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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Torres, Milone, Gennett, Peralta, Feliz, Nelson, Anderson, and Nieuwenhuis all would be considered veterans by most measures.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    Garza is more secure for a rotation spot than Peralta, Nelson and maybe Anderson in my mind. You have to see if he can produce enough to get something for him in July. But once he sucks enough that he will have no value at the trading deadline, it is probably time to cut him outright (I don't know if he would be a good teammate down in the pen). But by then, there may be injuries or other bad play that keep him in the rotation even if he is not great. The assumption that Garza will have much value even if he performs decently for a few months is a false assumption. Yeah I know his option is a relatively cheap one, but guys better than him had trouble landing jobs this winter. At best he might fetch a low level C+ or B- type and that's only if Brewers pick up a lot of his contract. It's not like other better arms won't be available at the deadline. Why keep him around when they can use his innings to better evaluate guys that might have a future beyond the next year or two? You keep him until the end of camp in case of injury, then unless the other options struggle big time, you just let him go. Peralta was quite good after his return from the minors. In fact he looked like the guy that won 17 in 2014. Anderson had trouble getting deep in games but his ERA after the break was a smidge above 3. Nelson struggled badly in the 2nd half, but his ceiling is such they need to give him another shot to return to his form. All 3 of those guys need to start the year in rotation. Maybe Milone is in the pen or starting but he'll be on opening day roster most likely.
  3. JohnBriggs12
    I'd have to find the thread but I suggested this back at the end of last season when they were going with a 6 man rotation for a bit. Makes all the sense in the world given their current situation and the need to watch innings for Guerra. They have more than enough versatility on their roster to go with 13 pitchers and 12 position players. Perez can play all 3 OF position and all 4 infield positions. If he went down, it might take 2 guys to replace him, and then they'd have to sacrifice a pitcher. Five or six man rotation, in my mind, Garza's the odd man out. They pay his salary regardless, and replace his roster spot with a minimum salary guy anyway. Guerra, Davies, Peralta, Nelson, Anderson and Milone as the rotation? I could see it. If one of those guys goes down, stick Hader or Lopez in the spot, and you have a natural way of controlling innings.
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    I would rather it end that way than because one team ran out of players to use. The game is built for 9 innings, when you get to 14+ innings you aren't really playing the game the way it was meant to be played anyway. Playing an extra 1/3 of a game is enough, after that you are getting into unsafe/poor play. Seriously? All that rule would do would be to make managers more likely to burn through their entire bullpen and their bench in 9 innings, which will prolong most games, not shorten them. Instead of being out of players in the 15th or 16th inning, they'll be out of them in the 11th. Using your example, on the last day of the season, teams should never run out of players. Most have 32-33 available. "Unsafe/poor play"? Since when should endurance not be part of a sport? The Falcons defense being fatigued caused them to lose the Super Bowl. That's the nature of sports my friend. Guess what, hitters get tired as games drag on and mediocre pitchers that managers save for extra innings often times can mow down tired batters. That's always been part of the game. Even if this was a problem, though I don't think it is, there's a lot more reasonable ways to address it than to fundamentally change the game. Make the DH universal, and then the manager won't use his entire bench to PH. As an aside, if the NL had the DH, the Brewers would still have Khris Davis in the middle of their order. Or you could go with a 27 man roster, and designate 2 guys as only eligible if the game goes extra innings.
  5. JohnBriggs12
    I've been a fan of Joe Torre since he played for the Braves back in the day, but I think he's getting senile. Putting runners on base? There's nothing wrong with the fundamentals of the game. How about cutting the time between innings? I've been a baseball fan a long time. I was at the 25 inning game over two days in 1984 in Chicago. I saw Gaylord Perry pitch 15 innings against the Brewers in 1974, get taken out in favor of ex-Brewer Ken Sanders in the 16th, who promptly surrendered a walk-off HR to Bobby Coluccio. That's one of my favorite games of all time.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    Seems more like Perez is a Gosselin-lite (albeit Perez also has CF on his resume): Career numbers: Gosselin: .283/.331/.385/.716 (93 OPS+) Perez: .255/.279/.373/.652 (74 OPS+) Regardless, they could easily co-exist if needed as they're both the versatile-types Stearns likes. Gosselin's a Pirate now. But no, Perez isn't Gosselin-lite if you just take into consideration Perez' numbers as a Brewer: .271/.295/.405/.700 (86 OPS+) plus Perez has 40 major league steals to Gosselin's 7.
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    Really?? Care to try to back that up?
  8. JohnBriggs12
    If their projections for individual Brewer players were accurate, this team wouldn't win 60 games, much less 76. Totally incompatible. They have virtually every Brewer hitter performing worse in 2017 than they did in 2016 with the exception of Arcia. They particularly don't like Villar and Perez, who I think are two of the best offensive weapons they have.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Call me old fashioned but I'll take a guy who every 13.5 AB's puts a point on the board. He was a one man rally. It's why I like Khris Davis. Those guys have HR rates that compare with the All Time greats. Isn't the object to score more runs than the opponent? The Brewers rightfully needed their lineup to get more left-handed. Unfortunately with no DH in the NL, so no room for Carter. I think that had more to do with it than his price tag. It's unfortunate they didn't get any return for the kind of production Carter had in his one season as a Brewer. Yankees got a huge bargain at that price. A lot of Carter's value downgrade was his defensive limitations, but shifting the 2B to short RF against LH pull hitters minimizes that a lot. He doesn't have stone hands, but he does lack range.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    I think Mark A is a more seasoned, mature owner than he was 5-10 years ago. I think now he would say, 'You have Dave's number, Scott.' I think so too. He seems to have had a revelation after the collapse a few years ago followed up by the horrendous start to the next season. But, if anyone could get him to fall back into his old ways, I'd say Boras is the guy. Totally different situations. Attanasio would be cutting off his nose to spite his face if he ruled out a one year deal for Wieters assuming it's a reasonable amount because of what happened with Lohse. The possibility that Lohse at some point would have negative value was predictable. If you can get Wieters for a song, he's more likely than not to be able to be traded for something of real value, and at worst, you play 2017 with a proven starting major league catcher handling your young pitching. They don't have one now.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Not a need certainly but that didn't stop the Brewers earlier and Gosselin's one of the better players we've seen DFA'd this winter. Hits for average, good pinch hitter, played 5 positions last year and didn't make a single error. Can't fathom why Arizona wanted Descalso instead, LH bat maybe?
