MrTPlush

Bud experiencing not having an elite pen, it hurts.

It is just as affordable as it has ever been if you want it to be...actually in many ways even more affordable with the packages that include drink/food. Smaller portions, but that is all some people need and sometimes a smaller portion for your kid to eat half of anyway. People looking for affordable sit in the terrace or maybe the bleacher, that really isn't any more expensive these days. The only way it is more expensive is if you are picky as all get-up, must sit in a certain section, must go on a certain specific day of the week against a specific team in a specific month. There are still a ridiculous amount of games, some on weekends, some in the summer, and some on holidays where tickets are less than $15 (maybe even $10). I think the reduction of people going to games is a bit overblown. The start of this argument dates back to 2017 or so (72.7mil), where it then tumbled to 68.5mil before COVID. Things hit a concerning level in 2022 when they were still only drawing 64.6mil post COVID. However, that number spiked to a staggering 70.7mil in 2023. If you want to specifically look at the Brewers, they drew nearly identical fans to the park in 2017 and 2023. However, they ranked worse overall in 2023 (#15 versus #10). So, between 2017 and 2023 there is hardly that much of a decline in fans going out to the park. You could reduce that gap even more if you consider the clownery in Oakland effecting it a solid half million. It remains to be seen if the staggering jump in 2023 will stick. If it does (or even improves) I really don't think MLB has much of an attendance issue on their hands. Even if it declines slightly, you could probably just attribute that to economic times and I bet most sports will see struggles too.

Did you see how much effort he put into complaining about the new parking system after saying he is never going again anyway? This is hardly shocking. I do appreciate the disclaimer about how he isn't ever going to AmFam again or isn't a Brewers fan anymore though. Then I know to pretty much disregard whatever the opinion is. And that isn't sarcasm....I hate when people complain but fail to mention it really doesn't apply to them anyway.

Spin ball hard, throw ball hard, and start before you are a teenager. End of story and yah...the ball changing probably is a big part of why that happened. Though I think analytics is a lot to do with it anyway. It is broken and you aren't going to fix it. Guys aren't going to stop throwing hard or reduce spin rate....even if you deadened the ball. Why would you? Swings and misses will still make you better off. Smart teams will start investing in more pitching. Extending guys will become more and more risky on the pitching side. I wouldn't depend on some incentives to get guys to take care of their arms better,

One of the most bothersome things about Angel (and a few others) is the fact they will get a call wrong, double down, and sit on a throne on top of their inflated ego. With Angel, it isn't even behind the plate that is the core issue...dude has been messing up calls for decades all over the diamond. It is unfortunate that the umpires are protected as much as they are.

No way they are wasting money on people to do it. Definitely a computer, mostly. Last I knew the Brewers were cutting off a lot of ‘fat’ as far as employees. No reason to have employees track prices…if a dude can make a Twitter page to track celebrity airplanes, ticket tracking software is elementary stuff. It isn’t entirely due to secondary prices as Labor Day is dirt cheap, yet Brewers are pricing very very premium.

Meh, I am waiting for the Wisconsin one, 2099

I am sure they have smart people creating the algorithm and making sure it is effective. I am confident the Brewers aren't idiots and going to find themselves with a half empty stadium on Labor Day and cost themselves $1mil. This type of pricing is far from some new concept and many industries use it. Though as a business-ey person I see a few potential issues: #1 There is a bit of quirk when it comes to people like @rickh150. When you have one person buy it today for $80 and then someone three months from now pays $50, that can certainly ruffle some feathers. Mainly because I don't think most people are hyper aware this dynamic pricing is going on. If I am excited to go to a game and see it is $80, my jaw may hit the floor, and I may just not buy tickets. Even worse, I may just assume all games are that expensive. In an industry that heavily relies on fandom, this is a sensitive model to toy with. #2 This model doesn't exactly make people want to go buy tickets far in advance. The risk with that, if the Brewers decide they aren't very good, no one is going to want to go out and buy tickets...especially after so many years of success. Instead of people being 'stuck' using tickets they bought in March/April, they can simply just not even go. It is the same exact problem with a monthly service to watch the Brewers. By doing so it is very easy to just drop Bally Sports at any given time if they suck. Of course, on the flip side, there could be some good. Dynamic pricing like this motivates you to put a good product out there and hopefully win. Maybe even improving the fan experience in general. You certainly don't want to have dynamic pricing and have a crappy team that isn't fun to watch.

Hiura is simply a terrible example or comp. Hiura had 300 ABs at the MLB level. His splits were extreme, his K rate was over 30%, and his BABIP was comically high. Not to mention he was a pile of crap on defense and his entire value was entirely offense. Despite some posters clamoring to lock him up, his demise was incredibly predictable. There is a reason he never got an extension. On the flip side Contreras has 1,000+ ABS at a premium position, All Star, MVP vote getter, and has Silver Slugger. Hiura would have been 6 years from FA and still multiple years from even seeing arbitration. Contreras will make millions next year in arbitration. Actually, Contreras could falter offensively, have a major injury, and still carve out a career for the next 5+ years as a catcher...even as a back-up. Contreras is set to make millions in the future with virtually zero risk. Manny Pina's career lasted till age 36 and he made almost $15mil. The bar is stupid low for catchers. Contreras is going to get generational money, that is basically an afterthought at this point. Unless you really want to cling to the argument that some catastrophic freak injury could happen. The risk is whether or not he makes $50mil+ in his career or not. Contreras can blow his knee tomorrow and the Brewers would pay him millions in both 2025/2026 regardless of performance.

