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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Here's hoping for a nice comeback win. That would leave a mark.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Well, at least the Brewers are going to get to see Will Smith's stuff up close. Can Stearns make that trade in the next 60 seconds?
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Hopefully Shaw keeps hitting in the miners and we can use him as trade material. Don't know about that. Moose may be pricing himself out of Milwaukee, and Shaw is a cheap 3B insurance policy. Would feel a lot better about the situation if Erceg was at least hitting his weight in AAA.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    What he's done over the last three weeks, combined with how Thames has looked lately, has made me much less worried about the production from the 1B position.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Welp, it doesn't matter how good of a pitcher you are when you throw a guy a middle-middle fastball.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I very much doubt that gets it done. A likely reliever, a guy with a starter's arsenal that bombed so bad that he had to move back to the bullpen and then back and forth between the bullpen and the minors and then a SS that's going to be entering arbitration that's maybe like a 2 WAR guy. Adding another smaller piece on to that doesn't do much. Agreed, impossible to believe the Mets wouldn't get more attractive offers than that. Folks saying Corbin Burnes still has great upside so his 5.53 ERA, 1.42 WHIP 4.95 FIP MLB numbers shouldn't matter...that's just like a Marlins fan trying to sell us Lewis Brinson for a high value player and arguing that he still should hold all of his prospect value and his .190/.240/.321/.561 MLB slash line shouldn't matter because he still has real high upside. Yeah, Brinson hasn't been good in his major league career so far, but he's still an uber-talented 25-year-old true five-tool OF. I would love to have him back in the Brewers' system, especially given that a full-time corner OF position will be available after 2020. He still arguably has more upside than any other OF not on the ML roster, depending on how you feel about Lutz.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Wanted to keep him in for Panik. He didn't give Slater much to hit ... I'm sure he wouldn't have minded walking him. Good inning nonetheless.
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    The sky is not falling, if you don't believe me you can go outside and check "Let me tell you something, friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." - Red, Shawshank Redemption Probably better to ignore the pessimists than try to argue.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Man, that's a ton of young MLB talent that we are giving up on. I just can't see Stearns shipping away those three guys in one deal - for a guy in Thor who's a major injury risk. I think Peralta/Burnes would have to be an either/or situation, but not both. And if we are giving up on Arcia - we better be damn certain that Dubon is ready to contribute from day 1. Again - I just can't see a scenario where we are going to give up three guys currently on our MLB roster - especially three young guys who all might have their best years in front of them. They would be trading them, not giving up on them. Sorry, that's a pet peeve. You have to give up value to attain it ... especially high end value like Thor.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    1. Adrian Houser - I know they want to keep him in the rotation for now, and hopefully that will prove fortuitous. He has the stuff to be a shut-down multi-inning pen arm, though, and shifting him back there would theoretically go a long way toward solidifying the back end of the pen. 2. Keston Hiura - Given the inconsistency of the offense this year, they need their rookie 2B to play beyond his years and be a solidifying force offensively. The swing-and-miss issues are concerning, but he's shown the flashes of being a top-notch bat once comfortable. 3. Ryan Braun - Braun hasn't been bad, but they need more from him than "hasn't been bad". I don't expect Yelich and Moose to continue their torrid pace, so Braun is going to have to step up and provide offense. He's not the hitter he was 5 years ago, but I think he's still got a torrid half-season in him.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Here are the upper end prospects that the Brewers will be looking at having to put on the 40-man: AAA: 1. Zach Brown 2. Lucas Erceg 3. Trent Grisham 4. Thomas Jankins 5. Miguel Sanchez AA: 1. Corey Ray 2. Daniel Brown 3. Jake Gatewood 4. Nate Griep 5. Cody Ponce 6. Joantgel Segovia 7. Weston Wilson So yeah, depending on how many of these guys figure into the future, they are looking at another roster crunch.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Fixed it for ya. And you leave out the part of all those things listed in your rant about MA is that they help the Brewers stay ahead or on par with many of the top franchises around the league. Without doing those things the Brewers would be the Tampa Rays or Oakland A’s of the MLB. I also like the jab about him growing up a Dodgers fan as to question whether he really even cares about the Brewers. Solid but wouldn’t expect anything less I suppose. It certainly appears that someone is taking notes while preparing for an messy "irreconcilable differences" type divorce later this season, doesn't it?
