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  1. mudbutt
    As long as Ashby is a multi inning guy instead of say a one inning closer, I prefer him in that role especially when he can throw 90 innings like he did in the regular season last year. Also you could argue he’s more valuable than a starter in the post season when you can deploy him in almost every game in high leverage situations. And he ended up throwing the second most innings in the post season and only one less than Miz.
  2. mudbutt
    I'd give the questionable guys a shot first and then we can always trade for a vet before the trade deadline.
  3. mudbutt
    Salary caps are based on revenue thus impacting what is available for paychecks. And saying the owners are willing to put 3/4 billion dollars in additional salaries is the problem, that's actually not true. They are putting expenses outside of salaries like pensions and other benefits into their proposed salary cap. The owners want a CBA that will earn them more money, anything else like competitive balance talk is just a narrative tool to try to get leverage in getting more money. And to your comment Thurston, yes there are always things to battle over. But right now in the current state there is no cap and it is much easier to have leverage and whittle down something that already exists versus something that does not.
  4. mudbutt
    Because they see what happened to other leagues with that arrangement. Owners play games with what is actually defined as revenue, so it’s not actually a 50/50 split. Which is already happening now with the MLB negotiations as the proposed floor and cap include more than just salaries. And then what happens in every CBA afterwards, the revenue definition is fought over, along with the percentages, to slowly whittle down the players each CBA expiration.
  5. mudbutt
    Just Baseball and some others think he will accept it as well. I think it makes a ton of sense with the QO slightly deflating his market to accept. I think the 23 million plus the contract he will get after next year will very likely outdo what he’d get on the market this year. And if he turns back into a pumpkin, you still got 23 million. Very much hope he accepts and I think people vastly overrate Vaughn. Glad we don’t have to wait long to find out.
  6. mudbutt
    They basically did though, he was waived from the 40 man roster and elected free agency over being assigned to Nashville. Then later resigned a minor league deal last year. What a story.
  7. mudbutt
    Starting Hamilton against a lefty would be wild. Looks like same lineup as game 1, with Vaughn starting at DH, Lara in RF and Ortiz at third.
  8. mudbutt
    It's not about depth, it is about having high end pitching. Elite starter and high leverage relievers to lockdown the 7/8/9 is much more consistent and favorable over slugging in a short series. I would not want to face the Phillies in the wild card round.
  9. mudbutt
    That episode is 30 years old
  10. mudbutt
    Agreed Ragsdale is fine but both him and Frias is tough.
  11. mudbutt
    Probably just pushing everyone out to get extra rest
  12. mudbutt
    Going to play a ton if you are a lefty that’s effective against left handed pitching
  13. mudbutt
    Houston wanted more room under the luxury tax so we essentially bought Gordon by taking on 2.5 of McCullers salary and DFAing him for them.
  14. mudbutt
    2.5 million but it was always about getting Gordon for depth with that money.
  15. mudbutt
    Correct you could draft someone and you held their rights until like a week or so before the next draft, so a team could wait to make an offer after watching them play more. The only thing that’s not simple is the pooled money. You don’t know exactly how much a team will have left so do you play the waiting game and get a bumped up offer near the deadline that sways your decision? Or do you wait too long and a different draftee gobbles up what is left.
  16. mudbutt
    No it's just dumb rumor mill stuff that spreads in social media because of course every fan would fantasize getting him.
  17. mudbutt
    Probably prep guys in the 11-20th where we can throw a couple hundred thousand out and get a bite.
  18. mudbutt
    I wouldn't put much weight on a trade when it was a guy cut and traded for cash in the waiver process.
  19. mudbutt
    Folks wanted more outfielders in the system so bam there we go.
  20. mudbutt
    Funny you could easily swap our two guys and it would be probably their “normal” position. Wondering if they went Ebel first to go underslot then got a pleasant surprise that Sawyer was still there and may have to spend some of Ebels money there. Fine by me, get the power early then go pitching.
  21. mudbutt
    Man the more I looked at Rose the less I wanted him for the Brewers. At 6 is crazy, even if underslot.
  22. mudbutt
    Adams 4-4 and playing third…
  23. mudbutt
    They aren’t firing on all cylinders at the moment but every team has downswings. Hitting is hard these days. Yea of course it would be nice to have better hitters in spots but that’s every team. Brewers are better off than most so hooray.
  24. mudbutt
    I would wager they’d rather have Stallings pitching regularly over being the guy that can go over a week without an appearance.
  25. mudbutt
    I am also really thinking it will be Marchand as I think the other Brewer type targets will be gone by then, unless the Brewers really zag with the smaller pool this year and go with an underslot pitcher or something.
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