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  1. wntrtxn21
    I can't see any interest in Bell (.206/.266/.653). Smith so far this year: .252/.310/.655.....3 HRs - 19 RBIs. Granted Smith would be a big improvement over Hiura, but that's not saying much.
  2. wntrtxn21
    Hiura update since his call-back: 1 for 30 (.033) - an unbelievable 15 strikeouts - 2 walks. Optioning him is the only solution right now. He has to change something and the big leagues isn't the place to experiment. Right now he's almost worthless with a bat, so there really is nothing to lose.
  3. wntrtxn21
    I can't imagine the Brewers shelling out $28M ($13M for this year and $15M for 2022) for Seager who is hitting .222/.271. At his age he isn't likely to get any better. Cron is doing great, but I don't know what the Twinkies would want for him. Interesting that you don't mention his slugging as he has 10 homers. He also is a plus defender. When you don't have a great farm system, you often have to take on bad contracts to improve the talent pool. Him being under contract for 2022 isn't the worst because we have no one in the system right now that is knocking on the door. Maybe a team with big money could often take on bad contracts, but the Brewers are financially challenged. With Cain($18M), JBJ($11M), Yelich($26M), if you add Seager's bad contract ($15M), Wong, and Hader and that's almost $87M on only 6 guys. If they keep Garcia and re-sign Narvaez that's well over the $100M mark on only 8 guys. That doesn't leave much for the remaining 18-20 guys.
  4. wntrtxn21
    I shudder every time I hear Richards is warming up in the pen. He shouldn't be used in anything but a blowout or as a last resort.
  5. wntrtxn21
    We knew the end of Cain's contract could be bad, but my goodness. Hopefully the Brewers would offer Cain a buyout of his contract and extend the payout over a number of years to allow Cain to gracefully retire. It's doubtful, but just a thought.
  6. wntrtxn21
    I can't imagine the Brewers shelling out $28M ($13M for this year and $15M for 2022) for Seager who is hitting .222/.271. At his age he isn't likely to get any better. Cron is doing great, but I don't know what the Twinkies would want for him.
  7. wntrtxn21
    Hiura since his May 1 call-back: 23 ABs - 1 Hit (.043 avg) - 2 BBs - 12 Ks. Even worse than he was to begin the season. Right now the worst non-pitcher hitter in baseball. Other 1Bs: Shaw .189/.282 - Vogelbach .204/.323. Just about anybody would be an improvement over this trio.
  8. wntrtxn21
    Maybe it's because of Milner's previous big league stats. 4.53 ERA - 5.83 FIP - 1.51 WHIP - 32 BBs in only 58 IPs - 1.7 HRs/9.... At this point just about anybody would be a better option than Perdomo. I guess if they tried Richards as bad as he'd been, Milner is an option.
  9. wntrtxn21
    Today's lineup might, arguably, be the worst in modern regular season MLB history: .199-.212-.247-.200-.143-.203-.155-.123-pitcher. It just can't get much worse. I don't know if it's all Haines fault, but he certainly hasn't helped anybody.
  10. wntrtxn21
    Hiura didn't learn much while down at Nashville. Since his return 1 for 8 with 4 Ks. He looks even more lost then before they sent him down the first time. Obviously this horrendous offense (26th in runs scored - 5th most Ks by hitters - 29th in BA -28th in OBP/SLG/OPS) needs Hiura to perform, but right now he is just plain bad. 1B continues to be the black hole.
  11. wntrtxn21
    Well said. I believe almost all Crew fans agree with you.
  12. wntrtxn21
    Does Norris offer much more than Milner, especially the way he's going this year (10 ERs in 18 IPs)? I'm wondering about Caleb Smith from the D'backs. He'd cost more to obtain, but a better option for CC.
  13. wntrtxn21
    It's not just the number of runs, it's the opponent. SD has been the hottest team in baseball. They were licking their chops when the saw Perdomo come in. I listened to part of the game from SD announcers. Once they got behind, they talked about getting the game tight enough against Brewer pen and forcing usage of Hader. They accomplished that. Perdomo was cooked when for some reason Pina called a slider on his first pitch. I knew Profar wasn't going to swing and Perdomo got behind right away. Perdomo needs to be honing his craft in the minors. Milner is a much better option and much less likely to be overwhelmed by the situation. Milner's MLB history has been abysmal. He has shown nothing to say he would be better in Milwaukee. Perdomo has severe control problems and is not MLB ready. Neither would offer CC much. I wonder if Blaine Hardy is any better. Best bet is a trade for a LHRP.
  14. wntrtxn21
    The hard part about trading one of them is finding a hole on the roster that will necessitate the move. In other words, does trading one of them net you something better in the OF than Cain, JBJ or Garcia? Or something better than Shaw at 3B? You're not trading them to improve LF (Yelich), 1B (Hiura), C (Narvaez), SS (Adames) or 2B (Wong/Urias)? Assuming, you're moving one of them to improve 3B, what are they actually worth? More importantly, who moves the needle from Shaw that would make them worth dealing? I have a feeling we'd be shocked to find out their value was only a Kyle Seager, Eduardo Escobar, or Brian Anderson. More importantly, I think we would be mad to find out that one of them were dealt for one of those guys. I still think Josh Donaldson is the most likely target. 3 years and ~$52.5m after this year would be tough to stomach but I think the Brewers will get something done there if the Twins do in fact sell. Just say NO to Donaldson! $21.75M per year for the next two years for a guy who is going to be 36-37 and is often injured is nuts. Then an $8-12M buyout to boot. No-no-no.
