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  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Jopal78
    I assume you’re referring timeout who the Brewers are committed to for15 million in ‘25. At that price I’d argue they’re expecting results from him in ‘25.
  8. Jopal78
    Certainly he will be non-tendered after the season. So the question is in the next 20 games does he have something to offer over the next man up, if so a DFA would be merely punitive— which the Brewers wouldn’t do.
  9. Jopal78
    Whatever juice was in Milner sure is used up now. How long will throwing with a left arm save him from a DFA?
  10. Jopal78
    They actually tried, but likely due to what those players were still owed nobody put in a claim for Drew Smyly (remaining % of 8.5 million salary + 2.5 million dollar buy out of ‘25 mutual option) David Bote (remaining % of 5.5 million + 1.5 million buyout on options) or Hector Neris. (Remaining % of 9 million)
  11. Jopal78
    Another way to look at it is: the Brewers are protecting his arm. He’s already eclipsed his inning total from last year, and has diminished velocity. With a virtually insurmountable lead in their Division; they’re letting Hudson have a break to recharge and reset before they need to push him again in the post season. It doesn’t look like it will cost him any money either as Spotrac indicates he’s on a guaranteed contract for ‘24. His rookie status was going to be intact through 2024 no matter what.
  12. Jopal78
    The soon to be manager of the year, has pushed the right buttons all season long to have his club (over matched on paper) in the fight for the best record in the league and still folks criticize him for an extra inning loss… tough crowd.
  13. Jopal78
    2 home runs off the 20/20 club. Pretty elite company of 8 players if he can get there including 4 ROY winners: Nomar Garciaparra, Carlos Beltran, Trout, Julio Rodriguez
  14. Jopal78
    The problem, if there is one, is Frelick’s offensive stat line this year is nearly identical to his stat line last year. Does that mean he just a high floor/low ceiling player? Is there more juice in his offensive game for next season when the team will likely be taking a step back offensively at SS?
  15. Jopal78
    Tommy Pham was claimed by KC off waivers from St. Louis. When he suits up for the Royals that will make an incredible 7 different teams he’s played for since July 31, 2022: Cin, Bos, Mets, Az. Chw, St.L and KC. A Brewer killer too with a career mark of .283/.369/.500 in 244 PAs.
  16. Jopal78
    Former farmhand Janson Junk DFA’d by Houston, and former minor league pitcher Antoine Kelly after being claimed by Colorado off waivers from Texas, outrighted him off their 40 man roster. It’s really a testament to how far the Club has stepped forward where there are a lot of players floating around from the Brewers organization whereas from 1994-2004, Milwaukee is where professional careers mostly went to die
  17. Jopal78
    Also interesting the other player in the Tellez deal, Trevor Richards was DFA’d by the Twins after just being acquired from Toronto at the trade deadline.
  18. Jopal78
    If Civale can pitch like he did today with some regularity down the stretch, he might force the Brewers to tender him a contract for ‘25
  19. Jopal78
    Aaron Ashby Back from the dead. Nice work by him, I should not have dogged him so much.
  20. Jopal78
    Take an Uber to the Frank Lloyd Wright Hone and Studio in Oak Park where the famed architect lived and worked. It’s an interesting property and nothing like Taliesin in Wisconsin. The outdoor concerts (classical/jazz etc) at Pritzker Pavilion in Millenium Park are always good (and mostly free). Lots of neighborhoods put on massive street festivals in the summer where the road is blocked off, and there are music stages, beer tents, food stands and other vendors. Theyre always great for hanging outside, having a beer or two and epil watching. It’s n Wrigleyville itself there isn’t much to do except eating and drinking.
  21. Jopal78
    Poor Trent Grisham. A season’s worth of good will washed away and forgotten on one play.
  22. Jopal78
    Nellie Fox (HoF) was a coach on those Senator teams too.
  23. Jopal78
    Getting DFA’d by the 2nd worst team in the AL (and being Hiura’s 2nd DFA), then reporting to their AAA club, to me suggests Hiura might be running out of the opportunities where he’s more than an organizational soldier
  24. Jopal78
    Fischer family purchased the A’s for 180 million dollars. The Orioles were just sold for 1.7 billion dollars. If you own an MLB team why on Earth would you ever sell it when the prices keep going up and up and up and team success is largely irrelevant in franchise value. That’s why Fischer doesn’t care an iota what the product is on the field. This is straight financial situation. Better facilities = improved franchise value. Which is why he does what he does, so he can find some municipality full of tax payers dumb enough to use their dollars to further increase the equity he has in his baseball club.
  25. Jopal78
    Pitchers in AAA might be “on the cusp of major leagues” because of the structure of the minor-league system. But it’s not like AAA is full of tomorrow’s big league pitching stars. It’s mostly pitchers who weren’t good enough to stick in the major leagues or haven’t knocked anybody socks off yet in their professional career
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