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Confirmation bias here but I really believe a Bohm for Williams trade is close to be fairing for both teams. Will the Phillies do this? Probably not as I think they value Bohm more than a closer. I believe the Brewers would do this trade as I think they are comfortable with who they have in the minors and who is already on the roster to replace Williams spot in the bullpen. It is the Phillies side of thing that is questionable. How much do they value Bohm? Do they think he is a 3B or do they think he is a 1B? If they think he is a 1B then there really isn't much room for him on the Phillies roster. If the Phillies trade him would they prefer someone like Williams or prospects? I think they would go with someone like Williams (MLB veteran) considering where they are at as an organization. I don't think a prospect package would be all that enticing for the Phillies to trade Bohm and if other teams see Bohm as a 1B and not a 3B then his value drops a bit. He goes from $15-20mm in excess value to about $10-15mm in excess value. This is taking into consideration defense at 3B is far more valuable than defense at 1B. I am skeptical that the Phillies would do a trade like this but they really do need some bullpen help late in the game and they have the budget to resign Williams if they wanted to. Even with that I think they go another route if they trade Bohm. Though trading Bohm will all depend on where the Phillies think his best spot defensively is at. If they think he is a 1B I expect Bohm to be traded as they have Harper at 1B already and already have two DH candidates in Castellanos and Schwarber. It is just really hard to put Bohm at 1B for the Phillies when they already have a better offensive option with Harper and have two just as good or better DH options.

I think the problem was Locke last night and the WR's for a bit. Pauling early in the game was dropping passes but then he came back alive in the 2nd quarter. Then to start the third quarter Locke's internal clock went I have to throw the ball as soon as I get it there is a guy just about to hit me as soon as I get the ball. This screwed up the timing with the WR's as they could never get on the same book as Locke was on let alone the same page. They had to go to the run game and PSU knew this. They dared Locke to beat them and he couldn't do it. The Badgers were running somewhat successfully in the 1st half but PSU made an adjustment to go all out and stop the run. Locke failed at picking the team up. He couldn't get out of his own head with the timing. He was constantly throwing way too early in his reads. He didn't even look at the field before throwing he locked in as soon as he got the ball. He had plenty of time last night to survey the field but never did it. There were times if he had just waited one more second a receiver would have been open for him to throw to. Then there was the possible TD throw on play action where he absolutely gaffs and throws the ball way to far. It was an easy throw that should be made 100% of the time. He can't even make the easy throws consistently. I am going to harp on this again but Locke is a horrible QB and he shouldn't be starting. I would rather go with someone who is not ready to play than keep on running Locke out there. He hasn't improved a single bit since he has been the starter. I will remove the Alabama game for him but going from the USC game to the PSU game he hasn't improved and has actually gone backwards in development. Even in the Purdue game he looked absolutely horrible at QB. One of the interceptions wasn't fully his fault though he had some fault in it by throwing the ball low when he just needed to lead his receiver a bit to give the receiver an easier catch. All of his other INT's and mistakes are all on him. If the team is to go forward they need to remove Locke from the starting QB job.

The defense tried but Locke decided to throw the game away. I hope Locke transfers after this season as that would be the best outcome for the Badgers. He should be benched going forward. He hasn’t improved at all. Every game it is the same issue as the last game or it is something new. This game it is the decision making and him throwing the ball way too early. Other games it is the bad decision making and horrendously inaccurate throws. He just sucks as a QB and it is time to just move on.

It is not helping when your QB has 3-5 seconds more to throw and throws before the receiver can get out of their cut. I am just tired of seeing Locke at QB. His decision making is just absolutely horrendous. People keep on saying how smart he is but yet game after game play after play he makes absolutely stupid decisions. If he is a smart QB then I fear what they think is a dumb QB.

Locke just sucks bench him already!

Apparently PSU’s backup QB can complete a pass to a wide open WR. Why can’t Locke do this?

I don’t believe the I formation would help at all. PSU’s d-line is just beating the Badgers O-line. They are beating them to spots and over powering them. They are just crashing the running lanes. I think the Badgers need to call some play action but you can’t trust Locke to not make a mistake.

Locke again with an absolutely horrendous throw.

Locke is in his own head. Keeps on throwing the ball way too early than he has to.

Feels like they should have at least one more score if it wasn’t for the drops. The defense looks like it came to play and with a purpose. Still some bad tackling but overall they are playing good.

Got lucky with the 12 men on the field penalty. Should have had a TD on the play action.

Drops are killing them plus that phantom holding on the kickoff.

Must be garbage time as Beauchamp is in the game.

LOL that is not happening. Beauchamp will be lucky to play garbage minutes.

There really is only one good prospect being traded and that is Foscue and Leiter shouldn't be considered a good prospect anymore. He is looking more and more like a AAAA pitcher than anything else right now. He may have to become a reliever where he loses a lot of value as I am not sure you could count on him being consistent enough to be a late inning reliever. He still has some time left but he shouldn't be considered a good or a really good prospect anymore. The Brewers side is extremely short on value even with Semien's contract. I think the Rangers would rather pay some of Semien's contract than throw in prospects. It is a moot point anyways as I don't believe the Brewers would take on much of Semien's contract anyways. It is just way too much to take on for a 30+ 2B even if he would average 4-5 WAR a year over the span of his remaining contract. It would be better to just sign Adames as he should get about the same per year as what Semien would be making though for about 2-3 years more.

Always good to start out the season with a win.

Coming as a surprise to no one but Middleton won’t be playing in game 1.

The Bucks are big on team chemistry this year. Thanasis brings more "chemistry" than Beauchamp does apparently.

I think it is just them trusting what they are seeing and not relying only on their athleticism to make the play. They are definitely in better positions to make plays than they were earlier in the year.

The Panthers are not a QB away let alone a player away from competing. They are a whole team away from competing.

The one thing I worry about with Luis Lara is that he is so small.

Not really the stats you’re showing are only slightly better. They are not significantly better than Monasterio. Great he is better at hitting RHP but is that worth Black and Uribe at his current contract? He is not and thus he is worth about the same as Monasterio as that is his value. Offensively they look exactly the same to me. Plus McMahon is going to be 30-years old next season. He is not going to improve on what he is. If anything he will regress a bit going forward making him closer to Monasterio offensively.

McMahon is still a horrible offensive 3B.