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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The difference between 2017 Arcia and 2019 Arcia was really just BABIP. All of the peripherals were about the same with 2017 having a very slight edge in xOPS. The big difference is Arcia had a career high BABIP in 2017 and a career low in 2019. I saw he had improved his ability to draw walks. If Arcia can be a .750 OPS hitter... cf: Cain 3b: Urias lf: Yelich 2b: Hiura c: Narvaez 1b: Smoak rf: Garcia ss: Arcia If Urias is seeing regular starts at 3B, I have many fears for this season.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Bucky Brooks has Taylor as his 5th ranked RB in the class, below Georgia’s D’Andre Swift, LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Ohio State’s J.K. Dobbins and Florida State's Cam Akers. That seems pretty crazy to me. So much is going to ride on Taylor's 40 time.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I get the feeling Cephus will probably run in the high 4.5s at his pro day. He'll probably go in the 4th-5th round, and be a steal there.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The advice is, basically, Hulu Live TV or AT&T TV NOW ... until those services ultimately drop it as well. The speculation is that Hulu Live TV might be safe for now, as it is a Disney-owned company, and Sinclair literally just bought the Fox RSNs from Disney 6 months ago.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I suppose there's always the "pirated stream from a reddit link" route, but in my experience those are chock full of popup ads and are far from dependable. This is really unfortunate for a lot of people, especially those who live in rural areas with no access to cable. I'm one of those. I was a longtime DISH customer until getting fed up with the price increases. When I finally cut the cord and cancelled, I was playing $150/month for a basic package. Sling was great for the majority of the season last year, as the interface worked nice, the stream solid and it was only $30/month.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It appears that Hulu Live is going to have to be a "go to" for now, unless they get some carriage agreements worked out. That's a bummer, because Hulu Live's interface is an absolute crapstorm. I really like YouTube TV, and was planning on going with that service to watch ball games this summer (switching from Sling). AT&T TV NOW is another possibility I suppose, but that is getting quite pricey at $65/month.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Feel really bad for Jimmy, as he seems like a pretty great guy. But I can't help but feel a little relieved that the Brewers made the decision to move on from him, after initially hoping and advocating for hanging on to him. It appears that shoulder injury, and basically having to learn to pitch all over again, has just had a domino effect on the rest of his body. It sucks! Who knows what difference a healthy Jimmy Nelson may have made to the last couple playoff runs?
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    You're right. These sort of contracts only really make sense on guys who reach the majors at a very young age. Hiura and Urias would be fits. Of course, Arcia would have been a good fit for this sort of deal coming off his 2017 season, so there are inherent risks too.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That was pointed out in the initial post. He's on a minor league deal, and the Giants have a pretty crowded OF picture. He's likely one of those guys that has an early opt-out.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If I was a player, I would always take this type of deal. You're playing a game for a living, and $15 million guaranteed is set for life money for you and your family. You never know when you'll get hurt, or if you won't pan out. There are a lot of scenarios where we don't get $15 million in value, there are also a couple scenarios where we get $100 million in value. It is nice to see the Brewers using their financial flexibility to lock up young guys they consider part of their core. I wonder if they will look into doing this with a few more players? Hiura comes to mind as a strong possibility. Perhaps Woodruff too.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal · 8m RHP Freddy Peralta finalizing long-term extension with #Brewers, source tells The Athletic. Terms expected to be similar to deal that LH reliever Aaron Bummer recently signed twith #WhiteSox - five years, $16M, with two club options that could increase total value to $30.75M. This is pretty neat. Appears that Freddy will be locked down for up to the next 7 years, which would bring him though his age 30 season.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    He's not the only one. The idea of having Billy Hamilton anywhere near this roster sounds pretty terrible to me, too. Especially when Keon Broxton is already here.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    1) Several of the Brewers' stars haven't played yet. That's how Spring Training works. I don't believe Braun, Cain or even Narvaez have been in there yet, either. 2) Correct ... starters typically throw an inning every two to three days at the outset of Spring Training. They aren't doing anything out of the ordinary.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    He needs to actually start hitting in the minors a little bit before he is even remotely considered as any kind of option as a starting 3B at this level. Yeah, Erceg hitting in Spring Training hasn't ever been the problem. He's torn the cover off the ball. It's carrying it over to the regular season where he's really struggled. Hopefully he finds it this year.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Gamel has an option remaining as well, and considering we employ Cain, Garcia and Braun, we aren't exactly immune to injury concerns in the OF. I would highly doubt he goes anywhere.