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Thank you for the accurate historical recollection of the Carlos Gomez trade. "Throw-in" seems a bit harsh, but Houser was definitely piece 4 of 4 in the deal. Too often I've seen history rewritten here with people saying, "Ya know, Houser was actually the higher touted trade piece at the time over Hader."

100% agreed. This gets overlooked so much when considering a Yelich extension. The further out you're signing an extension, the more you need to sacrifice, because the more risk the team is taking on. You don't get full free agent value 3 years out. Braun got 20M a year on his extension. If he had been entering after agency when signing, he certainly would have gotten more.

Important to get started out on the right foot this series. Dropping the opener and going up against Flaherty down 1-0 tomorrow could be a bit of a momentum killer, IMO.

I've seen those exact words at least a dozen times. Granted I took them as blue comments because they were so obviously opinions, but they often seem to be said in a troll-ish way to get people to react the the way they do. Sometimes that person is me, but those are the joys of the internet... Facts. Yes, I realize it has happened, but 99% of the time opinions are stated it does not. And yes, posting "facts" on a future prediction which cannot be proven or disproven until a future point in time and is obviously an opinion is an eye rolling thing to do no matter who it is.

Also, Bellinger has a .902 OPS in the 2nd half. It hasn't been his first half, for sure, but I wish all our players had a "monumental collapse" like that.

I do think it's probably 90% Bellinger's and that 10% is just if he has a major collapse down the stretch here. Bellinger checks just about every box: didn't win last year, traditional stats, WAR, winning team, defense, and some versatility. That's taking absolutely nothing away from Yelich who is even more deserving than he was last year. It's just much stiffer competitive this year.

Ok, so said posters were wrong. They stated an opinion that their playoff chances were over, and turned out being wrong. What on earth is the big damn deal? People are wrong about stuff here all the time. Does it make everyone feel good to go back and rub it in people's faces that they were wrong about that? Because they were wrong, they should not post as often anymore? Really? Yes, it makes me feel good. True, we've all been wrong at times with our opinions. Difference is, some declared this as fact. Brewers are done, close the book. Dang right it feels good that those people have been proven wrong. Granted, some of that ties in with the same negative comments ad nauseam in the IGTs and elsewhere. CC is stupid, team is horrible, yada yada. Are they any less of a fan? Who knows, I don't know them. I guess I have always had a problem with fans who can't wait for something to go wrong so they can say it sucks to be a Brewers fan. Cool, I'm glad that it enriches your life so much I guess. I'm glad people have been proven wrong on that too, but I'm glad about it because it means my favorite team is winning, I'm not glad just because it makes me feel good that people were wrong. I'm glad Braun hit a homerun today because it helped the team win, I don't look at it as an opportunity to point and laugh at you for starting a "When to DFA Braun?" thread last year. The other part about what you said is another I don't get. "Difference is, some declared this as fact." Who? When? I hear this all the time, and I'll never understand why people get all bent out of shape when a statement isn't accompanied by "JMO" or "IMO". When someone says, "We're not making the playoffs," that is their opinion. I don't think most of those people would have you believe that they think it is an actual fact that the Brewers will not make the playoffs. It is what they believed at that moment in time, ergo, an opinion. Unless someone specifically says "fact" I do not just assume they are stating their opinion as facts, it is just their belief. I use "IMO" and "in my opinion" in my posts much more often these days because I know if I don't someone is going to jump on it for stating it as a fact when that's not the intention at all. Unless I'm attempting to infer something that can actually be proven, like a statistic, I am not implying that what I am about to say is factual.

Well yeah, if we get swept we're 7 out of the division with 13 to play. That's not going to be overcome, so certainly rooting for the Cardinals to beat on the Cubs at that point. Going to be a tough series, but 2 out of 3 would be great. We do have both Houser and Lyles going this series so we have that going for us. Fortunately the Cardinals aren't throwing any lefty starters at us, but Flaherty will be very tough.

