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  1. Ignitor 4ever
    Williams just can't perform when the lights are brightest. Move on from him for what we can get and let the young guys play. Another bite at the apple down the drain. I know this season wasn't supposed to end in the postseason anyway, but nothing is guaranteed for next year or the year after. Have to take advantage of the opportunities you are given at some point. Honestly, right now, I feel like next year may be the year the team takes a step back with Adames leaving and Yelich coming back off surgery. We'll see. Right now, this hurts.
  2. Ignitor 4ever
    I'm just thrilled the Brewers did not trade Adames at the deadline. At some point you have to go for it a little more often. Bites at the apple are great but sometimes you need to go for a mouthful rather than a nibble. The Yelich injury was unfortunate, to say the least, but the Brewers still have a solid line up, decent starting pitching and a very good bull pen. Hope to catch some lightning in a bottle in October and they need a guy like Adames in the lineup to do that.
  3. Ignitor 4ever
    Not unexpected. As soon as the word "surgery" began being thrown around the writing for this season was on the wall. I agree that Yelich should be the DH next year, assuming he can make it back. Pretty potent line up taking form for 2025 if Yelich can regain what he was showing this year.
  4. Ignitor 4ever
    I was listening recently when the Crew was playing the White Sox and he was talking about Bill Veeck and then onto when the Pirates were the first team to use helmets. Some funny moments but just classic Ueck story telling. Baseball allows someone like Ueck to shine because the pace of the game gives him time to do this thing. No other sport would allow him to do what he does. He has been the voice of my childhood to my mid-40's and I will miss him terribly when he is gone. As long as he feels up to it, I hope he keeps going.
  5. Ignitor 4ever
    The ump show is getting ridiculous. Last night was one of the worst I've ever seen. Guccione really ought to be suspended. He ramped up the emotions of that game for no reason other than his own feelings. A warning would be been sufficient and that would have been the end of it.
  6. Ignitor 4ever
    I disagree that the umpire got it right. The catcher created the contact by getting out of normal catching position. That is not interference.
  7. Ignitor 4ever
    This win looked a lot like last season. Good start from Peralta, solid defense, great work by the bullpen and just enough offense to win. Great start to the season for Yelich. And has McNeil stopped whining yet? Good grief. I get an initial reaction but you even lost the replay review. Just shut up already.
  8. Ignitor 4ever
    So glad to hear he will be doing the home opener. Summer won't be summer when his voice no longer graces the Wisconsin airwaves. I'm in my mid-40's and his voice on my radio is like a connection back to all of my best summer childhood memories.
  9. Ignitor 4ever
    I feel the same. This feels like a team that will hover around .500 all season. I think putting the line at 79.5 (as was mentioned above) feels about right. And the comparison to the 2023 Packers is appropriate. This is a team that could surprise us and win 87 or 88 or they could drop down to 75. I do not see them going below 75 or above 88 on the worst and best possible ends.
  10. Ignitor 4ever
    Agreed. I think Murphy's comments are basically a coach's way of saying "I have no clue who is going to prove they can handle the job so we are going to try out a few guys and see who does the best."
  11. Ignitor 4ever
    In a weird way this injury may be a good thing for the long-term for the Brewers. It forces them to see what they have (or don't have) in other guys. If Uribe or Megill or somebody else shows that they can competently handle the closer's role, it makes trading Williams much more palatable.
  12. Ignitor 4ever
    Was Wilson working on his Eephus pitch?
  13. Ignitor 4ever
    Or even Hoskins for that matter. If this was a true transition year, then just roll with Black and Bauers at 1B.
  14. Ignitor 4ever
    At this point isn't the cost pretty low though? It isn't like anybody is beating down Bauer's door. He would probably sign a one year prove-it deal at a pretty low cost. $5M? He has everything to lose and will probably be on his best behavior. If he sucks or causes problems, cut him. Not much of a loss. If he works himself into shape and becomes the ace, what a great get for the Brewers for 2024. Worth the risk to me.
  15. Ignitor 4ever
    My opinion is that he is on the opening day roster. The contract extension was the signal that the team believes he is ready to make the jump. I'll predict that April and May will be rough months for him and many on here will start to throw out questions about sending him down to Triple-A. However, I think by June he will start to figure things out. That seems to be his track record. I'm with Yelich, just let him play and figure it out. He has the talent. If nothing else, he will give us good defense, speed on the basepaths and a bat that has a high ceiling that will only improve over the course of the season. This is the season for Chourio to really get his feet wet.
