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  1. PeaveyFury
    I think the answer might be in a similar thought process to what was posted in another thread earlier: Tyler Glasnow was in studio with MLB Network this afternoon and (politely) said some candid things about the difference between Pittsburgh and going to the Rays. He said they changed his pitching approach because they were able to use advanced data to tell him, “this what your stuff does, and this is why you are good. Let’s do more of this.” He said it helped him shift his mentality from previous (in Pittsburgh) where he was taught to go downhill, keep the ball down, and touch corners. He said the Rays were able to show him that he would be better off erring on the side of being aggressive versus trying to touch corners. He said once that resonated he was able to just focus on working up and down through the middle of the plate which created an attack first mentality. He finished by saying the Rays staff and coaches were really able to show him how good his stuff actually was. In short, I think it's possible the Brewers are targeting players that played for franchises that they might feel aren't run well enough to get the most out of their talent, and the Brewers think their processes might help harness that talent. It's not a bad strategy, if so.
  2. PeaveyFury
    I think the answer might be in a similar thought process to what was posted in another thread earlier: Tyler Glasnow was in studio with MLB Network this afternoon and (politely) said some candid things about the difference between Pittsburgh and going to the Rays. He said they changed his pitching approach because they were able to use advanced data to tell him, “this what your stuff does, and this is why you are good. Let’s do more of this.” He said it helped him shift his mentality from previous (in Pittsburgh) where he was taught to go downhill, keep the ball down, and touch corners. He said the Rays were able to show him that he would be better off erring on the side of being aggressive versus trying to touch corners. He said once that resonated he was able to just focus on working up and down through the middle of the plate which created an attack first mentality. He finished by saying the Rays staff and coaches were really able to show him how good his stuff actually was. In short, I think it's possible the Brewers are targeting players that played for franchises that they might feel aren't run well enough to get the most out of their talent, and the Brewers think their processes might help harness that talent. It's not a bad strategy, if so.
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    Wisconsin Volleyball!
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    The issue I have with this take is that at some point, the results have to match up with the potential, or the expectations have to be adjusted. Sooner or later, Thor either has to perform, or he can no longer be expected to be a TOR guy. The inverse is also true with McNeil. He gets slammed for his lack of a pedigree, but at some point, his actual MLB performance must change the projections of his value. The other issue is that even if Thor DOES finally meet his potential, you have him for two seasons. He'd better get there this year, otherwise if he does in 2021, he's getting paid $350million by the Yankees in 2022.
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    Wow, I hadn't paid attention to how good a season he had last year.
  6. PeaveyFury
    IMO ang deal with the Mets has to start with Thor. They have the arms that we need. I agree, if the Brewers trade Hader, the headliner needs to be a pitcher with TOR potential, not a couple of league average position players just because they can play 3B/1B. Very short sighted IMO. This is mostly an inaccurate statement. McNeil's OPS was tied for 4th best of league 3B. Hardly "league average". Also, at what point is Thor expected to actualy pitch like a TOR starter, rather than missing a bunch of starts each year and putting up numbers similar to Zach Davies?
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    I don’t think I’d want Lowrie back if it’s Smith and McNeil. If want a lottery ticket arm if we are going after those two. You're right that Lowrie is a bit redundant at that point. Honestly, Hader for Smith, NcNeil, and Diaz would be very interesting, if they're willing to move on from him already. I fail to think that a guy who was one of the best relievers in the AL his first three seasons could be completely done after a horrendous 4th year.
  8. PeaveyFury
    Hader for Smith, Lowrie, and McNeil probably works for me and for the Mets too, I'd think.
  9. PeaveyFury
    I think the message is to stick to discussion of the Healy transaction. Practically every thread around here has gone completely off the rails lately.
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    Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln.....
  11. PeaveyFury
    The real question I have is now that Braun is apparently displaced in some way, is there any market for him? His contract was unmovable before, but a market for a one-year, $17 million commitment for a guy that OPS'd .800+ doesn't seem completely out of the question.
  12. PeaveyFury
    I missed the memo that free agents signed to 1-year deals are not free agent signings.
  13. PeaveyFury
    Done.
  14. PeaveyFury
    That's some significant backpedaling. Are you also excluding deals signed on a day that ends in "-day"?
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    How large, and how do we get in on this?
  16. PeaveyFury
    It has been discussed here many, many times over at this point, but one more time for factual accuracy: That headline is wrong- the Brewers had $66 million in OPERATING INCOME, not profit. If you click the link to the Forbes article it cites, it's clearly listed as such there. And yes, every thread lately seems to devolve into the same discussion. Let's stay on topic, please.
  17. PeaveyFury
    It really is a nice reminder that these teams that we all think are so much better can lose a bad game here and there too.
  18. PeaveyFury
    Well I don't see Davies ever approaching 12 K/9. I wonder if he could be reinvented as a high leverage pen arm rather than a middle of the rotation starter. Sure, the stuff is there. I just think his hype/cost is likely to exceed his expected results. Obviously, if the Brewers feel there's something they can harnes with him, I'd understand that as well.
  19. PeaveyFury
    I think this is a very fair point as well.
  20. PeaveyFury
    As I said about Ray in the starting pitching thread, Ray seems like a bit of an enigma to me. Other than a GREAT 2017, his FIP numbers are bad, and he doesn't really log a lot of innings either. I think there's a chance you have to pay to acquire an all-star level pitcher who actually has Zach Davies-like numbers.
  21. PeaveyFury
    Sure, and I think most of your points here are very fair takes. The issue is, they don't have the prospects right now, and free agency is a dangerous way to fix an issue like this. They've chosen their path to try and do so, with smart, cost-efficient, lesser-known guys that they feel can contribute and make them better. You can disagree with that path, but it doesn't make it wrong, and they've generally had more positive results with it than bad. Until they have a few that develop internally, they're going to have to continue to do stuff like this.
  22. PeaveyFury
    Scott really could have helped us by putting that 10 yards deeper....
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    The league decides NOW that they’re going to look at crap like this?
  24. PeaveyFury
    They’d have been better off with a crappy run play there....
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    Because if I said Moose has more career runs scored, more career, HR's, 2B's and RBI's, I would get told those numbers don't matter. Remove the anlytical numbers from it, then how do they matchup?? Moose has played two more seasons than Garcia, so one would likely expect him to have higher career totals of counting stats like that.
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