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  1. Jopal78
    He walks with a QO; somebody will give him 5/125. With Crow-Armstrong knocking on the door, the Cubs can better use that kind of money to get more pitching.
  2. Jopal78
    True Burnes and Woodruff didn’t pitch against Atlanta and Burnes made one start against LA this year, but still the Brewers were dominated by those two teams as evidenced by their 2-10 against them, but more importantly how they were out scored in those 12 games 73-43. No doubt the Brewers have been playing good baseball this past week+ but that doesn’t also mean they closed the gap with the two top dogs in their league.
  3. Jopal78
    I assume there is some bum information there. If Strasburg himself declines to play when the team is ready willing and able to pay him if he shows up would seem to in all logical scenarios relieve the Nationals of the obligation of paying him.
  4. Jopal78
    I don’t know how much the owners personal wealth matters in the equation because there are not many owners (if any outside Cohen and Seidler) who are known to pour their personal wealth into baseball operations of their teams. Certainly their roster makeup suggests a small market attitude (one or two names and a bunch of bargain players) even if it’s not wholly accurate to call them small market.
  5. Jopal78
    Aren’t the Nationals really a small market club masquerading as one of the big boys because of all the deferred money they handed out to Scherzer, Strasburg, Corbin. Outside Strasburg and Corbin, they have Trevor Williams making 6.5 million and nobody else making more than 3 million. Strasburg retiring probably helps their balance sheet tremendously.
  6. Jopal78
    He could transition to a late inning reliever. DH then enter the game to close it out, or even go multi innings at the end, that’d be almost as valuable as a SP.
  7. Jopal78
    Why no Bob Uecker today? Lane Grindle with Josh Maurer is not good.
  8. Jopal78
    What has changed with Hiura, since the Brewers cut him in Spring Training despite having a guaranteed contract? He always hit in AAA. Just maybe, the Brewers had seen enough cumulatively this spring and decided to move on from Hiura, with no real intention of ever giving him another shot. They couldn’t prevent him from reporting to AAA (which he was 100% going to do after going unclaimed in order to get that 2 million dollars), there was no upside to flat out releasing him, so they’re using him as roster filler in AAA. That he’s still there as we motor towards September means nobody else has come calling either. Viewed through that prism all the moves make sense and it’s irrelevant what Winker has done, or the struggles at the DH spot because Hiura wasn’t a going to be an option anyways. They’re smart baseball people running the team and have consistently gotten more out of less. Unless you don’t believe that, there is no illogical decision making. Maybe Hiura racks 40 homers next year for the Royals or Angels, then in hindsight we can say they made a huge mistake.
  9. Jopal78
    I’m sure they “want” to be in contention; when the pundits predict you’ll finish first and you crash as one of the worst teams in baseball is usually the type of situation where managers and executives lose their jobs. That being said, it’s mid-August, not June. The math doesnt work for the Cardinals anymore even under the rosiest of view, and they’re obviously aware of it. I do think they’d like Wainwright to get 200 wins, so they have a milestone to reflect on in an otherwise terrible season. A guy with an ERA over 8 and a WHIP of nearly 2 and a k:bb ration of 1.5:1 shouldn’t otherwise be pitching every 5th day in the majors, any younger minor leaguer could probably best that lack of production.
  10. Jopal78
    It is fascinating to see the Cardinals continue to start Wainwright and his 8+ ERA every 5th day. Wainwright doesn’t have MLB caliber numbers but as a franchise icon they can’t release him. Then in an attempt salvage something from a terrible season, they’re trying to get him his 200th career win by keeping him in the rotation only for him to hand them an automatic loss most times out.
  11. Jopal78
    Seriously, read more carefully. Not once did suggest the author was nuts, or demean them in anyway. But thanks for mocking me, very adult of you. Rather, a PLAYER abandoning the swing that made them a millionaire and allowed their wildest dreams to come true, is kind of nuts.
