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  1. liveforoctober
    I mentioned this is another thread somewhere but I want the baseball Gods to start hearing chatter about it so they can start making it happen. The 26th man on the roster provides a unique opportunity for a club to stash a specialty threat on their bench if they have the depth to do so. I think Milwaukee has reached the point with their roster where they can afford to have a specialist on the club. Signing Holt makes Gamel expendable I think and Hamilton could be a game changing threat on most nights when we are in a close game and need speed on the bases. There will be plenty of Narvaez/Pina/Smoak/Gyorko, etc lead off singles in the 7th or later where Hamilton would come in incredibly handy. He is currently on a minor league deal with SF and their outfield seems set so I'm not sure if he will make their roster. As long as he is not getting at bats I think he would be an incredible asset as a late game defensive spell and a pinch running base thief. Thoughts?
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    .. and I should have been more clear, I was using Broxton as an example of someone who has few desirable traits, however one or two of those traits are unique and elite enough that using it exclusively as a 26th roster spot could be a big help to the club. Quinten Berry from years past comes to mind. If the Brewers can stash a great baserunner/basestealer on the bottom of their bench it could change a few games. How many late inning singles from Smoak, Narvaez, Pina, Gyorko, etc would it be great to have a fleet footed option on the bench ready to change the game? If it is a viable playoff strategy ... seems like an appropriate use of the 26th spot in season as well ESPECIALLY given our roster of versatility so we are covered in most spots for late game changes. In terms of a 26th man, if Billy Hamilton doesn't make the Giants squad out of camp I'd get a guy that like in a second to add a late inning threat, as long as he doesn't get regular at bats.
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    I'm actually with you on Gamel being moved to help the roster. With Holt on the roster and Garcia's ability to play CF ... Gamel's value to us might actually be in a trade. That 5th OF should be getting very few at bats as it is... call me crazy but Keon Broxton might actually be more valuable to us considering he can play the same level of defense and can be an effective pinch runner late in games. That 26th roster spot could/should be used like a playoff roster spot... a base stealer stashed on your bench can be an option. Ben Gamel is a better player than Broxton is.. but Im not sure Broxton couldn't provide more value given such a reduced role, as long as at bats are not needed? Especially if we can get value back in a trade for Gamel... am I way off here?
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    https://nesn.com/2019/07/jimmy-fund-patients-thank-brock-holt-in-moving-letters-to-red-sox-hero/
  5. liveforoctober
    https://nesn.com/2019/07/jimmy-fund-patients-thank-brock-holt-in-moving-letters-to-red-sox-hero/
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    At this point, if you are Lucroy .. a great career move would be to sign on with a team that has a good history of hiring former players to the lower level coaching ranks. Gain some familiarity with the organization and plant the seed you are looking for employment in that department soon.
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    His nickname ia The Brock Star so we all win in this one.
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    Trent Grisham was a pleasant surprise in 2019 in the sense that he put together such a year that warranted a call up, productive/important playing time, and ultimately got his value up to a point to be flipped for Urias. I'm not sure many had him pegged as someone who was going to play meaningful 'minutes' for us last year. Which minor league prospect might be this year's Grisham? Who might come out of the shadows to contribute to this year's run?
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    Someone just posted the ZIPS projections thus far for the NL Central in another thread (Chi and Pitt have yet to go up) but I can't imagine Chicago's dormant winter did them any good and Pitt is Pitt so (pending the addition of Nick C changes) the Brewers are projected to win the most games in the Central .. so Kool-Aid or not, Fangraphs likes us too.
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    The pitcher trying to kick it and missing is what is burned in my brain from that play. Once it got past the pitcher you knew Gomez was scoring. What a great play in history. The 2008 run was great, but something about winning a postseason series was the kind of relevance I craved. I was at that game with my brother and sister. It is one of the few moments of my life where, with alcohol or head injury not playing a factor, I truly do not remember what happened. I remember the single and Gomez scoring and then the next thing I know I am about 2 rows up and 6 seats to the left hugging random people and the crowd was so loud there was a deafening hum, if that makes sense. But there are legitimately 10 seconds there that I don't remember. I call it my euphoric blackout.
