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Everything posted by adambr2
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No doubt. It was a bad signing, there's no sugarcoating it. Obviously they expected more but yeah, bad deal.
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JBJ/Cain has to be the least bang for buck CF tandem in MLB.
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Eric Leuer had people fooled into thinking he was good not that long ago.
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I get the thinking trying to get a big hit and get back into the game but when your option is Pablo Reyes I don't really see the point.
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Rally killing swing by JBJ. Go from bases loaded and 1 out to 2 on and 2 out on one pitch.
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Meh. Tough break for Shaw bit he is not really a loss for the Brewers at this point in his career. Uh...when your next best option is a Daniel Robertson/Jace Peterson platoon until Wong comes back and Urias can play 3B. Peterson as a strong side of a platoon is a lot worse than Shaw. My guess is your Daniel Robertson/Jace Peterson platoon is about just as productive as Shaw has been.
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Meh. Tough break for Shaw bit he is not really a loss for the Brewers at this point in his career.
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Absolutely putrid defense this inning.
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I don't necessarily disagree, but I would take the under on 8-8-1 if Love is our QB for 17 games this year.
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Still unclear on what he actually wants if he's not mad at Gute. Extension? Trade Love? Do we need to send someone to his house to give him a backrub and sing "Lullaby" by Shawn Mullins to him?
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They would also have a ton of cap space starting 22-23 season, so if Love doesn't look the part they can trade for or sign a top tier QB. One lost season isn't so bad. So let's say with Love and/or Bortles under center they really struggle and finish something like 6-11 and Love doesn't look the answer going forward. Now a strong case can be made that Gutekunst should be fired because he risked so much by trading up to draft him when they did. Could that get Rodgers to unretire and return for the next couple years while the weapons around him are still intact? If not, a 6-11 record would likely get them around the 10th or 11th pick in next years draft plus they could trade Rodgers before the draft to a QB needy team for a 2022 high first round pick. That would give them the draft capital needed to move up to the top 4 in the draft to select a true franchise QB. Nobody has more riding on this than Gutekunst. He bet his his tenure as Packer GM on a Utah State QB who hadn't played against top competition in college much less against NFL defenses. I'm not sure his ego isn't at least on par with Rodgers. I would guess Love gets at least 2 years before deciding he isn't the guy, unless he looks absolutely Dwayne Haskins or Paxton Lynch or Brett Hundley bad.
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I'm guessing Rodgers feels very good about his trade demand/threat to retire, but so far it too has accomplished nothing. Well, my interests are in the continued well-being of the Green Bay Packers. What Aaron Rodgers accomplishes or doesn't accomplish that have no bearing on a Packer football game means nothing to me.
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He enjoys it so much that he hasn't even retired yet! Hopefully the guy stays in shape. He definitely likes the bright lights of the playoff type atmosphere and I agree with others that it's just too early and not fun enough/too much of a grind and too long of a season to sign up now. Once late July and August rolls around I think he comes back for the playoff push. I hope...unless we pick up some other help first cuz we desperately need it and at positions where it should be pretty easy to get. Some guys just would prefer to keep things open and unofficial. Retirement has a finality to it that maybe he just isn't interested in right now. I don't think it necessarily means anything that he hasn't retired and the longer he is gone the less likely I think it is that he's just going to step right in and be an effective bat.
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Yelich has got to be better. He just has to.
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Was just going to post that, seems like a pretty significant step signaling he may be added to the Brewers bullpen fairly soon. McCalvy also added the following: In talking about Aaron Ashby's move to the 'pen, Rick Sweet referenced Josh Hader, Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes, all of whom made the same move to relief under Sweet before getting called up. Love it. The pen could use his arm. Probably going to have initial expectations be a little too high from the bar that Hader set when he came up, though.
