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  1. Ennder
    lol If his family isn't secure by now, he has done something really wrong. Can't even post something nice without someone coming here and being a jerk about it. No wonder this forum has become so toxic over the past few seasons. He is a 33 year old pitcher with a career ERA+ of 98. This very well could be his last contract in baseball. Sorry I feel happy for a former Brewer for getting 2 years towards the end of his career. I don't care how much he has made, this provides for his family in what may be the last payday he has. I'm sure Miley is happy for it and so is his family.
  2. Ennder
    This isn't splurging on something and a deal like this is so low in value it is a huge value if he is considered for an all star game. That would make this a steal. This is not a big contract at all.
  3. Ennder
    Ground ball pitchers in HR parks don't tend to work out as well as people think, they tend to give up a lot of HR on the balls that do make it into the air. I really don't know what to think about this one. I'm happy for Wade that he got 2 years and got some security for his family. I think there is definitely a good pitcher in there but I'm not sure I believe in just how good he has been over parts of the last 2 seasons. I also don't know what to think of the Reds. They grossly overperformed as a team last year with just about everyone on their team having a career year except for Votto and still finished with just 75 wins. I don't have confidence that they are even a .500 team so this type of signing is pretty risky.
  4. Ennder
    To me this says they lack confidence in Cain over the next 2 years more than they want to move away from Braun. Cain suddenly really looked his age in the 2nd half last year. I think a 4th OF on this team would get a lot of play even without factoring in some play at 1B for Braun. Seems like a slight overpay but nothing too awful. Always nice to add depth.
  5. Ennder
    I highly doubt this has anything to do with market sizes. People have disliked the expanded rosters for a long time, including Melvin when he was GM here.
  6. Ennder
    I think there was almost no chance that MadBum was signing with any team in the midwest, even the Cubs, unless they grossly overpaid. Highest offer is rarely what wins these things unless it matches up with what the player wants. When highest offer does win it means the team went way over realistic value and was very player friendly.
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    I don't have any data to back this up but my guess is about 10% of these types of FA deals favor the team and the other 90% favor the players. Free agent deals rarely end up being worth it when you go to 5 years.
  8. Ennder
    Nope...Brewers couldn't have met or exceeded this?? The teams have to match up in what they want. The Indians likely wanted major league ready talent since they are competing still so it couldn't just be prospects. I don't know what we have that fits the bill for them. It just isn't as simple as we could have beat that deal. This does seem like a very low return for pitching which is usually hard to get. Of course Kluber got hurt every time he tried to rehab last year so there is no guarantee he pitches even half a season for the Rangers.
  9. Ennder
    Most of these teams aren't going to stay at those win totals though, having a bad year or two is very different than noncompetitive. Look at the NFL, there are 8 teams that have won 4 games or fewer right now. That is 25% of the league. There are a few more teams in the 5-6 win range that are going to end up being "noncompetitive" by seasons end as well. It is roughly the same. Also calling a team with 89 or 90 losses noncompetitive is a huge stretch. Going 73-89 is not a non competitive team. That is like calling a 7-9 team noncompetitive in football.
  10. Ennder
    I think Belt has probably been hurt by his ballpark more than any other player in recent baseball history. So there is probably some sort of value to be had here. However his recent seasons have been marred by injuries and a decline in skills so I think the time to go after him as a bargain was probably 2 seasons ago, not today.
  11. Ennder
    Huh? There are very few noncompetitive teams. Cheating is really no different than any other sport, no big deal here. The HR spike is way more about launch angle, the death of the low pitches and hitting tech than anything else though the baseball seams probably changed 5 years ago (not recently). There is no reason to believe a work stoppage is coming other than just being worried about the agreement coming to an end. MiLB is a dying part of baseball and has been for quite some time, it needs to be changed. He hasn't been a knockout but he has hardly been a bad commissioner so far.
  12. Ennder
    That would be way too generous. A lot of teams don't have what would qualify as a #1 and you have innings limits that stop some of the better pitchers in the game from counting. There are fewer than 10 ace pitchers in the game. Now if you want to go with say 20 #1's it wouldn't bother me, but 30 is too many. It is going to skew things to where a lot of really mediocre guys look like #2's.
  13. Ennder
    Not hitting popups is one that is easy to miss. That was part of what hurt Weeks so bad is he popped up so much on top of all the strike outs.
