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  1. wiguy94
    Here's a good video on Sasaki. Sounds like he's far more of a developmental arm than a sure thing ace like many have spoken about him as.
  2. wiguy94
    Brewers voted tied for third (with Baltimore) at 10% for best job drafting behind LAD (16%) and Boston (14%) Brewers voted third at 19.1% for best in IFA market behind Padres (34%) and Dodgers (23.4%) Brewers voted third at 6.3% for best acquiring prospects in trades behind Tampa (68.8%) and Washington (8.3%) Brewers voted first at 16% for most underrated farm system Brewers voted tied for fifth (with Boston, LAD, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto) at 4% for hoards prospects the most behind Baltimore (18%), Cleveland (16%), Colorado and Pittsburgh (10%) Brewers received votes for develops pitchers best Brewers voted fifth at 4% for develops hitters best behind Baltimore and Boston (30%), LAD (22%), Cleveland (6%) Brewers voted third at 12% for finding and developing sleeper prospects behind LAD (20%) and Tampa (16%)
  3. wiguy94
    Scooter has single-handedly made me pretty much completely avoid this forum because all he does is spam unrealistic slop.
  4. wiguy94
    There are some pretty huge red flags with Hye-seong Kim. Massive GB rates. Massive BABIP. A good MLB comp is probably Nicky Lopez who outside of a 104 wRC+ in 2022 hasn't topped 77 wRC+ in another season. Brewers already have enough light power, speed/glove guys on the 40-man. Did we really need or even want another?
  5. wiguy94
    Yeah this is a good point as well. Verlander and Scherzer are likely sticking around for 2 reasons. To make more money and to win another WS. The Brewers aren’t spenders and I don’t think players in the league view the Brewers as realistic WS contenders even with our recent division dominance.
  6. wiguy94
    Brewers aren't going to pony up the money to sign either of these very old and very injury prone at this point pitchers. Not realistic at all.
  7. wiguy94
    If the owners really truly wanted a salary cap league, I think they could get it done. Moving to an NHL style cap league getting rid of arbitration and replacing it with restricted free agency would honestly help the middle and lower class of MLB players. The current league format really only benefits the great players of the league. Solid 2 WAR player hitting FA at 30 years old isn't getting the security that the 4 WAR player hitting FA at 30 years old is getting. So many players have a good 3-4 years in the league but then fall off before they hit FA. A cap system that gets them to FA even if it is restricted FA would likely benefit them. Basically the only way I see the MLB moving to a salary cap would be if the union had a fracture between the stars and the regular joes which I could eventually see happening. Maybe not yet but eventually I think players will get fed up about not reaching FA and getting a chance for that payday while the stars of the league are making the vast majority of the league's salary.
  8. wiguy94
    The Brewers have shown absolutely nothing that would lead one to indicate they believe reverse splits are real.
  9. wiguy94
    I'm already dreading Caleb Durbin being used as a weak side platoon guy by the Brewers. In his minor league career his OPS against RHP is over .800 and his OPS against LHP is in the .600's.
  10. wiguy94
    Kind of curious to hear people's thoughts on this. Basically Lorenzen's agent is trying to market Lorenzen as someone who can achieve two-way player status as a roster loophole to allow the team to carry 14 pitchers. I can't see good teams signing Lorenzen and having him play 20 games at DH or in the OF with 3+ PA to get two-way status, but feel like bad/tanking teams could have their pitchers DH to improve their trade value. Example being the White Sox could sign Lorenzen for 2/$20M and have him DH their first 20 games of the season. After 20 games of 3+ PA and 20 IP he would achieve two-way status for all of 2025 and 2026 which theoretically would massively increase his trade value and allow a contender to trade for him and be capable of rostering 14 pitchers. Should the MLB allow this to happen or isn't it against the spirit of the rule that was created because Ohtani is an anomaly?
  11. wiguy94
    On both that list and my personal list I have him at 17.
  12. wiguy94
    Not Brewers related but man I really hope attitudes like this start becoming the norm from team owners. Being a fan has become ridiculously expensive with ticket/food/merchandise prices skyrocketing. It's time for franchises to start caring more about the fans that make their leagues possible. Without us their franchise valuations wouldn't be skyrocketing. Their revenues wouldn't be skyrocketing.
  13. wiguy94
    I pray the Brewers did not trade for Caleb Durbin thinking he would be a weak side platoon guy. He's had monster reverse splits in the minor leagues. 2024 - .883 vs RHP, .657 vs LHP 2023 - .872 vs RHP, .608 vs LHP 2022 - .745 vs RHP, .640 vs LHP 2021 (only 56 total PA) - .693 vs RHP, .384 vs LHP
  14. wiguy94
    I just want the Brewers to add one more good hitter. Right now I think we have 3 likely good hitters (talking 115+ wRC+) in Chourio, Contreras, and Yelich and Yelich has injury concerns. Adding another good LHH would be awesome for balancing the lineup. 1. Chourio 2. Yelich 3. Contreras 4. Mystery 115 wRC+ LHH 5. Hoskins 6. Mitchell 7. Ortiz 8. Frelick 9. Turang I don't think it's a realistic option and I don't know how we would make it fit defensively, but like Brandon Lowe would be an ideal option to fill that mystery cleanup spot.
  15. wiguy94
    You know what they say. Breakfast Data is the most important meal of the day!
  16. wiguy94
    Durbin has had pronounced reverse splits in his minor league career
  17. wiguy94
    Feel like we probably need to see a bit of a power uptick if we want to see similar run production because we had really good HR sequencing last year and not sure we can expect that again. Despite be 16th in HR this is how we fared some HR sequencing. Solo HR - 80 (29th) 2-Run HR - 63 (6th) 3-run HR - 24 (9th) Grand Slam - 10 (2nd) % of HR that were Solo HR - 45.2% (30th) % of HR that were multi-run HR - 54.8% (1st) % of HR that were 3-run/GS - 19.2% (2nd) So we had really, really good HR sequencing in 2024.
  18. wiguy94
    Feel like some of these are pretty generous. Frelick and Turang combined for 9 HR in 1143 PA in 2024 which is 127 PA/HR. I don't think 16 HR in 1023 PA for a 64 PA/HR leap is realistic. This is also assuming health. If the team stays perfectly healthy then they might be okay in the power department, but if injuries force guys like Black, Perkins, Frelick, Monasterio/Durbin into playing every day then the power is a massive concern.
  19. wiguy94
    Honestly I don't think it would be that big of a risk. He's making $15M in 2025 then has 2 club options at $25M each. If he doesn't have a great year then you can buy him out for $2M. If we could do Frelick for Robert, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
  20. wiguy94
    His changeup had a 40% whiff rate last year so it was a very good pitch for him.
  21. wiguy94
    Even crazier that it's with no deferred money. That's a legit $765M. Ohtani signed for $700M but when factoring in deferrals it was around $470M.
  22. wiguy94
    Every team gets the same share of MLB shared revenue. Brewers put in less than they receive because we are a small market team, but the amount of money we have to work with is still well the vast majority of the league.
  23. wiguy94
    15/$765M. No deferred money. Escalators can take it over $800M
  24. wiguy94
    If you guys can keep the Carolina and Wisconsin episodes under 75 minutes it might be the most impressive piece of podcasting ever because I know both you and @Spencer Michaelis could probably talk about some of these prospects for a good 10+ minutes.
  25. wiguy94
    I've read through the comments on the Athletic article and on twitter and I haven't found a single person in favor of this. Absolutely no chance this would ever get approved.
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