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  1. Jopal78
    He’s not going 100% effort for 25 pitches like you would out of the pen; he’s focusing on his endurance to throw 90-100 pitches
  2. Jopal78
    That’s why teams don’t bunt anymore. Had Turang pushed it to the first base side it’s likely bases Loaded with nobody out. Instead he makes a mistake and bunts it up third base side they likely get nothing from two on and nobody out
  3. Jopal78
    Man, Wiemer went from a promising rookie to a guy who’s probably 37 or 38th on the 40 man roster. Changed his swing, lack of PT and a cold start.
  4. Jopal78
    Imagine that; finding some teenagers with superstar potential and being able to sign them for pennies on the dollar to what players via the amateur draft; it’s funny it took teams as long as it did to extensively scout and have training academies in the islands. Before 2018 the Brewers physical presence in the D.R. consisted of two baseball fields behind a barn on land owned by Solomon Torres
  5. Jopal78
    Johnny Wholestaff making an appearance before the day off tomorrow.
  6. Jopal78
    Look at the terms Bauer conjures: Rape, indictment, lying. It will never happen, how could you run a kid out to the mound before the game on Sundays when he’s throwing?
  7. Jopal78
    It’s Peralta and Rea then a bunch of glorified long men masquerading as starters
  8. Jopal78
    They still market MLB as a family friendly event; Rick Schlesinger would have a hard time selling a guy who chokes women out in his bedroom as family friendly entertainment.
  9. Jopal78
    Probably toast by May if they don’t pounce on the other team for a half dozen.
  10. Jopal78
    Outcome determined before the Brewers even bat.
  11. Jopal78
    That opt out might loom large this winter. What do you do with a guy who can’t run and already isn’t their first choice defensively for the field.
  12. Jopal78
    Six singles, a walk and a catcher’s interfere.
  13. Jopal78
    Got ugly fast
  14. Jopal78
    Corbin Who? Tyrone Who? way to go Rea and Perkins
  15. Jopal78
    It’s the way they have done things for years; position players called up to the major league roster are almost always in the lineup the very next game.
  16. Jopal78
    Yes, I can read. Was meant as more of a criticism because “he’ll be playing in 4-6 weeks” is just pulling numbers out one’s butt. Taylor Ward was hit and broke bones in his face on 7/29 last year and didn’t play again. Tanner Houck was struck in the face on 6/16 last year, fracturing bones in his face and came back on August 22nd. Encarnacion never played again. It depends on the bones fractured, the severity of the fractures ie. if plates and screws are needed to fix the fractures and the player’s pain tolerance. Regardless it’s an another lengthy injury to a Brewers top prospect.
  17. Jopal78
    Juan Encarnacion says what’s up.
  18. Jopal78
    Was the other shoulder in ‘21
  19. Jopal78
    Chourio graduating from the prospect list and Quero suffering a second major shoulder injury, watch that Brewer farm system rating plummet.
  20. Jopal78
    It’s about the money. In ten years a major league player can earn the generational wealth which would take all but the most successful business people a lifetime to amass. Look at when the explosion of salaries in baseball occurred (Robin Yount was MLB’s highest paid player in 1990 at 3.2 mil) and I would bet it tracks the proliferation of baseball camps, clinics, travel teams, as well as the beginnings of the increases in pitching velocity and even size/mass of the players.
  21. Jopal78
    The same people that buy $120 Packers tickets off StubHub for $300-$400 each. Clearly, the Brewers wouldn’t charge the prices unless they already had the research showing they can sell them at that cost, and the increase in revenue from demand pricing is enough to offset any alienation of other ticket buying fans. The reality is Brewers want to lease suites and sell expensive tickets because the people who buy them are most likely the people who also drop a pile of dough at the game on liquor, beer, merch and food. The fans who grill their own hotdogs and drink beer in the parking lot have a $28 ticket and carry in their own food from home aren’t that valuable
  22. Jopal78
    Judging by roster construction this last success cycle; likely a couple of homegrown players teamed with mostly players from outside the organization. 1B: Thames, Aguilar, Tellez, Hoskins 2B: Villar, Hiura, Wong, Turang SS: Arcia, Adames 3B: Shaw, Moustakas, Urias, Anderson, UTL: Sogard, H. Perez Peterson, Monasterio, Ortiz.
  23. Jopal78
    Well, maybe I could’ve worded it better but youre reading everything too literally so you can try to make a point. Anyways, I should’ve said once a player is in the major leagues for good. It is rare that they do not play out their six years and file for free agency. The last Brewers position player to take an extension prior to free agency. I believe was Jonathan Lucroy 10 years ago or more. Corey Hart I believe took one too. Even on the pitching side where the chance of eventually suffering a major injury is nearly 100% there have been two Brewers pitchers in the last decade to sign an extension prior to free agency The reason that the vast majority of professional baseball players are disinclined to sign contract extensions is it leaves money on the table that they could get by going year to year then filing for free agency.. As applied to Contreras, the framework of signing extension with the Brewers, is probably something he’s not inclined to do to begin with. When you factor in numbers being thrown about here are less than the top players at his position, it only makes it even more unlikely to be considered I don’t consider the Brewers to be dumb or lacking foresight. Surely, they know the players they like, and would consider extending on their terms, and likely have approached those players. The fact they do not end up signing many of those players means their overtures were most likely rebuffed.
  24. Jopal78
    I think you like to argue for arguing’s sake. What does Hiura have to do with anything? He wasn’t unable to stick in the majors to even acquire the service time necessary to file for free agency.
  25. Jopal78
    Salaries overall continue to rise and rise which drags them up across the board. So it’s not really a question of resetting the market at a position. Look at it from the perspective how many 15+ million per year players were there in the majors 5 years ago compared to now? More importantly, the conviction in one’s ability necessary to even make the majors in the first place means that very few pro ball players are going to doubt themselves enough to take less money than they could likely earn just to be “safe” against injury or underperformance. Consider the Brewers. When was the last time a Milwaukee hitter in the majors did not play out his six years and head to free agency? You probably have to go back a decade or more to Lucroy, Hart etc. Even pitchers, where the risk of eventual injury is near 100% there have been only two in the last decade in Ashby and Peralta that didn’t play out their six years and become free agents. Since the last CBA which increased player compensation there is not much reason for major league players to not go year to year and file for free agency as soon as possible. Yes there are exceptions to any rule but it doesn’t change the fact players will make more in their career hitting FA as soon as possible.
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