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  1. Lou Buell
    When the Milwaukee fan base in the Playoff's boo's one of its own, not just once but twice like they did with Winker the press needed to ask who in the organization made the decision to put him on the Playoff roster. Our fan base is down to earth and honest and this was so obvious that as surprising as it was to see it showed they know the game better than the organization some times.
  2. Lou Buell
    They had a solid power hitting and clutch hitting right fielder with arguably the best arm in the league in right field last season who has averaged 36 HR's and 90 RBI's for his career in Hunter Renfroe and made him a salary dump. In addition they traded a multi Gold Glove second baseman for Jesse Winker who is a liability in the outfield and has produced 1 Home Run and is making $8.5M this year for that massive contribution to the team. You can bet at year end Renfroe will be right around his average production number and like he did for the Brewer's when Hot he will Carry His Team for a Week. Can you imagine with the Brewer's 2023 pitching and defense levels what Renfroe would mean to this team.
  3. Lou Buell
    Not doing the salary dump of Hunter Renfroe would have given the team a consistent power hitter that hit to the opposite field in the clutch and who could carry the team for a week besides playing a solid right field and sometime DH role especially for a team that has been offensively challenged for several years. Renfroe leads the Angels in home runs (10) and RBI's not Trout or Ohtani. Of the Brewers mentioned in the article only Miller puts the bat on the ball consistently and will move runners or bring them in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. Winker had the one big year with the Reds and now the Brewers are the second team hoping he can recapture those results and there could be a third team soon.
  4. Lou Buell
    The launch angle comments may be valid, the most disturbing thing is the swings and misses for him have been in the strike zone and for a major leaguer that is rare.
  5. Lou Buell
    Forget today's Cyber Metrics which is great for bloggers even though I spent 30 years working for IBM the eye test for me who has played on the high school, college, and military levels tells me an extension for Renfroe in the range of $15M a year for 3 years would have locked up a solid clutch/power hitter who will hit to the opposite field as a team player and has a gun for an arm in the outfield and plays like a free agent trying to make the roster would be money well spent. How in the world does a guy like Nimmo make $160M over 8 seasons hitting .270 with 12-15 homers and 60 RBI's per season ?
  6. Lou Buell
    What does that say about the Brewer's talent level when he was their best offensive player, that is embarrassing".
  7. Lou Buell
    What does that say about the Brewer's talent level when he was their best offensive player, that is embarrassing".
  8. Lou Buell
    Brock, that was a play on the last name of one of the 3 pitching prospects, Janson Junk. Also, one of the players that was included in the Hader trade Dinelson Lament was waived right after the trade (junk). Everyone knows the Brewer's biggest need is for clutch hitting and Renfroe could carry a team for a week and was a team player (clutch hits to right field which is rare for a right handed power hitter) and a team high batting average for the regulars. I also loved his all out style which fit the Brewer's small market and hard working city theme. Below is what top MLB scribe Ken Rosenthal said about the trade; None of the pitchers the Angels traded for Urshela and Renfroe figure to be worth much of anything in the future. Anyone looking objectively at those deals would say they were salary dumps by the Twins and Brewers. Ken noted Junk and Peguero were throw-ins by the Yankees for two horrible months of Andrew Heaney. And more importantly, if the Angels fall out of it again before the trade deadline, the Angels will get back more than they gave up for Urshela and Renfroe.
  9. Lou Buell
    Brock, that was a play on the last name of one of the 3 pitching prospects, Janson Junk. Also, one of the players that was included in the Hader trade Dinelson Lament was waived right after the trade (junk). Everyone knows the Brewer's biggest need is for clutch hitting and Renfroe could carry a team for a week and was a team player (clutch hits to right field which is rare for a right handed power hitter) and a team high batting average for the regulars. I also loved his all out style which fit the Brewer's small market and hard working city theme. Below is what top MLB scribe Ken Rosenthal said about the trade; None of the pitchers the Angels traded for Urshela and Renfroe figure to be worth much of anything in the future. Anyone looking objectively at those deals would say they were salary dumps by the Twins and Brewers. Ken noted Junk and Peguero were throw-ins by the Yankees for two horrible months of Andrew Heaney. And more importantly, if the Angels fall out of it again before the trade deadline, the Angels will get back more than they gave up for Urshela and Renfroe.
