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  1. 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    The 2018 Brewers got within one game of the World Series with Wade Miley as the number two in the rotation.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
  10. 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.
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    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?
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    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.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    I'd be all for it if it was 2018.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    Hope is not wishful thinking. Hope is that the projection the team has for them based on their knowledge of the player is correct. In other words it's based on the belief they know what they're doing.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    Sports articles on how to watch a game. Not the when and where but what you're supposed to look for in the games. Isn't watching the game going to be enough to find out? Why do I need to know what to look for? It's not like they won't tell us about the various story lines during the game and spoiler adjacent at the very least. It think it's more advertisement for the game than anything else.Because we all know networks need to the free publicity.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    I think the two times big names go are at the very beginning where teams overpay to get their man before anyone really gets a chance to negotiate and mid to late January when teams who lost out on other players start to get nervous. Near the beginning of spring training is when players the Brewers can find bargains as the table turns and players start to get nervous.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    They traded for one of the top offensive catchers in baseball and a former all star outfielder last off season. I fail to see how that is not caring about the offense. One panned out while the other did not but it was still done in an effort to improve the offense. That the one who cost the most money just happened to suck so bad he'll be lucky to get a minor league contract with an invite to camp only shows how signing big money guys is not he panacea you think it is.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    I'm assuming he has options remaining. If so, that's one thing our pen didn't have a lot of. The ones that do are not very likely to be sent down.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    You asked for examples and were given some. Then you moved the goal posts and attacked the messenger. This is not what this site is about. Please do better.
  20. Thurston Fluff
    I think it's more a sign they were never desperate enough to give up what was necessary to get Burnes.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    That would be a significant deal if it was 2019.
  22. Thurston Fluff
    If every team did the fiscally responsible thing the players would make far less of the total revenue. They'd never stand for that. The alternative would be to share all revenue and have all the teams play on an even field. That probably would reduce innovation. Would the Brewers have their pitching lab if they could afford Aces in free agency for example? As long as the big markets pay the big salaries and get the same number of championships as the smaller markets the end results are the same while the sport advances with new innovations. For myself, I couldn't comprehend cheering for a team that doesn't need to be well run to win. Every championship the 90's Yankees won came with the caveat of how much they spent. When those super teams don't win it all every season the fans can't enjoy how good the team is. If we win one it's just so much sweeter than ones the big spenders can enjoy.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    Offensively he's produced less each season. The year he played the most he produced less than the previous years. That doesn't seem like a guy who's suddenly going to improve when past his prime physically. He'll have value as a defender and on the bases. But given he got on base less each season, that value is somewhat mitigated. He's a good part time player because he adds value on defense and isn't a black hole on offense...yet. I just don't see a guy who's on base percentage peaked at .321, and went down every season since, suddenly turning it around after age 30.
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    We essentially traded 2024 depth for future depth so it's a wash there. I respected Taylor in that he managed to become a serviceable major league player despite not having a great minor league career. He made the most of his talent but I don't see him as someone who ages well. Hauser is more of a loss for 20204 IMHO. I liked the idea of stockpiling guys who can pitch multiple innings in relief or pitch 4-5 innings as a starter. As others have said, depth like is important. That said, we can still do that for less money. I think we can get guys like Hauser on minor league contracts with invites to camp and still retain the roster spots for bigger acquisitions. As for the return from what I've read his stuff outside his fastball seems capable of getting major league hitters out. Being able to put his less that stellar fastball where he wants to set up his other stuff is going to be key. It appears he has the ability to do that so there is legit hope he can be a major league starter down the road.
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