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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That is pretty much verbatim what many said about the Reds last year, and they were bad again. I throw them into the same bucket as the Phillies and Mets ... they are bad until they prove otherwise, regardless of how much money they spend on supposed "upgrades" or how much preseason hype they get. They have talent, but it is still a poorly run organization in my opinion.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Good point. There have been veterans that have taken discounts to play for a contender, but it certainly doesn't happen often. It wasn't like Grandal took the Brewers' offer last year because he wanted to play for a contender. It was simply the biggest per year deal he was offered. But I think that if the Reds and Brewers offer similar deals, Grandal would likely take the Brewers' offer. But the Reds have been known to hand out ridiculously asinine deals in the past, so them throwing $80+ million at Grandal wouldn't surprise me.
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    Just my opinion, but perhaps Grandal won't want to go to a completely rudderless, poorly run organization like the Reds at this point in his career. That team sucks, and he's not going to make them a contender. They got a bunch of press last spring and sucked again. To me, they suck until they prove they won't suck, and they haven't proven anything.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I am *shrug*. The seams - meh no big deal, go ahead and change them. But the rest, even though they are small tweaks, somehow look...just worse, cheaper. Look, I know it’s petty and such a small deal, and at the end of the day I’m not actually as upset as my ranting here leads on. But we all know that our teams irrationally, to some small extent, become part of our identity. And tweaking what was already perfect and ingrained in many of us as the truest Brewers logo just rubs me the wrong way, makes me uncomfortable, makes me a little sad. Not even close to how 13-year-old me felt betrayed in 1994 when they replaced that iconic logo with that horrible generic Motre Bame knockoff. Can you imagine the uproar if social media was an actual thing back then? I don't care that they are tweaking the logo, just as long as they finally right that wrong.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Seems extremely odd if true. He held out for all of 2018 because the Steelers wouldn’t give him a long term deal. But now the Steelers would be willing to pick up the 3/$38 million or so left on his deal, plus the rest of his salary for this season while also trading away draft capital and/or players to get him back? Add to it that James Conner is arguably better anyway, and WAY cheaper.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I, for one, will be doing my part to protest this by never buying a piece of Brewers merchandise with that bastardization. Yes they are small changes...but they blew it. Seriously, how hard is this to not screw up? You have such a fantastic logo. It’s almost universally loved, and the overwhelming majority of fans want it back. No one is calling for any changes to it, we just want it back. So just freaking use it. As is. No work required. No logo designer needs to be hired so he can tweak it and justify the money wasted on what you’re paying him for this. Adjust the jerseys all you want but don’t change what doesn’t need changing. I’m becoming more upset (well...equally upset) about how stupid the decision is the change the logo at all than I am about the changes themselves. I personally was always bothered by the weird squiggly seam on the old logo, so I'm glad they updated it to make it look like a real baseball. Everything else looks pretty much the same to me. I mean, are we really going to get upset because the centered the ball?
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    His DRA was -1 last year in almost 500 innings at first base. Looks like he has improved his defense the last few years and has been an average to slightly below average from 2015-Present. His fielding percentage last year was .996 with a career .993 fielding percentage. I don’t think he’s a liability defensively whatsoever. Thanks for that info. I always worry about guys who log a lot of time at DH and are getting up there in years, but perhaps he would be a solid sign. I do wonder about cost, though.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Can he even play a passable 1B anymore, though?
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I guess highbrow in that perhaps there was a bit of an inflated stance of self importance among some of their editorial staff, which did show through in the writing at times. I have been a fan as well. It sucks that it is seemingly dead.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Putting on Boras Corp hat and saying that you no longer represent the team you just put your heart and soul into is a really odd way of showing that, in my opinion. If that was a contrived move (and the fact that he had a Boras Corp baseball cap in his locker kinda points to that), it was a backfire. I mean heck yeah, I'd love that talent leading the Brewers' rotation. But I can't help but question his character.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That was my thought too. Pulling that crap minutes after your team lost Game 7 of the World Series? Really dude? To me, he solidified that the only team he really cares about is his bank account. I know all these guys play for money, but most of them at least have a little tact.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I'm sure he'll land somewhere and continue what he'd come to be known for. Doubt he ends up at The Athletic. They float themselves as extremely insufferably highbrow, even compared to Deadspin. Deadspin is toast.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    He was that hyped because he put up insane numbers in the minor leagues, but he's been good for a long time - injuries hampered him here and there, but Kendrick has always been a professional hitter. Never really became a consistent high OPS guy because of limited power, but he is a high contact, low/moderate strikeout guy that really helps fill out lineups full of power hitters. He had what is essentially a career year offensively at 35 aside from missing time with injury. I've always really liked him as a player despite the fact he's been on alot of teams I was never actively rooting for and at times rooting against Agreed! It sort of seems like the national media kinda discovered him this postseason, but he's been a guy who has played multiple positions and has been productive wherever he's went for a long time. Hard not to be really happy for a guy like that finally seemingly getting his due. I really wonder what kind of deal he's looking at next year going into his age 36/37 season, but coming off a career year and these postseason heroics?
