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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This sucks. No doubt about it. But I guess if we are going to look for a silver lining in all of this, it's that it wouldn't be the first time a team overcame some sort of major adversity to find success. Adversity can certainly be a rallying mechanism in professional sports, as we've seen throughout the years.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It all depends on how Williams recovers from the injury. The guy does things with the baseball that very few people are able to do. Will that change now that he needs surgery to fix broken bones in his pitching hand? That remains to be seen.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Spot on. Good numbers in AAA for sure. But they likely see a guy with a fastball that tops out at 91-92, and doesn't really have an "out" pitch to fall back on. He's a good AAA pitcher, and would probably be in the pen for a lot of MLB teams. Not this team, though.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that's not necessarily true. Who would have thought we'd trade Rasmussen? Feyereisen? Thornburg? Granted Williams is better than these guys, but that also likely means we'd get more. I guess my main point is that Stearns always keeps his options open and will deal if he believes that he can exploit a market inefficiency. Grisham looked like a guy who wasn't going anywhere for awhile too, until he did. I guess I should have clarified that he's not going anywhere based on this incident. Sure, teams will call on him for sure this offseason. But any team that expects to grab him for pennies on the dollar I believe will be disappointed. If he is dealt, it's going to be for the proper value that a player of his stature should fetch on the market.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Weren't you the same one who was giving the Cardinals a fighter's chance to win the division at this time last week? We're probably talking about very similar odds here.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Williams made a stupid, terrible decision. But the guy is still one of the best relief pitchers in MLB, and pitches for a team that places an extremely high value on pitching. He also makes peanuts, and has several years of team control remaining. He's not going anywhere.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Winning streak over .... and in embarrassing fashion for the Cardinals. Gotta love it.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Yeah, it doesn't help that now we need him to take the next step pretty much immediately. I want him to be the man in the absolute worst way; what a difference-maker he could be. I want him to eventually be a starter. Of course, I once wanted Hader to be a starter too.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So Cousins' glove was "too light" last week, but they let Genesis Cabrera get away with that turquoise monstrosity on his hand?
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I know these games mean nothing, but throwing him directly into Williams's role is a pretty interesting move. Makes me wonder if he is actually the 8th inning "Plan B"?
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Hissy fit? For throwing a cliche out there about not judging a book by its cover? That's probably not even in the Top 100 of my snarkiest stuff here LOL
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    And yet the book has barely started and still too early to really know how this shakes out in the end. Luis Urias is having a stellar year, but lets see if he can truly keep his power long term. Without it his value tanks quickly at 3B. Eric Lauer is having a pretty awesome year, but it feels a lot like 2017 Chase Anderson. Chase Anderson was a solid starter (though many hated him), but he obviously never repeated his sub. 3 ERA year. Not to say they won't continue to be impressive in the future, but one or both could easily fall well off what they did this year. Though it is probably safe to say it is looking pretty good long term and safe to say it certainly was not a loss. This is 100% correct, and a really healthy way to look at it I think. This was a deal of two young guys for basically two young guys (Davies wasn't super young, but ehh). It was always a deal that wouldn't be able to be really judged until quite a ways down the road. And you are correct that it is certainly possible that both Urias and Lauer are having career years, and will never be able to replicate what they are doing in subsequent seasons. It's also possible that Grisham is simply having a down year, and what he showed in 2020 is much closer to what he is than what he's done this year. I guess it was the "Stearns got fleeced" and the "Brewers really got hosed and gave away a star in Grisham" type takes that were irking. Admittedly the first chapter was certainly not promising. But the next few have really picked up steam. I'm personally pretty dang interested to see where this story goes from here.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Because there are also plenty of posters that get tired of the nearly constant snipes at management, too. I would argue that judging a trade immediately, or nearly immediately as many did last year when Lauer and Urias struggled, while Grisham looked like a potential future star, is actually the immature stance. But if you care to call me child-like for asking for a little accountability once in a while, so be it.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So many terrible takes in this thread. Truly a prime example of why you should never judge a book by its cover.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Devil Magic. That team has Devil Magic.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Sure is great that the Brewers took care of business over the weekend, so we don't have to endure the "OMG we're in trouble!" posts. Although I have to admit that had the Brewers not clinched over the weekend, I think a little sliver of concern would be creeping into my mind by now. But then, who knows how the Brewers would have played this game differently had it mattered? I would bet that Adames would have played, and Woody would have gone more than 4 innings.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    LOL ... 17 in a row, and what does it get you? Wild Card #2, and a likely solo date with the Dodgers. That's right, drink up, Cards.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The Cardinals would have a LONG way to go before any sort of matchup with the Brewers.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Would normally be the spot they use Strickland in. But he's having a baby.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    We’d better hope so, because I honestly don’t think we have a chance against the cardinals if we play them in the NLCS. Well they gotta get by the Dodgers and Giants first. They are going to be sizable underdogs against both.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wainwright is gonna get shelled in the Wild Card game.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Of course. However, I did preface it by saying they "were the very definition of mediocre". The way they are playing indicates that they are obviously above that currently. How is pointing out their season record before going on an unprecedented 16-game winning streak "cherry picking"? They were a mediocre team prior to it. Now they aren't.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That is interesting. I wonder if Stearns dangled Hiura to the Pirates as part of the package?
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Good read. It seems like every team that goes on a hot streak like that tend to struggle a bit after the streak ends. Look at the Brewers record setting streak to start the season in the late 80's. It was followed up by almost the same amount of losing shortly after. The Cardinals are a good, not great, team that happens to be on a hot streak. I think the odds of them riding this streak for a month is less than them returning to their normal slightly above average ability they've shown all year. The Cardinals were 2 games above .500 before their streak started. They were the very definition of mediocre.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    At the end of the day, Peralta is probably the one who is more likely to throw 8 innings of shutout ball against the good offense. He's also probably the one who is more likely to give up 5 runs in 5 innings. He's got a higher ceiling than Lauer, but likely a lower floor. Lauer is probably going to be able to give you 6 innings and between 1-3 runs given up. There is no argument that he's been the more consistent of the two since July. But Peralta's upside to shut down a good offense has got to be extremely enticing. He's got the talent to demoralize an offense.
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