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I've been an Adrian Houser fan ever since the Brewers acquired him. It's nice to see a guy I get attached to have success and become a player. It hasn't happened often enough Can we finally put to bed the idea that he isn't a starter? He was masterful against a very good lineup tonight. I wish Counsell would have sent him out for the 8th.

Can we officially put the "Adrian Houser isn't a starter" debate to rest? Not sure what else the guy has to prove.

Reverse jinx! I like it!

If by surprise you mean the only guy hitting like how you would expect...yes, surprise he is. Right ... Garcia has been consistent throughout the majority of his career so far. He's not going to ever going to be an MVP-type, but it wouldn't surprise me to see him make an All-Star team or two before he's done. He's a solid player, very much in that Geoff Jenkins/Jeromy Burnitz mold.

Right! I think we'll see that with a guy like Brock Holt. He's the type that you love to have over a 162-game season because he's steady, gritty and can fill in anywhere. That isn't as much of a need, though, with a shortened season and expanded roster. I do still really like him, though, and feel he's a great fit for the roster and the way Counsell likes to manage. I'm hoping they decide to exercise his 2021 option.

Except that the runner on 2nd in extras has to be the player who made the final out in the previous inning. Shouldn't be hard to get him to make the last out in the 9th. LOL, that nearly made me spit out my coffee all over my keyboard.

Except that the runner on 2nd in extras has to be the player who made the final out in the previous inning.

Glorified preseason game. Who cares?

What is there to negotiate? It's a good idea, so just do it.

There is no part of this that I disagree with. Amen! Any baseball is better than no baseball.

Where do you get "figures" from? Your eye test? The fact that you don't like who they signed? So far it's been roughly the same as it was last year ... inconsistent. And that is with the team's two best hitters – Yelich and Hiura – hitting like pitchers.

And the only part of that phrase that Matthias is missing is "veteran"!

Those guys would look a lot better if Yelich and Hiura were hitting. The quality you are getting with the likes of Smoak, Sogard, Holt and Narvaez is not substantially less than you got with Moose, Grandal and Thames. I would bet the ranch that a platoon of Sogard and Gyorko and Holt won’t produce anything close to what Moustakas did last year. Last season’s production at 3B was dragged down by Shaw, and Moustakas’ contributions were spread between 2B and 3B. I don’t see Smoak matching Thames or Navarez matching Grandal either. The Brewers had basically a league average offense last season and this year’s figured to be significantly below average, even if Yelich produced at something close to expectations. As he hits like a poor hitting pitcher it’s a really bad offense. I liked Moose as well, but his impact really seems to be a bit overinflated among this fanbase. Still, I will give you that the Sogard/Gyorko/Holt platoon is not as good as Moose. But when you compare apples to apples, you have to combine Moose/Shaw, then it gets a lot closer. Shaw was that terrible last year. Thames and Smoak have basically been the same player throughout their careers. Thames is another guy who is probably a little overinflated because he had several "hero ball" moments, but the fact is that he was simply an average 1B. Narvaez may be a step down from Grandal, but judging by the numbers he's put up the last few seasons, that step should not be significant. We haven't necessarily seen it yet, but the guy is a good player. What the Brewers did this offseason is go out and acquire players who they felt would be able to combine to provide similar production to what they gave up, at a much cheaper price point, likely because they knew that they'd be working on the Yelich extension. It isn't like the 2019 offense was some kind of juggernaut. They had stretches where they looked terrible.

Those guys would look a lot better if Yelich and Hiura were hitting. The quality you are getting with the likes of Smoak, Sogard, Holt and Narvaez is not substantially less than you got with Moose, Grandal and Thames.

I'm not quite ready for the Morrison experiment to be over, but he's making it easier to go that direction every time he grounds out weakly to 2nd,

Meanwhile Urias is playing PS4 in Appleton, I guess? Lauer has looked good. Time to take the training wheels off.

I'm glad that another team has taken the crosshairs of blame off the Marlins. I'm also kinda glad its the Cardinals. Even at a prorated salary, these guys are making a lot of money. Also, if they want to opt out, they can, no questions asked. MLB has to find a way to come down on the guys who are breaking protocol.

Satellite internet is still very hit and miss (mostly miss) on the speed and connection. It is great if all you are using it for is surfing the web and getting emails. If you are doing anything like working from home good luck with that as your connection will be dropped a lot it will also feel like you are on dial up when doing conference calls and forget video because that is not going to work all that well. If you want to stream movies or shows satellite internet is also going to be a huge let down as you are going to be luck to get 480p from it. Also if you like to play video games online this will also not work as you will have a high ping and latency is going to be an issue. Elon Musk's starlink I believe it is called also has the same issues though once the technology gets worked more this should improve though plugging into a line will still be the fastest and most reliable way to get onto the internet. Starlink's low-earth satellites "should" provide a much stronger signal than current satellite options. From what I've been told, it has the capability of offering speeds comparable to lined cable internet, and one of Musk's key talking points with the project is that it will also be affordable. Current satellite internet is a terrible value.

"Sometimes, son, boys gotta be boys ... but what happens at the strip club stays at the strip club. Until what you do at that strip club shuts down a whole professional sports league."

More positives for the Cardinals today. Launch the team into the sun!!! Kidding (sorta) ... but this isn't good. Will be interesting to find out what happened with the Cardinals, and who screwed up to cause this.

Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers C Jacob Nottingham has been recalled from the Alternate Training Site. RHP Bobby Wahl has been optioned there. Sort of a procedural move, as I imagine Nottingham will go back down Friday when Anderson is activated. Justin Grimm lives to fight another day ...

Smoak is 4 for 19 on the year, and Morrison is 0 for 5. How does Morrison project as the "best bat"? Also Holt only has one AB so far.

Remember this name: Reggie Begelton

with the marlins claiming mike morin, the cpp remains at 55 players, with the same two aforementioned players on the covid-19 il. Hard not to feel bad for Morin. That's like a one-way trip to purgatory right now.

Not only does this describe baseball, but the majority of the general population as well. The sense of entitlement in this country knows no end.