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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Pre-planned day off. According to the day off schedule made 2 weeks ago, it's his day off. (half blue) LOL you aren't really wrong.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    No Garcia in tonight's lineup. Odd considering the lefty on the mound and how hot he's been. I wonder if he's nursing something?
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The team is seemingly at the point where it is about to get much healthier, with Burnes, Lindblom, Yardley, Narvaez, Peterson, Robertson and Fisher all eligible to come off the IL this week. They also have two open 40-man spots available now with Zimmermann's retirement and Godley being DFA'd. One of those spots will go to Burnes when he is activated this week. I'm sure they told Zimmermann that he would be welcome to stay in the organization, but they would have to DFA him to open a roster spot on the 26-man, and rather than deal with DFA limbo, the possibility of being claimed, or having to go pitch in Nashville, he chose to hang them up. His time as a Brewer is certainly not going to go down as incredibly noteworthy, but he did eat some innings in a couple games where the pitching staff was taxed, so he did provide some value this year. Overall, seeing him pitch for the Brewers this year was a pretty cool story, even if he didn't resemble the solid near-ace he was in his Nationals prime.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Luis Urias is 23 years old, and has 466 MLB ABs to his name ... so I would argue that Stearns still doesn't know what he's getting. No one does.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It helps that Garcia has raised his OPS 157 points in the last 10 days. He'll likely level off, but hopefully the guy we've seen the last couple weeks is close to the guy we'll be seeing the rest of the year. Because I like that guy.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I realize how hard it is to develop pitching but small market teams must consider everything to sustain success and right now our lack of depth is being exposed. The lineup is a joke and the minor league system has nothing even close to changing that fact. Again it’s great having two aces but it’s also no fun watching this team struggle to score any runs at all. I am not even saying we should move either of our aces but we should be willing to listen on everyone if the right offer is out there. Something has to be done about this lineup and no one should be off limits. Nah. Woodruff and Burnes are definitely two guys who should be off limits. Also, it's May 10. The Brewers still have 127 games this season. You should probably relax and have a Snickers.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    smoke and mirrors. Probably moreso baseball just being baseball.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The team is just starting to turn it around in the farm system after those terrible Ray Montgomery years. Slow build, but hopefully steady improvement. Who besides hopefully Mitchell looks like a potential plus bat. Cantrelle certainly looks good so far, and has a nice projection. Warren projects to have a nice bat. Not so sure on Zamora and Weimer, but we'll see. Zamora was billed as a "hit for average" type, and Weimer has big power. Thomas Dillard's bat looks legit. Turang, Hedbert Perez, Feliciano and Carlos Rodriguez all look like legit prospect bats.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The team is just starting to turn it around in the farm system after those terrible Ray Montgomery years. Slow build, but hopefully steady improvement.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Looked like it was working fine a week ago. Terrible week since then, though. They are going to have to figure out how to score some more runs, or it's going to be a long season. Have a feeling the roller coaster is just getting started with this club, though.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    No disagreement there either. It's been a rough stretch since '19, but you still have to consider the larger body of work, too. Hopefully they can turn things around. I'm also curious as to who started calling what shots when and who is really spearheading personnel decisions. I imagine it's kind of a committee approach right now, but there may have been some kind of change to how they approached decisions over the years. If I'm not mistaken, Arnold is technically the GM, not Stearns. I wouldn't doubt that Stearns still makes all the big calls (Wong, Bradley Jr., etc), but I imagine Arnold may make the DFA calls and those type of moves. Probably a team effort most of the time.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    There definitely was. My comment was more a tongue-in-cheek ribbing of the Stearns haters. I personally still really like Urias's upside, and am pulling for him. Grisham's productivity is certainly giving the early returns to the Stearns haters, though, unfortunately. It does finally look like the Brewers may get something out of Lauer, though, as well. I don't think you could find a bigger Stearns fan than me from his hiring until the '19 season. I have never considered myself a Stearns hater. However, if you really look at every individual move since the end of '19 (I think too often people really on the narrative that we made the playoffs more lately so he must be doing great), it's been whiff after whiff after whiff. There's a couple good moves in there. Feyereisen. Wong looks fine so far. But if you really dive into the moves the last 18 months, it's been a brutal stretch for Stearns and Arnold. I don't disagree. His batting average lately hasn't been incredibly high. Dude earned himself a pretty long leash, though.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If you are adding the caveat "so far", I agree. But Urias is 23, and Lauer is 25. It would be horribly premature to chalk that trade up as a loss right now.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    There definitely was. My comment was more a tongue-in-cheek ribbing of the Stearns haters. I personally still really like Urias's upside, and am pulling for him. Grisham's productivity is certainly giving the early returns to the Stearns haters, though, unfortunately. It does finally look like the Brewers may get something out of Lauer, though, as well.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    In a vacuum, I'd be content with that production from the shortstop position. In context of our activities the last 18 months, if that is what we get going forward, it essentially means not only did we did not upgrade from Arcia at all at that position, but we paid a very heavy price for that lateral move. Yeah, if that is all Urias ever becomes, we got screwed over. Grisham would sure look great in our outfield the next 5 seasons. Sure seems like Stearns caved to those idiot fans who showed so much hate for Grisham after his error in the Wild Card game. Really too bad all around.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Hernan Perez just turned 30 only 1 1/2 months ago. How is that even possible?
