The stache

Can somebody please explain to me why Yelich remains in the three spot? He's utterly worthless right now.

If we lose this game, the games here on out are hardly meaningless. Perhaps somebody hasn't looked at our remaining schedule. After three against the Mets, we close the season with six games against the Cardinals, who we suddenly can't beat, and the Dodgers. All on the road. I've seen this team blow it too many times to think "the division is locked up".

Why did Counsell take out Houser? 1 ER through 6, and only 83 pitches thrown. Why? /barf

The more I read about what's going on with Yelich, the more I think that the back issues as they stand in 2021 are directly connected with the knee injury he suffered. Even if the knee is now completely healed, and no longer a cause of any kind of discomfort, my gut instinct, dealing post surgically with knee issues for over 30 years, and spine issues for nearly 15, is that irreparable damage has occurred to his spine. I'm a good deal older than Yelich, and I have additional medical issues beyond those that Yelich has. About three years ago, I tripped and broke the patella in my left knee. Fractured it into two pieces. It was incredibly painful, and my orthopedic specialist (the one that does my knee and leg surgeries) told me that the two pieces were still connected by one little piece of bone at the very top. His hope was that we might avoid a reconstructive procedure with rest. The thought of having my patella pieced back together with a pin wasn't very appealing, so the conservative approach that this surgeon always took with me once again seemed logical. I was put on bed rest for two months, and when I came back to get another set of x-rays, the fracture had completely healed. My surgeon was shocked it had healed as well as it had, knowing my history. I'm clearly not a professional athlete like Yelich, but when I began rehabilitation for the knee, just simple weight bearing exercises caused a good deal of pain and discomfort. Assisted deep knee bends. Climbing stairs. Walking with ankle weights. About three weeks into that rehab, my sports medicine physical therapist, who began treating that leg when I shattered the femur a few years earlier, and had been treating me for 15 years, took some video of me walking on the treadmill, and had me compare it to video taken at the end of my femur rehab. My gait had noticeably changed, and my back issues, which were already a handful, saw a dramatic increase in pain level and frequency; I also had an increase in the number of severe muscle spasms, which originated at multiple points between T12 and L3-L4. Though I'd suffered no recent trauma to my back, when I visited my chiropractor, my spinal alignment was completely out of whack. Nothing says "tonight is going to suck ass" like hearing the joints in your back audibly pop with gentle manipulation. Compared to an MRI from just 12 months earlier, there was a noticeable increase to the disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration. The news says that Yelich's latest MRI shows no damage. No "new" damage is how I interpret it. I don't know how HIPAA laws affect professional athletes as far as what can be reported to the public. But if Yelich's issue with his back predate this recent flair up, which seems to be the case, we might not be getting the full picture. Anybody that has dealt with back pain understands how delicate a balancing act the spine is. With so many moving parts, with articulation in so many different directions, it seems highly likely to me that the knee fracture accelerated whatever degenerative issues are occurring in his back. I fear this isn't a simple disc issue. If there were a protrusion, they would get him into the OR to re-seat it. If there were some annular fissure, which would be a chronic issue going forward, they would address it surgically. If the interior of the disc were torn, it would be repaired. Almost anything beyond that could be treated with a steroid injection. Any type of facet or SI joint issue, they would also try to treat first with a steroid injection. Those take a few weeks before they start working. Whatever ultimately comes out, I'd bet the house that the Christian Yelich we saw in 2018 and 2019 just isn't ever coming back. I really hope I'm wrong, but all sorts of red lights are flashing here. They can't pinpoint the exact issue of his discomfort, so it seems like a much more widespread issue to me. He might be able to continue, playing out his contract, but a back injury to a hitter like Yelich is death. I always think back to Don Mattingly, and the kind of player he was before and after his back injury. My heart goes out to him. There are few things worse than chronic back pain.

So, the sanctimonious ahat former manager of the Cardinals that would pontificate about every player that violated his imaginary "code" got a DUI, and tried to get out of the arrest with the "I'm a Hall of Famer baseball person"? LOL. That's rich. Here I thought he was such a paragon of virtue.