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Like, how? I get it if you're hustling for a double or something and you miss the base and don't want to go back and be held to a single or the ball is coming back in by the time you realize it and you'll get in a rundown or something if you turn back but on a homer? Just go back and step on the base. It's not like they can tag you out. Really makes Baez's play seem not that special (which it wasn't) when the Pirates cost themselves runs on home runs. He thought it might be off the wall so he was busting it out of the box, he was around 2nd by the time he realized it was called a HR and slowed to a trot. Either he was just too focused on the ball in play and didn't even realize he missed 1st or he was hoping it would just go unnoticed.
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It was a bad call. Players shouldn't be encouraged to swing at pitches that aren't strikes.
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On the last two points, I would argue -- what choice do they have? It's not like they can easily pivot to any better options. They're invested in Love, but that doesn't mean he's ready. They're going to say some nice things and all that, but I haven't seen anything from Love since he was drafted to this point in time to think that in 2021 he can come in and be even a league average QB. In fact I would suggest that if they really felt he could be a league average QB right now, they'd be a lot more open to trading Rodgers now and surrounding Love with the future picks and talent as they move forward. I'm not saying he will come in and be totally outclassed, but the possibility is definitely there -- the floor is really low. I'd be quite pleased with Derek Carr level of production and expect closer to Drew Lock or Daniel Jones.
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I'd take it immediately as well. Short-term though, I would anticipate bottom 5 league QB production and 1 or 2 tough seasons. It's definitely going to hurt.
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Is Hader Limited to Throwing One Inning Per Game This Season?
adambr2 replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yes, it does. And this information was out in the spring, so it rightfully just hasn't been made a very big story out of in the media. To answer your other question about there being situations with 2 out in the 8th and Devin having a rising pitch count where the situation seems to scream for a 4 out Hader save, yes there have been such situations, and I'm sure there will be more. It's been frustrating at times for me too, but they're looking big picture. The explanation of shorter outings to have Hader impact more games is a good one. We have very good starting pitching and don't need a lot of length in the pen most nights so the idea of getting Hader to work on more possible nights to close out a 2-1 pitcher's duel is sound. My personal speculation is that if they're in a tight September race, Counsell might be more apt to bend the rules and try to get 4 outs out of Hader. But for now, they're just going to have to get some late outs from other guys. -
I'm sure this would feel very good for him but it would accomplish nothing. At the end of the day Gute has a responsibility to look out for the best interests of the franchise, not get into an ego standoff with Rodgers which would only deepen the chasm between Rodgers and the franchise. If I thought the relationship was salvageable I might agree with you....but Rodgers has proven over the years that once he has his mind set on something there is no way to mend things. Exhibit A is his own family. I think the only way Rodgers comes back a completely happy camper to the Packers is if Gute is fired, and that's not happening. Trying to placate a primadona who mentally has moved on is pointless, so Gute needs to do what keeps the locker room together for the players who do want to be in Green Bay. Maybe that's holding the door open for ARod to come back, maybe that's telling him to pound sand, or most likely it's somewhere in between. Bottom line is that Gute's actions can't be made with the intent of changing #12's opinion of things, because there's no way that's happening. If they thought it was beyond salvaging I think they would have at least kicked the tires on a trade by now. My money would still be on Rodgers being under center on opening day as a Packer in 2021.
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Brewers sign UTL Jace Peterson to minor league deal
adambr2 replied to Ron Robinsons Beard's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Jace is like the ex girlfriend that we just can't stop texting at 1 am. -
I'm sure this would feel very good for him but it would accomplish nothing. At the end of the day Gute has a responsibility to look out for the best interests of the franchise, not get into an ego standoff with Rodgers which would only deepen the chasm between Rodgers and the franchise.
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Is Hader Limited to Throwing One Inning Per Game This Season?
adambr2 replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It would. But it's been in the press and it didn't dominate it. There have been quotes provided that provide insight into the transitioned role. It's just not this huge deal. -
I don't think his value has fallen to Arcia type levels. Ultimately he's still only about 300 ABs removed from a really productive rookie season. Someone would take a shot at the upside especially in the AL where they don't have to worry about where the glove fits. Something like a straight up deal for Trey Mancini seems fair. If his value indeed has fallen as far as you suggested, I would hold as well.