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  1. SeaBass
    Joey Ortiz: 38 OPS+ Blake Perkins: 22 OPS+ Brutal. And in insane world, Greg Jones is rocking a cool (as in ice cold) negative 34 OPS+. I didn't actually know it was possible to have a negative OPS+. Only 18 plate appearances to be fair.
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    Yes! Just having speed/baserunning and the ability to draw walks significantly ups the value! He was just a better hitter too.
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    Sure for guys hitting .200 or below but honestly even then I would need to look at other stats for those guys to confirm they are actually as bad as advertised, so again that pretty much negates the usefulness of referencing batting average to make a point. Using simple OPS or even giving the simple slash line of, as an example, Brandon Lockridge .254/.338/.296 tells a more complete story if you don't want to get into the OPS+ side of things. Luis Arraez is kind of the poster boy for batting average being misleading. He is continuously above or only slightly below .300 at any given time in his career. Yet he barely contributes beyond the ability to hit singles. Doesn't draw walks particularly well, doesn't hit many home runs, steal many bases, drive in many runs or even score very many runs when you consider how well he hits. He has very nearly, but not quite, empty stats. He's not a great defender either. He literally just hits singles and some doubles here and there but not proportionately to how often he hits. Some people call him one of the worst .300 hitters in the history of baseball.
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    There are only 5 regular players on the team right now hitting over .250. Brandon Lockridge and his 81 OPS+ is one of them and an injured Yelich is one of the others. Batting average is really not what they should be looking at when making a determination. Batting average doesn't mean much in this age of baseball, not by itself.
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    Since April 17, when Ortiz entered the game as a pinch runner and defensive replacement in the 10th inning, he only has 3 games where he's gotten 4 plate appearances. They're already mitigating his playing time.
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    I'm kind of curious, anybody get the feeling the Packers might be trying to trade up? Not necessarily into the first round (which I think is very unlikely) but from Gute's comments it seems like he's willing to spend a little in draft capital to get a guy if the situation is right. Now that can be true at any time but it kind of gives me the feeling it could be what they're really going to try to do, as in a slightly more chance of it happening than in a typical year.
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    It's pretty clear that the Brewers are much more willing to fail on a deal like this than fail on a deal like Anthony Rendon. Or, in more Brewers terms, Jeff Suppan or Matt Garza.
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    If we threw all of MLB into one division, 2/3 of teams would be at maximum 6 games out of first place. It's just so early that records don't really mean a whole lot right now. Even for the Mets, with the worst record in baseball, being 9 games back. Brewers are 2.5 back.
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    I saw some speculation about this one that the way the catcher caught the ball may have influenced him challenging that pitch. The catcher kind of throws his glove outside the zone and brings it back. I can't find the video but there was one I saw showing how some catchers might be trying to game the system with pitch framing to try to induce a failed batter challenge. Again, I can't really say this is anything more than pure speculation. Certainly didn't look good for Mona.
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    Not just NL Central teams, they've only played two series vs. NL teams period with a series against yet another AL team on deck starting today vs. DET. 6th series against an AL team already. Such an odd schedule to start the season.
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    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.
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    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.
  14. SeaBass
    Maybe there's something in the Wisco air.
  15. SeaBass
    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.
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    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.
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    Had both of these guys for years and never won one either.
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    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.
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    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.
  20. SeaBass
    Joey Ortiz VALIDATED ✅ Dare I say, exceedingly cromulent
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    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.
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    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.
  23. SeaBass
    He got hurt playing baseball. What are we even talking about here??
  24. SeaBass
    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.
  25. SeaBass
    Thank you for this, that makes sense. I kept wondering if Brice ever touched 2nd because no replays showed it.
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