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  1. CheezWizHed
    Gatewood is also a pretty big boom/bust candidate. That was clear from the day we drafted him. At least Houser/Hader are closer and almost assured of making the MLB team at some point. I also was surprised by Coulter being behind a number of guys in the top 20. I don't have him in my top 10, but certainly in the early teens. But, opinions are like butts. Everyone has one and they can often stink...
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    I tend to agree. Even if Garza does exactly that, what harm is it to give him the chance this year? The upside is that he comes back to a sub 4.00 ERA type pitcher as his history suggests. Then we have the ability to trade him. If not, we are in the same situation as now: salary dump. I think we need to take the chance unfortunately.
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    I'm not sure I get all the discussion about Herrera. Nor why he would sign with us again. He was just removed from the 40-man by our new GM. That same GM just traded for guys that profile similar to him. If I were him, I would be looking for a new situation where I have the chance to make a new impression. As for us, he is a 30 year old utility player with a lifetime OPS of 666. Beyond the amusing anti-Christ reference for that, he is a defensively flexible utility player with no upside. How does that fit with our team?
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    Honestly, I'll be thrilled if Milwaukee wins one World Series in my lifetime. Exactly. My expectations as a Packer fan and as a Brewer fan are very different. As a Packer fan, I expect to make the playoffs and keep the Vikings from winning their first championship. As a Brewer fan, I'd take 10 years of sucking for one championship. Because we have already had more than 10 years of sucking... It was called the 90s.
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    So you can flip him at the deadline for some nice prospects? That's really the only reason why you sign any free agent in a rebuilding phase. That is a pretty high risk for $12M. If he was $2-5M and we were lacking SP options, sure. But not at $12M for an injured 37 year old when we need to sort out a bunch of mid-rotation type prospects to see who will make it at the MLB level.
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    I just read one of the microbrew updates from the developmental league that talked about Gatewood and Lara swapping between SS and 3B by playing a week of each. They also mentioned that there is a possibility that both are in Wisconsin next year and doing the same thing. Not a bad idea...
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    I used this page: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/season_finder.cgi?type=b I set the year to only be one year (e.g. 2000 to 2000), set the minimum age to 35 (e.g. 35 to Any) and made sure all positions were selected including pitchers. I'm not a BR subscriber, so I only get a limited set of data, but it does tell you how many people fit that criteria. So that is how I got those numbers.
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    I'm sure its out there, but not at the obvious and widespread use that it was. Bonds was a special player, but you won't convince me that the PEDs didn't aid his longevity. Nor Roger Clemons, Mark McGwire, etc... We went from a day when players were going past 35 with hardly a thought to where 35 is a pretty hard wall today. Edit: Just for kicks, I went out to baseball reference and searched for number of players in the MLB that were 35 or older on June 30th (not sure why they use that date for the criteria). 2000: 117 2001: 127 2002: 118 2003: 134 2004: 140 2005: 149 (peak) 2006: 140 2007: 138 2008: 126 2009: 119 2010: 104 2011: 109 2012: 107 2013: 104 2014: 88 2015: 73 - Lowest in 15 years and less than half of the peak.
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    Does a "lack of PEDs" help the competitive balance? For most players, the drafting team can control them until they turn 28-30 or so. With PEDs, those players were just peaking and were competitive to their late 30s, even to 40. Barry Bonds at 41? Not a problem. Mark McGwire at 37? Crushing it. Now, without PEDs, we are looking at the peak around the 27 age. So people signing these big, long term contracts are in the drop-off point of their careers. Certainly, having deep pockets still helps. The Red Sox will certainly be better with Price next year. But its not the advantage isn't nearly as long, nor as high as it used to be. Ok, that was a very small sliver of a silver lining to a dark cloud, but still.
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    I read that Price was 'enamored' with the idea of playing in St. Louis - but in the end, money talked. Given the Cardinal's strength is the SP and their weakness is on offense, that is surprising. I'm sure Price is an upgrade, but is that upgrade worth $31M per year? I would think they would want to spend that money on someone who can hit.
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    Very cool chart. It reinforces what we already know. Heavy on CF/SS types, but light on 3B, C and 1B. Some of our SSes will move to 3B, so that should balance a bit. And some OF could move to 1B. But no way to move someone into the C position. Even with Houle added to Leal, its pretty thin. I do hope that Houle is ready for AA, as he only had 25 games and 80 ABs at A+. Otherwise, Houle and Leal are splitting time at A+ this year.
