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  1. bjkrautk
    Roster expands in 11 days...I have to think the organization has already reserved his seat on the flight. My only hope is the club not push him into leverage situations as the bullpen savior; the goal for Suter should be giving him opportunities to pitch, with time off between outings, to allow him a clear off-season to get ready to fight for a starting rotation spot in 2020. If he can help the Crew win games in the interim, that's a bonus.
  2. bjkrautk
    If you like "Fleabag," Phoebe Waller-Bridge (the titular character) was the show runner / writer for the first season of "Killing Eve" a BBC show that's worth tracking down. (Don't remember if I gave the show a plug earlier in the thread vs. thought about doing so.)
  3. bjkrautk
    I demand the option to go 0-0-2! IMO, this is one of those sports-talk radio arguments, as there's no real answer. Teams don't get the option to chop their games (even ties are played into OT); the team's record is based on the games played, rather than some hypothetical. Would I be happy with 1-1 following 2 games within the division? Probably yes, but how the team loses the one game matters more than how they managed to win the other game (e.g., injury / choke job vs. fluke).
  4. bjkrautk
    Disappointing that Shaw hasn't bounced back, but I prefer bringing Perez back over playing Moose at short when Arcia needs a day off. EDIT: Lineup just posted; Hernan is starting at SS tonight.
  5. bjkrautk
    I'm (probably) not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice. That being said, it's more likely that the company does not have a local employee able to make a personal appearance in an out-of-state small claims case....assuming they even know the law in the State.
  6. bjkrautk
    As I understand it, the "revocable" waivers have been done away with in favor of a singular trade deadline. Atlanta waived Gausman, and should not have been able to rescind the waiver when the Reds made a claim. (...as a result, the Reds don't have to give up any prospects in the process. They just have to take on the contract.) Anyone who follows things as closely as I used to can certainly correct me if this is incorrect.
  7. bjkrautk
    Between Pomeranz, Faria, and Lyles, the Brewers acquired 3 players who have made a combined 41 MLB starts this season. Between these 3 and Houser, I think the club made the determination the top-of-the line starters were too expensive...so we can expect a healthy number of bullpen games down the stretch, with relievers capable of pitching an extended number of innings twice a week (assuming Gio is truly day-to-day).
  8. bjkrautk
    ...giving up a Rule 5 -eligible, 25 year old RH reliever in his 2nd full year of pitching in AA, having now fallen out of the starting rotation there. This strikes me as the profile of the type of player the Brewers could have lost from the organization last year if they had kept Lyles in the first place.
  9. bjkrautk
    I think you can make an argument for selling Moustakis if it allows you to obtain controllable, ML-ready pitching help, on the belief that Travis Shaw's rebound in AAA is legitimate. If Moose is only worth 1-2 WAR at 3B over August & September, you can make that up with a pitching upgrade, even if Shaw only plays at a replacement level (& failing that, you could consider playing Dubon at 3b, given the amount of shifting which the Brewers utilize). Grandal is a tougher player to trade, since the offensive downgrade to Pina & Nottingham would be far more significant.
  10. bjkrautk
    I can breathe again; following the gamecast for the 9th inning was a bit tenuous.
  11. bjkrautk
    ...you can't win a game against a Division Leader 13-1 without someone pinging the Optimism thread!
  12. bjkrautk
    Burns to the IL with shoulder irritation, which is fitting since his shoulder has been irritating Brewers fans most of the season. Burch Smith is being recalled, so pitching WOAHS not exactly SOLVVD.
  13. bjkrautk
    I say "In" since even at our worst, the Cubs haven't been able to pull away. The Brewers are still the only team in the NL Central with an intra-division record over .500 ...and that's after a week of dropping series to the Reds and Pirates. With Keston playing almost every day in the second half, and Cain likely to rebound after a disappointing first half, I think the offense will be better. If the starting pitching holds up, they should still be a playoff team.
