Jump to content
Sale v. Miz in an epic clash today! Come join our game thread! ×
Brewer Fanatic

Jopal78

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,595

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Blogs

Events

News

2026 Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects Ranking

Milwaukee Brewers Videos

2022 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks

Milwaukee Brewers Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks

2024 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks

The Milwaukee Brewers Players Project

2025 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Jopal78

  1. Jopal78
    I think Vinny is married.
  2. Jopal78
    Why does it have to be some sort of mistake? Why couldn’t the calculus simply have been they didn’t think Smith would help them as a starter in ‘25, they had a cadre of other bullpen arms with major league experience and preferred to keep a spot available to snag a player they thought might shake loose from another organization? Seems more logical than some gaffe by an otherwise astute talent mining organization. Heck, maybe there were simply players they had more money/draft capital invested in where their talent evaluators weren’t ready to pull the plug on just yet. Good deal for Smith though, setting up his future making by making $750k in the big leagues this year. However, I’m not going to get all bent out shape that the front office didn’t protect an undrafted swingman with an intriguing stat sheet from the Rule 5
  3. Jopal78
    Yes I’m well aware of the “just a DH” quote, the fact of the matter is if Selig wanted Molitor in Milwaukee beyond 1992 he would’ve been there, and you won’t find an article that says otherwise. Think about it: if ownership wanted a player who meant more than just wins and losses, but also defined brand and was good for marketing, yet the GM jettisoned that player anyhow; how on earth would a GM keep their job?
  4. Jopal78
    I’d love to see where Milwaukee ranks in futility scoring runners from 3rd with less than 2 outs
  5. Jopal78
    To each their own I guess., He was more effectively wild in my book, and showed some moxie keeping it scoreless without his best pitch. But… Patrick wasn’t getting any swing and miss on the cutter (in fact he got just 6 swinging strikes the entire night) and in the first three innings he wasn’t landing the cutter in the zone when they laid off it either. Unless the Royals had put the first or second pitch of the sequence in play, Patrick seemingly was behind in the count. I agree he hit his stride in the 4th and finally got couple swing and misses on the cutter, but at that point he was beginning to run on fumes and was completely spent by the time he K’d Isbel for the 2nd out in the fifth. I wouldn’t call that complete command, though the box score looks nice.
  6. Jopal78
    I suppose it depends on hown you define “shows well”. I think we can all agree Chad Patrick kind of labored to get through 4 2/3 for Milwaukee yesterday, yet he threw a higher precentage of strikes in his outing than Shane Smith did in his 5 2/3 inning start. That Smith went 5 2/3 throwing a lesser percentage of strikes than Patrick while walking more batters than he struck out suggests to me perhaps he had a little luck on his side against the Twins. So yes, good for Smith, he has earned a spot in a big league rotation. But he’s probably going to need to pitch better than last night for me to think he is “the one that got away” or criticize the front office for leaving him exposed to the Rule 5.
  7. Jopal78
    Will it? He threw a lesser percentage of strikes in his start than Chad Patrick did tonight, and there’s seemingly no love fest going on for Patrick.
  8. Jopal78
    It’s a wonderful life. Director Frank Capra
  9. Jopal78
    I was wondering why if Chad Patrick can hit 95 mph he wasn’t more of a prospect, but now I see he fights his command and misses over the plate. He’s getting lucky so far
  10. Jopal78
    Yeah, projections are interesting but not really lla definitive way to declare who’s best based on what an algorithm thinks will happen. Sure, Im taking Skenes over anyone on Milwaukee, probably Imanaga too. But the Brewers preferred SP over Abbott, Greene, Lodolo, Singer, and Nick Martinez in Cincinnati, the Brewers are certainly more proven. Is anybody taking Imanaga, Steele, Boyd, Taillon and Ben Brown over Milwaukee? I’m wouldn’t.
  11. Jopal78
    It’s also AAA where there isn’t an Ohtani, Arenado, Kyle Tucker etc. If he’s walking 5+ per 9 in AAA; it’s not magically going to drop in the majors where hitters are typically much more selective. Ethan Small walked 4.4/9 in the minors and that number doubled in the major leagues.
  12. Jopal78
    For real? He’s a marquee player, and one of faces of the franchise, taking a mental health break when the team is struggling at the outset? It would be a stunning lack of leadership by Murphy and Chourio.
  13. Jopal78
    It wouldn’t seem so bleak if their big bats (Chourio, Yelich, Hoskins and Contreras) hadn’t collectively started the season 8 for 55 (.145) with 2 doubles, zero homeruns and 23 strike outs.
  14. Jopal78
    Seriously? Misiorowski doesn’t know where the pitch is going when it leaves his hand, until he learns to consistently command his stuff, he’s not a major league caliber pitcher. If the injuries reached a level where Misiorowski was their best option, it would mean the season is already lost. In that case they’d probably still go with someone else out of service time considerations.
  15. Jopal78
    As they say: Put up or shut up. Knock the Brewers rotation if you will but throw out the starting 5 on another NL Central club that’s better top to bottom.
  16. Jopal78
    Peralta, Cortes, Civale, Myers, Quintana, Woodruff. Four of the six have been All Stars, only Civale (4.08) has a career ERA above 4.00 Name another team in the NL Central with better SP that is six deep. Injuries happen, maybe they’re snake bit this year and will be buried in the standings by summer, but it won’t be for lack of talent on the roster.
  17. Jopal78
    The Brewers have the most talented rotation in the NL Central, it’s just most of it is on the IL right now.
  18. Jopal78
    Jake Bauers probably looking at 2 more innings on his pitching resume
  19. Jopal78
    I find it laughable the player Rickie Weeks refused to play left field when asked to do so to help the team, is now in a position of “leadership” with the same team.
  20. Jopal78
    If they’re not going to pitch, at least have a couple guys get hot with the bats. This hasn’t even been fun to follow so far this year.
  21. Jopal78
    Not at all, but your argument is flawed: essentially “they owe me something because tax dollars support them” . Maybe indirectly, but tax revenue certainly is notgoing to sign players on the field or for baseball operations. But I get it, you think teams are public trusts. You’re certainly not alone in that thought.
  22. Jopal78
    Man with Civale to the IL, the Brewers are going to have to demonstrate some resilience early or they might be finished before Mother’s Day due to lack of starting pitchers.
  23. Jopal78
    To be accurate the stadiums they lease are supported by tax dollars not the teams themselves. Otherwise yes your mind seems pretty made up on this one .
  24. Jopal78
    What responsibility do they have to fans? I’m willing to bet you don’t view that responsibility as mutual. Meaning if it was an inconvenience or hardship to attend a game you’d still find a way to buy tickets and beer because you owe it to the owner to support him when he is doing all he can to win. It's foolish to think team owners "owe" fans anything because at the end of the day, their primary obligation is to their investment, not to the emotions of the fanbase. A fan might love the team, but the owner is running a business. When a team spends big, it’s not out of obligation—it’s because it aligns with their interests. That is true across all teams.
  25. Jopal78
    You really think Bando would let a player of Molitor’s stature walk without the owner okaying it first? It was Selig who hired Bando and kept him in the GM role for nearly a decade despite the lack of success on the field and dearth of minor league talent. It was Selig who made his daughter Board President and CEO when her qualifications alone would not have made her an obvious choice to run an MLB team. Again, there’s zero chance an inexperienced Nepotism CEO runs a team (into the ground) without consulting her father for advice. Selig brought Major League Baseball back to Milwaukee then nearly destroyed it, before cashing in his chips and hitting the exit.
×
×
  • Create New...