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  1. Robocaller
    As a NRI, sure.
  2. Robocaller
    They are depth approximately of the Jason Alexander quality. Some of them might take a jump, but I'd keep them in AAA until they do.
  3. Robocaller
    They are depth approximately of the Jason Alexander quality. Some of them might take a jump, but I'd keep them in AAA until they do.
  4. Robocaller
    The Brewers said they were going to improve SP depth in the offseason. Miley was it. Now, they could still move someone if they get an offer they can't refuse--for any of the starters.
  5. Robocaller
    The Brewers said they were going to improve SP depth in the offseason. Miley was it. Now, they could still move someone if they get an offer they can't refuse--for any of the starters.
  6. Robocaller
    Long-term contracts aren't set up to pay the player what he is worth each year. If they were, they'd be heavily incentive-laden (to an extent that the players' union probably doesn't allow). So, if a guy is making $16M in the last year, it functionally is (partially) deferred money that would have needed to be added to a shorter term contract. So the guy signs a 4 year $64M rather than a 3 year $57M contract. This is particularly true the longer the contract (6+ years), where the club knows it will be overpaying the last year or three.
  7. Robocaller
    Long-term contracts aren't set up to pay the player what he is worth each year. If they were, they'd be heavily incentive-laden (to an extent that the players' union probably doesn't allow). So, if a guy is making $16M in the last year, it functionally is (partially) deferred money that would have needed to be added to a shorter term contract. So the guy signs a 4 year $64M rather than a 3 year $57M contract. This is particularly true the longer the contract (6+ years), where the club knows it will be overpaying the last year or three.
  8. Robocaller
    Thanks. I guess I don't know how serious a "meniscus cleanup" is and how likely it is to work. I know a couple of people who have had similar neck surgery, and while they live without pain, they have told me their neck never feels 100% either.
  9. Robocaller
    Does anyone have good information about his injuries? I know it was a neck and a knee, and both required surgery.
  10. Robocaller
    but this would give us 8, not 7 starting pitchers.
  11. Robocaller
    but this would give us 8, not 7 starting pitchers.
  12. Robocaller
    we already have 7 starting pitchers. So unless you're talking about combining this with another trade with Woodruff or Burnes, I don't see it.
  13. Robocaller
    we already have 7 starting pitchers. So unless you're talking about combining this with another trade with Woodruff or Burnes, I don't see it.
  14. Robocaller
    Topa had as good of a chance as anyone for the last 3 or so bullpen slots. On a value-for-value basis, it seems OK, though Hernandez definitely won't contribute to the ML team in 2023 (and probably not 2024 either).
  15. Robocaller
    you were so confident of that you posted it twice. Of course the Brewers can do this. They can even tell Burnes, Woodruff or Peralta that they're the new closer. But I wanted you to tell me why you gave priority to Miley over Lauer.
  16. Robocaller
    I don't know where you got those numbers from. I expect a warm, dark, moist place. But either Frelick needs to get a "full year" of service to qualify for a draft pick, or he needs to be kept in the minors until after super two. But it's not a decision that has to be made on opening day. He can be brought up within two weeks of the season's start to qualify, and he can be demoted at any time if he shows he's unlikely to earn that draft pick.
  17. Robocaller
    What is your justification for prioritizing Miley before Lauer, who is better, younger, and wasn't injured most of 2022 as Miley was?
  18. Robocaller
    I don't belong to any posse. Actually I suggested Frelick be stashed for a couple of weeks before being brought up. There is a difference between Frelick and Turang in that one (Frelick) will be on 2+ of the top 100 lists, and one will not.
  19. Robocaller
    Possible, but I think Turang will be stashed in Nashville until he passes the Super 2 date (sometime in June).
  20. Robocaller
    If Burnes, Woodruff, Peralta, Lauer, Miley, Ashby, and Houser are all healthy, there won't be many starts available for the 7th guy, even if they use 5 days off for everyone. When I scheduled out the first 41 games, those guys got 8,8,7,7,5,5, and 1 starts, respectively. The thing is, them being all healthy, even for only the first 41 games, is very unlikely. I don't think jettisoning one of the others for the sake of Miley, who pitched less than 40 innings last year, is wise. Unless we want to parade junk like, well, Junk and Alexander in the rotation. So, what can they do--until an injury settles the issue for them? Use whomever is not scheduled to start within the next 5 days as a "first man up" in the pen, with the idea that they'll pitch 2-3 innings. A benefit of this would be to lessen the burden on the back end of the bullpen, of which only Williams should give us much confidence.
  21. Robocaller
    I hope they always have 2-3 guys on their roster who are currently under 4+ year contracts. The trick is signing the right guy. But they probably shouldn't sign a guy who was injured at the end of the year, a steroid user, or give a 32 year-old guy a 5 year contract. I don't even consider Braun and Cain's contract a problem. Yelich has become an albatross.
  22. Robocaller
    I hope they always have 2-3 guys on their roster who are currently under 4+ year contracts. The trick is signing the right guy. But they probably shouldn't sign a guy who was injured at the end of the year, a steroid user, or give a 32 year-old guy a 5 year contract. I don't even consider Braun and Cain's contract a problem. Yelich has become an albatross.
  23. Robocaller
    If you mean more than 4 years and more than $30M per year, I agree. If you mean more than $20M per year, I don't.
  24. Robocaller
    If you mean more than 4 years and more than $30M per year, I agree. If you mean more than $20M per year, I don't.
  25. Robocaller
    The current high is $43M on shorter contracts, or Judge's $40M. Unless Corbin is CY again (and is top 3 for the CY in his other pre-FA year), he won't make that much, though an insane bidding war is always possible.
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