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  1. MrTPlush
    If the NBA Finals are any indication on how much tickets maybe then I think you are looking at the cheapest seats being something like $800. In Phoenix the cheapest ticket I could find for the NBA Finals was around $900 all the way up on top those usually go for about $20-40 a ticket. I don’t think you’d get in for $500 even if we were down 0-3 in the series. Before Game 7 in 2018 a WS ticket would have cost you about $1,000. That was us not hosting the WS too.
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    They played: Falcons (4-12) Broncos (5-11) Falcons (4-12) Eagles (4-11-1) All of those teams finished last in their division. They also aren't stickng with what they have, they are going with Winston instead. Hill started the games last year without Brees. I don't think the Saints are horribly confident with what they have. I just think they decided to not go chasing sloppy seconds QBs that cost a lot of money/draft picks/players and realistically won't get you to the Super Bowl.
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    The offensive line is a head scratcher. I started to wonder if the recruiting got lazy and they weren't really trying to branch out of Wisconsin very much. Why dig deep into OT recruiting if you can just get highly ranked WI guys with near zero effort? It is one rare position Wisconsin can really dominant recruiting, yet, the results are not matching. Nelson is terrible. Maybe no one is better, but that guy sure looks lost way too much for the experience he has. Penn State absolutely torched him like it was his first college game ever.
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    Coan had a pretty amazing game, honestly. He will light up the scoreboard more with ND talent, but he just does all the little things right. Short game is his strong suit, but he was even throwing some deep dimes. Coan actually lead them on a 40 second drive at the end of regulation that would have put them easily into FG range, but his TE dropped an easy catch. He then threw the INT on the Hail Mary. It will be interesting to see how he does over the entire year. Maybe in the off-season they force PC to watch all his game to see how his former QB was utilized differently elsewhere.
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    The Brewers have officially gotten to 100% odds to win their division.
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    Absolutely wild end to the Notre Dame and FSU game. It went to overtime and FSU had a fumble via the QB on third down. It pushed them back to a 50 yard field goal attempt. FSU decided to challenge as it was about to be kicked, the kicker kicks it any and makes the field goal. After a lengthy review it was determined to be an incomplete pass and suddenly making it an approximate 35 yarder. The FSU kicker, now iced by his own coach, misses it. Notre Dame then went and kicked their field goal to win the game.
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    The question is if there’s another Adames that could be gotten for Houser and Lauer, do you make the trade? (And then who are the potential Adameses?) It’s important to remember what Adames value was at the time of the trade and also his perceived potential/future production. It certainly wasn’t anywhere near a .900 OPS…and maybe in the long run it isn’t that. 99/100 times you aren’t going to make such a trade and have a guy with a .900 OPS playing SS. I’d trade Houser or Lauer for another Adames every day of the week…but for the value that was perceived at the time of that trade…? Not so obvious
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    Especially at QB, what a stud. Wish we had a guy like that.
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    I’d be interested to see how much of the Tampa Bay Rays roster year to year is actually prospects/players that got via trading off a guy 2+ years from FA…or of course a player largely acquired with prospects from such a trade. Because draft picks, FA signings, international signings, and guys acquired for rentals etc aren’t really applicable to the ‘Rays way’ that is often so highly touted. Maybe a lot are, idk, but I’m guessing people referencing how the Rays build a team couldn’t even name how 3 of their 26 man roster were acquired. So is it actually built that way or is that a bit outdated from their last run of success?
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    Neither guy has much of a track record, so no, you aren’t getting anything close to an Alex K. They have value for sure, but I think we would be better off keeping both another year. If one or both of them have another great year their value will be exponentially more than it is now. Ashby/Small can get their fair share of opportunities via injury next year and be well seasoned for 2023. I do think you have the right idea, not only to get some younger talent, but also to keep the payroll down. Both of those guys enter arbitration next year. First year money isn’t usually bad, but after that it can get a bit pricey. It seems logical to trade from an area of strength that you have guys waiting in the wings at.