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    I always thought the way Gomez slid across the plate to walk off Arizona in the playoffs would have made a great 'moment' bobblehead. Him flying around 3rd and hook sliding around the catcher will forever be burned in my brain.
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    The title of this post was "2005 draft not aging well". I simply pointed out someone else that posted a 1.5WAR in 80+ games last year. I never said I wanted him over the rest of the guys in that draft, just merely added a name to the discussion. Your 'lol' is noted however for future potential conversations. Have a great day! Pretty sure he was laughing at himself for wanting Maybin I'm embarrassed. I 100% read that as snark the first time. My apologies S & D. I'll put myself in timeout now.
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    Lol, yeah Cameron Maybin is the player I wanted the Brewers to draft with their pick at the time of that draft. Never lived up to the hype. It's to his credit he's still in the league 15 years later however. The title of this post was "2005 draft not aging well". I simply pointed out someone else that posted a 1.5WAR in 80+ games last year. I never said I wanted him over the rest of the guys in that draft, just merely added a name to the discussion. Your 'lol' is noted however for future potential conversations. Have a great day!
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    Cameron Maybin just knocked out an .858 OPS (half)season..
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    AmFam Field. Could be worse, all things considered.
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    Ryu or Donaldson doesn't stop us from making those moves too. I don't buy that. Isn't that....also kind of what we've been the last few years? Stars and scrubs? Who would consider stars? Moose? Grandal? Jeffress for 100 games? I would argue we have three stars on our team and those are Yelich, Hader, and Counsell. Beyond that I would say we have had a spectrum of useful players, a few black holes, and one budding offensive stud. I don't believe 'stars and scrubs' is a very accurate description of the last few rosters we've compiled at all.
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    So you would have given Donaldson 4/92?
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    Somewhere Eric Sogard is reading page 11 of this thread and is cracking his knuckles..
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    -GM and Manager suspended w/out pay for one season. No contact with team. -Loss of 1st and 2nd rd draft picks both this year and next. -$5 million fine UPDATE: Luhnow and Hinch have both been fired by the Astros. Cora expected to get hit here soon as well. The draft picks hurt quite a bit for a fairly gutted farm from the Greinke trade. I wonder how this will set them back. Per Ken Rosenthal:
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    ... and you are acting like you know more than Stearns and the acquisition team. Both seem like extreme stances, no?
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    ... and you are acting like you know more than Stearns and the acquisition team. Both seem like extreme stances, no?
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    There are reasonable options between Anthony Rendon and the -0.5 WAR Jerkstore (in just 101 PA's). Name them.
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    There are reasonable options between Anthony Rendon and the -0.5 WAR Jerkstore (in just 101 PA's). Name them.
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    It’s a business. Like actually, plain and simple, a business. Hard stop. Just because there’s a game on the field that we all care about doesn’t mean Mark or any other business owner would run it differently than any other business. And no business owner puts his own personal money into his company unless he expects more in return. Mark’s not making $350 million extra dollars back into his own pocket if he signs Cole no matter how many World Series he wins. It’s a business. And the Brewers profits (which is money they actually will reinvest...like businesses do) are known to be significantly less than other ball clubs around MLB. It sucks that small market teams are at a disadvantage. But the “Mark should spend all his own money because he’s rich” clamoring is getting old It is amazing to me how many people think any owner in any major sport would be willing to take on tens of million dollars in losses just to have fun and get a piece of jewelry, especially when these contracts are not guaranteed to get them that jewelry! They all want to win. But they want to run a sound business more. A lot of suggestions from a frustrated fan base like this are just not good business decisions, no matter the talent of the player.
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    This will be an interesting one to watch as the season rolls along between Gyorko and Shaw. Both similar type of offensive producers coming off of disaster campaigns. Once the money is announced on this deal and assuming Jedd makes the roster - very similar situations and will be interesting to see if we got the better of the two reconciliation projects.
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