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  1. Playing Catch
    I wonder if the Brewers would consider countering an $8M+ annual salary by adding sheer length to any deal. He really is Brewers to the core. What if they offered an ownership stake, or some other "lifetime" contract that didn't necessarily require him to manage forever. He's been around long enough for the organization and ownership group to know "the man" well enough to trust him to a long-term commitment, regardless of role.
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    I wonder if, with the baseball-world recognizing the strength of this system, if the organization will experience an artificial "boost" to Brewers prospects, especially the teens experiencing state-side success? As in, the scouting world trusts the organization to properly develop guys, making it more likely that they pan out.
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    Would you agree though, that his K/BB ratio is still really strong? He was 6th among Southern League qualifiers. Just looking at the numbers, it seems like he could use a pitch, probably the sinker, to induce more soft contact early in counts? I don't like his FB/GB ratio either. (edit to add: I'm very excited about Rodriguez. I'm very high on him.)
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    I trust your judgement, and yet, I find this very hard to believe!
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    I'm going to echo those referring to his swing. I'm no scout, so take my opinion with a chunk of salt, but it looks nearly "perfect". Maybe he turns his shoulder a little too much pull-side? But he keeps the bat in the zone so long, I'm not sure it matters. In that clip alone he got to the high pitch and the low and away pitch.
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    Someone should start a season thread. I saw the athletic released their preseason all-B1G teams. No Badgers on the first or second teams, but Wisconsin was the only team with 5 players that received votes.
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    I'm optimistic that Matt Arnold will win a GM-of-the-year award at some point during his Brewers tenure! Over/Under on when Torts starts the 2024 thread? (Obviously, January 1st, but will he wait until he wakes up in the morning, or post it at 12:01 on NYE?) I'm optimistic he won't let us down.
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    It seems like if Hiura goes and has success, posters will be able to say, "I told you so. the Brewers are so dumb!" and if he never has success, those posters can say, "The Brewers ruined his career!" I can't wait to find out who the Brewers 2024 pariah will end up being. That could be a fun prediction poll.
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    I don't think I realized how much the Woodruff injury specter was preventing me from fully "moving on," from this season. Now that we know that he won't be part of the 2024 picture (sadly), at least now I can start looking forward to the offseason.
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    I feel bad for Woody. He just really seemed to be the heartbeat of the team the last few years. Seemed like a super-genuine, nice guy. Absolutely the type of player teams want to "build around". He deserved his shot at a big pay-day. I just wish he'd lost a year to Tommy John, rather than face the ominous future of shoulder surgery. With this said, there's a hypothetical universe where the Brewers traded Woody last offseason for stud prospects, and those prospects... fizzled out. It doesn't have to end up being a really big deal for the team. They never invested financially in Woody beyond his arbitration, and pitchers get hurt all the time. I mean, Woody himself only made 11 starts this season. I think it's interesting that with this injury, some of the "run-it-back-in-2024" opinions are shifting to "re-set/rebuild in 2024," and those that were looking to do the rebuild are now saying, run-it-back.
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    I think I mused on this mid-season, but I could definitely see a Black/Clarke 1B platoon coming to Milwaukee sooner than later.
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    It IS interesting to me just how much the Woodruff injury impacts what they do this offseason.
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    I think I change my mind on this offseason every other day, so I reserve the right to change my mind yet again, but today I'm thinking that the Brewers bring up all the kids to start the season, Chourio, Black, Gasser, maybe even Misiorowski as a long-man out of the pen, but keep Burnes and Williams. This would allow the Brewers to better understand where the kids are at (including our 2nd year guys) before the trade deadline. I don't mind the idea of trading Burnes and/or Williams in the offseason, but the issue is that I don't know what I want in return. Will the Brewers continue to produce arms with their alchemy, or should they trade for SPs? Will Chourio and Black be middle-of-the-order hitters, or merely decent starting players? If the kids are alright, and the Brewers are contending, great! Roll with it! If the kids struggle in the first half, the Brewers won't be contending anyway, so trading Burnes and Williams at the deadline will still net big returns. I believe it was Doug Melvin that used to say that the returns for pitching were better at the deadline, and the returns for hitters is better in the off-season. I am just nervous about how long they can rely on elite pitching and defense when we may run dry of elite pitching, and I'm nervous that if Chourio and Black end up just being okay, that the Brewers will want to trade Burnes/Williams for a middle-of-the-order bat.
