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  1. bjkrautk
    Mark Belling is talking about the McCain/Flake report now, having spoken to the Brewers organization. The $80k paid by the Nat'l. Guard was for the Khris Davis bobblehead sponsorship, which was a recruitment promotion for the military. The Air National Guard spread the cost out over the various benefits which went along with their sponsorship (mention during God Bless America, a 1st pitch ceremony, etc). That makes a fair bit more sense to me, since the Brewers have been playing God Bless America on Sundays for over a decade (since just after 9/11, if memory serves).
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    http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/11/04/the-milwaukee-brewers-were-paid-by-the-military-for-god-bless-america-performances/ Per the report, the Brewers received the 3rd highest payout in MLB from DoD for events and promotions (but only about 20% of what the Braves were receiving). Reminder that this is an apolitical site, before anyone breaks that rule. Suffice to say, if Adam West's vocal doppelganger returns in 2016, it probably won't be at the same price tag.
  3. bjkrautk
    Loving Rock Band 4, with most of my last-gen songs and my PS3 instruments.
  4. bjkrautk
    1) Trade Davis, Lucroy, Lind while values are near-peak. (Braun moves back to LF; Santana to RF; Rogers to 1b...80/20 platoon with a LH power bat) 2) Offer Parra a 1-year deal to play CF. Barring that, find a veteran willing to mentor our CF of the future or suck it up and go with the in-house options for the better part of a year. 3) Implement a plan to scale back on Will Smith's usage during the season, so he's not limping to the finish line for a 3rd season in a row. 4) Listen to trade offers on Garza; move him if you can get decent value, but expect to have to cut him loose during the season (if he struggles) or deal him at the deadline (if he bounces back).
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    This is the biggest part of the equation. I think the odds of the Brewers competing next year are somewhere between slim and slimmer (I won't say none, but I'm leaning that way). The team is better served using him as a trade piece and just letting Rogers or Rogers and Clark fill that spot for a year or two until the Brewers are back into the compete cycle. It's a 2-part analysis for me; not only is Lind going to have a higher value this off-season than he can provide for a losing team, I think he also has higher value in the off-season than he would at the trade deadline. (It's not like Lind had a down 2015, where he could improve his value by having the type of year Gerardo Parra did, and raise his value during the year.) Khris Davis is in a similar position, to get off on a bit of a tangent; not having the same kind of history, another year of improvement could up his value in a trade. (That's what makes the decision to keep/trade him so very interesting.) For Lind, teams don't need proof that he can hit like a MLB starter at 1b. The risk if you keep him on the roster is that his back could flare up, and he's hurt around the trade deadline. By moving him in the off-season, you avoid the health concern. If you can get good value in a trade offer, it makes too much sense to move Lind while the opportunity presents itself.
  6. bjkrautk
    Is there any GM who would say "We want a mediocre player development system"? The questions are whether he knows what is required to build those systems here in Milwaukee, and sustain them with a level of resources which will not have the same resources available as would be found in cities like New York, Boston, or Los Angeles (or even Chicago). I'll admit it bothers me to see the Brewers hiring a GM from a "new school" team which has gone into a Brewers 2014-like nosedive (5 games under .500 since the trade deadline, no longer in first place in the division), including getting fleeced by an "old school" GM. 2015 is the Astros first winning season since 2008. Stearns has only been in Houston for 3 years; looking at their roster, the core of the current Astros team was drafted by the club well before that. This hiring has the outward-facing appearance of being a "me too" move, but I hope he can prove me wrong.
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    If he's not starting, and declined to pitch out of the bullpen...how else is he going to get into a game? You can call it semantics, but Garza declined the opportunity to pitch again this season, upon learning he would no longer be part of the starting rotation. If I'm Counsell, I wouldn't even consider letting him pinch-bunt, given where his head is at. His reaction to the demotion made it a story. (I actually like that he's mad about being lifted; it gives me hope he's going to buckle down in the off-season and make sure he's on his game for 2016.)
  8. bjkrautk
    Why is it raining? This weather disrupts my life. Haiku to pass time.
  9. bjkrautk
    If memory serves, the talk around the deal was that Houston would not give Phillips without the Brewers adding Fiers to the deal. As someone who didn't think we'd get fair value by trading the guy going into the deadline, I was pleasantly mistaken by the quantity and quality of players we received....the most-touted of which only became available because of Fiers' addition. Happy for Fiers in getting a no-hitter for his team in a pennant chase. While I wish it would have come earlier in the year (in a Brewers uniform), that's one of a whole lot of things which didn't go right this time around. At least Santana lived up to the scouting reports last night; eager to see him get his opportunity over the next month.
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    Cotts to the Twins for a PTBNL.
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    Melvin's tenure has been a net positive for the organization, even if it is ending on a bit of a sour note. I'm okay with the search for a younger candidate with knowledge of analytics....so long as that's not code for "We're hiring the owner's kid to run the team."
