-80 runs. The "he runs hot and cold label" is overstated. Every player runs hot and cold to some degree. Taylor also brings tremendous value with his defense and base running ability. Taylor is an above average fielder at all three outfield positions. In 300 major league games he has yet to make an error. Sure that's an old traditional measure but it does say something about reliability in that phase of the game. It's an absolute no-brainer that he should be tendered if his expected salary is a mere $1.7 million even as the 4th outfielder. Besides, Yelich, Mitchell and Frelick are all left-handed hitters and of the 2023 rookies and Weimer seems to be most in need of more seasoning at AAA. Taylor gives them some balance.
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BA, the player, probably should have been DFA'd a few weeks ago and his spot filled by either Toro or Miller
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Taylor has responded by posting .342/.390/.658 line so far in August. If the Brewers hold on and win the division, the decision to not only keep Taylor but essentially have him take Weimer's spot in the lineup might be the best move they made around the deadline.
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He's got to do two things. He needs to get stronger, and he needs to use his speed more. The latter is not so much his fault but the bottom of the Brewer lineup has speed and they won't try to steal with Yelich hitting because they want him hitting with space on the right side of the infield. That's a losing strategy. I'd prefer a runner on 2nd any time and having space between the first baseman and the line for Yelich.
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If you don't continue to challenge an elite talent, you run the risk of them not learning how to adjust later on down the road. Great players in general break through early and don't look back. Chourio's answered every challenge put in front of him so far. He can handle the next.
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Andrew Vaughn would be a great target for the Brewers. He's not met expectations this year and the White Sox are desperate for controllable starting pitching. They would want a starter close to major league ready (Gasser?) included in the package. It will take more than one prospect though. Sox are going to want a solid package for their one time top prospect who's still only in his mid 20's
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Rowdy needs to commit himself to getting in better shape. He's listed at 270, but I bet he's closer to 300. He's eating his way out of the game. He needs to get back to the 250-260 range.
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It's not bad enough that Adames has been awful. Orlando Arcia is going to be the starting shortstop for the NL in the All Star game and his numbers say he is worthy (sorry Cub fans, Arcia's been better than Swanson). Speaking of awful, it appears Rowdy is eating his way out of baseball.
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I love that Turang made the team. He's a major league talent and belongs in the major leagues. Not quite like when Del Crandall announced that 18 year old Robin Yount made the Brewers in 1974. Crandall basically said Yount made the team because he was better than any of the other options. I think the same holds for Turang. I hope Wiemer sticks as well. Giving Frelick more time in CF at Nashville because if either Mitchell or Wiemer struggles offensively before Taylor comes back, they can replace him with Frelick.
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What about Owen Miller? Isn't he in the infield mix as well?
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I don't think he makes the team unless he starts tearing it up in Arizona. That he's already on the 40 man or that Frelick will be gone for a few weeks playing for team Italy gives him an edge. Frelick will be facing major league pitching in the WBC and the Brewers will be watching. I think it comes down to Frelick or Nyquin, and they get another RH bat in the lineup by playing Anderson in RF vs. lefties. Bolt could also figure in with a hot spring. Wiemer is the dark horse. He's only fanned once in 13 AB's.
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By giving him financial security now, you are taking away his incentive to keep getting better. Some guys will continue to work just as hard but many don't. Some White Sox fans I know believe the Sox locking up most of their promising young everyday players has led to a lot of complacency which is part of the reason for their disappointing performance in 2022. Remember these are guys in their mid twenties getting money most people just dream of. Even older players are not immune,
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Before suggesting a hitter coming off a 35 HR 89 RBI season with several late inning very high leverage game tying HR change his approach, I think we should see how the shift ban affects his numbers. Changing his approach is not without risk.
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I don't consider the teams May played on as "dark years". The 73 season they had a 20 game winner in Jim Colborn, a 10 game winning streak, and a solid everyday lineup that included May, Scott, Briggs, Porter, Money and the overlooked Ollie Brown. Guys like Bobby Coluccio and Pedro Garcia also contributed. If fact that group finished in the top half of the AL in runs scored and home runs, and was 6 games over .500 as late as June 24. I know most of you weren't alive back then, but I remember it well. That was the year Milwaukee and Wisconsin really for the first time embraced the Brewers. They hit 1 million in attendance for the first time, and while that doesn't seem like much, believe me when I say crowds back then were louder and more alive than anything you see today. When those Brewer teams had a rally going, 15,000 fans sounded like 50,000. I remember when the crowd got so loud with the bases loaded one night that a pitcher for the Red Sox literally could not throw a strike and walked in like 3 runs. Uecker, who even then had been around the game a while, had never seen anything like that and of course was a huge part in revving up fans. That was the year that people first tuned in to post game show to hear Uke's calls of home runs.
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The focus of the offseason seemed to be clearing the decks a bit to allow opportunity for their promising young outfielders. I think they accomplished that. Three of the veterans that started last season as major parts of the OF/DH rotation are gone. Winker was the only veteran they got back and he's probably going to see the vast majority of his AB's as the DH. They also got veteran protection for Turang without completely taking away a path for him to become an almost everyday player at some point maybe sooner rather than later. They seem to have adequately replaced the versatility of Jace Peterson too with Miller and Anderson. But the big move was acquiring a young controllable catcher with an elite bat. Few of us thought that possible. The rotation returns intact with a solid veteran in Miley to provide veteran depth and stability at the back end. The addition of Contreras alone made for a reasonably successful offseason. How the bullpen shakes out and whether the starters remain relatively healthy will determine if this team is a serious threat to the Cardinals or not.
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I never considered Ginter a utility player.
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I never considered Ginter a utility player.
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I loved Briggs as he was my first favorite Brewer and an underrated player because OBP was under appreciated in the 70's. I'll never forget being there the night he took Nolan Ryan early in his prime into the bullpen twice including a grand slam. Darwin did next to nothing as a Brewer after he was acquired for Briggs, who didn't adjust well either and his career ended pretty abruptly not long afterwards.
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The Quest for an .800+ OPS hitter Part One - Rowdy Tellez
JohnBriggs12 commented on Jake McKibbin's blog entry in Jake's Blog
Tellez should benefit by not just the shift rule dictating no more than 2 fielders right of second base but the fact that they can't lineup beyond the infield dirt.
