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Manipulating the roster bonus wasn't their only option. My understanding is they can still convert up to $13.6 million of his $14.7 million base salary to create cap room.

The problem with that line of thinking is that Rodgers knows he is occupying a huge part of the cap, and that makes it difficult for the team to bring in the pieces that could theoretically get them over the hump. If he truly wants to make it back to the Super Bowl, you'd think he'd be willing to work with the team to give them the best chance of making that happen. Absolutely. I of course don't have any idea what is happening behind the scenes, that is just what my idea of an extreme end of "getting revenge" would look like. We don't know if there's really anything to that, we only have words from TJ Lang. Pete Dougherty had an article today in the Journal Sentinel saying that he Packers can, I believe, get from $5 to $15 million of cap room this season out of Rodgers' contract without his permission. An extension or restructure would give Rodgers more control of how long the Packers would likely have to keep him, which is what most people feel like he wants.

I remember back when TJ Lang came out and said that Rodgers was going to "get revenge" on the Packers for drafting Love and it didn't make much sense to me that Rodgers having a MVP season and "forcing" the Packers to give him an extension amounted to revenge. But if he's resisting an extension or making it difficult for the Packers maybe that's his revenge. I'm not that concerned either way. Rodgers is under contract for 3 more seasons. If he's playing hard to get over an extension the Packers might be just fine with that because if things stay the way they are now the Packers are in the driver's seat. The only way Rodgers can get out of his current contract is to demand a trade but there's a level of fan blowback attached to that that I'm not sure Rodgers wants to endure. He becomes Favre the instant that happens and it's my impression he's fought very hard to separate himself as an individual and as a QB from Favre.

Yes that's true, I'm referencing those that do YouTube for a living and it sounds like that's what the East/Johnson & family are doing. I'm assuming they probably upload videos at least once a week, possibly more. Regular uploads that "only" get 40k to 50k views can be just as valuable as the million view one hit wonders, if not more so because those regular uploads attract a repeat audience. It wouldn't shock me if the East/Johnson family gets 100k views or more on their videos (I have no idea I've never seen any of them).

YouTubers don't only make money with views, many of them have Patreon accounts where viewers can pledge from $1 to $100 (or more) per month to support their favorite content creators, this is generally tied to some form of reward and/or exclusive bonus content. They also often have sponsors for their videos and run their own in video endorsement ad for each video's sponsor, this would be separate from the usual ads that YouTube attaches to videos.

I read earlier this morning on a Journal Sentinel article that the league year started Wednesday at 3 pm so there was some question if that meant the third day might extend into Saturday.

Boyle's highlight reel speaks for itself. blue

I'll share a snippet behind paywall on ESPN+ on the Tucker trade: Part of the benefit for Milwaukee here is cleaning up the books. Constrained by a hard cap at the luxury-tax apron after using their non-taxpayer midlevel exception to sign Augustin and Bryn Forbes this past offseason, the Bucks wouldn't have even been able to fill out their 15th roster spot for another few weeks. Now, they've got $3.5 million in wiggle room and could create more by sending Kurucs to a team capable of taking on his contract via cap room or trade exception. It surely also doesn't hurt that Milwaukee is potentially out of the luxury tax, depending how many of the incentives in Holiday's contract he achieves -- including $1 million if they win the championship and he plays 75% of playoff games. Wiggle room with the cap is nice, not a huge amount of space but not bad. Also, clarity on what the Bucks get from sending Craig to the Suns: Phoenix will have to send back cash, the rights to a former draft pick who has not played in the NBA or a second-round pick (presumably protected for the top-55 picks).

