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  1. Jopal78
    Historically it seems Wheeler is the exception and not the rule. We probably won’t see Priester until April of 2028 though. Tough break for the guy, after looking like a front of the rotation horse, his career is suddenly at a crossroads
  2. Jopal78
    First of all, the Brewers can sign any player they want if they’re willing to pay top dollar. The fans here who want players resigned never say they want them resigned at market rate. The players play for money, and no sense of loyalty is likely to mean they leave millions of dollars on the table. Second and more on topic, any increase in revenue is great for us fans who consume the vast majority of the games on TV, radio or streaming. It likely won’t translate into higher payrolls, but it does help pay Latin Scouts, fund the Academies, keep up the tech arms race and analytics department. All of which have contributed to what the Brewers are today.
  3. Jopal78
    They won’t fire Counsell this season regardless. He has 2 years left and managers usually aren’t left as lame ducks, and there’s little to no chance he gets extended, so he probably would be on the hot seat in 2027. The injuries to pitchers are tough but I wonder if the Cubs would’ve been better off fortifying their rotation than signing Bregman especially when they had a young player with promise at 3B already.
  4. Jopal78
    That’s the thing about metrics. There is one to support any point someone wants to make. Escobar got a multi-year deal after leaving Milwaukee as a free agent. Santana signed a 1 year deal with Minnesota as camp opened the next season and Canha was traded to Detroit in a salary dump
  5. Jopal78
    You’re right, although I suppose I should have framed it as the Brewers don’t shop for premium talent, impact players, difference makers, etc. at the deadline, rather they look for role players and depth pieces. In fact, both Canha and Santana were approximately league average bats in 2023 depending on the metric you use. Escobar, by contrast, played in the All-Star game in 2021 and was amongst the top 5-6 in homers by MLB 3B when traded.
  6. Jopal78
    They’ll always have tailgating it will just be in a specific area and first come first served. The Packers have eliminated gobs and gobs of parking/tailgating over the last 10-15 years.
  7. Jopal78
    The last regular the Brewers traded for at the deadline was Eduardo Escobar all the way back in 2021. Arnold hasn’t done it as GM. Thus I assume this year will be no different and they’ll shop for bullpen arms, and bench players. Maybe a back of the rotation starting pitcher like Montas if they can get one by absorbing payroll on an expiring deal.
  8. Jopal78
    Yep, wait until they start eliminating parking spots/tailgating to build a huge bar/restaurant/event space. Why let people drink their own beer in the parking lot when you can sell it to them.
  9. Jopal78
    Just give him 19 and be done with it
  10. Jopal78
    I didn’t call them “lowly”. But I think fans view teams as some sort of public trust, when its a business. The corporations and organizations that are going to shell out $40,000 for seats behind the plate with Truss club access are to generate way more revenue than a group of regular fans going to a game 10 times a year and getting an $9 brat and $14 beer each time they go. If the goal is to generate as much ticket and in Park revenue as possible, those fans just aren’t that important in today’s calculus where premium experiences are both extremely profitable and popular. The Brewers absolutely know what a typical family spends for a game at the ballpark and how often they go; what a season ticket holder spends; what a private group likely spends; what ages and demographics generate the most revenue and they’re adjusting their seats accordingly to capture the most revenue.
  11. Jopal78
    They wouldn’t build it if they didn’t have a good idea that they could sell enough of them to make it worthwhile displacing folks. Frankly, the fan who buys the $50 ticket and drinks beer and eats hot dogs in the parking lot before carrying in a bag of peanuts isn’t generating much revenue for them. If they perceive they have potential a significant customer base who will pay more for tickets and spend more in the park, they’re going to cater to those folks more than the $50 fan. Thats the way pro sports operate now.
  12. Jopal78
    Frelick is quickly eroding whatever trade value he has. Mitchell due to his injury history and remaining team control has limited trade value to begin with.
  13. Jopal78
    Every player would rather try to rehab an injury before having surgery. In Priester’s case if he ultimately cannot rehab this and has shoulder surgery he’s likely going to miss a big chunk of 2027 too.
  14. Jopal78
    I always thought Bauers was a useful player. Hard to tell if the break out is a real or this is just an extended hot streak. However, if he finishes with an .890 OPS and 25+ homers he’ll do a lot better than 2yr/16 million as a free agent
  15. Jopal78
    I get Lara is forcing their hand with his AAA numbers and the struggles of some of the hitters on the 26 man roster, but Lara at 5’7” and 169 lbs os going to make Greg Jones, Frelick and Ortiz looks like hulks in comparison. It’s probably unrealistic to assume another tiny speed and defense guy will have a major league profile much different from Jones, Frelick, Ortiz, etc.
  16. Jopal78
    Or bring him up and send Frelick down when Lockridge is healthy. Clearly the league has adjusted to Frelick where pulling the ball worked for him last year but hasn’t been working so far this year. I think a fair criticism of Murphy is Frelick’s OPS is barely above .600 yet he’s third on the team in PAs behind Turang and Contreras.
  17. Jopal78
    I don’t know, Devers had a .948 OPS in May and . Adames had an .829 OPS those are the two big stars he acquired. Besides the hitters that slumped in April his inherited star starting pitchers Ray and Webb haven’t pitched well so far this season.
  18. Jopal78
    Why would he be ashamed? I think he’s President of Baseball Ops because besides a fluke year they haven’t been good in a decade. Probably too early to say if he has a clue what he’s doing.
  19. Jopal78
    I think any of those players “could” be jettisoned or sent down based on their contract status. However, why would they get rid of Gary Sanchez? Given Contreras’s proclivity to play almost every day, Sanchez sees very little playing time. Yet with sporadic playing time el Gary has a 113 OPS+. He’s also one of the few bats on the club with the potential to go deep at any time.
  20. Jopal78
    Likely a fresh arm that’s disposable Zastryzny has 90 career innings across parts of 7 seasons. They could as easily DFA him when they need another fresh arm.
  21. Jopal78
    Frelick doesn’t have an issue with making contact or controlling the strike zone, he just doesn’t hit the ball hard enough. Last year he starting pulling the ball and got some homers, but it appears to me pitchers have made an adjustment against him and he’s back to putting the ball in play but not driving it, which has always limited his offensive production.
  22. Jopal78
    But even if he shakes out of it, what is he? A light hitting CFer miscast as a corner OFer? The Brewers drafted Frelick for his high floor and athleticism, and that is seemingly what they got: an average major leaguer without a lot of upside.
  23. Jopal78
    Ok, I’ll bite. Mark Attanasio is high finance, private equity, institutional capital rich. This narrative that owners pocket their baseball team’s money is ridiculous, and just dumb sportswriter drivel. The Brewers are merely one asset in a much larger portfolio of Attanasio’s holdings. He’s interested in increasing the team’s value ten fold more than the cash it generates on a year to year basis. Teams like the Brewers and Pirates spend what their market provides balanced against what the executives propose in their annual budget.
  24. Jopal78
    The Union is never going to agree to a hard cap on their members’ earnings. Maybe some sort of lower soft cap/competitive balance tax and altering how it’s calculated so teams cannot manipulate it with deferments, and real penalties for going over. Those coupled with increased revenue sharing and the revenue sharing money being spent on baseball operations is probably the best either side is going to get. Maybe a watered down floor for revenue sharing recipients.
  25. Jopal78
    Brewers got swept in the NLCS by LA last year, right? What was it 2015 when the Royals won the World Series? The last non financial big dog to even make the World Series was who? The D’Backs in 2023 then the Rays way back during Covid ball? So about once every 3-4 years or so.
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