  16. Ignitor 4ever
    I agree. Looking at the big picture I think we have to look at the Brewers pitching staff as a whole. The starting rotation is an important part of the equation, but it is only part of the equation. In today's MLB, the bullpen is expected to cover 3-4 innings per game and the Brewers have one of the best in baseball. We really only need our starters to be competent for 5-6 innings per outing. Is the rotation as good as last year? No. But it isn't awful either. Peralta was really good in the last few months of 2023 and I think he will be solid this year. Let's wait to see what we get from Hall, Ashby and Gasser this year before calling the rotation awful. Not to mention, the offense is much improved (at least on paper) and hopefully the pitchers will get more help this year than they had last years. Do I think this team wins 92 in 2024? No. Do I think winning 85-87 is possible and this team makes the playoffs? Yes.
  17. Ignitor 4ever
    My belief is that extending Contreras at this point would probably be more than the Brewers would/should pay. He has proven himself to be in the upper echelon of catchers and he would likely want to get paid like it. Just ride him for the next two years while Quero gets all of the seasoning he needs. Quero is a better extension option, if he proves himself this season between AAA and maybe the big league club. Cheaper extension too and worth the risk. After that, I would say we try to extend one of the OF's (Wiemer, Frelick, Mitchell) depending on what we see from them this season. As for the pitchers, Hall, Gasser and Misiorowski seem the most likely candidates to extend. Right now I'd lean towards Hall and Misiorowski but let's see how it plays out.
  18. Ignitor 4ever
    Yep. All things being equal (meaning no injury) and I would take Woodruff over Burnes. Woodruff seems to have the makeup of a true ace. Burnes is a talented pitcher, no doubt. He just seems to be in a slow regression. Woodruff has that bulldog mentality that I love to see in a TOR pitcher. I think the Brewers got Burnes' best years. My opinion at least.
  19. Ignitor 4ever
    You just cannot evaluate a trade like the Brewers made with Burnes until at least a full season (or more) have gone by after the trade. The Brewers may have received too little or they may have completely robbed the Orioles. We'll see.
  20. Ignitor 4ever
    With Clarke, is there any chance he can play first? You can't do much about arm strength. You either have it or you don't. Yes, some things can be done, but not a whole lot to my knowledge. He seems to profile as a typical big-bat first baseman though. If he can play adequate defense at first, perhaps that is his spot in the bigs.
  21. Ignitor 4ever
    I think what left me upset with the Counsell situation is that the Brewers offered him a deal to make him the hightest paid manager in baseball and he turned them down. It wasn't a money thing unless he really believed the market was going to open up further for him and he rolled the dice and won. That is possible. I tend to think it was either 1) He wanted out of Milwaukee really bad for whatever reason and figured he could do just as well money-wise elsewhere; or 2) He was having secret negotiations with the Cubs during the season that he should not have been having. The only one that makes me feel somewhat understanding the move is #1, but even then, the Brewers treated him well and he left to go to the biggest rival of the Brewers. Obviously Counsell's situation is a little different, but if Lombardi had gone to the Bears instead of the Redskins would his lasting legacy in Green Bay be a bit tarnished? I would argue yes. It wouldn't be ruined, but tarnished. I wish Counsell nothing but the worst as a manger in Chicago for a multitude of reasons. First because I don't like the Cubs. Second for how he exited Milwaukee.
  22. Ignitor 4ever
    I've never understood how hitting is affected by the position you are playing. As if a player has it going through his head about defensive options they are learning at a new position while at the plate. I do not think that is real. Just an excuse made up by players (or fans) when they happen to go through a slump at the plate while learning a new defensive position.
  23. Ignitor 4ever
    On the bright side, these uniforms (especially the pants) will give Uecker a season's worth of new material to entertain us with.
  24. Ignitor 4ever
    Worth the risk IMO. What if Woody decides to stay for 2026 and he pitches like the Woody of old? We get 2 years of Woody for $27.5M (adding in the $2.5M for 2024). That would be very good. On the flip side. If he pitches like the Woody of old in 2025 and opts out, we pay $17.5M for 1 good year. That is fair value. The only way the Brewers get "screwed" is if he sucks and his career is done. Then we pay $2.5M this year and $15M next year for a guy who is washed up. Probably does very little to hurt our chances to compete given how many young, cheap players we have.
  25. Ignitor 4ever
    I like the signing and I do not think that nobody else signed him shows that his arm is shot. It may just be that the market is slow (as it has been for even healthy pitchers) and Woody decided he no longer wanted to wait. I still have not seen details of the contract, but I think the Brewers history shows they are not going to throw money around at injury risks. I would say re-signing Woody is a calculated gamble. He has shown the ability to put in the work to come back from a shoulder injury previously. This is the kind of gamble the Brewers almost need to take if they can get a decent price because, if it works out, 2025 looks very promising.
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