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  1. Jopal78
    1. Peralta 2. Myers 3. Rea 4. Civale 5. Woodruff Absent a trade to acquire a starting pitcher; I’d say those 5 have the inside track with Ashby, Carlos Rodriguez and Hall getting a chance to compete for a rotation spot in Spring Training. Besides, Brewers will decline mutual option on Montas and Miley. Joe Ross is a free agent, and Bryce Wilson is a possible non-tender candidate. That’s every who started (besides as opener) in ‘24 that’s still in the organization and’or not already out for parts of ‘25 with injury.
  2. Jopal78
    Not a talent issue, top to bottom the Brewers have better players overall than the Mets. This is execution, the players made mistakes and didn’t seize the opportunities the Mets gave them.
  3. Jopal78
    The Brewers ceded the competitive advantage (letting the Mets rest their pen); the psychological advantage, and their season hangs in the hands of Myers and Montas
  4. Jopal78
    See ya in’25
  5. Jopal78
    The Brewers are built to have little margin for error. They’ve played sloppy, their pitchers missed spots and they didn’t capitalize on opportunities. Usually means a loss.
  6. Jopal78
    I like Frelick: he runs, fields, throws well, works the count. I just feel he’s a high floor low ceiling player.
  7. Jopal78
    It’s okay if someone says “I don’t like Bauers” but to feign ignorance and post “why is he playing” while ignoring the obvious is kind of silly.
  8. Jopal78
    But for switch hitters the Mets are R-L-R-L too. Maybe a strategy thing so there’s no spot to easily bring in a pitcher with splits
  9. Jopal78
    Look at the lineup for both teams. Other than switch hitters in the Mets both teams are R-L-R-L it’s just the way most teams do it especially in the post season.
  10. Jopal78
    R-L-R-L. If you don’t like Bauers there, what’s your alternative keeping the alternating side batter intact?
  11. Jopal78
    Ok. What does “upside” have to do with a Best of 3 play off series. It’s not rocket science, and there’s no naked pictures of the manager’s wife involved. Bauers is in there so they can go R-L-R-L what Lefty would you rather have in there… Collins?
  12. Jopal78
    Don’t be silly. Peralta is a terrific pitcher; he’s just forced into a #1 spot in the rotation when he’s more of a 2/3.
  13. Jopal78
    Ok, but Mitchell is in the clean up spot and struck out, where’s the vitriol there and head shaking?
  14. Jopal78
    Nope, Peralta working behind every hitter will cost them the series
  15. Jopal78
    A POBO with a high school education, no background in personnel, scouting, etc. whose only role with the organization post playing career was minority owner. Maybe they’re giving him the check book with an edict to go spend and get them out of being a 3rd/4th place team.
  16. Jopal78
    Well, Jeffress did have repeated substance abuse issues, and was dropped by the Nationals seeming for conduct issues (ie, personnel reasons). He claimed he had a bad reputation and it was his agent spreading lies about him, he fired his agent. His agent seemingly didn’t have many clients, with his career as an agent ending around the time Jeffress was no longer on a 40 man roster and was being sued earlier this year for defamation and fraud by Perfect Game. Sounds to me like two guys who overplayed their hands each believing they were bigger deals than they truly were
  17. Jopal78
    Arguably the Cubs had better talent (Shota, Busch, etc.) in ‘24 than under Ross in ‘23. So to that end you could argue Counsell “got less out of more”. Certainly not the way Hoyer wanted it to go when he and Counsell sunk their knives into a World Series hero’s back.
  18. Jopal78
    I don’t know. Mears looks like another reliever deadline acquisition bust (Ray Black, Jon Curtiss, Daniel Norris, Matt Bush, Taylor Rogers, Chafin). The common thread is they either get rocked every third time out or miss a big chunk of time with an injury. So far Mears has a little of both.
  19. Jopal78
    Kudos to the Detroit Tigers being on the cusp of a wild card spot. Like the Brewers, a team that nobody picked to make any noise this year. In fact, they turned it on after being sellers! Hinch probably won’t win Manager of the Year, but hard to argue he didn’t push all the right buttons in the 2nd half.
  20. Jopal78
    Counsell’s reputation as getting “more out of less” certainly vanished this year. He needs his squad to got 6-4 over the last 10 games just to match what David Ross did last year with arguably less talent.
  21. Jopal78
    You’re right, misread the stat line. Doesn’t change the argument, a career .408 slugging percentage doesn’t place one amongst the all time great power hitting shortstops. Heck, it’s not even the a top mark for the Brewers as a franchise (Yount, Adames, Jose Hernandez, Jose Valentin)
  22. Jopal78
    I dispute your initial premise. JJ Hardy “quietly was one of the best power hitting short stops of all time”. It’s simply not true. His career slugging percentage is .408. Per Wee Reese never hit more than 16 homers in a season and his career slugging percentage is .410. That Hardy was in the first wave of modern shortstops who weren’t anemic with the bat, isn’t all that impressive. That he was a young successful homegrown player for the Brewers as they began their comeback from baseball irrelevance is why he’s noteworthy.
  23. Jopal78
    Respectfully JJ Hardy had 188 homers in a career spanning 13 seasons. If you say he’s 13th all time in homers by a SS, ok but realize that is a product of SS not being a power position until the last 20 years or so, not some elite level production. Hardy’s 188 is going to be passed by Bogaerts. Trea Turner and Carlos Correra. Absent the wheels falling of their careers, Willy Adames, and Dansby Swanson will likely get there. Then, the new generation of power hitting shortstops are on track to shatter that number: Bichette, Witt Jr. and Ely De La Cruz. Heck even broken down vets like Javier Baez and Trevor Story are close enough if they could get healthy they might surpass 188.
  24. Jopal78
    What did Hader get from Houston? Why would Williams even consider anything less than that (5yrs/95 million). With the reluctance teams show in trading blue chip minor league talent; I wouldn’t be surprised if the Brewers simply kept Williams for ‘25 and made him a Q.O.
  25. Jopal78
    He hit more than 25 in a season twice. I don’t think that places him anywhere near the best power hitting shortstops in MLB history. Think about it: A-Rod, Ripken, Banks, Garciaparra, Machado, Lindor. By comparison Hardy couldn’t hold their jocks.
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