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Makes sense to have another pen arm until a 5th starter is needed. In the mean time, they can adjust Davies' schedule so he will be ready to go the day he is needed.
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Hopefully this April will be better than the last one.
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Carter may be a 3TO type, but at least we are not seeing the K's of the 3TO rack up today. Will he ever get to swing?
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Villar! And now I will have to re-learn the pronunciation of Villar. Didn't hear it all spring and with the first name of Johnathan, my mind used English, not Spanish.
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Somebody forgot to tell Duffy that Davis was traded and Braun is in left.
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I was just about to question Santana leading off, and then he rips a single. Still I would put that power lower in the order.
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Record: 75-87 4th Team MVP: Scooter Home Runs: Carter - 26 Wins: Nelson - 12 Bold Predictions: Scooter earns full-time starts. Walsh gets more starts than Hill. Jeffers gets >35 saves and makes the All Star team.
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But since all franchises are owned by the same group, the logistics aren't too bad. As long as the stadiums are built the franchise moving should work well. The problem for the Brewers is that the potential nice stadium will be waiting for the Rangers, so in the mean time they will either be stuck in CS or in a AA park in SA for the next two years. And after that, the Brewers' AAA team will wind up wherever else has the worst stadium/attendance. The only hope is that the Brewers' AA and AAA teams do really well this year and some other team will actually want to be a Brewers' affiliate.
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A big league city does get free country-wide advertising for the city. Without broadcasters showing and talking about the Pittsburgh area, I might still have a 70's era impression of a smog-filled city. A curious thing about the economics is that only large cities can afford a major league team, but those are the ones that least benefit from them. Phoenix may have no net gain from having the D-backs, but small city like Green Bay would be nothing without the Packers.
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Brewers invite Franklin Morales to camp
MadScientist replied to StearnsFTW's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I suspect that whoever made it would only be on the team until Will Smith comes back. With that consideration they probably took Cappy over Morales because of the contract. They may also have felt that Morales wasn't quite ready, or that Cappy would be more useful for stints over one inning. -
I'd never rule out bad luck when it comes to the Brewers. They could easily get enough bad luck to drop their talent level to the 100 loss range.
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If somehow they spoil the Cardinals season, it'll make this whole season worth while. If I can't dream about playoffs, I'll dream about that.
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For whatever reason, I found that line the most encouraging thing I've read about the Brewers all year.
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I also seem to recall Sheets looking iffy in the early parts of spring training. Usually because he was trying to work on a change-up. He didn't have a problem turning it on for the season. On the flip side, Wang was lights out early in the spring.
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According to JSOnline, he's been working on a new grip for his curve. A perfectly reasonable thing to do in spring training, and it's also reasonable to expect a few to be hung and launched.
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Maybe, maybe not. It might allow some of the smaller markets to hold onto a player or two that they wouldn't be able to because of money. I really don't have much issue with the current salary structure if they are not going to do anything with the revenue sharing. The minor league wages should really be addressed though. The wages those guys are paid is terrible. They should at least be paid enough so they can eat properly. Yes smaller market teams will be able to keep some players they otherwise wouldn't, but with greater revenue sharing, the rich teams won't have as deep pockets. This means those really big, really long contracts will likely be a thing of the past. Dead money when a team has a bad contract will really hurt. With greater sharing, Price might still get $30M per year, but not for 7 years.
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I imagine this is what happened when the NHL went to a salary cap 10 or so years ago and when the NFL did the same 20ish years ago. I don't know about the NHL situation, but the NFL had full TV revenue sharing from the early days of TV contracts. That dynamic made owners a more unified block against the players, leading to various strikes in the 80's and the lockout in 2011. In this case, will the small-market owners stand with the large-market owners against the players, or will the player be able to get an improved deal by playing one group of owners against the other?
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If all you did was raise the minimum, then yes the small market clubs would get screwed. Improved revenue sharing of local media contracts is the only realistic way to keep the smaller markets in the game. However, that would likely put a damper on some of the highest salaries, so there has to be some give back to the players, like with higher minimums. One thing is clear, the negotiations will be difficult. It has the makings of a three-corner fight - small market, large market, and players. I don't know if we've seen something like this in sports before.
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If he pitches like he has every single season of his career outside of last year he will be traded. Garza still has decent value as a mid season trade unless he is awful like last year. Seems more likely that last year was just a fluke considering pitchers have fluke bad/good years like that all the time. I mean at 32 he could just be done, it happens sometimes. More times than not it is more gradual than just falling completely off though. If he has any sort of positive start to the season he'll have value for a contender. OK, you are a team in a pennant race in July and you need a starter. There's one out there with a 3.95 ERA who had a terrible 2015 and has a contract through 2017 paying him another $16 million or so. Is that any better than you can do from within for a lot less? Why take that risk? Certainly there will be better, cheaper options out there. Unless Garza's having close to a career year, he's trade value is very minimal. Why take the risk of bringing up a guy from the minors in the heat of a pennant race when some rookie struggles might cost you the playoffs? If you can get a serviceable back of the rotation guy for not too much, why not pull the trigger on the deal. Unless he melts down the stretch, having him for the next year isn't a bad thing.
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The problem is that usually announces take a year to really settle in to the role. So guys leaving every 2-3 years means we get a bad announcer every 2-3 years. I'm hoping Levering might be a bit more at ease because he did some road games last year.
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Offical rule changes - faster play and safer slides
MadScientist replied to MadScientist's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
My one minor concern for the rule changes is that shortening the time between innings may lead to more missed plays at the start of innings. If the TV production is tight, it will all be fine, but a little off, and we will miss some of the action. -
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/165429062/pace-of-game-changes-new-slide-rule-adopted Just touching second is no longer enough, runners have to make a legitimate slide. On the flip side the neighbothood play is also gone as well. Shorter commercial breaks and mound visits should make for more watchable games. If Cal McLish were still around, the 30 second visit rule would bee a problem.
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Offseason Review: Brewers Best and Worst moves
MadScientist replied to patrickgpe's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Best - Segura. Cheap back end starter and a legit prospect for Segura, a low-level prospect and eating part of a bad contract. Worst - K-Rod. Not a whole lot for a guy closer who has been a all-star and converted 82 of 89 the last two years. If Nottingham doesn't pan out, the Davis trade will be the worst. -
Wouldn't the Brewers be better off if they were picking 1st than 5th? Just browse the draft history at baseball-reference. Looking it's rare for the best pick in slots 1-4 to be noticeably better than the best pick in round 1 that came 5+. The trick is getting the right guy. In other sports, NBA in particular, the best player is often drafted #1, and the talent drop off is significant.