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  1. mudbutt
    Right franchise values are irrelevant. The big thing with the Dodgers is they are owned by a massive investment firm so they simply invest the team's profits and use those proceeds to fund an even higher payroll. And why they absolutely love deferred deals because they know they can outpace those payments with investment earnings.
  2. mudbutt
    The about is doing some heavy lifting.
  3. mudbutt
    Lineup is much better with Collins instead of Perkins so I have been worried with Chourios hamstring that they’d have to continue playing Perkins/Lockridge. Hell yea Frelick!
  4. mudbutt
    I’m all for moving Turang to shortstop. It just opens up the most options to improve the lineup as you can assemble a bunch of various 2nd/3rd base options and hope one of them emerges as a viable option. Or you just play the hot hand and mix and match as necessary. So between Durbin/Ortiz/Siegler/Wilken/depth signings and trades etc you hope at bats are earned. And if they all stink, you hit the rental trade market mid year. It’s so rare guys are traded now and basically everyone is replacement level anyway. It’s why you often see on the board people ask for potential targets to those wanting FA signings and trades, because there’s nothing out there. And when Pratt and Made and such finally make it, you either move Turang back to second or honestly just throw them in the 2nd/3rd pile and force them to emerge. It’s probably for the better as it seems like it’s harder than ever for position prospects and you really need multiple options and not end up like the Cubs did with Shaw this year.
  5. mudbutt
    In his case though the dramatic change is due to throwing a kick change up this year.
  6. mudbutt
    Vaughn is looking like a platoon player on the short side, but a great one, so I would decline him at that cost and try to get him back at a lower price. I would then decline Bauers and maybe bring him back if you can't find a lefty first baseman that you would prefer to give primary playing time. Too bad Adams and Wilken are both righties as they will be in AAA and could be mid year callups, although I don't know what their splits look like. But Fischer will be at AA at least so hopefully one emerges out of the group to be the primary in 2027.
  7. mudbutt
    I don't even really consider yesterday a bullpen game anyway. If Miz started the game and pitched 3 innings, what difference does it make? We don't have the type of starters that can go more than 4-5 innings, but that's not a bad thing. Your bullpen can essentially pitch every game with the days off and you want the Brewers bullpen out there every game, they are awesome! I feel even better about everything now that Patrick looked phenomenal yesterday as a reliever as that really helps the 4-6th inning range of the game.
  8. mudbutt
    Really just saving Rea and Brown from coming in earlier so whatever
  9. mudbutt
    Not just a Brewer thing now, most pitchers only go 4-5 in the playoffs now since you can throw your best bullpen out there every game essentially. So thanks Freddy.
  10. mudbutt
    Payamps will get released when Megill and other possibilities like Gasser come up anyway, so might as well as get Yoho's 15 days running early in case you need him at the end of the month.
  11. mudbutt
    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46017620/2025-mlb-prospect-rankings-update-kiley-mcdaniel-konnor-griffin-kevin-mcgonigle-jesus-made Kiley updated his Top 100. Of note versus the usual is he has Luke Adams at 90 and has Adamczewski on in contention to be top 100.
  12. mudbutt
    Imanaga has a goofy contract. It says Player Option, but there's actually a club option first for a 3 year 57 million extension. If that was declined, then it gets to him for the player option. I'd be pretty surprised if the Cubs don't pick the club option up.
  13. mudbutt
    BA put the system weakness as being power, but obviously they have to pick a weakness even for their number 1 ranked system. And they noted drafting Fischer helps with that issue.
  14. mudbutt
    Yeah it would be pretty bizarre that he would get two years worth of service time by winning the ROY. It definitely seems to be only for those who didn't accrue a full year naturally ie Miz.
  15. mudbutt
    I mean it wouldn't surprise me if he settled to be a 4th/5th type starter, but that's still tremendous value given how many years the Brewers have control for. Also it is funny you bring up Lauer, given the incredible year he is having with the Blue Jays.
  16. mudbutt
    Yes I hope the writers actually look at the overall usage of a player and not just go with I've heard of this guy logic. Then I am hoping for those in the latter group, they will have some old man bitterness about Miz's All Star appearance and put him lower in the vote.
  17. mudbutt
    Only top prospects qualify
  18. mudbutt
    It is worth a shot to see if Siegler can outperform Durbins mediocre results against RH pitching. Tough crowd.
  19. mudbutt
    The Brewers have control of Vaughn for two years after this season so I’d rather ride that out than extend any farther than that. If he levels out to be a .750 to .800 OPS guy that’s fine by me given the dearth of offensive talent in the league.
  20. mudbutt
    He has a bad back to boot
  21. mudbutt
    That I agree with but that’s not the owners actual goal. They just want a cap to restrict the Mets and Dodgers so they can have better optics of keeping more revenue for themselves. The Brewers will still be vastly outspent and I just hope the tiny concessions won’t make equality even worse. Like if payrolls are still disparate even with a cap, but there’s concessions to the players in the arbitration system ie automatic free agency at 28, the Brewers are better off in the current system. I don’t know how you can gain equality without teams sharing their local media contract revenue and that’s not going to happen.
  22. mudbutt
    It would be way too messy and nearly impossible to actually implement proper revenue sharing to support a proper floor and cap that’s tied as a revenue percentage like other leagues. So really the owners want a cap so the big revenue teams spend less of their own revenue percentage on players and take away a chunk of overall money going to players. The whole system would need a big overhaul to support it properly and the owners know that won’t happen, so they are going to make out like bandits and the players should absolutely be hostile right now.
  23. mudbutt
    Don’t forget the big school guys are getting NIL money as well. Probably nothing crazy but sign me up to be paid money to attend USC.
  24. mudbutt
    Jansen is really strong against lefties while Contreras has struggled.
  25. mudbutt
    Durbin makes up for the Collins blunder
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