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Who really cares if Peralta and Burnes were in the rotation in April last season? Chase Anderson didn't start a game until April 20th By then MKE had seen 4 starts by Burnes a 10.7 ERA and 5 earned in 3.1 ip vs the Cardinals. A 6-3 loss. Also lost to the Cubs 14-8 allowing 7 runs in 5 ip. 4 starts by Peralta a 7.13 ERA and 4 earned in 3 ip vs the Cardinals. A 9-5 loss. Also lost to the Angels 11-8 allowing 7 runs in 3.1 ip. No biggie. It's 162 games. You can punt early in the season. Those games won't matter at seasons end, you have time to make it up. Wait, we lost 2 to the Cardinals in April in terrible pitcher outings. They won by 2 games? Doesn't that mean 1 of those going to MKE would have forced a tie? Wow, you make it sound like Houser is a dumpster fire, while Lauer is going to be a Cy Young candidate. All I'm saying is that there's a very strong possibility that both will be making a lot of starts for the Brewers. If your pick isn't the one chosen for the start of the season, it certainly isn't the end of the world. The Brewers obviously see Houser as one of their five best starters right now. That's why he'll be in the rotation. Comparing a 27-year-old who already has 18 big league starts and 130 innings on his resume to a couple rookies last season in Burnes and Peralta doesn't really work either. Lauer is a 23-year-old with a ton of control remaining. I'm high on him too, but the fact of the matter is he isn't going anywhere for a long time, so he has time to develop. Also, of the four pieces of that trade, it is probably likely that Lauer was piece #4 value-wise.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    In the whole scheme of the season, who really cares if Houser is in the rotation over Lauer in April? odds are they will both make a lot of starts for the Brewers this year, barring injury.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It's actually not that fascinating. Houser pretty clearly has more on his fastball, which probably gives him a higher upside. In any case, regardless of what you personally think, the Brewers are, by all indications, considering Houser a surefire member of the rotation, while Lauer is a bubble guy.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    No guarantees, but it appears that DISH (the owners of Sling TV) are now at least willing to come back to the table and negotiate with Sinclair (the owners of the FOX Regional Sports Networks) to get a carriage agreement. DISH and Sling TV lost nearly 200,000 subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2019, many of which were attributed to dropping those networks. It appears that the DISH decision makers vastly underestimated the number of viewers who were interested in watching those regional networks, and were upset to the point of cancelling service when they were pulled. I know I'm in that boat, and will sign up for YouTube TV to watch Brewer games if Sling doesn't figure this out in time.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I wonder if we'll see Holt as more the platoon partner with Gyorko at 3B, making Sogard more of the middle infield super sub? I personally like Holt's bat more than Sogard's, even though Sogard had the better season on paper last year.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I personally would have ponied up for Grandal, and signed Castellanos instead of Garcia for the RF spot. But I don't see the moves they did make leading to a drastic decrease in production at those spots, though.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think the Brewers wanted and tried to retain Grandal. I get the feeling they were truly disappointed when he signed with the White Sox. They then got to work in an attempt to identify a catcher that could come the closest to replicating Grandal's offensive production. The free agent catching market was pretty barren on offensive performers, though, and the only high-end catcher available on the trade market was arguably Contreras, and there was no way the Cubs were going to deal him to their arch rival. Fortunately the Mariners made their bat-first guy in Narvaez available, and the Brewers were able to swoop in and grab him. While he isn't the defender Grandal is, he'll likely be ok back there. But the benefit is going to be his offensive upside. I think he is a 30 HR, .280 AVG, .850 OPS guy in the making. The fact that he is still in his arbitration years and will be affordable isn't the Brewers' fault, and it isn't a sign of them being cheap. It's just the way the system works. After Grandal left, he was the best alternative available, regardless of salary.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    i doubt Attanasio cares. He had the opportunity to make a couple "go for it"-type moves last year, and he did it. If those types of deals would have presented themselves again, he likely would have done it again. They've basically said that the only player they regret losing is Grandal. That makes me believe that he was the only one they considered signing to large multi-year deal. The fact that the Reds gave Moose a stupid contract doesn't make the Brewers look worse. He's eminently replaceable. The 2020 team isn't going to have as many recognizable "name" guys, which is going to make the casual fan upset. But this team is arguably deeper and should be more consistent. We'll see how it all plays out. Just remember ... the 2019 team was pretty enigmatic, despite the All-Star years from Moose and Grandal, and an MVP showing from Yelich. It was a substantially poorer team than the 2018 model, which only had Moose for a short period, and won a ton of games with Pina and Kratz catching.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Or that they can outright him to the minors. His results have been pretty poor. His stuff is good. I don't think I've ever heard of Stearns having something against the prior regime's acquisitions. They can't outright hin without giving the rest of the league a chance to pick him up first. I wouldn't imagine there will be a ton of interest in Williams, but then again, I never thought guys like Deolis Guerra and Jacob Barnes would be claimed either. That just shows you how bad most teams' bullpen depth is. It did surprise me that Faria wasn't claimed, though. But yes, Williams doesn't have enough service time to refuse a minor league assignment should be clear waivers. That could be one of the reasons why he was chosen.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This. Except that it's totally believable that there are fans that feel that the team is being unfair to them, unfortunately.
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