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  1. Thurston Fluff
    I think what they're saying is had the Brewers not used the lack of saves against him in arbitration he would have been more amendable to pitching more than one inning save situations while here.
  2. Thurston Fluff
    I think that shows strikeout pitchers can succeed anywhere. For teams that put a high priority on defense FIP beating may be a lot easier to do.
  3. Thurston Fluff
    Yelich may not be the everyday DH but I still think he'll get more DH time than Sanchez. I agree with the idea that DH is going to be spread out. It's a good sign that we have enough legit offensive players that we might actually want to keep in the lineup. Sanchez is borderline at best in that group.
  4. Thurston Fluff
    It won't happen because teams just don't do it, but I'm curious if he'd be willing to go multiple innings in non-save situation now that he got his payday. I do think the Brewers can't tell him his value is in being used one way then tell an arbiter another and expect him to be ok with it.
  5. Thurston Fluff
    I guess it depends on whether you think clutch is based more on luck than talent.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    I think you're right in that bullpens tend to be volatile and some of the relievers we had last season are not likely to perform at the same level. The good thing is we aren't reliant on the same ones having the same type of year. The Brewers have had consistently good bullpens long enough to think they've figured out how to build/use them effectively. It's also why I liked some of the moves to get swing man type pf pitchers into the fold. They've got enough arms to fill in if a couple of last year's heroes turn into this year's goat.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    I think he's also insurance against a Contreras injury. He'd also step into the DH role if any of the outfielders get injured and Yelich has to play more than I think he's going to now. Plus a pinch hitter against lefties. Ideally he's a backup catcher and pinch hitter and we wasted money on something we end up not needing. That seems like a better result than needing someone to step in and not have him.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    Am I the only one who doesn't think he'll come close to 400 ab's? I don't think he's even going to get as many DH days as Contreras. IMHO he's mostly just going to be the backup catcher. Which was a position of need.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    While my definition may be narrow it doesn't make it wrong. If player A thinks he's as good as player B but doesn't get the same offers as player A that means either player A really isn't as good as player B or every team that offered player B and not player A a contract overpaid. Speaking for myself I'll side with the former.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    I don't. It's like asking is the price of strawberries is above or below the market for strawberries.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    Why?
  12. Thurston Fluff
    Every free agent signing is by definition market rate.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    This fits with a team that may be planning on short starts a lot this season. We have a lot of pitchers who can bridge the 4th-7th inning gap and do it well.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    I think a lot of people have a hard time internalizing the concept of doing both. It either has to be a do everything to win this year or a rebuilding year. The concept of being able to take the future into account while trying to win now just doesn't compute.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    You're not the only one. I've been saying all along this is a move to help now and not hurt later. The Brewers plan to win year in and year out. By definition that doesn't include all in years but also doesn't include not trying to win years.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    Building a strawman doesn't make your argument any stronger. Nor is declarative statements of what just won't happen long before the season starts. No one said or acted like it would happen every time. What I did say is we appear to be trying to build this season in a similar way to one that worked in the past. Following a strategy that worked in the past has merit.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    He was also coming off a 5.61 ERA in 2017 which was an improvement over his 2016 campaign. Not to mention he played a grand total of 16 games in 2018 vs the 23 he had last season. Top of the rotation pitching isn't necessary to get to the playoffs. To suggest otherwise is to ignore one of the best seasons in team history.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    The 2018 Brewers got within one game of the World Series with Wade Miley as the number two in the rotation.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    This trade fits what the Brewers claimed to want to do all along. Attain as many controllable assets as possible and remain competitive year in and year out. I think some people viewed the Hoskins signing as an all in type of move. I viewed it as fixing weakness while not hurting the future. I think the run prevention plan this season is to get their starters through four or five innings, rely on their defense and use what looks to be a dominant bullpen more. From what I've read so far, Hall has a great fastball slider combo and a developing change up. In the pen he can rely on his best two pitches more and become the lefty version of Uribe setting up Williams. We also have a lot of relievers who can go multiple innings which helps absorb shorter starts. This bullpen has the possibility to shorten games significantly. The defense looks to be reliably well above average again, somewhat mitigating not having dominant starters who get a lot of strikeouts. The final piece to the puzzle is what should be an improved offense. A few more runs scored, a lock down bullpen and serviceable starters should be enough to remain competitive as is, and there's still room to add another player or two.
  20. Thurston Fluff
    Jesse Winker comes to mind. Granted Hoskins injury has a better track record of total recovery but, as Dave Bakhtiari shows, it isn't totally out of of the realm of possibility that it lingers.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    I was thinking of Avi as I was reading your post. The only difference is the injury aspect. ACL injuries have a pretty good track record to come back from these days so it's not a major issue. Be
  22. Thurston Fluff
    Great day indeed. I saw a few comments about this being an all in move. I disagree. They've made the present better which they've always done. We have a young team with a loaded farm system so there really isn't a need to sell to rebuild. Not Sacrificing the present for the future isn't the same as going all in.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    There have been a few good possibilities outlined by others but I wonder if more teams aren't realizing they can get close to the same production out of younger players. Essentially more teams are starting to mimic the Rays, Brewers. You don't need a roster of super stars to make the playoffs now and once there it's a crap shoot. Why pay more when less will do?
  24. Thurston Fluff
    Not exactly new music as she's been around for decades, most of it in Chicago, but think she's one of the most unheralded great guitar players there is.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    I'd be all for it if it was 2018.
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