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Definitely a fun game last night. Pistons predictably went on a run after Giannis was tossed, then Dame came in down by eight points with like nine minutes left and just did his thing. Brook also came up huge at the end with a nice deep three - blocked shot combo for the dagger and knife twist. B2B with Indy tonight who are currently 2nd in pace and 1st in scoring on the young season with Tyrese Haliburton leading the way (& doing Oshkosh proud) at 23 PPG | 12 APG | 4 RPG on .627 TS% so far.
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Well put, I've pretty much emotionally dis-attached myself from sports entirely at this point. More out of logical necessity than anything else. Outside of the stretch run and playoff games, I get more emotionally charged watching the various iterations of MTV's The Challenge every week than I do the Packers, Bucks or Brewers. Following the minor leagues might be the biggest consistent thrill left for me in sports. Some of my favorite baseball moments this summer were watching Chourio ABs on GameDay on my phone, then sliding over to the game thread to post CHOO-CHOO-CHOURIO...OH-OH.
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I don’t think they necessarily need to do or not do anything specific. If they get good offers for Burnes, Adames, maybe even Williams, sure, deal them and try to do a quick reload or whatever one wants to call it. If teams are only offering up poo poo platters, keep them, add some pieces this winter, and try to compete again in 2024. Who knows, maybe with how things shook out with Counsell, Mark A gets aggressive this winter and we see another Yelich/Cain 2018 kind of offseason.- 10 replies
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Well said, that is the essentially the crux of the whole thing. Of the names mentioned by Rosenthal, my preference would be one of McCullough, Espada, or Snitker. Someone that hasn’t managed before from outside the organization. A fresh voice/approach as we transition to whatever the future holds. Of the other three I’d probably order it Weeks, Murphy, Mattingly. But ultimately I know enough to know I don’t really know anything about any of these guys so I’ll hope Arnold makes the right call, even if it doesn’t align with my personal feelings.
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How can you not be pedantic about baseball?
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Depends on where one draws the line of ace-hood. There are 112 pitchers with at least 200 IP over the last two seasons. Burnes ranks... 395 IP (7th) | 75 ERA- (13th) | 82 FIP- (24th) | 79 xFIP- (13th) | 125 K%+ (14th) | 87 BB9+ (63rd) | 88 HR9+ (40th) | 10.1 rWAR (5th) | 8.0 fWAR (12th) Compare that to 2021-22, where there were 114 pitchers with at least 200 IP and Burnes ranked... 369 IP (6th) | 66 ERA- (8th) | 60 FIP- (2nd) | 64 xFIP- (1st) | 143 K%+ (3rd) | 69 BB%+ (23rd) | 65 HR9+ (11th) | 11.6 rWAR (3rd) | 12.0 fWAR (1st) Looking at that I'd say he has gone from being an ace over 2021-22 to just a standard #1 starter from 2022-23.
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Depends, does he blame his agent or Mark A for that under market extension he signed?
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That is correct, yes. The Brewers players, assembled by Stearns/Arnold, paid by Attanassio, and managed by Counsell have lost eight playoff games to three World Series winners and one World Series loser since video game Yelich fouled a ball off his kneecap.
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Some things that could make people think Rickie is a less than ideal managerial candidate... The kind of player he was. The worst fielding second baseman of the advanced metrics era. Struck out a lot (133 career K%+) 111th out of 120 batters with at least 5,000 PA from 2003-17. Normally people think of managers as guys who didn't have the athletic gifts, but did all the little things right. Rickie is kind of the opposite of that archetype. Their perception of his personality. Prince Fielder was always considered the "leader" of those Brewers teams. Rickie was more soft spoken and I believe has a bit of a stutter which some could perceive as not lending itself well to being a leader of men.
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You keep referencing this 1-7 playoff record, Counsell has a 7-12 playoff record.
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Would have some Obi-Wan vs Anakin vibes going on for sure.
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Who’s resting laurels on anything? I was just pointing out that it would be impossible to reach the NLCS with the 1-7 playoff record another poster attributed to him. Counsell didn’t get fired, he managed through the end of his deal then signed a new record setting contract. To me, that indicates that the Cubs believe his 573-460 regular season record over 1,033 games since 2017 is more indicative of his managerial ability than his 1-8 playoff record since 2019.
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The last four full seasons their OD payroll ranks have been 20th, 19th, 19th and 17th per Cots. From 2007 through 2015 Cots has them 15th, 15th, 17th, 17th, 17th, 13th, 19th, 16th and 20th on opening day. The only time they went cheap in the last 15+ years was 2016-18 when they ranked 30th, 30th and then 26th in their NLCS year.
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The new manager the Brewers hire will either be better, worse, or about the same as Counsell. I’ll reserve judgement until they’ve played some games next year. Right now there is no way to know if this will be a positive, negative or marginal transaction. Anyone acting like they already know the future is just projecting their own biases and pre-conceived notions.
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Stearns wanted to go to his favorite team growing up. Counsell was offered industry leading compensation, which the Cubs blew away by over two million per year. If someone has their mind made up on wanting to work elsewhere, or are determined to go solely to the highest bidder, there isn't a whole lot Mark A can do about it.
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Rosiak reported $5.5M per year, though I don't believe he reported the number of years. CC got $8M per year for five years from the Cubs.
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Not sure what any new manager is going to be able to do about the double plays. Our two best hitters - Yelich (57.3%) and Contreras (55.0%) - ranked 2nd and 3rd among all qualified hitters in ground ball percentage last year. Those two accounted for 38 of the Brewers 144 double plays in 2023, about 26.4%. At the same time, 51 of the Brewers 144 double plays came from players no longer with the club, or unlikely to be in 2024 - Tellez (11), Anderson (10), Santana (8, in only two months), Caratini (8), Donaldson (4), Canha (3), Voit (3), Brosseau (2) and Tapia/Urias (1 each).
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We clearly need a manager who has proven he can win a World Series in a small market... N E D Y O S T
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How did the Brewers make it to the NLCS in 2018 winning only one game?
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I'd rather get paid to sit at home and do nothing than manage the Cubs.
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Ross still gets paid. If he is perceived as a good manager he will get hired somewhere else, and maybe even get a raise if Craig's new deal has its intended effect.
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The reason is out there, he wanted to enhance the valuation of the managerial position. The Brewers offered him a contract that would have made him the highest paid manager in the game, the Cubs blew by that.
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Again, the Brewer have won the 7th most games in MLB since 2008, the 6th most since 2018, they've been consistently competitive for 15 years now, even with the massive financial disadvantage they face being the smallest market in a league without leaguewide revenue sharing and salary caps/floors like the NFL/NBA.
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I see a payroll that consistently ranks around 20th versus a market size of 30th. I see a team that has won the 7th most games in MLB since 2008 and the 6th most since 2018. They've been competing at a high level for 15 years despite the payroll constraints imposed on them by MLB's draconian financial system.
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Macha was a wet fart, but Roenicke managed the team to the NLCS in his first season. Who cares that CC was a hometown guy if he clearly didn't want to be here?