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    MLB app just showed Despaigne throwing an eephus pitch to Lind....was it a change-up / hanging curve at 70 mph, or does he actually have that in the repertoire?
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    Are we sure his hip's okay?
  14. bjkrautk
    I daresay we'll be seeing him when the rosters expand, unless there's a concern about his number of innings pitched this year.
  15. bjkrautk
    Trading KRod is practically Brewers' tradition, so I have to believe that's going to happen today. Lind is a player who doesn't have to be moved today, but I'd love to see Jason Rogers get a chance to play everyday....and the organization clearly doesn't see him as a 3b option. A bad week probably tamps down enthusiasm for Will Smith enough to keep him in Milwaukee for another year. I think Lohse first gets moved in August, if a team in the hunt suffers an injury to the rotation, and isn't looking for a guy who'll eat some innings & not make the postseason roster....and if he pitches like a guy who can at least keep his team close through 6 innings. Neither he nor Cotts is going to bring in much more than the old "plus arm, high ceiling" A-ball fringe prospect, but it still makes sense to flip them.
  16. bjkrautk
    Carlos' smile is infectious; you love having him play for your team, because he loves playing the game the only way he knows how (...for better and for worse). For fans who can remember a former 2b being "devastated" to leave Arizona, it was nice to see the genuine sense of affection GoGo has for this organization, his teammates, and the fans during the interviews tonight. I wish him all the luck in the world. I said it in another thread, but I didn't think Fiers was a guy the Brewers could get fair value for; thank you DM for proving me wrong. It's hard not to like a pitcher whose better than the sum of his "stuff." Control, deception, and movement made him a ton of fun to watch when he was right. Ramirez is one of the guys who makes me feel old, because I remember his Major League debut (against the Brewers)...and 17 seasons later, he's retriring. I was about to say he didn't play his best baseball with the Brewers, but as it turns out, his highest WAR season (according to ESPN.com) came in 2012. If there was a player on this team I probably didn't appreciate enough, it would have been Aramis; I blame his time with the Cubs and Pirates for that.
  17. bjkrautk
    Gomez not traded/Flores cries/Alderson angry/Haudricourt confused/Melvin nonplussed/Gomez=Not Injured/Scott Boras MAD/Mets are lying liars/FARM SISTEM WOAH SOLVDD!!1!
  18. bjkrautk
    Eddie Vedder got old...
  19. bjkrautk
    Part of what makes baseball important is that all 162 games matter; splitting the season allows the first half winners to rest players down the stretch, as their second half is effectively meaningless. Plus, there's also the trade deadline: if you start fresh in July, teams will have to make the buying / selling decisions based on one month of the second half. Yes, half of the playoff spots will be decided, but far too many teams would have to believe themselves "in contention" for the second half...since a poor first half would be washed away. I can accept the split-by-halves formula for the minor leagues, where rosters are more fluid...and the post-season is more of a reward for the fans than an organizational goal. I can't really think of a reason for the split, other than how it could have helped the Brewers last year (which isn't really a reason, IMO).
  20. bjkrautk
    While I wouldn't say "untouchable," it's hard for me to imagine the Brewers getting sufficient value to justify a trade of Mike Fiers, whose effective without elite "stuff," already on the wrong side of 30, but still cost-controlled (including arbitration) for several seasons beyond next year. If we didn't have him, it would cost a lot more to replace him as a #3-5 SP than I think the Brewers would get from any potential trade.
  21. bjkrautk
    Therein lies the key question: is Tony Bennett dogmatically attached to that style of basketball, or do they play that style because it gives them the best chance to win with the talent he has? Dick Bennett played that style ball because he couldn't get the elite tier of prospects to come to Wisconsin. Bo's long-term success has meant they have been able to bring in a higher tier of athletic talent, which gave Bo the flexibility to open things up on both ends of the court. Moving from the UW-Fieldhouse to the Kohl Center (towards the end of the Bennett era) was also a quality-of-life improvement for student athletes. If you give the keys to the new Kingdom to Tony - who has NBA experience, and has built a Top 25 team in a power conference - I don't think you should expect him to keep bringing in the type of players his dad used to. Conversely, how much of that recruiting is Bo's contribution to the program vs. how much of the work is being done by Greg Gard and the other assistants?
  22. bjkrautk
    Thank God Bud didn't open the doors to Pete on the way out of the Commissioner's office.
  23. bjkrautk
    Since it involves technology, I fully expect Carpenter's son to be the one doing the explaining.
  24. bjkrautk
    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0 Keep it classy, as I'm pretty sure this is one of baseball's unwritten rules we're talking about.
  25. bjkrautk
    I'm sure AJ Ellis' mastery of calling a game has nothing to do with Kershaw and Grienke throwing the pitches he calls for.
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