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Trevor Bauer suspended for two seasons
Jopal78 replied to NBBrewFan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Manfred has unilateral authority to suspend him; the Dodgers are a powerful club with influential owners and want him gone. I doubt the MLBPA is going to deem it it worth further sullying their reputation zealously advocating for him. Even if his suspension is cut on appeal (which I doubt if he has to make his case to Joe Torre or whomever is underneath Manfred) he’s most likely gone through the end of the 2023 season. He’s either an abuser of women, or so profoundly stupid he didn’t realize inviting women he never met face to face ( who contacted him on social media) over to his home in the middle of the night was an idiotic idea. Good riddance. -
They may very well be that deep, but they also have been very lucky with this group that none has suffered an arm injury yet (Houser had TJ in the minors) to eat up that depth. More importantly, just compare Doug Melvin's teams which had great hitting and not enough pitching, their cumulative record is right around .500. This group has been winning 85+ games per year with mediocre offense.
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Why? In my mind since 1992 the homegrown front of the rotation pitchers the Brewers have developed is as follows: Cal Eldred, Ben Sheets, Yovanni Gallardo. Three in nearly 25 years until Woodruff and Burnes. They're finally deep in SP (you can never have too much), and you want to trade one away with two more seasons of control after this one? No, nearly the entire staff is under team control through the end of 2023. They should ride it out until they either become uncompetitive or until at least July 31, 2024 before breaking up their pitching.
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I don't think 35 year old McCutchen is a world beater by any means, but Hiura is still striking out over 40% of the time (174 Ks in 415 ABs since 2019, and half his at bats so far this year), There's simply no reason to give more at bats to a player who fails to even put the ball in play that often. McCutchen at least has struck out only 29% of the time (12K : 42ABs) against RHP this year. Cain's struggles to start the year should have opened the door for Taylor to seize the regular CF job, but Taylor's .214/.267/.357 line so far has given the Brewers justification for at least trying to get something for the 18 million they are paying Lorenzo Cain.
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Players are bought and sold all the time. In fact the Brewers have traded (sold) two players from their organization in the last two weeks for cash considerations. The problem with selling a player like Burnes is it would be impossible for the purchasing team to get fair value. For example if Burnes was due 20 million dollars in arbitration and the Brewers we’re going to trade (sell) his contract, the acquiring team would first have to pay the Brewers to acquire the player then pay the player 20 million in salary. In almost all instances, it would make no financial sense as it would be cheaper to simply hire a comparable free agent for less money.
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I don’t know, it’s always seemed to me bat flips, yelling at the pitcher, staring the opponent down is taunting. Other sports issue penalties for taunting but it’s permitted in baseball. Trying to hurt an opponent is never appropriate so the response is improper, but If you’re going to taunt an opposing competitors you should be prepared for some sort of response and take it.
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The Brewers have lost two games (Cubs 9-0, Cardinals 10-1) by a combined margin of 19-1. But outside of those two blow out losses their differential is +15 (45 RS vs. 30 RA). Also of note, the Brewers have yet to rack up any blow out wins (their 6-1 win against the Pirates being their biggest margin of victory to date). Even with a mediocre offense, if their pitching stays healthy they should be able to rack up a lot of wins this year.
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Don't look now, but the Dodgers only scored 11 runs in 3 games against Colorado and dropped 2 out of 3. I hope I am wrong, but I have my doubts Cain, Hiura and McCutchen will offer much of anything this year. Cain and McCutchen due to age/injuries, Hiura only because we're approaching almost 3 years since he last tore the cover off the ball regularly still waiting for the turn around. The rest of the regulars are all good, if not great players who are young enough that they should perform at least near the career averages; which if the pitching holds up their end of the bargain will be enough to win a lot of games.
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Jorge Lopez is who you want in the 9th if a comeback is to be had
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At least they can cut ties with both after this year at no cost.
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In 2003, I recall them being pretty bad both offensively and defensively. In fact, I would say the '03 Brewers were "tanking" before that had it's own name. By '03 they had already been pared down to the bone having sold off what they could: Tyler Houston, Alex Ochoa Mark Loretta, Jamey Wright. They did find some nice short-term pieces in '03 with Doug Davis, Brady Clark, Podsednik, and Dan Kolb. All of whom were later flipped for players who were part of the first winning teams the Brewers had since the early 90s.
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Favorite Pitcher at the Plate moment
Jopal78 replied to Dragonbait's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
CC Sabathia both homering and throwing a complete game win against the Reds. -
Caratini has options. When Severino's suspension is complete and he is ready to play, they can option Caratini to AAA, then recall him in September when the Brewers usually carry 3 catchers anyways. Also, since Severino is suspended for half the year, the Brewers only owe him about one million dollars. They could always just designate him for assignment if they are satisfied with their organizational depth.
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No spin needed. Such is life of the fan of a small market team. Talent costs ever increasing amounts of money to buy. The Brewers payroll is never going to eclipse 130 million or so. On a team with a bunch of star players in arbitration, they don't have the option to simply go out and hire great players to fill the other holes in their roster. Likewise, they don't have any difference making offensive talent close to ready in the minor leagues. Thus the GM has to do the best with what he's got, throw on a few budget band-aids like Renfroe and McCutchen and hope they get lucky. No different than the Fielder and Braun era Brewers were they didn't have enough pitching and signed a bevy of band-aids and hoped to get lucky: Suppan, Looper, Wolf, Lohse, Garza, etc.
