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My doctor said not to get it as I already had COVID-19 but was asymptomatic and I already have immunities built up from the test that they did. She told me that getting the vaccine would be a waste and that it wouldn't help me anymore than the antibodies I already have.

I don't think the Rays got enough for Snell but yeah that is probably the most realistic trade. I would put Woodruff's surplus value at $150m and being realistic in terms of a trade that probably gets chopped down to about $100m in surplus value. There is only one team that could get to that $100m in surplus value and that is the Padres and you won't be getting any MLB ready players in that return. If you wanted to settle for something around $70m in surplus value then the Red Sox have enough but they would be emptying out their farm system for 1 player. If you could get the Rays to trade for Woodruff that would be another team with enough to get you to around $70m in value. The Yankees could also get you to $70m in value but that is gambling hard on Dominguez, Schmidt and Peraza. If the Brewers did try and trade Woodruff they would get a pick of the teams that they would want to trade with and would get strong offers but I think the deal will be underwhelming in terms of the number of high prospects the Brewers will get. I could see the Yankees doing Dominguez, Schmidt, Peraza and Frazier for Woodruff. That would fix their rotation and give them a solid starter behind Cole. For the Red Sox I think a deal like Casas, Downs, Duran and Mata being their best offer. I am not sure I would even entertain that if I am Stearns but that is the best the Red Sox could do. For the Rays I think a deal like Baz, Brujan and McClanahan would be something they would do but I am not sure the Rays would trade that many for just one player. For the Padres I think something like this would work Gore/Abrams, Hassell and Weathers. That is a lot for Woodruff I guess if the Padres were desperate you could get a return of Gore and Abrams but I believe that wouldn't happen the Brewers would have to pick between the two if they were even made available. Beyond that I am not sure there are any more teams out there that could come close to Woodruff's value or would be willing to part with the prospects or talent needed to get Woodruff. Burnes even though he is having a good year is probably the easier of the two to trade as he had that bad 2019. His value will be slightly lower basically only requiring Dominguez and Frazier from the Yankees to get close to his value.

If I am living in Oakland I am telling them to go pound sand. If they want a new stadium to go crowd fund it themselves if they need funding. The using cities and states as piggy banks for the ultra wealthy needs to come to an end and soon. They could probably get more money through crowd funding than if they asked a city for funding. There are plenty of creative ways where they could get a crowd funding started with rewards to the backers. For example for donating $5 you could get your name on a brick in the stadium or for $10,000 you get a bathroom named after you. You could even throw in something like for $100,000 you get season tickets for x number of year(s), a seat with your name on it, take batting practice before the game and throw out the first pitch at a game of your choosing. There is a lot more that a team could do to get some crowd funding and raise upwards of $300m or more if a video game company can raise $360m through crowd funding I don't see why a MLB team wouldn't be able to do this.

Praise the Yuni B the greatest short stop! Praise the YUNI B!

I think the Pacers were short handed tonight? Still rather sloppy defense on both sides but it is nearing the end of the season so most are probably just mailing it in right now.

The put the ball in play and 3TO players seem to be having the most problems with the current ball. Line drive hitters look like they are benefiting the most. The ball is just not carrying enough to just put the ball in play and expect anything good to come out of it.

If the hitting continues to struggle like it has I don't think they will need to secretly do it.

If Arenado doesn't stop running full speed he makes it but he slowed down after rounding 3B.

My mock of who I think the Brewers will take with their first 4 picks: 15: Jordan Wicks LHP Kansas St. 33: Ryan Bliss SS Auburn 51: Alex Mooney 2B/3B Rochester Hills, MI (HS) 86: Zack Gelof 3B Virginia Wicks reminds me of Small when the Brewers picked him. What intrigues me about Wicks is the changeup that he can work in with his low 90's fastball. Projects to be a #3 or #4 type starter. He already commands his plus-plus changeup and his fastball with precision. Bliss is someone I can see the Brewers going after as he has a good bat but the question is does he have the power to play in MLB. He is a low strike out high contact type of a player who may have to move off of SS and go to 2B due to his arm. I am not sold on his arm at SS. Mooney is a power hitting SS but will have to move to either 2B/3B as he fills out. He has the arm to play 3B so I think that is where an MLB team would try and move him to. Mooney projects to have plus power when he fills out. I like Gelof here at 86 though he could go earlier if teams think he has the power to play at 3B. Gelof hasn't shown much power while playing at Virginia but this is mainly because of the coaching staff has them hitting like they are down 0-2 so it is mostly just a contact swing. Could Gelof actually have more power than he is showing in college or is he a low power hitting 3B? This would alleviate some peoples claims of just choke up on the bat and change your swing type comments as Gelof has been basically told to do this in college during every PA. Maybe this will help him when turning pro but I am not 100% sold on that. I could see the Brewers going Pitcher, Pitcher and then hitters in the first 3 rounds depending on who falls and who is available.

