Brewers4Ever

Pretty easy. Thornburg for Shaw and Dubon + couple other guys. Obviously huge win for us with Shaw killing it this year. As for my knowledge about the Cubs, they're a divisional rival and our biggest competitor. Plus they just won the WS last year. I think it's only natural to know things about our biggest obstacle right now.

This forum is for Brewer fans, and on occasion, friendly fans of opposing teams. Why not post in the forum of the team that you're actually a fan of rather than continuing to pretend to be a Brewer fan? I'm a Brewers fan. Stop making up lies about me on all the different threads in the forum. I'm getting a bit tired of it.

That is, really, the big question the Brewers face. How do you beat teams like the Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, and Yankees, who can throw money at free agents year-in and year-out? Right now, the Brewers may need to look at trying to replicate the Lind trade with deals centered around Garza, Guerra, and even Broxton. At some point in the medium term, MLB need to go back to some form of the older compensation system and/or a salary cap and allow teams to trade June amateur draft picks. I agree. And one thing that I don't quite understand is why people here think the Cubs will die in 2021. They're not just going to let all their players walk. They will resign Rizzo, Bryant, Baez/Russell, Contreras. It's not like they're hurting for cash guys.

Yup party is just about over unfortunately for our beloved Brewers.

I love Braun

I'm being realistic. I'm not one of those fans who just does a "rah rah rah" and ignores reality. It's fine for all of us to be optimistic about the future of our beloved Brewers while simultaneously acknowledging that some real problems exist. We're in year two of a five year rebuild. We're in first place in the division currently. We are at least one year ahead of schedule. Our farm system has been flipped from bottom five to top five in two years. Stearns has fleeced teams with trades, and has yet to deviate from his plan. Now if you're talking problems on the current team, yes there is, but what we're your expectations? See my post above where I laid out how it's going to be difficult to compete against the Cubs for the next 4 or so years. That's the problem.

I'm being realistic. I'm not one of those fans who just does a "rah rah rah" and ignores reality. It's fine for all of us to be optimistic about the future of our beloved Brewers while simultaneously acknowledging that some real problems exist.

I certainly haven't been the most optimistic one lately, but pretty much all of your 29 posts are in some way related to how much we suck or how much better the Cubs are than us. We get it. Why not try addressing a few of my points rather than an ad hominem attack?

TBH, I just don't see how we beat the Cubs anytime soon. A lot of money comes off their book at season's end and they're going to have the financial flexibility to go out and make a couple big signings to fill holes (probably another starter, maybe Yu Darvish). I look at the age of their players who are controlled through 2020, 2021. Then you look at the rumors of them launching their own TV network in 2020 which will generate bags of cash. I just don't know guys.

Yes you're right, Cubs are going to tank.

lol that's funny. No they don't. Brewers have 1 more loss than the Cubs. edit: please don't use that word. It got past the cuss filter but it's not allowed. Thanks.

Silly comparison. Cubs have now win 6 straight and have home games coming up. They now have Q. And will be getting Hendricks back soon. It's a completely different team.

Well it was a fun season, thanks everyone.

Standings are by winning percentage, not the loss column. The Brewers still have a better one than the Cubs. Loss column is the only one that matters. You can't make up losses, you can make up wins. Exactly. And with the way the Cubs are playing, I wouldn't bet against them losing games they had to win to catch us.

What if I don't have much OPTIMISM?