Just when I thought that "getting kicked in the jimmies" feeling that came after the Bucks were unceremoniously dismissed in the second round of the playoffs, failing to reach the NBA Finals with the best record in the NBA for the second year in a row, couldn't possibly be topped, the Brewers courageously stepped to the plate. "Hold my beer." Thank you. Getting no hit by the Cubs was just what I needed. And then there was this cherry on top of the sundae: So, what could possibly happen today, in this wackiest of seasons, gentlemen? On September 9th, the Brewers beat the Detroit Tigers 19-0 in the stadium that Al Kaline built (well, not really. But that would certainly class up Comerica Park). Corbin Burnes took a no hitter into the 5th. The Brewers ultimately outhit Detroit 21-2. The offense that has slumbered all season long suddenly looks like the Brewers of 2011. I could almost see Brauny and Prince going back to back. And, I literally said after the game, "I wish we could have saved some of those hits. We might need them tomorrow." I was only off by a few days. Four days later, at home, against the hated Cubs, we get no hit. By a guy with a 4.74 ERA. A guy that, before tossing 6 innings of shutout ball against the Reds, had given up 21 earned runs in 24 innings over his last five starts. A 7.66 ERA. That's not quite "getting beaten by a 42 year old Zamboni driver that's your team's employee" bad, but it's not far off. Maybe Christian Yelich will look like his old self again. One can dream, right?

Now that's just piling on.

First Cubs pitcher to toss an opening day complete game at Wrigley since 1974.

Seeing all those empty seats is just eerie.

Come on, Yeli!

Babe Arcia.

Welcome to the Majors kid. Don't do that again, please.

Nope. It's not Greg Maddux, either.

Wow, what a pathetic offensive showing. Two singles by Arcia. Yay!

