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  1. jerichoholicninja
    Dembrowski will give up more prospects for a SP. I don't think Milwaukee will be the recipient though.
  2. jerichoholicninja
    Spahn and Matthews have no business having their numbers retired by the Brewers. I would even go as far as to say that Aaron shouldn't have his number retired by the Brewers but at least he played for the Brewers. Certainly honor those guys all you want in the park as they are very important parts of Milwaukee baseball history but in no way should the Brewers retire the numbers of guys who never played for them.
  3. jerichoholicninja
    Stay the course. Anything else is foolish.
  4. jerichoholicninja
    It wouldn't matter how long Spring Training is, the first few weeks of the season would still see plenty of guys still not game ready. Especially when you have guys like Braun who don't play games until the last week or so of Spring Training. And that's not a dig at Braun or anyone else it's just the way it is.
  5. jerichoholicninja
    Length of game is not an issue for me, it's the flow. All the batter idiosyncrasies crap between pitches, the constant mound visits by players and coaches, and the multiple pitching changes in an inning detract from my enjoyment of watching a game. Working the count to get a good pitch to hit is one thing but I think most batters are up there just taking pitches to take pitches. And when they do swing they swing for the fences at pitches that pitchers are throwing at 110% effort which means a total lack of control for a lot of pitchers. To me baseball now is like watching a football game when every play the offense tries a deep pass and the defense does a house blitz. It's entertaining every now and then but for the most part it's a mess where nothing really happens.
  6. jerichoholicninja
    I totally agree about putting more action in the game. I've spent my whole life around baseball as a player and coach. I love it more than anything but the last few years it's really hit me how boring the MLB game is to watch in person and live. I was super stoked for Brewer games to be back on TV this week. I watched the first few innings of Sunday's game before I lost interest and if it wasn't that I was watching my 9 month old today I would have turned it off early and done something else too.
  7. jerichoholicninja
    For major leaguers I would say yes. This isn't the 40's and 50's anymore where guys had to spend a month working off their winter gut before the season started. These guys have been working out, throwing, and hitting for several weeks if not months. They could probably start the regular season today and there would be very little noticeable rust on anyone. I mean Braun and someone else spent a day learning how to play cricket last week. And Ryan's only going to play like 5 or 6 games. He could be spending this time with his family or at least not subjecting his body to the daily grind. I would think 2 weeks is all that is needed - a few days of workouts and 10 games. Your SP's get two starts and throw maybe 8 innings total. If any pitchers need more innings there's no reason they can't show up to camp early and get it in then. Bring the minor league guys in in the middle of February and have them work with the big league staff and play games for a few weeks and anyone else that wants early work. Major leaguers trickle in through March and report about March 15. I would think the players would be for this seeing as they complain about the season being too long. And probably the owners too - save money, save the risk of injury in pointless games. I'm sure the only hold up would be the local municipalities as I bet this would take a big hit to their tourism dollars.
  8. jerichoholicninja
    I don't see Texas giving up Mendez and I doubt the Brewers have interest in Guzman after signing of Thames. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if Guzman was on the list of potential PTBNL last year but he struggled so at AAA the Brewers opted for Cordell. Martin's not close to the equivalent of Mendez either. Not sure Texas has to keep Fielder. Doesn't their insurance just kick in and pay off his remaining contract? He's not listed on their roster. He's on the 60 day DL.
  9. jerichoholicninja
    Ya, the only way I see Brinson on the team is if there are injuries to both Keon and Kirk and even then I would think Reed or Cordell makes the team unless they both totally bomb. No reason at all to start his clock yet especially with such minimal AAA experience.
  10. jerichoholicninja
    3 bases
  11. jerichoholicninja
    There is a difference between "no one wanted" and "agent asking for more than he is worth". I haven't read every post or clicked on every link or listened to the audio clip, but do you know what Boras was asking for? We are talking about Scott Boras here - he has a tendency to ask for (read: try to trick teams into paying) the moon. Wieters signed for 2/$21M. That's hardly "no one wanted". If he had signed for 1/$5M then I would say that "no one wanted" him, but for all we know Boras could have been asking for 4/$60M up until a couple of weeks ago. Maybe "no one wanted" is a little strong but there was very little chatter about him this offseason. I don't even think he had a draft pick attached to him. Every sports writer pegged him as going to Atlanta for some reason and I don't recall ever reading interest from their end.
