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  1. Jopal78
    The irony is, the justification for keeping this group together is getting less and less by the day. Sure, by rule somebody has to win the NL Central but that seems like a terrible justification for keeping this group together. This group has already been together a long time and have started going backwards: from being in game 7 of the NLCS, to missing the playoffs completely in ‘22, and could very well have a losing record before the weekend is over. Even if they get their injured pitchers back to full health, does that make them a heavy weight n their league amongst the Braves, Dodgers and Diamondbacks? If you’re a fringe contender then it’s not really worth the prospect capital to fortify the roster with rental players in July. To me, it’s become a directionless franchise: not talented enough to be more than an underdog contender, their trade-able assets get less valuable every day, and they have no blue chippers on the cusp of the majors to turn the tide more in their favor. .
  2. Jopal78
    Got it. Ace = mostly Hall of Famers.
  3. Jopal78
    Sell, Sell, Sell! Take it down to the studs and bring on the next generation.
  4. Jopal78
    What’s your definition of an Ace then? If you want to dump on a record of 25-9 with a 1.20 whip and a 4.5:1 K:BB ratio as not Ace material then I guess you live in a fantasyland and there’s no reason to talk about it further.
  5. Jopal78
    Ha, Greinke, a Hall of Fame pitcher, wasn’t really an Ace? Ben Sheets wasn’t really an Ace? Even spotting you Gallardo, your argument already lost all its credibility. Nonetheless, it’s quite possible ‘20-‘21 were the career years for Corbin Burnes. Happens all the time a player has two incredible years and never reaches those heights again (Yelich). Fact of the matter is there are 20+ clubs that would take Burnes right now, put him at the top of the rotation, and be over the moon with his production so far.
  6. Jopal78
    “Journey back to the land of Aces”? This is why the articles on this site are mostly garbage. Take a dose of perspective: Corbin Burnes is having one of the best seasons a Brewers starting pitcher ever had. Better than any that Yovanni Gallardo put up, on pace to be better than those Zack Greinke put up as a Brewer, and better than many of the seasons from Ben Sheets. Yet, people are dogging him for having a bad year. “Journey back to the land of Aces”…. Sheesh.
  7. Jopal78
    It’s not really an issue of money, it’s the decision making in allocating that money. 65 million dollars or so goes to just 5 players: Yelich, Burnes, Woodruff, Adames and Winker. Of those x Adames has been bad at the plate, Winker has been bad period, Woodruff has been injured. Burnes is fine, and Yelich hits like a CFer but plays left. Next, another 11 million or so is going to deferments or salary for players no longer with the Brewers: Kolten Wong (salary and deferments), Braun, Cain, Voit, Hiura. Thats half the payroll, and all they have is Burnes and a mediocre Yelich as valuable contributors.
  8. Jopal78
    I’m curious if you will be able to sell all 50 before getting a cease and desist letter for using the player’s image and likeness without authorization. It is probably not the best idea to advertise unlicensed MLBPA merchandise on a Brewers fan website where anyone family, Friends, agents, team employees can see it.
  9. Jopal78
    Owen Miller has a .363 BABiP, last year it was .290 for him, in ‘21 it was .261. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen on in Milwaukee so it’s kind of hard to decipher, but I think we’re witnessing a back up on a hot streak, as opposed to some incredible player who slipped through the cracks in Cleveland (like Sogard in ‘17).
  10. Jopal78
    He has 8 walks and in 12 innings, and isn’t even 2:1 in K:BB ratio. Let’s cool it a minute, before anointing him as one that got away.
  11. Jopal78
    Sell, Sell, Sell! Get young and hungry, more exciting to watch lose than these stiffs.
  12. Jopal78
    It’s more than that. It’s the raised expectations given their play from ‘18-‘21, and maybe denial, based on a big year or two from a player, that most of their regular hitters are nothing more than mediocre pros.
  13. Jopal78
    Ask the guy whose head he ran over drunk driving without a license, wonder if he thinks he’s a decent person.
