SomewhereInTime

Thanks for this, now I will go on my yearly rant: It is absolutely pathetic the White Sox (Cubs too I think, if I recall) can do FRESH Brats (hot dogs too) that are legit grilled in front of you, but the Milwaukee Brewers can only provide the worst brat I have ever tasted in my life. That is a disgrace. I remember slamming four Brats at a Sox game and I wasn't even mad about the money I was shelling out. Pretty sad their revamps in recent years have vastly improved the food yet it is still the worst stadium food I have ever experienced and it isn't even remotely close. MiLB stadiums have food 10x better. The food at the field in Arizona for ST is better. I swear it didn't use to always be like this at Miller Park. I remember watching them grill brats in the past, you could even order it "County Stadium Style" where they'd put secret sauce and kraut on it, but everything I see now is pre packaged and poor quality. I don't think I saw a single beer or hotdog guy walking around either. My only guess is maybe Oakland, Miami, or Kansas City may be worse but I've never been there, pure speculation. We might have the worst food in the big leagues these days.

The Brewers were always one of the least active teams in Latin America before Stearns and company got here. I guess I don't see how the organization's previous lack of results doing next to nothing are really relevant now that they have upped their efforts & investment considerably. It's almost like Stearns & company recognized the organization's lack of a presence in Latin America was problematic, so they took steps to address that & we are just now starting to see the earliest buds pop up from what will hopefully someday be the fruits of that labour. But is it worth it when they have the same minor league service time rules as stateside minor leaguers? If you sign a guy when he's 16 his six years are up at age 22 meaning he has to be promoted to the 40 man a lot earlier than stateside minor leaguers. Unless you get one who's really good at a really young age you have to stash him on the 40 man wasting a roster spot or risk losing them to someone else anyway.

You could also just sign a random 17 year old player, kind of irrelevant that a team would trade you one for a guy you are going to release anyway.

We've spent 10+ years getting no results from international signings, maybe we should punt on it.

I would invite anyone to go on a tour of Chicago or Minnesota to see what better ballpark food actually looks like. Even in St. Louis they have a Hardees in the stadium last time I was there and that's a better burger than anything at Miller Park.

The rest of the stadium is pretty bad too, very poor quality buns, less variety than in the past, meat overcooked, etc. At least back when it was Fridays they used to have most of the regular menu, you could get a steak or real burger or ribs if you wanted. I'll have to go back to alcohol only inside the stadium and get something to eat at an actual restaurant before or after the game.

I refuse to go based on the name alone. Worst. Name. Ever. Good decision.

Agreed. The addition of any high school aged soon to be DSL minor leaguer is completely worthless. (Could actually argue that they provide negative value in that it costs money to field DSL teams and they have produced almost no big leaguers for the Brewers over the last decade or so) #8 - Eduardo Garcia #9 Hedbert Perez #12 Luis Medina #13 Carlos Rodriguez #16 Jeferson Quero #20 Jesus Parra #29 Pablo Abreu Nearly 25% of our current Top 30 play or have played for the DSL Brewers. Thank god for wasting all that money, imagine our system if we stopped spending money down there. Goes to show you how bad our farm system has become. Maybe three of them make it above A ball?

The Restaurant to be Named Later is really bad, don't go. There are maybe six things on the menu, portions are small, food is not cooked well, and service is terrible. Massive step down from Fridays. (Though honestly the entire concessions at this stadium has gone downhill over the last several years and is significantly below average and easily the worst out of the stadiums I've visited)

Agreed. The addition of any high school aged soon to be DSL minor leaguer is completely worthless. (Could actually argue that they provide negative value in that it costs money to field DSL teams and they have produced almost no big leaguers for the Brewers over the last decade or so)

The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers and Fredericksburg Nationals are two of the worst teams imaginable. Both are 2-17 and the stats are pretty wild.

If he was good he wouldn't be on waivers. Minor league rosters need depth too.

