Thurston Fluff
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I was going to say the exact same thing.
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I never understood why someone who wasn't coming back form injury or other type of absence can be a comeback player. It'd be one thing if someone sucked so bad they were out of baseball but to be playing but just not up to their standards and be a comeback player? Not so much.
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Brewers trade Erceg to Oakland
Thurston Fluff replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Low fastball spin rate = low chase rate = high walk rate? -
Stearns to NY basically confirmed
Thurston Fluff replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Apples and oranges. In the NFL there's a salary cap and revenue sharing so the only way to outspend other teams is through the front office and coaches. In college sports players don't get a salary at all so again the only way to outspend is on coaches. In baseball why spend a ridiculous amount of money on scouts and other front office personnel when you can just buy the players already developed and ready to go? It doesn't take a mastermind to target Corbin Burnes as the best pitcher and pay him more than anyone else. -
Stearns to NY basically confirmed
Thurston Fluff replied to JDBrewCrew's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'm guessing Mark A will be the one who says they can't. -
There are far too many examples of flawed teams making the playoffs and making a deep run to say minor fixes don't change the course of the season. It also matters what the team acquires in how much of a boost it gives them. A team like the Reds won't get the same boost from acquiring a league average bat just like the Brewers won't get the same boost as the Reds by acquiring a league average starting pitcher. The Brewers may not have made a weakness a strength but they did take a weakness and made it average. Given the weakness was never supposed to be a strength average is good enough to make a run.
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I'd argue these moves show it is a team with a direction. One stated many times over. They're going to ride pitching and defense while getting enough offense to win games and make deadline moves that help the current team without hurting the future. Suddenly picking up a bunch of terrible fielding, good hitting players, giving up a boatload of prospects in the process would have indicated a team without direction. I get that some don't like the approach but that doesn't mean it isn't a planned approach that they're staying with.
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But going all in an giving up top farm talent for a "needle mover" is a guaranteed certainty to win us a World Series?
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Getting Justin Wilson and Woodruff back is like getting an all star starter and veteran lefty reliever for free which means less need to overspend on offense. Speaking of offense, there are several players who've under performed but have enough of a track record to think they'll turn it around. Most notably Urias and Adames. I wouldn't mind at all if they keep the farm intact. I really don't really want them to trade anyone of note just for a stop gap player.
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Who knew all we needed was to play against better teams?
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There is a far better chance the Brewers get on a hot streak than the Cards. The Brewers have been the most injury riddled team in the division, are still above .500 and are starting to get healthy. Not only did they ride the injury wave and play better baseball than the Cards during that time but they're returning players are going to be fresh during the dog days of August. As far as the prospect capital to greatly improve their roster goes: if they had that much prospect capital why haven't they used it to improve the team before it got this bad? If their close to the majors talent was any good they'd be on the roster. If their best players are further away it'd take more players to get anyone decent and they'd be trading their future on the hopes a hot streak and four teams collapsing ahead of them. I don't see that happening. If it does all the better as it's probably going to be too little too late either way.
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Brewers Manager Retrospective: Ned Yost
Thurston Fluff commented on Harold Hutchison's article in Brewers
I always liked Yost. He was the right man for the time and thought he was far better than most fans gave him credit for. Taking KC to consecutive World Series and winning one with very good but not great teams validated that for me. -
The Cardinals have the worst record in the NL and the top three teams in the division are the Pirates, Reds and Brewers. How much fun would it be if the next five or so years the competition in the central would be between those three teams while the Cubs and Cards scraped the bottom?
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Nothing to add, I just really like the term playing teams with their tails up. Definitely going to steal that one.
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They were coming off a series win against the Pirates before they swept us and have a six game winning streak against teams with a winning record. The old adage "it isn't who you play, it's when you play them" holds true.
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I'm not saying facebook algorithms are evil but it forgot to remind me it was my wife's birthday then 17 ads for couches so comfortable you could sleep all night on them popped up.
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Not only will we be getting guys back but the usual strain the long season that starts to show up in August will be somewhat mitigated.
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This isn't exactly new music but I really liked Tenacious D's version of Wicked Game by Chris Isaak.
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When I heard Al Pacino is expecting a child all I wondered what the kid's first thought will be when he sees his dad for the first time. I think it'll go something like this. AHHHHHH MOM WHAT THE HELL!!!! AHHHH HE'S A RAISIN!!!! AHHH PLEASE TELL ME IT WAS INVITRO!!!!! AHHHHH.
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Most of us have been trying to.
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The term "warm body' comes to mind.
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Could Jackson Chourio debut in 2023?
Thurston Fluff commented on Steven Ohlrogge's blog entry in Brewers ink Brian Anderson
There's a pretty significant difference between .270/.309/.418 and .306/.388/.510. Let him play in AA for at least half the season then promote him to AAA if warranted and play out the season there. I want Chourio's years in the majors to be the best he can offer over wasting a year or so learning on the fly. -
Coming into work this morning and the street in front of the shop was blocked off. No problem park a couple blocks away and walk. Get closer and there's a squad car blocking the road. I ask if it's ok to get to the store, he asks if I work there, I say yes and he says no. I ask how long he says he doesn't know. He then asked for my number and said he'd call when all was clear and he did. Still don't know what the hell happened but I thought it was cool of him to go the extra mile to take my number then call when all was clear.
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I wasn't sure if you meant you have no clue what they're doing or if you think they don't have a clue what they're doing. Then I realized both are probably right.
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Right now the central is the only division in the NL that has three teams .500 or above.