  14. Jopal78
    1. Burnes 2. Woodruff 3. Caratini 4. Adames 5. Anderson 6. Teheran 7. Tellez 8. Miley … oh wait, not which Brewer players would be on other teams’ shopping lists, you meant if the Brewers are buyers!! Hahaha… Would they trade really anything of value to add to this group? Like the year they added Scott Linebrink. I bet they mostly stand Pat if not sell.
  15. Jopal78
    But it’s the old adage, with two strikes you better be swinging at anything close. Monasterio is a scrub (not a star), who got himself behind in the count. As such, he should know better that he’s getting rung up if he takes anything borderline.
  16. Jopal78
    There’s a reason Singleton was in the minors for ten years, and when he was DFA’d in March nobody took him. Hahaha, A’s will likely be going for the sweep tomorrow. Can’t wait for July 31st to see what the new faces can do.
  17. Jopal78
    Brewers just need to knock them out and so far they haven’t. The Cardinals and one of the few teams that if they are hanging around the race in July, they have the prospect capital to try for whatever rentals they want.
  18. Jopal78
    The Brewers high water mark was April 19th when they were nine games over. The last month and a half they’ve played losing baseball. Is this group as currently constructed going to suddenly start playing better than .500 baseball? I doubt it. Maybe if Woodruff, Adames and Miley return healthy and productive. Further, if you’re the GM, come July do you burn prospects to add talent to this group in July? Like last year, maybe some players on the periphery but it’s probably not worth the cost to add difference makers, so who the Brewers have now is most likely who is going to need to shoulder the load. Otherwise if they improve their level of play to go .500 from here on out they’d end up with 83 wins. Pittsburgh is in the exact same boat as the Brewers and obviously the Cubs, Reds and Cardinals would have to elevate their game even further. Thus I do think it’s possible a team with a losing record could win the NL Central this year.
  19. Jopal78
    Who’s going to trade for a 4th outfielder with a significant elbow injury to his throwing arm?
  20. Jopal78
    With Taylor, he tore a ligament in his elbow at least partially last season. No doubt considering his roster status and future monies as pro baseball player. He elected, over surgery, to get a platelet rich plasma injection and try to rehab his elbow. Apparently he wasn’t able to do it, and reinjured/aggravated it. Most players get TJ when the injection/rehab doesn’t work. Tyler Thornburg, for example, was one where he tore an elbow ligament and was able to come back with just an injection and rehab. Every person is different, I don’t think it’s on the Brewers medical staff.
  21. Jopal78
    But that’s the point, he tore a ligament in his elbow, tried to rehab it with a PRP injection, then reinjured it. It doesn’t look like he’ll be able to throw the ball for over a year from now. Why keep a 4th outfielder, one who is in arbitration, that you can’t use in the field? Not to mention the presence of Yelich, Wiemer, Frelick and Garrett
  22. Jopal78
    Too bad for Tyrone Taylor, but probably the end of the road for him in Milwaukee. If he needs Tommy John surgery he’ll be done this year, and heading into arbitration. If he has TJ surgery, even if projects to be ready to hit by early ‘24, he likely won’t be able to throw (like Bryce Harper) which negates nearly all his value and makes it difficult to justify rendering him a contract. If it is the end of his time with the Brewers; still a great story of perseverance and beating the odds.
  23. Jopal78
    When you get a PRP injection for a torn ligament and that doesn’t solve the problem, it usually means Tommy John surgery.
  24. Jopal78
    Well, he was sitting at home when the Brewers signed him after being DFA’d twice already this year. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck….
  25. Jopal78
    Really, trading Burnes would be similar to when the Royals traded Zack Greinke. Both in their 20s, no injury history, with a recent Cy Young award, and while not as dominate as their Cy Young year, quite productive. Burnes with a half season less of team control obviously, but those type of players don’t come available often and a worth’s king’s ransom.
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