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  1. Thurston Fluff
    It doesn't surprise me he'd want to opt out to be with his wife and new child instead of playing a meaningless game.
  2. Thurston Fluff
    Be nice to have him back but I think he's more suited to a fourth outfielder role. He's fine for an average offense but he'd be a heavily used 4th on good ones. On a totally irrelevant note The Ghost of Cain sounds like a great movie title.
  3. Thurston Fluff
    I cut the cord as soon as streaming became tenable. The only reason I was thinking of keeping dish was for Brewers games. Then I realized I really only ever watched west coast night games anyway. As you said, it lends itself to radio very well and who the hell wants to be sitting in the house watching tv in Summer?
  4. Thurston Fluff
    I think some are making way to much about pitching in a meaningless game. He'd be essentially pitching a bullpen session which he'd probably be doing anyway.
  5. Thurston Fluff
    37 year old Max Scherzer got over $43 million per year for three years. To get to a manageable $20 million is going to require deferring over half his contract. I doubt he'd go for a three year contract when he can easily get eight so now we're talking about deferring about $184 million. Why would someone in his position put off receiving $184 million for decades? I doubt anyone would do that without interest. Even assuming he does Yelich is being paid $2,333,333 between 2031 and 2042. Suddenly you're looking at a lot of dead money in the mid 30's for guys who aren't even on the team anymore.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    Haven't we learned the dangers of signing long term contracts yet? I certainly am not in favor of deferred compensation anywhere near to Bobby Bonilla level. That would effectively eliminate any chance of sustained productivity in ten years if not sooner. A LOT sooner if Burnes doesn't produce at a Cy Young level for 8-10 years. It would also coincide with the possibility of needing to revamp or replace the our stadium. Imagine how hard it would be to convince people to pony up for a new stadium even though there is no credible way to field a winning team for the foreseeable future.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    Of all the options I think the second has the least risk. Less injury risk for younger players, more money to spread around fill holes and a better farm allows for bigger trades. The Yelich deal would not have happened if we didn't have a loaded farm system necessary to acquire him. While there is risk of a Marlins type of trade happening I don't think that is anywhere near as risky as signing Hader and/or Burnes to a major deal then seeing injuries derail their careers or just turning into today's version of Yelich.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    I think they may look at trading the likes of Hauser or Lauer to free up some money to keep some of the top talent but I don't think it will be Hader or Burnes. Burnes is going to get generational talent level compensation in both number of years and amount per year. There is just no way to pay that much while also paying Yelich. They've already got one of the big three signed to a team friendly contract, if they want to sign another of the three Woodruff might be a better bet to extend. I'm not for extending either given the injury risks of pitchers in their 30's Hader is going to get more than any reliever is worth. You'll be paying for the name as well as the production. That's something the Brewers need to avoid. Especially given his replacement is already here and a proven commodity. There simply is no way to extend both Burnes and Hader without having to fill the rest of the roster with minimum wage type players. It also puts all their success on two players both staying healthy. That's not a bet one should take with any players but doubly so for pitchers.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    He loves that.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    I think it's more likely to Brewers had no interest in trading him than other GM's not being interested in the best reliever in the game. Especially given he'd have been under team control for multiple years.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    Pretty sure Mark Attanasio is the one calling the shots. He isn't going anywhere and probably isn't inclinded to let the short term goals of someone about to leave the organization to supersede his goals for the franchise.
  12. Thurston Fluff
    We were told the goal was to field good teams year in and year out. That won't happen if we trade the bulk of our top players all at once. If the choice is to keep the band together then we are doomed to a total rebuild. If we trade some players and get some back we may take a step back from what we'd have but we'd have a much better shot at maintaining a competitive team while reloading. I think the debate really boils down to whether doing all you can to field the best team on any given year is a better way to win World Series than having a consistently good team without mortgaging the future. Put me on the side of more small bites at the apple is better than one grand bite. So trade a couple this year, a couple nest year and sprinkle in the prospects a few at a time.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    My dog hides in the shower whenever it thunders.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    There was a nice little tidbit about Woodruff's Appleton experience on Brewers.com if anyone's interested.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    Never heard of a touch and feel bullpen session before. Sounds more like a couples retreat. Anyway, good news.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    Yea, I was wondering what his salary was this season. It appears to be $17,000,000. That is a lot of money to eat. Even if it is just the prorated portion.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    Guess my wait to see if we can recoup some of his salary in a trade was spot on. Does anyone know how much we have to eat in salary?
  18. Thurston Fluff
    I was out playing with my dog last evening and a 30ish year old couple were walking past and stopped to talk. Turns out he used to stop by and talk when he was a kid. His parents still lived a few blocks away and he was visiting. I remembered him and it was really nice to hear he was doing well, got married, has a good job and moved out of state after college. Then he told me how he used to think I was so cool growing up. Pretty awesome right? Then he continued to talk. Turns out my coolness was due to the fact that I didn't care what I looked like or what people thought of me. Oh well, my ego didn't need the boost anyway.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    I don't expect Wainwright, Molina and Pujols to hold up over 162 games. Especially given the amount of games are played in a shorter period of time. That makes our pitching advantage bigger and the offenses disadvantage smaller over the course of the season. As far as cutting Cain loose, why? He's a good fielder and base runner which may not be much for the salary but it's more than zero for the same cost. Like I said maybe he can be added to a trade to even out the contract of the person they traded for. Getting salary relief may be the difference between being able to afford a great player or just an average one at the deadline. It just doesn't make sense to cut someone when it's a sunk cost and he isn't blocking anyone.
  20. Thurston Fluff
    Definitely not the time to start selling. A slump at least partially caused by injuries is not enough to declare a division title out of reach. This is still the most talented team in the division and will start to show that at some point. As far as not being good enough to win it all goes, not getting to the playoffs is the only guarantee of not winning a World Series. If it took being the best team in the league to win it all the Dodgers would have more than one World Series title in the past decade and the Brewers would have been to two WS since 2011. As far as cutting ties with players like Cain and McCutchen I'd rather wait a bit and see if we can use them in a trade to offset the cost of acquiring another player. I realize most teams looking to rebuild have no use for them but if they want to get some prospects they may be willing to take on a bit of salary to accommodate a trade. That's especially true if the player they're getting rid of has a larger contract or don't want a major league ready player. Yelich has a full no trade clause. He isn't going anywhere.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    This team has a string of recent success that the 2014 team didn't have. I can't help but think the 2014 team was sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop. When things started to go south it was harder to beleive they were really as good as their record was and it snowballed. This group knows they have the talent to win and are used to winning.
  22. Thurston Fluff
    The pitching is nothing like 2014. There is both depth and top end talent the 2014 team could only dream of.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    It's an all or nothing offense. There will be times like this but there will also be times when they hit multiple home runs several games in a row. I really don't know how that can be fixed given our limited resources in both money and prospects. The good news is if the team gets on one of those good streaks in the playoffs this team can beat anybody.
  24. Thurston Fluff
    The Cards also played one less game and didn't just go through a stretch of more games than days without a day off. Nor have they had as many road games so far. I know it isn't much of a difference but neither is the difference in the runs given up so far. When things even out then lets see who gave up the fewest runs. My money is on the Brewers. The offense is where the difference between the two cannot be excused by the schedule or number of games played. Though it should be noted that this losing streak is coming after said string of games played. An easier schedule with less travel and more off days than the Cards will probably not be a bad thing later one. Just have to get through this part.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    Better call Dahl.
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