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  1. titanrick
    I do find that encouraging. Hopefully, he gets one more crack against the Cards, and we see results that match the stuff. It's nerve-wracking thinking of May and Harrison pitching in the playoffs, but I'm not sure what other choices we have. We're going to have some question marks, but so does every other team.
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    I hope Lake Bachar isn't renamed for his dismal performance.
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    I'm guessing Murphy's thought process was that the lead was large enough to take a chance there and see if Sproat could right the ship on his own. If he can somehow reset himself, and get out of the inning, it would only help him in the future. Obviously, that didn't happen. But if Murph was taking that chance thinking we can still win the game, he was ultimately correct in that. No way he leaves Sproat in that long if the game were closer.
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    The 80's baseball cards give me a nice dopamine hit.
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    Still younger than both NL ROY candidates this year: Stewart and Wetherholt
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    I hate to harp on his defense, but what is Bunty doing here? He's about three steps away from the base with the ball heading directly to the base. If he stays back and lets the ball travel, we may get Suzuki before he even gets to the bag. It worked out, thank goodness. But this guy's defensive instincts are really lacking. I don't want him playing D in the playoffs at all.
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    This team has bounced back well before. The 22-0 shellacking didn't help us the next night against the Mariners. I don't trust Gasser, but I'm still optimistic we can split the series.
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    I think my graphic got cut off. I can't see PCA's name on it. I kid! I kid!
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    I'm a sucker for the retro-70s look...
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    Hard to believe Chourio (3/11/04) is a full year and a half younger than Wetherholt (9/10/02), who is the odds-on favorite for ROY in the NL. And this is Chourio's third season! I think the RISP numbers this year could be that he's pressing more in those situations. When he's chasing pitches outside the zone, the only chance he has is if the pitcher makes a mistake. When he's patient and laying off the junk, he is a real force. I think that will improve as he matures.
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    I just hope they ruled it a hit so I can keep hearing Vinny tell me that Hamilton has been good defensively!
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    Are you basing that on defensive metrics or the eye test? I have a healthy respect for analytics, but I gotta say - I watch almost every game and cringe when the ball is hit toward him. Way too many terrible throws, botches some easy plays, just seems like a wreck sometimes.
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    Agreed, I thought Adames was the quintessential "clubhouse leader" which is why I was somewhat worried when he left. All we've done since is have the best record in baseball. When one leader leaves, someone else steps up to fill the void. Teams have "lead by example" guys like Yeli and "rah-rah leaders" like Adames was, and Contreras seems to be now. All the top teams spout cliches constantly... we're playing for each other... we never quit... we're a family. All that is true, but it's true for almost every team that has a winning record. And as Jopal pointed out, it's not even a necessity for title-winning teams. Mostly just something for the media to write about.
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    There goes my theory that Sanchez wanted to pitch so he could waste our final challenge.
  15. titanrick
    I'm all for giving him the QO if he finishes the season as it has gone so far. But if that's the case, he'll never accept it because someone will offer him a lucrative multi-year deal. If he slumps badly down the stretch, I think the Brewers play it safe and let him walk away feeling like we already got the peak performance year in his career.
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    Agreed. And with Uribe, the goal has to be that he's fully healthy for October, not for two series against the Cubs.
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    Cubs managed one hit today, an oppo bloop single. No offense on that team at all. They're doomed if they even make it to the playoffs.
  18. titanrick
    Yeah, dropping that easy double play last night will never show in the scorebook or defensive metrics, but that cost us 5 runs and who knows what happens if we get out of that inning clean? Inexcusable.
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    I think you might be remembering 1982 Yount rather than 1974-76 Yount.
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    It can be tough to read through the IGTs. In my mind, there's a huge difference between "Yeli looks lost right now; I think he needs to move down in the order" or "That's a really steep price for two rentals!" as opposed to "I've said this before - Murphy is a horrible game manager!!!" or "Arnold gets ripped off again in this trade, like he always does!!!" It just comes across as though you've never watched a full season of baseball in your life with these blanket judgments based on one game or one trade in late July. And I get it - emotions run high in the middle of a game and people have to earn the benefit of the doubt. But if Murph - back-to-back manager of the year and best record in baseball again this year - hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt with you, then no one ever will. We're incredibly lucky as a fanbase right now to have the organizational talent we have.
  21. titanrick
    ESPN game? So no BrewersTV again?
  22. titanrick
    Agreed, I keep hearing the TV guys (either tandem) say that Hamilton is good defensively. And he does make some good plays on occasion. But he also seems very shaky at times and short-hops a couple throws each game, which could easily become errors. I tense up every time a grounder goes his way.
  23. titanrick
    I'm not the expert on this, so please correct me if I'm wrong. But I've read that players on the 40-man next spring, when a presumably long lockout will occur, are unable to train or play at team facilities. Players not yet on the 40-man can continue with a minor league season. If that's true, the risk is a long interruption for our top prospects' progression. I think it's easier to ignore that risk if the player is Jett or Hardin or someone very close to getting promoted already. But if it's somebody in AA who is not as "seasoned" yet, it's a bigger risk.
  24. titanrick
    Yeah, I always try to find the silver lining and that could be it. If the Dodgers cruise to a third straight title after buying Ohtani, Yamamoto, Tucker, Diaz, Skubal (and many more), then maybe that's enough of a wake-up call to get the system changed. I know some players are saying they will never accept a salary cap, but that's a relatively easy problem to fix if the owners really want to. From the owners' standpoint, you show what percentage of revenue is currently being spent on player salaries, then propose a system with true revenue sharing that raises that percentage, with a cap and floor in place. So instead of 1 player getting $700M, you wind up with seven players getting $100M. Once you propose a system that gives more overall money to players, but spread out more evenly, then a majority of the players are going to get behind that. The key is, do the owners really want to solve this? Because the current system allows them to just complain about the Dodgers' advantage, but not have to worry about a salary floor each year. I'm skeptical you will get enough owners to agree to that.
  25. titanrick
    Yeah, that is a big clue to me. If you're the Tigers, you have zero incentive to agree to a trade Saturday night because waiting until Monday afternoon could only drive up the price further as teams get more desperate. But if you insisted on Pena and Henderson (as an example) from Milwaukee and they flat out said "We're not giving you both of them" or "Henderson is off the table", then you would feel comfortable taking the Dodgers' best offer, You could assume that you were not going to get more value by waiting until Monday afternoon. The media "scolding" us for not matching or exceeding the Dodgers' offer is completely ignoring the fact that we NEED our top prospects to compete in the future. Giving them away for a two-month rental is an enormous cost for us. The Dodgers don't need them. When a hole opens up in the OF or in their starting rotation, they simply go out and sign the two best available FAs for $300M each. It's just not a level playing field, even when you're talking trades. No one seems to understand that aspect of it.
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