adambr2
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He is? I don't think critics ever doubted his defensive ability.
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I think it was pretty obvious that Arcia was not part of the Brewers' long-term plans. They committed to Urias at SS. Also, the fact that Arcia is still playing for Gwinnett, despite his hot hitting, probably says something as well. How's the trade working out? Well, the Brewers haven't gotten much from Weigel and we haven't seen Sobotka yet. The Braves haven't gotten anything from Arcia. Right now, it's the definition of a wash. Yes -- but it's going to be an abysmal look for the Brewers coaching staff if Arcia starts putting it together for the Braves.
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99%?? Mine have been 2/3 at best for quite some time. Yes, 99%. I’ve cut down on unnecessary errands over the past 14 months, but still make a weekly in-person trip to Piggly Wiggly. I live in a suburb of Green Bay (very much a ‘purple’ community), and the shoppers here have reliably been wearing masks for the past year. I was surprised by the drop off I observed yesterday. On the one hand, I’m pleased we seem to be trending in the right direction, but on the other, I’m worried some folks are letting their guard down too soon. I assume you're fully vaccinated. The CDC themselves have said it's safe for fully vaccinated individuals indoors and outdoors without masks. So what is there to be worried about?
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99%?? Mine have been 2/3 at best for quite some time.
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Anderson is fine. Not today I mean but in general. He's a #5 and he's being paid like a #5. The problem is you need 5 aces in your rotation to win with this offense.
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I'm afraid your streak is no match for how bad this team is right now.
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Remember at the end of April how giddy we were that we were in 1st despite the injuries and the tough schedule and the sky was the limit and all that? That seems like forever ago. I know they won't be this bad all season, but it's hard to see when they're actually going to start turning this around.
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Lauer optioned to Nashville……Hoby Milner selected
adambr2 replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Absolutely. Braun is our last great hitter development. That's been 16 years since he was drafted. Got to do better than that. It makes it hard to have confidence that guys like Turang, Lutz, and Mitchell are ever actually going to pan out.
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Again, that's absolutely correct though. They have a finite number of dollars they can commit. When they committed to Yelich, they gave up their ability to concurrently commit to a contract like Arenado's. They could have had both here concurrently without extending Yelich. But I'm not totally sure they couldn't afford both. Braun is off the books. Cain coming off soon. They could have avoided the Bradley deal. It's all about what Mark A. is comfortable committing to. They could afford both with a better system where they could count more on their 0-3 year players.
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Just to clarify I meant "I'm afraid" as an expression and not actually implying fear over anything. "I'm afraid I can't make it into work today." "I'm afraid it looks like rain tonight." "16 year old kids are much more influenced by friends than parents, I'm afraid."
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I mean, yes, that's absolutely correct. And I'm fine with that approach. I'm ok with our franchise not committing to the 35+ years of players. I mentioned when Yelich was still under his previous deal that I would have been fine with trading him for a haul with 2 years left on his deal. But it has to be a consistent philosophy to say "yes we can afford to do that" or "no we cannot". You can't give Yelich 7/190 with 3 years left before his previous deal even expires and then say "no we just can't afford 7/150 for Nolan".
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The HUGE thing you are not saying is that Arenado has a player opt-out after the 2021 season and wanted to add (and did) an opt-out after the 2022 season. Plus he maintains his no-trade contract. The Brewers could very well have been trading for one year of Arenado. 1) Arenado has already said he doesn't plan on using his opt outs. 2) Who cares if they did trade for one year? The Cardinals gave up a bunch of garbage. The best player they gave up in the deal was Austin Gomber. If he opts out after one year you still got one great of production out of an elite player and now you're not on the hook long-term AND you get compensation for him walking. There's no loss here.
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Either he likes minor league pitching or a change of scenery did him good. Those are eye popping numbers! Fully expect Arcia to rake in Atlanta and finally look like a former top prospect while Urias replaces him as our new crapcake shortstop the next 4 years. That would sound about right.
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Normally I'm not an advocate of small ball but against us I think that's a good play. You don't need to go for a big inning to put the game out of reach against our offense. Plate a run or two, get the lead up to 3 or 4 and you'll be fine.
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He's as bad as the guys we have. Unless it's just to admire the sight of Pujols in a Brewer uniform, no reason to.
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Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta, Josh Hader, Devin Williams, and JP Feyereisen. That's it. Everyone else is either average at best or hurt. So what you're saying is a team built on pitching and defense..... has relied on its.... pitching and defense? Despite an absolute ton of injuries? I mean pitching and defense is only going to get you so far. They're not going to sustain even their current winning percentage at this level of offensive production.
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..and fans are already calling the Yelich contract and albatross and the rest of us are watching the ugliness we expected from Cain's. You think they had the resources to take on Arenado's contract as well? With Yelich/Arenado's performance likely declining at some point along the way to make them horrendous contracts, you'd be looking at the 90s-level Brewers for the better part of a decade. But, if that was your expectation/understanding of the Brewers' financial situation, I'm not surprised there was disappointment for how the offseason unfolded. I just don't think that expectation was in the same stratosphere as reality. I mean you asked what offensive improvements I would have done and I told you what I would have done and you don't agree with me on the realism of it. I think it's quite an embellishment to say that we'd be looking at returning to the 90s Brewers for the better part of a decade in the later years of Yelich/Arenado. If that's really the case than we really shouldn't be given out such contracts whatsoever and instead following more of a Tampa Rays model. Short of that disagreement I'm not sure what else to say, generally there are not marked offensive improvements available in the 5-10M range. Although as I mentioned I thought Brad Miller would have been a sneaky good pickup and it kind of boggles my mind how a guy like that can get DFAed by us with some of the absolute junk we've thrown out in our last few spots the last few years.
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Do you anticipate us scoring 5 runs today? Unfortunately the bullpen usage is directly related to our confidence in recovering from a 3 run deficit.
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Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta, Josh Hader, Devin Williams, and JP Feyereisen. That's it. Everyone else is either average at best or hurt.
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If Yelich doesn't get healthy, I could see this team being sellers at the deadline. If we had anything to sell besides Hader.
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Let's probably not get too excited about Eric Lauer just yet.
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The difference between 10-14 million on a 1-2 year commitment vs. 7/150 is absolutely cavernous for the Brewers. I don't buy it. They just gave Cain alone more than half that 3 years ago when they didn't even really have an urgent need there. They just gave over 200M to Yelich. The total investment for Bradley and Avi after Bradley exercises his option next year will be 42M. They have money, they're just making poor investments with it. Normally I'm on your side on things like this when we're talking contracts for guys like Rendon, Cole, etc. But 7/150 for an elite 3B...that's a reasonable, and quite frankly worthwhile, investment. That's not over the top. If you think they can't afford just north of 20M for elite players on long-term deals, you better enjoy Woodruff and Burnes while they're still here because it won't be for the long haul.
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Well, I probably should have phrased it as 'what could the Brewers REALISTICALLY have done to fix the offense?' And you are right, I wasn't specifically addressing you, I was addressing the poster I quoted. But since you responded to my post, I though I'd ask you as well. How am I being unrealistic? They can afford to give 10-12M a year to guys like Garcia and Bradley at positions we supposedly had a surplus at but they can't afford just north of 20M a year (given what the Rockies picked up) for an elite 3B? They absolutely can afford 7/150 or so for Arenado if Mark A gives his blessing. That's not unreasonable, Gerrit Cole territory.