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  1. Jopal78
    And how many teams are gonna burn a 40 man roster spot on a 25 year old relief pitcher/swing man with less than 200 total innings pitched across seven years? Unless that team has a 40 man roster devoid of talent, not many. Maybe Shane Smith is the second coming of Christy Mathewson, but I kind of doubt it, and believe his rawness/inexperience will get exposed once the game start to count and therefore a decent possibility exists he returns to the Brewers organization.
  2. Jopal78
    Funny, he was an undrafted free agent. He was unprotected because he has less than a full season of innings total since finishing high school 7 years ago. Maybe the White Sox stash him all year because they’re terrible but they won’t if he’s simply not ready for prime time.
  3. Jopal78
    Smith is soon to be 25 and has pitched less than 170 innings total since high school. Unless he’s some sort of pitching savant my guess is his inexperience will catch up to him in the majors when the games count and wouldn’t be surprised if he finds his way back to the Brewers org at some point as simply being too green.
  4. Jopal78
    Then again that’s my point. Voit was a non-roster invitee. When he opted out of the minor league deal, the Brewers gave him a guarantee and he broke camp with the team. you might be 100% right and Alexander doesn’t finish May with the Brewers, but the odds of him breaking camp with Milwaukee are close to 100%
  5. Jopal78
    Nope. It’s a million dollar guarantee. If they cut him and another team signs him for the mandatory minimum, the Brewers obligation would be reduced to the difference between that mandatory minimum and $1 million. But it’s $1 million guaranteed if he makes the team or not.
  6. Jopal78
    I don’t think it’s a Dr. Evil moment. The Brewers act with intent, meaning there is a reason they gave Alexander a 40 man roster spot and a million dollar guarantee. If they wanted to take a flyer on a depth piece they would have done what they did with Canha and Margot and wait him out with an NRI on the table. They gave Alexander the guarantee because they want him on their big league club in 2025. Absent a complete and total implosion on the field; he’ll head north with them in a couple weeks.
  7. Jopal78
    Alexander has more than 5 years of service time, he can refuse being optioned. He gets the million dollars either way. Thus if the Brewers try to option him, why wouldn’t he refuse force his release to try to catch a major league deal somewhere else all while collecting the million dollars. So you’re right, anything is possible. But if you can find an example where the Brewers gave a veteran a million dollar guarantee then cut them in spring training; I’d love to see it.
  8. Jopal78
    Tyler Alexander has a major league deal and no options. The Brewers wouldn’t take a million dollar flyer on a pitcher and DFA him at the end of camp, so Alexander is almost certainly on the team.
  9. Jopal78
    Sure neither Payamps or Perkins is that 26th or 27th best player where their spot on the 40 man roster is in immediate peril. But let’s be honest, Payamps and Perkins are a prolonged slump during the season away from becoming DFA worthy. Look no further than Hoby Milner. He was terrific for the Brewers until he pitched 12 really poor innings during the ‘24 season, and got himself non-tendered as an arbitration eligible player. Baseball can be a harsh mistress for bench players and middle relievers.
  10. Jopal78
    It certainly is a weird turn of events where Frankie Montas gets 34 million guaranteed for 2 seasons, Andrew Heaney gets 5.5 million from the Pirates, and the best Quintana could apparently do was a 4.5 million guarantee from Milwaukee. Montas might be the baby of the bunch at 31, but other than that it’s hard to argue that Quintana is not the best of those three SPs.
  11. Jopal78
    Starting pitchers always have trade value. It might not be much, but if the season blows up in their face, they’ll be able to trade all four of those players if healthy.
  12. Jopal78
    Nope, I meant what I wrote; there are four: Woodruff Cortes Civale Quintana
  13. Jopal78
    Pretty interesting they have four SP heading into free agency after ‘25. If they fail to keep pace at least they will have an infusion of young talent coming in July 31st.
  14. Jopal78
    Don’t forget Brady Clark .360 career OBP as a Brewer, and Mike Fetters
  15. Jopal78
    Gyorko had a club option with Milwaukee for ‘21 which the Brewers declined. After that he moved back to West Virginia and got into coaching and is currently on staff with the University of West Virginia baseball team. As for Oliver Dunn, I’m sure the Brewers will have Durbin in the mix at 3rd. The only other real player Dunn has to compete with at 3B is Capra who is out of options. If the Brewers don’t want to risk losing Capra on waivers he will at least start the year in the rotation at 3B with either Durbin or Dunn at AAA
  16. Jopal78
    There’s only about 5 stadiums that are truly worth seeing. Fenway, Camden Yards, Dodger Stadium, Oracle Park, and Wrigley Field. Phillies, Target Field, Tigers, D’Backs, Rockies, Cleveland. Reds. Mets, Sea, etc. They’re all okay venues to watch a game but the stadiums themselves aren’t particularly interesting. If you want to see a Brewers road game, almost any stadium is good as the next; but if you want to soak up energy, vibe, history, while watching a game go with one of the first 5.
