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Yes. By that logic CC has been the perfect manager this year and has not made one mistake. No need to make adjustments. Well he would probably win manager of the year if the season ended today. Nope unless we win 95 and Atlanta doesnt win 90+. There will be more attention on Atlanta's manager than Milw. Crap team for years now leading the East division.

Machado is having a contract year, to this point. I don't see opt out clause being discussed with the money he's going to be offered. If I'm a team throwing 300mil+ at him, I don't give him that option. You're looking at 10yr kind of deal. Full risk on the teams end for 3-4years of well paid production, or 6-7 years of overpayment on that deal potentially. If it's an opt out deal Id guess its a 5-6year shorter deal where 3-4year opt out makes sense on both ends. As mentioned by other poster, teams held back on the worst FA class in some time, to spend on whats going to be one of the best FA classes. Brewers have 0pct chance of signing Machado as he's going to be well paid beyond what Brewer payroll can take on. While he will impact the lineup from day 1. I cant agree to trade away what I think it'll cost when a division title is up for grabs among 4teams. You go on a 1game WC playoff game get knocked out. The loss on premium prospects for that end is devastating.

Turang changed his swing, increasing the uppercut to try to increase home runs. It hasn't worked. Scouts loved his previous swing. I'm guessing the Brewers will convince him to go back to that level swing, and he becomes a draft steal. Swing/bat speed is where I see lacking. He probably beat a lot of balls in to the ground and changed the swing to maybe hit some HRs, only he doesn't have the bat speed to hit the ball over the wall. Without some gains, he'll be an Eric Sogard type of player stats. Sorry to be very negative on this 1st pick. Gray and Bello have far more bat speed tools to at least think they'll hit some HRs. Hope Turang gives a great batter eye where he can be .280/.375/.335 to at least approach .700 OPS

I can see the skepticism in Turang's bat. Its just off. Gray looks slightly better. Bello's swing looks the most promising. But, defensively, the two throws in his video were off mark one left/one right by a lot. Gray looked better defensively in motion. Turang smoothly the best. Didnt see a lot of movement in the pitcher's vids. The one kids arm seem rather violent but well locating. I would wonder if his motion is repeatable on secondary pitches without tipping off. Overall I think in short video, Gray has highest ceiling, Bello 2nd, Turang third.

The guy I think of on Brinson comp is Leodys? Martin.. I remember the hype on him for fantasy, and he was just a dud all but maybe 1 year where drafted. I dont recall if he was on the Rangers still at time of Lucroy trade. But I know he played for Texas to. disappointment

Maybe CS's hitting coach would be the immediate replacement, if her works well with turning around Arcia's declining bat.

Surprised a comp hadnt been made off of Yoenis Cespedes for a return. Thats where I'd look with the 2nd piece being a grade higher. I had looked this up earlier today, seen Michael Fulmer was headliner the last trade. On phone posting now, so I dont have the rest of that deal.

Mlb whiparound yesterday stated Cano can serve his 80games while on DL. To some disgust on. Frank Thomas laid into him pretty thick. Cant think of his last nsme/Nick I believe first claimed questioning that 150+ game a season streak to maybe the Peds. Swisher is the last name, just thought of it. I mean he did play with ARod. So it could have been a long term usage, especially with part of the Biogenisis rumor.

Wow on that terrible-ness

Difference in this team is Tony Snell/Jabari Parker/Dellavedova playing so many minutes while not being good with the rest of the team's makeup. ESPN has Snell's Player rating at 8.5. Dellavedova at 8.6. Parker at 17.2 which isn't the worst it's just that with Center being Henson/Maker. He lacks Rebounding skills on the defensive side. He just doesn't fit the team's need with his 3pt pct. Maker's progress thus far doesn't help. Bledsoe helped the team, but wasn't the glaring area of need of a defender/Rebounder, or 3pt specialist that contributes more than Snell. Basically, find Al Horford type of player vs Parker. Just about anyone over Snell. Hope Maker adds some good weight and improves.

Luis Sardinas in 2015 turned to Ramon Flores in 2016 and both were removed from the team at .457 and .555 OPS. 393PAs combined. Sardinas' .457 OPS was on 105PA. Sogard is at 65PAs and .361OPS. You have to think they'll move on here shortly. Not a fan of Hernan Perez but he can at least hit some HRs with the same level of expected OPS. 2 lousy utility is redundant, just give it to one and move on from the other.

Fire the Replay Guys. What idiots that can't tell a fair ball from foul. Watch the ball and decide? How about, look at the Fans, When multiple inside the foul ball turn to look at the ball go over their heads and it's facing a direction inside the foul pole, and not towards the outside. Kingham was well regarded as a pitcher 2014 MLB rank 58. #5 on pirates with this writeup: Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curve: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 60 | Overall: 55 Over the course of multiple Drafts, the Pirates aggressively went after high-risk, high-reward high school pitching in later rounds. Kingham was one of those picks, given an above-slot deal in 2010. He might be the first from that crop to impact the big league rotation. At first glance, it might be easy to put the "mid-rotation" label on Kingham, but there might be more than meets the eye. He has more velocity on his fastball, hitting the mid 90s regularly, than the typical command-and-control starter. Kingham's changeup has improved so much that it might be his second-best offering, and his curve gives him three Major League average or better pitches in his repertoire. It all comes from Kingham's big 6-foot-5 frame and clean delivery. He has improved every year that he's been with the Bucs, and he is poised to knock on the door in 2014. 2015:Kingham might not have the highest ceiling among pitching prospects, but once he's 100 percent back from surgery, he'll be close to being able to reach it at the big league level. Then in 16 and 17 while not losing any grades, he just became a #3 to a #4 in opinion. He hasn't done anything to really deserve the demerit in regard, There's just more exciting players added to a top 200 since 2014 he is shuttled to the side.

