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We traded Wiemer+ for Montas. We did exactly what you are saying we didn't do. What are you talking about? Did you think Crochet was available for that price?
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I am realizing more and more as I read these threads that there are a lot of Brewers fans who believe if the Brewers profit $10mil dollars in a season that Mark Attanasio has an extra $10mil in his pocket.
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Your stance of "we are being gaslit by the organization" can only be directed at salary, because you are otherwise telling us you have direct knowledge of the conversations we are and are not having with other teams regarding trades. Do you work for the Brewers front office? Because if not "basically refuse to make a significant move by using (prospects)" is misguided with no basis of proof.
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My guy you are a fan of the wrong team. I agree with you our chances of winning the world series are slim... but how many teams have a "better than slim" chance? 6? 8? We are in the majority and we are one of the best of those remaining. If you want to cheer for a team that has a lot of money, why don't you do that? Everything you are posting right now is all just getting back to the fact you wish we could spend or overpay with assets to "make an attempt". I'm not mad at you man, but the Cubs should be your team here in the Midwest. They have the luxury of overpaying for their on field product. We don't.
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So you went into last season having lost Woodruff and Burnes + all of the unknowns with our roster + having a new manager + making "no effort" to acquire anyone to move the needle ... and you still had such high expectations that our team UNDERPERFORMED to your liking and left you disappointed?
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With all due respect I think this is kind of a short sighted view on how to field a competitive team from our position. Because of multiple factors, we can't afford to give the big FA the $$ it would take to get them here so we have to operate differently. We are a ground up organization as opposed to a top down one. Do we not consider large investments into our foreign academy/structure a 'meaningful' move? The upgrades to the spring training facility? The continual promotions in the FO to avoid our guys getting poached? So when the Brewers have a good year and are in the green and fans say "invest in the team!!" ... I am happy the team is looking at that comment from a much bigger picture than just "go sign a name"; there could be a really good argument that the few times we have signed a guy "to make a meaningful move" in the last few decades at an attempt to be competitive... it has not produced results any better than when we have spent our capital elsewhere to make the organization as a whole better.
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Two things about that.. 1) If only we had spent the money to go get the best closer in baseball last year so we could have closed out the Mets we could have made a run at it, right? 2) What is your number to be satisfied? If a big payroll is what you need to feel like we are trying ... is that number $130? $150? Top 10 in the league? Do you think an extra $20mil/yr will get us over the hump? We gave Hoskins $17 last year and he arguably made us worse. To be safe we probably need to sign 3 or 4 of these $15-20mill guys to make sure one of them plays up the money, no?
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I guess I just don't know what we are wanting them to do? We have the 6th most wins in MLB over the last 5 years ... do fans want them to add $80million/yr to payroll? Or do they think an extra $7mil for a 1WAR 3B is going to win us a world series?
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Do we think we spend less of the working budget allotment each year compared to other teams re: player pay? Or are we just expecting Mark to dip into his pockets to make a personal contribution on top of that budget for that extra few % chance ... and if he does that and the Brewers over perform does he get the extra money he spent returned in full or does the extra generated revenue get split amongst the other owners, etc like normal profit/loss? Everyone that loses their minds over "Mark is cheap! He can spend more!" .. I would love to hear how much money they think it costs to run the Brewers each year. We see payroll and compare it to others then get upset. Genuine questions.
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The statue of Uecker outside the stadium is awesome. But the statue of him in the Uecker seats inside the stadium is now my favorite statue of all time and truly I could see myself getting emotional when I see it next and take it in. It used to be just a funny tip of the cap to our beloved announcer. Now it is just the greatest Brewer of all time watching his favorite team from his favorite spot, forever.
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If someone in Milwaukee doesn't have some Usinger's sausage outside of his statue in the next 60 minutes we will have failed as a fan base.
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It's crazy how close you can feel to someone you have never met. Most summers I spent more time with Uecker than I did my own father. RIP to the best Brewer of all time. What an impact you had on my life my friend.
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Sophia Minnaert --WI Sportscaster of the Year
liveforoctober replied to RobertCrawley's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
We are spoiled with her. She could take the same path as Trenni and go to whatever network she would want at this point if she wanted a higher profile job but chooses (I assume) to stay home and hang with us. We are lucky to have her! -
Oh, ok. I must have misunderstood what I said. Thank you!
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You know, it is such low-hanging fruit to make the joke that all of the former Brewers are going to funnel their way down to Chicago to play for Counsell again but this was just about the least surprising free agent signing of this offseason. Fully expecting Wade Miley to sign a deal with the Cubs as well here in the next month or so.
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I know this is devoid of lots of info, but in a vacuum just showing age and WAR over the last 2yrs it is crazy to see Severino, Houser, and Montas all next to each other with the same age and same WAR and 2 of those guys just got paid a boatload of money while Houser had to take a MiLB deal.
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Arbitration is hard. It's still a business at the end of the day and every agent and player are watching how you operate. If you bend the knee to Player X for $150k this year and you probably had the leverage to win the case... Good luck next year getting anyone to settle at a fair number. Because of Burnes' situation I think Brewers fans will always have a permanent fear of how these things can go wrong. All situations are different. My opinion is sometimes you need to protect your team/fans and "pay up"... and sometimes you need to protect your business and "pay down". Tough game of chess that you hope ends without any broken or missing pieces.
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Brewers acquire Grant Anderson
liveforoctober replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Good numbers at Round Rock last year FWIW -
Which would further this monetary gap in favor of AZ..
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Assuming any of Baltimore, NY, or Boston is the AL East team referenced here ... the contract he got with AZ is better annually once state taxes are considered. (I know guys get taxed in each state they play in, but for simplicity sake..) Add in the opt out after '26 where he can possibly get a bump if he pitches well AND this being home ... this actually seems like a no brainer to go to AZ.
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Looks like there is an opt out after '26? State tax in Arizona is a flat 2.5% regardless of income. State tax in California for top earners is north of 12% if the Giants were truly the other contender here. I guess Burnes also lives in Scottsdale? Those few things would def be enough to swing the decision..
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Fun fact, looking over Zimmermann's history - he started against Milwaukee in the Orioles home opener in '22 and threw 4 scoreless against us.
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Definitely. $2 for a 16oz fountain soda that is 1/3 ice is still probably an 500% margin I would guess.
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I will say I would be in favor of a version of "surge" pricing at the stadium. Weekdays bring the pricing down to encourage ticket sales and make the experience more affordable. Then weekdays do whatever you want with the full stadium. I do understand weekends are when families typically are able to go together so this doesn't help that situation all too well... But it is a bit of a compromise at least.
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It is a nice thought but you are asking the most alpha business people amongst us (owners) to think in terms outside of supply and demand, which is actually impossible in a lot of cases. Most only know one form of communication. "If they don't buy the hot dogs we will lower the price until they do. If they buy the hot dogs, we will raise the price until they don't." I believe your plea is more appropriate to the fan bases who continue buying, because in the owner's eyes we are agreeing that the prices are fair because their inventory keeps moving.
