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Obviously Matt Albers, right?

Please don’t! I second this. Jinx box waiting to happen.

Quick, someone ask Sterling Brown if he agrees.

These guys are human. Biggest game Suter's ever pitched in, by far.

These guys are human. Biggest game Suter's ever pitched in, by far.

Need to get him stretched out if we're going to have a chance in the next round. Worth the gamble, in my opinion.

This is wonderful news, looks like it might get done. Lyles Woodruff Houser Burnes, that’s some serious talent in the rotation moving forward. This pitching staff might not need much upgrading after all. Lots of options for Stearns this offseason. Do we take the option on Anderson or save the 8.5? Keep or trade Davies? Try to re-sign Gio? Sign another FA pitcher for the rotation? Appreciate the optimism, and while you didn't necessarily say he's be in from the jump, there's no way I see Burnes being in the rotation out of Spring Training next year. That's much too risky as we saw this year. Best case for him is starting the year out in the pen or regrouping in the rotation at AAA and maybe even AA as some have suggested employing the Doc Halladay strategy.

I don't see five better options on the roster right now so he's a starter up until the point there are five better starters on the roster. I'm perfectly fine with him out of the pen if we have five starters better than he is. Free Rasmussen!

It is seriously amazing how badly Theo destroyed what should have been a dynasty. We basically should have had a yearly NLCS of Dodgers vs Cubs for a significant stretch, over 8 years...it probably should have been that about 6 times. The Dodgers were there, but where were the Cubs? The Cubs should probably take notes from the Dodgers, and use more of their gobs of money on talent evaluation/development rather than past player performance. Yea I think we went over that here a couple weeks back. But yea in their situation with a ruined farm, an attempt to help their biggest weakness in bullpen without giving prospects was totally logical. And the money doesn't matter to them. Get him healthy for next year and he should be fine. Maybe not his dominant 1 ERA old self but still good. It's really amazing. For all the crap Jim Hendry deservedly caught for his band aid and mortgaging the farm approach, the Cubs find themselves in nearly the same situation with Theo. Completely agree he'll likely have his eyes and ears open to an exit strategy.

I would agree with this under one caveat, that being the velocity he once had never comes back. If it does, the ceiling goes up considerably.

Anybody worried about whether or not we've seen the best of Yelich? I feel like these are the type of injuries that lead to other injuries and consistent stints on the DL.

Can’t think of anyone I’d rather see up there for an opponent. Next year's version of Travis Shaw?

Black has already been used.

I'd take Woodruff's bat 6 days a week and twice on Sunday over Shaw.

Tap ... the ... brakes. Selig did more good than bad in his tenure, and for being so driven to bring baseball back to Milwaukee? For that alone, every Brewer fan owes him a debt of gratitude. But Commish Selig was not good for the Brewers. The rot from 1993 on is his responsibility. From 1993 on, a good argument can be made that the Brewers were made to be a bargain basement operation on purpose to make us one of the poster teams for a salary cap. We were a bargaining chip. He and his accolytes stuck with Sal Bando as GM way too long. He was no different than any other owner in leveraging Miller Park vs. relocation. A lot of fans bought into the financial unfairness he championed in the 90s, but we know now baseball success is really about having a commitment to being competitive (not a spender, but not a chintzer) who hires smart people. Small market teams can and do win, they just don’t have the flexibility to eat mistakes. And in the end? The best thing Selig did besides bringing the Brewers here in the first place was whom he sold to. He left the Brewers in great hands. But he probably did so at least a decade later than he should have. The thing that amazes me that nobody talks about and/or is pissed off about is that for all that he did to keep baseball here in MKE, after getting taxpayers to build Miller Park, the Selig's ultimately sold the team shortly thereafter to the tune of $223M. That was what I recall being a 4X increase over what it was 2 or 3 years before MP opened it's doors. Don't get me wrong, they were terrible owners and I'm happy they sold but it always felt like a con job to me. Wendy Selig-Prieb was a terrible owner, Bud Selig was not. Pissed off? Really? Why on earth would or should any brewer fan be pissed off? Miller Park? Really? No park no team. That’s fair. That revenue stream for the brewers was obviously needed for the team to remain here. Oh, and 3 or 4 times it went up to 223M. Now it’s worth 2,225,000,000 thanks to Bud. Let’s try again. He gave us a team-then he saved the team. And now we’re bad mouthing him. Wow, talk about ungrateful. He capitalized on the stadium for his own profit in the name of keeping baseball in Milwaukee. Tommy Thompson shredded him a few months back over it when the book came out and a number of politicians despise the guy to this day. Ever seen the movie "There Will Be Blood?" The storylines appear pretty much the same.

