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  1. Jopal78
    I don’t think a tinfoil hat is needed to understand why Detroit did what they did. They’ve been in the ALDS the last two seasons, They had a $200M+ payroll on opening day. They have Dingler (27), McGonigle (21) Colt Keith (25), Riley Green (25), and Torkelson (26), Max Clark (21). It’s fair to assume with that core of hitters they’re not rebuilding, they were interested in adding young pitching to pair with Valdez, Jobe, and Melton in order to compete in the immediacy. A ball and AA Hitters from Milwaukee (no matter how talented) simply weren’t that valuable to Detroit because of their organizational need for pitching is much greater than that of young bats given the make up of their big league roster.
  2. Jopal78
    Every one knows baseball players have good months and bad months (especially when playing with a broke hand). Contreras remains one of the premier catchers in the major leagues. It’s like saying your Porsche doesn’t drive as well this summer than it did in 2024. It’s still a Porsche and nearly everyone else has a Honda. So there is no real point to your article. Is that better?
  3. Jopal78
    Yeah, it was a bunch of baloney “plug and play in MLB”? Typically the armchair GM‘s here when you disagree about the inevitability of prospects and bring up the fact that 90% of them fail the common response is “I follow these guys and you don’t know what you’re talking about”. So I took the approach that if you’re serious about some guy that’s had 26 games above A ball as “plug and play” in the major leagues, let’s put a little money on it and see who it is right. Obviously I got no takers. But lets be clear on one insinuation, I wasn’t being mean or disrespectful, used no name calling or impugned anyone’s fandom. It was merely pointing out nonsense when I saw it.
  4. Jopal78
    I am positive you’re right. Trading Yoho left them short a bullpen arm with major league experience, so Cleveland included Heuer. Now they need his 40 man spot.
  5. Jopal78
    Better than Ashby as opener!
  6. Jopal78
    Further, May has a 3.48 ERA in 14 post- season innings. He is their most experienced playoff pitcher (Miz 12 IP, Ashby 9 IP, Patrick 9 IP, Uribe 7 IP, Megill 7 IP, Hall 3 IP, Gasser 2.2 IP, Harrison 0 IP, Henderson O IP, Drohan 0 IP, Sproat 0 IP)
  7. Jopal78
    Hey, isn’t there rules here about being abusive?
  8. Jopal78
    Offer is there, for your “informed takes”. Just let me know…
  9. Jopal78
    I knew you’d back down and try to explain away, means you’re just as full of crap as anyone else here is. Cheers!
  10. Jopal78
    Brewers were never going to acquire Holmes. He has a player option for ‘27 and has missed most of the year with a broken leg. He pitches well and he heads to free agency. He pitches poorly and they're stuck with him next year. That’s a risk Milwaukee wasn’t going to take in exchange for premium minor league talent.
  11. Jopal78
    Offer is there. You know better than me I guess, so if want to put some money where your mouth is that Ragsdale is “plug and play MLB ready” and sees action for the Cardinals this season, let me know.
  12. Jopal78
    Give me a break. “Plug and play MLB ready”?? He’s got 26 games above A-Ball. Let me know if you want to lay some action on him seeing the majors this year. Plug and Play?! Hahahaha It’s a sellers market, they’ve now acquired four players and given up one prospect who was on a Top 100 list and it’s all doom and gloom. Yet, the same folks would jump up and down if they stood pat and ran it back with who they had. Plug and play mlb ready…. That was a good one 😆
  13. Jopal78
    He’s been an All Star 3 seasons out of his six, despite “a 2 year slump” he is 3rd amongst NL catchers in terms of OPS. Boy, good thing this content is given away for free. If you had to sell it to eat, you’d starve to death.
  14. Jopal78
    The Brewers could be doing what the Dodgers do as well. I don’t mean carrying a $300M payroll. But look at Zyhir Hope who they just traded away for Skubal. The Dodgers were looking to clear 40 man roster spots and traded Michael Busch to Chicago for Hope. The Dodgers obviously had identified him as a player they could coach up. Their farm system is littered with players acquired from other organizations who they have coached up. The Dodgers are not afraid to take a risk, be it guaranteeing hundreds of millions of dollars to a player in his 30s confident they won’t be under water on the contract, or trading away prospects for a premium rental knowing they can replenish the farm system easily. The Brewers are handicapped by being in MLB’s worst market, but they also are extremely risk averse. Which is why they’ll probably wind up with the same club tonight as they had this morning
  15. Jopal78
    Brewers traded Lucroy to Cleveland only to have him nix it, and they pivoted to Texas. A front office is going to make the best deal for their club, if a player has a right to refuse they simply move on to the next best. It would be a good way to get fired to not try to get the best deal because a player simply had a no trade clause.
  16. Jopal78
    I can already hear Arnold saying they got Hall, Harrison and Frelick back from the IL, and that’s as good as anyone is going to add at the deadline.
  17. Jopal78
    Not to quibble, but Preller traded for Juan Soto, Mason Miller, Dylan Cease, Hader, Snell, Darvish, etc all with years of team control remaining. He’s kind of the exact opposite of Arnold. He’s aggressive with his farm system to add controllable pieces to his major league roster to add significant talent. while Arnold is confident in who they already have and conservatively will pick at the edges of his roster for role players and depth to raise the floor.
  18. Jopal78
    I think the Dodgers acquiring Skubal shows you the advantage of their scouting and coaching machine. In 2024 Michael Busch was blocked with the Dodgers so they shipped to the Cubs for Zyhir Hope who was 19 years in A ball at the time. The Padres wanted Matt Beaty as a left handed utility player and traded River Ryan to the Dodgers who was a hitter and 11th round pick at the time. The Padres dropped Beaty after one year The Dodgers coached both Hope and Ryan into big time prospects then cashed them in for Skubal along with only one player that was their own draft pick. The Brewers are likely trying to build their own system like that which is why it’s unlikely they trade any of their routes minor leaguers
  19. Jopal78
    Sec 107, Row B. Pretty close to the field but had to turn head to the right to see the mound/plate.
  20. Jopal78
    Right, my point was “knows” varies. The jersey numbers of the lefties in the opponents bullpen and what they throw, of course he knows. And what information is on the advance reports they get, but the names of all the players on every team in the major leagues, probably not.
  21. Jopal78
    You really think he knows/or should know every player in MLB? Give me a break
  22. Jopal78
    You really think he knows/or should know every player in MLB? Give me a break
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  24. Jopal78
    Before cranking up the outrage machine. Pay closer attention to what’s going on around MLB. Catching depth is scarce, and teams that have it are able to trade it away for value. Detroit was able to get a AA pitcher with a chance from Baltimore for Jake Rodgers a rental catcher playing on a $3M contract who was just DFA’d. A little harder to isolate but Logan O’Hoppe was traded from the Angels to Texas for a 19 year old with promise.
  25. Jopal78
    Naylor is almost a younger version of Sanchez. Low average, Low OBP some homers. Adequate not great behind the plate. I get the allure. Left handed hitting catcher who has already shown MLB power. They must believe they can coach him up further.
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