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    One reason the Brewers have been able to swing some big trades over the last few years is that they are not afraid to deal off prospects who are close to MLB ready, which other contenders simply haven't been willing to do. The Brewers may not have a ton of nationally-ranked high-end prospects, but what they do have is a lot of MLB-ready talent that could immediately step into roles for rebuilding teams. Other contenders don't like to deal off those types for fear that it will hurt their MLB depth. Thankfully the Brewers are constructed in a way where there is deep talent at nearly every position.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Disagree with this completely. Miller and Smyly are simply no-risk "shot in the dark" signings of talented pitchers that are still young enough to right the ship. They are very similar to Miley's signing last year. Potentially a big upside, and really no downside. Having a couple vets kicking around AAA isn't going to preclude them from making a rotation addition at the ML level should the situation present itself.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If the Mets truly value close-to ML assets over lower level guys, I wonder if pitchers such as Houser, Supak or even Knebel, and hitters like Nottingham, Dubon and Grisham are going to hold more appeal? I'd suggest Ray, Taylor and Stokes, but all three of them are scuffling big time, so I doubt they are being looked at heavily as major trade pieces.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Runs/game are roughly the same as they were 10, 20, 30, 50 years ago. What's telling about that number is the runs/game are basically the same even though there's the perception that more HR = more scoring. MLB is turning into slow pitch softball with hitters' all or nothing approach at the plate - which is hardly entertaining compared to lineups that put more priority on contact and situational hitting, IMO I think the avid baseball fan appreciates contact and situational hitting, but the casual fan digs the long ball. MLB has been making a concerted effort to appeal to that casual fan for years, and the juiced baseball is just another attempt at doing that. The avid fan is going to tune in regardless ... but the casual fan has no interest in watching station-to-station, bunting and sacrifices.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    All-Star week is always the longest week of the baseball season. Glad it's over. Time for a big second-half run to start. I predict that the rest of July is going to be a really exciting time to be a Brewer fan. A few of the guys having down years offensively were showing signs of breaking out going into the break, and the starting pitching has been solid. Grab a couple solid pen arms, and this team is ready to play with anyone.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I think this team has a couple big runs in them and are squarely still in. I mean any team that is a 1/2 game out of 1st place is obviously still in it. Once in the playoffs, any team can get hot and go on a run. I think a couple solid pen arm acquisitions and perhaps another starter would go a long way toward making them a top contender. Getting the holes in the line-up sorted out will be a huge key to second half success. If Aguilar can continue to capitalize off his better hitting going into the break, and if they can get Cain going, it would be huge. Having a potentially lethal bat in Shaw sitting at AAA could also factor in positively. If they are going to acquire anything on offense, I'd like it to be a right-handed utility guy who can offer decent at-bats and serve as a part-time table setter against tough lefty pitching.
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Detroit's only real reason to trade Boyd would be to sell him at an extreme high. He's basically a league average pitcher who is having a career year. That is a kind of guy smart teams in the midst of a rebuild capitalize on.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I agree with you fully, but I think your point could have been easily made without including that last little bit that seemingly was only included in an attempt to rile up other posters.
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Is it? Every team in MLB is looking for roster flexibility at the bottom of the 25- and 40-man roster. It seems that fringe MLB players who are out of options typically have a difficult go of it regardless of which organization they are with. I imagine most teams have several players that fall into that category as well, which hinders being able to churn the bottom of the roster.
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Huh? You have an MVP signed to an affordable long-term deal, and you want to deal him in his athletic prime with two full seasons of control remaining? Who's crazy "likelihood" are you living in? Yelich will command a price we can’t and won’t pay. He has 3yrs left. So he’s either traded after 2020 or 2021 because you don’t sell him with 2 months control nor do you keep him and let him walk. Yelich is signed through the 2022 season. The last year of the deal is a $15 million team option. I could understand perhaps dealing him after the 2021 season, but it makes next to no sense to look at doing it after 2020.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Huh? You have an MVP signed to an affordable long-term deal, and you want to deal him in his athletic prime with two full seasons of control remaining? Who's crazy "likelihood" are you living in?
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I don't see any way this team would even consider the idea of dealing Hader. We act like relief pitchers are interchangeable, when they really aren't. Why in the world would a team with playoff plans THIS SEASON, and for the next several to come, trade off arguably the best relief pitcher in the game? That makes beyond no sense.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    This is a good point. The break-out guys are typically the ones who are traded at this time of year. Guys who are injured or are underperforming are sometimes added as PBNL types, but are rarely headliners.
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