  14. bjkrautk
    The Deadspin write-up has Marisnick's version of the play, in which he claims to "take an in-step and slide head first on the inside corner." (https://deadspin.com/jake-marisnick-should-probably-be-suspended-for-this-1836180059) It's hard to take him at his word, when I don't think I've ever seen a player try to slide to the inside corner of home plate, particularly in the post-Buster-Posey rule MLB where the catcher sets up inside the base line to avoid blocking the plate. Whether rounding third, or leading off 3rd in foul territory (to avoid an out if hit by a line-drive), running to the inside of the plate is a longer distance than sliding to the outside of the bag. That being said, I think it's possible he tried to juke the catcher to the outside, then jump across his body and try to touch home plate. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, it's possible he doesn't realize the throw will bring the catcher up the line to the inside of the plate, thereby cutting off the intended running lane and leading to earlier-than-anticipated contact. (Trying to leave Lucroy's name out of the description is not a slight of the player, so much as avoiding biases relating to an ex-Brewer.) The drop step outside the base line, while otherwise running well inside the base line, gives me pause as to whether it's really a "dirty" play. Marsinick might just be an idiot.
  15. bjkrautk
    I'd love to see Aguilar have a good weekend going into the AS break. A little confidence + mental reset could do wonders for his 2nd half.
  16. bjkrautk
    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26996277/machado-suspended-1-game-fined-ejection Machado appealed his suspension for arguing balls & strikes over the weekend, in order to play tonight; he must really be looking forward to getting plunked in retaliation for his theatrics in the NLCS.
  17. bjkrautk
    It almost goes without saying, but Yelich's ability to hit 50-60+ HR is going to be based in-part on the hitters around him. It's a lot harder to walk Yelich if Cain is on first, and if Moustakis, Braun, Grandal, etc. are punishing teams who put an extra runner on-base.
  18. bjkrautk
    I don’t know whether to post here or in the Optimism thread. Looking forward to seeing Hiura for his audition period.
  19. bjkrautk
    From Adam McCalvy's Twitter: "Jay Jackson was assigned outright to Triple-A San Antonio. Brewers had designated him for assignment the other day, but he stays in the organization."
  20. bjkrautk
    https://sports.yahoo.com/dallas-keuchel-knows-what-hes-worth-and-will-not-settle-035643666.html?src=rss ^ Link to the original source article, for anyone interested in reading. Part of market value, by definition, is what a buyer is willing to pay. I like that he takes ownership for signing vs. non-signing (in contrast to the discussion of the contract extension for the Braves infielders), but the decision to hold out for more than the market is willing to bear has already cost him at least 1/7th of his major league salary for the year...and it will likely be 2/7ths before he signs after the draft.
  21. bjkrautk
    ...in a film that had been scheduled for a March 2018 release, but still isn’t out, based on the same source material (Dark Phoenix Saga) which forced the studio to reboot the franchise, written & directed by one of the same writers who screwed it this story the first time around. Since I can’t actually get my money back from seeing Apocalypse in the theater, the best I can do is avoid making the same mistakes twice (unlike the studio).
  22. bjkrautk
    The aspect of the Johnson pick value chart which no one talks about is that it assigns an objective value to the pick, whereas teams using the chart do so for subjective reasons. In other words, if your scouting department says there are 10 players who are "difference makers" in the first round, the value of the #11 pick is significantly lower than pick #10....unless some other team (we'll call them the "Iant-jays") picking 1-9 grabs a player who wasn't on your list. Value tiers should be dynamic, and can fluctuate based on the results not only of your scouting work, but on the way the draft plays out in real time. I would be really curious to hear if teams approach the draft by merging the scouting with the (statictical) analytical methodology. Occasionally, you will hear a scouting director acknowledge that their team doesn't give first round grades to 32 players in a given year, but you don't see that same line of thinking addressed relative to the static values assigned to draft picks.
  23. bjkrautk
    Is it wrong the Badger fan in me wants T.J. Edwards in the 5th & Ingold in the 7th?
  24. bjkrautk
    On the clock @ 75...Sternberger (TE from Texas A&M)?
  25. bjkrautk
    Having seen the Verizon ad entirely too frequently between the NCAA tournament and the NFL Draft...I hope to go the rest of my life without hearing about the condition of Ned Yost’s pelvis.
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