Even if your wages go up during a moderate inflation period you are still at where you were previously before the inflation so your buying power hasn't really increased it just stayed the same and in some cases you are actually making less. When you have a raise in CPI like what we have seen you see the buying power go down even when wages have gone up. CPI spikes can be attributed to many things like an increase in labor costs. If Bob at Joes farm starts making $15 an hour when they were making $10 an hour there is going to be an increase in the price of goods from Joes farm. Bob is now making more an hour but his buying power may have actually decreased even though he is making more an hour. The inflation on the price of goods cancelled out the increase in his wages as he is no longer able to buy what he bought when he was making $10 an hour. We are seeing an increase in your common consumer goods (fuel, food, clothing, etc.) when you see increases like this the ones that are hit the hardest are the ones at the lower income brackets and they tend to lag far behind the increases in inflation. Even the middle class tend to fall behind the increase in inflation. The US Dollar has become weaker over the years and this is evident in the price for Bitcoin and Gold. It is not that the price of Gold or Bitcoin has been increasing it is that the value of the US Dollar has been decreasing along with the other fiat currencies. Yes some inflation is good but when you start seeing large increases in the CPI that is not moderate inflation.

You have to take into account the Coors effect. Is Arenado still worth about $20m+ a season when you take him out of Coors? I am not sure I would want Arenado at that much and taking him out of Coors. Yelich and his recent injuries is a concern but I am going to take Yelich as his offense is more of a known than Arenado's outside of Coors and playing in a more pitchers friendly ballpark in St. Louis.

Bad news for the economy today with the CPI numbers. It is probably a good idea to start moving some money if you haven't already to Bitcoin or Ethereum to hedge any inflation losses that are going to be coming. If you don't like the digital currencies there is always gold or silver.

I think that is the longest home run to LF in a game with the longest being 480 ft by Branyan to RF. After looking a little bit longer Braun's 474 ft Home Run is the longest to LF. That one I believe left the park the only other player to hit one further would be Sosa in the HR derby I believe and Weeks I think it was to LF that went 470 ft in 2011.

I think that is the longest home run to LF in a game with the longest being 480 ft by Branyan to RF.

Woah slow down guys don't score all the runs in one game for the week here!

That’s an interesting analysis. It’s consistent with my general observation that Brewers hitters often take a good, hittable pitch for strike one and then swing at a pitch out of the zone to put themselves in an immediate 0-2 hole. It would be interesting to know if this is a philosophy coming from the hitting coach. [sarcasm]BUT if you swing at the first pitch in the strike zone how can you work the count and make the pitcher work?[/sarcasm]

That was a t-ball at bat by Taylor.

Taylor popped up a pitch he should be hammering out of the park uggggg. It is going to be one of those games isn't it?

[sarcasm]But he swung at a 1-0 pitch! Must make pitcher work every PA!!!! NO EXCUSES!!!!!!![/sarcasm]

I put coleslaw on my brats.

Sigh could have tied the Nets tonight but instead get blown out by the freaking Spurs.

The time between pitches is bad but it is not all the pitchers fault there are plenty of batters who take forever to get in the box and hit. The constant stepping out after every pitch and the umpire granting time 99.999999999999999999999% of the time also slows the game down. The number of mound visits helped a bit but MLB needs to look into the batters also stepping out after every single pitch. This needs to be limited if the pitcher is ready to go and the batter steps out of the box after the pitch the pitcher shouldn't have to wait for the batter to be ready to hit. Ryan Braun was the worst offender of this and is why I am actually glad he is retired. One thing MLB could also do to speed up the game and make the game more fun would be to limit the number of times a pitcher can step off or throw over per PA. Limit it to 2 step offs or pick off attempts per PA once the pitcher goes over this then it is a balk and the runner(s) advance one base. The catcher can throw over to any of the bases unlimited number of times per PA. To improve offense I think moving the mound back by 1 foot is actually a good move and should be done. This will help the batters get more time to swing at a FB and it will make it harder for the pitchers to accurately throw pitches with a lot of spin on them. This might actually slow the game down a bit though as there will probably be more walks in the first couple of years until the pitchers get used to the extra foot. A pitch clock is also needed but the batter also needs to get back in the box and be ready for the next pitch without fixing the batter part a pitch clock is just useless and doesn't really improve the pace of play.

I don't think division games even matter any more maybe for a tie breaker or something but that is about it.

They could but what team needs a 3B or DH? Still haven't answered what team would need this. If there is no demand for the player or the position then the valuation is going to be low. By looking at the Machado trade we can accurately gauge what Bryant may cost and it is not all that much. Cub fans are going to be severely disappointed with a Bryant trade. The Orioles received Yusniel Diaz, Dean Kremer, Rylan Bannon and Zach Pop. Diaz at the time was the best prospect in the deal followed by Kremer everyone else were just organizational fodder. A similar trade with Brewers prospects would look something like this: Ashby, Lutz, Ward and Crawford. If you compare this to the Machado trade Diaz and Lutz are very similar players and I will give Ashby the edge over Kremer as Kremer looks to be a #4 type pitcher and Ashby is probably closer to a #3 type pitcher. Everyone else is organizational fodder. This is probably the best deal value wise the Cubs would receive. I don't see a team giving up a big time prospect for Bryant or Rizzo. Recent trades indicate that rental players just don't bring in the value that they used to unless they are a reliever. Teams still overpay for relievers as I believe they are more desperate for relief pitching than offense which supports the recent trend of teams valuing relievers more.

The Brewers lineup looks better than it has in the past 5 or so games. Would only switch Taylor and Garcia around as Garcia is better player in terms of OBP.