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  1. BrewerFan
    The Lions are definitely a physical team. Sewell falling to them kinda marked a change in how that team was building. Taking an OT at 7 when you've already got an elite LT was smart. But that's not why the Lions beat them. The Packers dominated the ball and time of possession, they just repeatedly failed to convert on short yardage, generally via the passing game. The INT to Hutchinson, 5 turnovers in the 2 games including a rare 3INT game by Rodgers. They Lions also just simply had nothing to lose in those games. The final dagger in the Packers playoff hopes, a quick toss and then a lateral to Swift was the perfect example of that. The 2nd game was more of the same, the passing game just not coming through, specifically on 3rd/4th down. The Packers have become a more physical team under LaFleur and Gutekunst. That's been the priority of this team. Gary, Jenkins, Van Ness, Wyatt, Slaton, Walker, Tom, Watson, Kraft, Musgraves. I don't know exactly what they'll look like and I don't care about preseason scores, but they play with an edge. From Heath and the WRers run blocking, to Van Ness relentlessly attacking, Enagbare making the few starters and backups he saw look foolish, a very physical backfield with Dillon, Wilson and while Jones is short, he's one of the hardest runners in the league. The only thing I think was soft about this team was the coach of the defense. Barry was certainly soft until MLF repeatedly had to publicly talk about playing more aggressive.
  2. BrewerFan
    That narrative started long before the KC game. They're a team that's built on a foundation of an elite young OL, elite weapons at RB/WRer as well as a strong defense. KC clearly played poorly. Drops from last years SB hero Toney, Sky Moore, Kelce and Jones missing. But it's still a Patrick Mahomes team on the road. Detroit still went into arguably the most difficult place in the NFL to win right now and they found a way to get it done. That's just another stepping stone for this young Detroit team. They play smart, they play hard and they just added a nice rookie class with 4-5 guys who look like immediate contributors in Gibbs, Campbell, Martin, Branch and LaPorta. Jameson Williams coming back to this team week 7? They've stacked several really nice draft classes together now.
  3. BrewerFan
    He's also a 10/5 guy(as are others mentioned). But players don't usually sign no-trade clauses in Milwaukee or... Perez in KC, or back when McCutchen had one in Pitt, because they don't want to be traded, they do it so they can have a say in it and so they can use it as leverage. Though in the last case, he was traded with a NTC and then not traded when it made all perfect sense to...which goes back to when I first mentioned it, it's going to be dependent on the individual players decisions. With Yelich, it's a NTC, with Chourio, Frelick, Turang, etc... it's a question of an early extension. I'd also say it's no more pointless than any trade proposals or anything we clearly we're not actually impacting the Brewers decisions. I think it's a reasonably fair assumption to make that Yelich would accept a deal that'd bring him back to Cali, LA, SD perhaps. The Yankees, Mets, perhaps he's less inclined to go to a large market on the East Coast, but I think it's more interesting to discuss the idea of trying to simply move the contract more than anything else. It's unlikely the Brewers would look to trade Yelich and he could block it without the NTC, but that's the case for quite a few players. DJ LeMahieu has to be close a 10/5 guy if not one already.
  4. BrewerFan
    I knew they could add someone if there was an injury, but with them optioning Andrews with no injury designation, would it still be possible to petition the commissioners office? We're probably in trouble if we're relying in Vieira, but I'm just curious. It seems strange to me they'd leave a 40 man spot available. I'd have liked to see Gasser added to it or someone just as protection.
  5. BrewerFan
    I'll reiterate, shut him down. The kid had shoulder surgery this year. How big of a role can he possibly play coming back in Sept? Give him until next year to regain his strength in that left shoulder... he's supposed to be a core piece of the post-Burnes/Woodruff era. He was hitting 99 last year(rarely, but he had exceptional velo is the point). Unless he can get that back, shut him down.
  6. BrewerFan
    He's not eligible for the post-season though...right? There aren't any exceptions other than injury...right? I'm just excited to watch a Viera, MeGill, Uribe and...IDK, throw Milner in there just to make it a little extra entertaining!
