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Your post wasn't there when I started mine. Seems we were both typing at the same time.
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Maybe I am slow, but how can the two number sets above (by KeithStone and brewerfan82) both be correct?
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Perfectly cromulent word.
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Where does River Ryan compare with other pitchers with an aquatic-themed name? Steve Lake, Steve Trout, Anthony Bass and the great John Wetteland come to mind. And no, a submarining pitching motion doesn't count.
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Will the Brewers sign Woody?
Underachiever replied to eddiemathews's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
How can a contract for a guy with that kind of uncertainty ever be called "team-friendly?" I feel so bad for the guy. But that doesn't mean that I want the Brewers to sign him. -
One of my favorite baseball memories of the last few years is Hader's 8-K wipeout of the Reds in 2018. Despite the outcome of that game, I think that the evolution of Hader's more traditional use as a one-inning closer was inevitable. I think the Brewers had to weigh the value of Hader over a 162-game season, and the decision to have him available for more games is the best one. There is nothing to indicate that he wouldn't have pitched multiple innings if the playoffs required it, as he showed with the Padres in 2022. But the prudent use of a dominant closer over the course of a six-month season will probably always be to stick to the one inning. Are all games important? Certainly. But do you want Hader pitching a five-out save in May against the White Sox? I'm not sure I do. The separate issue of then what happens in an arbitration hearing is a different discussion. I don't think that a manager is worrying about a January hearing during the 8th inning of a game when he is lining up his bullpen.
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Yes. I think if Chicago had won, problem solved and no movie. I was living in Cincinnati when they shot 8 Men Out. there. Terrific movie.
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4. Repeat the same point in multiple posts in this thread, and across different threads, making every thread the same thread.
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Brewers are going to win the division. Ok, the Cubs may sign some guys to change that. But St. Louis? Baby Brewers over the collection of geriatrics in St. Louis any day. Add Sonny Gray, subtract Montgomery. Lance Lynn? Will be interesting to see what is higher: his ERA or his K/9. Both should be in the 5.something range. Kyle Gibson will give them innings, but he didn't have great numbers in Baltimore. Along with Mikolas, that's most of your rotation. Goldschmidt turns 37 this year. Oh that's right, Matt Carpenter is back from the dead (they are only paying him the minimum. Padres on the hook for the rest). That's 105 million in salary to those 6 players, average age 36. (I ignored Arenado, because he's younger, I still think he is good, and he made my rant less effective.)
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Doesn't really matter what Houser was due to make. The Brewers didn't want him, apparently. Or they really liked the pitcher they got from Boston. Either way, they bucked the sunk cost fallacy.
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Interesting article. This was news to me: McNally won 21 games and Cuellar, Dobson, and Palmer each won 20, matching the record of the 1920 Chicago White Sox. Urban “Red” Faber (23), Lefty Williams (22), Ed Cicotte and Dickey Kerr (21 each) did it for the second-place White Sox, the year after Chicago won the tainted 1919 World Series. They should make a movie about that...
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Who is attending Spring Training?
Underachiever replied to Underachiever's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Is it more remote than the Reds/Indians? I felt like I was driving forever to get to that place from Tempe last year. -
Good name similarity to replace Janson Junk. Now go find a Bernie Corbins or Brendon Woodson and the rotation is set.
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I am planning a trip to Arizona during Spring Training. I spent a week last year and had a blast. Can't wait to do it again. I saw 5 games in four different parks, including a WBC game between Mexico and Colombia. The friend who shared the trip with me last year just canceled due to a work issue. I am still going, even if it is by myself. Does anyone have any "can't miss" things to do? What is your favorite park? What is the best complex to hang out in? I get so damn excited for the start of baseball season.
