SeaBass

I think it's super interesting. Of course as a small market Brewers fan it's thumbs down from me, my opinion of the Dodgers is not really one of admiration. I just wonder what they're thinking, if there's anything else behind their choice to spend and spend and spend. Are they trying to influence upcoming CBA negotiations? Are they worried teams will come after their revenues and force more sharing? Are they in favor of a salary cap or are they just trying to make hay before one is implemented? Not that I see a salary cap happening, in fact I think it's dead in the water before they've even jumped in the water. I just think the Dodgers doing what they're doing, outside of hating it as a baseball fan, is just really an interesting choice.

I'm quoting you mainly as a reference to the conversation, I don't really have any big issue with what you've posted. As someone mentioned the Brewers selected Blake Burke with the comp pick they received so this trade really can't be judged fairly yet. That doesn't mean folks can't have opinions though. If it comes down to figuring out which team got the better comp pick then ultimately the Brewers choosing to trade Burnes worked as intended even if none of the guys they got in return amount to much of note. They took a chance on 3 lottery tickets for one season of Burnes, the Orioles got their one season of Burnes and 1 lottery ticket for losing him in FA. In simple terms the Brewers preferred the 3 chances to land value as compensation for Burnes. I find it interesting that Coby Mayo, the guy a lot of Brewers fans really wanted and Orioles fans vehemently did not want to give up, has struggled much more than Joey Ortiz has. That's not some huge consolation for the Brewers but Ortiz is at least a positive defensively.

Maybe there's something in the Wisco air.

But the thumbs down is such a good feature! It should definitely be kept! I mean, it's a feature, can we complain when it gets used? I have but it doesn't really accomplish anything. There's a reason other sites have near universally done away with it but this site knows better I guess. Edit: Thinking more about it, it would work better if likes and dislikes operated more like Reddit, anonymously and added up to a net positive or negative rating. I do like the emoji reactions, it would be interesting if the two were separated.

I can make peace with it relatively easily. I was conflicted about the team trading Freddy and even after the trade I had some doubts even though it was probably going to be for the better in the long run. But whenever it comes to the World Series arguments and will they miss because of one guy, I just don't see it. That one guy can lose a World Series just as easily as he can win it. Look at Toronto last year with Isiah Kiner-Falefa getting thrown out at home. I don't even think it's his fault but he could have made a different choice even with the team wanting conservative leads. Players make choices to run through stop signs on the bases, he could have made a choice to be more aggressive. Josh Hader literally blew a save in 2019 that eliminated the Brewers, yes he had help with Grisham's error but it was still a base hit. He sure didn't help then when he was needed in that moment. All I'm saying is people want to assume they're missing the good when a player leaves and yes there's plenty of good to be had. But there's also bad. Bad things happening is written all over World Series history.

Had both of these guys for years and never won one either.

It feel like with the flourish on the W they might have been going for a bit of a call back to the flourishes on past logos before they went back to the ball and glove full time. It's definitely not exact so I could be way off base. But I think it's closer to these than the Nationals logo.

This is growing on me, better quality images definitely help. I like the colors, the pinks, yellows and oranges. Wisco is still and will always be odd but I think I can give it a pass. I'm choosing to not be bothered by it.

Joey Ortiz VALIDATED ✅ Dare I say, exceedingly cromulent

X-rays were negative. Brewers also got him x-rays when the WBC ended and he returned to them, negative again. It wasn't until later after experiencing discomfort after a check swing that an MRI revealed a hairline fracture at the base of his middle finger. So it's a very tiny fracture that didn't show up on initial images. https://www.mlb.com/news/jackson-chourio-has-left-hand-fracture "Chourio was hit by a pitch on March 4 while playing an exhibition game for Venezuela in West Palm Beach, Fla., ahead of the World Baseball Classic. X-rays at the time were negative and he sat out the first two games of the tournament -- but he had been playing ever since, including both of the Brewers’ exhibition games against the Reds in Milwaukee on Monday and Tuesday. On a check swing during one of those games, Chourio felt renewed discomfort and went for an MRI scan, which revealed a small hairline fracture at the base of his middle finger." Murphy said. “Hit by a pitch doesn’t mean you’re out. He said he felt fine. They scanned it there, no fracture. Came back [following the WBC] and they scanned it, no fracture. Then it kept giving him problems so they went in and did an MRI and can see things other scans can’t see.

Right, it simply doesn't correlate. He either would have been playing baseball games in Florida or playing baseball games in Arizona. I don't really see the difference. If he was a pitcher and somehow got overused, threw too many pitches/innings then there's a gripe to be had. Pitchers need to be built up more slowly. A position player though? Not really anything to say about it.

He got hurt playing baseball. What are we even talking about here??

I like to look at it through the lens of the Brewers' current highest salary player being Yelich, who is getting $26M per season over the next three years (with a $6.5M option buyout likely to be exercised by the team in 2029), including 2026. Two of those seasons are currently richer than 8 seasons of Pratt. The last 3 seasons Yelich has returned 3.5, 2.3 (in 73 games) and 3.1 bWAR. If Pratt can return 6 to 7 bWAR at minimum he'll come close to equaling what Yelich is likely to return in two seasons for around the same salary. That would be near replacement level production which feels worthy of a $6.34M AAV salary (which of course will be structured in increasing increments over the 8 seasons). On his defense alone he probably could achieve this, if he can also manage to hit at a near replacement level that would add even more. Pratt's youth and upside potential is what makes the investment a good value, with the potential for it to be a great value.

Thank you for this, that makes sense. I kept wondering if Brice ever touched 2nd because no replays showed it.

Just stopping by to say that in 2020 the Brewers paid 34 year old Eric Sogard $4M to play on their team and paid a $500K buyout on a 2021 option year. He had a 51 OPS+ that season. In his 11 seasons he accumulated 7 bWAR. Seems like a low bar for Pratt to clear, it's not nothing, Sogard was earning his keep with defense for the most part but a low bar anyway. I'm simply not worried about $6.25M AAV going "wrong" for the Brewers. If the Brewers were signing literally every top 10 prospect to these deals then they'd likely be losing money long term but they aren't doing that. Taking these shots on a case by case basis is not going to hurt them even if things go bad.