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  1. Jopal78
    When does the DFA come for Payamps. There’s just no need to keep a journeyman guy with an ERA or 8.
  2. Jopal78
    That’s a lot of assumptions. The A’s are a game out of last place in their division with 10 teams ahead of them in the American League. Odds are they won’t be shopping for a veteran starter. Same deal with Toronto. They have the 8th best record in the AL and are 5 games back in 3rd in the East. They’ll need to play much better to be a buyer in July. The Braves are the 9th best team in their Division and are 5 games back in 3rd place in the East. Civale wouldn’t be a difference maker for them either. The Brewers have Megill under team control through the 2027 season. There’s no real reason to trade him, and his 5BB/9 for a late inning reliever means any potential return would likely be underwhelming. Hoskins is making 22 million dollars this year. The Brewers typically do not pay cash to move their own players. It’s going to depend on how Hoskins plays over the next 2 months as to whether the Brewers can find someone willing to give value in return to take on his contract. With an 8 million dollar club option for 2026 and potential QO after, Freddy Peralta is the best bargain in baseball and with four Brewer SP heading to free agency trading him away would signal a complete tear down with no chance to compete in the short run. I’m not sure the Brewers would do that after having won 90+ games just last season.
  3. Jopal78
    Why wouldn’t teams simply keep pitching around Contreras and Hoskins and take their chances making the other 7 beat them. It’s a recipe for success so far this year.
  4. Jopal78
    Kind of? Ortiz is a pre arbitration eligible player who out up a 2.7 WAR for them as a rookie. I’m sure as long as his confidence isn’t shaken they’re not gonna do anything to damage his psyvhe. He’s a guy they plan on having for a number of years,
  5. Jopal78
    I don’t see Zamora as anything but change for change’s sake. Ortiz is probably going to be given every shot to play through it at least until summer. Otherwise, the optics of sending a player back to AAA who has nothing else to prove there and started 142 games in the majors last year isn’t good.l for a player they want as part of their core. I could see the Brewers signing Chris Taylor from the Dodgers, or claiming Garret Hampson from Arizona or Nicky Lopez when the Cubs DFA him, and optioning Durbin back to AAA
  6. Jopal78
    They’ve played 47 games out of 162. Sheesh
  7. Jopal78
    Sure, but the notion of calling someone up who has been worse over his career in the minors than the two players in Milwaukee who seemingly can’t hit seems like a desperation move more than anything.
  8. Jopal78
    Zamora has an OPS of .701 since turning pro. 75 of his 298 hits in the minor leagues went for extra bases. Durbin had a .782 OPS in the minors and 99 of his 291 minor league hits went for extra bases. Despite having a better bat, Durbin hasn’t hit a lick in the majors yet. Zamora has a pop gun bat and all the looks of a career minor leaguer who, despite being assigned to AAA, is probably closer to being out of affiliated ball than he is to seeing the majors.
  9. Jopal78
    Salaries have gone up, but that doesn’t mean the Brewers market suddenly is generating double what it was 20 years ago. In particular the last CBA kills teams like the Brewers. The Brewers do a terrible job at marketing and branding (a pile of different uniforms, a handful of mascots, no heritage) which is almost entirely self inflicted. Could that make a difference in player acquisition if their brand and marketing was better, maybe? Who knows.
  10. Jopal78
    Really? It is essentially the same squad that won 90+ games last year minus Willie Adames who’s hitting about 220 out in San Francisco
  11. Jopal78
    I’m sure Colorado would do a Yelich for Bryant swap straight up
  12. Jopal78
    It has nothing to do with inflation. Since the days of Moliter and Yount, the Brewers carry one maybe two big contracts then it’s a handful of players with smaller guarantees, then the rest of the roster is filled with pre-free agency players or veterans on minimum type deals. It’s been that way for 30 years. Things didn’t suddenly change. If there’s something to be upset about, it is the fact the Brewers are in an awful market. No real presence outside the borders of the state of Wisconsin (maybe a little UP), the Milwaukee Metro area is stagnant, and the majority of the state is disbursed in rural areas hours away from the stadium. And fans are petty. Attendance is dropping on a year to year basis, despite consistent amount of wins on the field.
  13. Jopal78
    I think you have unrealistic expectations, especially if you look at Milwaukee Brewers history. They’ve never had more than two guarantees in excess of $50 million. For many years it was just Ryan Braun. That it was Braun and Yelich, now it is Yelich and Chourio. Anyone who expected them to go hand out another 50+ million dollar guarantee to a third player was filling themselves. And Yelich not living up to his guarantee is common with long term extensions and really shouldn’t come as any surprise.