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    I always thought the Tampa Bay way was a bit overrated. It was much more trendy before they missed the playoffs 5 years in a row. Now it is rejuvenated again because of their COVID run. As great as their model is, it has zero WS rings. Given, they have a miserable division to compete in, but if their way is that great to follow I would expect some more hardware.
  12. MrTPlush
    We had an entire season of proof that Coan would have done better. Coan wasn’t as bad as people made it and continue to make it…actually Coan was a pretty dang good QB for the offense we seem to like running. Coan protected the ball and played smart ball. Completed nearly 70% of his passes. Pretty sure his passer rating was Top 15 in Power 5 in 2019. If Coan was the QB today I’m betting we would have been cruising along winning by 14+ I really hope Mertz makes us all look dumb and this was just first game of the season jitters, but dang was the dude horrible today after a rough 2020.
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    I remember getting hung out to dry by many for throwing PC’s play calling under the bus a few years ago. Of course back then he had Jonathan Taylor to make it look like a decent plan. I always thought his in game adjustments were terrible, but it seems he can’t adjust to a roster that doesn’t revolve around an elite run game either. Just pound it up the middle over and over. They always knew what was coming. The off chance we pass and it seems like we want to throw over the middle where they are loading the box. Hard for Mertz to be awfully upset the way he has performed, but the Badgers have done a comically poor job building the team around his arm. I don’t see practice, so maybe he just really does suck, but is he even allowed to throw over 5 yards? Again, his performance doesn’t really justify it to some extent. He can’t even hit his receivers in the short game. Constantly throwing behind guys and never hitting them on the run. I pondered before the game if Jack Coan > Graham Mertz. Maybe Graham is more talented, but the way PC coaches it feels like Coan is a way better fit to run his offense. Pretty sure PC would find a way to make a guy like Kyler Murray brutally stale and boring.
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    I have always thought, still do, that you can’t really trade Hader and really be trying your hardest to win a World Series. Even if the Brewers got blown away those prospects still likely disappoint or totally bust. At best they probably aren’t major impacts in the coming years. I’m just not a fan of it. Ride him to FA and take whatever compensation you get (even if nothing). Losing Hader is a blow to us in the regular season, but the potential loss coming October is crippling. I wouldn’t even trade Williams, though I think he is a less of a sure thing long term. I mean…maybe if someone backed up an absolute dump truck, but I don’t think teams are as eager to do that for relievers anymore. This is how a team like the Brewers will win a World Series, trading that away seems foolish. It’s hard to see a better situation for the Brewers to win it all then we will the next few years. If you want to replenish to farm, do it with Peralta, Burnes, Woodruff, Adames after the next few years and the team is falling apart. Why would we even trade Hader now? To reload for our sub .500 teams after 25/26? I don’t think there is any way to sugar coat it, this team is pretty much destined for a rebuild after about 2024. Trading Hader ain’t saving us from losing Adames/Burnes/Woodruff.
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    I believe this was the consensus on Luis Urias coming up as well, and he definitely looks now like a guy who could hit 30 HR at some point in his career. Sure, but Turang has 10 HR spread across about 1000 minor league at bats, while Urias hit 36 minor league home runs at equivalent ages, including 19HR in AAA as a 22 yr old in only 340 at bats. Granted, Urias' power explosion in AAA came at launching pad El Paso. I have a hard time seeing Turang's power potential going from a 5-10HR MLB player to 30 in the next few years, especially because that 5-10HR amount is still projecting him to find more slugging than what he currently has. Because of his speed and defensive ability, Brice doesn't have to hit for huge power to be a very good MLB player, though. Why are you comparing equivalent age instead of ABs or PAs? Luis Urias got to start at the age of 17 and didn't lose an entire year to COVID. Comparing them based on what they did through their 21 year old season is incredibly misleading. Even then your numbers are wrong. Urias hit 19 homers, by my count, through his age 21 season. Turang has 10 HRs in 998 ABs (first three years of pro ball). Luis Urias had 9 HRs in 1,306 ABs (first four years of pro ball). I don't expect Turang to really ever have power, but I didn't expect Urias to find so much this season either. His track record in the minors and his MLB time pointed at a very low HR output in the future. Of course I wouldn't be shocked if Urias never hits 18+ homers in a season again.
