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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Jopal78
    Whatever juice was in Milner sure is used up now. How long will throwing with a left arm save him from a DFA?
  4. 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)
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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?
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. Jopal78
    Aaron Ashby Back from the dead. Nice work by him, I should not have dogged him so much.
  14. 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.
  15. Jopal78
    Poor Trent Grisham. A season’s worth of good will washed away and forgotten on one play.
  16. Jopal78
    Nellie Fox (HoF) was a coach on those Senator teams too.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. Jopal78
    It really shouldn’t be a surprise. For 20+ years the Cardinals had HOF players and other terrific ball players in their line up every year. Now, their noteworthy players are all old and the the youngsters they had hoped for Tyler O’Neill, Dylan Carlson, Hicks, Hudson weren’t good enough; and their next crop of young bucks haven’t been good either: Gorman, Walker and Liberatore. Not having unlimited payroll it is the gamble they took giving out the huge guarantees to land Goldschmidt and Arenado in the first place, and their GM seemingly made it worse handing out guarantees to Matz, Mikolas, Contreras, in an effort to keep the ship afloat
  21. Jopal78
    They got robbed!
  22. Jopal78
    Yeah, people crucified Boras for not getting more for Bellinger (and others), but as usual Boras has the last laugh. It is Hoyer who has the egg on his face being into the luxury tax and owing Bellinger (.275/.333/.426) 58 million dollars for the next 2 seasons
  23. Jopal78
    They actually passed him through waivers hoping someone would claim the remainder of his 9 million dollar salary. Today after having gone unclaimed they flat out released him
  24. Jopal78
    It could also be softening up the fans for when they place a bunch of players on waivers to try to get under the threshold: Wisdom, Bote, maybe even Bellinger
  25. Jopal78
    Kind of interesting that the “can’t miss” type prospects in the first round all mostly missed and the draftees who became real players were all much less heralded.
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