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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    IDK, I have multiple friends that use my Fox Sports login to watch Brewers/Bucks. One tries my charter stuff on everything where you need to show that you have cable and it works. The funniest part is that I actually got rid of Charter in November and the logins still work. I have internet another way now and am still able to login to the Charter app and watch everything for free. I'm going to keep riding it for free as long as I can just to spite them, even though I hate not just having normal cable. 3 months so far. My dad has Spectrum and when I try to use it, what I described happens. I can watch Hallmark Channel but it will not allow me to connect to Spectrum live without being on their network, i.e., in their house.
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    Nobody really. It would be the only thing cheap enough though to make any sense. There is really no point to filling holes that don't exist offensively. I think people just want something to happen.
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    It wasn't for all the tickets. It was instituted solely because the Cubs had a chance to be the NLDS opponent. Once they lost to COL, they released all the barcodes. They did it again for the NLCS but it didn't do much. StubHub just changed the policy and let sellers list without codes, and put the codes in the day of. They ended up releasing those earlier than they said anyway. They said they were doing it again for the WS but obviously that never mattered. Doing all that messing around would seem excessive for OD.
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    I don't think it makes sense for the Bucks to do anything unless it's something like a defensive player off the bench. Everyone knows this is the Bucks to lose. Philly hanging onto Horford solely because of Giannis.
  5. OldSchoolSnapper
    I'm 100% convinced he's getting a waiver without even commenting on the authenticity of any claim.
  6. OldSchoolSnapper
    I don't think Stearns really has a clearly identifiable M.O. He hasn't been in the job long enough for people to make those broad claims. He's paid a lot of money for Cain, Grandal and Moose. He shipped high-ranked prospects for win-now players. They allegedly made an offer for Yu Darvish. They're not going to pay $400 million for Yelich but I don't think you can say he has a "way" of doing things just because they seek out value a lot.
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    A couple conglomerates own all of the content. This is how they get away with their insane fees, by forcing a provider to take 25 channels instead of the only two anyone watches. The real answer lies with the Internet - people can and will just stop watching TV, but the Internet is oxygen at this point and LOTS of places have one choice.
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    Depends if you want the instant gratification of (possibly) making the postseason one more time with Yelich and only receiving a comp pick or looking long term by bringing in a 4 WAR outfielder for 5 years to replace him with other quality prospects coming along that are in the upper minors. Not saying that Verdugo is on Yelich’s level, but bringing him in sure isn’t waving the white flag for a rebuild. So I guess to answer you, yes I would punt on the postseason for 1 year (IF we even missed the postseason) to get 5 years of Verdugo. But don’t forget that the $15 million saved could be used to bring in another impact bat to pair in the lineup with Verdugo, Hiura, Urias plus whoever else we have on the roster at that point. The reason it's more complicated than "you have to trade an expiring contract" is because it's so difficult to even make the postseason in baseball, and once you do, anybody really can emerge and win the WS. It's hard for me to punt on a season you're in to hope that some guys put it together again and get you back. It's one thing if they're not confident in the roster in December but if the team is playing well I just can't see them giving that away.
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    Well it does make sense for the Brewers, maybe not at that figure, but something where they pay him more now and buy up the cheapness. He can still have incredible value for the Brewers at a significantly higher rate. I just don't see it happening because he already did it once for the Marlins, then sat back and watched other guys sign for $300 million. I don't care how rich he already is, there's no way that doesn't bother him on some level.
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    I'm sure they'll try something like that but it just makes no sense if you're him. He would already probably have a problem if he were going into FA even 2 years older than he will be. If he takes something like that from MKE he is giving away millions of dollars that he'll make somewhere else on the back end of a deal once his production has tanked (most likely).
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    Again though, how can you say holding on to him holds the Brewers back, if they are in contention? Should the Brewers have traded Prince Fielder in 2011? You would have traded Yelich if he was entering FA in 2018? It's just not as simple as "small market must trade." With the way they have been playing the last three seasons, there IS a tangible value in hanging on to him for another season. I really don't want to punt on a playoff appearance if he is the difference. I'd rather just ride it out.
  12. OldSchoolSnapper
    They were going all in because Melvin believed in that. He was OK with sucking for a couple years to gear up for one big one, Stearns doesn't do that, or at least hasn't really to this point. If you look at 2011 and 2018 on paper there is no way you'd guess the 2018 team is as good with that rag tag rotation. Stearns doesn't seem to be OK with white flagging entire seasons, and has said things pretty close to that. The cynical people will say he's doing that right now, I don't agree but don't want to send this way off the rails. Stearns wants to be sustainably competitive and maximize the chances for winning vs. putting all the chips in for a year. I believe he'll trade Yelich if it helps sustainable competition, but I don't think he'll do it if it forces him to punt on a winning season. So that's a long-winded way of saying that I think 2021 offseason is the deadline unless the team is bad in 2022. I think he WILL let him walk if they are contending midway through 2022.
