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  1. Jopal78
    I don’t understand what difference it makes when a player was acquired; players do not develop at the same speed. After losing 88 games, they committed over 250 million dollars to free agents for the ‘23 season and onward and are likely going to see a 15-18 game improvement over ‘22. Obviously not all of those players have worked out but they’re clearly contending because if the season ended today they’d be in the playoffs, and has as good of a chance in the NL as Milwaukee or any other team outside LA or Atlanta. Second, they still have a wave of highly regarded prospects on the way, so whatever their floor is this year, where not too many folks have them a chance, it likely will only go higher and replacing the Hosmer, Mancini, Taillon, Smyly type players with homegrown cost controlled players will allow them to use that entertainment district and Marquee network revenue to add more premium talent via free agency should they deem it necessary.
  2. Jopal78
    Arguably one could say the Cubs are rebuilding. They just took a different approach than the small market teams do, and used their spending power to assemble a higher floor than typical rebuilding teams: Happ, Hoerner, Suzuki, Swanson, Steele, Alzolay, Morel. Next the quality prospects they acquired from selling off Rizzo, Bryant, Baez etc. are about to start breaking into the majors which should raise that floor even higher. Then they still have the financial wherewithal to add a couple of starters like Blake Snell and Aaron Nola this off season to make their squad quite formidable going forward.
  3. Jopal78
    You left out Suzuki (OPS +114) and Dansby Swanson (4.1 bWAR) as two other recent signees with hefty contracts. I also think you maybe underestimating some of the other players they had in house. Kyle Hendricks had a shoulder injury last year but now healthy has returned to his career norms and is a terrific middle rotation starter. Hoerner and Happ are a couple of 1st round picks in ‘18 and ‘15 respectively and have been quality players for a few seasons. Christopher Morel has come on this year, and shouldn’t be unexpected given the Cubs gave him $800,000 as a 16 year old in the DR. Justin Steele really developed for them into a #1 starter and Alzolay went from a highly touted pitching prospect who struggled as a starter to a very fine closer. Perhaps the cupboards weren’t as bare as the pundits thought they were.
  4. Jopal78
    In the 419 innings Taylor has played in the field this year only 40 of have come in CF, down from over 660 innings last year; and he’s played CF 3 times since May. Maybe it’s the Brewers trying to keep him off the IL again with that torn ligament in his elbow, or maybe they just prefer other players in CF now, so it’s one explanation Wiemer is on the roster.
  5. Jopal78
    How about 36 year old Yan Gomes having his best season in a decade…. Just like 36 year old David Ross in ‘16.
  6. Jopal78
    They’re a terrible defensive team, and misplayed at least 4 balls in the game with the Cubs tonight. Man, the Cubs hitters are firing on all cylinders lately: beat out a couple infield hits then someone knocks a mistake pitch over the fence.
  7. Jopal78
    Greinke has allowed too many homers, 24 in 123 innings pitched. His other stats aren’t far off his marks from the last 2 seasons. Hard to rack Ws when you’re prone to giving up homers and play for a bad offensive team.
  8. Jopal78
    The Brewers pitchers have allowed 28 fewer runs, but there likely is not a poster here who had the Cubs as a playoff team. Part of their success is better than expected results from Hendricks, Stroman, Steele, Assad
  9. Jopal78
    Exactly, Donaldson already said this is likely his last season and now he’s joining a pennant race. Other than the dust up with Tim Anderson I don’t recall any team having a problem with Donaldson besides injuries. So with such a short period of time with Milwaukee and the circumstances, I’m sure there will be no issues.
  10. Jopal78
    Aaron Nola is maybe ahead of Wainwright as the #1 Brewer killer: 6-1 life time with a 2.30 ERA in 11 starts, 66 career innings with 76 strike outs, and just 4 homeruns allowed. The Brewers have a career .286 OBP against Nola.
  11. Jopal78
    Hell yes! Get a few ABs under his belt and let her rip for September!
  12. Jopal78
    Donaldson is a former MVP who’s still a good defender at 3B. Whether the bat has gone cold due to injuries or diminishing skills at 37 is anyone’s guess but, given Montaserio/Anderson or Donaldson, I’m taking him every single time.