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Just because that isn't really the way most teams do things in the NFL doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a good way to do it. The Packers didn't draft Love to sit behind Rodgers for four seasons, then move on. Of course the goal is for him to eventually take the reins. But that doesn't mean he can't be a solid backup in the meantime. As for Love not being ready, who knows? I imagine that the Packers wouldn't have let Tim Boyle sign a cheap deal with the Lions, though, if they didn't have at least a little faith that Love could operate effectively in a pinch.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I would hope he wouldn't be content with sitting the next three years. It would be my hope that he sees any opportunity to get on the field as the chance to prove he can be a starting NFL QB, and that he believes that he can be a starting QB. But determining playing time is not really up to him. I just don't see any way that he will ever have the leverage make any sort of demands ... at least not for awhile.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Ok, let's stop with the personal attacks, please. It's not personal at all. I see the same sentiment all over the web. The notion that Love should just wait in the wings and be a good soldier is not at all unique to RRB. I do think that's gross. I don't think the poster RRB is a gross human. I think he has a misguided thought however. I wouldn't doubt for a second that Love will eventually get frustrated. I mean, Rodgers eventually did, and was ready to demand a trade after sitting for three years behind Favre. But then when Favre retired for the upteenth time, it gave the Packers the opportunity to tell Rodgers that he was their guy, and they stuck by him when Favre reneged yet again, causing a huge division amongst the fanbase. But ... Rodgers still sat for three years before that happened. And he was a guy who had helium as a potential #1 overall pick going into the 2005 draft. Love never had that sort of helium. So if you are wondering if I think Love will happily sit around for another 3 years waiting for an opportunity that may never happen, I think there's a chance that he may not. But do I think that the Packers owe it to Love to trade him immediately after committing to Rodgers for the next several seasons, if that happens? Also no. The Packers probably have the 2021 and 2022 seasons, if not the 2023 season, before they even need to think about appeasing Jordan Love. I expect him to continue to develop, while serving as a young, talented backup QB during that time.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Aaron Rodgers is 38 years old. Last year was the first time in several years when he didn't have some sort of nagging injury or worse that didn't at least restrict his play or cause him to miss time. I'd strongly predict that even if the Packers and Rodgers makes amends, Love is going to play meaningful snaps. I'm not sure how the idea that a player on his rookie contract really has no leverage to demand playing time could come off as "really odd" or "kind of gross". You are kind of making this personal now, when it is only a difference of opinion.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    And when exactly has a QB drafted in the first round acceptingly sat the entirety of his rookie contract as a backup? He doesn't have a choice. Like I said before, Jordan Love has the least leverage of anyone in this tug-o-war.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I disagree. There is value in having a solid, cheap backup QB to a guy who is 38 years old and has dealt with his share of injuries over the years. If the Packers are truly in "go for it" mode before Rodgers declines or retires, a season could be destroyed should no solid backup QB option be available if Rodgers has to miss more than 1-2 games. I mean, it has happened.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Because the second Rodgers signs a new deal that guarantees he's going nowhere for 2-3 more years, Jordan Love demands a trade. And rightfully so. Players don't enter drafts as projected 1st rounders, then get selected as first rounders, and accept not playing until their 5th year in the league. Let him demand all he wants. He really can't force the Packers to do anything. He really has no options other than to not report. Rodgers may have some leverage here. Jordan Love has none.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I have absolutely no problem with the Packers committing to Rodgers long-term, but that has to be with the caveat that he also commit to the success of the franchise as well. This team is not going to be able to take the next step anytime in the next 4-5 seasons (which is the logical timeframe of Rodgers staying effective in a perfect world) if he continues to count for $30-35+ million against the salary cap. The only reason late-career Brady's Patriots were able to win several more Super Bowls a few years ago was his willingness to sign discounted deals, enabling the Patriots to build talent around him both offensively and defensively. I love what Aaron Rodgers has done in his career, and he was superb last season. But if Rodgers is unwilling to sacrifice some of his huge cap hit to allow the team to put the pieces around him to compete for a title, what's the point?
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Both would be 2-3 month rentals with very high salaries, though, as they are free agents after this year. You may be overestimating how much of a prospect haul those guys would bring back. I think you would be underestimating the prospect haul. This is a division rival we are talking about. Also, like I stated above, likely that anything we could offer, another team would match or beat. If that was the case, the Cubs would ship them out to a team not named the Milwaukee Brewers since we are in the same division. We would have to severely overpay to get them to make that deal with us. Depends on how much the Cubs are out of the playoff chase by August 30. But you are correct, it is probably a moot point anyway, as even if the Cubs are completely out of it, it would be terrible PR to more or less hand the division to the Brewers.
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