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It does take two to tango. Since Pina signed about two weeks after the World Series ended, maybe he was simply ready to move on. Pay was doubled, going to a team that just won the World Series. Nobody will ever likely know the circumstances of his quick departure. Also, Manny Pina turned pro in 2005, regardless if it’s in the minors, winter ball or the majors, he’s got 17 years worth of mileage on him as a catcher. Significantly more wear and tear on him than a player who is 5-6 years younger. Caratini is a nice player, probably the best they could do that was available. Hopefully Narvaez stays healthy and rested and they don’t have to play Caratini as much as the Padres did
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Former Brewer John Curtiss actually signed a major league deal with the Mets despite being out for the year with a torn UCL from last season. The Mets will have to place him on their 40 man roster, move him to the 60 day DL, pay him a major league salary all year and he gets Major League Service time. Situation worked out pretty well for him considering he blew his elbow out after six appearances with the Brewers.
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I think you’re making a huge assumption about pro-ball players. Every year there are players who show up to camp and tell the media they’ve begun watching their nutrition (Urias this year for example, Cain last year etc.) as part of a plan to improve. if a not a insignificant amount of players aren’t even monitoring what they eat, there’s zero chance they’re monitoring the compounds in medications they’re given by physicians Severino most likely has been fantastic at baseball since he was a child. Moreover like many pro ball players he likely has a high school level education. Nobody here knows what kind of athlete he is off the field, or whether it was an honest mistake or something more nefarious.
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I don't think most people, when their doctor writes them a script, ask the doctor or pharmacists "what's in it"? Rather, people ask what the medication does and what are the side effects. Likewise, there are over 120 banned substances in MLB, no player is going to keep a list in their wallet and double check (or place an international call etc. to find out). It's easy to look at the amount of forfeiture Severino will suffer and call him an idiot, But most people do the same thing everyday when receiving a prescription.
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The minors? Who cares? There isn't a Clayton Kershaw, Max Fried or even Blake Snell in AAA. The White Sox have 3 catchers in camp, all without options (Grandal, Reese McGuire, Seby Zavala). The Padres have 3 catchers in camp all without options (Victor Caratini, Austin Nola, Jorge Alfaro). One of the catcher from each of those teams will likely be looking for a new home. They've all played a good number of innings. Tony Wolters has played a lot in MLB, he's a NRI with the Dodgers should be freely available. Austin Romine has played a lot, he's a NRI with the Angels. Greyson Greiner is an NRI with the D'Backs he played a lot last year. Slim pickings but there are options who offer more than Nottingham.
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See my other post. Success against Left Handed Pitching cannot be based on anything other than 6 of his 8 hits against left handed pitching in the majors left the yard. Obviously that's luck or they would be making space for his bust in Cooperstown already. He's a dime a dozen fringe major leaguer, they can do better. If the timing is so bad, that they can't, I expect they'll go with internal options of Sullivan or Feliciano.
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I feel like I'm beating a dead horse. "Mashed lefties"? He is 8 for 37 against lefties at the MLB level. It's meaningless especially since 6 of the 8 went over the fence. Otherwise if he projects to hit 30 homeruns in 185 at bats they should never have dropped him. Also, as for familiarity with the staff, certainly Sullivan and Feliciano have been around the pitching staff and have a better rapport. If familiarity was paramount they would just go with their internal options (which is probably the most likely scenario anyhow).
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Maybe, but its based solely on the fact he played for the Brewers before and is available, and ignores several relevant facts. The Brewers would have dropped him when they broke camp last year, but he was injured. When he was healthy they immediately dropped him. Milwaukee reacquired him when they were in a temporary bind for 5 games then dropped him a second time. Since then he's been freely available twice more and the Brewers passed both times. I took a quick look at the game logs, he caught Houser and then Lauer, Boxberger, Hader and Williams out of the pen last year, everyone else he caught I believe is gone. It would really be setting their sights low when they have a need for 2nd catcher for at least 80 games this year (let alone if Narvaez got injured) and they pick up Nottingham
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I really disagree. I'm not expecting the Brewers to give a multi-million dollar contract for a platoon catcher. But they will be able to do better than Nottingham is my point. There will likely be real major league catchers cut loose in the next 24 hours, who would be able to help the Brewers more than Jacob Notthingham. I get the former prospect love, but he's already with his 5th organization, he's got over 2200 at bats in the minor leagues compared with 114 across 4 seasons in the major leagues.
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As he is out of options, if he doesn't make the Orioles he will be designated for assignment. You are correct if he is put on waivers and was claimed he would have no choice. If he is DFA'd and refuses to go to the minor leagues, he will be a free would become a free agent. Most teams might carry a fringe major leaguer as their #2 catcher, but most teams don't have aspirations of playing deep into the playoffs. Austin Barnes in LA, Manny Pina in ATL, Curt Casali in SF, Jason Castro in Hou, Plawecki in Bos, these are all far superior players to someone like Jacob Nottingham who isn't likely to crack the roster of possibly the worst team in the AL this year.
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Why? There will most likely be a handful of out of options catchers on the move in the next 24 hours. Secondly, the Brewers already gave Nottingham his walking papers twice last year; primarily because Notthingham is what he is: a fringe major leaguer with no options remaining. Surely a team with playoff aspirations will want to do better than a fringe major leaguer as their #2 catcher for 80+ games. Finally, it takes two to tango. Its a real possibility Nottingham isn't interested in a reunion with the Brewers, unless of course they are the only club willing to give him a major league job.
