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  1. Jopal78
    Right, I forgot all about the force he was in the NLDS when they scored all of 6 runs, and Tellez had two hits. Haha
  2. Jopal78
    I don't know if there is Feliciano "love" per se. Rather, he's a player the Brewers added to the 40 man roster when was in A+ ball and have not taken back his 40 man spot, despite other curious moves. Him getting a shot at the major league roster would at least make the other moves seem logical (trading a player for Alex Jackson, then Jackson is outrighted off the roster, Severino being sent packing, outrighting Luke Maile, etc. )
  3. Jopal78
    Why would the Dodgers do that trade, they don't need either of those players. LA is already 4 deep in the rotation with terrific starters: Kerhsaw, Urias, Gonsolin and May. They also have tremendous minor league SP depth with Ryan Pepiot, Bobby Miller and Gavin Stone in the upper minor leagues. Plus, they even still have Walker Buehler on the comeback trail for 2024. Moreover, while Adames is a more productive player than Lux right now, that also comes with huge differences in cost (9.2 million to 700K) and service time remaining (2 years v. 4), and doesn't take into account Lux just turned 25 has 1000 fewer PAs experience than Willy. Sure, adding Burnes and Adames would make the Dodgers better in the short run but they're also a team that just won 111 games. I just don't see them selling of the next Blue wave to add two players who are very very good but aren't at positions of need for LA.
  4. Jopal78
    Yep, depends how you want to define it I suppose. Suffice to say Toronto has played someone else at catcher most of the time since '20 In 2022--Kirk had 74 starts at catcher, Moreno made 19, and Zack Collins made 14...107 games started by someone besides Jansen. In 2021--Reese McGuire had 69 starts at catcher, Kirk made 41... 110 starts made by someone besides Jansen. As you pointed out in 2020, Jansen started most the games with Reese McGuire making 12 starts, Kirk with 7 starts and Caleb Joseph with 2. In 2019 - Luke Maile made 41 starts and Reese McGuire with 25 starts, Jansen getting the rest In 2018 Maile made 57 starts, Reese McGuire with 10, and Russell Martin with 70, with Jansen third on the depth chart this season. For comparision sake... Manny Pina and Martin Maldonado would typically make about 75 starts a year for Milwaukee when they were the #2 catcher.
  5. Jopal78
    Yep, depends how you want to define it I suppose. Suffice to say Toronto has played someone else at catcher most of the time since '20 In 2022--Kirk had 74 starts at catcher, Moreno made 19, and Zack Collins made 14...107 games started by someone besides Jansen. In 2021--Reese McGuire had 69 starts at catcher, Kirk made 41... 110 starts made by someone besides Jansen. As you pointed out in 2020, Jansen started most the games with Reese McGuire making 12 starts, Kirk with 7 starts and Caleb Joseph with 2. In 2019 - Luke Maile made 41 starts and Reese McGuire with 25 starts, Jansen getting the rest In 2018 Maile made 57 starts, Reese McGuire with 10, and Russell Martin with 70, with Jansen third on the depth chart this season. For comparision sake... Manny Pina and Martin Maldonado would typically make about 75 starts a year for Milwaukee when they were the #2 catcher.
  6. Jopal78
    You're right about Jansen, he has been a back up his whole career and prior to this season-certainly didn't turn a lot of heads with his play (.690 OPS). As to your hypothetical, 2 years of Lauer, 6 years of say Garrett Mitchell plus another player for 2 years of a part time catcher is a pretty big gamble for Milwaukee. Moreover, I don't know if that trade even really improves the '23 Brewers as they would then have to find someone to cover the 158 innings Lauer pitched. As much as I would like them to wind up with Vazquez, the money these players are getting is insane and probably makes it unrealistic that Milwaukee signs a front line free agent. Rather, I would expect them to be shopping in the bargain aisle (Alfaro, Gary Sanchez, Narvaez), or swinging a trade to get Manny Pina or someone of that ilk to pair with Caratini. The Brewers also have Feliciano who will be using his final option in '23
  7. Jopal78
    You're right about Jansen, he has been a back up his whole career and prior to this season-certainly didn't turn a lot of heads with his play (.690 OPS). As to your hypothetical, 2 years of Lauer, 6 years of say Garrett Mitchell plus another player for 2 years of a part time catcher is a pretty big gamble for Milwaukee. Moreover, I don't know if that trade even really improves the '23 Brewers as they would then have to find someone to cover the 158 innings Lauer pitched. As much as I would like them to wind up with Vazquez, the money these players are getting is insane and probably makes it unrealistic that Milwaukee signs a front line free agent. Rather, I would expect them to be shopping in the bargain aisle (Alfaro, Gary Sanchez, Narvaez), or swinging a trade to get Manny Pina or someone of that ilk to pair with Caratini. The Brewers also have Feliciano who will be using his final option in '23
  8. Jopal78
    One could certainly argue that those were all “lateral moves”. Renfroe was one and done. According to the pundits Tellez is available in a trade, and the Brewers traded a relieve and front of the rotation starter both with 5 years of control for a position player with 4 years of control…a push at best.
  9. Jopal78
    Regrettably due to the comps (and partially to the new labor agreement) the Brewers (and several other clubs) will be relegated to the 2nd and 3rd tier free agents as they’ll never be signing a 20 million dollar a year player from another club.
  10. Jopal78
    I don’t know. Maybe they don’t have 40 players better. But teams who seem themselves as contenders don’t typically dabble with Rule 5 picks.
