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If the market is way more than the compensation pick they'd be getting after next year they should do it before the year. It makes them know they have that 10 mil free to spend elsewhere and its very likely they'll get better value out of that 10 mil elsewhere, such as the IF replacement for Adames. And they have proven over and over they can replace bullpen arms. Its almost assured they'll be in contention so the mid season trade becomes really difficult again. You also take the injury risk. Your return likely goes down and becomes closer to the comp pick. So, I'd say it do it offseason because the money is better spent elsewhere (assuming you value what you get more than the comp pick by a lot). If you keep you have to plan on keeping the whole year and 'going for it' with him, take the pick like with Adames.

Yet he still cost them two WSs. that's what is nuts about his stats, they are that ridiculous yet he still lost the AZ series and blew those games to Bos with the 3-0 lead.

He turns 30 during next season. That's all I said. So the 6-7 year contract would be taking him into age 36-37

If that mid level contract is a possibility yes it makes sense. I assumed he's wanting to lock in his 5-6 year payday though. I'd personally guess Kim would be considered the better SS on D and stay there. I'd also think he'd demand that in his signing in order to keep his future value higher. But my basic understanding on him is that he's considered at the top top on D at SS so most teams would put him over Ortiz, but who knows. If its considered a wash then it doesn't really matter for the Brewers

Think I'd go with that play in style thing someone mentioned early in this thread. Or like you said here, the 10 set up before this. That way all 3 division winnerrs get the same perk rather than one being kinda boned in this one. Perhaps the compromise from the before since the beef was on the 1 game play in, have the 2 WC teams do the 3 game all at the higher records place. The 3 division winners all get the bye

Also, Willy turns 30 during next season, not 28. So you'd be signing him until he's 36-38ish. Yes he's a good player and forgeetting money I'd want him on the team, especailly for the next 2-3 years. 5-8 years, I'll pass unless I'm the Yanks/Dodgers with unlimited money where you can just cut him and eat it

we weren't talking about whether it was a playoff. We were talking about how successful it was at the actual best team ended up champion. It was likely the highest % hit rate on "did the actual best team end up champion?", though debatable with NBA. And yea due to the occasional issue you said is why I was fine with going to 4.

Yup to the bolded. Essentially what people are arguing for here is the exact opposite of what was argued for in CFB for 20 years. CFB had the best system for actual best team actually being crowned (besides possibly NBA), yet people stomped their feet demanding playoffs and for it to be decided on the field!!! (as if regular season doesn't happen on a field). Now in baseball people are arguing against it. Sorry, I know I'm a rare BCS supporter (was generally fine with it going to 4 teams, could be talked into 6 to create 'need' to be top 2 for the bye)

I really like the 2 here, it kind of steals that NBA play in game thing. Issue is people who hate 3 game series and the chaos will say it sucks its all coming down 1 game (which is what led to this 3 game thing). But, those paying closer attention will realize its more important to value the division winners in regular season. I'd just add, as the smallest market we shouldn't be too urgent to get rid of the chaos this creates. Generally its good for us as we'll never be the Dodgers/Yanks top team every year. Its just lately we've been on the crap end of it.

I know one of those ex Cardinals infielder utility types of the last 10 years has a house in central/northern WI and spends a bunch of time there. Due to family, his wife's family, or maybe just being an outdoors guy and having played up there in minors or something. They are all so similar and I do mix up which is which, but I'm fairly confident it is Dejong. If I'm correct, he probably would be one calling MKE up looking at it as a fit. Sure he's not anything special, but a cheap one year deal he's a perfectly competent MLB player

I know its seems we're cursed and can't win. But seriously, look at what Det is doing. All of our teams the last chunk of years has been better than them. It sucks for us on the other end of it, but we've just been on the bad end of the flukiness of baseball playoffs. Good for KC, AZ, and now possibly Det to be on the other end. Also, Cle fans have to be feeling pretty similar. Sure, had the WS run in '16 only to have your heart ripped out in game 7. Since then its been pretty much like us.

Sure adding the extra teams does make it harder than when it was just 4 on each side. But generally speaking, baseball playoffs are still the flukiest off all sports besides march madness. So yes, the added round did make it harder, but the nature of the playoffs themselves is a key as to why MKE actually has a chance every year they make it. We're frustrated that as a consistently good team we keep losing so kind of looking at it from the normal big market perspective in that sense. But, the overall nature of MLB playoffs is what even gives the small market team like MKE a legit chance. So in a way its a chicken/egg or catch22. We have a chance because of the fluky system, but right now we're on the bad end of the fluky so we complain about it. This system is far superior to the past which would have had NYY/LAD as 50% of the playoff teams every year. The fluky and bloated system is what's giving us a chance, so we can't really get too mad at it(other than generally pushing for salary rules similar to NFL/NBA so things are even). 3/4 teams in the AL right now are KC, Det, Cle. And sure the Yanks will probably still win but in baseball no game is more than 60/40 at this stage so its not some foregone conclusion the others have no chance. If we keep getting there every year there will be a deep run eventually. There is really nothing structurally/strategically different they should be doing for us to be angry at or 'demand more' etc. You just have to keep rolling the dice. I'd say the strategic 1-2 year 'go for it' spending moves could be increased. But IMO they have been open to it when the situation presents it like it did with Moose/Grandal/Hoskins. So generally I think they do have that as part of the strategy like they should.

