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Caught the end of that too. They also noted the Yanks starters for the weekend are Cole and Fried. Hopefully they can get the sweep and we take care of business vs the awful Angels and stretch the lead back out

My memory from STL days was Wacha was a heavy groundball pitcher due to sinker. Not sure if that was or is true anymore, but if so MKE should be a good fit for him. But yea, if we're giving legit prospects hopefully KC chips in some money to pay that down a bit for next year. That said 14 mil isn't far off mediocre competent starter pay these days, especially on a 1 year deal. Not ideal, but not absurd either.

If the brewers don't win it all I think I prefer the Dodgers to win. Can only help leading into the CBA discussions to have them just bought 3 straight titles and like 4/6 or whatever it is. Second, I really don't have any problem with their actual players/team themselves. Its just the system.

As much as the media pushes the narrative how MKE really should do this, go for it, this is their chance, etc the team being overlooked is Tampa. This might easily be their best window and the ideal year to do it. Huge luck to have the AL be such trash with Tor, Sea, Hous, etc all so underperforming and not being threats. Yanks are there but who knows what Judge can give them this year, if he's out or a shell of himself they don't really have much of a chance. This is the opening Tampa has been dreaming for, if anyone has the 'window' its them. They don't have to deal with LAD, Braves, Cubs, Phils even before the WS

Sure, to a degree. It was said last year already he was the weakest at D of the group and very likely to go to the OF because of it, which is fine. But most importantly Turang is gone in a few years, that lines up very well for Pena who is 19 and still A. The questionable point being Turang's last year with some possible overlap, but there is a huge chance Turang is traded before that year since his arb will be so high and they should be able to get a huge haul for him. And for all we know the CBA could take a year off of control. That said, yea if you're getting the level of player that absolutely requires an elite prospect that he's the one who would have to go.

the was some kind of talk on mlb network in the last day or so about how every team is constantly scrambling to have pitching/arms available. It was brought up due to a position player pitching some day or I think a manager just left someone in to eat like 11 runs They didn't get into it, and I don't think I've seen it brought up anywhere as part of the CBA but it really seems obvious to me that the evolution of pitching requires them to add another roster spot to MLB roster. Could be a bone to throw the players in the negotiations.

yea hopefully Ashby's shakiness the last few weeks has made this too obvious to ignore. He needs to be moved down a peg and not be the kind of 7/8 inning man anymore. kind of get back to what he was

I just meant that that were behind 3-0 right away. so to me sneaking out a victory late in a game like that is stealing. Its baseball, you're gonna lose around 40% of the games you play no matter how good you are

Could've easily stole this game. Not sure if the numbers support this, but to me Ashby is one of the last guys I'd want to bring on with runners on already due to his walks and wild pitches. I think they were lefties coming up today so probably nitpicking a bit, but still

Yea I think that would be our hope, that they don't sell so he doesn't end up on Cubs, ATL, LAD. Could also see them trying to middle ground it and repeat two seasons ago (I think) when they traded guys then got hot and make the playoffs anyway. That's wehre asking for guys like Henderson/Drohan could make sense where they get stuff for the future but still try to make the playoffs now

Yea while I of course see how blah he's been lately and am all for moving him to around 7th in the lineup and sitting almost all games vs lefties, I think the last week or two of discussions on here are going a bit too far. Last night for example, I had the realization that Contreras's OPS is 730 and Yelich's is 713. One, is considered washed and should be put out to pasture, the other is so good that we can't afford him and his 150 mil contract that is coming next year and bats 3/4th for us every day. Of course, I know being a C and all that, but I think one gets the overall point. And last year Yelich was 795 to Bills 754. So just saying there's still a chance Yelich is in a slump here and gets another streak at some point this year. But yea all for moving down the lineup and if he's still in the low 700s a month from now to keep reducing PT even more

Also, I know Myers has also been bad this year. But if you want a true buy low and just want a body who can go up and down, spot start. I wouldn't mind taking him back for nothing. Good chance we can get him back to his last couple years of solid ok-ness. Looks like he can still be optioned next year and won't be to arbitration for a couple years so is still cheap. I'd rather try someone like him than a Mccullers, Keuchel type guys of the last few years. But it shouldn't cost you much of anything. So far Wilson is handling this role well though

That would be too much to give imo. I don't hate having Jett in it, but Burke would be too much to add. with how bad Peralta has been this is only a 'buy low' for me so would be comfortable walking away from it if I don't see the value. Let someone else overpay here if so and focus elsewhere.

A lot of this would come down to their assessment of his D and what happens if shifted to 3B. Someone posted that his range is considered awful at SS, well theoretically that issue is strongly minimized at 3B. As others have said, he doesn't scream brewer player to people like us, but the other way to look at is if they do get him you know they think he can handle 3B at least to an avg level. I guess they could be wrong in that assessment, but we know they value this and that issue isn't being ignored. I know everyone is now acting as if SS/3B is no longer an issue, and obviously its good to see the last few good weeks out of both spots, but you have to realize there is a huge huge chance that is a fluky hot streak moreso than all of a sudden Ortiz is good and a guy who was a light hitter in the minors is gonna hit super well in MLB his rookie year and in the playoffs vs elite pitching. I'm glad they're still looking for some insurance here. Remember Ortiz had a good few weeks in Aug last year too then fell apart. I'd also toss out a guess that Ortiz would be in the trade. And for the concerns on all the prospects coming up at IF. You can essentially look at Abrams for this year and next, which works out really well actually with the potential timelines on Made (especially if an early contract doesn't happen). He could come up to get his feet wet at some point next year due to injuries or whatever else, if all looks good he takes over full time in 28. Then trade Abrams after next year and get back a lot of what you lost in acquiring him and avoid his high last year of arb salary. All that said, I fully expect is price will be higher than MKE is willing to pay

He also has some really good split vs LHP and that usually works out well to be a lot of his ABs and allows Contreras to DH in favor oh LHHs like Yelich/Bauers. Basically just sying he hits lefties well and our linup is LHH heavy, so he fits well. Now, just reign in his challenge freedoms and my annoyance with him is pretty much gone. Can't do anything about him being so slow.