  10. Lou Buell
    Somewhat disappointed, are you kidding me. you put this trade after the Hader trade and it appears you receive junk in return in both deals. Is Brian Gutenkunst the new Brewer's GM ?
  11. Lou Buell
    Somewhat disappointed, are you kidding me. you put this trade after the Hader trade and it appears you receive junk in return in both deals. Is Brian Gutenkunst the new Brewer's GM ?
  12. Lou Buell
    After what happened with the Hader trade if they move Burnes look for a full out player mutiny. If they are crazy enough to do it put Yelich in the deal as the deal breaker and YES there is a team that would do the deal. Also, don't count out Stearn's ending up with the Yankee's and not the Met's, that fan base is putting pressure on their GM.
  13. Lou Buell
    After what happened with the Hader trade if they move Burnes look for a full out player mutiny. If they are crazy enough to do it put Yelich in the deal as the deal breaker and YES there is a team that would do the deal. Also, don't count out Stearn's ending up with the Yankee's and not the Met's, that fan base is putting pressure on their GM.
  14. Lou Buell
    The biggest mistake was not insisting that Yelich be a part of the Hader deal, as crazy as that may seem YES one of the big market teams would have done the deal and it would have given the team so much more off season flexibility. He has gone from Joe DiMaggio to Joe LaHoud, remember him Brewer fans, he had similar numbers to the current Yeli. In addition it is time to pull he plug on Huira, a defensive liability and a hitter the league has found a way to nullify. Best move of the year for the team, Hunter Renfroe for JBJ, can't believe Stearn's pulled that one off.
  15. Lou Buell
    I would pick up the option on Wong and add to it a 2nd season with a value that would balance keeping him. The new rules will make him more valuable at second even though he is no longer a Gold Glover and he is a clutch hitter who can still steal bases. In addition I would look to add 2 years on top of Renfroe''s arbitration number that hopefully both parties can determine is fair value. Renfroe can carry a team for stretches, has one of the best arms in right field and plays hard, how many 30 homer years a guy can you say that for.
  16. Lou Buell
    I would pick up the option on Wong and add to it a 2nd season with a value that would balance keeping him. The new rules will make him more valuable at second even though he is no longer a Gold Glover and he is a clutch hitter who can still steal bases. In addition I would look to add 2 years on top of Renfroe''s arbitration number that hopefully both parties can determine is fair value. Renfroe can carry a team for stretches, has one of the best arms in right field and plays hard, how many 30 homer years a guy can you say that for.
  17. Lou Buell
    I welcomed Wong when the Brewer's signed him because he played so well against us with the Cardinals. His defensive slide is so surprising after back to back Gold Gloves, with the new rules he should be more of a defensive asset. Offensively he is still a plus, decent power for his size, solid in the clutch, and can still steal bases and can hit lefties. It the team does not make the playoffs next years starting lineup will look a lot different.
  18. Lou Buell
    When I returned from Vietnam I was stationed at MCRD San Diego and I saw him play many times for the AAA Padres. I also learned that Ted Williams was from the San Diego area based on the number of baseball fields named after him. Moving back to Green Bay after my service I enjoyed how consistent Money was, glad to know also that he was a Marine Corps reservist, nice background check you did.
  19. Lou Buell
    When I returned from Vietnam I was stationed at MCRD San Diego and I saw him play many times for the AAA Padres. I also learned that Ted Williams was from the San Diego area based on the number of baseball fields named after him. Moving back to Green Bay after my service I enjoyed how consistent Money was, glad to know also that he was a Marine Corps reservist, nice background check you did.
  20. Lou Buell
    Any deal to move Hader should have included Yelich, the Dodgers, Yankee's etc could afford to make that deal. That would have set the team up financially to load and go.
  21. Lou Buell
    It is hard to watch a team that loads the bases and with no or 1 outs and has a hard time even making contact much less driving in runs on a regular basis and somehow did not add a bat or multiple bats prior to the trade deadline. Worse yet knowing the state of the offense was not going to be addressed they then trade the best relief pitcher in baseball the last 5 seasons for a questionable group of prospects. Vince Lombardi would be hollering, "what the Hell is going on out there".
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