Tap ... the ... brakes. Selig did more good than bad in his tenure, and for being so driven to bring baseball back to Milwaukee? For that alone, every Brewer fan owes him a debt of gratitude. But Commish Selig was not good for the Brewers. The rot from 1993 on is his responsibility. From 1993 on, a good argument can be made that the Brewers were made to be a bargain basement operation on purpose to make us one of the poster teams for a salary cap. We were a bargaining chip. He and his accolytes stuck with Sal Bando as GM way too long. He was no different than any other owner in leveraging Miller Park vs. relocation. A lot of fans bought into the financial unfairness he championed in the 90s, but we know now baseball success is really about having a commitment to being competitive (not a spender, but not a chintzer) who hires smart people. Small market teams can and do win, they just don’t have the flexibility to eat mistakes. And in the end? The best thing Selig did besides bringing the Brewers here in the first place was whom he sold to. He left the Brewers in great hands. But he probably did so at least a decade later than he should have. The thing that amazes me that nobody talks about and/or is pissed off about is that for all that he did to keep baseball here in MKE, after getting taxpayers to build Miller Park, the Selig's ultimately sold the team shortly thereafter to the tune of $223M. That was what I recall being a 4X increase over what the value was 2 or 3 years before MP opened it's doors. Don't get me wrong, they were terrible owners and I'm happy they sold but it always felt like a con job to me.

Gindl got all of 151 major league AB's to prove himself and was a 0.2 WAR player. He didn't fail as much as he never really had a shot. By the way, Gindl's still playing in indy ball and can still hit. He slashed .297/.398/.519 with 20 HR and 83 RBI in the Atlantic League. I once though his only chance was to turn into the second coming of Matt Stairs. He never quite developed the power like Stairs who was way ahead of his time with his big upper cut swing. Interestingly, Gindl logged 14 innings as a pitcher this season, with a 6.43 ERA. He fanned 14, but walked 18. Isn't Indy ball the equivalent of A ball?

Put Jimmy Nelson out there. Post of the Year nominee.

Grisham struggling with heat.

Agreed. He’s too good of talent to be doing what he is doing. He is mentally gone right now. It’s the only thing that makes any sense. As a Brewer fan, if you actually gave something up, anything up in the offseason for a guy that was coming off a sub .170 year at the plate, think about what your reaction would be. Then, when you're feeling that level of angst about a move that Stearns would never make, understand that the Brewers aren't getting anything for Shaw.

Why does Shaw play baseball?

Then on to the crew, to help us get to the playoffs. Just like Grisham (225/288/437/724) and Devin Williams (4. ERA/5.22 FIP) have led the march to October.

I never understood what people here saw in Stokes. There's still time as he's only 23, I guess, but he's a guy who's never OPS'd over 800 at any level. I mean, 4th and 5th OF's are the one position that actually does grow on trees and that's what he likely is at peak based on his performance to date. Definitely not a huge loss.

Yes, the velocity was way down this year. That aside, with his splitter being a solid, go-to out pitch in the past, you have to wonder how much Jeremy was a victim of the new ball. Hopefully he can bounce back with some rest.

You mean Davies to the pen The brewers will have so much depth in the pen in September, if a starter is giving up runs, they will get pulled, no matter the inning, kinda like the playoffs. With Nelson Suter Peralta Lyles Pomeranz Supak Wilkerson all capable of 2-3 innings, it’s gonna be a blurred pitching staff. Supak? As in Trey Supak, who has an ERA over 9 in AAA? Simply put, he's not ready.