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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Denis Menke passed away on December 1st at age 80. For those of you not familiar with Menke, he was a big time shortstop prospect in the Braves system and debuted at age 21 in 1962. What's curious is that a year earlier the Braves had traded a ton of young pitching capital (Joey Jay and Juan Pizarro) to acquire a weak hitting Roy McMillan who had the reputation as a defensive whiz. McMillan played good defense but his bat was a huge liability and he blocked Menke. Once McMillan was traded to Mets early in 64, Menke took full time SS job putting up great numbers for the position in those days: .283/.368/.479. Injuries derailed his 65 season with Braves. Had he been able to repeat his 64 season, that team which had been in first as late as August 25th, just might have stayed in the race with Dodgers to the end and who knows, led to a World Series featuring a team playing in Milwaukee but committed to moving to Atlanta the next year. That would have focused the nation's attention on the scam being perpetrated on Milwaukee and Wisconsin by Braves ownership. RIP Denis. You were one of my childhood favorites.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    How about Cain to the Phillies for Jean Segura? Phillies could certainly use an upgrade in CF. Segura and Cain both have two years remaining on their deals. Cain is owed $6 million more than Segura over the next two seasons, but it could be evened out by splitting the difference.
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    ...and holding on to Ashby and Small. I fear that one or two of these guys might possibly be on the move for bats... Please no. I think that's quite possible. Getting a Crawford to add to depth at higher minor leagues might be a sign they could be using Small and/or Ashby as bait for bats. That and they protected File and Bettinger from the Rule 5. Those are nice arms, but both move up on the pecking order if Small or Ashby go in a trade which made keeping them more of a priority.
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    I'm not sure these two are significantly better than Zach Green who the Brewers got on a minor league deal. Toro's already had a 165 AB major league trial with no evidence he's an everyday major league player. He will be just 24 when the season starts, but he's not a guy who can be trusted as an everyday player. Jones is already 27 and yeah he's put up some nice minor league numbers at hitter friendly stops, but what makes him any better than Green? Maybe you get one of those two to pair with Green on the corners at Nashville and add depth to the higher levels, but you don't give up anything of significant value. Brewers still need a significant upgrade at the corners. Cron is sitting out there and is an obvious target for first base. Third base is trickier but they have options there too.
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    Dick Allen was without a doubt one of the most feared hitters in baseball for about a 10 year period. Definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame. Should have happened years ago. A total oversight. His brother Hank was a Brewer in 1970. Unfortunately Hank didn't get the power gene of Dick. But I do remember him coming to the plate shortly after he was acquired. I don't know if it was in honor of the more famous Hank A. to play in Milwaukee, but as a Brewer, Hank Allen wore #44. He kind of looked like Aaron stepping into the box with the familiar 44 on his back. Baseball was back in Milwaukee even though Hank Allen wasn't Aaron or Dick Allen, that's all the mattered at the time.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    I always thought C.J. Cron was the realistic Brewer target. A Cron/Vogelbach platoon is potentially potent.
  7. JohnBriggs12
    Heard Steve Stone comment on WSCR this morning. Belief is Lynn made adjustments a few years back and that's accounted for his improved results. A lot had to do with pitching metrics and all the new info available but his pitches now look the same longer than before. Still Dunning looked a lot like a controllable young middle of the rotation starter last year so that's an awfully high price for one year of Lance Lynn. I'm not thrilled with their signing Adam Eaton for one year $7+ million either. Ben Gamel put up better numbers than Eaton last year.