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    The best part is Castellanos had apparently already given the bat to a kid, so the umps had to take it back to inspect it. The MLB.com story said they also did a replay review of the home run to see if there was something on the bat that helped aid the home run… which doesn’t seem to make much sense. Mike Shildt [and the entire Cardinals operation] is just weird. The review was a rules check according to the broadcast to see if a cracked bat was legal. A piece of the cupped end was broke off and had been for a week or so according to the Reds announcers. Lorenzo Cain had a similar situation in 2018 and the bat lasted so long it became must-watch (not really, but it started getting attention) TV for awhile.
  17. MrTPlush
    These type of games are usually dumpster fire attempts to win under normal circumstances....with a lead of 10.5 games in September, yah, Giants should be very concerned if they blow this one.
  18. MrTPlush
    I think the end result of this trade is far from over. Grisham and Urias aren't super stars and I would not blink if one (or both) of them end up woefully inconsistent or fall off the earth like a Shaw did...or like a Casey McGehee. If that happens the trade could look lopsided. Of course maybe one takes the next step, who knows. We are a bit lucky Stearns didn't decide to cast off Urias when he acquired Adames, which could have easily happened, much like when he traded Arcia. It was clear they weren't really that high on Urias when Stearns basically called him a utility player after the trade.
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    Sometimes when people claim a team "sold low" I think they are disregarding the reality that if that player stayed the likely outcome was them never improving. It isn't selling low if there was pretty much no chance of them ever rebounding or becoming what they did post trade at their original club. Adames blamed the Rays ballpark for a lot of his struggles and then blossomed. Not like the Rays are getting a new ballpark next year to regain value. It is like Segura. Never lost sleep over his success after leaving because it was clear he was not figuring it out here. If Arcia would have become something, oh well, we tried for years. Sometimes a change of scenery is the only way to really get a player going.
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    Reported
  21. MrTPlush
    Today I wondered what it would be like if every car was equipped with a radio and could talk to the cars around them...kind of like 18 wheelers.
  22. MrTPlush
    Brewers are the closest team to clinching a divisional title at #19...the White Sox magic number is currently #22. I was surprised to see the Rays are absolutely on fire and have an 8 game lead after winning 9 straight. Last week they had a 4.5 game lead.
  23. MrTPlush
    Their starting pitchers were Trevor Bauer (won't be seeing him), Edwin Ucenta (not even on MLB roster any more, it was a bullpen game though), Dustin May (who we won't see as he got injured after 5 outs and then we barely won against their depleted bullpen), and Julio Urias. Urias we would see and that was the game we lost. On the flip side we threw Lauer, Peralta, Woodruff, Bettinger. Seems really silly when these won't be anywhere near the match ups we will see and faced the Dodgers waaaay back in April/May. How is not having to face Bauer worse for the Brewers? They'll also have to use someone in the play in game. They either use their best or risk losing without playing their best. That said yes, that is the least important reason to have the top seed. I think the other five reasons I outlined still stand. I didn't say it was. I am just pointing out that in four games against them 1/4 starters we will actually see in the postseason and we lost to that one pitcher. Of course Bettinger won't go toe-to-toe with Urias, but that is my point. Those match ups won't even be close to what we will see in October.
  24. MrTPlush
    Their starting pitchers were Trevor Bauer (won't be seeing him), Edwin Ucenta (not even on MLB roster any more, it was a bullpen game though), Dustin May (who we won't see as he got injured after 5 outs and then we barely won against their depleted bullpen), and Julio Urias. Urias we would see and that was the game we lost. On the flip side we threw Lauer, Peralta, Woodruff, Bettinger. Seems really silly when these won't be anywhere near the match ups we will see and faced the Dodgers waaaay back in April/May.
  25. MrTPlush
    I wouldn’t want to count on that working that way in the playoffs. Yah, I know our road record is good, but in baseball there is a big difference between a regular season home game and one in the postseason. Baseball stadiums get packed and they get packed with a lot of energy come October. I don't think it has anywhere near the impact it does in other sports, but road games are no fun in October.
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