Underachiever

Yes, I was trying to dig into this, since I had believed the "youngest team" thing for a while. Is it roster age? I saw something that weighted it by snaps played. I don't have an answer.

Yes, I hated seeing his name in there. Never considered him a trade candidate.

The "youngest team in the league" excuse is weak, especially when you are the youngest, or among the youngest, every year. At that point it's a feature and not a bug. Calipari likes to moan that his UK teams are full of freshmen who make mistakes.

What's the most negative spin that can be put on anything? You are relentless.

You're all forgetting that he will be teammates with Javy Baez, so the improvement in his tagging skills will be worth 1-2 WAR alone.

Why? Is he gonna quit? Get more money? Or you think he will underachieve and be fired? Not even sure of the point of this. Dude stayed in MKE for 9 years. He's not some job-hopper. Didn't even leave until his contract expired. I'm shocked, bummed, pissed off that it's the CUBS(!!!!!), but I don't know why you would speculate his job security. And if manager contracts are guaranteed, that's a nasty buyout. Silver lining: At least it's not the Cardinals? Nope, still feels like crap.

So, how about that offseason handbook that dropped today? Anybody?

Should have posted this on Halloween. Trade or treat! Andrew Chafin, Daniel Norris are my lefties out of the pen. John Curtiss and (World Series Champion) Matt Bush are my righties. Special nod to Dinelson Lamet, Jake Faria, Trevor Rosenthal, Justin Wilson. Jonathan "One Shining Moment" Schoop is manning second base. Andrew Susac is catching. Lol

You just can't measure what a veteran like Matt Bush brought to the Rangers WS title run. Literally.

I see your point. I guess I've become numb to the salary numbers in sports. The new contracts are always more than the ones before them. And at only .5 million more, it doesn't even register in my brain. Different sport, but to me, contracts such as Jimbo Fisher getting 10/$75m from A&M, Mel Tucker getting 10/$95 from MSU are examples. Gruden 10/$100with the Raiders. More years AND more dollars. Deshaun Watson getting 230 million guaranteed. That's a reset. If they go 10/$70 million with CC, I would say the same thing.

I hate to disagree, but Hoffa is buried in the end zone of the old Meadowlands. Hence, the term, "coffin corner" for a punt.

And by all accounts, Dave Roberts made 6.5 million the last two years. How is $7 million "resetting the market?" Not asking you, torts. Adding to your point.

Trade Davante to the Brewers. Chicks dig the long, I mean, deep ball.

As a guy with more that a small chance of never pitching again (not a doctor), it behooves Woodruff to play nice with any team, especially the one that currently has control over him. I think he was looking at getting what, 150 million in another year? Cannot imagine how that feels to lose that chance, so if teams dangle money in front of him for beyond 2024 at this point, he has to take it. I don't think it is in the Brewers' best interest to be that team. I don't want to be reading threads in 2026 wondering if he is going to return at some point during the season.

I've said this a few times before. I will never understand how swinging a bat is easier on your back than playing the outfield. It's so violent.

Things change. I know I am not at the top of my profession as Counsell is, and the dollars I deal with are six, not seven figures, but I had a good job that I liked with a software company here in the Madison area. Worked there seven years, and at the end of the seventh year, I felt I had gone about as far as I could go with that company. The company agreed, by giving me a nominal raise despite good performance reviews. They said I was at the top of what they paid people in my role. At that point I started looking. Found a job with another company that doubled my income from day one. Does that mean I was never "one of them" at the old company? Of course not, but things change, people change, and opportunities present themselves. I doubt that any person at my old job thought less of me. And I think I need to do some digging through archives to read what Counsell has said "time and time again" about Wisconsin, MIlwaukee, and managing the Brewers. Not doubting it, I just don't remember hearing it much. I would be curious to see how many times he said it unprompted, as opposed to being a question from a reporter. "Hey Craig, what does it mean to manage the team from your hometown?" It would be impossible to answer that except in one way. Counsell is a Brewer, through and through. I believe he cares about the city, the team, and its people. The last nine years have shown that. If you begrudge him a chance to take advantage of what he perceives to be a better opportunity, then you are the one who doesn't care about him, not the other way around.

For the record, sarcasm. Thought the post-it notes set the tone. It is common fan behavior to minimize the contribution of the guy who is leaving.

Fire him. Now. Give him 30 minutes to pack up his office and get out. Have security walk him out of the building. Frisk him, make sure he's not taking any office supplies. "Post-it notes aren't free, Craig. Here, use this box, we saved it to store post-season victory memorabilia and Manager of the Year awards, so it's empty. The team signed a ball for you as a going away present, but we handed it to Corbin Burnes to sign and it ended up in the left-field bleachers somehow. We asked for a show of hands if you should be fired. The vote was 25-1 for firing you, only because Woody couldn't raise his hand. Your contract should have expired on September 30, since you didn't seem to manage in October anyway. We never liked you, and if you hadn't been a local boy, you would have been gone years ago. No hard feelings." But maybe that's just me.

Zoomed over my head. I don't get it.

Is that because if they get the Mets to offer and hire him while still under contract, they can get something back for him?

Forget the division, just be a wild card. Get swept to end the season, win 84 games. Get a bullpen made of guys who barely were with the team long enough to be playoff-eligible. In game 7, give the ball to a rookie who was 3-9 with a 5.73 ERA. The formula is the equivalent of a wapituli made in a garbage can at a frat party, but it got them there.

And why wasn’t that funky move by ginkel a balk?

What’s a balk?

Corbin Carroll is pretty damn good at baseball