  12. Jopal78
    I guess I don’t understand your point if there is one. They gave him 1000+ PAs and released the guy because their baseball people concluded he couldn’t play. That he’s been in AAA as a result of contractual reasons is irrelevant to him getting another shot in Milwaukee , that the Brewers struggled at DH has proven irrelevant, that he’s changed his swing maybe out of desperation or maybe not is irrelevant. Their baseball people decided back in March he’s not a player; to date that apparently hasn’t changed; and the Brewers haven’t been in panic mode yet where they’re willing to try anything to save the season. There’s the Hiura saga in a nutshell.
  13. Jopal78
    You’ve talked to him? You’ve seen him play in AAA? Reality… says you. These are guys that have been the best player on their team since they were kids, to change your swing completely after getting significant major league experience, suggests to me someone who is lost and doesn’t know how to get back to success.
  14. Jopal78
    This is all circular, they dropped him in n March- meaning they did not care if he left the organization or not. Frankly, Hiura is in AAA so he can get paid. There’s no question in my mind if he was willing to refuse his salary in order to leave, the Brewers would have released him. The Brewers have been bad at DH, the gambled on Winker and lost, Canha hasn’t been good, etc. But in spite of the DH struggles they remain in first place and have been there most of the year. Are they more in first place had they called Hiura up, nobody knows. With respect to the swing, making an adjustment is one thing, abandoning the swing that got scholarship, got drafted as a first round pick, and got 1000 PAs in the majors and trying to get back to the bigs with a different way of hitting is kind of nuts.
  15. Jopal78
    They could be, and he could tell them that his swing got him to the majors, and he’s convinced it works against any pitcher
  16. Jopal78
    Maybe as a desperation move, but despite their faults they’re in 1st and have been most the season; they’re not desperate yet.
  17. Jopal78
    Thats probably another reason he’s not in the majors: Hiura abandoned the very thing which got him to the major leagues in the first place. Implying he has no confidence n his ability to consistently hit mlb pitching
  18. Jopal78
    I agree I don’t want to see a big patch for Northwestern Mutual etc on the jersey. Then again they’ve already had Nike ads on the right clavicle for years, and it seems MLB and the NFL are the last major sports leagues to not have embraced ads on the shirts. So as much as I don’t like it, for a team like the Brewers it probably makes sense to embrace the ad, get the extra revenue before the ads become pervasive
  19. Jopal78
    The Brewers recent history is breaking in starters to the majors as relief pitchers, so Houser’s spot is nearly 100% safe. I could see Gasser as another lefty out of the pen especiallY if Chafin continues to be unreliable.
  20. Jopal78
    Needed a second lefty because Justin Wilson suffered a season ending injury. Questioning the wisdom of getting a lefty that was replacement level this year and in his mid 30s is legit.
  21. Jopal78
    Chafin‘s club option looking real tasty for ‘23. I get they needed another lefty, too bad they traded for an aging lefty having a bad year.
  22. Jopal78
    The Brewers failure to beat up on the doormats like Oakland, Detroit and Washington comes back to haunt them in a tight division race. They’re going to have to win their division by beating the likes of the Rangers, Twins, Phillies, etc. Outside head to head matchups with Milwaukee, the Cubs have six games left against winning teams (3 with Atl, 3 with SF).
  23. Jopal78
    I wouldn’t necessarily credit the Cubs getting better development staff or being smarter. Their prospects in the Top 100 came from breaking up their World Series team/selling and the losing that followed in the immediate aftermath. Crow-Armstrong for Baez Kevin Alcantara for Rizzo Ben Brown for David Robertson Owen Caissie for Darvish Cade Horton was the #7 pick in ‘22 following the sell-off of July of ‘21 when the Cubs went 20-36 afterward.
  24. Jopal78
    Nice name calling. If you post something that’s goofy at least own it (“Don’t drink alcohol abroad if you’re under 21 it’s a Federal offense”) and not act like you’re 12 and calling people names (unless of course you are, in that case shame on you naughty boy).
  25. Jopal78
    That’s far narrower than your original premise. That particular Citizens Guide claims the US has jurisdiction over “certain” sex crimes committed abroad involving children. My point is still correct, without the ability to compel participation from foreign witnesses or access to proofs of the crime from a foreign country, nobody is even getting charged unless it’s Jeffrey Epstein and they can leverage a bunch Americans to testify. That’s because the US government doesn’t not typically bring charges unless it’s nearly certain they’ll get a conviction.
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