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  1. Jopal78
    R-L-R-L. If you don’t like Bauers there, what’s your alternative keeping the alternating side batter intact?
  2. Jopal78
    Ok. What does “upside” have to do with a Best of 3 play off series. It’s not rocket science, and there’s no naked pictures of the manager’s wife involved. Bauers is in there so they can go R-L-R-L what Lefty would you rather have in there… Collins?
  3. Jopal78
    Don’t be silly. Peralta is a terrific pitcher; he’s just forced into a #1 spot in the rotation when he’s more of a 2/3.
  4. Jopal78
    Ok, but Mitchell is in the clean up spot and struck out, where’s the vitriol there and head shaking?
  5. Jopal78
    Nope, Peralta working behind every hitter will cost them the series
  6. Jopal78
    A POBO with a high school education, no background in personnel, scouting, etc. whose only role with the organization post playing career was minority owner. Maybe they’re giving him the check book with an edict to go spend and get them out of being a 3rd/4th place team.
  7. Jopal78
    Well, Jeffress did have repeated substance abuse issues, and was dropped by the Nationals seeming for conduct issues (ie, personnel reasons). He claimed he had a bad reputation and it was his agent spreading lies about him, he fired his agent. His agent seemingly didn’t have many clients, with his career as an agent ending around the time Jeffress was no longer on a 40 man roster and was being sued earlier this year for defamation and fraud by Perfect Game. Sounds to me like two guys who overplayed their hands each believing they were bigger deals than they truly were
  8. Jopal78
    Arguably the Cubs had better talent (Shota, Busch, etc.) in ‘24 than under Ross in ‘23. So to that end you could argue Counsell “got less out of more”. Certainly not the way Hoyer wanted it to go when he and Counsell sunk their knives into a World Series hero’s back.
  9. Jopal78
    I don’t know. Mears looks like another reliever deadline acquisition bust (Ray Black, Jon Curtiss, Daniel Norris, Matt Bush, Taylor Rogers, Chafin). The common thread is they either get rocked every third time out or miss a big chunk of time with an injury. So far Mears has a little of both.
  10. Jopal78
    Kudos to the Detroit Tigers being on the cusp of a wild card spot. Like the Brewers, a team that nobody picked to make any noise this year. In fact, they turned it on after being sellers! Hinch probably won’t win Manager of the Year, but hard to argue he didn’t push all the right buttons in the 2nd half.
  11. Jopal78
    Counsell’s reputation as getting “more out of less” certainly vanished this year. He needs his squad to got 6-4 over the last 10 games just to match what David Ross did last year with arguably less talent.
  12. Jopal78
    You’re right, misread the stat line. Doesn’t change the argument, a career .408 slugging percentage doesn’t place one amongst the all time great power hitting shortstops. Heck, it’s not even the a top mark for the Brewers as a franchise (Yount, Adames, Jose Hernandez, Jose Valentin)
  13. Jopal78
    I dispute your initial premise. JJ Hardy “quietly was one of the best power hitting short stops of all time”. It’s simply not true. His career slugging percentage is .408. Per Wee Reese never hit more than 16 homers in a season and his career slugging percentage is .410. That Hardy was in the first wave of modern shortstops who weren’t anemic with the bat, isn’t all that impressive. That he was a young successful homegrown player for the Brewers as they began their comeback from baseball irrelevance is why he’s noteworthy.
  14. Jopal78
    Respectfully JJ Hardy had 188 homers in a career spanning 13 seasons. If you say he’s 13th all time in homers by a SS, ok but realize that is a product of SS not being a power position until the last 20 years or so, not some elite level production. Hardy’s 188 is going to be passed by Bogaerts. Trea Turner and Carlos Correra. Absent the wheels falling of their careers, Willy Adames, and Dansby Swanson will likely get there. Then, the new generation of power hitting shortstops are on track to shatter that number: Bichette, Witt Jr. and Ely De La Cruz. Heck even broken down vets like Javier Baez and Trevor Story are close enough if they could get healthy they might surpass 188.
  15. Jopal78
    What did Hader get from Houston? Why would Williams even consider anything less than that (5yrs/95 million). With the reluctance teams show in trading blue chip minor league talent; I wouldn’t be surprised if the Brewers simply kept Williams for ‘25 and made him a Q.O.
  16. Jopal78
    He hit more than 25 in a season twice. I don’t think that places him anywhere near the best power hitting shortstops in MLB history. Think about it: A-Rod, Ripken, Banks, Garciaparra, Machado, Lindor. By comparison Hardy couldn’t hold their jocks.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Jopal78
    Whatever juice was in Milner sure is used up now. How long will throwing with a left arm save him from a DFA?
  20. 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)
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. 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?
  25. 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.
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