Jopal78

No. You need to look at context on this one. Zack Scott (who?!) was the Mets GM for 7 months in 2021 and made that trade. Scott was elevated to GM when Jared Porter had been hired in November of ‘20 and quickly fired in late January ‘21 for sexting. Scott himself was arrested for DUI in August of 2021, placed on administrative leave and subsequently fired after the season in ‘21. This was on top of the whole Brodie Van Wagenen/Carlos Beltran fiascos. Despite being in complete disarray and without any real leadership, the Mets were themselves in the playoff race in ‘21 when a GM with little experience made a boner of a trade in retrospect . It is more an outlier than an indicator of what mediocre talent can reap in a potential trade.

With a 3 million dollar guarantee and an era over 8, nobody is going to trade for him and put him on their 26 man roster. For the same reason he’s already cleared waivers. I don’t think Payamps has enough service time to refuse being out-righted (and keep his salary), so I bet he will be sent to AAA to get his act together and maybe they call him back up again later.

They’ll trade Peralta eventually. It really depends on the players they’re offered if it’s this deadline or in the offseason. Waiving the white flag by trading Peralta this July does have potential ramifications on ticket sales this year, suite renewals, etc. So the return would have to be clearly better than what they estimate would be possible in the offseason. There is no reason to trade Contreras now. He’s still years from free agency, having a down year at the plate due to injury and there is nobody behind him ready to start everyday in the majors.

He won’t bring anything “decent”. At 18 million dollars this season he will still be owed around 6 million dollars in salary, plus the 4 million dollar buyout in his mutual option for 2025. His BABiP of .360 is fueling his career season. Most likely between now and July it will regress towards his career norm of .275 (league average is .295). Sure there is a chance a big market club could covet Hoskins as the final piece, but at 10 million dollars for 60+ game, if the Brewers trade him without including cash (good bet) the most likely return would be minimal. (The Cubs traded Bellinger to the deep pocketed Yankees and in return received a relief pitcher they released in spring training) Frankly, the Brewers would be better off in the long run, keeping Hoskins, making a QO and taking the supplemental pick if he leaves. It certainly would be a higher pedigree of talent than they would get in any trade.

No, my point is that there’s probably not much interest in Black period. He hasn’t exactly kicked down the major league door, doesn’t have a real position on defense and has an history of being injured (321 games in 4 years as a professional). At this point because of the bonus they spent on him he’s likely worth more to Milwaukee than to anyone else.

You know as well as anyone that batting order is a marginal tweak. He’s putting his most dynamic talent in the #1 spot. It’s Managing 101.

Come on, you can do better than this. If some dudes watching on TV can see pitchers aren’t throwing him at strikes because he’s overly aggressive and swings at everything, I am 100% the coaches and manager has told him the same. For a teacher to effective the pupil needs to be willing to learn.

Chourio is bad. Pitchers don’t have to throw him strikes to get him to swing (he unloaded on a pitch so far inside it almost hit him). The 60 million dollars they owe him is sure looking like less and less of a bargain

It’s not as if Tyler Black is banging on the door to the majors and is blocked everywhere. He hasn’t been able to crack the 26 man roster in Milwaukee where they have journeymen like Isaac Collins and Jake Bauers playing OF, and a revolving door at 3B. Black is more valuable to the Brewers due to his cache as a former first round pick than he has in a trade to another club right now.

“Nice return”? You’re arguing semantics now. Unless by “nice return” you mean receiving something in exchange besides just salary relief, but that’s setting the bar pretty low for what constitutes a “nice return” isn’t it? @adambr2 is right, Hoskins is a rental bat who doesn’t run well or play particularly strong defense and has a large contract this year plus a buyout on a mutual option for next year. If the Brewers sell and trade him, the demand isn’t going to be there and it’s probably a minimal return and mostly salary relief.

Doubt it. Maybe a player or two who are years away room the majors. Teams don’t trade blue chippers anymore, and certainly not for expensive rental hitters.

Legally it’s an almost sure loser. I don’t understand how he can show the tarp roller on the field constitutes a dangerous condition AND the Reds had notice (someone else got hurt there, or complained about it being a safety issue) of it being a safety issue. Then even if he could prove that, the tarp roller is certainly, “open and obvious” and the Reds will argue he was equally careless for not using more caution when he approached. And he returned to play for Nashville that September, so it’s more probably true than not it was because he was an aging mediocre ball player that his career ended, not because of an injury he sustained running into an object on the field from which he returned to play professionally 2 months later. Sounds like a shake down to me; litigation is expensive and teams are afraid of any sort of negative publicity.

