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  1. Jopal78
    You have to admit, it is impressive in the World Cup that players who play soccer professionally for Madrid, Munich, etc. were laying it on the line for England, Argentina, etc. and for weeks at that. I think they want to tap in to that, and have their very best in the Olympics playing like it means something instead of going through the motions na d trying not to get hurt like in the WBC.
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    Probably a wish granting genie or a magic wand at a minimum.
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    It is a little more nuanced. They want to grow their game and are willing to cancel revenue generating regular season games for the biggest stars to participate in the Olympics. If the players are getting the same amount of money for 148 games of whatever that year as do for 162 games in any other season, it’s not such an unreasonable ask that a player selected for the Olympics actually show up and help their effort to grow MLBs audience.
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    Rob Z was just placed on the 60 day IL he’s essentially out for the regular season.
  5. Jopal78
    You may be overlooking players because this is easier than you think: Verlander 2017 Astos Chapman 2016 Cubs Soler 2021 Braves Rosario 2021 Braves Zobrist 2015 Royals Cueto 2015 Royals Scherzer 2023 Rangers Jordan Montgomery 2023 Rangers Edman 2024 Dodgers Eovaldi 2018 Red Sox I think a better point is, it’s still a crapshoot whether adding a marquee player is going to help more than adding less sexy depth pieces.
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    Just because Ortiz and Hamilton have not swung the bat well, why do you think k Williams is on the verge of being the everyday 3B? They’re not going to make him the everyday 3B for the hell of it, he’s going to have to show he’s better than Ortiz/Hamilton/Schewmake, and right now he’s got a .726 OPS in AAA. As for prospect lists, it’s likely 30 or more spots are going to go to teams’ first round picks and players who have had terrific seasons. Will he remain on those lists after they’re updated? Maybe, but I sort of doubt it based on his performance this year, and the validation to date of scouts concerns about his size/power profile against advanced pitching
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    I thought the same thing, but after his me first refusal to pitch out of the pen forcing his trade to CHW, and his numbers this year… they probably stay away.
  8. Jopal78
    Seems like Houston is unwilling to exceed the luxury tax threshold, yet want to add talent before the trade deadline; so trimming payroll here allows them to take on more payroll later, plus it opens up 40 man roster spots, etc.
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    Taking on Jordan Montgomery’s salary to get Shelby Miller with no minor league talent going back to Arizona was brilliant outside the box thinking. Think back to when they traded for CC Sabathia they gave up Michael Brantley and other prospects. Brantley went on to be a 300 hitter across 15 seasons and made five All-Star teams. With free agent salaries what they are today the Brewers simply aren’t going to trade that caliber of prospect anymore so these type of outside-of-the-box deals and minor acquisitions to improve the talent floor are most likely all we’re gonna see going forward.
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    I’ll play devils advocate, who are you going to get that’s “good” for essentially $6M and no real talent going back in exchange? Everybody whom they view as viable starting pitcher has AAA have already been called up. Who knows their internal scouting report on McCullers, but it’s safe to say they like his chances to contribute i Milwaukee more than the organizational soldiers currently pitching for them in AAA. Also worth noting rehab assignments are 30 days then the player has to be recalled or put on the injured list again. It’s possible the Astros decided to move on from him at the end of his rehab assignment rather than recall him and let other teams know he’s available.
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    Like when they picked up Dallas Keuchel, they need arms. With Misiorowski having a sore arm Harrison, Woodruff on the IL and a bunch of rookies with injury histories they need someone to take the ball.
  12. Jopal78
    Move Frelick to the bench as a 4th/5th outfielder. Play both Vaughn and Bauers in front of Yelich.