I wasn't so much thinking who's flat out a better defender I guess. More so that Arcia has only played SS and is just learning 3B this year, where Urias has some experience at 3B. That's why it seemed odd to me that in situations where they're both on the field at the same time, it sounded like CC wanted Arcia to play 3B. I would guess that they end up on the field at the same time a decent amount this year. He commented that if Shaw struggles that Arcia would be a candidate to get time there. If that was the case though, why wouldn't you just slide Urias over and have Arcia play SS in those games? Historically it feels like Counsell's MO has been once you've decided a guy is going to have a go at a specific position he leaves him there and doesn't bounce him around. He's done it for Braun and Yelich so far when each moved from RF to LF, there's probably some infield guys too I'm not recalling. If the idea is to get Urias settled in at SS they're going to want him to get most if not all of his on field playing time there.

Urias is 15 months older than Garrett Mitchell, and four months younger than Ethan Small. Feliciano, Ashby, and Zamora are also around the same age. In other words, Urias deserves some patience. I'm not saying Urias should start at AAA because I don't like him, nor am I saying it because I think Arcia/Robertson are going to become stars. I'm saying it because he is a very talented young player who has struggled and could probably use some time in the minors to get things straightened out, rather than trying to straighten things out in the majors with the clock ticking. The presence of Arcia and Robertson allow the Brewers the luxury to start Urias at AAA (or the "Alternate Training Facility"), so in my opinion he should only start the season on the 26-man roster if he is undoubtedly the best player right now, not that he has the potential to be the best player in the future. I don't have any question that he has the most potential of the three, I just question whether the Brewers might get more total value out of him during the years they "control" him if they give him some time in the minors to start this season. Whatever happens, I really don't like the idea of giving him two months to prove himself before giving up on him. He's far too young, with too much potential for that. The thought that he's too important right now to send him to the minors, but in two months we'll be ready to start studying next year's free agent market doesn't make sense to me. I'm probably fighting an uphill battle, as I highly doubt he starts the year in the minors. I just think that it merits consideration, and may be the best thing for the Brewers in both the short- and long-term. Thank you, I think this sums it up very nicely. I'm all for getting Urias playing time, I just think it's going to start from a timeshare and whomever is having the most success will get more playing time. I haven't been saying that Arcia should be the starter, I've only ever said he's going to be on the team and he's going to play. I think there should be plenty of ABs for Shaw, Urias and Arcia (Robertson too I suppose) between 3B/SS and some spot starts at 2B. I would love if Urias breaks out, I want that as much as anyone.

I don't think the Brewers are primarily concerned with "what's good for Urias". They're concerned with "what's good for the Brewers". That goes for any player really.

Urias will be on the OD roster... AAA season is delayed until May. For clarity, majors = 26 man roster. And I said "if". As far as I know Urias is still in the mix for a spot on the 26 man roster so we don't know where he'll be placed yet.

Folks really, really need to get used to the idea that Arcia isn't going anywhere (unless he gets traded which feels very unlikely). He's being paid $2 million, he's going to be on the roster. He will get playing time along with any other position players he will be sharing time with, which may or may not include Urias at the start of the season. If Urias doesn't start the season in the majors chances are nearly 100% that he will be at some point. I don't understand why everyone is getting worked up about it, they're all around the same level of "barely passable" as it is. Is it really worth the spike in everyone's blood pressure which guy with the .700 OPS is going to be in the lineup every day?

There's a rumor/feeling that Aaron Jones' contract value over the first two seasons is pretty much equal to what he'd have made if the Packers had used the franchise tag on him for those two seasons. In essence saving the Packers from having to use the tag. Here's where this is coming from: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/14/packers-could-have-franchise-tagged-aaron-jones-twice-for-19-million-total/

I couldn't agree more. His strikeouts are just at a completely unsustainable level for any kind of elite hitter. Doesn't have the power of a Joey Gallo to just survive on homers alone and still not sure he can play even passable defense either. He just doesn't seem to be showing any signs of improvement at the plate and what once looked like a cornerstone is just covered in red flags today. I'm getting nostalgic for the time when it was a polarizing opinion to be willing to trade Hiura for deGrom circa 2018, not that the Mets would have done it but that's when the rumors about deGrom possibly being available were going around.

Back when this logo was first revealed I was telling a friend at work about it and she said, "Please tell me they didn't put a "BM" in their logo," and I just had a stunned moment of silence, laughed and said, yep that's what they did! I could never not see it after that.

