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  1. Jopal78
    Marlins run differential (-3) is better than Milwaukee's (-4) which tells you they've been unlucky so far this year. Without a dominant team in their Division they have as good a shot as anyone to get back into the Division race.
  2. Jopal78
    Exactly, an NFL team has zero chance of winning year in and year out without excellent play from the Quarterback position. (While not having to deal with an "owner" per se, with their Titletown District and $500/night luxury hotels, etc. you could argue the GM/front office is still under intense pressure to win both now, and in the future in order to keep money flowing into those revenue generators). Therefore, if a GM has evaluated an available player as having the ability to play QB at a high level in the NFL; they should take them---always. Especially when the starter is in his late 30s. That somehow, Rodgers has taken offense to this philosophy is still a puzzler; especially when he knows that his own play will dictate whether that QB ever sets foot on the field as the starting QB for Green Bay. For a guy who holds himself out has having supreme confidence in his ability one would think this stuff would roll like water off a duck's back.
  3. Jopal78
    The problem is, why would the Twins want to move him? He's productive (.806 OPS), plays a premium position, and they don't have a replacement to go into their lineup. Moreover, his contract is the only heavy one they're carrying (No one else has an AAV in excess of 12 million). In fact, the Twins really don't have any long-term contracts on the books outside of Donaldson. The Twins haven't played well this year but that is because their pitching staff, particularly the rotation has performed poorly so far, and they've had half their opening day regulars get injured and go to the IL: Kepler, Buxton, Arraez, Garver, and Donaldson. There is too much talent on their roster for them to go into a lengthy rebuild. If they don't turn it around and decide to re-tool their pitching staff, I don't see a salary dump type of trade with Donaldson and JBJ helping them in that regard. It would probably have to be Donaldson and cash to the Brewers for JBJ and Houser or something along those lines. Otherwise it doesn't make a whole lot of sense for Minnesota.
  4. Jopal78
    The White Sox and Twins? The Brewers have been in the NL for 25 years. Other than the allure of playing “local” AL teams, there’s about a 0% rivalry here, at least compared to the Cardinals and Cubs. The Brewers and White Sox rivalry was real. Joey Albert Belle giving Fernando Vina a forearm shiver coming into 2nd base breaking Vina’s nose type of real. The Brewers really don’t have that type of true rival now because those things have to go both ways; where there is some extra energy when the teams play each other which in turn juices up the fans. The Brewers had rivalries with the Sox and Twins. When they moved to the NL in ‘98 they were a joke for the first decade in the Senior Circuit. It’s hard to create a rivalry when one team isn’t competitive. The Brewers still don’t have that type of rivalry like they did in the late 80’s and 90’s with the Sox
  5. Jopal78
    If his agent didn’t tell him he was potentially giving up way more money in the long run in exchange for guaranteed payments up front, then Peralta probably has changed agents since signing this deal, otherwise he knew what he was doing when he signed his extension. No reason to feel bad for him.
  6. Jopal78
    As someone who’s also lived in Chicago most of my life, I can say you are extremely wrong here. Obviously the Cards are public enemy #1 for Cubs fans, but they absolutely do care about what the Brewers are doing, regardless of what Cole Hamels has to say. Nope. Cubs-Cardinals is biggest rivalry by far, with the Mets a distant 2. Hell, the Brewers aren’t even marquee priced tickets unless it’s a summer weekend game. Just because it’s cheaper and more time efficient for North Suburbanites to drive up to Milwaukee to see the Cubs play than driving into the city doesn’t make it a rivalry.
  7. Jopal78
    Doesn’t a rivalry have to go both ways? Living in Chicago for most of my life, Cub fans don’t give a crap about the Brewers. Honestly, their rivalries are probably still the White Sox and Twins because they still have played more seasons in the A.L. than N.L. and we’re irrelevant from a competition standpoint for half their seasons in the N.L.
  8. Jopal78
    No doubt. Works the count, if he could poke a few more over the fence they’d have a player
  9. Jopal78
    For all the pundits singing their praises are the Padres really an elite team? The Brewers took 5 out of 7 and they’ve dropped 3 straight to the Cubs. Or is their record this year (34-23) merely a product of a mediocre team beating up on bad teams including two of the leagues worst in their own division (16-6 against Colorado, Arizona Pittsburgh and Texas) 18-17 against everyone else.
  10. Jopal78
    Off base? How so? .303/.368/.570 with 19 homers, a 140 wRC+ and 2.2 fWAR in 2019. He obviously needs to make a serious mechanical adjustment, but he's had big league success very recently, so determining that he is already a bust doesn't make sense. It's like calling Corbin Burnes a bust after his dreadful 2019. He made some big adjustments and something clicked, now he's one of the best pitchers in the league. Keston deserves the same opportunity. But it’s not. Burnes had 50 or so bad Innings in his career (200 IP). Hiura has been awful most of his at bats and hasn’t been consistently productive for nearly two years
  11. Jopal78
    The affinity for Taylor is probably a byproduct of how bad the Brewers hitters are. His MLB slash line is .238/.319/.476, a rookie 27 year old corner outfielder with a sub .800 OPS is nothing to really get excited about. This is especially so when the minor league slash line is .270/.329/.415 (which suggests to me he is the exact same player he has been the last nine years in the minors but has likely bought into the launch angle craze sacrificing batting average for an increase in power). He is what he is, a reserve outfielder with a high floor and low ceiling.