Between 1975 and 1983, Cecil Cooper was a .312 hitter. There's no denying that Cecil Cooper was one of the best players in baseball in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He emerged as a perennial All Star after being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, in a deal that sent George Scott back to Boston. But "Coop" didn't become a starter until he came to Milwaukee in 1977, at age 27. He was a rookie in 1971, and spent six seasons in Boston languishing on the bench, or playing as a designated hitter. Per SABR's website, he was rumored to be up for a starting job in 1972. But the Red Sox acquired Danny Cater from the Yankees, and Cooper was sent to AAA. He played 12 games that year. 30 in 1973. He finally started getting some consistent playing time the next season, appearing in 121, 106 and 123 games the next three seasons. Yet even after an All Star caliber performance in 1975 (.311 AVG, 14 HR, 44 RBI, .899 OPS), the Red Sox still found a way to keep him out of nearly 40 games the following season. Did Cecil Cooper's late start cost him a chance at being elected to the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown? Now, before you instantly dismiss this thought, consider this. Harold Baines was just named to the Hall by the Veteran's Committee. I don't agree with it, but he's a Hall of Famer. Baines has a career bWAR of 38.7 playing in 2,830 games. His stat line: .289 AVG, 2,830 games, 11,092 PA, 9,908 AB, 1,299 runs, 2,866 hits, 488 doubles, 49 triples, 384 home runs, 1,628 RBI. .356 OBP/.465 SLG/.820 OPS 121 OPS+ In 22 seasons, Baines was a 5-time All Star. In 1984, he led the American League in slugging. That's the only time he ever led in any offensive category. He received MVP votes in four seasons, with a 9th place finish in 1985 being his best finish. He received one Silver Slugger in his career. Compare his line to that of Cecil Cooper's: .298 AVG, 1,986 games, 7,939 PA, 7,349 AB, 1,012 runs, 2,192 hits, 415 doubles, 47 triples, 241 home runs, 1,125 RBI. .337 OBP/.446 SLG/.803 OPS 121 OPS+ Cooper was a 5-time All Star, leading the league in doubles twice, in RBI twice, and total bases once. He had four top ten finishes in the MVP: 8th in 1981, and 5th place in 1980, 1982 and 1983. He won two Gold Gloves, and three Silver Sluggers. Cooper's career OPS+ is identical to Baines'. What if Cooper had been made the starter in 1972, or in 1973? How many more games played, and most importantly for Cooper's Hall candidacy, hits, would he have added to his career? Cecil Cooper's 36.0 career bWAR is only 2.7 less than Baines' career total, and Baines played 934 more games. Baines has 3,889 more career at bats than Cooper, and yet Cooper's performance provided nearly the identical value. Now, certainly, Baines is at the extreme low end of Hall worthiness. But if Baines is in, and Cooper, playing 5.75 fewer seasons, has provided the same value, maybe he deserves another look. Cecil Cooper became a starter in 1977 at age 27. To that point, he had played in 406 games, and had 1,330 at bats. Baines, before his age 27 season (1986), had played in 847 games, and totaled 3,184 more at bats. That's 1,854 more at bats than Cooper had at the same point in his career. Cooper was a .283 hitter in Boston. If he adds 1,854 more at bats, hitting .283, he gets 525 more hits. His career hit total is 2,717. Ah, but that's assuming he stays the .283 hitter he was as a Red Sox player, and doesn't progress a step further to becoming the player he was in Milwaukee. What if, instead of being a .283 hitter he was, he's closer to the .302 career hitter he was in Milwaukee? 1,854 at bats, 560 hits. Using his career totals (ie what percentage of his career hits are doubles), his numbers project to this: 1,271 runs, 2,752 hits, 521 doubles, 59 triples, 303 home runs, 1,412 RBI. 4,300 total bases. 45.2 bWAR. Does the Veteran's Committee give him serious consideration for the Hall with those numbers? Coop probably wins at least one more Silver Slugger, and maybe another Gold Glove. When you consider that in 1981, Cooper lost a third of a season, a year in which his OPS+ was 151, hitting .320. The strike cost him 63 more hits. But again, I'm using career averages. The best and worst are averaged together. Cooper's stats, between 1977 and 1983, are stunning, given the era of reduced offense. Cooper's 162 game averages between 1977 and 1983: .316 AVG, 99 runs, 206 hits, 40 doubles, 4 triples, 26 home runs, 109 RBI, .354 OBP/.504 SLG/.858 OPS 137 OPS+ I've seen Cooper compared to Rod Carew several times over the years, and it's no coincidence, as Cooper's stance was altered to more closely resemble Carew's. By the way, between 1977 and 1983, Rod Carew hit .337. His OPS+ over that span? 137. The same as Cooper's. Carew won six batting titles, and Cooper never won one, although only George Brett's flirting with .400 in 1980 stood in his way of one. Carew was an all-time great. Cooper isn't looked at in the same light, and shouldn't be. But perhaps Cooper's career merits re-examination. It's certainly not a guarantee that he gets serious consideration for the Hall if he'd started earlier. But here's the bottom line. If Cooper begins as a full time player at the same point Harold Baines did, his numbers are better. He likely goes past 2,800 career hits, and is nearing 1,500 RBI. Baines beats him in power numbers, but a .298 AVG bests Baines' .289, and Cooper is a much more highly decorated player than Baines ever was. I ask myself a question when it comes to Cooperstown. What does the Hall of Fame exist to recognize? Greatness? Or, really good players that hung around forever, and put together fairly impressive counting stats? There are two tiers to the Hall of Fame, as I see it. The first tier exists for the immortals of the game: Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Bob Gibson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Mike Schmidt, and Tom Seaver, among others. The second tier exists for the guys that combined a peak of greatness, and longevity, or, had shorter careers, but absolutely dominated at their peak. Carl Yastrzemski would be a good example of the first. Sandy Koufax the second. I look at Harold Baines, and I see a very good player. Was he ever one of the ten best players in the game? I don't think so. At what point in his career was Harold Baines ever truly great? Baseball Reference lists a season of 5.0 WAR+ as being All Star level, and 7.0 or higher as MVP level. Harold Baines' best seasons by WAR: 1984, 4.3 1982, 3.4 1986, 2.9 1991, 2.9 1999, 2.8 He doesn't have a single season that even approaches All Star caliber. 1984 is a fringe All Star season, at best. Compare him to Cooper: 1980, 6.8 1981, 6.1* (Cooper played in 106 of 109 games. 6.1 is a projection based on 155 games played). 1982, 5.6 1983, 4.0 1979, 3.7 1978, 3.0* 1977, 2.7 Cooper only played in 107 of 162 games in 1978. I won't adjust this, as it was due to a reason other than a strike (injury, hold out, etc). His WAR jumps to a 4.3 if he plays in 154 games. And his WAR7 with those two adjustments comes out to 33.0. The average WAR7 of 21 Hall of Fame first basemen is 42.7. Then Cooper is pretty close to some modern first baseman Hall of Famers: Orlando Cepeda (34.5), Tony Perez (36.5), Harmon Killebrew (38.1). I guess I'm bored out of my skull because we're still ten days away from Major League Baseball, and looking for interesting discussion. Sadly, we'll never know what could have happened with Cecil Cooper if he had played longer. I think he was clearly one of the best hitters in baseball for nearly a decade, 1975 to 1983. Cooper hit .312, OPSing .851, a 135 OPS+ over that nine year period. Ultimately, he doesn't get in. But I think it would be a discredit to how good Cecil Cooper was as a player for the Veteran's Committee to at not least kick the tires on his career one more time. If you're a top 5 MVP candidate three times in four years, you're one of the best players in the game. What do you all think?