  17. Jopal78
    It wasn’t like they blundered making a trade. Arenado demanded to be traded and had full no trade protection. So in reality the Rockies had zero leverage. They essentially had to ship Arenado to a team of his choosing for the acquiring team’s last best offer. The Rockies are such a weird franchise. They’re doomed almost every year because nobody can pitch there. They’ve lost 87 or more games every season since 2018, yet they still outdrew the Brewers in attendance in 2025 so the fan base sticks with them despite a terrible Product on the field
  18. Jopal78
    This is how it always works doesn’t it? Brewers have NRI on the table to players, while the player looks for a guarantee. With campS open players will start making decisions. Can’t go wrong with a veteran player on an NRI. I hope they bring in even more
  19. Jopal78
    Flaherty has a 35 million dollar guarantee and Pivetta has a 55 million dollar guarantee. The Brewers would be nuts to hand out money to pitchers with their track records. They did that with Garza, Lohse and Suppan. Even if Woodruff is a dud in 2025 and moves on in ‘26. 17 million is a bargain.
  20. Jopal78
    Ok. What’s fun about making a random guess after looking at a picture of a player with no face, number or logo on the uniform? For example, if you blocked out the face on the image below, nobody would get it right, because it could literally be almost anyone.
  21. Jopal78
    It’s from old County Stadium. The cursive B in Brewers on the jersey implies it was taken between 1990 and 1992. Sadly, the first image when you search Kevin Seitzer and Brewers is the above photo. So for this to work the images probably have to be harder to find. Otherwise when you search for batting stances of players from the era it’s an easy giveaway.
  22. Jopal78
    It appears this is just not reading carefully. In today’s JS there is an article about Frelick which states in his bio his weight was 185, but Sal stated be actually started last season at 175. Like many young players he lost weight during the season and Sal said he finished at 167 lbs. He reported to camp at 192 lbs this year, or 25 pounds heavier than he finished last year, but just 7 pounds heavier than he’s officially listed in the media guide or whatever. So increasing his strength in the offseason is likely but nobody really is saying he added 25 pounds of muscle.
  23. Jopal78
    Yes, I understand how referrals work work. However when players are owed tens of millions of dollars starting 10 years years down the road, teams aren’t putting that money away now it defeats the purpose of deferring it in the first place. Secondly a dollar 10 years or more from now will be worth less. That is why the Bonilla situation is unique he’s been getting interest. Strasburg is the only guy recently that deferred with interest. The point remains teams the traffic heavily and deferrals are tying their hands in their future over how revenue can be redistributed. No, the owners in ‘94 proposed to share all local revenue, have a salary cap, eliminate arbitration with FA after 4-5 years. The players rejected the proposal and demanded a floor as well. This was primarily due to distrust of owners like Selig who was acting commissioner. I certainly don’t blame the players I’m sure owners like Selig would have screwed them if they agreed to a cap without floor. However, that was the last real opportunity. Now, while it sounds great to Brewer or Royals fans, such a proposal would never even get to the players to consider because there are probably 20 of the teams who will never agree to share the local revenue. It doesn’t make sense for them to give more horses a shot at the flag simply to narrow their gap with the lead horse.
  24. Jopal78
    Partially but not entirely. The Dodgers now have one billion dollars in deferred salary guarantees which pretty much means they can never be forced to change their revenue streams as any redistribution would likely bankrupt them with those guarantees on the books. But they’re not anlone deferrals are the hip thing to do in baseball lately with. The Mets have over 75 million dollars in guaranteed deferrals, Bregman has 60 million deferred. Burnes has 64 million deferred, etc etc. Back in ‘94 was the time to make changes when the players would have agreed to a salary cap if the owners would have agreed to a floor. That ship has sailed, and in a way many teams have protected their revenue streams by deferring guaranteed money. MLB won’t be able to change the system and interfere with existing contractual obligations.
  25. Jopal78
    Justin Turner? Here’s a guy who had a .737 OPS last year, is essentially a DH/1B and is over 40 years old. For 6 million dollars, plus incentives… If all 6 million dollars gets you is veteran players at or near the end of their career, I’m okay with the Brewers not shopping in that aisle. Rodgers is an intriguing player, but the Brewers apparently aren’t moving Turang off 2B so Rodgers doesn’t really fit
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