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  1. Jopal78
    This loss is the byproduct of Misiorowski going less than 2 innings Friday. So clinging to a late lead two days later they’re forced to use the fringe roster guys out of the pen with the game on the line. Moreover, it’s a trade of Cortes domino effect of shortening rotation depth by one leading to this mess.
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    I like your bolded parts in your quotes but ignoring the meat and potatoes in those same quotes which disagree with your premise . Like delayed healing can incur in individuals with peripheral neuropathy and hyperglycemia. I can all but guarantee you Mitchell doesn’t have peripheral neuropathy, and if he’s monitoring his glucose levels he doesn’t have chronic hyperglycemia either. As far as I recall Mitchell has torn ligaments in his shoulder, suffered a finger fracture, strained an oblique muscle and reinjured the ligaments in his shoulder. Not sure what the relevance of tendinopathy would be since he hasn’t suffered a tendon injury. But your high school debate coach would be proud for citing sources in your argument. Good try chap.
  3. Jopal78
    First of all Mitchell is a Type 1 diabetic. Not adult onset, meaning he’s known for years what he can eat and what he has to do to keep his glucose level under control. That’s exactly why Mitchell wears a monitor and tests his sugar level during games. Decreased blood flow and delayed healing are chronic consequences of long term uncontrolled hyperglycemia I’m not a doctor but I’ve never heard of any medical evidence of a causal link between soft tissue/muscle/sports injuries and the fact someone carries a diagnosis of Type I diabetes. In fact a few years ago, Will Sammon wrote a piece in the Athletic where Mitchell discussed the very lack of awareness people have in drawing the conclusion you made above.
  4. Jopal78
    The Brewers are not going to nearly triple his salary simply because Mitchell tries hard. What would Mitchell even argue at an arbitration hearing? All those other position players with 3+ years of service time and less than 150 career games played? Since turning pro, Mitchell has been mostly injured. (Less than 300 total games played since leaving college). It’s not a question of if he will get injured, but rather how many games will he miss when he does. Any team would be foolish to count on Mitchell for availability, so the only value he has is that mix of affordability and upside. But what is that worth, not much over the league minimum would be my bet.
  5. Jopal78
    If years past are informative, the Brewers would look to add to the bullpen (Mears, Chafin, Matt Bush, Daniel Norris, etc), then low cost veteran position players (Escobar, Canha, Donaldson, Santana etc.). I don’t think they’d sit out completely but another underwhelming year.
  6. Jopal78
    The Angels are on the fringes of the wild card race, their disinclination to sell even when they’re buried in the standings probably means they’re not looking to trade their starting LFer
  7. Jopal78
    He’s already pitched 80 between the minors and majors. So hes likely got 8-10 more starts unless they move him to the pen.
  8. Jopal78
    Boy, you sure like to argue. Take a look at Smith’s monthly splits: April: Dominant. O.67 H/9, .37 BB/9, 6 extra base hits in 32 innings. May: Good but both hits per 9 and walks per 9 went up. June: Walks and Hits per 9 are up again over May. Hits/9 are 1.13, BB/9 are 0.51 The only point I made, which the numbers back up, is the league seemingly has made an adjustment to Smith since his sublime April. As such, Smith doesn’t look like the budding young ace right now, he looks like an inexperienced major leaguer trying to figure out a counter adjustment to have success against major league hitters. Just like Keston Hiura it is that ability or inability to make counter adjustments which will determine Smith’s future in the major leagues.
  9. Jopal78
    Someone started this thread to literally track Smith’s progress this season I was wrong, the Brewers won’t be getting Smith back. However, it is certainly starting to look like Smith is an under experienced professional who is now struggling to make a counter adjustment against major league hitters, as opposed to mythical phenom anchoring a major league rotation.
  10. Jopal78
    Smith pounded again, this time by the D’Backs. 2 IP, 4 H, 2BB, 1 HBP, 1 HR. 5 ER. 5.60 ERA and a WHIP of 1.62 in June.
  11. Jopal78
    My question is: Misiorowski has not pitched in excess of 97 innings as a professional, with today's start he’s at 80 total innings in 2025. What do they push him too? 130 innings which is what maybe 10 more starts?
