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  1. Warning Track Power
    After posting this topic, one of the main takeaways I have from this is that baseball is just a little bit of a different animal as a sport. Maybe it has to do with the Brewers being relatively mediocre over there existence OR people like me living outside of Milwaukee and/or Wisconsin OR this being a baseball site, but it appears that the love of the sport in general is the reason why people feel it is ok to wear another team's hat. I firmly fall in the camp of being ok with wearing my local team's hat (California-native), yet I have no desire to wear anything other than Packers gear in the NFL. After reading your responses, I am convinced that my reason for wearing these other team's hats are firmly based on my love for baseball as a sport more than football, basketball or any other sport.
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    I think the 2016 Villar is not only the ceiling for Villar but also for Broxton. While I am definitely bullish on Villar, I definitely believe the 2016 season was his ceiling. I expect him to hit .270-.280 with 15 HR and 60 SB moving forward and just not quite the .285-.295 or 20+ HR power. If the second half Broxton was not a mirage and he could somehow hit .270-.280, we would be looking at an ELITE top of the lineup with 2 guys with a .350+ OBP, 15-20 HR potential and 60+ SB. That would be insanely fun.
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    While I undoubtedly love the Brewers and own more Brewer items than any other of my favorite teams apparel, I also enjoy wearing the hats of other teams that I root for like the Giants and Padres. My sense of loyalty to the Brewers is not in question as I have don't even have an ounce of rooting interest for any of the teams if it were to impact the Brewers chances. However, I do not own apparel for a different NFL team other than the Packers and have no desire for it. My friends have questioned my loyalty to the Brewers whereas I believe it to be a love affair with the game of baseball that is unique to this sport and doesn't translate to football. The question I have for you all is if you wear a hat of other MLB teams or are you strictly Brewers and your reason for either?
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    Not that Brett Lawrie is the difference between the 2017 Brewers winning or not winning the World Series, but guys like him always bring me back to whether I would rather see my favorite team win a World Series with a bunch of perceived jerks or lose consistently with a bunch of perceived good guys. As much as I long for a Brewers championship, I think I would prefer losing than have a team of guys I couldn't stand...which is why I could never be a Cardinal fan.
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    While I hate to see ex-Brewers stink, it is fun to think about the quality of prospects and potential regulars that just trading relievers have brought the Brewers. Smith: Bickford and Susac Thornburg: Dubon and Shaw Jeffress: Hard to know for sure as he was the secondary piece to Lucroy, but I would venture it is Cordell and a % of Ortiz
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    If the Red Sox offered Swihart for Guerra, I would be tempted to do that. A Swihart-Susac catching rotation sounds good to me.
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    Totally agree with you here Monty. For example, if the White Sox called the Brewers right now and said we'll give you Giolito and Kopech for Brinson and Diaz, I would do it in a heartbeat. The presence of Santana, Broxton, Phillips, Ray, Clark in the OF and Villar, Arcia, Dubon in the middle IF make dealing of prospect for prospect all the more intriguing.
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    Option #2 I am not convinced the Brewers have the starting pitching in the organization yet to support the core of hitters that have arrived (Villar, Arcia, Santana) or should be coming soon (Brinson, Ray, Phillips, Diaz, Dubon, Erceg). If they are 50-40 and have deals in place that could somehow net them higher end pitching similar to Hader, then they absolutely have to make those deals.
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    I hear you Adam. While I have no clue as to what Ryan Braun thinks, I have to believe that given the way most Brewer fans stood by him and still cheered him after the PED thing, I would imagine he would not stand in the way of the Brewers continuing making progress in the rebuild by blocking a trade (provided the Brewers deal him to a place he already informed them he would go). With Braun, I am less worried about the 10 and 5 and more concerned about one of the ideal landing spots (California teams, Miami) wanting to make a move for him.
  10. Warning Track Power
    If anything were to come of this, it would be pretty easy to root for the Rangers in the AL with Braun, Lucroy and Gomez all in Texas.
  11. Warning Track Power
    Brewers Record: 76-86 Playoffs: No Brewers MVP: Ryan Braun (Decline doesn't begin in 2017. .285, 28 HR, 100 RBI) Brewers CY Young: Jimmy Nelson (Returns to a sub-4 ERA) Brewers ROY: Orlando Arcia (Proves to be an Alcides Escobar clone) First player traded: Scooter Gennett (Round peg/square hole. Can't be the super utility he is hoped to be) Surprise player: Keon Broxton (hits .275 and proves the second half wasn't a fluke) Disappointing player: Hernan Perez (AVG and OBP fall into the .250/.270 range. Becomes the 25th man on the roster.) World Series: Red Sox over Dodgers
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    The straight on picture of the empty dais is what irritates me most about the Brewers not choosing between the ball and glove and the m with barley. The wall backdrop has M with barley while the nameplates have the ball and glove. If the two logos were complimentary of one another then I would probably understand it a little better. But given they represent two totally separate uniform sets, it makes me think of the Brewers as not having a brand identity.
