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  1. Thurston Fluff
    By that logic the Oakland A's should never have thought Dennis Eckersley was capable of helping win a World Series after the 1988 meltdown. No reason to think someone who blew a game like he did could ever do anything other than that.
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    I'm glad someone else thinks this way. Our team will be in much better shape preparing as though he won't be ready. If he is close to himself all the better. If not it's better to have the contingency plan in place before the season starts than have to scramble during the season. Neither Jimmy Nelson nor Ashby managed to come back as an effective starter. Perhaps Ashby can yet but he hasn't so far. Nelson never did come back. Just because Woodruff will be further removed from surgery to start the year doesn't mean he's more likely to recover from it. Whatever amount of money they gave him is irrelevant. It was a short term gamble they thought was worth taking. It was also a good PR move that didn't hurt player relations even if it doesn't pan out on the field.
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    I don't think this is about a schedule as much as it is about finding ways to put competitive teams on the field every season. We've done that for long enough to think the organization is capable of doing so in the future. That we've not done well in the playoffs is like playing paper, rock, scissors and losing five straight. It's unlikely but past results are not predictors of future results. Unless someone can show me a legitimate way the Brewers can have so much success in the regular season and not the playoffs I'll continue to believe they have a chance every season they make the playoffs. So far we've had experienced playoff rosters and lost. We've had inexperienced playoff rosters and lost. We've had a mix of youth and experience and lost. Now we've had a team that was above average in all phases and lost. We've had good starting pitching and lost. Good relief pitching and lost. Good defense and lost. Good offense and lost. It. Just. Happens. The reason I'm optimistic the playoff losing streak will end is we put a good team out there every season and there's no reason to think we won't in the foreseeable future. We have a good core of young players and serviceable veterans with a strong farm ready to produce more.
  4. Thurston Fluff
    On the bright side it'll make it easier for fans to deal with him getting traded this winter.
  5. Thurston Fluff
    The part of the cycle I think is the least fun is after a team wins it all and people can't enjoy the ride the next couple years if they aren't dominating all season long. The opposite of the rebuild were expectations are so high that every loss is the end of the world just isn't fun.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    This board was around back then and it wasn't a ghost town.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    Guess I'm going back under my bed tonight.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    I'm hiding under my bed until it's over. Nothing else worked so I might as well try it.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    Got to imagine the strike zone was slightly larger than normal.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    With the win today the Brewers will officially have no losing streaks longer than three games for the season. Makes me wonder what the record is for the lowest number of consecutive losses for a season is.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    They managed to get eliminated earlier this season than last. Craigtember at it's best.
  12. Thurston Fluff
    Burnes pitched in 30 games and 38 innings in the regular season that year. Expecting a player to come up and pitch in the playoffs after getting at most a handful of games is not close to the same thing.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    He's as good as Barry Bonds on steroids but does need the steroids.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    Neither are on the 40 man roster and there's not much reason to put them on now. I expect they'll both make their debut sometime next season but there's no reason to do it now. They must be close to the innings limit set for them as it is. Let them finish in a controlled setting with zero pressure and get set for next year.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    There has never been a player that played any position to do that. There has always been a few DH's who didn't fit the big, slow, power hitter mold. Paul Molitor is a prime example. Not having to play the field probably doesn't hurt either.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    I think it has more to do with needing space on the 40 man roster next season. I don't think they'll just let him go but I think he going to get traded.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    I have a feeling we've seen the last of Peguero in a Brewer uniform.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    How long did it take jimmy Nelson to come all the way back? From everything I've read or heard is coming back from shoulder surgery is far less predicable than elbows. Even pitchers who have the same shoulder surgery have less predicable outcomes than Tommy John surgery. I'm not saying he can't. I'm just saying A- how Ashby is doing is no indication of how well Woodruff will do, and B- counting on it is not wise. I have confidence that they felt $15 million was not so much to spend that it would hamstring them if he's jimmy Nelson and not Ashby. I used Montas as an example of what $15 million gets you in free agency. People are reading way too much into $15 million for one season meaning they think him being able to come back is a foregone conclusion.
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  20. Thurston Fluff
    I don't care what the team expects. Nor would I read too much into that salary as them expecting him to perform at an above league average level. I'm saying I don't think we should be counting on him being anything close to what he was. It would be far better to plan on him being closer to Jimmy Nelson and be pleasantly surprised than count on him being the late August early September version of Ashby and having to figure out an alternative during the season if he isn't. That some are thinking he could do that as a starter no less is a recipe for disappointment.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    Ashby also isn't starting and has put in an entire season of facing live batters in games. Shoulders are not elbows. Just assuming he's going to be anywhere near what he was without seeing him pitch to a single batter sounds like a recipe for disaster. Counting on his returning to even average is not the best way to build a starting staff. I think it's best to view anything he gives us as a bonus not something we should be relying on.
  22. Thurston Fluff
    Given what we just saw Ashby go through I'm not expecting Woodruff to provide us with anything close to what he gave us in the past. If he can give us some late season relief help I'd be more than happy. He may come back to something resembling himself at some point but I doubt it will be next season as a starter.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    You have to put it in Jedi mode.
  24. Thurston Fluff
    All they sees is this is not the droid you're looking for.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    Ancient Recipes with Sohla does a wonderful job of satisfying both the foodie and history buff in me.
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