June 29th, lol wow. You can blame ticket flippers for this. All you see is the Brewers trying to get the fair price for games up front. Why sell tickets for $100, if they are worth $180? Just go buy on StubHub. If the price is comparable to StubHub, well, then I don’t understand why one would complain. If the price was cheaper (face value if you will) the tickets would all be sold out by now and you would be looking at StubHub already anyway. This is a good thing: #1 It means the Brewers are a hot commodity and people are wanting to go to games (spend money). #2 The Brewers are getting the money, not some sleezy douche bag ticket broker.

The problem is, it is college sports. There wasn’t a good answer, thus why they did little to nothing. Could they have done a better job? Sure…maybe. You want them to pay guys (or let them get paid by someone), but also want the NCAA to fund crummy non revenue sports. Even beyond that, expect them to also prop up non revenue schools. It doesn’t help some schools a sport can have great revenue and another school it is worthless. People want the NCAA/Schools to baby all these different sports and baby the less fortunate non-P5 schools to protect the fantasy of college athletics. It’s really trying to put lipstick on a pig.

I’ll wait for one of them to hit for longer than a week. None of these guys are worth penciling into a spot 3 months from now, let alone years.

Very, I just don’t think people actually realize how incredibly accurate MLB umpires are. Of course 200+ pitches in a game and 95% means 10+ wrong calls. Pretty incredible when most calls called wrong tend to be mere inches (or less) from right. People have this very unreasonable expectation of perfection with umpires. Though I think the inconsistently between two guys and between nights can make it seem worse than it is.

Oh, Storr is fantastic. I am purely talking about teams that would be looking to give him the money he seeks. I am sure there are plenty of teams that would throw $500k at him and would sit around and hope they get picked. However, it seems pretty unlikely that he is going to stay in the NCAA for that...not to mention if he does, he would probably just go back to Wisconsin. Teams rich and willing enough to toss $750k+ at him aren't going to wait around for him to shop it or ponder the NBA. They have money and they are going to go make sure they fill out their squad. They won't get left hanging by a 2nd-team Big Ten player. That isn't anything to sneeze at, but simply...he isn't THAT guy. Those teams probably have a similar or better player(s) already...so Storr isn't a necessity to them.

Maybe, I’m not really much of an NBA watcher to know the likelihood of that. Seems it would be odd for a guy who isn’t very polished and a rookie…but probably has more to do with promising him the salary ($600k-ish?) than actually using him at the NBA level. At that rate Wisconsin’s $500k isn’t impressive and $750k isn’t a huge improvement over the G-league as a two-way. He is probably destined for the NBA at that rate. Any team willing to give him $750k+ doesn’t wait around for the Storr’s of the world to figure their stuff out.

Storr really hoping some team has more money than they know what to do with and give him 7-figures. I mean, I don’t think he is even a 2nd rounder. Forgoing another year in college for whatever a G-league salary is seems…slightly shortsighted.

Yah, I was pretty perplexed. His yard is big…but not big enough for a former MLB player to hit balls…and a 20 foot backstop isn’t stopping a baseball. Maybe not even a wiffle ball. I guess if I had that much money (especially if I wanted a ball field) I wouldn’t live so close to my neighbors the 20 foot fence was pushing the property line.

JJ Hardy is creating a stir due to constructing a literal baseball field in his backyard including 20 foot poles for a backstop. While his neighbor lives within the City of Chandler, he lives in an unincorporated county island. Thus, a 20 foot backstop seems to be allowed. I mean honestly…what a gigantic douche move by Hardy. I actually can’t imagine being such a person that has no shame doing this. Anyone who knows anything about baseball knows balls are not going to be contained by a 20 foot net. https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/03/former-mlb-player-building-mini-baseball-field-maricopa-county-home-causes-controversy/?outputType=amp (feel free to move this to off-topic if you see fit)

That is completely irrelevant to the point I was making. The point was, Carroll mashed instantly at the MLB level all year...but he also mashed in the minors to the tune of a 1.000. Chourio simply held his own before coming the majors...so the odds he comes up mashing a .850+ OPS would be quite surprising in the grand scheme...aka, Chourio is probably going to run into a brick wall of reality at some point. I mean, I hope not....but I am guessing at some point it is going to feel like he is very overmatched once teams learn about him more.

Hope he continues to do well however, Wiemer/Turang were both unstoppable the first five games and their 2023 seasons ended up being bleach in the eyes bad. A long way to go and pitchers are going to pick apart where he struggles. Reality is, he barely managed an .800 OPS last year in the minors...a guy like Corbin Carroll was smacking a 1.000 in the minors. So, I will temper my expectations still. Dude just has to keep his head high and battle through the struggles ahead...because they will come.

Some of them did, including Murphy basically ignoring him...he got some casual high fives though.

If you are going to throw three sliders in a row...best not throw it down the middle on the third try.

Only shot at a DP was throwing to first and then second.

Time to update the ole ratio.