Ha! I don't remember a specific instance of opening it in class but I also know I learned not to if that makes sense. Probably just fidgeting with it, I was probably around 12 to 14 years old so still mostly just a kid. I also remember trying to open the velcro quietly too which was agonizingly slow and every tiny rip sound felt as loud as a gunshot.

Mine was as a teenager during the 80s so it was a cheap gray velcro type thing. [sarcasm]Velcro being the cool new thing back then.[/sarcasm] It was good enough for a kid with a paper route to put his meager earnings. That thing taught me how to hate velcro. There was no way to access that thing without everyone else in the room hearing what you were doing, so not classroom friendly.

I think Dillard has a shot at becoming an announcer for TV or radio, at least if there is interest in him for that type of thing and he wants to pursue that career. He sat in the booth I think last year, memory is fuzzy on the situation, but he was entertaining to listen to and he seemed like a natural for that type of work. That's my hope for what's next for him.

How would that look though? If you are assuming it costs around $600 a year for that channel, that isn't cheap. Then you probably need to lock customers into the full year to make it work (unless you want to charge even more). That sounds a lot like cable. Yeah it would be tough, I don't think it's likely. I guess I'm kind of thinking of Sinclair's own version of a League Pass type thing but only for the local teams in specific markets. To expand on that, so that they wouldn't have to develop their own direct to consumer tech. But it sounds like they're doing that already so again, not likely for other streaming services.

I mostly blame Sinclair, they just rub me the wrong way, but I feel at this point Hulu and YTTV probably aren't very motivated to actually bring RSNs back to their services either. They've ripped off the band-aid and I just feel like they've moved on. If they did bring it back it would likely have to be a creative way where pricing was absorbed by the specific subscribers that actually want that channel. The other bummer was that if Sinclair is going to bring a direct to consumer product to sports fans it's not likely to happen before 2022.

I like Cain, and hope he does great for us this year. My biggest concern is that he took last year off, and said the only exercise he got was chasing after his kids. Counsell is obviously concerned about the shape he's in, as he put him on a program that kept him out of games for the first week in order to get him in shape and ready for game action. Then, in that first week of training he pulled something in his leg, further delaying his progression. These guys are professional athletes. I have doubts that Cain will be at his elite level this year. I hope I'm wrong, but it looks like he took a year off and got soft, and the Brewers are on the hook to pay him regardless of whether or not he gets back to "playing shape." Meanwhile, Garcia shed 35 pounds and looks like a different person. At this point, I'm thinking that it will be Cain who loses the most playing time out of the trio of Bradley, Cain, and Garcia. Either way, I'm glad we have the extra depth. Yes, this. It isn't bashing Cain, it is being realistic about his age, injury history, and taking a year off. If you were to wager on which of our starting OFers was most likely to not reach their career numbers and/or have an injury prone year, which one would you choose? Cain - Age 35 - 288/348/418 Yeli - Age 29 - 296/381/488 Garcia - Age 29 - 271/324/472 Cain is clearly the wild card because of age and time away. Signing JBJ is probably 50% Cain insurance, 25% 4th OFer (which means starting about 10% of games), 15% Garcia insurance/platoon-mate, 9% Yeli injury insurance, and 1% Yeli performance insurance. Either way it adds up to a good move, IMO. I guess I need to pull a PeavyFury and say I never accused anyone of bashing Cain. I guess the guy that posted after me worded a response that way but I didn't. I was pointing out his injury since someone previously wondered if he had one that affected his performance in 2019, I also felt I was careful to leave room for concerns about age etc.

This got a loud belly laugh out of me.

I like Arcia. Fully aware he's been sub-par offensively. He's still only 26 hoping he finds a way to mimic Carlos Gomez and put things together for a couple seasons and we can flip him for some prospects. Gomez was anemic with the bat, he survived on speed and defense until he finally put a decent season together at age 26. Dream the dream a little longer.