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    Sounds like the catcher's market is horrible this year also. And what was there, is now signed and gone with Wieters, Soto, and Iannetta signing. Yes, the second and third best catchers in FA were backups... Chris Cwikseems to think the Brewers could get a haul for Lucroy. The problem with that is there just aren't many teams overflowing with catching talent right now. The Milwaukee Brewers are rumored to be entertaining offers for Jonathan Lucroy, but that's about it. And, given Lucroy's upside, the Brewers should ask for a ton.
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    I'm not buying what Bill James is saying, at all. 80 pitches and 2 days rest? Crazy talk. Maybe 50 pitches but not 80. How many pitches does a pitcher make during his "between start practice"? I would assume that starting like this would negate any practice pitches, but still be included in the overall workload through the course of the season.
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    I should've put that in blue, because I was only half serious.
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    I don't understand WHY they spent that much money on them. Diaz sounds interesting, but they spent more than double on him than a #1 overall draft pick (quadruple if you count the tax). And Estevez gets $6M (3rd overall pick in the draft) for a 2nd round equivalent pick that is limited to 2B. Sounds like they have way too much money to burn.
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    This is simply the output from a flawed statistical model That kind of says it all, doesn't it? [sarcasm]I guess if DS keeps acquiring people high on this list (and only high on this list), we should be concerned about his statistical capabilities.[/sarcasm]
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    I saw a highlight video of the last couple games and I was really impressed at Monroe's passing ability. There were a lot of post-ups with him passing to a slashing player for a layup. Also, hereis an interesting article about the "Real Plus/Minus" stat for the team at present. Monroe and Middleton are the only "positive" players. Middleton is down a lot from last year. And Giannis is surprisingly low on the defensive side.
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    I watched a game in a Detroit restaurant where the Tigers trotted out Wolf for 5 innings. I'm not surprised by this at all
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    If we had to trade anything of value it would cost to much That's why we talk about them in rule 5 draft. I'm guessing someone limited to 1B or DH is a bad option for a rule 5 draft pick. Rather, someone that plays multiple positions makes more sense. But 1B is a need. With his injury, you could start him on the IR. Then have him rehab in the minors. He may only have to be in the majors the last couple months. It will be interesting to see if this regime is more OBP focused than DM's.
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    Either of those sound interesting. The versatility for 2B/3B is interesting. This guy is interesting too: Balbino Fuenmayor, 1b, Royals (26): One of the best stories around, Fuenmayor signed for big money ($750,000) with the Blue Jays as a 16-year-old out of Venezuela. Fuenmayor’s power never appeared in his time as a Blue Jay; he ended up being released and seemingly washed up as a 23-year-old. But he rebuilt his career in the independent leagues and was Baseball America’s 2014 Independent Leagues Player of the Year. The Royals signed him and he responded by having one of the best year’s in the minors. Fuenmayor hit .358/.384/.589 between Double-A and Triple-A (and played in the Futures Game) before he tore his ACL in late July. Fuenmayor has plus to plus-plus power potential and he’s hit for average despite a swing-at-everything approach. He’s limited to first base defensively and fits best in the American League where he could also DH. Fuenmayor’s injury will make it a little tougher for him to earn a job in spring training, but some team could take a chance on acquiring some significant power cheaply
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    A loogy and roogy rolled into one! We should try to develop that!
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    When someone says something so absolutely as 0% or no question, it's not normally worth the effort to argue. Ponce is one of our better SP prospects. Sneed has a chance to be a legit MLB SP and done nothing to show he can't.
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    Jabari will never be that "give me the ball and I can do anything with it" type of player. Giannis, maybe, but I still don't see that either. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that in saying this you really mean: "They don't shoot 3's very well". Because both guys have been impressive on the drive and finish. Giannis is almost impossible to stop on the drive. The jumpers are there, but if they don't stop the drive, why bother shooting a jumper? Giannis' three point shot is improving. Jabari is really still a rookie and taking very few long shots (by design I would assume).
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    I heard he hurt his knee while breaking in. He'll be on the disabled list for 3 to 5.
  25. CheezWizHed
    Ponce and Houser below Kyle Wren? That is silly
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