  12. Jopal78
    While I agree he didn't look like he had put away pitches with the Brewers, he appears to have made an adjustment with the Dodgers as he has recorded 8 strike out in 5 innings. It's too bad, but it's a cut throat game. Bickford turned pro 7 years ago and hadn't pitched all that much due to drugs and injuries (231 innings). The Brewers were quite patient with his development before turning the page on him. Teams can't simply hang on to players forever waiting to see if they'll put it all together.
  13. Jopal78
    Does he look the same running? It’s a fractured patella, you literally wear a brace and it heals on it’s own without surgery. If he runs alright, his knee isn’t sapping him of anything. Maybe he just had two really big outlier years and the Brewers bought at the top of the market. After all, he did have over 1300 at bats as a sub .800 ops hitter prior to coming to Milwaukee Did you see his LHP/RHP splits? He’s clearly not torquing up the same. Maybe it’s his bad back, or maybe 2018 and 2019 were the best he was ever going to be. All I am saying is that his knee injury was a fractured patella that wasn’t dislocated or comminuted and was treated non-surgically. The odds are nearly non-existent such an injury would be career altering if he is able to run as before
  14. Jopal78
    Does he look the same running? It’s a fractured patella, you literally wear a brace and it heals on it’s own without surgery. If he runs alright, his knee isn’t sapping him of anything. Maybe he just had two really big outlier years and the Brewers bought at the top of the market. After all, he did have over 1300 at bats as a sub .800 ops hitter prior to coming to Milwaukee
  15. Jopal78
    There aren’t major league pitchers in AAA, in game video and little to no advanced scouting. It should surprise no one that he ripped some pitches against weaker competition. He’s most likely on the verge of being removed from the MLB team again. Maybe he figures it out eventually, but given their personnel moves and his struggles he’s not a player they’re going to plan their future around any longer
  16. Jopal78
    I’m not a Hiura fan either, but since they called him up again despite no improvement in his 35%+ strike out ratio, it tells me they’re willing to live with that and poor defense if he can drive the ball like he did in that short span in AAA. If Hiura can’t turn it around what’s the point in optioning him again? He’s been moved off of second to first base where his bat is ordinary among other first basemen. He’s fallen from an everyday starter to a platoon player, and he’s been optioned once. They probably should already swap him off in a change of scenery deal. I don’t see anything to be gained in the long run optioning him again and in the short run, it’s anybody’s guess if the Brewers have a replacement who would do better in a significant sample
  17. Jopal78
    Despite playing 3rd base and having a career OPS over .800 in the minors, Zach Green is with his third organization and has a 14 ABs in the major leagues (and those came with the rebuilding, 85 loss Giants in 2019), there is a reason he is where he is. I don't think teams should make changes just to make changes, or adhere to idiomatic expressions like "they can't be worse", "it's worth a chance" etc.
  18. Jopal78
    Unfortunately with professional athletes who are no longer “kids” and have families, most will probably just take their guaranteed money and go home. Traveling by bus from town to town and eating the breakfast at the Hampton Inn when they wake up in the morning isn’t typically for the veteran player with a half decade of mlb service time
  19. Jopal78
    When he signed with Milwaukee, Cain had played in more than 140 games once in his career. I’m sure the front office knew what they were getting into with Cain and were/are fine with it
  20. Jopal78
    If the decision makers think Green gives them a better chance at winning they’ll make a move. However Winning teams usually don’t make a move to “shake up” the roster for the heck of it.
  21. Jopal78
    I think players like Shaw need to come to grips with what they are. Going forward he'll be a back of the roster, injury fill-in, bounce around the league guy. He'll be signing minor league contracts "with invitation to spring training" deals. If he doesn't accept that he may need to spend a little time in AAA once in a while, then he'll have a tough time getting deals. Very similar to what Lucroy is going through right now. He can still make a pretty decent living for a few years that way and if he gets hot, he can still have a good year or two in the right situation. Give him 2-3 weeks to if he can get on a streak or time to move on. Shaw is currently playing on a cut rate NRI contract after being non-tendered in consecutive seasons. I think it’s safe to say he’s made that realization
  22. Jopal78
    That's my point, given the performance of the current cast of characters in the bullpen he likely won't be traded now until he has 5.5 years of service time. Unless of course, the roster collapses and they decide to rebuild between now and then. I think we're still not understanding each other. You said "final year of team control". I said this offseason. He has 2.5 years of team control left. There’s an old adage in baseball, if your bullpen sucks, you suck (look no further than the 2012 Brewer team). With the trade of Feyereisen and Rasmussen the bullpen is thin, and Hader being incredible prevents one from saying they suck. Accordingly, Hader likely isn’t going anywhere unless the team decides to rebuild and is ok with the fact they suck
  23. Jopal78
    I don’t know, their schedule softens up considerably in June with the a 3 game series with the Cubs as the only winning team on the schedule. I wish the game were more fun to watch but two nail biters against the Padres aren’t real indicative of how they’ll play against everyone else
  24. Jopal78
    and I'm pretty sure he got the save the night before too. He had a save on Sunday. I’m positive their GM said they view him as an end of game reliever or having end of game stuff
  25. Jopal78
    It’s getting close to 2 calendar years since he was good, and they’ve already moved on from the idea of him at 2nd base. Even at his best his bat isn’t exceptional at 1st base. There’s no harm in sending him down again to see if he can figure it out, but I wouldn’t hold the door open for him any longer and make him earn his way on the team
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