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A player a history of back issues should start learning 1B where you bend over a lot? No, I don't think so. Let him DH mostly and rest his back. Play LF on occasion. Go find a real 1B.
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I'm not sure what you are trying to contend? Dayne would've been a HOF back if he was buddies with his coach? I admitted that at-best, he was NFL average. You are showing nothing that says he was more than that. Even before Dayne hit the NFL, there were rumblings about how well his style would work. If the stars would've aligned and the Steelers got him to play Bettis-ball, and he had a coach he liked... he probably was still just and average NFL RB with a bit longer and happier career. He had good feet to hit a hole, but he was running behind huge lines in the NCAA where boys were being run over by men (both Dayne on our OL). The playing field leveled in the NFL and he didn't have the size advantage. Thus he became average.
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The defense improved and there were some obvious mismatches in personnel for the system, so I think it was clearly a transitional year. I guess I wasn't so impressed by our CBs that I saw. Hallman did get a lot of picks and is promising. Wohler was certainly an impact player at safety. Maybe the biggest impact player on D. At OLB, Goetz and Boller had some impact, but much less than we are used to getting. Really no one at DL or MLB stood out much as an impact player. So given that they were "ok" last year (yes, poor opponents too), I think we should see them bouncing back nicely in the next 2-3 years. I don't have much of an opinion on 3-3-5 except to say that football certainly is more about stopping the pass than the run. That this certainly seemed to do well in the score prevention category.
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I think Yeli is better suited at DH. He hasn't played 1B, so suddenly learning it with a gimpy back probably doesn't make much sense. Just let him rest on D (or a few games in LF) and simply swing away. His value is in his bat and that only exists when his back isn't acting up.- 16 replies
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Which then killed any elusiveness he had, which (for the NFL) was already marginal. Dayne did have good feet and cut well, but he has to be the poster-child for the difference between the NFL and NCAA football. He was the best RB in NCAA history (at that time) and blew up college defenders. But his best in the NFL was average. He clearly struggled to bully-ball his way through tackles. And he wasn't fast enough to beat people outside. Those first two seasons you mentioned where he got 1400 yards, he had less than a 3.6 yd/carry. The reason he got those yards was because NYG invested a 1st round pick (11th overall) in him and kept feeding him the rock to try to justify it.
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Without Woody, there isn't a reason why the Brewers couldn't afford Hoskins or Belt. Even easier if they trade away Burnes and/or Adames. You made it sound like these guys were getting 5 year, $30M/year contracts...
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I think we'd sell low on Wiemer right now. Mitchell has some upside to tantalize mixed with MLB success, but my gut says he is at his peak right now. Hopefully injuries don't derail his career, but it is possible.
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I would hope Chourio starts a little lower in the lineup to take pressure off of him. He is essentially jumping AAA. If he is crushing the ball then move him up.
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But yes, this is good news about Chourio. I was OK when we thought it was shorter and higher $$, so this just seems very low risk with high upside. Bravo!
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Trade partner: Baltimore Orioles
CheezWizHed replied to LouisEly's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Only if you rest with those players. Because we trade for them doesn't mean we need to stay that way. The brewers are also pretty well known for identifying people that are flexible in the positions they play to help mitigate that. -
100% of Wiemer's value last year was his defense in the OF. His bat has a serious "hole" against MLB pitchers, so putting him at an offensive first position seems backwards. Right now (bat unfixed), he is a good 4th/5th OFer because of his D. If he can hit enough to provide value at 1B, he will have a TON of value in the OF. Per the OP, I see Frelick-Mitchell-Chourio as the normal OF. Yelich can DH and play LF when one of the 3 sits. There are plenty of ABs to go around there. TT can be the 5th OFer (or perhaps traded). Wiemer to AAA to work on his swing. If one is traded or hurt, Wiemer/Perkins get called up. Good depth, good upside, good flexibility.
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I had responded to this earlier... Yelich at DH makes sense given his back issues. Wiemer to AAA as he needs work on his swing. Then Frelick, Chourio, Mitchell, and TT for the OF. I don't think Chourio forces our hand here. But as you said, some might be trade bait too... I think Mitchell and TT are the most tradeable. I really don't want to get rid of Frelick. And I think we'd be trading Wiemer on a low note.
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Yeah, I tend to think the opposite is true. It isn't an automatic that Chourio is ready for MLB ball yet. The deal will pretty much force their hand (probably) to have him in Milwaukee. Without the deal, he most likely starts at AAA and plays his way to MLB - like Frelick and others have done in the past. I think Chourio will play well next year for us, but I'm not sure he will carry our offense.
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One call and that's all. Need a Kwik Trip from Venezuela? Usingers... you want him at his Chourio-best, not his Chourio-wurst!
