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  1. adambr2
    Quintin Torres-Costa is someone to keep an eye on. He's not going to crack the opening day roster, but I could definitely see him getting an opportunity sometime this season if he impresses in Nashville. It's hard to know what to expect from someone after the lost minor league season of 2020, especially someone who had TJ in 2019, but he looked well on his way prior to then.
  2. adambr2
    Ok, how about the '17-'18 Eagles? There's plenty of examples besides the most recent of teams not really considered to be contenders surprising and contending if not winning it all.
  3. adambr2
    Agreed. I don't think Campusano is likely even on the table.
  4. adambr2
    I have no problem with Watt's pick, not that he needs my permission. "Contender" is in the eye of the beholder. Anyone see Tampa Bay as a Super Bowl contender this time last year? Anyone see the 49ers as a non-contender? If he believes in them and their culture and their chances of winning a title, that's fine. Arizona has some upside. It's not like he went to the Jaguars.
  5. adambr2
    Precisely. If the Brewers were offered the current day equivalent of Brinson, Harrison, Diaz and Yamamoto for Hader, Hader would be on the next flight out of Milwaukee. For fun, what would the equivalent of that actually be from SD? Have to be something like Luis Campusano, Robert Hassell, Ryan Weathers, and a lottery ticket? That's probably close. Campusano would be roughly equivalent to Brinson. Hassell is pretty much what Monte Harrison was worth.
  6. adambr2
    Hader definitely does not have more trade value than what Yelich did when we traded for him. If he did he wouldn't be a Brewer.
  7. adambr2
    Contender is pretty subjective, you could make a reasonable case for 20 teams depending on how you're going to define it. I wouldn't say his best chance is in Arizona, but yeah, they have some promise. I would guess Hopkins was a big part of getting Watt to Arizona. Or certainly didn't hurt. It won't happen, but doesn't Watson for Murray make a ton of sense for both sides?
  8. adambr2
    Brinson is in pretty solid danger of being DFAed this year. I'm not saying that it's not possible for him to turn it around and have value but the "there's still lots of time" period has passed for him.
  9. adambr2
    Yelich isn't a good defensive fit for RF. He just doesn't have the arm strength. He played more innings in LF than RF in 2018 and he won an MVP that year. Whatever the reason for Yelich's struggles were last year, I don't think they had anything to do with the corner of the outfield that he was standing in.
  10. adambr2
    Bit of a misleading post.
  11. adambr2
    I mean Bill Hall was a pretty versatile player.
  12. adambr2
    It's never been easier to watch the Brewers now. Just as long as you don't live in the state of Wisconsin or anywhere else in regions where people actually like the Brewers.
  13. adambr2
    Were they though? I'm fairly certain that viewership was down in 2020 despite the pandemic, and stadium attendance is kind of a drop in the bucket for viewership compared to the usual number of a television audience. Not like the NFL is hurting or anything but 2020 was a pretty weak year for sports viewing across the board.
  14. adambr2
    Trent Grisham fits the description well also.
  15. adambr2
    Not to get too far off topic but Tony Mandarich is another high draft story that turned out a little differently than we all remember. All Packer fans remember that he was one of their biggest busts ever. What they may not know is that he made it back to the NFL after 5 whole years away from the NFL and against the odds not only made the Colts' roster but turned out to be a good lineman for 3 seasons.
  16. adambr2
    Yeah I didn't realize until I looked up his numbers what a nice career Buckley ended up having.
  17. adambr2
    Assuming Hader gets a QO is just way too speculative right now. That's years from now, we don't know what his next 3 seasons will look like, we don't know what the market for relievers will look like then, we don't know if we would ever offer that kind of $$ to a reliever... On top of that we won't even have the same collective bargaining agreement to know if the same QO system will be in place.
  18. adambr2
    Or just sign Jurrell Casey or re-up on a cheap deal with Damon Harrison, then you can probably get two other good veteran players for the same money Watt is going to cost by himself. Personally, I'm indifferent to Watt as a Packer. Yeah, it would be a fun "local kid comes home" story, but people are making it bigger than it probably is. He would be a step up from Lowry, but not a "4X the salary" one. I think a lot of fans think that Watt is the 2015 version, and that is no longer the case. Not even close. He was still a top 10 player at his position as he has been every season. PFF graded him as an 85.5 and 7th best edge player in 2020. It's true that he's not the 2014 and 2015 player who was in a different stratosphere than every other defensive player but he is still a jillion times better than Dean Lowry.
  19. adambr2
    You nailed it. It’s why Hader will remain a Brewer forever or until he leaves via FA. Brewers astronomical asking price won’t be met. Agreed. And I'm ok with that. I think we're a lot better with Hader, of course.
  20. adambr2
    Baez and Cronenworth for Yelich/Hader is ridiculous, but I still think many of us are being unrealistic about what kind of a return Hader could fetch. Hader does not carry enough surplus value on his own to bring back Paddack or Gore much less just as a starting point in a package. It doesn't mean we can't ask, and maybe we are, but if that's a sticking point then Hader will remain a Brewer. It is simply not a realistic return for this market. The days of GMs frontlining a trade for a top reliever with a prospect like Gleyber Torres are over.
  21. adambr2
    I did not say Campusano isn’t a stud. I said he isn’t the prospect I would hold out for. Right, and I'm saying I don't even think we'd get him.
  22. adambr2
    I think anyone who doesn't think Campusano alone is enough for Hader is going to be mighty disappointed with the return if Hader is actually dealt. I doubt we could even get Campusano for Hader straight up.
  23. adambr2
    I don't think you'll see him back in '22. He's in his 40s and he's just totally washed up. Even if he somehow pulled off a .700 OPS season, is anyone really going to give a guy in his 40s with no defensive value and a weak bat anything more than a minor league contract? The only reason he's still around is because the Angels have to choose between that and eating the contract and they're close to the finish line now.
  24. adambr2
    A Nintendo Switch is just an awesome system if you have young kids and like to game with them. Definitely the first console I've ever seen that is perfect as both a standard console and a handheld portable to take in the car or whatever, and we use it for both.
  25. adambr2
    Ian Desmond opted out again. At this point with an effective vaccine which should be available to pretty much everyone by opening day, if you're still not comfortable playing your best bet is probably just to retire. It ain't just going away probably ever.
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