  13. Jopal78
    What winning team has had chemistry issues? To the contrary, winning consistently in a pennant chase tends to cure chemistry issues.
  14. Jopal78
    The bar is set so low at 3B it would be virtually impossible for Donaldson to not be an improvement. There really isn’t a downside, especially if they simply release Anderson and replace him with Donaldson.
  15. Jopal78
    Lucas Giolito bWAR 2.1 Corbin Burnes bWAR 2.8 Mike Clevinger bWAR 2.9 I’d say those are impact starting pitchers who most assuredly will be joining a contending team this afternoon. Elvis Peguero bWAR 0.8 Reynaldo Lopez bWAR 1.2 Matt Moore bWAR 1.7 Likewise a couple of quality bullpen arms will be on the move today. I agree with you on the hitters: Bader and Renfroe are mediocre ball players to begin with and are having bad years.
  16. Jopal78
    Well, no. I don’t think those teams have any intention of pulling the player back, they can’t trade them. Teams at the bottom of the group of contenders like the twins or reds could conceivably get an entire new look to their pitching staff by claiming Clevenger and Giolito.
  17. Jopal78
    I hope somebody claims Renfroe so he can be on his sixth team in five years and next spring will be his 7th team. He’s got a shot to get into double digits on teams played for.
  18. Jopal78
    All these players are impending free agents, and being on waivers have no chance to control where they go, so agents will likely be indifferent.
  19. Jopal78
    If the Reds make the playoffs David Bell would have a more compelling case as manager of the year: the Reds were to be a rebuilding club in ‘23 not predicted to do anything; to wit they were 8 games under .500 near the end of May, then he gets his squad to play .566 baseball ever since. David Ross will get manager of the year votes as well as the Cubs situation is similar to the Reds, rebuilding team on the verge of selling only to put it together and have a firm grip on a wild card spot. Counsell should have a pile of manager of the year awards for constantly getting more out of less, but the media who votes on these things apparently aren’t Craig fans (one voter gave Joe Maddon their first place vote in ‘18, four voters have their first place vote to Dave Roberts in ‘19).
  20. Jopal78
    Yeah, the threads can run long on these type of trades. When the Padres get a draft pick following Hader’s rejection of a QO this offseason, they could conceivably draft the next Mickey Mantle and then the pendulum would swing the other way again. On the whole, Hader has delivered exactly what the Padres were expecting when they got him, the issue is the team didn’t win as much as the pundits thought they should. Did Hader’s exodus hurt the Brewers in ‘22? Probably but folks can argue until they’re blue in the face as to how much it hurt. At the end of the day the Padres paid a fair price for a superstar reliever, that the Padres were a disappointment this year has no real bearing on whether it was a good or bad trade for San Diego.
  21. Jopal78
    Pretty big gamble, breaking in a rookie kicker with a rookie holder at the same time. Must have believed Whelan wouldn’t make it to PS. Also, in the last 15 years or so, the list is pretty long for punters who didn’t have much of a career if any after leaving Green Bay: Justin Vogel, Jake Schum, Tim Masthay, Jeremy Kapinos, Derek Frost. Time will tell if O’Donnell gets added to the list or if he manages to find another gig like JK Scott, Bojorquez and Jon Ryan.
  22. Jopal78
    The point is the Dodgers still handed Burnes a loss despite him pitching brilliantly against them, when they know they already beat the other team’s best, it kind of removes intimidation from the equation— which is what the subject line is about.
  23. Jopal78
    Depends when you look at it. Looks a lot tougher than a week and a half ago when Arizona was below .500 and the Reds were slightly above .500.
  24. Jopal78
    That run differential includes a 1-0 loss pitched by Burnes against LA.
  25. Jopal78
    Think: Colin Rea, with either Toro, or Owen Miller. With Santana, Tellez, Canha, Wiemer, Taylor and Frelick they’ve got plenty of bodies for 1B, RF, DH and CF so I don’t see Winker or Hiura returning to Milwaukee. Want: it’d be exciting to see a phenom break in during September but there’s 40 man roster issues with that so it makes it kind of unlikely outside Gasser in the pen.
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