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I'm all for trading Adames. I am not as bullish as some seem to be. Maybe it's because he has been underperforming in the spot in the batting order that Counsell had him. He's just not a 2-3-4 guy. If that expected 107 wRC+ was batting sixth, I might have a different perception of his value. Maybe with a better spot in the lineup, he'd see different pitches and do even better. I'm glad he's popular, and I know his fielding is excellent. Like the line from Glengarry Glen Ross: "You're a nice guy? I don't (care). Good father? (Censored)! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here? Close! You think I'm too hard on you?" Package him and Mitchell (another guy I'm not high on) and get something back. Do the Jays have anything you'd like to see come back for Adames? https://tosportsblog.com/is-willy-adames-the-next-blue-jays-trade-target/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-willy-adames-the-next-blue-jays-trade-target
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Our division rival fans really think the Brewers messed up, fwiw. Go to Gateway Redbirds, Northside Baseball, or Redszone. I always find it interesting to read other message boards.
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It never occurred to me that the Brewers were not going to be the favorite to win the division. They sure were in my mind. I don't gamble, so seeing the references to gambling sites that they are fourth in the betting odds to win surprised me. My assumption is that the young guys will get better, the team will hit more, and still have a great bullpen. You can win a lot of games that way. Last fall I made essentially the same post someone made earlier in this thread about the team once going deep in the playoffs with Jhoulys Chacin and Chase Anderson anchoring the rotation. Maybe the Cubs sign Bellinger, Chapman, Soler and Snell and I will change my tune. But am I supposed to be afraid of Lance Lynn in St. Louis? Did Arenado get younger? Is Rowdy gonna lift Pittsburgh to a title? Aroldis Chapman? Reds look better, and if I assume the Brewers' young guys get better, I have to give the Reds young guys the same respect.
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I predict none. It will have no effect. He has a couple of weeks, and all of spring training to get used to the idea. Allow the guy to react like a human in the moment, then put that aside and continue to prepare with the resources and mental focus an elite athlete has in the first place. Remember when Burnes was gonna pout his way to a subpar 23 because of arbitration? He did fine.
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Ooh, look at Mr. Fancy here. INDOOR plumbing?
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Wallus asked for a link. I went looking and found one.
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"Jorge Soler, his market, I don't think, has picked up quite yet," said Murray. "I'm struggling to figure out where the fit is because you have the Diamondbacks who went in a different direction and got Joc Pederson. You have the Blue Jays now getting Justin Turner, I don't that would preclude them from going out and getting Soler, you never know there. "I've also heard there's another team that's in on Soler, I don't necessarily know what team that is, but it's not surprising in the slightest there's outside interest in addition to the Diamondbacks and the Blue Jays there for Soler." Robert Murray, in this article: https://fansided.com/posts/mlb-rumors-red-sox-pursuit-of-justin-turner-replacement-just-got-tougher-jorge-soler-01hne6mmhj2k
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I was over at Gateway Redbirds, and learned that the Cardinals signed Matt Carpenter. I had not heard that. The natives are not pleased. They get him for the minimum and the Padres are paying the rest, but man, not a "needle mover." Unrelated: Are we sure that Keston Hiura and Heston Kjerstad are not evil twins?
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Surprised that I hadn't seen anyone mention this: https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-twins-trade-for-jorge-polanco?partnerId=zh-20240130-1153394-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20240130-1153394-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=ZCMQrVoa62%2FDUpRoB6J1mOE3Se+I2l44Z3T5YLLI5s9VYyPGjvffgtUT9VTiwXDB&bt_ts=1706621962752 Polanco for four players plus cash. I anxiously await someone to tell me what it means. I know some on here had mentioned Polanco. Is it an overpay?
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I think I can guess the answer to this. Given mlb’s unwillingness to improve the living conditions of minor leaguers until they were forced to, I’m guessing the Brewers are similar to other orgs in how they treat their office and scouting staff.
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I think the thing I don't understand is that LaFleur isn't going to hire Leonhard because he is from Wisconsin, so this is really a non-issue. We aren't taking fan voting for the next Packer DC. Patrick said it himself. "If LaFleur thought he was the best candidate, I wouldn't be upset." Well, why else would he hire him? I can want Jim Leonhard to be DC (and I do) and it definitely has something to do with watching his defenses get after it. It also has something to do with what a good guy Leonhard seems to be. I might be wrong. I often am. If he's bad, he will be fired. If he's successful, he's a Wisconsin guy, and it's not like the home state guy would stab us in the back by trying to reset the market for DC salary and take the Bears job. Ugh, that was too soon, even for me.