  7. BrewerFan
    I'm still holding out hope for a Jim Leonhard hire. Saw a breakdown of his blitzes and they are just a thing of beauty. Barry may play tighter, but there are just things that I hope I'm wrong about that don't make sense. Kenny Clark at DE despite him playing much better at NT is a big one. I also just don't see Barry getting creative. But I also don't want to root against the guy going into the season. I'll hope I'm pleasantly surprised.
  8. BrewerFan
    Also worth nothing that Mertz was like 29 of his first 31 with 5 TDs in his first 31 pass attempts for the Badgers. Then after the 5 TD game vs Illinois, he had a very efficient game in a blowout vs Michigan. So early results aren't everything.
  9. BrewerFan
    There will be injuries that'll knock these down, but I don't want to predict a Musgrave injury or whoever. I think our success this year leads to extensions for both Love and Gary and set the Packers up to be aggressive in the off-season. I again, don't think the outlook right now is as rosy as the predictions suggest, but again, easiest schedule we've had in a long time, great OL, RBs on paper, WRers very good YAC. And Valentine plays starter snaps by week 6-8. Joe Barry is still fired.
  10. BrewerFan
    Hopefully. I don't think we're just going into this as though he'e...Yelich and rehabbing and we're duty bound to give him a shot. He's just a guy we picked up with a history of success and if he's awful at AAA, then he spends his last weeks of his career down there. Edit-BUT...I like the signing and I think his underlying metrics are encouraging. He's hitting the ball hard still. He's had a storied career and hopefully he adds another chapter to it.
  11. BrewerFan
    Eh, you're right. I guess the fallout will largely be dictated by the severity of the accusations, but at the very least, he went from arguably the 2nd highest ranked FA and a contract that would likely have eclipsed 150M to a lengthy suspension and a LOT of money.
  12. BrewerFan
    Yeah, there have been. But times are a changing. He's going to have to pretty much prove his innocence at this point. At least in the Court of public opinion. This is a guy who was not just arrested for Domestic Violence(like he was in 2019 and already suspended) but Felony. People see that, they assume it's particularly bad(not that there is good DV, but felony DV suggests it's Jim Brown like DV. At least in my mind). But sure, we should wait and see the actual outcome. I'd still start working on my Korean or Japanese were I Julio Urias.
  13. BrewerFan
    Right. Of course it is. But the concerns posted in the 1st half were entirely warranted. I doubt he was citing the posts from when the score was 38-10 or 31-10...but rather 14-10.
  14. BrewerFan
    They played a man heavy scheme at Wisconsin. That was the big reason for the OSU beatdowns. Benton got manhandled, they couldn't get pressure and...they were just chewing up the secondary. Leonhard was an aggressive DC...pretty much the opposite of what they played yesterday(or Barry).
  15. BrewerFan
    Anthony Young should have been the most obvious choice!
  16. BrewerFan
    Close as I can find is Harry Colliflower who went 1-11. Lots of crazy seasons with 40 loses though. 48 loses by John Coleman. I'm sure 1-11 isn't the worst, but...can't get too much worse. Maybe Grienke will go back down to A ball and try Shortstop now!
  17. BrewerFan
    I remember...one Wakefield's catchers that Boston traded, they traded for him back because nobody else could catch him and as I recall. Mirabelli? Anyway, Police escort, changing in the backseat. It was a regular season game, but it was vs the Yankees, and those were like playoff games. And then...Kevin Mench! Kinda amazing how significant that Carlos Lee trade seemed. Put up 3.2 WAR over 2 seasons for the Brewers, but he felt like this superstar. I don't blame giving up Nelson Cruz in return(though it did seem weird as he looked like a 5 tool guy at that time and was raking). But just an indication of how far we've come.