  12. Jopal78
    I think there is an article in the Journal Sentinel from Summer of 2024 where Contreras in fact says he’s not interested in anything long term. I think you’re being a bit naive too. After being drafted Misiorowski got a 2+ million dollar signing bonus. He’s not some kid looking to payoff his folks’ mortgage. The Brewers can want to sign a player whenever they want, it doesn’t mean the player is receptive. You can also bet they hammer out structure (length, club option years, buyouts, etc) before they negotiate numbers with specificity. With today’s players (especially the American born draftees) these type deals are increasingly rare to the finish line.
  13. Jopal78
    Like I said before it is table stakes now in MLB to approach premier pre-arbitration eligible talent about extensions to get cost certainty in the future and maybe even additional control in exchange for a larger salary guarantee up front. This is especially so for the teams without 250-300 million dollar payrolls. The Brewers more likely than not already know if a pre-arbitration extension is something Misiorowski is interested in conceptually. (For all we know he may have already shot the concept down). You’re right there probably isn’t much downside to doing it if both parties are interested. But even if both sides want to do it, the devil is in the details.
  14. Jopal78
    Yes, that’s one reason why the pre-arbitration extensions rarely occur.
  15. Jopal78
    You really think he would doubt himself now, yet after maybe 15 to 18 games he’s suddenly going to decide to “bet on himself“? As I wrote above, I bet you $100 the Brewers will know soon or already know if an early extension is a concept Misiorowski will even consider. If his team indicated he would then It becomes a matter of details and desire. If it were me, I’d probably take a wait-and-see approach of the high velocity is going to shred his elbow before his career gets on track. Look no further than Robert Gasser as someone who came up, pitched in incredibly well, and almost immediately hurt their elbow.
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    I’m sure it is now table stakes for MLB teams to offer their premier pre-arbitration eligible players contract extensions. Likewise, before putting anything on paper, front offices also know which players would be receptive to the concept and which ones intend to go year to year. I hope they give Misiorowski more than 12 innings in the majors before crossing those bridges.
  17. Jopal78
    I’m sure the plan was to have Hall finish it, and not have Mears, Koenig or Megill pitch at all.
  18. Jopal78
    Oh please…. they were winning by 6 and the manager went to his lockdown relievers to get them work, and the players were lackadaisical allowing Minnesota to climb back into the game.
  19. Jopal78
    Yep, threw it on cruise control on the 6th
  20. Jopal78
    He was a first round pick, with 3 years of team control. He’ll get tendered a contract for slightly more than the veteran minimum, and Mitchell will take it. Otherwise he’s probably looking at no guaranteed money on a NRI if the Brewers non-tendered him after the season. They play for money after all.
  21. Jopal78
    The Twins are struggling, it would be nice if the Brewers can just put the hammer down on a struggling team and start to build some separation in the division from St. Louis and Cincinnati
  22. Jopal78
    With their win last night, the Brewers currently hold the #3 wild card spot. Absent a complete collapse over the next 5 weeks they won’t trade Peralta in season.
  23. Jopal78
    Walloped by the Cardinals on 6/17/25. 4.1 IP, 6H, 3BB, 1HBP and 5 ER.
  24. Jopal78
    With Mitchell and a Perkins coming back, what do you do with them? I imagine Perkins gets optioned to AAA with Chourio, Mitchell, Collins and Frelick splitting up the at bats in the outfield.
  25. Jopal78
    Trading major league assets for rentals, is essentially shuffling the deck with a hope to improve in the short run. Everything could click and the team could improve. Or, the rentals could flop ( happens all the time Chafin, Norris, Schoop etc.) or the young talent you’re banking on to fill in the gaps for the major leaguers traded away could also flop. It just seems like it’s making moves for the sake of making moves. As for Civale’s value. Don’t forget the Brewera didn’t give up any value to get Montas. So pitchers with pedestrian numbers are t all that valuable. With Vaughn they got a recent #3 overall pick who has hit 77 homers in the majors (averaging 20 HRs/162 games), with a year and a half of team control remaining and options. It’s a cruel world, but that’s probably what 12-15 starts from Civale is worth no matter what.
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