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    I'm not so confident you get that much more by trading them earlier. Diminishing returns become a factor at a point. I think that's even more true the better the player is. You're giving up a ton by giving away 2 seasons of MVP performance and it's hard to get something close to that back in return. Plus, none of us really know what the Brewers are doing behind the scenes, but 2021 is an intriguing season for them anyway, there is not much money committed beyond this season to anybody and if DS is ever doing a "go for it" thing it's probably then.
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    His back is a fair point. That's not usually something that goes away at 30.
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    I think it's a decent shot he plays out the deal. I'd go maybe 30/70 that he plays it out/is traded. Entirely situational but that's my feeling. Think there is a -100% chance he signs another contract here.
  16. OldSchoolSnapper
    It's not letting him walk for nothing if he's a huge piece of a team that's contending. You are sacrificing the trade value for a team that can win today. If he were headed to FA in the winter of 2018, would Stearns have traded him then? I'm thinking not. I don't think DS "goes for it" either, he is not that shortsighted. If it's obvious they can't win, or maybe they can but don't appear good "enough," then he will be traded. But if the team is sitting in first place, it's going to be harder explaining the white flag Yelich trade. I think a big part of this whole discussion is how Brewers fans have been conditioned for 30 years. This is a player under contract for 3 seasons and nobody can stop talking about trading him. I just don't see it as a guaranteed thing at all. It's entirely situational.
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    It's just kinda impossible to answer. Midseason may have fewer suitors, it's totally dependent on the market, weaknesses of the teams that could/would go for him at the deadline, and there's always a chance he regresses to the point he's not an elite hitter by the time they think of trading him.
  18. OldSchoolSnapper
    The Red Sox are not really a great model for the Brewers when it comes to trading away generational talent because they can buy the top FA available every year if they really want to. They are a Hollywood movie star swapping out swimsuit models. The Brewers are working with Fairest of the State Fair and when they trade the swimsuit model it's hard to get another. If they trade him, probably the ASB of 2021, middle of season when teams are less optimistic about what they have and more likely to seize the moment. But it's hard to do that if you're in contention. It's actually not that hard to justify just letting him play out the contract and losing him if you're contending. If you're sitting in first place that's as good a year as any to try to get a championship and if that's the case I'd have no issue with just keeping him. There would be a lot of 20/20 people saying they made a mistake not trading him if they don't win the World Series, but I don't agree. You play for the chances, and it's hard to justify punting on a chance because your MVP is an impending FA. There's never much of a guarantee that the chips you get back help you get anywhere close to that point again.
  19. OldSchoolSnapper
    It's not about whether they can afford to do it, it's about whether it makes baseball sense to do so I would think it makes baseball sense to try and retain a 27 year old MVP. Again though, not that this happens because it's unlikely, but they're uniquely positioned where they could trade him off for very nice pieces and sign him back later. Probably won't, but it's usually not teams like them that trade Betts. It's us. It's not the same kind of death blow trading him though. They can be in on top FA every year if they want to be.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    Or trade him for Verdugo knowing you probably won't win anything this year, reset the luxury and then sign him back in FA.
  21. OldSchoolSnapper
    What an annoying club the Dodgers are.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    I looked back in my email from last year and I guess there was a pre-sale last year, but it was a little different. Opening Day and the Cubs 10 games were excluded. This year all the Cubs games are in a special pre-sale 2/6-2/9, with the rest of the season pre-sale beginning 2/10.
  23. OldSchoolSnapper
    The WI presale didn't work at all so it would make little sense to continue. I do think the SSH sale is an attempt at keeping CHC out. Most people have 2 tickets in their package and allowing those people to buy them up gets more groups of people, presumably Brewers fans, through the gates. It's by far the highest demand seat of the year, a popular game for groups, and the easiest one to convince people to go to. I think that has a much better chance of actually working than a random June weekend WI only presale. I don't see any reason to even have a presale other than Opening Day, really. Very few, if any, other games sell out that far in advance. There is nothing to lose by offering the whole season but I doubt many extra orders are placed that way via pre-sale. I just don't see any reason for it other than trying to sell as many OD tickets as possible before they hit general public and the Cubs fans are in the system. Seems too big of a coincidence. I know you were kidding, but I would caution anyone about buying those up just to sell them. It will very likely have a distinctive code that will lock you out from future presales once they detect you re-listed them.
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    Pretty sure the SSH presale is an attempt to keep it from being a Cubbie blue crowd.
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    Always been my argument as well. Seems like a lot of screwing around for minimal savings. Now the equation changes if you get extremely cheap internet, do illegal things and/or don't want very many channels to watch. That's the rub for a lot of people. You end up paying for a bunch of channels you never use which is why I've never taken the leap with YouTube TV or Sling or any of the "live" TV options. And it's also possible that the increased competition from the streaming services has forced the cable companies to improve things on their end. This is exactly what happened. I got Sling because it was "only" $25 a month and I figured I'd cancel when the Brewers were out of contention or season was over. The rest of it was just a bunch of crap I never wanted. Regular plain old YouTube is filled with millions of hours of old docs, webcasts and original material that can be very interesting. If I could literally just order FSNWI I probably would pay $10 for just that one channel as it would provide about 80% of my use of a TV. Once the price is above $10 I lose interest completely.
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