  14. Jopal78
    If a hitting coach made a true difference they could name their price. Yelich seemingly got old over the offseason as his typically strong OBP has cratered, as has his BABIP. Chourio hacks at everything (.253 avg, .270 OBP), and pitchers have picked up on the fact they can get him out without throwing him strikes. Contreras is playing everyday with a fractured finger. No hitting coach is going to be able to turn those three’s stats around with words and extra time in the cage. Turang and Frelick are already squeezing every drop of offensive talent they have. And just maybe Durbin and Ortiz aren’t going to be good hitters in the majors which would explain why they were available in trades in the first place.
  15. Jopal78
    Smith getting walloped at Wrigley. Some bad defense behind him will keep the ERA sparkling, but in two innings so far 5 hits, a double, triple and homerun, and every time a Cub batter makes contact it’s a liner off a low 90s pitch over the middle of the plate Sorry, I’m not seeing it. I’m seeing a guy who is going to wind up with about 5 innings per start across 28 with an 4.50 era and 1.50 WHIP
  16. Jopal78
    Players with 10 million+ dollars remaining who are traded at the deadline are not JBJ situation, but they are salary relief/warm body coming back in return type deals. Unless Hoskins turns into Freeman or Alonso between now and July 31st; It’s 60+ games and Hoskins is an ok player but not a consistent game wrecker
  17. Jopal78
    Open your eyes, man. Why do you think the Dodgers have hundreds of millions of dollars deferred salary on players? It’s called managing the luxury tax implications. Same reason Soto isn’t with the Yankees this year.
  18. Jopal78
    I don’t agree, no team has an unlimited budget just because they have WS aspirations . Hoskins is an okay player. He’s on a hot streak right now in May, if he keeps it up through the end of July maybe you’re right. Otherwise teams could get 75% of Hoskins’ production for 25% of the cost. Just economics
  19. Jopal78
    Wilken has played 3rd base predominantly in the minors. Odds are the Brewers aren’t going to have him switch positions until he proves he can’t play 3B passably in the majors (Greater need 3B > 1B). Second, Hoskins is making 18 million dollars and has a 4 million dollar buy out on a mutual option for ‘26. So even with 2/3 the season gone by, he’d still be owed approximately 10 million dollars. That is a lot of money for a rental, even more so if a team is a luxury tax payer. (Tack on an additional 30% or more to the 10 million) Therefore, the return to the Brewers in any Hoskins trade would most likely be just salary relief which could make a trade less likely.
  20. Jopal78
    Just play Bauers every day till he begins to fail, no need to play a cameron or yelich in the outfield
  21. Jopal78
    There’s more to a lifetime ban than the Hall of Fame . A banned player is ineligible to participate in the MLBPA licensing agreements. Pete Rose being allowed back in the game means significant dollars to his heirs. To me it’s another example of baseball being craven. After Rose’s death the President suggests Rose should be in the Hall, the commissioner of baseball subsequently takes a meeting with the president of the United States; shortly thereafter the rules that have been in place for over 100 years are suddenly altered to seemingly benefit one person (Joe Jackson’s heirs are all dead too. They’re not gonna see any money or benefits), and it’s all brought to you by FanDuel sports and the other bookies who have facilities inside major league parks.
  22. Jopal78
    You have to have pupils willing to learn and with the ability to make changes. Yelich is 33 years old and has won two batting titles and an MVP. He almost assuredly is going to continue to do the things that he believes got him to those heights in the first places. Contreras has a broken finger there is no tutelage to overcome that. Ortiz is either incredibly unlucky or is being attacked differently by pitchers this season and hasn’t been able to implement a counter adjustment. It’s not like it’s a secret or hard to see. Unless the coach is going up there and swinging the bat, it’s something Joey needs to implement on his own.
  23. Jopal78
    Sheesh. He’s made 6 starts. I recall you were up in arms when the Brewers traded Joey Wiemer and all his future potential away too. Everyone makes mistakes, you were wrong about Wiemer and they were right, maybe it’ll turn out that way with Priester in time as well.
  24. Jopal78
    The Brewers have 5 hitter in their lineup tonight with sub .700 OPS. They’re not really setting Priester up to succeed when a couple of runs allowed will likely be outcome determinative.
  25. Jopal78
    Wilken isn’t on the 40 man roster. He’d really have to absolutely lay waste to minor league pitching (not a .235 batting average) to jump from AA to AAA, be added to the 40 man roster and get promoted to the majors in 4+ months.
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