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  1. Jopal78
    It’s a combination inflationary costs at the ballpark and it being California where things are expensive to begin with. In 2008, I was outraged at Yankee Stadium having to pay $10 for a beer. Flash forward to opening night in San Francisco on Wednesday where a crab sandwich at Oracle Park cost $27, and a 20 oz “premium” beer was $20. $70 is a down right steal if you haul it back to the park for additional games.
  2. Jopal78
    That’s the whole point isn’t it, to generate additional revenue from merchandise sales? I am positive there is market research somewhere that shows teams will generate X amount of dollars from new uniform based merchandise; which is likely why the Brewers have 5 jerseys already and they continue to roll new ones every couple of years. As you point out, the real question is if fans will be able to demonstrate restraint or if they’ll fall for the team’s ploy and buy it anyways because it’s new, etc.
  3. Jopal78
    Yikes. Going to need better command to have success in the majors.
  4. Jopal78
    I don’t know what where Smith would slot in on a team with talent in the rotation, but Burke is a #5 somehow masquerading as a #2 starter
  5. Jopal78
    1. Could be that Matt Arnold is keeping his options open. Like Stearns before him, he will probably reach a point where he feels he did everything he could do within the constraints of the Milwaukee market, and will look to move on. 2. Franchises control analytics departments, scouts etc., the “one genius GM” model matters less than in football where one or two good moves can turn a team around overnight.
  6. Jopal78
    Nice personal attack. Happy opening day.
  7. Jopal78
    Nobody said athletes were smart. Plays through the pain and swelling for pride in the WBC, then isn’t ready when the bell rings for the team that pays him to perform.
  8. Jopal78
    PCA put up those 2025 stats after just turning 23 years old. What you’re really showing isn’t a comp, it is that Crow-Armstrong already looks like Kiermaier’s career average before even hitting his prime years, that’s not similarity it’s upside.
  9. Jopal78
    Mitchell is closer to 30 than 20. Like it or not his prospect days are long gone. If not for his pedigree, he’d be “just a guy”. If he can’t prove himself in the majors in his 4th season, he probably never will.
  10. Jopal78
    I don’t know what your point is. Yes, injuries have derailed his career no question about it. If he was a 6th round pick instead of a first rounder with a multimillion dollar bonus, the Brewers likely would have dropped him already. He made the team because he has more physical talent than the players they optioned to AAA. Now Mitchell has to go out and perform. There’s no purpose in sending a 28 year old arbitration eligible player to AAA for “finishing school” as if he is going to find that edge or extra gear at 29?
  11. Jopal78
    Eh, Mitchell is not some doe-eyed youngster just getting his feet wet where the Brewers need to treat him gently. Rather, Mitchell will be 28 before the season is over and have 4+ years of major league service time. It’s put up or shut up time. Had he not been their own first round pick, they likely would’ve cut bait by now. Thus, additional AAA games aren’t going to help him or the Brewers determine his future role in Milwaukee going forward.
  12. Jopal78
    You’re drawing conclusions on 78 PAs in 2025, and 25 spring training PAs this year? Tough crowd
  13. Jopal78
    He’s 27 and has made the team out of spring since ‘23, what confidence is there to gain in AAA? It’s do or die time for Mitchell. If he plays well he probably has a future in MLB; if his season is over again by the 4th of July he’s likely looking at an NRI in ‘27.
  14. Jopal78
    The White Sox had Louis Robert Jr and Michael Taylor in CF for 157 games last season; that probably speaks loudest to why Tauchman did not play there in 2025. But even assuming Tauchman and Perkins are not fungible, the point remains (which I don’t think you disagree with) bottom of the roster players don’t have trade value. Put another way, a 29 year old, light hitting defensive CFer isn’t a unique enough talent for a team to part with assets to acquire when the same or similar players can be acquired without needing a trade to do so.
  15. Jopal78
    The point is: the Brewers extended Yelich because he was a tremendous player at the time and it was in the best interest of the organization to do so all things considered not just future payroll considerations.
  16. Jopal78
    Mike Tauchman plays all 3 OF spots, has been a 108 OPS+ hitter and a 5.2 bWAR player the last 3 seasons (1136 PAs). He has long odds to make the Mets as a 5th OFer, with an opt out coming up before Opening Day. Why then, for example, would anyone trade talent to Milwaukee for Perkins when Tauchman will likely be available for simply a 40 man roster spot?
  17. Jopal78
    That ship has long since sailed. I’m sure if the Brewers offered Contreras 16M+ AAV for 5 or more seasons, he’d sign tomorrow. But they won’t do that, and Contreras has zero reason to sign for anything less.
  18. Jopal78
    But when you have a guy who won an MVP award while leading the team to game 7 of the NLCS, then nearly won a second MVP award the following year, you’re going to tell the folks who lease your luxury suites and buy season tickets that it’s probably not a good idea to extend Yelich as you send those people their renewal notices? Come on. Running a multimillion dollar corporation/brand is a little more tricky than looking at stat sheets after the fact and calling things a mistake.
  19. Jopal78
    Those type of deals are hard to line up especially with America players who were drafted in the early rounds and already have one a payday under their belt. If there is value to the team in doing that kind of extension it usually means the player is selling themselves short financially, and the converse is true if there is value to the player to extend it usually carries greater risk for the team.
  20. Jopal78
    TOS is increasingly common, resolution of the condition without surgery remains quite uncommon. In Priester’s case a nerve is being compressed by his pitching motion. Perhaps the nerve is simply irritated and rest to let the nerve calm down and some therapy to strengthen the area can resolve the issue. However it doesn’t sound to good if the motion of his arm itself when throwing the ball compresses the nerve. That sounds like a surgeon will have to do something to ensure his throwing motion doesn’t compress the nerve. If you watch the entire clip above, Priester says he’s being an optimist focus in on the best case scenario on being back late April/early May. Let’s hope so.
  21. Jopal78
    Reading between the lines, sounds like corrective surgery is typically needed. Priester has nothing to lose by trying to rest and rehab it first because TOR surgery means his 2026 season is already over and his career trajectory changes completely.
  22. Jopal78
    With 1.102 years of service time, there is a way to option Kyle Harrison so he will not reach 2 years service time by the end of 2026. Seems unfair but probably not a bad move in the long run to know they control Misiorowski, Harrison and Sproat at least for the next 5 seasons. So Woodruff, Patrick, Misiorowski, Gasser, Henderson with four off days across the first 16 games of the season.
  23. Jopal78
    If there was no tissue damage visible in an MRI, it’s probably a nerve issue
  24. Jopal78
    That IF is why he’s with the Brewers. He’s 27, and has been pitching professionally since 2021 with less than 500 pro innings under his belt. Like the pitching version of Garrett Mitchell. There’s talent there but an inability to stay healthy makes a projection nearly impossible.
  25. Jopal78
    You have omitted the fact Bauers has a $2.7 million guarantee for 2026 and is out of minor league options. The contract is outcome determinative that he will open the season on the roster. For a dark horse, the likeliest scenario is someone beats out Chad Patrick for a rotation spot.
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