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Scahill has a not so remote chance of making the opening day roster so I don't see it as a courtesy in his case. At worse he's likely high on the list to get added at some point in the season if a pitcher goes down or is DFA'd off the roster.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    It would take them going with a 12 man pitching staff for there to be a open spot on the opening day roster as barring a trade the 12 positional guys are pretty set: Shaw, Arcia, Villar, Thames, Perez, Gennett, Braun, Broxton, Santana, Nieuwenhuis, Susac and either Bandy or Pina. Could they get enough AB's for Arguilar with that roster? Would need I think to use Thames in LF on days were Braun takes off. Could they make Perez the backup in CF in addition to IF utility role , and replace Nieuwenhuis with Aguilar as a bench bat? He has hit RHP well in the minors and Gennett's around to be prime LH bench bat.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Except he hit .178 against LHP at AAA last year. Aguilar had a strong season in the VWL. With his power he's worth a look in Arizona. Doubt if everyone's healthy that he's got a place on the roster going forward though.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    You do realize some are projecting Haniger to be right in the mix for ROY? I'm just happy they got Davies essentially for him. But Coulter and Roache have been huge misses. Give me Turner over Medeiros.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    If the Brewers traded Nelson to the Cubs, the guy I'd target is Candelario. If they want to throw in Szcsur, that'd would be great.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    I can't remember the last time I've paid full price for a ticket but I hope people keep buying season tickets and then selling them under face on secondary market. Now that I'll be retired in a month, I can basically go to all the weekday afternoon games for half price and since most of those games if not all will be far from sellouts, I should be able to walk up and buy. Shades of the 70's!!
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Attanasio lost me a long time ago. He's doing all he can to temper enthusiasm for the current roster? I get that he doesn't want false expectations and hopes fans will still show up even for a 90+ loss team but it's silly. People know where this team is. Nobody's going to be disappointed if they don't contend this year, but the manager and players don't need to hear that kind of stuff from their owner. Low expectations are almost a sure fire way to insure low results. All you have to do is see the mess in inner city schools across the country. Why doesn't baseball just instruct the Cubs to organize another celebration and not bother with playing the season if half the teams in the game aren't playing to win? If I was owner, I'd say something like "We are now well into our rebuild process, and while we're not to the point where it's realistic to expect us to contend, we are hoping for more players already here to emerge as viable major league talents that can blend with the prospects nearing the major leagues to form a competitive team in the fairly near future that will grow into a strong contender for an extended period. It remains to be seen if we'll see progress in the W/L record in 2017, but it's certainly not a horrible roster right now with potential for some immediate improvement and in baseball you just never know."
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Not exactly a "nothing to lose" transaction. Farris has put up very solid minor league relief numbers in Cub system.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    While the focus is on the long term building, they've assembled a team with more than "no shot at competing". A lot would have to break right, mostly with the pitching, but it's not no shot if guys like Peralta and Nelson put together a full season worth of what they've flashed in the past, and Guerra and Davies simply repeat their 2016 seasons. They aren't capable of 90+ wins of the elite teams, but 90 wins isn't the benchmark for competing. I lived through the bottom years of the Cub's rebuild and those teams had no shot. This roster is miles better.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    That was a given wasn't it? Perez proved he can play anywhere in the OF last year. It comes down to a 13th pitcher or an extra infielder.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    They could be fairly confident Scahill won't be claimed and they can outright him. If he were claimed, there's a good chance that he'd be available again before too long anyway.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Think about this scenario. By now they expected to be able to move Gennett but maybe they've come to the conclusion there isn't a market right now. If they keep him in strictly a reserve role or option him to AAA, his value will fall further. So they start the year with a 3 man rotation in the middle infield of Villar, Perez and Gennett and Arcia goes back to AAA to get regular work. That rotation is probably superior offensively to one with Arcia in the mix at this stage but they'd need a solid defender for late inning situations, and they like Andrianza's glove. If a market suddenly develops for Scooter, then they can alter plans and go back to Arcia at SS, and Andrianza becomes the middle infield utility guy and Perez the infield corner backup and extra OF.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    '' It's always good to have a guy you can shuttle back and forth like Rivera did in 2016, but since that's not possible with Adrianza, it's even more curious. Could they be considering Arcia starting the year in AAA?
  25. JohnBriggs12
    I didn't see Rivera making the team anyway with Perez and Gennett still around and Villar's ability to play SS too, but he already had competition in Ivan Dejesus Jr and Eric Sogard. Andrianza might be a cut above Rivera, and useful if he's got an option left I guess.
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