  11. Jopal78
    One thing to not overlook about Jesse Winker, he's hit well against the Brewers chief rival for the division as well as the other teams in the NL Central, and not just at GABP but their home stadiums too. Career vs. St. Louis: .351/.423/.600 with 11 homeruns in 208 PAs. Career vs. Pittsburgh: .333/.419/.590 with 10 homeruns in 180 PAs Career vs. Chicago: .238/.363/.400 Career OPS of 1.108 at Busch Stadium Careeer OPS of .938 at Great American Ball Park. Career OPS of .868 at Wrigley Field Career OPS of .808 at PNC Park.
  12. Jopal78
    Good for him, quite a turn of events from a guy who was non-tendered in Dec. of 2020, in the minor leagues at the start of 2021, outrighted off the 40 man roster in May of 2021, to getting a multi-year guarantee 18 months later.
  13. Jopal78
    I doubt there are too many players who sell themselves short financially because they're afraid of the possibility of injury. Next, given the competitive drive one has to have to even make the major leagues in the first place, there are even fewer who would sell themselves short financially because they're worried their on-field performance might not last. It's a nonsense proposal because the player would be a fool to defer that amount of money over that period of time. Second, I don't think a cost conscious team like the Brewers would ever really contemplate deferring 90 million dollars in salary.
  14. Jopal78
    Burnes would be an idiot to defer 90 million dollars in pay over 30 years, when he could get it all up front from some other team anyways.
  15. Jopal78
    Will be interesting to see about Kimbrel. He had that really good first half with the Cubs in '21 but was awful for them in '19 and '20. Then after being shipped to the Southside, he was bad for the Sox in '21 and didn't pitch well for the Dodgers in '22. Like McCutchen he's still a "name" in the major leagues, but what will the market bear for a 35 year old reliever with an up and down track record recently? I do hope the Brewers stay away though no matter the cost.
  16. Jopal78
    Why would the fact that someone is from Wisconsin make any bit of difference in that regard? 99% of players go wherever the most money is. Plus with their life style they can live anywhere they choose to begin with.
  17. Jopal78
    You mean Jerry Gray? https://www.packers.com/team/coaches-roster/jerry-gray No coach is going to come in and change an entire scheme with 5 games left. Even a new wrinkle or two isn't going to make much difference with the talent they're missing due to injury. Don't lose site of the fact that Jerry Gray's unit hasn't really knocked anyone's socks off this year, and the first round picks and high priced veterans he had to coach have been outplayed by the street free-agents like Nixon and Ford.
  18. Jopal78
    No other team would take the financial commitment owed to Yelich. The Brewers do not pay significant cash to move bad contracts. There's your answer. Nice click bait though ?
  19. Jopal78
    Also, there is a big difference between running the Brewers within the revenue their market generates and "being cheap". As monty pointed out, none of us can know for sure, but who honestly thinks Attanasio is being "cheap"? Look at the facts, he's the managing partner of a hedge fund with 34 billion dollars in assets. He, purportedly owns and resides on one of the largest parcels of land on the west side of Los Angeles (6 acres) in addition to owning several ocean front properties in LA, and not to mention, two entire floors of the University Club Tower in Milwaukee. Given that Attanasio is richer than Croesus. it's a ridiculous notion that the Brewers ownership is putting less than the best than their market will bare in order to further line their own pockets.
  20. Jopal78
    Haha, okay. You should be a GM, keeping a player and eating up all the payroll flexibility because he bats right handed. Classic. It’s okay to have favorite players, everyone does but don’t let it cloud your logic. That nobody was beating down the door to trade for Renfroe in the first place indicates his value league wide and given the Brewers organizational depth he had less value than that at his expected price.
  21. Jopal78
    I don’t know if you’re ignoring the obvious or simply failing to see it. Renfroe is consistent at providing an .800 OPS as a hitter and is due 11+ million dollars in ‘23 before he is free to play for whomever he chooses. However, the Brewers have several young OFers including multiple former first round picks whom they believe are capable of approaching if not meeting an .800 OPS all of whom will cost less than 10% of Renfroe this year. That inefficiency is the sole reason he was traded. He has no value to the Brewers given his expected salary, remaining team control and the current make up of Milwaukee’s major league ready prospects.
  22. Jopal78
    I would agree, similar to the pitchers Milwaukee received from Atlanta for Orlando Arcia. That deal was more about moving Arcia than getting contributors back in return. The Brewers wanted to move on from Renfroe (which if you haven’t read the JS Article— Renfroe wasn’t surprised he was traded) and got three pitchers which maybe they catch lightning in a bottle with one of them, but all three could very well end up being organizational soldiers.
  23. Jopal78
    Sure Renfroe may have been the best hitter on the team last year, but he still wasn't anything special overall which explains the package they received in return. Moreover, given the prestige of the package they received from Los Angeles, its fair to conclude there likely wasn't much trade interest in Renfroe either. If you believe you 80% of Renfroe's production for less than 10% of his 11+ million dollar salary, and have a team that willing to give you players for Renfroe, you make that trade every single time.
  24. Jopal78
    Or it shows the real value of Renfroe at 11 million dollars. The best the Brewers could do without including cash was a quantity for quality trade involving second tier pitchers from a team with a chronic shortage of pitching talent. Veteran hitters who crank dingers and don’t do much else are simply not that valuable in todays baseball economy.
  25. Jopal78
    Called it. Renfroe was a good not great player and was paid a hefty sum, though I thought he’d possibly be non-tendered. So in essence they moved JBJ and all his terrible contract for a year of Renfroe and 3 minor league pitchers… not bad.
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