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    I remember a Twins game back in the day where Gary Gaetti started two bases-loaded 5-4-3 triple plays in the same game.
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    I needed to take a break from BF after the playoff losses. Glad to see nothing has changed😁
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    I'd be curious if there are certain "usage" rules attached to some contracts, in terms of number of days after a 4+ out outings, or things like that. The "you guys want me to do everything," certainly suggests that there is more to the story.
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    Reading people's ideas and mulling things over in my own head, I keep coming back to the same thing... The Brewers are currently in a really good spot with the talent in the organization. They should be able to compete for years to come. I'm not naive to the prospective loss of Burnes/Woodruff, and the impact that would have on being able to win division titles, but there isn't a true re-build in the foreseeable future, either. A re-fitting, perhaps, but they should remain competitive.
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    Fun thread, even if I don't play every day.
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    I've sensed other examples where the Brewers seem to keep reflecting and evolving. Just when we think we've pegged the front office as stubbornly choosing a prescribed strategy, whatever the results, they do things that we don't expect (e.g. drafting a bunch of corner-power prospects). Maybe they are more flexible in their thinking and planning than fans give them credit for?
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    That's my point. Those big-spending teams you just listed are NOT analytically driven... yet. Those teams are still, "sign 30 year-old stars," driven, regardless of how you support the team through scouting/analytics/pitching lab/defense/etc. Atlanta, after extending all of their young guys, chose to NOT re-sign a 33-year-old Freddie Freeman (happy birthday, BTW), choosing instead to extend a then, 28-year-old Matt Olson. We all know that the Dodgers like to re-make/recycle relievers to make them something special with what I would assume is their OWN pitching lab. What happens to baseball when all of the big spenders choose not to pay 30+ year old FAs and choose instead to use analytics to drive their winning operations? The fun part is that the MLBPA will riot... Both sides will, (fingers crossed), decide that revenue-sharing and competitive balance is better than what college football is choosing to do... kill the golden goose.
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    I realize that big-markets have gone all analytical before (Astros), but I do fear that the days of the Rays (and Brewers) being competitive by these means are numbered. Baseball really needs to figure out if they want to be the NFL, European (and Saudi) soccer, or a pleasant mesh in-between in terms of competitive balance. I hope we are able to keep most (all?) of the scouting staff.
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    I don't see why people close to the team couldn't be targets. I would presume that Dim Tillard would be ideal -- but I'd doubt the team would let him contribute. This isn't meant as a blanket endorsement of Dillard's work/Twitter or whatever, I often find him inane, and harmless. But I still would rather listen to ANY Brewers "personality" yammer compared to the Twins' patented "broadcasts of boredom". My gosh do Twins broadcasts make my ears bleed. Having a Brewers employee contribute would certainly be beneficial to the site, even if they're not directly relating to fans. But again, I'm guessing any sort of content from Brewers employees is contracted to go through the team site.
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    Because he has some thoughts that are much different than many others. Because there are nuggets here and there that I find interesting, even though I think they may be wrong. It's fresh. I like Ghostbear every once in awhile. Maybe, once a month.
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    I like the idea of a 10-game IL stint, even if he's healthy-ish. See what Donaldson has in the tank, give some ABs to the bench guys (who haven't been seeing many ABs lately, and I'd like to keep them in form), get Christian ship-shape for the stretch run.
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    No Yelich today. I have a feeling he's gunna do a short IL stint. I'm a little surprised that Anderson is going down the same Brewerfanatic-respect rabbit hole as the Jesse Winkers and Luke Voits of the world. Anderson is an awesome guy to have available with his excellent IF/OF defense. I swear something must've happened the week I was out of touch with the internet/baseball this summer. I think most of his "struggles," are really just the result of losing his job to Monasterio.
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