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  1. JohnBriggs12
    Or Broxton.....don't really need 5 outfielders Yeah, I think we should probably keep him here. Keon needs regular AB's and when Cain gets back that's not going to happen. Brewers theme this year is every guy on the 40 man is part of the total effort, regardless of whether or not they're playing in Milwaukee or Colorado Springs at the moment. They all seem to be buying into it.
  2. JohnBriggs12
    The problem isn't the idea of a Facebook game, or the execution of it. That's a separate issue. I live in Illinois so I have to pay for MLB Extra Innings to watch Brewers from the comfort of my recliner. Twice in a week, I could watch every game being played on a day, EXCEPT the one I wanted to see. That's garbage. Eliminate the exclusivity. Let the elderly and shut-ins watch a game on their cable system and not force them to use a product that doesn't suit their needs.
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    Oakland is pretty far "off the pace" but there are no teams between them and the 2nd wild card so they just need one team to collapse, not 4 or 5. Unless they drop a dozen games off the pace by the end of the month, I don't see them selling.
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    If the only reason Facebook agreed to this was to entice more people to get Facebook accounts by keeping it off everywhere else, that tells you all you want to know about Facebook. MLB was incredibly stupid (and uncaring) to take games away from elderly fans who watch games religiously so they could brag how their audience "skewed 20 years younger". Of course it did MLB. You locked everyone who normally watches out. That's not how you reward your fans. Most aggravating is that Brewers were featured in consecutive weeks? Is that because the Boston's and Yankees know better than take the games away from their fans? Come on Attanasio for goodness sake. Don't ever agree to that again
  5. JohnBriggs12
    Two emphatic thumbs down. I pay plenty for MLB extra innings, but don't get these games on my package and I have zero interest in opening a facebook account. MLB is screwing with it's most loyal audience and that's retired people. It's not a terrible idea, but no way should people be forced to use that platform by blacking out the games elsewhere. Why limit the audience? I don't get it. Keep the games on facebook, but eliminate the exclusivity.
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    The AL Central is a joke but it hasn't helped that they are playing the NL Central this year. The A's have to be frustrated. They keep winning but can't gain any ground in the wild card race. Normally, being 9 games over .500 around this time of year means you're right in the thick of things. Brewers have a very tough stretch coming out of the All Star break. If they are going to make a deal, they need to make it sooner, rather than later.
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    Santana wouldn't be the first guy to post a good season or two and not be able to sustain it. Sixto Lezcano looked like a budding superstar in 78 and 79. His decline was stunning. Maintaining a high level of performance at the highest level isn't easy.
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    I saw Orf play in Arizona this spring. He certainly looked like he belonged. Love the guys that overcome the odds. He might want to thank Aguilar for drilling that point home.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Great to see Orf get his chance. After tailing off for a month or so, he's been raking again the last 10 days or so with 2 HR just yesterday. Brewers need offense. Even though they split, the Reds, a last place team, had much the more fearsome lineup especially without Cain and Yelich. I personally don't think he'll be in over his head, even though he's only 5'8". He was undrafted out of Baylor. That he's made it this far speaks volumes.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Prior to last year, Sogard put up a respectable .266/.322/.364 in over 400 PA in 2013. Even this year which has been awful, his line drive percentage of 27% his 4 points higher than league average. The guy everyone is all enamored with, Saladino, posted a putrid .484 OPS last year in a fairly large sample. I'm not sold on any of these guys frankly. Ride the guy's that hot for sure but if none are, then the next guy gets a shot. It's doubtful based on his career that after missing 6 weeks that Saladino will pick up where he left off. Miller's done ok enough so far to keep getting looks.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Ramirez' problem is his reverse splits. He's been extremely tough on RH hitters and good but not great vs. LH hitters. Still Zagurski hasn't exactly shut down lefties either. I'm at a loss why they haven't been a bit more aggressive promoting a guy like Brad Kuntz.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Personally, I don't think Nottingham is the best catcher in Colorado Springs. Bethancourt has a more extensive record of performance. Their offensive numbers are close this year and Bethancourt has caught 13 runners (42%) to Nottingham's 5 (23%). Nottingham is more contact challenged, fanning 52 times in 156 AB's to Bethancourt's 48 K's in 224 AB's. Now Nottingham is almost 4 years younger, so I get the argument his ceiling might be higher than Bethancourt, but for this year, if Pina went down, Bethancourt is the guy I'd want, as he'd be the better bet to perform in 2018.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Hiura and Burnes are fine as headliners in a deal for Syndergaard. I could see Davies included if he comes off the DL and makes a decent start or two and Santana makes a lot of sense too. Maybe you include a guy like Payton Henry or a strong arm guy in the lower levels or both. Hard to place a value on a guy like Merrifield who's a late bloomer. He's shown to be a very good hitter in 2 and a half seasons, but it's not like he's the second coming of Robby Alomar or Robinson Cano and guys below that level, even very good ones, aren't in huge demand. Maybe KC would be interested in Arcia as part of a deal that included Woodruff and Villar. Alcides is a FA after this year and they could believe that they can fix Arcia.