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I'm considering doing this again. $30 a month for three months isn't too terrible. After going this long without sports, it will be a godsend.

The 30 games he missed this past year aside, I'm still trying to figure out how Christian Yelich's last two years haven't even been worth a combined 15 WAR. He was the MVP last year leading the league in batting. He hits 3 points better, raises his OBP by 27 points, raises his SLG by a whopping 73 points-and this was the guy that led the NL in slugging last year, and he's only worth 7.1 WAR In 130 games? If he adds another 22-25 games, he's still only at an 8.3 at that rate. His defensive metrics aren't great, but they're certainly not terrible. And considering how ridiculous he was offensively, it just seems off to me. If you tell me a guy plays 130 games, leads his league in batting, has the best home rate en route to 40 + bombs, steals 30+ and has the highest stolen base success rate in the league, heads the league in OBP and OPS+, leads the Majors in SLG and OPS...how is he at only 7 wins? A 164 OPS+ is outstanding. A 179 is freaking fantastic. He's averaging a home run every 13.3 AB the past two years, while stealing bases successfully 90% of the time he goes, leading the league in batting both seasons, and the top slugger in baseball not named Mike Trout. He has two full seasons before age 30. He's looking at somewhere between 45 and 50 bWAR by age 30. I don't see him as the kind of guy that sees a rapid decline in skill set. He's not a terribly big guy that's going to put a lot of wear and tear on his body. If he "only" averages 4 WAR A season to 35, that's between 65-70 WAR. I expect he'll have a few seasons where he exceeds that. Putting him back in left will increase his defensive metrics. I could easily see him with 75+ WAR by the time he retires. How high that number goes, I don't know. But Unless he suffers a major injury, or sees a drastic drop in production (not likely playing half his games at Mill....er, American Family Field), he's a pretty good bet to make it, isn't he? Especially if he improves his defense just slightly back in left. He doesn't need to be a plus defender, but don't let defense lower your overall value the way Braun's did.