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    Ah...my favorite topic. Please just make the switch to the Ball and Glove full time. Continuing to market two logos that are not complimentary of each other (ball and glove & barley) absolutely makes no sense from a branding standpoint. This type of tweet pretty much sums it up: Brewers with current script for the main photo for the account but using the ball and glove as the spring training schedule logo. Pick a brand identity and stick with it please.
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    The more I think about it, the more I think that Scooter would represent what Brendan Ryan represented to us as fans during the lead up to the 2011 trade deadline. While Ryan was not a world beater, he represented a significant upgrade, at least defensively, to Yuni B. during what was a run at the World Series.
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    DFA Ramon Flores. Please...seems like a great kid and plays hard but he has shown me nothing and I cannot stand to see another ground out to 2B.
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    Go get him! Would love to see him back and to see if he can regain some value.
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    What a bummer to see. 9 years and $214 million reasons why he left Milwaukee but he will always be remembered for the great seasons he put up in Miller Park and the promise that he and the rest of the Baby Brewers brought. Makes me long for the days of the lineups of 7-10 years ago: 1. Weeks 2. Hardy 3. Braun 4. Fielder 5. Hart
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    While I appreciated Lucroy's frank response in Haudricourt's article that was linked earlier, the thing that gets lost in the situation was the difference in response by Ryan Braun and the leadership qualities displayed by him versus Lucroy in the situation. Braun essentially calling Lucroy out and saying that is not how we are going to do things during this rebuild gave me a greater appreciation for Braun's commitment to Milwaukee versus Lucroy wanting out. Braun did have a $100 million contract in hand already and Lucroy supposedly had approached the Brewers about an extension and that may have played into the comments. However, Braun's willingness to fight through the rebuild and mentor younger players sure shed some light on the differences between the two.
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    To clarify, do you know if that's also the PTBNL list? I was about to ask the same thing. The way I read the original post was that this list was provided to Stearns as priority for who they would want, not necessarily that this was THE list. Any clarity on the subject would be great!
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    I remain hopeful that it is Michael Matuella Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Curveball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 50 | Overall: 45 A candidate for the first pick in the 2015 Draft, Matuella saw that dream end when he had Tommy John surgery that April. Though he dropped to the third round, the Rangers paid him $2 million, the equivalent of first-round money. They hoped to have him work 100 innings in his first pro season, but his elbow began bothering him after his initial three-inning outing and they shut him down again. When he was healthy at Duke, Matuella looked like a No. 1 starter. He sat at 93-97 mph with running life on his fastball and had a pair of swing-and-miss breaking balls in his curveball and slider. He also showed feel for a changeup and found the strike zone with ease. Matuella's 6-foot-6 frame creates angle and plane on his pitches that makes them more difficult to hit. He has No. 1 starter upside but has a long way to go to prove he can hold up physically after working just 145 2/3 innings (including summer ball) in three years of college. In addition to his elbow reconstruction, he also has spondylolysis, a manageable defect of the vertebrae in the lower back.
  22. Warning Track Power
    #joeygallo
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    So 3 of our top 6 are the new guys. Very good work. Though I have no idea how Corey Ray is our third best. What is awesome is how quickly the system has been rebuilt. Looking at the Top 10 and when they were acquired: 1. Arcia: 2010 (#13 in MLB) 2. Brinson: 2016 (#21) 3. Ray: 2016 (#35) 4. Hader: 2015 (#43) 5. Ortiz: 2016 (#63) 6. Bickford: 2016 (#65) 7. Clark: 2015 (#74) 8. Phillips: 2015 (#76) 9. Lara: 2014 10. Diaz: 2016 We all know these lists are fluid, Lopez for example is no longer a top 100 prospect, but man that is cool.
  24. Warning Track Power
    Having Corey Ray, Lewis Brinson, Brett Phillips, Trent Clark and Domingo Santana all coming...man that is going to be a crowded and talented OF if they just reach 75-80% of their potential.
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    I think this is my sentiment on this deal at this point and it may have been different had the Brewers not acquired Bickford and Susac for Smith. On it's face, I absolutely love the return of Brinson and Ortiz. However, isn't that essentially what the Yankees got for Miller alone (Frazier & Sheffield)? Lucroy + Jeffress, not on the same level as Miller but still an above average reliever, should have netted another player AT LEAST the caliber of Taveras or Guzman. I wish the Brewers could've figured out a way to convince the Rangers to take a package of Lucroy, Jeffress and their pick of Nelson/Guerra for Gallo, Brinson and Ortiz. To me, that would've felt about right.
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