I'd say only if he ends up having to take the 1-3 year (hoskins, snell, chapman) prove it type deal with the opt out options for him. Hope you get a great year out of him, let him sign elsewhere next year. If he's not available on that type of deal so be it, let someone else eat the back end of a bad contract.

Would not have guessed it off top of my head. But after a little thinking it does make sense due to playoff expansion and that for the first big chunk of years only 2-4 teams even made the postseason, so the super long standing teams % gets killed by that

I know just an easy joke and its generally true for his time here the last few years. But just last year we staked him a 3-0 lead immediately and he blew it in game 1. Yet another eyeroll frustration of this stretch of playoff shortcomings.

If Hoskins doesn't opt out I just don't see this making sense, those two just seem reduntant. If we didn't have Hoskins, sure why not as long as its 1 year. But with Hoskins here and Contreras/Yeli needing a bunch of DH ABs already it just doesn't seem to fit to me. Let Bauers/Sanchez go and give Black have that role for league min, that's like 10 mil saved to help get an IF to replace Adames, and/or maybe helps them keep Williams for his last year.

Generally fair and all. But I'd say there is a logic in one being 'good enough' all things considered with our budgets. Essentially one to replace a big chunk of what Adames did this year, though unlikely all of it. The the '2nd' along with covering the rest of Adames is helped by Chourio being good all year rather than awful for 2 months, Mitchell if healthy should be noticeably better than the OFs we've played this year, hopefully 120 games instead of 70 from yelich, Hoskins year 2 improvement after injury like a Winker did this year, general slight improvements from Ortiz and Turang, Black should be at least slightly better than Bauers. OF course not all those will happen but several of them should put a dent in covering the rest of Adames along with wanting more or a '2nd' guy like you said. But yea of course getting an IF to replace Adames and one more legit known hitter for the OF/DH/1B rotation I'm not gonna complain either.

Just don't get pulling so early after he'd been fine the last two innings. And yes sure if Chourio catches that it changes things. But remember the first out was a rocket to the wall that chourio saved. Then the one he botched was also hit super hard. Yes he should've caught but the pitcher gave up two very hard hit balls. Also, for those not at the stadium the sun was in a brutal spot for Chourio and had to be a factor in him missing that. Just think they overhthought it too much. Its not like they have 2018 Hader Burns Woodruff multi inning guys virtually unhittable to be going to the pen so early. Also wonder how the two first pitch outs with runners on after pitching is scuffling could've changed the game. Of course they could still get out and changes nothing but who knows. One more hit in one of those innings might've changed the course of the game

Well, its shaping up that way. As long as the Mets don't somehow blow game 2 vs a team not even trying. If there's ever a Mets thing to do, its that ETA: realized you might've posted that when NYM was still ahead so a bit different

We all know we can't sign Bregman to a long term and del and wouldn't want to. It was a question if he's gonna get that elsewhere or not? If not then we could get involved in the Hoskins/Chapman style 1-3 year things. If so he'd fit in pretty well for our need. My guess is someone will give him a legit contract though but was seeing what more informed people might think on it

Think Bregman gets his mega contract or any chance he'd need a Chapman/Hoskins/Snell type of thing? He hasn't been thaaaat great of a hitter that I'd want to be paying him an 8 year 200 mil deal as he enters his 30s but my guess is he'll get something close to so that he doesn't need a 1-3 year options filled prove it deal either that we could get involved in

Clicked this article expecting something on Chourio, a shocking no mention but Meyers did https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2024-mlb-playoffs-10-potential-postseason-breakout-stars-from-promising-prospects-to-under-the-radar-rookies/

That's been a kind of wisecrack or 'positive' thing I've been joking with as the year has gone on. The last few years we've had the correct formula with the 2 legit ace pitchers, and a solid 3rd one too, plus elite BP. That is supposedly the playoff formula right, and we flamed out every year in 1st round with it. This year, lose the 2 aces and they'll somehow win it all. Because that's how baseball is

If I read that post correct, we'd be negative against the East/West but not the NL overall once you put the Central back in. Still a bit surprising though

I don't know, seems an odd spot for them to have landed on for Williams. He's ok for 1-2 batters but not the possibility of 4-5. If you want to be cautious and just mark him as out for this game, so be it, they're the experts and I wouldn't have disagreed. But if you're cool with him getting all warmed up and throwing up to 10ish pitches you might as well be ok with 15ish and do the whole inning. And to compensate maybe give him two full days off after, for all they know he might not even be needed in those where this one he was. This middle ground area seemed weird though. Another to note is probably having a Koenig limit of like 20 pitches. I could be wrong but I think he had another like this a few weeks ago where he completely lost control in this same pitch area.