  15. wntrtxn21
    Pitching changes are NOT the problem. It’s time between pitches. It’s been shown conclusively, there’s no debate. 5 minutes faster game for every 1 second you cut between pitches. Either I am incorrectly reading what you are trying to say, or you have misquoted something. Are you trying to say if pitchers eliminated one second every pitch the game would be a total of 5 minutes faster? Instead of taking 3:07 it would take 3:02?
  16. wntrtxn21
    Absolutely if the Crew is trying to be the next team no-hit. It goes perfect with the current Brewer scenario; score about 2 runs per game and waste another very nice game by a starter.
  17. wntrtxn21
    100% agree with this. Overpay for quality hitters and take on a big contract to lessen the cost in prospects (Nicholas Castellanos and Josh Donaldson), and do whatever it takes to compliment the Burnes-Woodruff-Peralta TOR. I wonder what the Reds thoughts are on Castellanos right now? Do they view themselves as contenders or would they be willing to get out of that contract if the opportunity came along? I would be very willing to take on Castellanos entire salary (2 years $34m minimum after 2021, assuming he doesn't opt out after 2021) if the Reds were willing to move him. Heck, I would take on Moose as well (2 years $38m) if the Brewer can't get Donaldson. Give them Garcia and his $2m buyout and lesser prospects for those big contracts. The way I see it, those contracts should not inhibit the Brewers from possibly signing or extending Burnes or Woodruff as Moose and Castellanos both expire after 2023 and Burnes and Woodruff aren't FA until after 2024. It's easy to say you would take on $36M for 2022-2023 when money is no object. Unfortunately for the Brewers, money doesn't grow on trees. Yelich's contract goes up by $12M, they still have Cain at $18M plus JBJ at $13M. If you add the Reds players you want those two plus Yelich-Cain-JBJ almost equal the Brewers payroll for this year alone. Wong is making $8.5M and they will re-sign Narvaez if he keeps hitting. Not to mention the arby guys who will be getting some good size jumps in pay.
  18. wntrtxn21
    I would pick up all of Donaldson's contract if it means the Brewers have to give up less in prospects. You might want to rethink that. Donaldson is due up to $77M including his buyout in 3 years.
  19. wntrtxn21
    I don't see the 1/2 innings getting any shorter. Commercial breaks would be cut in half and the revenue from those commercials is what pays the big bucks to MLB teams. IMO the number 1 thing MLB should do is the pitch clock to try to speed up the game and add a little more offense. Along with the pitch clock the batter staying in the box rule should be strictly enforced. Number 2 would be eliminating the shift. Number 3 would be lowering the mound and number 4 would be moving the mound back. If #1 doesn't have the desired effect go to #1 plus #2 etc...
  20. wntrtxn21
    Because it’s a position of depth. Where is the depth you talk about? Bradley is hitting 156/.229/.550 and Taylor is: .212/.316/.695. There is no depth in RF. Garcia is one of the only legit hitters for the Brewers right now. Unless you're getting someone better, it makes no sense to trade him only to get even worse for one of MLB's worst offensive teams already.
  21. wntrtxn21
    The HUGE thing you are not saying is that Arenado has a player opt-out after the 2021 season and wanted to add (and did) an opt-out after the 2022 season. Plus he maintains his no-trade contract. The Brewers could very well have been trading for one year of Arenado.
  22. wntrtxn21
    The Crew was 2 for 31 w/RISP this last series with the Cards. 29th out of 30 MLB clubs w/RISP. I think that says it all.
  23. wntrtxn21
    Relief pitchers need to warm-up from the actual mound. Anybody who has ever pitched in the minors or majors will tell you the pen mounds are different, sometimes very much so, from the field mound. MLB cut the time between innings to 2 minutes in 2019.
  24. wntrtxn21
    Moving the mound back one foot turns out to be quite significant: --- I strongly disagree, it's been shown conclusively that the time taken between pitches is what has increased game time more than any other factor. A home run is the same as any other successful outcome of an at-bat when it comes to time of game. There was an example comparing 2 games from recent vs. the 1980s with the same number of runs, hits, pitching changes, and # of pitches thrown and the modern game was something like 45 minutes longer. Which makes sense--all it takes is 10 seconds longer between pitches to add 45 minutes to a baseball game. Decreasing time between pitches speeds up the game. It's literally that simple. No need to overthink it. Just speed up the time between pitches. The game gets 5 minutes faster for every one second you reduce between pitches. Good luck getting that return with any other type of rule change. The numbers I saw from MLB show: in 1985 the average game was 2:50. In 1987- 2:52. Go to 2020 and it's 3:07 or 15 mins longer. In MLB something like 160 pitches are thrown by each team per game. If a pitch clock saved two seconds per pitch, that would be 640 secs. or 10 mins and 40 seconds per game.
  25. wntrtxn21
    Then every baserunner ends up on 3rd. A walk becomes a triple because base runners would simply start walking to the next base before the pitcher even starts his motion. The only thing it would do for baseball is ruin the game.
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