Doubt it, I think Phillips is just a temporary move for an extra bat. And Braun and Aguilar don't match up as platoon partners. Braun for career better vs Righties than Aguilar, assume Phillips lefty/rhp matchup more favorable than Aguilar vs Rhp. Phillips def >Brauns def in OF Santana on bench til he finds something with his bat.

Or, the team plans to platoon Aguilar at 1st base with Braun. My guess, you'll see Braun at 1st with Phillips in OF vs Righties.

Well, ya, obviously the offense hasn't been great for a couple years but that has absolutely nothing to do with how good Darnell Coles was as a player. And it's totally irrelevant to bring up in any discussion of how effective he is as a coach. I give his batting career consideration to the same results this team is producing. Low avg, low OB. He's the one talking to these guys to improve, or as said prepare for upcoming starters and how to approach ABs, DSituations, etc. Santana, Villar, Arcia continue having poor ABs over and over. The bottom 4 batting are albatrosses. He's not getting improvement from the hitters who arent above average talents. Serious long slumps. Wildcat- AAA/AA just promote within. Interim. And find a coach over the next year to fill.

Can we stop using a coaches stats as a player to judge him as a coach? Because Coles accomplished miles more as a professional player than Johnson ever did. Not a chance, when the team bats .233 with the amount of young talent to have turned as a rising avg, and instead are stuck below expectations? You have to question whether their batting history and approach is being used for the approach taken by these young players. .245/.307 .233/.304 this season MLB avg .255/.324 Last season .249/.322 MLB avg .255/324 2016 .244/.322 MLB avg .255/.321 2015 .251/.307 MLB avg .254/.317 Below MLB average every year the last 4 years. And it's even worse this season thus far with 2 additions exceeding the average who didn't play for him last season. One guy is getting results. The other is not and hasn't the entire time he's been here. It's long overdue for fresh voice to these young hitters. Better approaches at the plate during situations within the game. Solo HR swings down 3runs isn't working surprisingly.

It happens, Betances as mentioned, Will Harris, and Tony Watson are recent. There are likely a few more, I'd have to guess KC's WS RPs were in the running. Knebel made it last year with half the time being closer up til AS game. You'd think at this point Hader will have a lot more Saves coming to him. So where's the cutoff on Saves total before AS game to not be considered a closer?

When Knebel gets back, you could literally pitch Hader to close out games one night, and follow up Knebel the next 2IP the next night. Taylor Williams can mop up on the not so close games. Freddy Peralta in waiting to be the next 2IP RP stud. Cain, Yelich, Braun, Shaw, Thames/Aguilar duo. That's 5 legit bats with Santana's bound to turn around. 17-13 with only 2 of those being blowout wins. (19 last season) So we've got a lot of fun games coming to go.

Id expect a hitting coach to be watching video of upcoming starters vigorously. And pass down hitting strategy vs that pitcher and tendencies. So Coles is failing, as a .245 hitter often does. He should been gone long ago.

2 for Rodgers, 2 for Tony Romo. This is recent within 10 seasons. Romo retired. When Rodgers has it happen a 3rd time, he'll make tge precedence that collarbones are fragile, like ACLs in football/basketball. So figure out for me the trade value total between the two trades, giving us the 20 pick next season. 14/27/3rd/6th for 18/5th/7th&20next year.

At the same time this post attempts to put light on the trade, it shows the negative to me in the trade. Rodgers is a year older, obviously collar bone fragile. His window is shorter and shorter too. Adding the guessed 90grade talent may be a year too late. And thats hopeful the return pick is top 15. This isnt TT's draft. We dont need to pile in 7+ picks next season when we have 12 this year. We reduced our draft dropping 4, and replacing a 3rd with a 5th. It's tiresome running out there a dozen late 4th rd-undrafted FAs to compete within the division drafting top 20s so often. Need top 60guys now, not next season.

If you were an NFL GM, you would rather have one (late) 3rd round pick in the current year than a 5th in the current year and a guaranteed 1st round pick of unknown position next year? Really? Unless I'm reading that wrong and you mean we should have gotten a 1st next year + a 3rd this year, in which case I would disagree. Saints already gave up way too much. 12picks this year. 1 was top 15. The move down to 27 for a 1st rd next year, as stated will likely be after 15. As well as ours outside top 15. Now they moved back up and got (supposedly) the player they were going to draft at 14. But this move on its own, I dont like parting away from a top 15 to pick 25+ and a ? For 1st next season. Big gamble. Prior to trading back up, youre talking (hypothetically) a chance for a 90+ grade player. Impact. For 1 80s grade player and most likely 80s grade next season. Meanwhile with 12picks now 45 and beyond youre talking below 80grade filling out your team. Gotta wait 1year for this return value on 1st rd. And the 5th rd guy like an upper 60s grade player. So yes, I believe they should have gotten a 3rd vs the 5th. Offer a contingent on next season giving up a 3rd or 5th depending on top 14 or below 14th.

Ugly. Terrible Trade down 13spots for a 5th only? The 1st next season could be in the mid-20s where you just moved back to. A season where you will likely also pick mid 20. Should jave gotten a 3rd this year vs the 5th

Guess we needed more picks. C talent depth vs B/B+

I think its funny some of the highlight film you showcase to promote these guys as studs. When watching its like, um thats a bad throw by the QB in to quadruple coverage. A LB blowing up an undersized RB who thinks the OL was going to block.