  8. JohnBriggs12
    Hardly. Kasper grew up idolizing Ernie Harwell. Doing radio play by play was his dream. Now he's got the gig he always wanted and he doesn't even have to relocate.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    It's still indoors when it's closed, but why take chances when it can be open and fans can still be relatively comfortable? Back in the day, sitting at games with temps in 50's was fine.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    I expect full attendance by July 1 if not earlier. Remember as vaccinations build the count of infections will drop dramatically and this will be evident as early as March 1 when it's expected 60 to 70 million will have been vaccinated and another 30-60 million will have antibodies from having had the virus. By May 1st, there will have been well over 100 million people vaccinated as more vaccines will have come online. Besides the science is showing that the virus spreads indoors, not outdoors, and with no vaccine, it dropped last June and stayed low until mid September. Most experts say this pandemic will end by early summer. The Brewers should be proactive and open the roof except when temps fall below 50. If they do that, I don't see why they can't start the year with 8-10,000 fans assuming they are spread out, go to 20,000 in mid May and full by July 1.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Eagles defense plays hard so Pack can't sleep on them like they did the Jaguars a few weeks ago. Slay is banged up and if he can't go or is hampered, Adams should have a field day. Packers 28-17.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    And TOs Both Northwestern and Indiana had hidden yardage on pass interference penalties. Some were questionable during the Northwestern game but against Indiana's receivers, Badger corners played scared and were grabbing all over the place. Indiana made plays in the red zone too. Wisconsin didn't execute and the play calling there was atrocious. Don't forget too, that Indiana lost about 60 yards of offense when that kid dropped that sure touchdown pass.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    The worry about giving an unproductive Vogelbach 500 AB's is a red herring. No way he gets close to that many if he's not productive. A $1.4 million contract guarantees him nothing beyond a couple months of presence in the lineup. See Justin Smoak. He appeared to benefit from adjustments he made after getting released last year. It was a big wake up call for him. If he takes the approach he did with the Brewers the final month, he'll be fine.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    His stats away from Coors are just .248/.302/.420/.722. Not sure he'd really qualify as a superstar hitter. Injuries have probably taken a serious toll as well. Still a worthy gamble for some team at a reasonable salary. Stats away from Coors get deflated because players don't adjust on the road when they play half their games in Coors. LeMahieu's last year as a Rockie, he hit just .229/.277/.422 on the road.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    I think you are overlooking the fact that he'll be 35 in April and essentially hasn't played since the end of 2019 when he wasn't very good. It's a big stretch to think he returns close to his 2018 form. Sure he had a lot of minor aches and pains in 2019, but what guarantee is there that he won't incur those same kind of aches and pains at 35? Cain is one of many huge question marks on this team.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Stay away from Rodon. Please. He pitched once against the Brewers in 2020. While the line wasn't all that bad, he looked more hittable than any guy the Brewers faced in all 60 games to the untrained eye. My Sox fan brother is doing handstands that he's gone.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    I don't think he's that bad. This is 2021. Lots of big strikeout guys. He posted impressive numbers at AAA in 2019. Brewers lack hitters in upper minors. Green has a chance assuming they sign a guy like Franco for just one year.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    I can't imagine Garcia is on a long leash. If he's hitting .220 with 2 HR on June 1st, he'll either be gone or benched. The Brewers need to find another OF unless Braun gives some indication he'll be back, If Dahl or any of the other outfielders out there have any confidence in their ability, I don't think they'd be scared to compete with Garcia. Add to that we don't what we'll get from Cain after he essentially sat out an entire year. There's a number of LH hitting outfielders out there who could be picked up and dislodge Garcia if they swung the bat like they've shown in the past. Most had equally bad years in 2020 but that's the reason they are out there. Dahl is one of them. Nomar Mazara is another. Heck so is Gamel
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Smoak and Gyroko had become baseball nomads. Both were past 30 and clearly one year stopgaps. Nunez will turn 27 in April and is controllable for several more seasons. Franco is just 28. He's a FA after this year, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to sign him to a two year deal. Franco is a proven run producer with a relatively modest strikeout rate. Nunez topped 30 HR in his first full season in 2019. For a guy with that power, his K rate is higher than Franco but fairly reasonable too. That's two RH power bats. Hopefully, they'll keep the DH, so the middle of the order will look something like Yelich, Hiura, Vogelbach, Franco, Nunez, Garcia.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    In theory the Brewers save $5 million on Knebel and a couple million on Claudio. Reality is both will have to be replaced. I assume the Brewers will look in the under $2 million bin for each spot. So net it's probably a savings of more like half the $7 million.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    I'm with you and it's not that close. He's starting to get it at the plate and his defense will be fine. A bargain at $2 million.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    I'd rather see them roll the dice on Feliciano now and see what he can do. You can always get catcher that can't hit. They're a dime a dozen.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    He's definitely a guy that fits the profile the Brewers can realistically pursue. His 38 RBI would have led the Brewers in 2020. Still just 28. Not a big OBP guy but for a guy capable of producing 25 HR in a full season and he doesn't strike out all that much.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    This guy makes Bob Uecker's numbers look good by comparison! Future broadcast career?
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Probably the most interesting name on Nightengale's list is Aguilar. MLB trade rumors doesn't think there's any chance the Marlins would non-tender him. I guess we'll see but it would certainly be worth looking into a reunion with a very popular former Brewer.
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