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  1. balsamlaker
    If he gets the credit for the 2021 seasons of Garcia and Narvaez, does he also get the blame for their 2020 season? Both of them basically returned to the hitters they were 2-3 years prior to arriving in Milwaukee.
  2. balsamlaker
    It will be interesting to see who the hire(s) will be, as some teams are hiring multiple "hitting coaches". The average tenure of a MLB hitting coach is very short. With that said, the bar seems to be set fairly low as far as making Yelich an above average hitter and getting the likes of Hiura, Bradley, and such to hit at all.
  3. balsamlaker
    Wouldn't be shocking to see UW head back to the transfer portal to get another running back.
  4. balsamlaker
    Instead of firing coaches, I could see UW "encouraging" a couple of coaches to look for a new job. Rudolph may have to take a major paycut to do it, though.
  5. balsamlaker
    The O-Line including the backs and tight ends are not cohesive.
  6. balsamlaker
    I have seen numerous plays where the backs and tight ends have had the chance to help the tackles on passing downs and go right on by.
  7. balsamlaker
    In the NFL your top paid players need to play well to win. In college football, I feel like your top paid coaches need to do similar. Leonhard is doing great. Rudolph is next on the pay scale and had play calling taken from him and had strong lines from 17-19, but otherwise has had average at best results. I think Haering is third on the pay scale with very mixed results and does not help out the coaching staff coaching other positions like many special teams coaches which takes away coaching flexibility with a ten-coach staff. Which brings me to my ultimate head scratcher from the offseason - why did Chryst replace his departing quarterback coach with a cornerback coach (unless this was required to keep Leonhard from GB)? He put a great deal of responsibility on himself as head coach, coordinator, and quarterback coach. Did he think his nephew, who has never coached, would make all the difference?
  8. balsamlaker
    If Preston can continue to play well, you have to think the Packers may save a few million and run Preston and Gary as first-team OLBs in 2022 and release Z.
  9. balsamlaker
    Unless there will be an exodus of current players, this class may only see 5-7 more commitments. New personnel member Steven Schrum hopefully can land in-staters Hinzman, Schrauth, and Hamm to finish this class in a strong manner.
  10. balsamlaker
    It will be interesting to look back 5-6 years from now at these four high schoolers. If Riggio or Holton would have signed, it may not have been possible to sign any of them. Overall the team spent the majority of their money without going into the penalties, which is fairly typical for the team (2018 they went into the first stage of penalty - just financial). In hindsight you can always look back and see how you could do more. Maybe you take a Morissette, Abbott, or Whitaker instead of Smith or draft Tresh and/or McGowan later, but overall I would say they spent fairly well.
  11. balsamlaker
    With the current depth at wide receiver, it wouldn't be shocking if the Packers are able to recoup a late round pick or two trading away one or more of the "other" receivers at cutdown day to another team. On an unrelated note, I wonder if Rodgers lists the dozen or so players that left the Packers if Ted Thompson is still alive - roughly two-thirds of those transactions occurred before Gutekunst's tenure as general manager.
  12. balsamlaker
    After the Avina signing, still leaves roughly $1 million to go over the $125,000 thresholds. Gotta think the Brewers thought they had some initial numbers worked out with Riggio heading into day three of the draft and it fell apart...probably happens more than people realize. Will Rogers is likely the strongest prospect left, but from a financial standpoint the Brewers should be able to meet all of their needs if they want to start pro ball.
  13. balsamlaker
    I could see Cobb coming back at a vet's minimum, if the Texans release him. He is being paid as an average #1 receiver. Regarding Adams, the interesting question with Adams is how much does he have left after this year? Even though the Cardinals gave Hopkins a lot of money, they may have been smart doing it on a short-term deal. Most receivers decline fairly quickly once they reach their thirties.
  14. balsamlaker
    With the current signings, the Brewers have just over $1.2 million to go over the $125,000 contracts of picks between rounds 11-20.
  15. balsamlaker
    I preface this with I truly hope to see Rodgers playing with the Packers for a number of years still at a high level. With that said, the number of 38+ year-olds that had seasons of overall 100.0 quarterback rating in the past can be named using one hand and none of them I think played for an average of more than $25 million/year, as they were going for the ring. If you look at how many quarterbacks that age that won Super Bowls, it may just be Brady and Manning (the year the Broncos 'D' carried him to the title).
  16. balsamlaker
    With the 5% over top allotment that the Brewers have used in the past, they could still offer one of the day three picks over 1/2 million without any other players taking a discount. R. Smith seems like the most likely to have agreed to a discount as he is basically a college senior, as he turns 23 in a couple of months. It also wouldn't be a surprise to see some minimal savings with some of the other day two selections.
  17. balsamlaker
    I still think the Brewers will go college in the first round with Ford as the one possibility of a high schooler. I could see them seeing who falls or cutting a deal with one of the college players that people believe are going to go in the fifteen or so picks after them to be able to save some money for some high school pitching later. It also would not surprise me to see them go Jaden Hill at #33.
  18. balsamlaker
    Only more years will tell, but it wouldn't surprise me if the analytical Brewers treat the draft at the top similar to how NFL teams do trading down to gather more picks. If this is the case, maybe they have a top ten list for 2021 and if they are all gone then they are trying to cut a deal with one of a handful of college pitchers they like that may or may not be there at 33.
  19. balsamlaker
    I don't see the Brewers going for a high school pitcher in the first round and I don't know if they go high school hitter unless it is one of the four shortstops that falls. Maybe Cowser or McLain drop to them as a college hitter, otherwise I think it will be a college pitcher. Bednar was one of the college pitchers I wondered about before the College World Series as a potential "discount pick", but I am guessing his recent performance takes that discount out of the picture. Maybe Madden?
  20. balsamlaker
    The Prospects Live draft (IMO) would be solid. Realistically, you could probably save a little drafting Williams at #15 and you might have to use a little of that to sign Stovall at 33. Part of me feels like another UCLA player is going to fall to them in the first to join his former teammate.
  21. balsamlaker
    If the Brewers don't go for a "discount", there appears to be sixteen players that (at this time) appear to be pretty consensus top-20 picks - Mayer, Lawler, Leiter, Davis, Watson, Jobe, Rocker, House, Cowser, McLain, Frelick, Madden, Montgomery, Bachman, Ford, and Wicks.
  22. balsamlaker
    Since Cowser, Frelick, and McLain are likely not to make it to 15, it seems to make me think a college pitcher will be their top pick. Even if they try to save $$$, that usually means a college player.
  23. balsamlaker
    I would say Binelas is going to still be a top 3-round pick, despite his "fall". It will be interesting to see how the Brewers, and others, try to tackle a 20-round draft. Will they try to make a discount pick like they did with Small and Hiura? Will someone fall to them, like Mitchell, that will cost full value?
  24. balsamlaker
    Interesting BA Tweet today showing 45 current MLB players were taken in rounds that won't exist in the future. Chart also shows nearly one-third of current MLB players were taken in the top two rounds and about one-half in the top six rounds.
  25. balsamlaker
    I was going a little deeper and a little farther back including DeMuth, Iskenderian, Carroll, and big money for McClanahan in the 11th round. More than a handful of years, though, as I was going back to probably 2014.
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