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  1. Playing Catch
    I think what they were doing at that point was trying to shrink the game; still get good shots, but take 20-25 seconds. I actually think this is coached deliberately, and has been for years. I believe the staff has a ratio of point-spread vs. minutes remaining (probably controlling for a turnover or two), where the team is taught to use clock. Perhaps that's obvious, but it absolutely can explain how blowouts become "close[r]".
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    Their defensive efficiency numbers are screwy this season. They have games like the last couple of games when they look very good (like top 25 defense in the country-good). But then you look at the PSU game and your eyes bleed. It's hard to not just throw out the Arizona game as an outlier. Then you have games like Indiana and Jax State, where they just took their foots off the gas in blowouts. If their "true" defensive value is top 25, then they are definitely F4 contenders, and if they can avoid a gauntlet like the 2015 team faced, they could win a title. The leaders need to start talking about it, too. Stating their ambitions out loud.
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    The 40-man roster is full. I can't imagine that THIS is the roster they go into spring training with. So who are the guys besides Chris Roller (who?) that they will cut/trade?
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    Yes. By 4th of July, the Brewers could have 8 guys on the list.
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    Well, to give you some idea, in comparing Ashby's first 2 seasons to Woodruff's, Ashby pitched about 50 more innings, with more starts, compiling 1.3 fWAR. He had better K%, and better xFIP. Woody's BB% was a little better, compiling 1.0 fWAR. So Ashby's future was looking pretty bright.
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    I think people are getting a big too excited about Hoskins. He's a huge upgrade from what the Brewers got last year, but he's not, and never has been, an all-star. I think why I, and obviously the majority of posters here, wanted him was simply because it made so much sense for a lower payroll team. If Hoskins was really good, the Brewers never would have been able to sign him in the first place.
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    This is silly to say, I know, but in a weird way, I think it would be easier to replace Burnes than Willy. With a Burnes trade, you'll be able to at least cover his innings using a bunch of guys, perhaps MLB-ready guys that would be part of a strong return. But trading Willy means Turang is the only SS that I can see in the organization that can reasonably be expected to be ready to play in MLB this season. If Turang would get hurt in this scenario, who plays short?
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    I think Brewerfan is just saying that yes, we all know he's a troll. Trolls behave EXACTLY like this. Plan (A) move goalposts, plan (B) make strawman arguments, plan (C) make goalposts out of strawman. Then flame. Always pump the bellows just enough so that posters get mad, but that the mods don't ban you. In terms of the risk of the 2nd year, I think it's acceptable risk. I think we have collective trauma after witnessing some truly horrible seasons the last few years, whether it be JBJ, Cain's last season, Tellez last year. If any of those season were merely poor, rather than dreadful, they wouldn't have been so painful.
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    Would this be enough to make him eligible for the whole, opening-day-roster-rookie-of-the-year benefit?
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    I pretty much hated the Avina/Sanchez trade. For those of you who believe I support every move this FO does, I didn't like this one. And I didn't even like Avina that much!
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    I'm not picking on you, titanrick, but the narrative that guys are "lost for nothing," can't end with, "only a comp pick." Guys are KEPT through, what will possibly be their peak career season... the year before they become free agents, in the middle of their peak. That season of production is VERY hard to get back in a trade, ESPECIALLY, if the return is unproven, albeit top-notch, talent from the minor leagues. If Burnes earns 6 WAR this season, it will be very difficult to recoup that, regardless of the return. Without looking it up (thanks, Sveum!), I'm going to put the CAREER WAR over/under on players that were once top 50 prospects at about 1.5. With this said, I totally disagree with those that believe this means the Brewers are "all-in," and that Burnes/Adames are off the market. I believe this particularly shrewd front office is perfectly capable of pulling an Icarus, and trading Burnes for guys that are MLB-ready AND controllable... #havingonescakeandeatingittoo. EDIT TO ADD: Love the Hoskins signing. Love it. let the kids simmer and cook in AAA.
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    I don't think I'm going to forget the PSU loss anytime soon. I like to think that I do a good job of compartmentalizing my irrational fandom, but the PSU game really, really bugs me. If how I feel is indicative of how the Badgers feel, I think Indiana is in trouble.
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    Refs rewarding aggression on both sides. Let's go get it!
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    "Expected" to win and, "I expect this team to beat PSU tonight." are different to me. Sure the oddsmakers have their favorite, therefore the Badgers are "expected" to win, But if I were a coach or player for the Badgers, and the Badgers lose, they failed to meet expectations, and they should be super disappointed. Likewise, "I expect this team to beat PSU tonight." There would be no viable excuse for losing this game. Champions don't lose games like this. (Unless of course we're talking about the 2014-15 B1G Champion Badgers who lost on the road on January 11th to T-Rank's #184 Rutgers squad).
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    I thought Votto has said he will never leave the Reds. That he would choose retirement. Did I just make that up?
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    I agree with Jay87. I think Clarke is a good bet to have a decent MLB career -- even if it's just a Luke Voit-style RH slugger 1B/DH type of career. Martinez has intrigued me for years. It would be pretty fun if he turned in a 20/20 season this year, and makes for a tough decision for Brewers brass to keep/lose him.
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    Credit to Collins for having them locked in the whole game, my lousy prediction was somewhat based on my belief they'd come in flat, fighting the 11 am start and snow. I also expected that the Badgers would do a better job on the boards, and of course, a better job with ball security. I also expected about 45 free throw attempts.
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    Now THIS is the kind of officiating I hate.
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    That kind of improvement while drafting as a two-time division champ and two-time wild card... I'm not sure what else needs to be said for people that don't believe it's a well-run organization (which requires leadership and investment).
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    So you're saying he could play first base??
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    Speaking for myself, part of the reason I don't mind a little disparity is simply due to the economics of things. The larger markets already subsidize the smaller markets, not just in financial terms, but in bringing eyeballs to ballparks and TVs. (Without doing any research on the topic), I would guess that the vast majority of baseball fans ONLY pay attention to their own team, unlike in the NFL or NBA. I know that once the Brewers are eliminated, my interest in baseball really craters. If MLB wanted NFL-levels of parity, MLB would lose millions and millions of eyeballs (and dollars) because if the Mets and Yankees were as bad as the Jets and the NY Football Giants, it would ultimately impact stadium revenue AND TV revenue in that market. If we were being honest with ourselves about desiring a perfect competitiveness-to-revenue ratio across the league, The Brewers would move to New York to become more financially AND competitively viable. With this said, I believe MLB is nearing that tipping point of competitiveness, and that further rules will need to be added to maintain the current competitiveness of the league.
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    Badgers are going to absolutely crush Northwestern today. 85-60.
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    This is officials' favorite trick, IMO. There's a bunch of dead-ball, non-turnover, non-shooting fouls on one team, and with the same number of fouls called, the other team shoots 20 more free throws.
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    I guess I'd have to watch it again, I just always know going into a B1G road game that the road team is gunna get hosed a few times. I just don't like it when the Badgers get hosed AND they get into foul trouble, or AND there's a big discrepancy in foul shots (when both teams have about the same number of fouls). That's when I feel like the fix is in. The slanted calls/no calls in favor of OSU didn't result in either of these events, so I felt fine. I usually reserve my hatred of refereeing for those games when the Badgers play against an aggressive defense predicated on forcing TOs. It's THOSE games that drive me nuts, because the Badgers will get called for ticky-tack stuff while the aggro-team gets away with murder.
  25. Playing Catch
    Gasser had a hard time getting out of the shadows, too.
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