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  1. tmwiese55
    don't love the chances with the short BP but never know with the new extras format. My question here would've been why not Megill to finish that 8th instead of Payamps. Had day off yesterday, would hope he could get 4 outs.
  2. tmwiese55
    Yup, I believe he also admitted to leaving the sample in his car, possibly trunk, while he went to work or did whatever the next day while it was a warm day outside. Its reported that several other players also tested positive that day, all so freakishly high that they were thrown out but Braun's was barely under the level to be thrown out so he got put through the ringer. Add in that due to testing procedures that the players would have to be absolute morons to be using that day, players then got tested X amount of times regular season so after they hit the last test were free to do anything. And come postseason they had to get tested once(knowing its coming), possibly twice again, and then would be free to do whatever, so if you hadn't hit your last test yet (I think it was 1) you'd have to be a moron to take anything. I'd have my money that at that exact moment Braun's test was a fluke caused by mishandling of sample, just like was assumed with all the other fails that day. It just so happens he was guilty regardless otherwise an innocent person might have had their whole career tainted due to that mishandling. Also, things like trunk of car while you're not with it, in a basement while sleeping in another part of the house would constitute chain of custody issues.
  3. tmwiese55
    Maybe the best thing for his psyche is to take a two week break from the pressure up here. Go down and try to get back to what made him good the first half of last year. Who knows, but putting up a 0fer every day letting your team down in front of 30K people and hundreds of thousands at home could be worse than the embarrassment of being sent down. they have to do something at the two positions soon. For Ortiz, I'd guess he's safe in mke more because chances are they'll be lucky to find one replacement, let alone two. Not out of any psyche thing that having 2-3 good month means you can never be sent down again
  4. tmwiese55
    I doubt Brewers are going to punt on the season at this point. But sure if things are the same 6 weeks from now they'll likely make some moves. But to this discussion, even if they do Megill still has two cheap years left before FA and I'd guess MKE thinks they can get back to contention next year. The guy I would be looking to move would be Mears, rather than trust him to be closer. Guy has been shaky for years, if you can get a 2-3 month hot streak out of him and cash him out for way more than you gave up for him I'd say go for it. And sure, Megill would get more back but I'd still much prefer to keep him for the next two years as I trust him way more.
  5. tmwiese55
    Yea it really never made sense to me. For a poor team always pinching pennies, to choose to pay like 17.5 mil for at most 3/4 of a season of a guy fresh off shoulder surgery was poor use of money. Sure it feels harsh to let him go and just say sorry after the injury, but that's the nature of the business. He likely turned down multiple long term contract possibilities s they offered over the years that would've made him set for life but chose to gamble for the mega-payday.
  6. tmwiese55
    Another big thing overlooked in the years of arguing about this is that his ban was something he agreed to in order to avoid any further investigation. Which could have led to them finding even more damning info (betting on games as a player and or throwing of games) and/or criminal prosecutions. I'm a gambler, and I still would've left him banned. He agreed to that, then proceeded to lie for 20+ years. Then some prompting got him to admit to it as manager. Chances are he continued to lie about not doing it as a player. Not sure how anyone could take anything he said with any value.
  7. tmwiese55
    Brutal luck game for Priester. Easily could've been 0 runs given up. Did all he could today, good bounce back from last game
  8. tmwiese55
    Yea losing a good starter for the year hurts. The general idea among Cubs fans is they all know they need P help in all areas, but they have the money and a generally deep farm to try and improve it as the year goes by.
  9. tmwiese55
    Somehow they've managed .500 after the brutal 4 game start. They've done that with their whole starting pitching staff hurt besides one guy, with the leftside giving nothing, Yeli/contreras generally down, and Chourio just being ok rather than the force he was at the end last year, and the bullpen being much shakier than its been the last few years. Its kind of shocking they're not in a worse position considering all that. They have to be active trying to improve the left side, but as those other things start to course correct they should be in an ok spot going forward. Hopefully the Cubs have a cold snap and they can take advantage, because 2nd place might not be enough with how good the NL is.
  10. tmwiese55
    Yea, I actually think they should fold the team
  11. tmwiese55
    Obviously today was bad. But he was generally fine before this, a relief pitcher having a blowup game doesn't automatically mean they suck. It happens to everyone. That said, being so reliant on a changeup is something I don't love, it was also a reason Williams always felt so shaky to me as the changeup so often floats out of the zone. Williams obviously overcame it and Hoffman was dominant too so it can be done, but generally why I'll take the hard thrower with hard sliders if I had my choice. So many times watching Williams I just felt like the other team could put their bat on the shoulder and just get walked over and over, but he found away to make them swing. Of course it helped he also threw upper 90s
  12. tmwiese55
    I was under the impression Yoho was unhittable and Brewers management should have all been fired for leaving him down for 3 weeks Jokes aside, my biggest concern so far this year is the BP has not been a strength. Sure it might be affected by all the SP injuries, but their biggest strength the last several years has been putting together a killer BP over and over. If they lose that big advantage over other teams it makes things much more difficult. Also, have to realize its still the guys first few innings in the bigs. Can't expect pure domination right away and small samples are fluky.