  18. BrewerFan
    The Baseball gods giveth...and they taketh away. Tony Gonsolin goes down with TJ and one of the most underrated pitchers in the game...in my opinion, Walker Buehler is on his way back and his velo is back up into the mid to upper 90s. What a stark contrast in how to run a big market team with massive financial resources. The Mets just handing out blank checks while the Dodgers try pulling back on the payroll to get under the tax(before Bauer was reinstated) in a buildup to go after Ohtani and presumably re-sign their own homegrown ace is Urias...but they can bring up 10 pitchers who have MLB caliber stuff and still coast to 100 wins. 11 years with Andrew Friedman, the one year they didn't win the division, they won 106 games. #2 overall farm system headed into the year, #6 mid-season, ~100M in payroll for a team that could easily go up to 280 or near the Cohen line. ANYWAY, on a day they get Bobby Miller to shut down the Braves, Walker Buhler comes back. Just 24 pitches, so I doubt we see him completely back until '24, but that's a helluva weapon for 3-4 innings. https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-buehler-stone-make-formidable-combo-at-triple-a?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
  19. BrewerFan
    Not sure Nadal is arguably on par with Adams, Bitonti...and certainly not Boeve, Wilken and Black, but he's another guy who seemingly fits the Brewers recent...course correction in targeting Hit/OBP over tools in their young prospects, and I love that the Brewers aren't deterred by a 5'7 tweeener at 3B, 2B and SS. Not exactly the profile you're looking at, but great hitters can come in all shapes and sizes...from Altuve to Judge to Lincecum to the Big Unit. I appreciate the write-ups though. The only thing I'd like to know is if you've got an velocity reports that are updated on these young arms, but it seems like that information is both hard to come by, and with guys going from 16-19, I'd imagine constantly changing.
  20. BrewerFan
    It was 14-10 at halftime vs a mediocre MAC team that needed a late TD vs a 2-10 Akron just to get to .500 and a Bowl Game last year vs an HBCU. It was not an impressive debut schematically, particularly early. A couple of runs, 1st downs. 3 straight passes, punt. And the record setting QB looked...not particularly special compared to Badgers QBs of the past. The criticism was definitely warranted.
  21. BrewerFan
    I'll trust the Brewers, but I've said from the start, surgery on your shoulder for a guy who could legitimately be an ace or a #2 pitcher and you have him cheap for 6 more years? I'm not screwing around. Let him rehab and strengthen it and then see ya when pitchers and catchers report. There's just too much that can go wrong.
  22. BrewerFan
    Exit Velo 92.8 MPH Hard hit rate 51.3% BB% 10 10 HRs in 33 Games(not that this is the end all). But it's really not that desperate. It's a guy who hit into extraordinarily bad luck in 33 games, was a FA. Also, the Braves likely got rid of him due to Austin Riley...a top 20 prospect who hit 18 Hrs in 80 games in 2019 and Josh Donaldson signing a 4/92M dollar deal with the Twins. He's going to be in Milwaukee maybe a month and this is very possibly his last chance. I think the negative impact is being exaggerated here.
  23. BrewerFan
    Just to be clear, I'm not making any...declarations on the program, just this particular game. It felt like they were trying to make a statement. This is a new Era and we're gonna throw the ball. And you have to throw the ball. You don't get enough explosive plays in the run game unless you have a SPECIAL back, and even at UW, we've had...Taylor and Gordon who could take it 90 yards without great blocking despite a litany of VERY good backs(including the all time leading RB in Dayne). Allen is in the group of really good backs(like Ball...who had sensational vision, or White, Clay, Davis, etc...). Mellusi looked like a new man, but I doubt he's taken that huge leap. It just seems like Buffalo knew exactly what was coming and they(the Badgers) still threw it into coverage until it dawned on them, "oh yeah...we're a great running team." But insofar as making decisions on...ANYONE based on this game, Aschcraft looked really nice and I saw better pass pro by the OL and that's as much as I can say. It was one game in a new year before the Badgers really have their guys all in place.
  24. BrewerFan
    I'm not sure we don't match up velo wise as well. Uribe, MeGill, Payamps, Peguero and...well, Williams FB looks like it's 100 with that Bugs Bunny Change! I so badly want to see Vieira called up so we can go from Woody(who feels like he's got a bigger FB this year than Burnes without looking) to Vieira to MeGill, to Uribe for 1. Woodruff looks like a soft tosser there!
  25. BrewerFan
    You certainly had the ability to foresee the future when you proclaimed the lead was down to 2.5 yesterday and we were clearly inferior to the top 3 teams in the NL, ATL, LAD and the Phillies! 5 up in the loss column with series 16 games against teams in last place or 2nd last(the Pirates who face Burnes, Woody and Peralta up next) seems to favor the Brewers...VERY heavily. 4-1 vs the Phills on the year. Those...dominant, superior Phillies who we had no chance against with our #8 starter vs Nola!
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