  14. Ennder
    This isn't actually true though. Last year the Nationals won based on clutch hitting late in games, they were out pitched for most of the playoffs and kept coming back late in games. The year before Sale was ineffective and they relied heavily on the bullpen to save them though they at least had one SP with a great series in Price. The year before that the Astros slugged their way to a victory. The Cubs arguably were carried by pitching but the year before that was a Royals rotation that was pretty awful and it was all about the bullpen. Top flight starting pitching has not been what has been winning these World Series lately. It would be great if we developed/traded for a couple really good pitchers but it is completely realistic to win without them as well. That just isn't how the postseason is generally won in baseball these days. The teams with the best pitching haven't really done all that great in the playoffs in recent years.
  15. Ennder
    There is no significant difference between making the World Series and not making in 2018 when evaluating player talent. They came one pitch away from making it. That means the talent was in place to make it. They don't need to change a thing. Also making the World Series being your only barometer for judging a team is just a really poor way to look at things. I would like to see them sign one more solid non injury guy for sure to add depth.
  16. Ennder
    Anderson wouldn't have made their starting rotation assuming they go with Luzardo and Puck, and I think he is the type of guy you want starting in the majors every chance you can get while he is healthy.
  17. Ennder
    I don't mind Garcia but don't let that 2017 fool you, there was no skill supporting that batting line. That .330 AVG was propped up completely by a .392 BABIP which is one of the highest in MLB history. His upside is 2019's stat line, not 2017's. I've had Arcia in fantasy a few times, he is much more athletic than some are giving him credit for here. He does in fact have decent speed, he just doesn't look the part. I wouldn't call it a strength but it certainly isn't a weakness. He does get a bit lazy at times though. That might be because he was on some bad teams.
  18. Ennder
    Which absolutely positively effects his defense. Bad jumps on balls is what makes or breaks an outfielder imo. Sure and I never said it didn't. It is just understandable that it would be his problem. It is something that has some hope to improve in the future though I imagine he will become less athletic with age as well.
  19. Ennder
    Nice little depth move. I don't understand why people were so gung ho that last year's staff was going to be a strength of the team and are worried about this seasons. The floor on this one so far looks higher. Just like last year though, I hope they still sign a more stable depth guy to slot in the middle. Someone not coming out of another league or off of 3 years of injuries. Just to have more stability for innings. Also the Wild Card is a playoff game. This isn't one of those points up for discussion. They pay the umps playoff wages, you use playoff rosters, you play by playoff rules and the league calls it a playoff. There is no reasonable way to say it isn't a playoff game other than just personal stubbornness.
  20. Ennder
    His OF defense has improved over time. It is also important to note that Miller park has a much smaller OF than Detroit does which tends to protect fielders. Last year his defense ranked around Braun, Desmond, Winker, Fowler etc as far as fielding balls. So I don't think it is quite as bad as some people are imagining. The worst part of his defense looks to be that he gets bad jumps on the ball which isn't too surprising for a converted IF.
  21. Ennder
    Hader doesn't have the arsenal to get through the lineup enough times to be a starter. He has 2 pitches on his good days and 1 pitch on his bad ones.
  22. Ennder
    Sure it would have been nice to lock Moustakas into a 3 year deal but it doesn't mean he would accept the deal we wanted to make. It is never good to try to read into these situations without any of the real details. Also once you hit 32 you are on heavy decline these years. This is the end of his career most likely and it is all going to be downhill from here. This deal could be a disaster for the Reds and at best it will be break even. It is a risky deal for them.
  23. Ennder
    Yeah I always find it hard to understand. This team was 1 AB away from a World Series just 2 years ago. They lost by one bad pitch against the World Series winning team last year. The Packers under Rodgers had 2 completely winnable championship games with the talent they put on the field not to mention some other tough losses. Winning it all is hard, just having the talent to do it isn't enough. Nobody should be down on what the Brewers have done in recent seasons and until the past 2 years years nobody should be down by what the Packers had done. Only 1 team wins it all each year, even if you are always one of the top 10 teams in the game you aren't winning it all on a regular basis.
  24. Ennder
    There is no method that generally works. What studies have shown was that not being weak in hitting or pitching is the biggest key. If you are good at one and bad at the other you don't tend to have a chance. Being decent at one and good at the other is about even between pitching and hitting. If you look at the teams with the best pitching in the past 10 years most of them did not go to the world series. Last year the best pitching teams in the AL/NL were the Dodgers and Rays. Nats were 13th. In 2018 it was the Dodgers and Astros. The Red Sox were 8th (Brewers were 5th). 2017 was Dodgers and Indians. Houston was 11th. 2016 was Cubs and Nats so this was a case where it held true. 2015 was St Louis and Houston. Royals were 10th
  25. Ennder
    He had it mid season in 2018. I think he came back and pitched one inning at the end of the season.
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