  13. tmwiese55
    Generally speaking, the national narrative so far is that the Bal front office has botched it hard the last few years to kind of blow the amazing position they were in with such a loaded batch of hitting prospects all coming at the same time. They've made some really odd deals the last two deadlines combined with odd FA signings
  14. tmwiese55
    Yea I'd take a proven reliable hitting OF if that option were to come up. Playing the White Sox I thought of the Robert idea again, but he's been off to a horrible start to follow up his bad last year. But yes an IF is of way more importance. I assume Story contract makes it a no go for MKE and that Boston will just keep him rather than pay to give him a way. Seems he's been ok/fine to start the year. But to be an option for MKE, is his defense still good or has he fallen off with age? IF he's gone to trash on D then its for sure not an option
  15. tmwiese55
    And have to play vs that brutal division, perfect combo to break the record.
  16. tmwiese55
    Starting P for Houston today is apparently a guy who played college ball at UW-Milwaukee, never heard of before named AJ Burbaugh.
  17. tmwiese55
    Trading Pratt would be a no go for me. I don't really know of a reasonable trade target that would make sense to me since its not like we can trade for some superstar type anyway due to the finances. And in Pratt's case, our leftside of IF is so shaky that he might be needed as soon as next year. Trading top tier prospects has mostly gone away in recent years, and a team like MKE should be among the last ones that can afford to do it. Their route to contention is hitting on these guys and having them for 7 years, not trading them for 1-2 years of someone else (I know Mayo wouldn't apply in that case, speaking in general). But then when its not a proven star type, well then you might as well keep your own guy (and the other stuff with it) rather than pay for only a slight increase in chances of hitting on one ETA: hindsight, I wonder what else MKE would have needed to add in the Burnes trade to get Mayo or Westberg instead of Ortiz.
  18. tmwiese55
    Good find. I assume the Rule 5 thing will hold him back for us, combined with my guess is the team really likes Durbin and expects him to take the job (I'm not as sold). Otherwise yea that seems the type of low risk 'why not' type move, give him a few weeks of ABs and see what happens. If it doesn't work you're back where you started trying to get someone more reliable by the deadline. Really with Ortiz's struggles they have to be looking at all routes to not have two blackholes on the IF all year.
  19. tmwiese55
    Sure, but going bald that early isn't common and it is a side effect. And not all PED guys look like Canseco, heck almost none of the modern guys do because its not straight up steroids only that are banned now. But put it all together for Pujols though and I know which way I'm guessing. Unheralded unknown goes to Dominican or other country for winter ball. Comes back to spring training as a different player ripping the cover off the ball and is huge. Going bald at like age 23. Was around Mcguire. Larussa was his manager. Past trainer says he was a PED guy, etc. I know which side I'd have my money on. And to note, I'm not a PED basher, I think they've gone too far in banning too much and vilifying those who did. I just don't like the hypocrisies. Things like Pudge, Ortiz flying right into the Hall, Andy Petite getting steam to be in, etc. And when folks like Bonds are made out to be the devil and Pujols is not even though its very likely he was in on it too. All in all, its a summary of why the 'caught' ones should probably be given some slack, chances are, and proven by that anonymous test/list, that so many were doing it so the 'caught' ones aren't some evil outliers. It was just the game at the time. Back to the real topic and every start this kid has being analyzed.
  20. tmwiese55
    Yea I've been surprised he's been like this to start the year. I remember complementing him late last year that he stood their and took his walks when he was starting to get pitched around a bit. Then this year he comes in swinging at everything. Hopefully they get it honed in a bit soon
  21. tmwiese55
    Old mentioned name McMahon in Den has had a bad start to the year too. So of course, first gut is good thing they didn't do and it doesn't make you want to get him. OTOH, along with the team being terrible it might incentivize them to eat even more of his salary and present a buy low type situation
  22. tmwiese55
    Any new 3B ideas out there? I know its only been two weeks, but yea so far its pretty much been worst case scenario. And not sure on what the advance stats say, but eye test their D has also been lacking. With the Cubs finally looking legit I'd rather not wait for the deadline, hopefully they're turning over as many stones as possible already.
  23. tmwiese55
    Yup, I'm sure steroid free too!! Especially looking at that bald spot he had by like 23 years old. to this topic, for a team that has been so spot on with pitching lately it is really surprising they made this mistake. But hey no one is perfect
  24. tmwiese55
    You guys know more than me as far as trade values etc so I trust you're all generally correct in being too much to have given up. That said, He's only had like 10-15 total starts so I'd say the general vibe on trashing the young player is probably step too far too. Lots of guys struggle for a bit before figuring it out, 10-15 starts with a chunk for a trash organization isn't enough to write him off. The evaluation on stuff/mechanics and what our superior pitching coaching can do with him should outweigh those handful of starts. So just saying I like it as a buy low/early (though I get you're saying the price wasn't low enough, so I get that we probably should've passed) type move that hopefully hits with the potential of several years of controlled starting p if it works. I assume he has options left too so can easily go down for some tinkering once our injured guys get back. Besides the immediate need now, this could've also been just as much a move for next year when they lose so many SPs
  25. tmwiese55
    Presumably it would take weeks for whoever it is to ramp up anyway, by that time the should have several guys back from the DL. Seems like the help would come too late. But of course no harm in another good pitcher
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