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Ha, I didn't even check the pitcher today, what's that they say about assuming? -
So far CC has put him in the 4th spot against LHP and moved him to 6th and now 7th against RHP. This just happens to be only the 3rd game he's started against a RHP.
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Line drive to LF on a 2-0 pitch. Time to move him to 3rd in the order.
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I have a latex mattress. Love it. I'm a big heavy guy and have lower back problems and I have no issues with the latex mattress. They're on the expensive side now days from what I hear, I got mine 4+ years ago a little before they hit larger popularity. Was worth the money to me, plus they are pretty durable so should have a longer lifespan than a traditional mattress.
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With the end of the West Coast trip the only remaining road series outside our division are 3 games at Atlanta and 3 games at Washington.
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Al Avila said A’s and Brewers inquired on Fiers, showed “mild interest,” but nothing close to a deal. “It really didn’t get very far,” he said. Interesting, maybe something could still happen in August.
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Schoop a Brewer per Ken Rosenthal
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Fiers still a Tiger per Jon Heyman. Another August possibility.
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There's always August.
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Matt Harvey will be staying with the #Reds, source says, despite a flurry of trade discussions. Dodged this bullet for now at least.
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I don't know if I like this, you'd think Shaw would have to be on the move in such a deal and I'd rather keep him over Schoop. If they keep Shaw and get Schoop different story. Still a little confusing though.
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The Chris Archer Poll and Debate
SeaBass replied to splitterpfj's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Not excited by the prospect of landing Harvey. Archer is #1 for me and Gausman #2. -
My intention isn't to pile on with what others have responded but I made this point the night of the trade: what's the worst case scenario? To me it's: 1. Shaw performs so badly at 2B they can't justify playing him there. Then... 2. They don't play him there. You still have Shaw and Moose on the team, can alternate playing one and having the other on the bench. Of course that's not ideal but it improves the bench, pinch hitting, depth. It would take a LOT of ugliness for that to happen IMO. Shaw has already made some nice plays, I feel fairly confident he can handle routine plays. In the end it comes down to how much of a waste do you personally see the cost of Phillips and Lopez for a chance at improving the offense while taking a risk on the defense, at a position where the team wasn't getting great defense anyway? Me personally I don't think losing those 2 guys hurts the team, this was a low cost move that has big upside potential. If your gripe is they didn't get Machado... I can't help you. The price for him was too high and the price for Moose was bargain basement. No contest there. If Arcia continues not being a black hole with the bat like these last 2 games this is way better.
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Ben Grieve comes to mind but I don't recall how he was acquired.
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I didn't mean to imply that I think he's bad. In fact, this is probably the best net offensive upgrade we could have hoped for (although it remains to be seen how Shaw's defense factors in). I guess I was just responding to the MLB.com coverage and the general notion that Moustakas is a star player. Phillips/Lopez is not an unfair return though, we didn't exactly pay for an All Star. Yeah I see your point and my response isn't only just to your posts. In the end he's another threat the line up needs. Not sure I would have had the stones to do this if I were in DS's shoes. Will be interesting to see if there's any further trades piggybacked off this one.
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Well that terribly overrated player still has 20 bombs and 62 RBI for a terrible team. * shrug * Precisely why he's overrated. He's doing it with a .309 OBP as a corner infielder. I'm not saying he's bad, this is still an upgrade if Shaw can play passable defense at 2B, I just feel like Moustakas is treated like a perennial All Star simply because he was a first-round pick over a decade ago and played for a World Series team. I think DS glanced at his OBP before trading for him. I don't love that either but a week or so back someone made a point that a guy hitting 6th in the line up doesn't necessarily need to have a great OBP he just needs to drive in runs. He definitely can do that. Not expecting miracles here.
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Well that terribly overrated player still has 20 bombs and 62 RBI for a terrible team. * shrug *
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Exactly. At worst they traded a couple guys that won't be missed too badly and if Shaw is a disaster at 2B then he and Moose will be sharing playing time at 3rd the rest of the season.
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I love this. High crash and burn potential but it’s gonna be fun. DS haters get some ammo for sure if this move flames out.
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I irrationally don't hate this. I'd prefer Schoop but if that doesn't work and they can score Moose I'm on board.
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Given the year he had I find it highly unlikely nobody offered anything. It’s think it’s far more likely teams did offer something but it wasn’t what Stearns wanted. And yes, you could argue that if the return wasn’t what he wanted it made sense to hold onto him. But there is risk in that is there not? We risk him having a bad year or getting hurt and all of a sudden whatever value he had is gone, which is exactly what happened. Stearns gambled by hanging onto him and so far it looks like he lost. I’m not sure why we can’t call that a mistake. Is it possible that four years from now that it will turn out ok? Sure. But perhaps we can revisit that argument in four years because all we have to go on is what has happened so far. Hey by this logic shouldn't we all be upset Stearns didn't trade Aguilar too? He was 3rd on the 1B depth chart and had even less of a reason to be on the 25 man opening day roster than Santana. Clear mistake, right? Or maybe Stearns has a price and sticks to it. I don't see that as a bad trait, whether it works out or not. We don't hear moaning and groaning about Aguilar though do we? That's a zero credit non-move by Stearns. Hindsight crap arguments are my favorite.
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Nobody wanted to mention Eric Sogard was officially released today also?
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If we eliminate the fan vote I wonder if we ever see a moment like this again.
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Legitimately curious. If the Orioles asking price stays firm and the Brewers would need to include one of Peralta or Burnes, and they decided they were going to meet that price, would posters here want them to do that for a rental like Machado or go after a controllable guy like Whit Merrifield? By all reports the Royals have been asking for a high return on him. Merrifield obviously doesn't have the power numbers Machado has but he is the kind of guy that would help this team with his bat and be better on defense than Manny. He could bat lead-off, hit 10 to 15 HRs, has positional versatility as a 2B/OF and could fill in at 1B/3B in an emergency, he's another running threat on the bases and he's having a nice OBP season which was a knock against him when discussing him in the off season. I don't know the answer. Manny would be a scary matchup for opposing teams in the middle of our order. He's an elite hitter. I just don't know if his rental status is worth throwing one of our top pitching prospects at. Maybe it's "no" to both. I always felt that if the Brewers were going to trade one of their top pitching prospects it would be for a TOR starting pitcher like deGrom.
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I believe.
