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Why wasn't this Rodriguez guy included in the Gio trade... He's a perfect Brewer SP... Thankfully for us he wasn't...

I apologize to the mods who didn't know that in some contexts (as was my intent here) the German word Uber can be translated as "Super". Maybe asking for a clarification is more in the intent of the thread ...

Not calling anyone out but how is this for a reply to another poster: clarification from the uber mods about whether this fits into the posting guidelines and general intent of this thread would be great...

David “Dumpster Diver” Stearns strikes again... this time the other team hadn’t wheeled their bin to the street...

I suggest the following rule change: If a batter fouls off a bunt attempt with 2 strikes, the pitcher is given 1 pitch to hit the batter wherever the pitcher desires without any repercussions. The following pitch would then be with a 2 strike count. A batter is now allowed to attempt a bunt as many times as possible with a 2 strike count until he is either too injured to proceed or is carried off the field on a stretcher...

Is Matt Harvey a rookie?

Sorry, but not stating all of the information is being misleading... not some rule I made up, pretty standard logic...

Can we stop with this misinformation... While it was true that the Brewers were on Hamel's no trade list, it is also true that he said multiple times that he would waive the no-trade clause to go to a contender!!!!! The second part negates the first part... That doesn't mean that if the Brewers and Cubs called offering a similar package that Hamels, with knowledge of this, couldn't have influenced this...or maybe the Rangers could've thrown him a bone as well. Please provide evidence that GMs discuss their trades with the players in advance and specifically this trade... Thanks...

I'm not a big fan of discounting offense simply because they are in the lower third of baseball. These are major league caliber players and they have plenty of talent. It's not like the teams are made up of AA prospects or Independent league players... The reds offense (with or without Votto) isn't very good, but they've lit up the Brewers pithcer's plenty so is our pitching staff made up of a bunch of hacks?

Can we stop with this misinformation... While it was true that the Brewers were on Hamel's no trade list, it is also true that he said multiple times that he would waive the no-trade clause to go to a contender!!!!! The second part negates the first part...

I think that's a bit too much, but yeah Theo is a very good director...

yep, you could use the extra time..

The Brewers have been a 500 team for 3 months now. In that time they have lost as many as 7 in a row (prior to AS Break) and have won 5 in a row. Outside of the 5 game win streak the most the Brewers have won in a row, during this 3 month 500 baseball run, is 3. Nothing in those numbers is indicative of a playoff team...

Chicks dig the slide into first...

No, Chacin loading the bases blew it. Coming in with the bases loaded is pretty much a recipe for disaster. If he gets three outs with only that single are you really blaming Jennings? +1

The Cubs are way overdue for some heart shattering gut wrenching losses. Preferably in the playoffs or September. I'm thinking the whole 106 year WS drought thing is gonna buy them a lot more karma than what we've seen so far... Hopefully that's the case, because when the Brewers finally win I want it to last a loooooonnnnnggg time....

And of course he's on a tear to start off his Cubs career... Hit a HR in his 13th plate appearance (6/14 so far)... Our wizard took >55 PA to get his first HR, but maybe he remembers how to hit em now and we'll see a bucket of HR coming...

This is an important point. As several posters on this board who take issue with the Cubs decisions, are basing their conclusions with the knowledge of hindsight, not based on the circumstances at the time and how outcomes change when you change the past. I get the same unease when people are thankful we never signed Yu Darvish, as if he was destined to have an injury no matter what team he signed with (if that was a given no matter what situations he pitches under then it should be a trait that can be estimated or predicted and I don't see any GM having a injury predictor in their toolset). Just because we know now that these trades didn't turn out as intended when they were done, it doesn't mean that if they were never made, the same outcomes would have occurred (i.e. without Chapman the Cubs would still win). The Cubs didn't go against the grain and trade for Quintana. He was pretty much the universal best SP option on the market at the trade deadline last year. The fact he didn't turn out went against what many expected. Same as the minor league draft. Most players don't work out, but does that mean every GM is stupid for participating in the draft? Is it smarter to not invest in a system where the return is so poor (I've not seen a team yet skip the draft)? Were the Devil Rays and Brewers stupid to draft Delmon Young and Rickie Weeks #1/#2 when neither developed into a superstar? Every scouting sight had them #1/#2 that year. There's a lot that goes into the outcomes from a transaction, much of which is only relevant in hindsight and not at the time. It would be good to adjust our criticism to incorporate some understanding of the impact of hindsight.

Historically Davies takes time to get into a groove. I imagine that he hasn't had the chance this year to get into that groove as each injury and setback probably reset his progress. I suggested earlier this year that he start spring training a month early compared to everyone else so that he can get into a groove before the season starts and not until May... While there is plenty of bad data this year, I wouldn't rule out that his performance moving forward would be very different than the other starts this year... Call me an optimist...

Oddly enough there's been a consistent decrease in the Brewers challenge efficiency since replay started (they were actually near the top in the beginning). So if they have the same person he/she has been getting worse... If they have hired new people, they need to change what they are looking for as the results keep getting worse...

I'm not sure you read it. That is correct. My first response was before I read it. The above was after... I will refrain from calling people who are acting like a <*#^#>, a <*#^#>, and try to point out in a constructive way, that there's a constructive way to correct inaccurate assumptions (in this case, who actually makes the decision on a challenge)...

I really hope the Brewers are studying film of games like today and the first start for Freddie and his starts where he can't find the plate to see if they can identify the small "issue" that impacts his accuracy, because when he is on he is a fantastic pitcher/prospect...

I don't know how you guys don't get this yet. COUNSELL DOESN'T CHALLENGE. We get it, but thanks for being Moderator: Come on, dude. You know better.

Counsell is last in the majors this year in challenges overturned... And it isn't even close...

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict that this will be the first game in a long time where Peralta comes out of the first inning with a pitch count below 30... I feel it.