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wow, after seeing that, I'm guessing we won't see him resigning with the Astros.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Kendrick was always a useful player even early in his career. I guess maybe he didn't live up to everyone's expectations of being the #12 overall prospect in 2006 but he certainly didn't disappoint either. I know batting average isn't as big as it once was but the guy has a .294 career average in over 6,000 plate appearances. He was a super hyped guy as a prospect, but then never quite lived up to the billing. But he has been consistently good for a very long time, while sort of flying under the radar. It's cool seeing guys like that get the chance to shine. Sort of a similar career arch to B.J. Surhoff, albeit not as a 1st rounder.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Cool to see a guy like Howie Kendrick ... a hotshot prospect who nearly flamed out, but stuck with it and turned himself into a useful player, have so much success in the playoffs. Gives me hope for guys like Orlando Arcia.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Not a bad series at all. A lot of fun. Happy for the Nats. Seems like a long time ago that the Brewers had them on the ropes and at a 9 count in the Wild Card game.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Watching all the pen implosions this postseason makes me think that if the Brewers were willing to deal Hader, it would be basically a "name your price" situation. Yes, I realize that he is responsible for one of those pen implosions.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It does? What specifically are you looking at? Historically, at least statistically, the record suggests he should very much remain a relief pitcher. They may try him again as a starter but the more likely path is that they push him up the system as a reliever. It is a small sample size, but if he can stretch out, that would be a huge add. On the other hand, he could end up a right-handed Hader. Valuable either way, but a future rotation stud is a very rare gem. Why can't he just be Victor Castaneda, right-handed relief prospect instead of "a right-handed Hader"? You know you continuously calling relief prospects "right-handed Haders" or "another Hader" sounds really dumb, right? Sorry, that has always irked me. I mean, Castaneda has a completely different repertoire of pitches, using his fastball, splitter and change, while Hader is predominantly a fastball/occasional slider guy. Really are very, very different pitchers.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I always kinda viewed Barstool as Deadspin for rednecks. I agree that the target audience is a lower denominator. But I also agree that it seems that Deadspin writers have formed a pretty inflated view of their importance in society, though. Egos run amok can be dangerous.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Well this sucks. Really enjoy Drew Magary's stuff. Hopefully he continues.
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    I'd sign someone like Jordy Mercer to a 1-year deal, or maybe even plan on having Spangenberg around as insurance for Arcia. The difference between our two viewpoints is that I still see upside in a 25-year-old former star prospect, and it appears that you do not. Yeah, some guys have career years early then flame out. Others do eventually find it and turn that untapped talent into a solid career. Arcia certainly has the ability to be a .275/15 HR guy who provides Gold Glove defense. If he can tap that, he would be extremely valuable. Will he? Who knows, but I think it would be a mistake to assume at this point in his career that he cannot. This team has had the habit lately of giving up on talented middle infielders, only to see them go someplace else and fulfill their promise. I personally feel that Arcia is the most talented of the that bunch, and I'd be disappointed if they gave up on him, only to see him go someplace else in 2020 and thrive. If they do decide to move on from Arcia this offseason, while I'll be disappointed, I'll also understand, and root hard for whoever they bring in to replace him, while hoping that he doesn't end up providing Gold Glove-work for the Cardinals. But if they stick with him, I'll root for him to fulfill that potential. Maybe that's the uber-optimist in me and it isn't realistic.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    That's a good point. I've gone this route a few times this fall to catch Monday night NFL games, since I no longer get ESPN, and it's worked just fine. That might be my Brewer solution for next year, rather than service hopping.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Or you could hang onto your 25-year-old uber talented SS with the hope that he still has room to improve, while perhaps signing an inexpensive vet as an insurance policy and potential starter should Arcia falter. I don't think this team should be in the business quite yet to give up on young talent, and I personally believe that assuming that Arcia has reached his ceiling as a 25-year-old might be a tad overzealous.
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