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Clancy.... As is common, you provoke commentary. It makes me laugh - it's not contrarian - it's just your own work product that doesn't follow groupthink. I always appreciate your insight since nobody is always right or wrong. You were high on Brent Suter when nobody else thought his weak-armed 88 mph fastball (improved since then) translated to anything. Suter has outperformed all expectations. You were right on other guys as well, in a similar, controversial fashion. I'm not saying Hummell is going to be a player - I don't know. But I sure admire your willingness to reshuffle the deck and offer a wildcat viewpoint, which I believe you enjoy. Keep it up.

My wife and I go to Vegas 2 or more times a year for a dozen or more years. Stay in the Tower Suites at the Encore (newer tower of the Wynn). Love it. If your wife is interested in seeing Zumanity, jump on it. It's a sexy, naughty show. It's "cirque-based," but is R-rated. Very naughty and seductive. We've seen it four times and love it. We've seen Absinthe even more times - love that show also. It's in a tent, but it's cool and feels really old-school. There is not a bad seat in the house. We have been in the front row the last three times - almost no advantage to that and some of the acts would benefit from a seat more towards the back (very small venue). Absinthe is great. Very naughty - politically incorrect. You need to be able to handle that. Zumanity is totally different....seductive, naughty, sexy and funny. If your wife is game - do that. It's more of a "date night" kind of event. Of the "normal" cirque shows, we like Le Reve at Wynn, and then Michael Jackson. If you like classic rock music, go see Raiding the Rock Vault. Can't miss....only disappointment is they end after 90 minutes. All former members of major bands that come together as a cover band. Was just there again a couple weeks ago. It's moving from Hard Rock to Rio as the Hard Rock is closing for a year to become a new Virgin Hotel.

Link reports are part of my morning routine for five months or so - and please accept our gratitude for all the excellent work in advance. I'm sure I'll thank you two or three times during the season as well. It's really a great feature appreciated by all.

Obviously the front office has earned my respect - as has CC. But it's my opinion that we don't have enough pitching. I think we are at least one solid starter short and a reliever as well now that Knebel is done (and who knows about JJ). In any event, I am concerned about pitching. I liked the scenario where we had 8 or 9 guys who could start - you need more than five over the course of the season and we finally had some quality depth. We're counting on using that depth in the rotation - I don't feel good about what happens when some of the guys don't perform. I thought a guy like Gio or Miley would be a solid, middle of the rotation kind of guy you could count on. In any event - I hope I'm wrong.

Interesting and fun stat: The Padres have spent more on free agency this offseason than they have in the past 25 years combined.

I don't get the love for Brice Turang. Everything I read profiles his defense to be good, decent hit tool but no power. If that's his expectation, the majors seems to be littered with guys like that - good defensive shortstops with little power. Am I misreading what to expect?

Always lurking....love your style. Don't always agree, but your passion and energy to prove you point is energizing.

Clancy is always mining his nuggets. Love it.

I agree with Joey Meyer's position about Bumgarner playing on a non-competitive team. I could see Bumgarner having a big bounce-back year on a competitive team - kind of like the change of scenery benefiting Justin Verlander in Houston.

Sad - hope he gets it figured out. The Zack Braddock reference reminded me how high I was on him. Fireballing lefty as I recall - kind of a "Josh Hader - lite." Rocketed up the minors - pitched in the bigs briefly and then disappeared. The storyline was something about "not being able to sleep" and "always late," but the underlying issue was obviously something greater. They didn't send him down to figure it out - he just disappeared. Under the same subject of disappearing, it reminds me of the incredible situation with Angel Salome.

Mass....thanks again to you and the others who manage these threads. I've been coming here everyday during baseball season for almost 15 years. I really appreciate all you do - it makes Brewers baseball fandom even better. For each person that thanks you, there is 100 more that don't take the time. We are grateful.

Rosenthal reporting the return was "quite a bit more" than the return for Stanton or Ozuna.

I'm guessing they received word that surgery is required due to the fact that in the article where they announced he's out for the year that they are going to get several second opinions since they have time. Why search for a second opinion unless the news is worst-case. My wife is an MD who specializes in sports medicine and she said this is not a definitive surgery - depends on how back the tear looks on an MRI, which of course we are not privy to. Here's to hoping he doesn't miss 2018 now as well.

This makes me nostalgic for the days of the weekly Power 50. I don't know how Toby made the time but we surely enjoyed it. I saw he gave us a Top 100 this time around. Thanks to everyone who is contributing. It's a fun list to review. It's been a long time since they've had so much organizational depth - maybe they've never had this kind of depth before.