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I'm guessing Leonard had his chance to work for Fickell and turned it down. Rarely do those opportunities roll around again. They aren't going to can the DC after his first season. Tressel came with Fickell, so most likely you half to fire both unless the defense suddenly is horrid. The defense improved as the season went on and wasn't horrible overall (max of 24 pts given up). Although they weren't great at times also... There were obvious mismatches for personnel and the defense that will be "fixed" through transfers and recruiting. Our defensive talent just wasn't that good this year after some left for the draft and not much coming in for recruits. It is probably at least another 2-3 years of Tressel's defense being bad (worse than this year) before he (and/or Fickell) would be fired.
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The Big10 playing the Pac10 in the Rose Bowl wouldn't be very interesting 95.6% of the time. The Pac10 is a shell of itself with most of the good teams already left. Oregon is pretty much the only one left to push into the top 10 every so often. If we grabbed Oregon and Washington, the BIG10 championship could be held in the Rose Bowl! 😂
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I was thinking the same thing. I wish we found out what his previous ones were about.
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I think the fact that these contracts are rarely issued and the fact that the Brewers are not deep-pocket spenders makes this more exciting that they are doing it. Freddy Peralta's contract (though a slightly different situation) has worked out well.
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Allen vs. Dillon: Which is the better back? Are they the same back? I hate to say it, but I see a lot of similarities here. Or even Ron Dayne and Allen. Big bully backs that succeeded in college because of their size, but struggled in the NFL because they lacked elusiveness. When I watch Allen, I don't see him with great feet or bounce to change directions. Seems like his big runs are more from running through people than around them. Any guesses on what round Allen is drafted?
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Yes, even in 2023, they were having cap issues like we had a couple years ago. Cousin has continued to improve the last couple of years so that really puts them in a bind. 2-3 years ago, people were ready to boot him. This year, he was a major reason for being competitive.
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Wow does our defense still need a lot of work... but wow with a healthy Khris out there did our offense pose a challenge. Nothing like defenses trying to shut down Dame AND Khris and have GA waiting to cut in for a lob or pass while breaking to the hoop. At the end of the 4th, Miami's formidable D looked helpless when they are covering Dame 30 feet from the basket, trying to stop Khris in 1on1 20 feet from the basket while trying to keep Giannis from cutting to the hoop for an easy dunk. You have 3 levels of daggers going on all at once.
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+1. For all the "Brewers don't get it" comments... it is about risk. Clearly it is a gamble to do this, but there is a reason Chourio is getting this deal and Huira, Frelick, MItchell, Burnes, etc... did not. The Brewers see him as a generational talent and want to keep him in the organization a long time. Think of him as this generation's Robin Yount. Yes, the deal might also blow up in their face. But without the deep pockets you have to be a bit of a gambler. Peralta's contract has worked out very well for us. Yelich's (2nd)... not so much. But given Mark A's legacy of success as a Brewer's owner (yes, some of you have forgotten what the 90s were like), I think this is going to be a good idea. Chourio's floor is frankly pretty high. At worst, he is going to be a strong defensive CF with "acceptable' offense for CF.
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It isn't so much my opinion of our players, but the statistical reality of prospects. Some will get succeed. Some will get hurt. Some simply won't make it. But even if you are right with Quero, Wilken, CRod, Mis, and EBJ... is that enough for a World Series? Does that justify in your mind to simply let Burnes and Adames walk and take comp picks that (at best) will hit the majors in '29-30? If we have such good depth (which I agree with), why not bolster it with 3-5 more similar players to increase our WS chances? Push all the chips in at the same time.
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Yes, I'm sure my figures for a starting QB are probably skewed... just hoping to stay away from the Rodgers-esque strangle hold on the salary cap for just one or two years... 😂 He was late on a BUNCH of throws early. Even back to the Chicago game. It didn't click with me at first that he was late. He was throwing to receivers that had someone directly behind them. So the defensive player simply reached around and knocked down or wrapped up the arms so the ball was incomplete. As I wondered why that continued to happen, I realized that he was simply late and allowing the defensive player to close. It didn't take much, but happens when you are reacting to the play instead of anticipating the play. Yes, our WRs are playing better - and better receivers (Reed, Musgrave) are getting more opportunities. But Love is clearly seeing the play happen better and throwing the ball before the receiver gets there; either hitting them on the run or giving them that split second more to secure the ball before being hit. Making "big throws" wasn't necessarily Love's issue. It was making the "gotta-have-it" throws to move the chains and continue the drive. That was the part missing early on. He got a lot of help against the Bears, Saints, and Falcons (YAC, PIs, or just bad D) so he scored a lot without looking overly good at the same time. His play the last 4 games looks much different than his play in the first 3.
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Maybe, but not a lock. Chourio, Frelick, Mitchell, Yelich, Wiemer, and Taylor. Wiemer could easily be at AAA per the end of last season. Yelich could be DHing a lot. Then you'd have 4 OFers - a 5th with Yelich. It wouldn't surprise me to see Mitchell or TT be traded, but I don't see it as necessary either.
