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In-N-Out burgers suck that is all.

Hopefully the reverse HR Derby curse happens for Wilken!

Mortgage rates are set to increase over the next couple of months.

The Athletic also has a quote from league insiders that he wants to stay at SS but will play a different position if there is a strong offer from a team that is in a winning situation. I think winning means more to Adames than anything else. Obviously he will still want to get paid but if it was the Angels vs the Brewers I think he takes the Brewers offer even if it is less.

The Doug Melvin special!!!! 5-years $100mm!!!! That is basically the discount the Brewers would need to get. Probably something where Adames could opt out after year 2 with a buyout of $10mm or something like that.

That guy is extremely salty and a bit unstable mentally. I would take whatever he says with a really fine grain of salt.

Turang wins 2B NL Gold Glove.

The absolute worst QB in Badgers history Locke.

Here is another example why Locke is bad. On the incompletion during the field goal drive that should have been a TD. Instead of throwing it to the sideline Locke throw it more inside allowing the DB to get back into the play and getting there hand in to knock the ball away. If he throws that more to the sideline and higher it is a TD or pass interference. Instead he allowed the DB to get back in the play and cause an incompletion. He has done this multiple times now and not just in the end zone. He is not accurate and he still hasn’t figured out where to place balls for his WR’s. The WR’s on this team are actually talented and good for a change but the Badgers still have an absolutely horrible QB who can’t make a good throw and can’t make a read to save his life.

But this team is not short on talent. There is talent there it is just that in offense you have a horrible QB who can’t move and makes absolutely moronic decisions. The last pass that was tipped it was lucky it got tipped because the DB was breaking on that ball for an INT. Locke just stares down who he is going to throw to even if he has time. They need to bench him and get the next QB ready for next year. Locke is not a starting QB he just isn’t maybe at a lower level but not at this level. He would be great at UW-Whitewater where he wouldn’t have to read defenses.

This team can’t run the ball because the other teams defense knows Locke can’t beat them. So just play the run and watch Locke mess up on pass plays.

Can we just bench Locke already? I don’t care that the backup may not be ready. Getting annoyed by Locke not even improving at all.

I don’t care what anyone says Locke is not a smart QB. He is Trubisky level bad at QB when it comes to seeing the field and thinking. An absolute moron at QB.

Scratch what exactly? For the Brewers to sign him as a FA? You do know that a team can still trade for him right?

Having the statue Lopez on defense doesn’t help anything either. The example above you can see Lopez retreating to the basket without even an attempt to help out on defense once his assignment goes to the perimeter. Then he just sits there next to someone already covered. Is Lopez assignment just the rim or something?

All of Horst’s picks have been late 1st round picks. Which historically have been garbage the majority of the time. If you are drafting in the 20+ range it is like expecting a star player in the 6th round of the NFL draft. You are lucky if you get a rotational pick in that range. In the 2022 draft where the Bucks selected Marjon only Nikola Jović has been better. The Bucks haven’t drafted lower than 20 since 2017 and have only kept their pick four times since 2017. Can’t really blame Horst on the bad draft picks when he hasn’t really had many to choose from and where he has been drafting.

It is funny seeing so many Cardinals on that list. Not to mention the Cardinals will be cutting their payroll and they won't be as active in free agency. At least I don't expect the Cardinals to sign anyone major in FA and I don't expect them to trade for anyone who would add to their payroll. I don't think the Brewers would have much interest in trading Civale unless a team came to them and blew them away. I don't see a team coming to the Brewers and blowing them away and trying to trade for Civale. I would put Peralta on the list before I would put Civale on it. Though I think last off season would have been the time to trade Peralta. The Brewers still could get a good return for Peralta but I think it is significantly less and by a lot this off season.

Game 1 of this World Series was probably the best WS game in a long time. Then every game after that one was just meh. So we got one great game and a bunch of stinkers.

I see no such reports. Have a link?

I think the Dodgers will want to get Pages more time in CF than put Edman there.

If the Dodgers sign Adames would that make Edman available from the Dodgers? While he wouldn’t be the best 3B he wouldn’t be the worst defensively either. Plus he could play other positions and will only cost about $10mm next year. Not bad for a 1-year deal. I don’t think it would cost all that much to get him from the Dodgers either. Maybe a teams 15-20 ranked prospect and another lower level player probably someone from the DSL.

That is basically the NBA model. You keep your superstar for as long as you can gamble everything on that superstar and hopefully you get one or more championships. Look at the Nets they gambled everything on Kyrie and Durant then went broke. It is basically the circle of life in the NBA. If you find a superstar you latch onto that superstar until you can't anymore. The Celtics are starting to get into this cycle now. This is just how the NBA works. Even if the Bucks trade Giannis they won't get back a lottery pick. Giannis would kill a trade to a team that won't be competing. It would have to be to a team that is going to be competing for a championship. Those teams also won't have the young talent to trade either. You are basically just going to get late to mid first round picks plus some expiring contracts. The only good thing for the Bucks is they have two players who could get this return. So you could stock up on mid range picks.

It is like being a Brewers fan. I think I enjoy the misery of losing in weird and bad ways.

How about Will Wagner as a utility player upgrade. He won’t wow anyone with his stats but he would fill a hole for the Brewers. I am just not sure what the Blue Jays would want for him as he is pre-arb.

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.