Ok, so said posters were wrong. They stated an opinion that their playoff chances were over, and turned out being wrong. What on earth is the big damn deal? People are wrong about stuff here all the time. Does it make everyone feel good to go back and rub it in people's faces that they were wrong about that? Because they were wrong, they should not post as often anymore? Really?

I absolutely said that I didn't think the Brewers would make the playoffs. And to the casual observer, I would say their chances appeared quite slim. They've had almost every injury bullet possible thrown at them. Woodruff. Hiura. Moustakas. And now worst of all, Yelich. Of course people don't think they're going to make the playoffs. However, I also said things like "if they take 3 out of 4 against the Cubs they're still alive", and "they desperately need like a 9 out of 10 stretch right now." Just because I didn't personally believe the odds were that those things would happen did not mean I wasn't cheering for the team to make those things happen anyway. I am a big Green Bay Packers fan, but with a gun to my head I do not believe they are going to win the Super Bowl this year. The fan in me still wants it, of course, and I'll be cheering for them to do it. It is not a "cop out", it is just an impartial personal view of our roster versus our competition given where things are at. Nobody in their right mind actually went into a Brewer season in the late 90s and early 2000s thinking they were going to win it all, but that doesn't mean the fans just sucked. We need to get over this mentality that everyone that doesn't necessarily have a rosy outlook is just a garbage fan. There is a difference between saying "I think we're done" and " All our players suck."

Just not happening today on the help front. Cards and Cubs are going to win some of them.

Every time Eric Hosmer hits I chuckle at the reminder that the Padres gave a big money 8 year contract to Eric Hosmer.

Of course Ian Mendoza Line Happ breaks it open with a 2 out 2 strike hit.

I don't think the Dodgers are going to phone it in just yet. Their lead over the Braves for the 1 seed is not very big, so they've still got something to play for.

Not looking great on the scoreboard watch so far, Cardinals scoring a lot today. Cubs only up 1-0 but Yu has been dominant. Either he's that strong today or the Padres are just that bad.

Such a Hernan Perez move to swing at Ball 4 out of the zone on a 3-1 count and ground out weakly.

I'd love to hand the ball to someone like Guerra in the 9th and save Hader but if it's still a 1 run game you can't. You just can't. Have to make sure you secure every possible win.

Crap, I really would have loved some insurance. Not much going offensively today. Nothing but righties due up. Do you dare start the inning with Freddy?

So you want to take away 3 extremely team friendly years and replace them with 4 to 5 enormously expensive years? So essentially only a 1-2 year extension only we get to pay him a lot more now? Hard pass from me, as much as I love Yelich. This "tear up his contract" thing has been mentioned in the past and it just is not something that happens. Teams don't get to get out of a contract when it ends up being a very bad one and it does not happen in reverse either. Players who sign a team friendly deal simply don't get those years voided and replaced at a much higher salary.

I'd prefer they play every remaining game on their schedule here, actually.

Probably, but it would be so much better to not use him today and have him available tomorrow against St Louis. This is where 4 or 5 more runs would be incredibly beneficial Agreed, but if it's a 1 run game late...gotta play to win today, even if Hader is out til Game 3 at St Louis. Every game is important.

I’d like to see him get 5 in. I’m not trusting the pen lately. That last play was almost disastrous. His spot is coming up and he's been quite shaky today. I'd say he's done.

Ugh Gio. Starting pitching outside of Houser and Lyles is starting to really crack. Outside of that it seems like we just have to be happy with 4 innings and 2 allowed.

Brewer killer Isan Diaz.

Well, for all the crap I give Braun and as much as I think he was a snake, I will say he has done everything possible since that time to make amends to the Brewer community and MLB. Whether that has been done out of genuine remorse or just out of necessity to repair his legacy to the fullest extent possible, I cannot say but it is all he can do. I could be mistaken but I believe he even reached out to the collector and was forgiven. Production wise, he obviously is not the player he once but when you look at other highly paid former superstars and how well they've aged, Kemp, Pujols, etc we certainly could be doing much worse.