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    But isn’t the converse also true. If you got the prospect love shouldn’t you be a Rays fan? The count may be narrowing but the majority of the Brewers key contributors have still arrived via trade or as free agents. And ultimately the prospect game is a crap shoot, even the teams whose organization is skilled at developing amateur talent produces fewer stars than fans expect. Take any organization and look at a prospect list and you’ll find it’s true. (ex. 2021 Rays ((#1 system)) Franco, Luis Patino, Arozarena, Vidal Brujan, Brendan McKay. Xavier Edwards, McLanahan, Shane Baz, Taylor Walls, and Greg Jones!). Which isn’t to be ignorant and not recognize that a pipeline of quality young players is necessary for the Brewers to remain competitive. It’s just the tribalism of extreme prospect love that elevates the idea of “winning the trade” over actually improving the big league team. A healthy farm system is simply a means to sustained success, not an end itself. .
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    Realizing the optics make it impossible, but who wouldn’t do Jett Williams straight up for Freddy Peralta. Regardless of Williams’s performance in AAA he’s currently blocked in Milwaukee at multiple positions for the foreseeable future.
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    I don’t like metrics either. Advanced metrics are descriptive, not predictive. They explain past performance, but people often treat them as proof future performance. That being said, it’s an unfair game. Going “all in” or making the moves to be able to go toe to toe with the Dodgers etc., would require them to trade away tomorrow’s Brewers. I think it’s safe to say they never want to go back to the 90s or early 2000s where the roster was devoid of talent and no help was on the horizon wither. So maybe that’s what it is: remembering the good times you had at the ballpark watching a good team, or the time you killed following a compelling club feeling like it was worth it.
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    Henderson threw 103 total innings last year. In 2024 he threw 81 total innings. Henderson is at 52 innings now. His viability in the rotation depends on how hard they want to ride that inning total. Going to 120 innings would probably mean he could make another 14 starts at most. That may not be enough to get them to the end of the regular season.
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    Presumably reporters have team access and contacts who work in sports. Bloggers maybe do, but most don’t. As for Holmes, the Mets likely intend to compete next year so they have no reason to trade Holmes unless blown away by the talent offered in exchange. Brewers won’t do that, As for Joe Ryan he falls into the same Clay Holmes bucket, why move him at all now unless they’re made an offer they can’t refuse
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    Jeffrey Springs from the Athletics? 1.26 era on the road. Has a $750k buyout of a $15M team option for 2027. Oakland likely will move him to cut payroll.
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    They been inching their way back in for months now. They’re 5.5 GB in their Division and have 5 teams in front of them of them for the last wild card. Any thing is possible but they’ll likely sell.
  20. Jopal78
    Yep, and the Brewers traded him to the Giants, who later traded him to the Rays who subsequently sold his contract to the White Sox last December. Fluky stuff happens for sure.
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    Good on you. You could say Peralta is effectively wild, and Sproat is just wild. But to suggest they’re substantially similar is false, plain and simple.
  22. Jopal78
    You’re giving Sproat too much credit. He’s 26. Peralta was a 22 and 23 year old kid 22 the last time he turned in an ERA over 5 or walked more than 4 batters per 9. Peralta struck out more batters per 9 and kept the ball in the park better too. Sproat has a live arm, but he has sucked for the Brewers. He’d probably be working on his game at AAA had the other starters stayed healthy.
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    I’m curious who you would identify as a top of the rotation controllable starter? I’m not saying you’re wrong to hold Mitchell in a high regard (I’m with you, I was convinced he would come into this season and either get hurt or suck because of all the injuries), but still I’m not sure any team trading significant assets to get him with 3+ years of service time and only 224 games played. Foreseeably, if Mitchell stayed completely healthy this season and continues to be an above average bat while playing premium defense in CF, it may make sense for both Milwaukee and Mitchell to come to some sort of agreement on an extension. His injuries will limit his earning capacity between now and 2029. So perhaps he can get a guarantee for more money than he’ll likely make in arbitration in exchange for an extra year of control or club options.
  24. Jopal78
    What’s a worse look: Chourio batting lefty against a position player or Dansby Swanson taking a monster rip from the shoe tops against a position player lobbing them in there for a grand slam.
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    Auto correct from Pena. Fixed
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