You do you then. Baseball salaries grow exponentially: what you’re failing to realize a player who gets a pre-arbitration bonus now has a higher floor and when they eventually reach arbitration will undoubtedly file for a larger number based upon that floor in addition to other factors. So yes, it does hurt teams with limited payroll. Yeah baseball salaries have exploded since 1990 when Yount was MLB’s highest paid player. If that’s the “nuanced discussion” I’m sorry I thought that was pretty obvious 20 years ago and old news by now. Sure, teams want to sell hats and jerseys, which his why the Brewers have a half dozen different uniforms. The point you’re missing is there are only so many customers that want a hat and or jersey, and most of those people have a saturation point when they have bought enough hats and or jerseys. My point is in identifying additional ways to generate revenue when, like the Brewers, they have reached the saturation point for ticket sales, media rights, and merchandise and licensing, they are bad at it. But hey they’ll probably be rolling out the Cervaceros jerseys soon for those who have another $150 to burn in the Team Store.

His SP typically has been good for about 90 pitches in his young career. Yesterday that got him through 4 2/3 innings. I’m sure Murphy didn’t plan to use Alexander yesterday but after covering 4 1/3 with the bullpen the game went to extras and he had no choice. Alexander’s role at the moment is to eat innings early in the game and when they are behind. Two things that have been happening more often now, so his appearances have spiked. Conversely, Uribe might be Murphy’s only relief ace and pitches almost exclusively late in games they are winning. Sure he pitched 3 days in a row (all games they won) but before that he had three days off. It seems like Murphy is working right out of the Manager 101 textbook .

Haha nice try. It is the same team that won 90 games minus Wily Adames. The point is those players are playing like crap now. What is Murphy supposed to do? Pull the plug on their 26 million dollar man, for Isaac Collins? Bench a key piece from the Burnes trade for Monasterio? I don’t know what is so hard to understand. The talent level is the same players who won 90+ games yet but for a handful of players they have all played poorly.

He is not. Who really cares if he ruins Alexander’s career; the guy is a stiff. If he was riding young starters like Henderson and Patrick hard that would be one thing. A journeyman swing man… psssh. It’s the major leagues not little league. As for the hitters, Murphy has a load of crap to work with including 3 regulars hitting under .200 after 50+ games. He’s a manager not a magician

Ha! The day they eat 84 million dollars is the day pigs fly. Seriously the owner of the Brewers can’t win. If they would’ve traded Yelich after winning an MVP and almost winning a second one, Attanasio would’ve been burned in effigy. Instead he gives Yelcih an extension which any reasonable person should have seen would end poorly (almost 90% of them do) and now Attanasio a chump for not just simply cutting Yelich and eating almost $100 million

The Brewers are only better than 4 teams in the NL. The injuries and offensive inconsistencies haven’t ruined their season yet, but the deck is getting further stacked against them with each loss.

The radio guys are the same way. If something dumb strikes them as funny it immediately comes out of their mouth.

It’s never too late to apologize for the theft and return him.

Ha! It’s his 3rd go around there. This might be his 3rd option year too.

The ball glove was a good idea, ancient times now, but they should have never dropped it in the first place. Uecker is dead, so the only announcers people are listening to in the parking lots are the current group of bozos

When a baseball team like the Brewers has exhausted traditional revenue-tickets, media rights, merchandise, sponsorships- it has to look beyond the game itself to grow. It’s not about selling more jersey with a grill logo on the sleeve, it is about redefining the brand’s cultural value. Meaning positioning the team not just as entertainment, but as a symbol of heritage, authenticity and timeless cool. Instead of cheap gimmicks it’s leaning into the real stuff, the history of the team, the ritual of the season, etc. Done right, it resonates with people who may not watch every inning but want to be part of something classic and quietly iconic. This shift leads the team tap into new audiences- those who respond to story, style and identity. In a saturated market, the final untapped revenue is relevance. Not louder, but truer

Hate to tell you; it’s market size. There are only so many eyeballs in the state of Wisconsin. The high spending teams have their own television networks the Brewers don’t because there would be no money to be made there given the costs associated with starting one up. That is why other teams revenue has gone up. The Milwaukee metro area and state population is relatively stagnant and I think it’s pretty safe to say the Brewers have tapped just about every viable source of revenue they can from their market. I’m okay with that. There are people that accuse the Brewers of being cheap for not keeping up with the big dogs and those people are seemingly naive to how finance/business work. Secondly, if you don’t think the CBA ratified in 2022 hurts teams like the Brewers you haven’t been paying attention. The luxury tax thresholds went up (which means average annual value also go up) and the revenue sharing provisions weren’t equally improved. The draft lottery might diminish tanking but also softens rebuilding because a poor finish doesn’t mean a team gets first crack at elite amateur talent. Expanded playoffs keeps more teams alive but seemingly rewards depth (teams that have money for deep benches) over efficiency. The pre-arb bonus pool makes young talented players even more expensive and operates to further funnels talent from the have nots to the haves, and pressures teams to bring their minor league talent to the majors as quick as possible instead of strategic planning to bring a group of players to the majors at or around the same time. Marketing and branding? Nike produces scores of cheaply made poor quality shoes and they continue to fly off shelves. It’s marketing and branding: they’re selling an image and a vibe. Ask yourself with a dozen uniforms and mascots what is the vibe Rick Schlesinger is trying to sell you?