The Brewers, historically, have suffered tremendously where pitching is concerned. Any time they've won big, they've done it largely with hitting. '82 when we went to the Series? Yount was the AL MVP. Molitor, Yount and Cooper all had over 200 hits. We hit a ton of home runs. Pitching? We had the 1981 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner in Rollie Fingers coming out of the bullpen until he couldn't pitch. I'll go to my grave contending that if we had 1981 Fingers in the Series, we probably beat the Cardinals. And if 1982 Cy Young winner Pete Vukovich is healthy, too, eating up innings, the Cardinals don't have a chance. But even Vukovich wasn't a great pitcher. As far as Cy Young winners go, I don't know if he'd even qualify as average. He was 18-6. That's why he won the Award. That, and he played on the best team in baseball. His 3.34 ERA wasn't bad, but his 114 ERA+, his 4.02 FIP and 1.502 WHIP weren't especially good. Certainly not what you'd expect from a Cy Young Award winner. The few times we've developed guys that could turn into top of the rotation starters, they've gotten hurt. Ben Sheets was absolutely dominant for a time. Jimmy Nelson was third in the National League in FIP in 2017, and then he tore his labrum diving back into first. There went his season, and the whole of 2018. "The Brewers can't develop pitching". That's been the knock. That's what I've seen in online discussions away from our forum. When we've had great pitchers, they were rentals. Sabathia pitched out of his mind for half a season. Zack Greinke, who will be in Cooperstown-we had him for about a year and a half. Am I crazy thinking that we could very well have one of baseball's top 1-2 rotation punches by the end of the year? Two home grown starters that have ridiculously high ceilings. After waiting so long, could this be the start of something special? Brandon Woodruff was an All Star last year. Of course, he got hurt, so he missed a big chunk of the stretch run. But all indications point to his being healthy to start 2020. Had he qualified, his 3.01 FIP would have been fifth in the Majors, behind Max Scherzer (2.45), Gerrit Cole (2.64), Jacob deGrom (2.67) and Charlie Morton (2.81). He'd have tied with Dodger Walker Buehler. Woodruff's 4.77 SO/BB ratio would have been 10th best in the Majors. At 27, and healthy, Woodruff is in his prime, and ready to go. Then, there's Corbin Burnes. After a strong 2018 out of the pen, he was awful in 2019 in the rotation. They moved him back to the pen, where he had good and bad runs. But let's not kid ourselves. There might not be five starters in the bigs with clearly better stuff. Much has been made about Burnes' ridiculous spin rate. I'm not going into advanced metrics, and heat charts, etc. Suffice to say that a few things tweaked, including improved pitch location, and a better mix of his fastball and slider...this could be the year Burnes becomes a true ace. Someone tell me that this is wishful thinking. That I'm being a homer. I just have a strange feeling, and I don't think I'm wrong.

My honest answer to the question? I don't know. The Brewers front office was highly successful with an outlier approach once before when they came up just shy of the World Series; they bet on a pitching staff heavily reliant on the bullpen, less so on the rotation. It almost got them an American....whoops, National League pennant for the first time (I'll never get used to that ). I've loved baseball with an insatiable passion since I was eight years old. I've read more books, watched more games and documentaries, and done more statistical analyses than I feel comfortable admitting to. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the game is constantly evolving. No two years are exactly alike. That evolution isn't always apparent at the start of a new season. Some changes are drastic. Others more nuanced, and the variables become more pronounced over time. Some teams have the resources to spend greatly on top free agents. Other franchises have to get creative, and hope to catch lightning in a bottle. I feel we have smart people in positions of authority. I trust David Stearns. I think Craig Counsell is a damned fine manager. Not perfect. Sometimes he makes us all a bit nuts, but show me a Major League Manager that hasn't made their fanbase a bit batty from time to time. I trust our use of analytics, and I think that, while we're not going to knock anybody over with our off season moves, I believe David has put together a team of misfit toys that can compete for a playoff spot. Pardon the Moneyball nod there, please. There are smart people on this forum. Smart people that know a hell of a lot about baseball. I might disagree with opinions, from time to time, but it's done with respect. There's a great deal of baseball knowledge, and if you guys are cautiously optimistic, I see no reason to voice a contrarian opinion. One thing's for sure. It's going to be an interesting season.

My honest answer to the question? I don't know. The Brewers front office was highly successful with an outlier approach once before when they came up just shy of the World Series; they bet on a pitching staff heavily reliant on the bullpen, less so on the rotation. It almost got them an American....whoops, National League pennant for the first time (I'll never get used to that ). I've loved baseball with an insatiable passion since I was eight years old. I've read more books, watched more games and documentaries, and done more statistical analyses than I feel comfortable admitting to. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the game is constantly evolving. No two years are exactly alike. That evolution isn't always apparent at the start of a new season. Some changes are drastic. Others more nuanced, and the variables become more pronounced over time. Some teams have the resources to spend greatly on top free agents. Other franchises have to get creative, and hope to catch lightning in a bottle. I feel we have smart people in positions of authority. I trust David Stearns. I think Craig Counsell is a damned fine manager. Not perfect. Sometimes he makes us all a bit nuts, but show me a Major League Manager that hasn't made their fanbase a bit batty from time to time. I trust our use of analytics, and I think that, while we're not going to knock anybody over with our off season moves, I believe David has put together a team of misfit toys that can compete for a playoff spot. Pardon the Moneyball nod there, please. There are smart people on this forum. Smart people that know a hell of a lot about baseball. I might disagree with opinions, from time to time, but it's done with respect. There's a great deal of baseball knowledge, and if you guys are cautiously optimistic, I see no reason to voice a contrarian opinion. One thing's for sure. It's going to be an interesting season.