  12. jerichoholicninja
    Why bother with any of these guys at 1B? Shaw and Perez will backup Thames. And none of them are good enough hitters for any other position.
  13. jerichoholicninja
    These comments are silly. If it came down to signing a guy for 1 year/$8mil contract and he came in and smacked the ball around for half of a season and stayed healthy, of course teams would want him. It's not a far-fetched way of trying to use all assets to build a team. I'm as big of a flip guy as there is but like others have pointed out many times, the "flip rate" is actually pretty small. Factor in him being a catcher, which tend to be more difficult to trade midseason, his declining offense, and bad defensive reputation, and I don't see a guy worth attempting to flip. Especially when he would block Susac or Bandy, two guys who should be getting MLB at bats at this point in their career.
  14. jerichoholicninja
    Flip a guy no one wanted until after Spring Training started? Ok.
  15. jerichoholicninja
    Pointless move for Washington. If they were going to blow $10M on something this offseason the bullpen would have been a better place.
  16. jerichoholicninja
    I expected that to be pretty stupid but it was actually really good. I don't think a 45 foot curve, even from a former big leaguer, is going to have that much break. There just isn't enough distance and any drop is probably more gravity than actually break. The biggest takeaway though is that Greg Maddux has put on some pounds.
  17. jerichoholicninja
    Is this a really stupid idea or a good one? I was watching some college basketball game at a restaurant last night and two players got into a scuffle. Both were given technicals so each team got to shoot free throws and it got me thinking. It seems stupid to me that in football if players get into a fight after a play they're each given a personal foul which offsets negating any sort of penalty for the players actions and making the whole thing pointless. What if in a situation where personal fouls are given to both teams after a play is over each team gets to attempt a contested FG from the 35 yard line. That's a 52 yard field goal. Not a gimme but probably 75-80% success rate in good weather. Sounds stupid on the surface but it's the NFL and they're always for stupid ideas.
  18. jerichoholicninja
    If I was Susac and I started the year in AAA I would probably just retire. After all the years of rightly sitting behind Posey he's traded to a team with no catchers and he doesn't make the roster over an aging journeyman and a backup because of a technicality. I mean, I get why they would put him in AAA but what else does the guy have to do to get a chance?
  19. jerichoholicninja
    The best part about being a franchise that can't develop pitchers is that you never have to worry about injuries to your young pitchers ruining your season.
  20. jerichoholicninja
    Garza and Braun are the only guys I would consider veterans on the team but I'll go with Scooter since he needs to be to play all those new positions.
  21. jerichoholicninja
    In every place where this rule exists it's the batter before the batter who's leading off the inning. Meaning if you're #5 batter leads off then the #4 batter is the runner.
  22. jerichoholicninja
    This is already the rule however there is no procedure for umpires to enforce it. I believe all that happens is the player receives a warning letter and eventually a small meaningless fine if it continues. Looking for signs is one thing and should be allowed but all the adjusting and swinging and drawing in the dirt crap is pointless. Take the sign and get back in the box. I like the idea of the pitcher being able to pitch whenever he's ready regardless of whether or not the batter is though.
  23. jerichoholicninja
    You can have your own opinions of Loria as an owner and the whole stadium situation but what it really comes down to is that people in Florida just don't care enough about their major league baseball teams. Both the Rays and Marlins have reached higher levels of on field success than the Brewers (and many other franchises) have during their existence and yet neither team has much of a fan base to support it.
  24. jerichoholicninja
    If we're putting baserunners on to start extra innings why not let batters hit off of a tee if they strike out like in little league? I know that's a ridiculous leap but to me it's a joke that putting runners on is being considered in MLB in any way.
  25. jerichoholicninja
    I'm not sure how you get to Archer "being the next Wade Davis". Davis had 2 mediocre years as a starter before being moved to the bullpen. Archer had one down year (still better than Davis's bad years) after 3 terrific years in a row.
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