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So long as they play well, win or lose, this game should give us a sense of the ceiling for this Badger team.
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Why do I have the feeling that Yelich at 1st would make Rowdy Tellez look like Keith Hernandez? I can't be the only one that feels this way.
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I know that different teams are in different circumstances, but would you be willing to part with Misiorowski for a player such as Burnes, with one year remaining? At first when I contemplated this, I thought "no way," but the development risk, even a guy like Painter or Tiedemann, is really really high. I think if I was a big-budget club I probably would think it was worth it due to the surety of value in that one season of Burnes, simply because you can compete for the best free agents, which can replace the value that prospects can provide (in terms of team control). -
I want to keep all of our best OFers and not trade any of them due to any perceived "logjam," and that includes Perkins, who according to Fangraphs, has 2 options remaining. Injuries, growing pains, platoon options, aging Yelich -- all of these are good reasons to keep all of them. Perhaps the idea of strengthening in other areas is a good thing to consider, but I think I'd prefer to fill those gaps (SP depth, Corner-IF) with short contract free agents and hope that Black, Clarke, Wilken, Brown Jr. can all contribute as MLB starters in a year or two.
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My guess is that if Haslam owned the Brewers, he'd run them just like Attanasio, and if Attanasio owned the Bucks, he'd run them just like Haslam.
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I'm not sure that either of those guys, in a blind study, would fit YOUR definition of "stud".
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I love this.
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It looks like his struggles against righties was what doomed Robles. In the last two seasons, Chourio had, wait for it... reverse splits.
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So baseball-wise, the worst-case scenario is that you have a cost-controlled $10M annual speedy CF who has a low average (.220) with power to all fields (15 HRs) and some stolen base ability. That's not too bad. I don't really think that his bust potential would be lower than this outcome regardless the fact prospects aren't guarantees. Obviously a best-case scenario would be more like Acuna, where the rest of the league envies the player and contract. I really love the 2 team options. As others have stated, that's the potential equivalent of signing the best FA for only a 2 year deal. I wonder what the buyout(s) are worth.
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In terms of the bowl season conversation, I've always felt they should have kept the traditional bowl system perfectly intact. Just add the playoff afterwards. But the kicker would be if you LOSE your bowl, you are OUT of the playoff. Michigan goes to Rose Bowl, loses to Washington? They are ineligible for the playoff.
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I think it stinks he won't play the bowl game. He makes them so much better. This will sound like sour grapes, but it's not... I don't think I'll miss him next season, and I don't think he'll make it in the pros. He's simply hurt too often. I think his lack of availability will also crush his draft stock. When he's 100% he's a stud, but he's NEVER 100%.
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I would love love love that trade, and I agree strongly with your point about a Burnes trade. I think that has been my hesitation with trading Burnes is due to the lack of depth in our MLB/AAA stable of pitchers, the team would not only lose their ace, but pitchers 2-5 all get bumped up a spot, and suddenly the team is trotting out Junk every five days. Woo has already had success in MLB, and to get near-ready Hancock as well would go a LONG way to stabalizing the starting pitching in the post-Burnes/Woodruff era I've also always preferred Frelick's floor to Mitchell's ceiling.
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I'm on the fence with this decision. I agree with those that don't like doing a deal like this for a player with no MLB experience. It makes me kind of nervous. With that said, I would be pretty excited to start the year with Chourio on the roster, and if he ends up being even an average player, I'll be excited to have him locked up for years. Of course if he ends up being an all-star, this will end up being a great decision.
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What is the "value" attached to trying to win the division? We all like to talk about maximizing "value," (myself included), but the whole point of this exercise is that the Brewers win a World Series. Having Corbin Burnes and Wily Adames and Devin Williams on the roster MUST improve the chances of said outcome, no? Can one quantify the value of a winning season? Perhaps THAT is the part of the equation we have a hard time with.
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This is my opinion as well. I just don't see any reason to rush him. He's too valuable. I also worry that fans will be disappointed by a couple of pedestrian seasons. I'm not predicting this, but it's entirely possible that he ends up being a good, not great, hitter, fielder, and baserunner. Spencer Torkleson was one of the most sure-fire hitting prospects in a long time, and his first two seasons in MLB featured wRC+ of 75 and 107. I'm not sure that was the best use of 2 years of service time.