6-21, 6.89 ERA, 68 ERA+, 5.21 FIP, 1.749 WHIP the last four years. Hooray, World Series here we come!

Great, so one of the guys we were most counting on to provide offense, with Grandal and Mosse now gone, could miss substantial playing time. I'm not going to run around yelling, "the sky is falling", but to those who said, "relax, it's December", well, it's now January 28th. Besides Yelich, and a now, what, 36 year old Ryan Braun, what proven big league run producers do we have in this lineup? Hiura had a great 84 games last year. But it's still only a half season. Grandal and his 28 home runs are in Chicago. Thames and his 25 home runs are in Washington. Moustakas and his 35 home runs are in Cincinnati. Eric Sogard? Had a "career year" last year at age 33, hitting .290 with 13 HR and 40 RBI. A 116 OPS+. Before that? In 584 career games, he had a 74 OPS+. Jedd Gyorko, he of the career 100 OPS+, who had a "career year" with 30 HR, and yet only a 111 OPS+ because he had a .306 OBP. Does he make you feel randy? Justin Smoak? The 33 year old with a career 104 OPS+. An All Star (I guess) in 2017 with a 131 OPS+, that dropped to 122 in 2018, and 101 last year. Anybody think he's a reliable producer? A .744 career OPS doesn't excite me. Ryon Healy? OPS+ of 132 in half a season as a rook in Oakland. Since then, a 97 OPS+. He's worth 2.7 WAR in 401 career games. Ronny Rodriguez? A guy that will be 28 on opening day, and has a -1.1 career WAR. Avisail Garcia? Career OPS+ of 104. Had one fluke All Star season in 2017 where he hit .330. Doesn't walk at all. Decent power. 7.0 career WAR in 763 games. The position players look awful. A bunch of stop gaps. And the rotation? It's Woodruff and....who, exactly? Right now, this is a 60-65 win team. When do we start making some moves that actually have a positive impact on this team's fortunes for 2020?

Jimmy, over his last 7 appearances, 10 IP, had a 3.60 ERA. 9 H, 4 ER, 2 HR, 13 K. The walks are high, but his last two outings were at Coors Field-3 IP, 5 K, 1 BB, no hits or runs. Anybody saying he'll "never be a Major League pitcher again" obviously don't see what the Dodgers do. It's a very low risk, high upside deal. I'll cheer for him so long as he's not playing against the Brewers. Still one of my favorite Brewers of recent years.

"Yelich can't take off 30 games, even if due to injury, and still win the MVP."-talking heads on social media. Well, it turns out that Bellinger can take off the second half, and still win it. His batting average was 73 points lower, and his OPS 207 points lower in the second half. In most years, those numbers are fringe All Star. In a season when nearly 1/4 of the teams in MLB hit over 250 home runs, and two hit over 300...a .919 OPS isn't anywhere near MVP worthy. The NL's leaguewide OPS was .753, the highest it's been since 2007. He won the MVP on a half season, even though Yelich was clearly the greater offensive player. And, I'm sorry, no matter how good his defense was, it doesn't make up for the chasm existing between their final offensive numbers. Yelich led the NL In AVG and OBP, led the Majors in SLG and OPS. Had the best HR per AB ratio in the NL, and second only behind Trout in all of Baseball. Had the best stolen base percentage of all qualified batters in baseball. Had the highest win probability added in the NL by an absurd margin. 7.1 for Yeli, 5.0 for Bellinger. Bellinger was closer to Rendon (4.8) than Yelich. Runs created? Yelich tops in the NL. 150 to 146 for Bellinger, even though Bellinger played 26 more games. "But....but....occasionally, Bellinger made a great play in right field." Please. As I said before, Bellinger had a real good season, but he's not the second coming of Clemente, and if we believe BBR, he just had a season in the field that rivaled all but one of Clemente's best seasons. Bulls#*%. fWAR had both Bellinger and Yelich at 7.8. The Baseball Writers are freaking idiots.