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Going after Merrifield seems to be part of the master plan to then use Hiura as centerpiece for deal for Syndergaard. Peralta's emergence softens the blow of losing Burnes as well.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    He got squeezed on what should have been a 3rd strike to Votto, then Thames misplayed a flyball into a double. Then he would have come out. That being said, almost every team has guys who show up in the majors at some point that are super fringy.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Right now Perez is a full time OF.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Definitely need to see him throwing off the mound before any time table can be set for his return but I am going to go with late August or early September for Nelson's return. Which with that time table would probably push DS to go for a top rotation guy... which next year and maybe the year after will only improve the depth of the rotation overall. Good things all good things. The rotation isn't the problem. The bullpen needs reinforcements and the offense needs a quality major league bat so the lineup extends beyond 5 guys.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    I think you are overrating Iowa. Iowa lost their two best defensive players and their best OL to the NFL. Except for two pick 6's, Wisconsin completely dominated them in Madison. In fact, they literally destroyed Iowa's will by the 4th quarter. Sure Iowa traditionally comes up with one or two big upsets at home, but even if somehow the Badgers were to stumble there (which I doubt), Iowa doesn't have the horses to win the division.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Hiura is the least risky of all those gambles. Nottingham has never hit anywhere until CS this year and he's been about on par with Bethancourt. The odds of him outproducing Pina are long. Miller is a big swing and miss guy but at least he's proven to have power. Nottingham is a gamble but I thought in his brief time in Milwaukee earlier this season, he at least put together some solid ABs. Some better at bats than we've seen from Pina almost all season. I would take Nottingham over Bethancourt. Bethancourt's numbers are completely CO Springs driven- with a sub .700 OPS away from CO Springs. Nottingham's road .OPS is a decent .748 and still gets on base with a .358 OBP. He just hasn't shown any power away from Colorado. It's way too simplistic to look at Bethancourt's home/road splits and conclude his success in all CS driven. Bethancourt has a career AAA slash line of .299/.330/.455 in well over 800 AAA AB's including more than half of those in the International League. He also has a lower K rate than Nottingham this year and over his career. That's not to downgrade Nottingham, but it's certainly not a sure thing that either could surpass what Pina's produced this year. Nottingham's handful of major league AB's mean nothing.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    I do think the Brewers can be very competitive with the Machado sweepstakes because they have so many close to major league starting pitchers. That being said, they could set their sights on Eduardo Escobar, and I'd be fine with that. Even Jordy Mercer to mix in with Miller might be an option.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Couldn't agree more, especially with a pitching market with quality rentals out there. There's no Sabathia, but this isn't the 2008 rotation either. Hey I love deGrom, but it's the old putting all your eggs in one basket scenario. I don't think that's wise. Besides getting another bat or two might be a bigger priority right now.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Speaking of the Rays, Nathan Eovaldi has a 0.821 WHIP in 6 starts and a 6 to 1 K/BB ratio. He was hitting the upper 90's yesterday in beating the Nats. He's a FA after this year but may be a rental worth a look.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    This is my favorite sentence. "Vastly" overhyped. Yelich's career BABIP in the major leagues is .355. I'm guessing when he hit .330 for two straight seasons in the minors, he had a BABIP of .400+, Great hitters all have high BABIP. The Brewers don't need him to hit .360 for the Brewers. The just need another productive bat. and he's likely capable of hitting .280-.290 with occasional power. His floor is probably .250 which is no worse than the guys they trot out there on a daily basis. So he's worth the risk. It's pretty simple.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Hiura is the least risky of all those gambles. Nottingham has never hit anywhere until CS this year and he's been about on par with Bethancourt. The odds of him outproducing Pina are long. Miller is a big swing and miss guy but at least he's proven to have power.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    Christian Yelich was drafted out of high school in 2010. He had a very brief exposure to pro ball that summer, then at 19, he hit .312 in a full season of A ball in what would have been between his freshman and sophomore years of high school. The following year he spent an entire year in high A ball with even greater success. In what would have been his draft year had he played in college, 2013, he finished the season batting .288 in 62 games with the Marlins. Hiura was considered the most advanced bat in the 2017 draft, and he's done nothing since to refute that compiling a .345/.400/.563 slash line in his first 114 games as a pro over 3 levels. In short, his credentials as a hitter are comparable to where Yelich stood in 2013. Now with a fully healthy roster, and had Santana and especially Arcia produced at the level they did last year, they could absorb the lesser production from 2B. But they can't. He needs to in Milwaukee playing. It's a gamble that needs to be taken.
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