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In his first full season as a starter in 1975, Robin Yount committed a staggering 44 errors at shortstop, the most errors committed by a shortstop since 1951.
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This defense hasn't allowed more than 24 points in any game this season. We all need to remember that the Badgers experienced some success in the Kevon Cosgrove, "bend don't break," defensive era, and that the aggro-defenses in the last 10 years have allowed BIG point totals to East division elites.
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This is the key. If they are never given the chance, one may as well trade them. Repeating time in AAA does nothing for their development if they've already performed there. It's merely valuable as a way to stash guys that aren't quite good enough for MLB, or for service time manipulation.
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It's been bothering me all season. I get that Air Raid isn't the same as Air Coryell, but I thought there would be a few more vertical routes. I don't go to the games, so I can't see on TV, but maybe they're running them, but they are never the correct read? Maybe the players haven't picked up the offense as quickly as I expected? I'm sure the Mordecai hand injury hasn't helped. Perhaps the defenses in the B1G really ARE just that much better than in the ACC or Big 12? Or maybe the players simply aren't that good, that the receivers STILL can't get any separation. It's probably a little bit of all of this. My 2 consolations to this season, are that this roster still is pretty young, actually, especially because other than Braelon, I don't see anyone leaving early. And secondly, I forgot how fun it was to win games (Nebraska), when you are no longer expected to challenge for the division title. It reminds me how much fun being an underdog can be. Now let's beat Minnesota today!
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"Cutting payroll," suggests the roster decisions they make are primarily a function of finances. While I'm sure they always have a budget, if they decide to do a big rebuild with younger players given roster spots, they will necessarily be less expensive, thus having a lower payroll. This isn't necessarily about being "cheap," although certainly there have been many examples of other teams going cheap/cutting payroll.
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I'm against it. 2 seconds shouldn't matter that much either way, but one of the reasons this season's pitch clock rules were so successful was because of the paucity of violations. We don't need to see more violations.
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In all of sports, perhaps my favorite guy to root for is the backup catcher. This is a really important decision! I think, like so many of the other decisions the team makes, it depends if they are going for it or not. If they are going for it, then they are keeping their pitchers, and probably integrating Gasser and Misiorowski into the team as the season progresses, in which case I want a top-notch receiver/coach/grizzled guy that Burnes will like throwing to, and that Gasser can learn from. If they decide they aren't going for it, then I want any old guy who is a good influence on the younger players.
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2023-24 Wisconsin Basketball season thread
Playing Catch replied to LouisEly's topic in Other Sports
I think I'm optimistic because of the depth. I know, I know, Gard only plays 8 guys, so what's the point of having "depth"? The point is that in all of those games last year where the guys faded at the end of games, this year, they can be strong and finish games strong. The guys can play more aggressively throughout the game, trusting that if they get in foul trouble, or get winded, a legitimate player on the bench can step in and step up. And we've already seen that our bench guys are good enough to do that. -
He's dynamic! He's polarizing! In AAA he's Eric Davis. In MLB he's... Joey Wiemer. In the months since he was last seen playing for the big club, I've forgiven and forgotten all of those Wiemer whiffs, and have somehow fallen in love with him all over again. His introduction to the big leagues was premature. Will this stunt his growth? Or will that crucible crack open all of that prospect promise? If he's a player that the team believes has value and a future as a big league hitter (we all know he's a big league defender), do you sell low on him? Do you hope that with some humility and maturity he will polish his game in Nashville? Or do you put him right back on the horse to start the season, and have him be part of an outfield mix? If they don't believe he'll ever be anything special, I suppose they can just bury him on the depth chart with his minor league options, and we fans will just have to wistfully daydream about what could have been... Ah! what to have a golden-haired, mustachioed Icarus flying around centerfield and feasting on center-cut fastballs, sending them into the leftfield bleachers! Bah! What could have been... what should have been.