Except that isn't the issue at all. The umpires have been missing clear balls and strikes. They have been really bad this season as these are not pitches that are just missing by a little bit and are borderline balls or strikes. The pitches that they are missing are completely out of the strike zone or completely in it. These pitches are completely missing the strike zone by more than one or two inches. It is clear they are balls or strikes you don't even need to zoom in to see this. Putting in robot umps to call balls and strikes will benefit the hitters as it will be a far more clearer strike zone for the batter. They won't have to guess if the umpire is going to give a pitcher three to four inches out of the zone. This will also benefit pitchers where the catcher gets crossed up and the pitch is still a strike but the catcher caught it outside of where they set up. Also batters get fooled by pitches and think they are strikes and swing the same happens to umpires they get fooled by a pitch and incorrectly call it a ball or a strike. I am not sure why anyone is against this. It helps clean up the game and makes it more balanced but I guess everyone loves the human error experience. It's all in your head. It's your ability to analyze and share online every pitch that makes you think they're getting worse when in reality they're better than they've ever been. The only gripe I have is with the way replay is handled. You don't get very much consistency with how calls are handled and how obvious the call needs to be. Most replays seem to be at 2nd base and they come down to when the tag was applied or if a runner lost contact with the base for a fraction of a second or something. The game was fine when you just went with a judgement call from the guy standing a foot away. Really only should use replay for fair/foul, homerun/not homerun, lineups/procedural, catch/no catch, and maybe force plays. Basically, the things that replay can clearly see.

Pitching changes are NOT the problem. It’s time between pitches. It’s been shown conclusively, there’s no debate. 5 minutes faster game for every 1 second you cut between pitches. 100% this. It's why Suter is my favorite pitcher on the team, by no means is he particularly good, but he is great to watch.

There is no way that is true. What we have now is technology that analyzes every pitch so you can clearly see if a ball is an inch outside or not. I can assure you if you watch an old game from 20+ years ago you will see balls 6 inches or more off the plate called strikes but you didn't have strikezone box over homeplate on the telecast so you just kind of eyeballed it and said it is what it is.

I don't see how anyone could think this unless you were expecting Rasmussen to become a top-of-the-rotation starter. Relievers are not that valuable. Honestly, a 2.0-3.0 WAR everyday SS is probably more valuable than Hader. Rasmussen was not even a consensus top-10 prospect in a terrible Brewers system. I think people are conflating his original upside as a former first-round draft pick who we managed to draft in the sixth round, with him being an actual top or former top prospect. If we're looking at the aggregate I might agree, though Hader has posted a 2.7 WAR for a season in the past. Hader will only pitch around 70 innings tops. However, the innings Hader will pitch will be the most important innings and in the postseason he will pitch big innngs every game. Now when you're talking about middle relievers like these two, yes absolutely

They eye test tells me differently. Why is it a false narrative, because you disagree? On numerous occasions this season, his arm has looked weak, not nearly as strong as you'd expect a starting MLB SS arm should look. Part of it may be that he just doesn't compare to Arcia when it comes to arm strength, the other part is that his arm just isn't that strong. Bingo. This is SS. If you are truly attempting to build an elite defense, you need a great arm here. Just because he can make a throwing error when he overthrows the 1B, that does not mean he has a strong arm. A child can throw the ball over the first basemen's head. It just means in addition to having a wet pool noodle attached to his right shoulder, you also don't have any idea where the ball is going when it is released from said wet pool noodle.

Bad enough that Eric Thames is the MVP?

Agree completely Literally every one of his throwing errors this year has been an overthrow. There are plenty of negative things that can be said about Urias, but it surprises me that anyone who has watched him play can believe he has some peashooter for an arm. In his defense he's had plenty of throwing errors wide and plenty of plays that could've been made with a stronger arm. Perhaps the throws off target high are due to him rushing and trying to compensate for his general lack of arm. Luckily the Brewers seem to agree that he is no longer a viable option at SS going forward.

Outstanding catch

Damn, thought we had a chance for a second there. Counsell has really managed this one to lose.

A good rule of thumb is to never sign a player (really in any sport) while they are recovering from a serious injury. You just do not know what they will be when they are cleared to return.

This contract is going to be an absolute albatross

Agree completely

Other guys don't seem to have too much trouble hitting lately. I mean hell, this Reds team gave up 19 yesterday. Somebody's hitting the ball hard.